Coincidence or conspiracy Beyoncé knew She knew. Last week I wrote about how the Recording Academy had to discuss during a meeting whether or not Beyoncé was “gaming the system”. They claim it was a short conversation but the signs were there – they didn’t appreciate that Beyoncé delivered a complete album that crossed several By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 11:25 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Adele shows her work We all remember last year the Grammys f-cked Adele on the audio. This year, she opened the show. And, to be honest, the audio was a problem again – not as bad as in 2016 but we’ve all seen Adele at the height of her powers. And if you’ve By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 09:12 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Paris Jackson at the Grammys Were we meant to be intrigued by Michael Jackson’s children the moment he introduced them to the world? They were presented to us. And they were also hidden from us. Because he knew about the oppressive nature of fame. But, deep down, he must have also known that elusiveness By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:58 am
Award Season Campaigning Denzel and Casey’s winning weekends Casey Affleck won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role last night. Denzel Washington, however, was not nominated. And the last time they went head-to-head, at the SAGs, it was Denzel who pulled off the surprise. Which suddenly changed our assumption of what the Best Actor Oscar race By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:24 am
Music Intro for February 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Since the midpoint of last year, I’ve been Gossip Genie-ing for a Grammy collaboration between Beyoncé and Adele. A conventional collaboration did not happen. But could you call what actually did happen a collaboration? In the end, what wasn’t televised is the moment Adele accidentally broke By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:00 am
Music The Oscar performers The Academy today announced who would be performing at the Oscars this year. All five nominated songs will be represented. These are the artists who’ll sing them: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Auli’i Cravalho, How Far I’ll Go, Moana Sting, The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story John By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 03:33 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jenna’s stars I thought this might be a romper! I’m not sure it is. But that’s the only way to make it better – because it’s pretty perfect, this little starry dress on Jenna Dewan. The slight flare at the hem of the skirt is so pretty. The high neck By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 01:35 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Dakota’s updo The dress is fine. I don’t want to talk about the dress. I want to talk about the hair. I don’t understand it. I don’t understand how it happened. Not, like, the mechanics of it, but how anyone could decide that THIS would be the hairstyle to By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 12:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Clooney Twins 2017: the announcement Vox posted an article yesterday after it was confirmed that Amal and George Clooney are expecting twins comparing Amal’s “announcement” to Beyoncé’s, and how each woman’s pregnancy announcement style reflected their respective approaches to celebrity. Many of you have tweeted or emailed me about how Amal and By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 12:03 pm
Celebrity Real Estate With what money??? Johnny Depp is suing his former managers, alleging that they mishandled his finances. The managers are countersuing, insisting that they did their jobs, and the reason why Johnny’s broke is because he makes terrible decisions, spends outrageously, and wouldn’t listen when they told him to stop making it By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 10:55 am
BFFs When Gwyneth speaks of the Blessing Gwyneth Paltrow was in New York for Fashion Week yesterday, seated front row at the La Perla show. Gwyneth and La Perla’s creative director, Julia Haart, are collaborators. La Perla is sold on goop. So she was there to fulfill her business obligations, and part of that involved talking By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 10:39 am
Beyoncé Intro for February 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, We are 48 hours away from the Beyoncé-Adele Grammys. Both Beyoncé and Adele are expected to perform during the show. Reportedly Beyoncé’s performance will feature a few cameos but, come on now, the Avengers she’s growing inside of her are really the only cameos required. When By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 09:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Clooney Twins 2017 – confirmed A few weeks ago, a newspaper in Lebanon, citing Amal Clooney family sources, reported that she and George are expecting twins. As I noted at the time, the report was worth considering…specifically because of where it originated. There have been no confirmations or denials from the Clooneys, until now. By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 03:59 pm
Scarlett Johansson Scarlett & Chris? I received an email today from a longtime reader called Tenika who had this question: Scarlett is single now and so is Evans....... What do we think? They certainly had great chemistry in Winter Soldier. And she’s never been single since they started working together as Avengers. So...? I By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 03:49 pm
Award Season Campaigning Dev’s big weekend? Many of you have been asking for a post on Dev Patel. More posts on Dev Patel. It’s been a great week for Dev so far. On Monday he was at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon as a proper nominee for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Lion. And By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ATJ also knows what to say Aaron Taylor-Johnson profile in Vulture posted yesterday – did you read it? He’s quite self-deprecating. And I don’t think it’s dishonest. When ATJ was nominated and then won the Golden Globe, no one was expecting it, certainly not him. Partly because he wasn’t the one who was By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 12:08 pm
