Music JLo’s gift of motion Too obvious? Too on the nose there? Jennifer Lopez debuted a new song called “Limitless” at the American Music Awards. The track isn’t all that special. The way she performed it though, with all that energy, in a silver sequined suit, made it better than it might deserve. How By Lainey • Oct 10, 2018 10:12 am
Music Mimi’s gift of Un-movement Mariah Carey performed at the American Music Awards last night for the first time since 2008. I feel like I’m in tune with our butterfly’s moods. My butterfly mood tuner last night was telling me she was nervous. The song was “With You”. I don’t love the By Lainey • Oct 10, 2018 09:41 am
Music Taylor Swift’s timing Taylor Swift was one of the first to arrive on the American Music Awards red carpet. She showed up punctually and unquestionably on time – the same cannot be said for when she showed up to speak out against racism, homophobia and women’s rights in America . Did she miss her By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2018 09:10 am
Style Tracee sets the tone Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the American Music Awards for the second year in a row. Once again, she brought her signature infectious energy and knockout style to the show. Tracee’s opening dance number wasn’t the first performance of the night, but it should have been. Tracee hit her By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2018 08:38 am
Style Intro for October 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, My personal favourite outfit at the American Music Awards last night: Constance Wu. Totally my jam – high collar, long, pretty sleeves, not tight to the body, lots and lots of leg…and the colour pattern of those sequins, MY GOD. Also her skin looked flawless. In other Constance By Lainey • Oct 10, 2018 07:55 am
What Else What Else? For about an hour yesterday, TMZ had everyone believing that Dakota Johnson was pregnant for Chris Martin. Turns out it was a birthday party and not a gender reveal party. There is no pregnancy. You know what was the strongest evidence that there was no baby? The presence of Julia By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 04:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy in a red suit Goddamn Timothee Chalamet is pretty. Look at that bone structure. It’s just… such a pretty face. Also I love him in this red suit. Louis Vuitton, styled similarly to how it was sent down the runway, with just a plain red t-shirt underneath but with crisp, sharp white sneakers By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad and Leo: Ken and Goodfella But first, let’s talk about this New York Times interview with Dr Neri Oxman. Great read. She is fascinating. Much too fascinating, probably, for Brad Pitt. And yet. Somehow earlier this year there were suggestions that they were spending time together, originated by Page Six. Page Six is not By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 04:09 pm
Douchebags Busy Philipps and the expendability of women Busy Philipps has a book coming out later this month called This Will Only Hurt a Little. In a leaked excerpt she details a Freaks and Geeks on-set confrontation with James Franco in which he shoved her so forcefully she fell and had the wind knocked out of her. As By Sarah • Oct 09, 2018 03:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 9, 2018 Now that Taylor has stepped into the conversation, who remains the most apolitical pop star? My pick is Britney - I don’t think she’s commented on politics since Bush 43. Maybe that’s why this tweet, which is from 2011, was floating around Twitter this weekend. Between A By Maria • Oct 09, 2018 01:11 pm
Royals The Cambridges full of life They can be dull sometimes, the Cambridges, non? Of course sometimes they have to be. Prince William and Catherine will be King and Queen one day. They’re probably held to a standard and a set of expectations even higher than other royals. Today, though, as they stepped out in By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 11:59 am
TV Updates Here for the Tennant-Sheen bro-down Authors and Nerd Gods Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman once collaborated on a novel, Good Omens. It’s about an angel and a demon who got a little too comfy on Earth to tolerate the apocalypse and try to thwart it. It’s been in development almost as long as By Sarah • Oct 09, 2018 11:27 am
TV Updates The other Riverdale couple The third season of Riverdale premieres tomorrow. Season two was so embarrassingly bad even my teen-drama-loving-ass couldn’t get through it. I’m still not caught up. If it wasn’t for Sarah’s insistence, and the fact that my general interest in Riverdale’s cast of extremely pretty people By Kathleen • Oct 09, 2018 10:50 am
Music The Taylor Swift factor? Taylor Swift wrapped the US leg of the reputation stadium tour on Saturday night. She next plays seven dates in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, closing out the album cycle by mid-November. On Sunday, a day after playing to American audiences, Taylor posted this message on Instagram – it’s as By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 10:15 am
Equality Issues Intro for October 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to those of you in Canada returning from Thanksgiving weekend. Let’s start today by acknowledging two women in entertainment who were the highlights in what could have been a total bummer weekend for women. Awkwafina hosted Saturday Night Live, the first Asian woman to host By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 09:01 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: There’s No One As Irish As Barack Obama Duana, My husband and I will soon welcome our second child, and if this baby turns out to be a boy, he is currently nameless! Our older child is Lorenzo and his name is a nod to my husband's Italian heritage, and my maiden name, which begins with By Duana • Oct 05, 2018 04:27 pm