Zadie Smith Intro for December 30, 2016 Dear Gossips, Back in November, Zadie Smith was in Berlin to receive the 2016 Welt Literature Prize. I’ve been saving the transcript of her remarks to post today, the final blog day of 2016. Zadie’s talk, On Optimism and Despair, came just after the US election, and seems By Lainey • Dec 30, 2016 10:02 am
Mark Wahlberg Pink shorts, yacht life Some celebrities are in St Barts to close out the year. Others are in Barbados. Rihanna’s been seen at home this week. Simon Cowell is a regular there. And Mark Wahlberg, his wife Rhea Durham and their kids are also in Barbados for the holiday. Mark was photographed in By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 01:44 pm
Jennifer Lopez JLO & Drake: “on another level” Previously on Lopizzy, Rihanna unfollowed Jennifer Lopez on Instagram and then JLO and Drake coordinated Instagram posts, suggesting, or trying to suggest, that they’re together. Yesterday PEOPLE reported on the situation: “Jen is looking forward with excitement to the new year. She keeps hanging out with Drake, and he By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 01:00 pm
Charlie Hunnam Garrett & Charlie 2016 Garrett Hedlund was photographed yesterday at LAX and a few photographers mistook him for Charlie Hunnam. He’s labelled as “Charlie Hunnam” in one of the agencies. Garrett and Charlie are friends and Charlie even challenged Garrett to the 22 pushup challenge in the summer. I never followed up to By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 12:22 pm
Scott Eastwood Scott auditions for Leo Maria emailed this to me Christmas Day, a digital Christmas gift from Scott Eastwood. I can’t decide if Scott Eastwood is the Best of 2016 or the Worst of 2016. Worst because of those goddamn faces he makes. Best because of those goddamn faces he makes, which are in By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 11:28 am
Mariah Carey Intro for December 29, 2016 Dear Gossips, We have three days left in the year and it’s that time of year when people list back their most memorable moments, the highlights and lowlights. In 2016, which was bullsh-t and full of sh-t, it was mostly lowlights. Right to the end 2016 has to be By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 11:12 am
Britney Spears Britney’s Christmas in bed Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, the model from the Slumber Party video, were out together just before Christmas. At the time, I wondered whether or not that meant that she would have a holiday boyfriend. Definitely. And in bed too. Britney showed up on Sam’s Insta story on Christmas By Lainey • Dec 28, 2016 02:57 pm
Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow: the trailblazing witch Gwyneth Paltrow covers the February issue of InStyle on sale January 6th. She’s promoting her new book, Goop Clean Beauty. Can I complain again about how “goop” is styled? Like all lower case? Because now you see the dilemma when it comes to properly titling her projects. I’ve By Lainey • Dec 28, 2016 12:14 pm
Girl Sh-t Lopizzy The easy portmanteau for Drake and JLo is DraLo, pronounced Dray-Low. Boring. And too obvious. See also Hiddleswift. A portmanteau like DraLo or Hiddleswift says nothing about the EXTRA-ness of the hookup. If it could be a brand of shoes or a nice range of hikers, it doesn’t reflect By Lainey • Dec 28, 2016 11:02 am
Jake Gyllenhaal Jake in St Barts Every year, St Barts hosts celebrities for New Years. Last year Leonardo DiCaprio flew down a boat full of models and partied with Justin Bieber and Robin Thicke. This year Jake Gyllenhaal is there. He was papped on the beach yesterday with Greta Caruso. Jake and Greta have been friends By Lainey • Dec 28, 2016 09:54 am
George Michael Intro for December 28, 2016 Dear Gossips, My friends and I started driving when George Michael went solo. And while I didn’t officially get my licence until about a year after Faith was released, that album was what we played endlessly in the car, when we cut class to hang out at the mall, By Lainey • Dec 28, 2016 09:20 am
Mariah Carey Mimi’s Christmas sauce Mimi promised three gifts for the Lambily right up to Christmas and yesterday she released the first – a new video of her not-really-singing Here Comes Santa Claus. The point of Mimi’s Here Comes Santa Claus is to appreciate her Christmas tits. Nobody’s listening to the song. All you’ By Lainey • Dec 23, 2016 12:38 pm
Break Ups Johnny Depp’s Christmas spirit Last week I posted about Amber Heard asking the court to get Johnny Depp to pay her the money he owes her from their divorce settlement. I also mentioned in that post that I’ve heard that Johnny is having some cash-flow problems, and that he’s apparently behind on By Lainey • Dec 23, 2016 11:50 am
Intro for December 23, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Gingerbread House Contest has been an annual tradition here at LaineyGossip for five years. It’s a live gingerbread house competition at my friend Lorella’s. Everyone starts with the same store-bought gingerbread house template. You can use as many houses as possible. But the most important By Lainey • Dec 23, 2016 10:53 am
Aaron Johnson My Obsession visits my Obsession? Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson have been travelling the last few days. At least that’s what she seems to be telling us on Instagram. The travel is Elvis-themed. If you’ve been reading this blog a while, you know that Elvis is also one of my obsessions. We named our By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 02:51 pm
Bradley Cooper Irina’s pregnancy bag Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper are pregnant and engaged. There’s been no confirmation. But I’m not sure we need one? Check out Irina out for lunch in LA yesterday wearing the emerald ring that’s reportedly her engagement ring. And carrying around a large bag of gifts that’ By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 02:16 pm
