Faux Gossip The Making of LaRenner: a gossip story Yesterday Us Weekly came out with a nothing story about Lady Gaga and Jeremy Renner “hanging out”. Their source “doesn’t believe it’s romantic” right now but made sure to mention that the “hanging out” also involves Jeremy’s daughter Ava, as if to suggest that if Ava’s By Lainey • Mar 22, 2019 10:23 am
Shout-Outs March 22, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs There’s a humanitarian crisis happening that isn’t getting much attention around the world this week. Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique last Thursday killing at least 500 people and forcing thousands onto rooftops and into trees. Many of them are still waiting to be rescued. Rescuers are having By Lainey • Mar 22, 2019 09:13 am
Game of Thrones Intro for March 22, 2019 Dear Gossips, Ahead of the final season of Game of Thrones, Kit Harington covers the new issue of Variety. For Kit though, this isn’t just about promoting the show – the show, really, doesn’t need promotion and, besides, none of the actors can actually tell us anything about what’ By Lainey • Mar 22, 2019 09:05 am
What Else What Else? On this week’s episode of What’s Your Drama, Sasha and I talk about our favourite mom jeans and a “coffee and condo” situation that sounds super f-cking sketchy. For whatever reason, our back deck is very attractive to raccoons. And the thing is, they must know it’s By Lainey • Mar 21, 2019 03:51 pm
Relationship Assumption Gaga & Renner? LaRenner? This is a nothing story (right now) that is going to turn into a big gossip headline. Us Weekly is reporting that Lady Gaga and Jeremy Renner have been “hanging out”, according to a source: The insider “doesn’t believe it’s romantic at this point,” but says Gaga has By Lainey • Mar 21, 2019 12:46 pm
Media Manipulation The J-Rod engagement interview Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez got engaged last week. This week they happen to be promoting their new sunglasses collaboration. I love it when a plan comes together. Here are the sunglasses – a his and hers collection. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) on By Lainey • Mar 21, 2019 11:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Peter Kavinsky, He-Man This was my favourite celebrity headline yesterday, for the laughs. We must take the joy where we get it. The Wrap was the first to report that Noah Centineo is in talks to play He-Man in Sony’s new film adaptation of Masters of the Universe. They want their own By Lainey • Mar 21, 2019 10:09 am
Jared Leto Intro for March 21, 2019 Dear Gossips, As I’ve been saying, this has been the Year of the Scam - scams have been our collective obsession and lately, everyone’s obsessed with Elizabeth Holmes. I first started writing about Elizabeth Holmes back in 2016 (comparing the Silicon Valley ecosystem to the celebrity ecosystem), when By Lainey • Mar 21, 2019 09:00 am
What Else What Else? Julia Roberts talks about Pretty Woman, the movie that made her famous. And she's right about the story - that it probably is not a story that would play today, if you tried to tell it today. That said, even with what we know now, when you watch By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 03:36 pm
Hook Ups Emma Roberts & Garrett Hedlund Emma Roberts and Evan Peters have been together since 2012. They’ve broken up, gotten back together, gotten engaged, and now it’s over. According to Us Weekly she’s now dating Garrett Hedlund. Apparently they were seen holding hands recently in LA. When Us followed up on that tip, By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 02:33 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: College Scams and Old Magic I am bigging up my colleague: Duana’s post on the college admissions scam last week was the most comprehensive piece on the scandal because, as she has since shared, she’s been studying schools and applications and elite admissions for 25 years. If she has a PhD in anything, By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 11:32 am
Relationship Assumption Kate & Pete’s family dinner Pete Davidson joined Kate Beckinsale and her family, including her ma Judy Loe, and her stepfather Roy Battersby, both actors, for dinner last night in Malibu. Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the passing of Kate’s dad, Richard. He was only 31 at the time, also an actor: View By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 10:12 am
Royals The Sussexes step out for New Zealand Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited New Zealand House in London yesterday to offer condolences and pay respect to the victims of the terror attack in Christchurch last Friday. As they are the last members of the family to have visited New Zealand (last fall), they were chosen to represent By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 09:33 am
TV Updates Intro for March 20, 2019 Dear Gossips, Jann Arden is a Canadian treasure. Her album Living Under June, that includes the hit singles “Good Mother”, “Could I Be Your Girl”, and “Insensitive”, came out 25 years ago this year. You know what’s amazing about Jann though? She’s about to turn 57 – and she By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 08:32 am
What Else What Else? I love a good pronunciation debate. You’ve probably heard of this by now? How do you say “squirrel”? It seems to be a matter of region. Americans mash the letters together and the English draw it out more. I’ve been trying to figure out if Canadians are somewhere By Lainey • Mar 19, 2019 03:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews An Issa-LaKeith love story I already have a moderate size LaKeith Stanfield problem. On April 19th, at precisely 1030pm, I will experience a full-blown LaKeith Stanfield crisis. That’s the day Someone Great comes out on Netflix – it’s a Friday, I’ll get home from work, walk my dogs, participate in a conversation By Lainey • Mar 19, 2019 02:51 pm
