Royals Princess Blogger Princess Catherine is guest-editing The Huffington Post UK today in support of Young Minds Matter to raise awareness of the importance of mental health awareness in children and to encourage programs and initiatives that address the challenges facing young people with mental health concerns. Click here to read her By Lainey • Feb 17, 2016 09:33 am
Oscars 2016 Cracker Barrel Special Reserve Perfect Pairings: Denzel and Halle win in the same year We’re two weeks out from the main event of award season and we’re getting you in the mood by looking back at some of the show’s most “Perfect Pairings” from the last few decades. We’ll start with Denzel Washington and Halle Berry in 2002, making history By Lainey • Feb 17, 2016 08:58 am
Hook Ups Leo’s Oscar game Thanks to everyone who sent this over to me yesterday. There were so many of you, and I’m honoured to know that when you come across an item online directly related to Leonardo DiCaprio’s thirst for Oscar, your first thought is me. That said, we are obviously not By Lainey • Feb 17, 2016 08:34 am
Intro for February 17, 2016 Dear Gossips, It’s an annual tradition here at LaineyGossip. We call it the Red Carpet Contest. This is how we end award season – with some serious prizing on the line. Now that the BAFTAs are over and we’re into the final week of voting, your ballot is waiting. By Lainey • Feb 17, 2016 07:51 am
Music Adele’s Grammy audio Producers of the Grammys confirmed last night that the problems with Adele’s audio were on their end. Apparently a mic got dropped when they were positioning the piano and when they tried to go to a backup feed, there was a sound delay. So, no, it’s not on By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 01:15 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Florence in pink astronomy It’s hippy dippy and my friend Danielle Graham called it a fortune teller’s dress but I can’t help it, I love it so much because who else could wear this? The sun, the moon, the stars, the…dragonfly? It’s kind of Khaleesi, right? By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 12:48 pm
Music Your dad’s garage band The Hollywood Vampires made their big network television debut last night at the Grammys, performing a tribute to Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister. The Hollywood Vampires, as you know, consist of several proper rock legends, and Johnny Depp, a rock legend in his own mind who’s ostensibly been hiding his By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 11:55 am
Music Kendrick Lamar: Grammys best performance As Duana just mentioned in the previous post about Hamilton – and yes, Duana, you are right about Hamilton, but does that mean she has to text me, literally, EVERY SINGLE DAY, like, 8 times about it? – the back-to-back Hamilton-Kendrick Lamar pieces last night during the Grammys was By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 11:26 am
BFFs Taylor Swift’s party date Taylor Swift went to the Grammys with Selena Gomez. They got ready together. We just won a Grammy for the Bad Blood music video and we are NOT OK. @selenagomez A video posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onFeb 15, 2016 at 2:40pm PST They walked the carpet together. No By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 10:45 am
Girly Throw Downs Taylor Swift lays up Unlike Leo and the Oscars, Taylor Swift has never pretended to not want to win Grammys. She wanted Album of the Year for Red. And when that didn’t happen, she wrote the “sonically cohesive” 1989 and she spent time with the Recording Academy – click here for a refresher - proudly By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 10:02 am
Music Intro for February 16, 2016 Dear Gossips, The New Yorker finally published that long-awaited exposé on TMZ yesterday, have you read it yet? The piece confirms what you probably already know if you live online – that many of TMZ’s sources are celebrities themselves, or at least the people who represent them. Also Ellen By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 09:31 am
Quiveration Idris for the holiday It’s President’s Day in the United States so a lot of people have the day off. Where I live, it’s Family Day, a provincial holiday, so I don’t have the day off because our show services the entire country. I don’t actually have another day By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 04:22 pm
Hook Ups #ChavrilisUnbroken While Canada was celebrating hosting its first ever NBA All-Star Weekend last night, our country’s first couple showed up to Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party together, like, together. Gossip Cop reports that the two are definitely back together. And Gossip Cop pretty much only reports stories sanctioned By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 03:18 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kate’s BAFTA black Her best dress all season, I think. Because it’s been starting to look the same. Kate Winslet’s doing the Sofia Vergara. Always the same shape. And this too is body-con, but the neckline and the shoulder detail are a change-up at least. By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 12:48 pm
Relationship Assumption Alicia & Michael won’t kiss Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were out together on Saturday night before the BAFTAs. Here they are leaving the party at 2am. They were also seated together during the BAFTAs proper, as they were both nominated. But they did not walk the carpet together. Michael walked with Kate Winslet, his By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 12:31 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Bel’s BAFTA pleats and stripes Pleats! Disco pleats! The UK tabloids put this look on their Worst Dressed List. Um… I don’t get it. To me, it’s perfect. It’s fun, it’s fresh, it’s definitely not boring. Why would she put this aside for some boring ass lace sh-t from By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 12:12 pm