TV Updates Schitt’s Creek at the CSAs Full re-disclosure: Dan Levy, who writes, produces, and stars in Schitt’s Creek is my friend. He’s now an award-winning showrunner because Schitt’s Creek was named Best Comedy at the Canadian Screen Awards last night. Earlier last week, Dan also won a CSA for writing. I am so By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 10:59 am
TV Updates The CSA Message Dress The Book Of Negroes is of the most important literary works to come out of Canada. It’s about a woman called Aminata, born in West Africa, kidnapped and sold to slavery in America – a difficult but necessary read. The story was turned into a miniseries airing in Canada on By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 09:51 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 14, 2016 Dear Gossips, Martin Short was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian Screen Awards last night – now, maybe, nicknamed the “Candy”, by this year’s host Norm MacDonald. Like you know how the Academy Award is called the Oscar? The Canadian Screen Awards are Canada’s version of By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 09:08 am
Relationship Assumption Lindsay’s dad approves Lindsay Lohan is dating 22 year old Russian billionaire Egor Tarabasov. First of all, he’s 22. Don’t tell me those billions are his. Anyway, they’re apparently in love. And he’s spent time with her family, including her father, that upstanding citizen, Michael Lohan. Guess what, because By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 04:27 pm
Break Ups Gwen’s “juicy” story…and her Misery Gwen Stefani’s new album, This Is What The Truth Feels Like, is out on March 18th. She’s been promoting it all over the place, including the New York Times. In a new interview with the publication, she talks about the experience of writing new music during her separation, By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 03:12 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Lupita’s kitten heel Good dress. It’s Lupita. She’s a standard for herself. But… This kitten heel is killing me. It’s especially unattractive from the front and side. Even she can’t save it. By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 01:30 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan & Blake for Canada at the White House President Obama and Michelle Obama hosted a state dinner last night in honour of Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau. It’s not an overstatement to say that American media has paid more attention to Trudeau than previous Canadian politicians, is it? There was a cheeky By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 12:00 pm
TV Updates The Mimi reality show I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – when you email or tweet at me because Mimi’s in the news and I come to mind, thank you so much. It might be my greatest career achievement. To somehow, in some small way, be associated with our By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 10:24 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Sandra’s White House green These are beautiful colours on Sandra Oh. So beautiful. And I love how she looks in glasses. The design of that skirt though… Why did it have to be taffeta?!? By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 09:30 am
Beyoncé Intro for March 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé on the cover of GARAGE Magazine. And yesterday several headlines mentioned that during the interview with GARAGE, B revealed that: "Out of everything I've accomplished, my proudest moment, hands-down, was when I gave birth to my daughter, Blue.” Interview? INTERVIEW? Beyoncé, as you know, By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 08:29 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ryan Gosling to the rescue It was Eva Mendes’s birthday on the weekend. She and Ryan Gosling were headed out for dinner. At some point a dog ran into the road. They pulled over, Ryan got out of the car, picked up the dog, and handed it safely over to the owner before driving By Lainey • Mar 10, 2016 01:14 pm
Hook Ups Cheryl & Liam holding hands Now that she’s not with her husband(s) anymore, can we go back to calling Cheryl Tweedy Cheryl Tweedy? Officially her name is Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and the UK papers are still calling her that. Eventually she’s going to change it though, right? Well, she did stick with Cheryl By Lainey • Mar 10, 2016 11:47 am
Sports Maria on the beach Whenever I write about Serena Williams, because I worship her, and because she is underappreciated and undervalued, by fans, by tennis commentators, by endorsers, I can always count on people emailing back about why Serena doesn’t deserve what she deserved, with a subtle suggestion that she’s not “natural” By Lainey • Mar 10, 2016 10:21 am
Willow Smith Intro for March 10, 2016 Dear Gossips, Who is Next In Line. According to the new cover of W Magazine, it’s Zendaya, Willow Smith, and Kiernan Shipka. All of them excellent choices. And, because I’m a f-cking narcissist, all of them my choices too. Zendaya and Kiernan have been style regulars on our By Lainey • Mar 10, 2016 09:38 am
Late Late Famewhore Who was the most popular star during award season? Arguably Jacob Tremblay. Everyone wanted to see him, take a selfie with him, dance with him, ask him to present… Jacob was everywhere. And I get it. He’s precocious, he’s cute, he was in an Oscar nominated film. And By Lainey • Mar 09, 2016 05:01 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Mary Elizabeth’s beautiful gown If it were Kate Hudson wearing this, I’d be annoyed. And Taylor Swift. On Mary Elizabeth Winstead, I’m in love. She looks incredible. Is that unfair? Or is it just because Mary Elizabeth didn’t go looking for the dress that would be the most revealing and the By Lainey • Mar 09, 2016 03:58 pm