Douchebags Royal Meghan’s first patronage The Times reported this weekend that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were invited for tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace last week to discuss Meghan’s first royal patronage. The Queen will be passing on one of her patronages to Royal Meghan and this is expected to be announced By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 10:26 am
Shout-Outs December 17, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs Ashley! Happy Birthday from Kate who requested for you the bromance of Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth as incentive for you to visit her in Australia…soon! By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 09:55 am
TV Updates Intro for December 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, “I certainly didn’t come all this way to suck.” – Matt Damon during his monologue this weekend on Saturday Night Live. And he definitely didn’t suck. It was the strongest episode of the season. It may have been the strongest episode in a year. And it was By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 09:35 am
What Else What Else? Does this qualify as a Christmas miracle? That Keith Richards has given up drinking? Wait. There’s an extra word in there. The word is “practically”. Which doesn’t mean he never drinks. It means he almost never drinks, which is not the same thing. I wonder though… like everyone By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 03:47 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Keira Knightley's Outfit of the Week Isn’t this the most Keira Knightley outfit ever? I love it. I love that Keira Knightley knows exactly what a Keira Knightley outfit is and wanted to wear a super Keira Knightley outfit to receive her OBE for her contribution to the arts, which often involve her in period By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 02:04 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Noomi’s black suit of the week There’s usually a good black suit modelled by a celebrity every week. I’m never bored of a women’s black suit. Any suit. Some suits are better than others though. And this week, Noomi Rapace gave us one of the best black suits of the year at the By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 01:05 pm
Music Janet Jackson: Hall of Fame…finally It was announced yesterday that Janet Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Finally. And this is good news, of course. But it’s also an opportunity to talk about why it’s late news. Because Janet has been eligible for induction since By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 11:46 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry & Meghan’s year-end fireworks Those fireworks could be a metaphor for, well, everything: their intense relationship, falling in love quickly, getting engaged and married, the drama around the wedding, the major publicity around the pregnancy to kick off their first overseas tour, and the recent gossip about the supposed tension between the royal courts. By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 10:11 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Casual Cambridges …but no Lupo Kensington Palace released the photo that’s featured on the Cambridges’ Christmas Card today and look at Big G in his big boy pants! Royal boys, as you know, are supposed to wear shorts until, I dunno, some prescribed age like… 7? 8? 10? That’s why little Louis Trey By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 09:31 am
Style Intro for December 14, 2018 Dear Gossips, Let’s open today with Zendaya, because it’s been a minute. She’s kept a pretty low profile the second half of the year, spending most of it working on Spider-Man: Far From Home. Last night she attended the worldwide launch of new jewelry brand, Âme in By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 09:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emilia & Henry: this Christmas, next Christmas, Last Christmas This Christmas Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding are shooting Paul Feig’s Last Christmas, a romantic comedy which is scheduled for release next Christmas, possibly with the hopes of becoming the new Love Actually? Emma Thompson co-wrote the screenplay and she also has a part in the movie which is By Lainey • Dec 13, 2018 04:22 pm
Music Taylor’s birthday and New Year’s It’s Taylor Swift’s birthday today. She’s 29. Which means we have a month to go before an entire year of conversations and think-pieces about Taylor turning 30 and what she’s done and what she’s going to do and this, that, and the other. Nobody needs By Lainey • Dec 13, 2018 01:40 pm
Royals Prince Harry: Protecting Royal Meghan Meghan Markle covers the new issue of US Weekly that clearly went to print before her surprise appearance at the British Fashion Awards on Monday night because otherwise, obviously, they would have used a photo from that event. She looked amazing. And, you know, belly-cupping is always a newsstand bestseller. By Lainey • Dec 13, 2018 10:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, As you may have heard, the Screen Actors Guild award nominations kicked off all kinds of talk and frustration about snubs and category fraud yesterday. There are actors and films that have been recognized and awarded for weeks that the guild ignored. There is also a film that By Lainey • Dec 13, 2018 09:31 am
What Else What Else? Anna Wintour didn’t mind The Devil Wears Prada so much when she found out that Meryl Streep would be playing her. I mean, at first she may have claimed she wasn’t into it but, over time, it seems like it has grown on her, especially since Miranda Priestley By Lainey • Dec 12, 2018 05:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Everybody loves Emily There were some significant snubs today when the SAG nominations were announced. We’ll discuss them here and there in other posts later and what that means for Oscar. It’s a competitive year. That’s the simple, incomplete explanation. It’s also, as always, a popularity contest. And what By Lainey • Dec 12, 2018 04:21 pm