Music Britney turns 20 They are three of the most recognizable opening words in pop music. All it takes is “oh baby, baby,” sung in that classic Britney Spears way – “oh baybin, baybin” – to transport me back to 1998. “… Baby One More Time” is one of those songs that is such a snapshot of By Kathleen • Oct 24, 2018 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Time has no meaning, so just reboot Pirates We are currently living in a nightmare vortex where every day feels like a week, a week feels like a year, and it seems like our dystopian present has always been and will always be. Time has lost all meaning, so the news that Disney is considering rebooting Pirates of By Sarah • Oct 24, 2018 10:13 am
Drake Drake Intro for October 24, 2018 Dear Gossips, Remember back in March, when Drake went viral for playing Fortnite on Twitch with Ninja? As I wrote at the time, Drake consistently finds new ways to make new media – an unpredictable organism – work for him. A little over six months later and it’s just been announced By Lainey • Oct 24, 2018 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Enrique and Iglesias and Anna Kournikova are still together. Jacek and I go to the Dominican Republic every year. Julio Iglesias is known to spend a lot of time there. I am always looking for Enrique and Anna when I go there. Always. I don’t even know if they By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 05:12 pm
TV Updates Steve Carell also returns to “television” Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s TV show about a morning show is an item of excitement around the virtual LaineyGossip office. Like this might actually get me to subscribe to Apple TV, as Apple’s plan to be, basically, broadcast television for streaming sounds boring as f-ck. BUT. Reese By Sarah • Oct 23, 2018 04:33 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry & Meghan Day 8: on the balcony and belly-cupping It took a week. A week from the time of the initial pregnancy announcement to the first belly-cupping. And now Meghan Markle has become a chronic belly-cupper. Prince Harry and Royal Meghan arrived in Fiji today. The crowds were huge. Apparently 15,000 people turned out to greet them. The By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 23, 2018 Drake texting with his favourite high school teacher is peak Drake. View this post on Instagram A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Oct 22, 2018 at 11:24pm PDT There is no way this cover could be any more on brand for Justin Timberlake. It’s literally his giant By Maria • Oct 23, 2018 02:54 pm
Weddings Orlando is ready to “settle down” with Katy? Katy Perry was honoured by amfAR last week and Orlando Bloom was there to support her. Then PEOPLE came out with this story yesterday that they might get married. “He is ready to settle down with Katy,” the source says of the pair, who just attended the amfAR Gala together By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 02:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jen and Dolly “politickin’” together? As covered in the previous post, Dolly Parton started her Oscar campaign yesterday for the Dumplin’ soundtrack. Last week, when I wrote about Dumplin’, there had yet to be a release date. We have one now – the movie will start streaming on Netflix December 7th and also have a limited By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 12:45 pm
Music Dolly says not yet I am EXCITED. As I posted yesterday, even though A Star is Born is currently the Oscar frontrunner across most major categories, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bradley Cooper, they’re not letting them run away with it. Nobody is standing aside, not yet. Why would they? It’ By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 11:00 am
Music Lady Gaga’s Oscar song “I’ll Never Love Again” has been insulted on this site by Lainey Lui multiple times now. Yesterday, she dared to call it “sh-t". That was the last straw. I refuse to stand by and let the most impressive song on the A Star Is Born soundtrack be disrespected By Kathleen • Oct 23, 2018 10:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman 2020 Today in “But we might not live that long!” news, Wonder Woman 1984 has been kicked back seven months, from November 1, 2019 to June 5, 2020. The shuffle comes as Warner Brothers dropped Mark Wahlberg’s Six Billion Dollar Man from their slate (that beleaguered film was acquired last By Sarah • Oct 23, 2018 10:09 am
Shout-Outs October 23, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs For Shannon – I’m sorry to hear about your grandfather. As requested, here’s Dave Grohl. My condolences to you and your family. Take care of each other the way he took are of all of you. And for Beca who said goodbye to Critter. I know you’ve lost By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 09:56 am
Douchebags Intro for October 23, 2018 Dear Gossips, Sarah Silverman apologised yesterday after stepping in it on The Howard Stern Show when she was asked about Louis CK. Rebecca Corry called her out. I get it if you want to dump on Sarah. While you do that, I’m going to dump on Louis CK. Because By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 09:46 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is It Written In The Stars (Or, Like, A Book)? Hi Duana, It’s funny you mentioning the name Avalon recently, (and Lainey talking about it the day after). I have two children, a girl named Avalon and a boy named Orion. I will soon be welcoming a third child, and I am wondering which names you might suggest for By Duana • Oct 22, 2018 04:39 pm
What Else What Else? Wait…WHAT? Imagine the precedent this would set if this woman’s lawsuit is successful. Julianna Berg is a Billy Idol superfan. Yes. I am actually talking about Billy Idol. She wanted to spend the night with him in Vegas and she says he wanted to spend the night with By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 04:29 pm