Game of Thrones Intro for August 28, 2017 Dear Gossips, It could be 18 months. The wait could be as much as a year and a half before we get to the final season of Game Of Thrones. This is terrifying to me. Who will I be in 18 months? Who will we be in 18 months? This By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 09:01 am
What Else What Else? John Mayer asked David Foster on Instagram to hook him up with Erin Foster, his daughter. At least that’s what this looks like. But …John Mayer knows David Foster pretty well. He performed at David’s big birthday party last year. His daughters were there. It’s not like By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 04:12 pm
TV Updates Ryan Gosling’s season premiere It was confirmed last night on SNL Weekend Update: Summer Edition that Ryan Gosling will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live with musical guest Jay-Z on September 30th, a week before the release of the highly anticipated Blade Runner 2049. Also starring the aforementioned Jared Leto but, really, By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 03:46 pm
Bad Style Jared Leto: only half-method Jared Leto is doing some press right now. When I saw new photos of him this week I had no idea why. He’s in Blade Runner 2049. He plays the villain. A new trailer was released a few days ago that shows him talking in his try-creepy villain voice By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 03:26 pm
Music Jay-Z & JT: Super Bowl LII? Oh FFS. There’s a rumour circulating that the NFL is negotiating with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to co-headline Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. The source of the rumour is Hits Daily Double. Previously, whenever there have been leaks about halftime shows at the Super Bowl, they’ve come from By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 12:33 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s new images Taylor Swift’s website crashed last night following the release of Look What You Made Me Do. Because after dropping the song, she’s also partnered with Target for album collectibles – two magazines that include the upcoming new album and personal photos and artwork. Here’s the artwork: These images By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 11:26 am
Girly Throw Downs The old Taylor is dead Duana and I are recording the final episode of the first season of our Show Your Work podcast tonight. Guess who the lead story is? Well who else could it be? And she was already just the lead two weeks ago. Taylor Swift, of course. Taylor Swift has given us By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 10:08 am
Music Intro for August 25, 2017 Dear Gossips, I was at the Mimi/Lionel Richie All The Hits show in Toronto last night with my friend Marci Ien. Lionel Richie is 68 years old, my dad’s age. My dad’s not preening across any stage in black skinny jeans. I mean, the voice isn’t By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 09:01 am
What Else What Else? I never thought this would happen but the world is caring about Tom Cruise’s ass in the same way that they care about other notable asses, Lopez, Kardashian, Minaj, Chyna, or otherwise. What’s next? Will Tom Cruise photocopy his ass to prove that…? I actually can’t remember By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 04:06 pm
Music Taylor Swift: approaching Snake hour As promised yesterday, Taylor Swift will be releasing the first single off her new album, Reputation, some time tonight. As I noted yesterday, I’m thinking it’ll be late. Late enough that it could technically be considered Friday. Not only to get the jump on the weekend and, possibly By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 02:09 pm
Media Manipulation Gwyneth’s distracting ring A couple of days ago, Robert Downey Jr posted a photo with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jon Favreau on Instagram, confirming that both would be back for Avengers: Infinity War. I posted new photos of all of them on set yesterday, along with Mark Ruffalo. Also yesterday? Goop was making headlines By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 12:31 pm
Maple Leaf Celine shines bright like a diamond Celine Dion was in Montreal yesterday for her bag launch. And, well, where Celine goes, the feelings go. So it was a spectacle. Not only because she’s Celine Dion, after all, but also because, of course, Celine is from Montreal. Well, technically she was born in Charlemagne, but that’ By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Speaking of maybe-not Batman… Here’s Ben Affleck on Tuesday leaving his hotel in New York with Lindsay Shookus and then at the airport, presumably heading back to LA after spending the weekend with her. As Sarah just wrote in the previous post, it’s looking more and more like Ben will no longer By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, Back in March I read a book and even though we weren’t even at quarter of the way through 2017, I called it the Book of the Year. That would be Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, which made it to the top of the NY By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 09:30 am
What Else What Else Should Gwyneth Paltrow be friends with this woman? It’s a similar life philosophy. At least initially. GP, however, doesn’t apologise or backtrack. She instead tells her critics to bring their “A game”. So, maybe, at first G was like, oh, this is friend potential. And then after? After By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 05:14 pm
Music Taylor’s Reputation Earlier today, Taylor released a third snake video across her socials. Then, a couple of hours later, the announcement that the new single will be out tomorrow night – which goes along with earlier theories that the song would drop on Friday, because if it happens around midnight, she gets to By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 04:33 pm