Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 5, 2019 Dear Gossips, Welcome to the Year of the Pig! It’s the first day of the new year and the last day of the 12 Days of Lunar New Year, in more ways than one. Please read to the end for a message to all from my ma, the Chinese By Lainey • Feb 05, 2019 09:32 am
What Else What Else? There are many reasons why the Super Bowl halftime show isn’t what it used to be. One of those reasons is that the standard has been set so high and most of the marquee performers either don’t want to do it (Rihanna) or might not be suited for By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 05:25 pm
Relationship Assumption JRod: Oscar night? The Academy today announced its first round of Oscar presenters. It’s a pretty good list. And remember, there’s been some presenter drama as the Screen Actors Guild called out the Academy a few weeks ago for supposedly trying to sabotage their presenters list. Constance Wu and Awkwafina are By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 03:44 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Alison Brie’s pink 80s At the SAG Awards, Sarah wrote that Alison Brie was leaning into the GLOW 80s style vibe on the red carpet. She appears to be continuing that here as she promotes The Lego Movie 2. This is a dress whose ancestor for sure showed up in the prom scene in By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 01:20 pm
Relationship Assumption Kate and Pete hold hands “Kate” and “Pete” are rom-com characters from the late 90s, early 2000s, non? This is a real-life rom-com featuring real celebrities, Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson. We first heard about this situation during Golden Globes weekend when they supposedly hooked up at one of the parties. This weekend they were By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 12:28 pm
Music Coop & Gaga lose and win The Directors Guild Awards happened this weekend. Bradley Cooper was nominated for Best Director and Best First Time Director and lost both to Alfonso Cuaron and Bo Burnham respectively. I’m not sure it was a surprise that he didn’t win the first, especially after the Academy didn’t By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 10:42 am
Shout-Outs February 4, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs Tate! I know you’re hoping that your baby will be a Dog but I’m hearing from Mia that you’re having a Pig. Pigs are great. Pigs are thought to be chill and fun and hardworking and Pigs are associated with wealth. Wishing you and your soon-to-be Pig By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 09:58 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 4, 2019 Dear Gossips, I’ve never been attracted to Adam Levine. Last night’s Super Bowl striptease didn’t change that. It wasn’t just that he kept taking off his (bad) clothes, it’s mostly because he can’t move. That hip swiveling and the lascivious expression on his face, By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 08:58 am
What Else What Else? Jussie Smollett has released a statement about the attack, which is in line with the statement his family released yesterday: that he has been “factual and consistent” in what he’s told authorities, that there have been inaccuracies reported about whether or not he’s refused to cooperate, and that By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 05:14 pm
Maple Leaf Celine Dion: the movie…sort of It was announced earlier this week that there’s a Celine Dion movie happening and some people are calling it a biopic. It’s not really a biopic…but it is based on Celine. What? Per Variety: French studio Gaumont said Thursday that its upcoming Celine Dion film will not By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 02:08 pm
Lifestyle Jenny Slate's Outfit of the Week This happened early and I’ve been holding on to these two outfits on Jenny Slate, wondering if I’d see anything better as the week went on but I keep coming back to her, and there’s been nothing better. These two looks are pretty f-cking great. Let’s By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 01:21 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Gaga & Bradley: the screen test Even though the Oscar nominations were announced last week, actual voting for the Oscars doesn’t begin until February 12. The voting period starts two days after the BAFTAs and the Grammys. It lasts a week and ends the Tuesday before the Oscars. Which means there’s still a lot By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 11:19 am
Music All 5 Songs It was reported last week that Oscar producers only intended to have two of the five Oscar-nominated songs performed on the broadcast: “All The Stars” and “Shallow”. Evidently there was some pushback to the news. Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted his disappointment … The 1st time I stayed up to watch the Oscars, By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 09:51 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 1, 2019 Dear Gossips, By the time most of you read this, I’ll have gotten a haircut. Taking an inch off this morning ahead of the Lunar New Year, per tradition – you cut away the old year and get ready for the growth of the new year. Haircuts are hard for By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 08:57 am
What Else What Else? There was no Show Your Work this week because we were snowed out on Monday. This is not an exaggeration. It was snowing so hard it would have been dangerous for Duana and me to get together. We’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. And here’ By Lainey • Jan 31, 2019 05:20 pm
Photo Assumption Brange: a meeting and Miraval Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were papped on Wednesday at a meeting for three hours in an office building with an identified man. According to The Blast, it was a “heated discussion” which is basically Photo Assumption. I’ve seen the pictures, I just can’t buy them. And while By Lainey • Jan 31, 2019 03:53 pm
