Maple Leaf Intro for June 30, 2017 Dear Gossips, This weekend, Canada is marking the 150th anniversary of Confederation. My parents came to Canada to have me and raise me, so that I could have more opportunities, more opportunities than would ever have been available to them. So my personal relationship to Canada 150 is about gratitude. By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 09:47 am
What Else What Else? John Mayer claims he doesn’t care that Katy Perry gave him a gold medal in f-cking. But in private? If there really was a tangible thing that represented his achievement, he’d have it mounted at his house. Wait no. Because there actually is something tangible: his dick. So By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 04:21 pm
Break Ups Today in Gossip Nostalgia: June 29, 2012 Without googling, do you remember what happened 5 years ago today? It was around noon ET on a Friday. It was a major gossip bombshell. Ninja Katie Holmes! That was day Katie Holmes, seemingly out of f-cking nowhere, announced that she’d left Tom Cruise through from her attorney. We By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 12:16 pm
Sports Princess Kate in Gucci Princess Kate stepped out today in London to open the new wing at the Victoria & Albert Museum. And she showed up in Gucci. As we’ve all seen, Gucci, for the last couple of years, under Alessandro Michele, has been the label with the most high profile celebrity patronage. By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 10:33 am
Tony Chiu Wai Leung Intro for June 29, 2017 Dear Gossips, As mentioned yesterday in What Else? the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscar Academy, released its new list of 774 members, a new record. After the nominations were announced in 2015, it was April Reign who created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. The hashtag came back a By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 09:32 am
What Else What Else? There are 85 problems with this “solution”. One of my major problems with it is that no one seems to understand that consent isn’t just about asking “permission” at the beginning. It’s not a f-cking school trip. Consent is fluid. Pleasurable, consensual sex means you pay attention – in By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 05:22 pm
Amazingness Mimi’s political scandal Mimi and Dembabies are overseas while she makes a few paid stops and sings here and there for a million dollars a pop or so. She also spent some time in Israel to promote a skincare line, also likely for a major deposit. Our girl has to hustle, OK? She’ By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 04:50 pm
Books Brooklyn Beckham, photographer Victoria and David Beckham were at their oldest son Brooklyn’s book launch last night in London. So in case you weren’t feeling old, Posh and Becks are now attending events FOR THEIR CHILDREN. It’s not about them anymore. We are deep in era of Next Gen Celebrity. By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 12:27 pm
Equality Issues In case you were worried about Johnny Depp… Last week, Johnny Depp made a joke at Glastonbury about assassinating Donald Trump. Also his former managers, The Management Group, revealed in court documents that they were aware that he was allegedly abusing Amber Heard during their marriage. (Thanks for coming forward when it really mattered, TMG! It wasn’t By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 10:22 am
Intro for June 28, 2017 Dear Gossips, Does politics belong in gossip? Is “belong” even the right word for it anymore? Two articles for you to read today that might answer that question. The first from this month’s New Yorker, written by Jeffrey Toobin, about The National Enquirer’s Fervor for Trump. You might By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 09:31 am
What Else What Else? Remember when Duana and I, on the last episode of Show Your Work, talked about Emmy campaigns? And how the budgets are getting bigger than the Oscar campaigns? This probably did not cost a lot of money, if any money at all. But what they’re offering cannot be bought. By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 05:57 pm
Sports Serena Williams: Young, Gifted, Black, and Pregnant Serena Williams on the cover of Vanity Fair… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gasped when I saw this this morning. And then I got pissed because I knew I wouldn’t be able to read it for a few hours. Then the magnificence of these photos made me forget my anger. I’ve been By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 04:57 pm
Top Reads The Jennifer Lawrence airport pickup Jennifer Lawrence showed up at LAX yesterday, not to catch a flight but to pick up a friend. She’s actually been papped a few times the last few days, which is, for her, kind of a lot, given that she’s pretty good at staying out of sight. She By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 02:11 pm
BFFs Tony, Bruce…and Stephen? I may have mentioned before how many times I’ve seen the first Avengers movie – a LOT. Three or four times in the theatre, at least 10 times on planes, maybe more. And many, many more times on television. At least 15 times on television. Every time it’s on By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 12:29 pm
Sports Taylor Swift sends a message Taylor Swift has kept a very low profile over the last few months. Which is how I’ve started almost every post about Taylor Swift over the last few months. At this point it’s become part of her brand. When we do get news about Taylor, more often than By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 11:47 am
Sports Drake hosts the NBA Awards The first ever NBA Awards happened last night in New York. Drake was the host. Drake, as you know, from the Junos and the ESPYs and Saturday Night Live, is a very good host. This is a skill he has on top of his other skills and a skill that By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 11:23 am
