Royals Harry, Meghan, and the other pictures I was waiting on some additional information which is why I didn’t get to this yesterday so you’ve probably already seen these photos of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Jamaica at his friend’s wedding. What surprised me though is that some of you have emailed and By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 10:27 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, The two major celebrity interviews/profiles I read yesterday: David Letterman in New York Magazine and Chrissy Teigen in Glamour. Letterman is, as we all know, a legend. He was irreverent when he was on late night and now that he’s retired, he really has no f-cks By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 09:22 am
Quiveration Idris Elba: turntables and hotdogs I am not The One. I will not be going on a date with Idris Elba. Instead, the winner of the date with Idris Elba is Sandra Boonton from New Jersey. And she’s pretty f-cking cute, so I’m happy for her…I guess. Congratulations Sandra. Please pound the By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 04:19 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Oscars, Angelina, Jake G’s pivot, and how women diversify Sorry again for missing out on the podcast last week. Duana and I were in LA for the Oscars and our podcast studio (my living room) isn’t mobile yet. But what a week to miss… We’ve had questions about how the Oscar f-ck-up could have happened. And while By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 03:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé, Blue, Beauty & The Beast The Beauty & The Beast premiere happened last Thursday. Emma Watson was the big draw on the red carpet. The biggest draw, however, avoided the red carpet and arrived at the last minute: Beyoncé. With the Blue Ivy Carter. And, of course, the Blessings. Beyoncé has posted the photos from By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The PM’s wife and Colin Firth’s turtleneck Production on the Love Actually “sequel” continued this weekend. It’s a 10 minute short film that will air on Red Nose Day in the UK on March 24 and the following day in North America. We saw Liam Neeson shooting his scenes a couple of weeks ago and now By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 11:19 am
Blind Riddles Making good decisions You may have heard that he’s been scaling back on some of his work commitments, major projects that meant a lot to him. These are good decisions. Part of a series of better decisions that he’s been making lately. And the best decision is that he’s been By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 10:55 am
Douchebags Justin Timberlake’s Trolls song was actually about “inclusion” Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, named the Worst Song of 2016 by several industry outlets, won the iHeartRadio Music Award for Song of the Year last night, because it was played so much on the radio. Previously – as in when he was campaigning for Oscar – JT explained By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 10:00 am
Zadie Smith Intro for March 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, Did you read the new Zadie Smith this weekend? And did you LISTEN to Zadie Smith reading her own words this weekend? There’s a new book of photographs taken by Jerry Dantzic coming out next month of Billie Holiday. Zadie’s piece Crazy They Call Me, imagined By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 08:19 am
Maple Leaf Celine feels the shoulder bow It takes a certain person to wear a certain dress. This particular dress – powder blue, high collar, and a giant bow (is it a bow? I’m calling it a bow) on one shoulder – requires a particular person. A person who can carry a bow as big as her heart By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 03:41 pm
Royals Meghan & Harry at the wedding Not the one we’re waiting on, but US Weekly says that a proposal is coming by summer. But this weekend Prince Harry is in Jamaica for the wedding of his good friend Tom “Skipp” Inskip and … Meghan Markle has joined him there. So. A few points. First… he’s By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 01:09 pm
Girly Throw Downs Remy’s follow-up Kathleen wrote about Remy Ma’s shETHER the other day, a direct rap-attack on Nicki Minaj. And as of this morning, Nicki has still not responded. And Remy is coming for her again with a follow-up diss track appropriated titled Another One, calling out Nicki again on all the previous By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Johnny Depp is young again Another trailer for Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Johnny Depp needs money was released yesterday. It’s probably the best one we’ve seen so far. And, yes, it’s probably because it features the most Captain Jack Sparrow that we’ve seen so far. Not surprising since the franchise By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 11:11 am
Break Ups Katy Perry’s breakup haircut Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom confirmed earlier this week that they’re not together anymore – for now – because they’re taking some “loving space”. Supposedly it was amicable, although PEOPLE reports that Orlando “didn’t want things to get more serious” and has recently been behaving like “he had one By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 10:10 am
Taylor Swift Intro for March 3, 2017 Dear Gossips, Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen wrote a great piece yesterday about Ivanka Trump And The Aesthetics Of Denial, an analysis of how Ivanka uses social media to her advantage – to pivot and redirect and protect, not just her father’s brand but, most importantly, her own. The reason By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 09:29 am
Douchebags “Baby daddy duty” It’s taken me a few days to get to this but I thought I’d let your Justin Timberlake Oscar rage subside …and then stoke it back up again. Here’s what Jessica Biel posted on Instagram the day after the Oscars: Post Oscars. Pre party. Baby daddy duty. By Lainey • Mar 02, 2017 04:36 pm