Books Intro for May 23, 2018 Dear Gossips, Chances are, you’ve read a book by Marian Keyes. Rachel’s Holiday? Sushi for Beginners? We interviewed Marian last year on The Social when she was promoting her most recent novel, The Break. The Break, and all of Marian’s books, are classified as “chick lit”, a By Lainey • May 23, 2018 10:15 am
Celebrity Social Media What Else? Did you see that photo of Jet Li that went viral yesterday? I was pretty upset. Jet Li was a big f-cking deal for us late in high school and during university. And if you’re not Chinese, Jet Li was a big f-cking deal because…Romeo Must Die! If By Lainey • May 22, 2018 04:57 pm
Bad Style Johnny Depp wears his hat You know what tomorrow is? Two years ago tomorrow, Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp. That same day, Johnny was at the premiere of Alice Through the Looking Glass. It would be another two days before the news became public. And two days after that, Amber went to By Lainey • May 22, 2018 03:54 pm
Royals Her Royal Highness at the garden party Today is the first time that Meghan Markle’s been out on royal duty for a public engagement where she’s officially an HRH, Her Royal Highness. They are now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But, seriously, how often are we going to be calling Prince Harry not Prince By Lainey • May 22, 2018 01:53 pm
Relationship Assumption Victoria’s post-wedding breakfast This post is really just me f-cking with Maria. Maria, as she has shared, is always worried about the Beckhams. And the Beckhams …maybe have given her some reason to worry at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on Saturday because Victoria had a face on. Which is what By Lainey • May 22, 2018 12:11 pm
Justin Theroux Queer Eye for the Justin Theroux We first saw Justin Theroux hanging out with Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness a few weeks ago, on Instagram. This weekend they were out Vulture Festival together, along with Tan France and Antoni Porowski. Justin also joined Jonathan for a live recording of his podcast, Getting Curious, where he By Lainey • May 22, 2018 10:24 am
Jennifer Aniston President Jennifer Aniston It was announced last Friday that Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro will play the first female president of the United States and her wife, respectively, in a political comedy called First Ladies for Netflix. Tig is also writing the script. This is Jen’s second project with Netflix – and it By Lainey • May 22, 2018 10:02 am
Royals Intro for May 22, 2018 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to those of you returning from long weekend in Canada. We were open for business yesterday so if you were offline, please scroll down to get caught up on Royal Wedding and Billboard Music Awards posts. Almost 30 million people watched Meghan Markle marry Prince Harry By Lainey • May 22, 2018 08:34 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Royal Wedding Edition What else would we be talking about this week on Show Your Work? Because a fairy tale requires WORK. There was a lot of love on display when Prince Harry married Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. But there was also So.Much.Work, so much impressive By Lainey • May 21, 2018 02:03 pm
Royal Wedding 2018 Did Chelsy hug Meghan? Big events like the Oscars and royal weddings wouldn’t be the same without Twitter. I almost can’t enjoy an event anymore without watching live and following on Twitter. Someone out there is angsting about how this means we – or just I – can’t live in the present anymore By Lainey • May 21, 2018 01:40 pm
Royals Harry & Meghan: three wedding portraits As mentioned in the previous post, Kensington Palace has released three official wedding portraits taken by Alexi Lubomirski at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Here’s a black and white shot of the royal couple sitting on some steps at Windsor Castle: The Duke and Duchess would By Lainey • May 21, 2018 10:45 am
Royals Meghan’s wedding dresses If my inbox and Twitter mentions are any indication, Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy, was not a total slam dunk. It wasn’t for me either but, as I wrote on Saturday, while I didn’t love the dress, I did love the look, By Lainey • May 21, 2018 10:05 am
Royal Wedding 2018 Intro for May 21, 2018 Dear Gossips, I’m not over the Royal Wedding yet, are you? Today is a holiday in Canada – it’s Victoria Day, honouring Queen Victoria, which always lands on the Monday preceding her birthday, May 25th. This seems fitting. A statue of Queen Victoria stands on Castle Hill in Windsor, By Lainey • May 21, 2018 08:17 am
Royal Wedding 2018 The Royal Carriage Ride I was assigned to cover William and Catherine’s wedding in 2011. My position was along the Mall, by the Duke of York. It was definitely a sight to see, the carriage approaching Buckingham Palace and thousands of people lining the road, majestic and grand. That said, now that I’ By Lainey • May 19, 2018 09:43 am
Royal Wedding 2018 Just Royally Married! Holy f-ck, Duana and I are going to Show Your Work the sh-t out of this wedding. There’s a lot to break down. And we will. But today, let’s have some fun with it. Because that was too good. And my heart hasn’t recovered from the way By Lainey • May 19, 2018 09:13 am
Royal Wedding 2018 GOAT at the wedding Really enjoying seeing the celebrities in the outer chamber of St George’s. Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian are hanging out with the Beckhams and the Clooneys and Idris Elba. Well. They were. Now it’s quiet because the royals are on the way. But Serena threw it down with By Lainey • May 19, 2018 06:45 am