Books Eva Mendes’s big day Eva Mendes has kept a relatively low profile over the last decade or so. She’s active on social media but we don’t see her out getting papped very often. She’s not attending a premiere every week. She and Ryan Gosling make a point of not walking red By Lainey • Sep 17, 2024 11:27 am
TV Updates Intro for September 17, 2024 Dear Gossips, Ruth Wilson was in New York yesterday promoting the new Amazon series, A Very Royal Scandal. This show is from the same producers as A Very English Scandal and A Very British Scandal, two acclaimed series about political and social figures in England, starring Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw By Lainey • Sep 17, 2024 09:58 am
Gorgessity Greta Lee: Emmys Best Dressed (Lainey) As Duana just wrote in her Emmys Best Dressed post about Da’Vine Joy Randolph, it was no surprise that she’d choose the brightest look of the night. And you could say the same for me. It should be no surprise who my best dressed is on multiple counts. By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 01:16 pm
Quiveration The Emmys of Well-Dressed Men When Sarah, Duana, and I were doing our wrap-up on Zoom last night, the consensus is that this was probably one of the most well-dressed award shows we’ve seen in a while. I mean, sure, there were some boring choices, but not so boring that it veered into offensive. By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 09:13 am
Break Ups Bennifer… again?! Interrupting our Emmys coverage because this was the biggest gossip story to emerge out of the weekend and by tomorrow, who knows, something else might come up with these two drama queens so we might as well get it out the way now. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were seen By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 08:22 am
Emmy Awards 2024 Proper A Shōgun Record “Oh ye of little faith” – that was me the last few days, and especially since the Creative Arts Emmys, where Shōgun picked 14 Emmy wins. The series came into the Emmys with a record 25 nominations and my worry was that the Television Academy will honour it with the “tech” By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 07:50 am
Emmy Awards 2024 Proper Intro for September 16, 2024 Dear Gossips, As Sarah, Duana, and I have said over the years, and we’ve been doing this for years, we’re never going to be the people who complain about award shows. We are award show junkies, and not just because it’s our job. Even when they’re By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 07:27 am
Top Reads Justin Timberlake “could have made a different decision” Justin Timberlake appeared in court in Sag Harbour today to plead guilty to a lesser charge of driving while impaired after making a deal with the prosecutors. He was ordered by the judge to pay a fine of $500; his drivers licence is suspended in New York state for 90 By Lainey • Sep 13, 2024 02:24 pm
Music Outfit of the Week: Charli XCX in autumn brown Before Taylor Swift, there was Charli XCX. Kamala Harris + brat characterised the early days of the Vice President’s candidacy – a totally organic viral sensation originating from Charli’s spontaneous tweet: “kamala is brat”. MVP’s campaign immediately and astutely seized upon the moment on her social channels, and Gen By Lainey • Sep 13, 2024 01:33 pm
Shout-Outs September 13, 2024 – Shout-Outs This is Gus, sometimes I call him Gusford or Gussington or Gus-Gus, he’s five years old and I’ve known him since he was eight weeks, when my best friend Fiona and her husband Kiu first brought him home. Gus is a very good boy. He’s goofy and By Lainey • Sep 13, 2024 10:00 am
What Else What Else? Jon Bon Jovi saved a life the other day. He was in Nashville, filming on a bridge, and there was someone in crisis. And it was Jon, along with a colleague, who was able to deescalate the situation. Jon actually has experience in these situations through his foundation. And in By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 04:02 pm
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
