Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Faith’s Jolie dress Faith Hill wore a black one-shoulder Armani gown on the red carpet at the CMAs last night. Don’t care for it. And not because of all that gathering creeping up her neck on one side. But because of that black sparkle material. It’s so specifically of an By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 01:31 pm
Music Taylor Swift is not an underdog As expected, Taylor Swift won Song Of The Year for Better Man last night at the CMAs. She wrote the song for Little Big Town. It was obvious the minute Karlie Kloss came out on stage as one of the presenters. No matter how you feel about her, what’s By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 12:00 pm
Top Reads Mimi too? Earlier this week, it was announced that Stella Bulochnikov, who’s been Mariah Carey’s manager for a couple of years now, was stepping down from the “day-to-day management” of Mimi’s career. So they broke up. Two days later, TMZ reports that Mimi’s being accused of By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 10:10 am
Music Intro for November 9, 2017 Dear Gossips, I don’t listen to much country music. I’m unfamiliar with most of the songs performed at the CMA Awards. But almost every year for the last several years, I’ve watched most of the show. It’s a really well produced show. Like, I don’t By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 09:32 am
What Else What Else? The MET Gala theme has been set for 2018. It’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”. Which means there will be zero imagination. Because every basic will show up in a crucifix. Except… Rihanna, of course. Always Rihanna at the MET Gala. And she’s also co-chairing By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 06:24 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Prediction: Mark Wahlberg SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Marky Mark of the Calvin Klein underwear ads has never been named Sexiest Man Alive. People have been horny for those ads for almost 20 years. - And since then Mark Wahlberg has gone on to become a Hollywood mogul. He’s one of the most powerful actor-producers By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 05:22 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2008 Idris Elba: Runner-up SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Every single f-cking one you can think of. - Molly’s Game will be in limited release at Christmas and will open wide in January. That’s an award season schedule. Most of that awards attention will be on Jessica Chastain but as Sarah wrote in her review By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 04:55 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Justin Timberlake: SMA Odds 2017 Arguments for: - F*ck him. As far as I’m concerned there are zero arguments in favour of Justin Timberlake being named the Sexiest Man Alive. But the truth is, this is a minority opinion. Especially not with the MiniVan Majority. Which is what PEOPLE caters to. - He’s in By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 04:28 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Drake: SMA Odds 2017 Arguments for: - If Adam f-cking Levine can be the Sexiest Man Alive, why not Drake? - Drake is a bigger superstar than Adam Levine who is, so far, the only musician to ever have been named SMA. - Drake sells. - Drake just showed up on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter. By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 04:08 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Alex Rodriguez: SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Jennifer Lopez. This is the main case. He’s dating her. He’s been dating her this year as he moves away from pro baseball and begins his next career. She’s softened all his edges. He’s been indefatigably trying to convince us that he’s not By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 03:51 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Jake Gyllenhaal: SMA Odds 2017 Arguments for: - Another one who gets handicapped year after year. A couple of years ago at TIFF, Jake was the most googled star of the festival. So he’s definitely known. The MiniVan Majority definitely knows him. - Jake is currently Oscar campaigning. He was at the Hollywood Film Awards the By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 03:20 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2008 Jason Momoa: SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - I mean, he’s pretty f-cking sexy. - Justice League. Aquaman. It’ll be the first time we’re seeing his character. The movie comes out exactly around the same time PEOPLE usually makes the Sexiest Man Alive announcement. Warner Bros wouldn’t mind the promotion at all. By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 02:58 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Chadwick Boseman: SMA Odds 2017 Arguments for: - Black Panther is the most highly anticipated movie of 2018. I would even say it’s the most highly anticipated movie period but then Star Wars nerds would be all up in their feelings about that and we don’t need a MCU Star Wars battle right now. By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 02:42 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Chris Pine: SMA Odds 2017 Arguments for: - Chris Pine is probably Kathleen’s vote for SMA. He is her top Chris. And he was her top Chris even before Wonder Woman came out when he became the top Chris for so many of you. - Wonder Woman is the reason why Chris Pine went from Fourth By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 02:18 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Chris Evans: SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Look at him. It doesn’t get more All-American than Chris Evans. - He’s Captain America! - Technically he’s not on a film promo circuit but if they gave it to Chris Hemsworth already, PEOPLE would totally offer it to Evans. He’s exactly who they’d By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 01:42 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Will Smith: SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Everybody knows Will Smith - I have included him on this list almost every year I’ve been playing this game and it’s never been his year. Is it time? Will Smith is a big international movie star. He may not be the blockbuster star he was before By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 01:09 pm
