Media Manipulation Not commenting…but commenting Yesterday I posted about Justin Bieber not commenting when asked by paparazzi about Selena Gomez and The Weeknd. Then, like right after, he no-commented commented, through TMZ: Justin Bieber can spot an opportunist from a mile away ... at least now he can, and the opportunist is Selena Gomez. Our Bieber By Lainey • Jan 17, 2017 12:25 pm
Royals Will, Kate, and Harry speak together Prince William, Princess Catherine, and Prince Harry all spoke today in support of their Heads Together campaign in support of mental health awareness. Here in Canada, we are 8 days away from Bell Let’s Talk Day. In 2016, over $6 million was raised to fund mental health initiatives from By Lainey • Jan 17, 2017 10:38 am
Relationship Assumption Kate & Rooney: Mara love updates Kate and Rooney Mara were both papped yesterday. Let’s start with Kate: her reps confirmed yesterday that she and Jamie Bell are engaged. You can see she’s wearing her engagement ring at LAX. They’ve been together since working together on Fantastic Four, a sh-tty movie that was By Lainey • Jan 17, 2017 10:08 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 17, 2017 Dear Gossips, There was a new interview with Viola Davis in The Guardian the other day. She is, as she always is, so articulate and so passionate, I feel like I could read a 500 page book of Viola Davis interviews and not get bored. My favourite part though, and By Lainey • Jan 17, 2017 09:36 am
Break Ups Show Your Work: Johnny Depp & money dicks Johnny Depp and Amber Heard finally settled their divorce last week. He will be paying her the $7 million he agreed to in installments, less the $100,000 that he’d already donated to her designated charities. But just as soon as he wrapped up that legal problem, we found By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 04:18 pm
Quiveration Becoming obsessed with Zoe & Karl The cast of the upcoming Big Little Lies attended the ELLE Annual Women in Television event together on Saturday. Have you read the book? Zoe Kravitz plays Bonnie, who is married to Reese Witherspoon’s character’s ex-husband. Zoe was at the party with her boyfriend, Karl Glusman. Back in By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 03:41 pm
Hook Ups Diego & Suki Since the release of Rogue One, not a day goes by without an email, or a few, from someone asking for more gossip about Diego Luna. God.DAMN. yes he was hot in Rogue One. And, as Sarah mentioned last week, if you haven’t seen Y Tu Mama Tambien By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 12:12 pm
Maple Leaf JB: no comment Justin Bieber stepped out on Saturday night for dinner at Catch. Every few months or so there’s a place they all go. I guess The Nice Guy is so 2015/16? So now, every night, the paps will post up at Catch for their shots. So JB was surrounded By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 11:10 am
Break Ups Body-off is the new dance-off For the last year or so, Gigi Hadid has been the most high profile Hadid. Her sister, Bella, who models too, has never had the same level of hype. At least not until Selena Gomez started dealing with her ex, The Weeknd. So you know that last week, Selena and By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 10:28 am
Gossip Nostalgia Gossip Nostalgia: Brad Pitt, Sting…and Charlie Hunnam Last week, Brad Pitt was the surprise presenter at the Golden Globes to introduce Moonlight, which he co-produced. This weekend he stepped out at a charity event, the EBMRF Benefit in Malibu, his second public appearance in as many weeks, now that he and Angelina Jolie have agreed to wage By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 09:12 am
Royals Meghan meets Kate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been together since at least last June. She met Prince Charles back in September around Harry’s birthday. And she met Prince William later on in the fall. But she’d yet to meet Princess Catherine, until last week. According to US Weekly, Kate By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 08:23 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 16, 2017 Dear Gossips, I went down a Marilyn Monroe internet black hole yesterday. She’s still making headlines, this time because new footage of one of her most memorable moments has surfaced. We allllll know the image: Marilyn in a white dress, the skirt blowing up around her, exposing her. It By Lainey • Jan 16, 2017 07:39 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Maisie’s cute pants and sweater AMAAAAZINNNGGGG outfit. These pants alone would have made it an amazing outfit. But this sweater. With GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS on it. And the heart on the collar… I have a GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS sweater from Opening Ceremony that I bought a few years ago – click here to see. I love By Lainey • Jan 13, 2017 01:14 pm
Sports Jessica Simpson’s Gossip Nostalgia Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson, and their two children were seen at LAX yesterday. Not sure where they’re going. Maybe Dallas? Probably not Dallas? I say this because last week, I read an article about the Dallas Cowboys. It was a playoff bye week for the team, apparently their first By Lainey • Jan 13, 2017 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Johnny Depp in sandals Johnny Depp was photographed yesterday on the set of LAbyrinth. This is not a typo, it’s how they’re stylising the title of the movie because it’s about a LAPD detective investigating the murders of Biggie and Tupac. Sarah previously wrote about the project here. As you can By Lainey • Jan 13, 2017 11:22 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week on The Social we interviewed Will Schwalbe about his book Books For Living. It’s a book about books, books that have changed people’s lives and the stories about the stories that have brought people together. Will told a story about a grandmother who By Lainey • Jan 13, 2017 09:51 am