Equality Issues Justin Timberlake: Pleading and Privileged Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential debate, and Taylor Swift have dominated the western news cycle this week. Also the VMAs and Shannon Sharpe, LOL. There have been two celebrity beneficiaries of all of these headlines: Dave Grohl (who Maria posted about yesterday) and also Justin Timberlake. White man privilege By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 02:12 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Happy Girl Autumn Autumn is Taylor Swift’s favourite season. It’s not quite autumn yet but we’re getting there and I feel like she was giving autumn with her red carpet outfit at the VMAs last night… only “sad girl autumn”, an expression she’s used before, has given way to By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 11:42 am
Music The Pop Girl Rookies of the VMAs I’m not entirely sure if the MTV VMAs are the cultural force that they used to be. Final numbers haven’t been released yet but early word is that viewership was down by a significant margin. It’s my job to know what happens at the VMAs and I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 10:43 am
Style Intro for September 12, 2024 Dear Gossips, Megan Thee Stallion said that if she was going to host the MTV VMAs then what we were going to see was eighty thousand outfit changes. And that’s exactly what happened – look after look after look, so shout out to the glam squad because this is a By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 09:12 am
What Else What Else? Taylor Swift breaking news endorsement was a big deal across the board, in both news and entertainment and, I guess, tech streams. Because right after she rejected one failed billionaire, another billionaire decided we needed to be disgusted by him, again. To borrow a phrase that Madam Vice President Harris By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 04:07 pm
BFFs The Most Powerful Childless Cat Lady in the World Pretty much immediately after the US presidential debate last night between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Taylor Swift finally entered the chat. She made it clear who she’s voting for, and it’s who most of her fans believed she would vote for given her previous positions By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 10:59 am
Shout-Outs September 11, 2024 – Shout-Outs Rainbow Community Places is having a fundraiser comedy benefit in Toronto on Sunday, September 29th and we’re hoping you can join! The evening is hosted by renowned comedian/actor/writer Martha Chaves (Just for Laughs, We're Funny That Way, CBC) and will feature an amazing lineup of By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 09:27 am
Kamala Harris Intro for September 11, 2024 Dear Gossips, For decades, maybe longer, American politics has been described as theatre. It is still theatre, but by half. Theatrical performers are trained artists and there was a trained professional on stage last night at the presidential debate, but on the other side of the stage, it was less By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 09:15 am
What Else What Else? Lindsay Lohan stepped out in New York for a fashion week event and in a Sliding Doors universe, she would have at this point in her life been one to watch for her style, whatever the occasion. I know there are people out there who are still obsessed with her, By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 04:13 pm
Media Manipulation Blake Lively’s Feelings It Ends With Us opened in theatres a month ago yesterday and has gone on to become Blake Lively’s highest grossing movie. That’s typically an achievement to be celebrated but there really hasn’t been all that much celebration, at least not publicly. Because of the scandal that By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 01:59 pm
Style This is Brad Kelce Brad Pitt is in New York, ahead of the Apple TV+ release of Wolfs, his new film with George Clooney that received aggressively medium reviews coming out of Venice. That premiere is happening soon and these days, since he and Ines de Ramon have hard launched their relationship, she is By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 11:39 am
Music Intro for September 10, 2024 Dear Gossips, The Country Music Association Awards nominations were announced yesterday and you’ll never guess, Beyoncé was not nominated in a single category despite having released the country music masterpiece that is COWBOY CARTER. Shaboozey, however, received two nominations – for New Artist of the Year and Single of the By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 09:36 am
What Else What Else? I posted earlier about Angelina Jolie in Toronto and the fan who rushed her and related that to what Chappell Roan has been saying about boundaries. The Boys star Valorie Curry is also speaking up about f-cked up fan interactions after attending a fan convention. What happened is appalling. Last By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 05:11 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie, the Movie Star at TIFF George Pimentel is the most well-known celebrity and special events photographer based in Toronto. He’s a fixture at TIFF, and works directly at and for the festival, given special access to roam the red carpet and go backstage at the screenings and premieres, to photograph the biggest stars. His By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 02:29 pm
Royals Princess Kate: An Impressive Return This year feels like it’s been a decade. And one of the biggest stories of the year, even though it seems so long ago, was the announcement from the British royal family that Princess Kate was going through health issues, and in the weeks that followed, the speculation over By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 12:45 pm
Break Ups JLo comes back to Toronto The last time Jennifer Lopez was at TIFF it was for Hustlers and on the strength of the strong reaction to the film in Toronto, she was, for a time, in conversation during award season as she was nominated for a Golden Globe. So she has good memories here, and By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 12:15 pm
