Intro for December 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, I meant to write last week about the sale of Time Inc to Meredith Corporation. I mentioned this in mid-November when The New York Times first reported on the negotiations and that the Koch brothers were helping to finance the deal with a $650 million infusion. The deal By Lainey • Dec 06, 2017 09:36 am
What Else What Else? I can’t believe I missed this yesterday. Mimi is magic. So of course she has a magical chair with an invisibility cloak. Mimi’s mischief is managed! Some people are trying to apply science to Mimi’s magical chair but, to me, this is a stupid exercise. This is By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 05:24 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Karlie’s white sweater I’ve been on a sweater hunt for weeks now. A few weeks ago I mentioned I wanted a grey sweater that wasn’t itchy – thank you for all your suggestions – and Sasha found me one that I ended up buying. Here it is if you’re wondering. I love By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 04:50 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Ruth’s baggy red dress I mentioned a few weeks ago how much I would miss Ruth Negga this award season. See? You see why we miss her? This is a great red dress. I’m partial to it because it’s loose and comfortable without compromising on style. I love the velvet detail down By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 04:02 pm
Media Manipulation Selena’s Instagram privatisation That sounds like a business deal. It’s not a business deal. I wish it was a business deal. But it’s just old fashioned petty celebrity drama. Selena Gomez has made her Instagram private. And most people think it has something to do with this: 📷 @selenagomez via Instagram Stories By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 03:43 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Ruth Wilson’s weird shoes I don’t think the fit is great with this look on Ruth Wilson and it’s because the outfit can’t make up its mind. That top needs to be tighter. I rarely recommend a tighter top but if it has to be that top, with that material, in By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 01:01 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Zendaya’s London black velvet Zendaya’s been in London the last few days on promotion for The Greatest Showman and also to drop some serious steeze. Two outfits here to enjoy: Let’s start with the most recent, last night at the Fashion Awards. With two horses covering her chest and her arms adorned By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 11:59 am
Music Taylor Swift covers British Vogue It’s new editor Edward Enninful’s second issue as the head of British Vogue. For Edward, then, this is quite a coup, having Taylor Swift cover the first issue of 2018. He styled her himself and she was photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott who also shot her By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 11:09 am
Top Reads John Oliver vs Dustin Hoffman Have you seen Wag The Dog? It’s a satirical film about politics and elections and, if I remember correctly, it was released around the time of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, about the president running for re-election who creeped on a young girl and hires a Hollywood publicist to By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 10:03 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 5, 2017 Dear Gossips, If you haven’t already, listen to the Angelina Jolie interview on Scott Feinberg’s Awards Chatter podcast that was just posted yesterday. It’s almost an hour of her talking through her career, sounding more relaxed and casual than she does when we see her on panels By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 08:39 am
What Else What Else? True story: I did not know what the Long Island Medium looked like until today, though I have heard that a good number of celebrities have reached out to the Long Island Medium on the low. Is seeing a medium the new plastic surgery? Everyone does it but no one By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 04:47 pm
Royals Prince Harry & Meghan Markle: one week later It was a week ago today that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they’re getting married. Four days after that, she joined him for their first official public engagement in Nottingham. Today Harry attended the London Fire Brigade carol service at Westminster Cathedral. Sorry, I have to laugh, By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 04:10 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Selena, Meghan, and Matt Selena Gomez spent the weekend in London. Today she was seen several times in several different outfits promoting her single. Last week Billboard named Selena the Woman of the Year. So we begin the latest episode of Show Your Work talking about Selena’s work in 2017 and how her By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 03:25 pm
Channing Tatum Channing Tatum: Jenna Dewan’s personal photographer It was Jenna Dewan Tatum’s birthday yesterday. Same as Tiffany Haddish. She and Channing Tatum celebrated in Los Cabos. I don’t think I would have posted about this had I not received an email last week from a reader called Krista who was “feeling concerned about Channing and By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 11:51 am
Ellen Degeneres Mary and Tiffany Yesterday was Tiffany Haddish’s birthday. On Saturday night she was hanging out with Mary J Blige at DJ Khaled’s birthday party which I think was also a promotional event for The Four, the new talent competition show starring Khaled, Diddy, Meghan Trainor, and Fergie. Mary, as we’ve By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 10:30 am
Intro for December 4, 2017 Dear Gossips, Think of Emily Doe and not her rapist, even though her rapist is the one making headlines. Emily Doe was unconscious when her rapist was discovered by two passersby behind a dumpster – oh, wait, no, I’m sorry, ADJACENT to a dumpster (because location specifics are what make By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 09:07 am
