Music No show Taylor? Taylor Swift heading to the gym today in New York. New York, also the site of this year’s VMAs on Sunday. But, according to PEOPLE, she won’t be there citing sources connected to MTV and Taylor who insist she’s not going and never intended to go, regardless By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 04:09 pm
Music Britney’s Glory weekend Britney’s new album, Glory, dropped today. Last night she was on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. Those hits, they stand up, don’t they? I will never not love the line, “that is just so typically me”. Ever. A few years ago, as you know, this would not have By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 01:41 pm
Music Rihanna’s “holy crap” Rihanna will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on Sunday at the VMAs, held for the first time at Madison Square Garden. And she will be performing in celebration of the honour. It’s expected to be one of the most memorable moments of the show, perhaps what we’ By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sarah Paulson is the 8th? Deadline reported yesterday that Sarah Paulson is in early talks to join the cast of Oceans 8. They’ve confirmed 7 so far. Production is scheduled to begin in October. Most of Sarah’s acclaimed work the last few years has been on television. But she was f-cking devastating By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 10:38 am
Beyoncé Intro for August 26, 2016 Dear Gossips, You excited for the VMAs? I am. According to The New York Times, the VMAs might be extra special this year because Music Videos Matter Again. For me though, this year, I’m excited about the women. More often than not, if it’s a good VMAs, Beyoncé By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 10:02 am
Faux Gossip Mimi, Beyoncé, and the laptop This week, many of you have been emailing me about a story that came out of Australia – James Parker tried to get Mimi to have sex with him by playing Beyoncé’s Crazy In Love on the laptop and she threw it out the window. According to a source: " By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 04:10 pm
Maple Leaf Josh & Ruth’s infinite date Not quite the same flow as Nick & Norah. By the way, if you read Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the Dash & Lily sequel, The Twelve Days Of Dash & Lily, comes out in October. So. Joshua Jackson and Ruth Wilson. Of The Affair. And Joshua is freshly single By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 03:55 pm
Break Ups Slum Bear’s “boys’ night” PEOPLE and TMZ both reported yesterday that Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart broke up. TMZ then followed up with the reason. Supposedly Slum Bear was in Vegas last weekend for the Conor McGregor-Nate Diaz fight. And that led to the split because…well… since TMZ is so great at By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 03:32 pm
Douchebags Johnny takes Amber’s moment TMZ reported yesterday that Johnny Depp, who settled his divorce with Amber Heard for $7 million, sent the payments directly to the charities she pledged, the ACLU and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. And, perhaps to reward TMZ for their favourable coverage these last few months, Johnny’s rep By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 12:59 pm
BFFs Swoki is Tom’s “pleasure” Taylor Swift is back in New York. She went to the gym yesterday and also out for dinner with Todrick Hall. You’ll recall, after Receipts Day, Todrick defended Taylor against Kanye West and his wife, telling PEOPLE that: "I'm not sure of everything that happened or By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 12:12 pm
TV Updates Blair & Seth! Sometimes I forget that Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are together in real life. Sometimes I get confused and wonder if it’s fan fiction…and then when I remember it’s not, I get happy. I was happy to see them together in these shots from Tuesday, at the By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 11:12 am
Ryan Lochte Intro for August 25, 2016 Dear Gossips, It was reported yesterday that Ryan Lochte is negotiating a deal to appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars. So, you know, he may have lost several sponsors this week, but there are many people out there who don’t think that what Ryan Lochte By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 10:05 am
Break Ups No more Bears? PEOPLE reports exclusively today that Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart are over. TMZ corroborates and they also point out that Casper’s team is denying the split. Slum Bear can’t accept it? What happened to the Bears? By the way, they’re the ones who call each other “bears” By Lainey • Aug 24, 2016 04:33 pm
Taylor Swift Swoki’s first fight It’s a milestone in every relationship, the first fight. Are you the kind of person who memorialises every moment of your relationship? You know sometimes in movies there’s a character who pulls a shoebox out from under the bed and inside there will be a bus ticket from By Lainey • Aug 24, 2016 03:40 pm
Media Manipulation Can you see Leo? The Hillary Clinton fundraiser that Leonardo DiCaprio was originally supposed to host happened yesterday at Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s. Leo was in New York because he had to work on finishing up The Turning Point, his environmental documentary, for TIFF with Fisher Stevens. As mentioned though, some people By Lainey • Aug 24, 2016 01:03 pm
Jennifer Aniston JT’s party for Hillary Clinton Here are some shots of Jennifer Aniston arriving at Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s yesterday for the Hillary Clinton fundraiser. Also Jennifer Meyer posted this shot of her with Jennifer and Hillary on Instagram: We're with her 💗 🇺🇸@hillaryclinton A photo posted by J E N N I By Lainey • Aug 24, 2016 12:04 pm