Quiveration Childish Gambino at the Grammys After winning the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance, Donald Glover confirmed last night that he will soon retire Childish Gambino. There’s probably one more Childish Gambino project on the way but after that, he’s done with the name. Because, as he said, “I like endings. By Lainey • Jan 29, 2018 08:28 am
Music Intro for January 29, 2018 Dear Gossips, “We come in peace. But we mean business,” is what Janelle Monae said just before introducing Kesha’s performance last night, calling for Time’s Up on the music industry’s abuse of power. She also tweeted this… A total of 90.7% of nominees between 2013 and By Lainey • Jan 29, 2018 07:31 am
What Else What Else? Suki Waterhouse and Darren Aronofsky are not dating. They were just walking very close together and we were played by Photo Assumption, our favourite game of baseless conclusions…? These denials came quick though. So does this mean that Suki is still with Diego Luna? Does it mean that Darren wants By Lainey • Jan 26, 2018 03:57 pm
Douchebags Casey Affleck won’t present at the Oscars Typically, not always, but typically, it’s tradition at the Oscars for the previous year’s best actress winner to present to the new best actor and for the previous year’s best actor to present to the new best actress. This is why Brie Larson stood on stage and By Lainey • Jan 26, 2018 12:02 pm
Dumbass Gwyneth & Colbert Stephen Colbert, over the years, has mocked Gwyneth Paltrow and goop for their batsh-t recommendations and promoting of fake science. Have you seen his Covetton House features? Basically he dresses up as a poncy asshole and recommends things like “scrotal dry cleaning” and “nacho cheese soaks”. Gwyneth was his guest By Lainey • Jan 26, 2018 10:15 am
Music Intro for January 26, 2018 Dear Gossips, I saved two articles to read at bedtime last night. It’s one of my favourite things to do every day – decide which pieces to bank, to look forward to, a small reward after a day of work. Sometimes they’re dense, serious essays. Sometimes it’s a By Lainey • Jan 26, 2018 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Here’s something I’ve tried to fit into the site today but it didn’t work anywhere else and I need you to see it if you haven’t seen it already because OMGOMGOMGOMG. This is not hyperbole: it might be my favourite thing ever in life. Ever ever By Lainey • Jan 25, 2018 05:26 pm
Music Justin Timberlake: Say Something Say Something nice: this is the third song Justin Timberlake has released off of the upcoming Man Of The Woods. And, to me, it’s the most tolerable. I don’t hate it. Say Something nice again: this is the third video released off the upcoming album and I enjoyed By Lainey • Jan 25, 2018 03:58 pm
Shoes Shailene in (public) love Shailene Woodley has been dating Ben Volavola, a Fijian-Australian rugby player, for a while now. They met in Fiji where she was shooting a movie last year. This is the first time they’ve attended such a public event together though – here they are at the Valentino show in Paris By Lainey • Jan 25, 2018 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Octavia Spencer & Jessica Chastain show their work Octavia Spencer told a really great Show Your Work story at Sundance this week. Octavia and Jessica Chastain are good friends. Over a year ago, Jessica reached out to Octavia because she wanted them to do a movie together. During those discussions, they talked about pay equity and how men By Lainey • Jan 25, 2018 10:14 am
Equality Issues Intro for January 25, 2018 Dear Gossips, The thing about being brave is that the people who end up being brave probably would prefer to not be put in the position to have to be brave in the first place. When you are brave, you are “ready to endure danger or pain”. Nobody wakes up By Lainey • Jan 25, 2018 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Yesterday I mentioned that Sasha and I were planning to record a new episode of Sasha Answers tonight and post for tomorrow. Her husband Cory just got his appendix out so this isn’t going to happen. We’ll let you know soon when we can podcast. Sorry about the By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 05:09 pm
TV Updates Natalie Portman: Instagram, Tennis, SNL When Natalie Portman joined Instagram a few weeks ago, Maria observed in Smutty Social Media that her handle was @nportmanofficial because a fan account had already taken @natalieportman. Natalie Portman’s official Instagram is now @natalieportman. So either the fan voluntarily gave that up or was compensated for giving it By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 04:54 pm
Style Yara & Chanel It’s Paris Fashion Week right now. Chanel presented yesterday. And Yara Shahidi was there, wearing Chanel, of course, and pair of plastic boots which look great on her but that’s because she’s Yara. These are not boots for everyone, Karl. Speaking of Karl, Yara is obviously on By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #CMBYN in Rome Call Me By Your Name premiered a year ago, an entire year ago, at Sundance to great acclaim and immediate Oscar talk. The film, however, steadily lost momentum through the fall and yesterday ended up with four Oscar nominations in total: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 11:10 am
Award Season Campaigning Allison Janney wasn’t sleeping It’s tradition on Oscar nomination morning to hear about how the nominees reacted to their nominations. Some release statements and those make headlines. And, over the years, we’ve become accustomed to the story that they were sleeping. That their moms or their agents woke them up. That their By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 09:56 am
