Break Ups JLo: “I’m not Teflon” I laughed when I read this quote from Jennifer Lopez this morning in the new issue of Interview Magazine. Then I screencapped it, circled “I’m not Teflon” in orange, her favourite colour, and sent it to Duana. Because, of course, it was Duana on our Show Your Work podcast By Lainey • Oct 09, 2024 11:25 am
Shout-Outs October 9, 2024 – Shout-Outs My ma, the Squawking Chicken, lives with a rare disease called POEMS, a blood disorder. She has been treated twice for multiple myeloma: radiation, chemo, stem cell transplants. Our family has seen first-hand the devastating effects of myeloma on the body. POEMS has made it so that ma can no By Lainey • Oct 09, 2024 10:55 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for October 9, 2024 Dear Gossips, If I was in LA last night I would have tried – and probably not succeeded – to go to Beyond Fest’s 30th anniversary screening of Speed that was followed by a panel discussion featuring director Jan de Bont and Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves… !!! Up until yesterday, Jan, By Lainey • Oct 09, 2024 10:08 am
What Else What Else? I think I mentioned this around the time of the Olympics but did you ever imagine that Snoop Dogg would be NBC’s big Olympic draw and that his content would be so primetime wholesome? So I love this piece by Justin Charity about “The Year of Snoop Dogg” and By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 04:03 pm
Music Rocky by RiRi A$AP Rocky is featured on the new issue of W Magazine, photographed by none other than Rihanna. Obviously an automatic yes for the publication. Rihanna in any shape or form is already a huge get but then to have her step behind the camera for the first time, officially, By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 02:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul and Gracie There are certain corners of the internet and social media that lose their f-cking minds whenever Paul Mescal does something. So I’m very curious to see what the next few weeks will be like as we near the release of Gladiator II. Promotion for the film should be in By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 01:14 pm
Music Billie on her own Billie Eilish covers the November issue of Vogue, not a surprising choice. “Birds of a Feather” has been a huge hit this year; the album Hit Me Hard and Soft, her third studio album, is probably her strongest work to date, I love it; and even at my house, and By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 11:50 am
Sports Taylor Swift: Plaid and Sparkles Taylor Swift hasn’t been to a football game in a few weeks so maybe she put something extra into her look last night when Kansas City hosted New Orleans in KC, showing up in plaid Vivienne Westwood and sparkle freckles. If plaid had a season, it would be fall. By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 11:18 am
TV Updates Intro for October 8, 2024 Dear Gossips, I was today year’s old when I realised that American Ninja Warrior is a real thing. Like I may have seen a commercial for it here and there but nothing ever really took hold in my consciousness until this morning, when for whatever reason, a video of By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 10:13 am
What Else What Else? Have we gotten used to Daniel Craig’s hair yet? When he showed up in Venice about six weeks ago wearing it longer, some people weren’t feeling it. But now that you’re more accustomed to it, has it… grown on you? Sorry. I couldn’t help it. Daniel By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 04:08 pm
Relationship Assumption Jessica Simpson: social and ring watch Here’s Jessica Simpson today at LAX wearing a very Jessica Simpson outfit. The animal print and the boots – she’s been in a version of this look for at least 15 years, and it has a bit of an Anna Wintour effect where this could be 2024 or 2014 By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone’s premiere wig Emma Stone was at the New York Film Festival last night with husband and business partner Dave McCary for the premiere of A Real Pain. This is Jesse Eisenberg’s film – he wrote, directed, and stars alongside Kieran Culkin so Emma has a long history here with the creatives involved. By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 01:57 pm
TV Updates New parents and new haircuts at the polo The Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic took place in LA this weekend for the first time in three years, which surprised me because I feel like this is a regular event that pops up in our photo agencies and it is, it just happens in other locations. As usual, though, when By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 01:10 pm
Shout-Outs October 7, 2024 – Shout-Outs I got an email the other day from a longtime reader called Ashley who is based in Asheville, North Carolina, a town that has like so many other towns in Western North Carolina been devastated by Hurricane Helene. Search and rescue continues, they’re only just starting to assess the By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am
Kamala Harris Intro for October 7, 2024 Dear Gossips, One of the biggest stories out of the weekend, at least on my feeds, is that Vice President Kamala Harris was on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. Alex explained that while this is not typically the kind of content that the pod is known for, “… at By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 09:57 am
Music Sabrina Carpenter: Petty, Productive, and Professional Sabrina Carpenter was just named to the TIME100 Next list for 2024. Her entry was written by another short blonde, Christina Aguilera. And that’s not their only similarity. Like Christina, Sabrina also came up through Disney. But the artist who’s been mentioned most often alongside Sabrina this year By Lainey • Oct 04, 2024 10:31 am
