Intro for August 29, 2017 Dear Gossips, Let’s start the day off right: with SEX. Because for the last 24 hours or so, since about 1015pm ET on Sunday night, we’ve been talking about sex. Have you heard? 16.5 million people watched the Game Of Thrones Season 7 finale, a record for By Lainey • Aug 29, 2017 09:33 am
What Else What Else? When we lived in Vancouver, we used to walk our dogs in the trails and often there would be horses. Most of the trails are off-leash so we’d let our dogs roam. Nothing freaks our dogs out more than horses. Barney took off after seeing a horse once By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 03:45 pm
Game of Thrones Show Your Work: Taylor Swift is The Matrix Taylor Swift has been breaking all kinds of records with Look What You Made Me Do – on iTunes, on YouTube, on Spotify. So while the song may not be a hit with critics, it’s undeniable that she’s one of the most powerful forces in music. Which is why, By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 03:34 pm
Katy Perry Katy Perry, the frustration As I mentioned in today’s open, I only watched the opening hour of the MTV VMAs because Game Of Thrones. Pretty sure I didn’t need to watch the rest of the VMAs though to get a sense of how Katy Perry performed as the host of the show. By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 01:33 pm
Music Taylor Swift vs Taylor Swifts Many of the world’s most famous popstars have practised reinvention. Some reinventions are more clever and more memorable than others. Back in 1990, George Michael burned his leather jacket, his guitar, and his jukebox in Freedom 90 video. He was torching the symbols that he created. And he did By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 12:19 pm
Game of Thrones Game Of Thrones: the limits of loyalty All that’s left of Game Of Thrones now is 6 super-sized episodes coming… no time soon. What needs to be accomplished in those remaining episodes is, obviously, figuring out whether or not the wheel will be broken, how secret identities might tear lovers apart, and, yes, dealing with By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 11:04 am
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, 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 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 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
