What Else What Else? Samantha Markle started a rumour that her dad, Thomas Markle, Royal Meghan’s famewhore of a father, will be starting a clothing line. TMZ, the Thomas Markle Zone, has shut that down. Their “source” says it’s not true. Why even bother calling it a “source”? Thomas Markle obviously told By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 05:01 pm
Top Reads Aretha Franklin As you’ve probably heard, Aretha Franklin died today at her home in Detroit. Kathleen has been in writing lockdown for an event the last few days and I’ve asked her if she’d like to write about Aretha and her significance for tomorrow. We are sorry we aren’ By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 02:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Why is Pete Davidson in GQ? Pete Davidson has an answer for this question. He tells GQ why they wanted to feature him this month. And, well, they couldn’t, and we probably can’t, dispute his rationale: "It's all bullshit. GQ wouldn't hit me up if I didn't By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 11:29 am
Music Intro for August 16, 2018 Dear Gossips, Madonna is 60 years old today. I will probably spend it reading as many retrospectives as I can about her –her influences, her controversies, her provocations, her legacy. Because while Madonna is often maddening, she is undeniably an icon and there would be no pop culture, the way By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 09:05 am
What Else What Else? Dane Cook is 46-years-old and his girlfriend, Kelsi, is 19-years-old (are there any “Kelsi-with-an-I”s older than 25?) and he went on IG to talk about their age difference and he needn’t have used to many words. If I were him, I By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 05:25 pm
Weddings Priyanka’s engagement ring We knew Nick Jonas proposed to Priyanka Chopra. It’s been reported everywhere and they haven’t denied it. But they, themselves, haven’t confirmed it on Instagram. And, as we’ve seen this year, that’s where engagements are announced now. Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson, Justin Bieber and By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 04:43 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Rose’s big belt and buzzy print Two outfits in two days to talk about on Rose Byrne: The first is from last night at the premiere of Juliet, Naked – a floral print strapless dress with a wide leather belt. What do you think of this styling? I don’t mind it. I like the contrast here By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 04:28 pm
BFFs Emma Stone by Jennifer Lawrence Emma Stone, ahead of the release of Netflix’s Maniac, covers the new issue of ELLE and specifically requested to be interviewed by her close friend Jennifer Lawrence. Emma Stone + Jennifer Lawrence? It would have been an instant sell for the magazine, obviously. They’re two of the most successful By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 03:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Crazy Rich Asian Moms If you weren’t already going into Crazy Rich Asians obsessed with Michelle Yeoh, you will definitely be leaving the movie obsessed with Michelle Yeoh. She is a legend. And for many, many years, she was one of the few, if not only, Asian women repping the side internationally. I By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 11:24 am
Douchebags The Beckham Vogue issue Back in June, when Victoria and David Beckham were forced to deny, via their publicist, that a divorce was imminent, there were rumours that they’d arranged to do a Vogue cover story and, at the time, many took that to mean that they were only staying together for the By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 10:09 am
TV Updates Intro for August 15, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last week the initial projections for the Crazy Rich Asians opening box office had it between $18-20 million. I said I thought we could do better. Yesterday afternoon, the number moved up to $26 million. Now we’re hearing it could be $30 million, which would make By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 09:06 am
What Else What Else? I do not remember the original at all. In fact, I just watched it and… nothing. What the f-ck was I doing in 1994? Oh. Right. I was in university, not watching TV and gambling all night instead. This must be why? Or is it because I don’t By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 05:38 pm
Douchebags Marky Mark vs the Asians As I noted this morning in the open, they were projecting a five-day total of $20 million, on the high side, for Crazy Rich Asians. That number has now been adjusted. According to Variety, it’s now climbed to $26 million and its fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes has By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 04:48 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Mandy in blue leather The idea of this is better than the execution. There’s maybe too much going on? I like the sleeves. A lot. But the sleeves are not getting their moment because of everything that’s happening across the chest. All that ruching and the knot off to the side and By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 12:57 pm
Maple Leaf Justin & Hailey’s engagement tour Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have been engaged for …what?... just over a month now? It happened in the Bahamas. Then they went back to New York. They’ve also been to Miami. And LA. And back to New York. And somewhere else I can’t remember. This past weekend By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet Mulan Disney released the first photo of Crystal Liu Yifei as Mulan yesterday to mark the beginning of production on the live-action film, directed by Niki Caro, to be released March 2020. The timing works too because, of course, we’ve been talking about Crazy Rich Asians, and Asian representation, By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 10:06 am
