Intro for July 19, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Arthur Ashe Courage Award was presented last night at the ESPYs to 141 “sister survivors” who came forward, who pushed back, who refused to accept that their trauma wasn’t valid and that their pain was an insignificant by-product in the pursuit of the only goals: “medals By Lainey • Jul 19, 2018 09:29 am
What Else What Else? Men’s Health did a profile on Britney’s really hot boyfriend, Sam Asghari. This is not a scintillating read. But it is insightful. Because it helps us understand how and why they work. Part of the bond is fitness, for sure. But the other part is that Sam hasn’ By Lainey • Jul 18, 2018 04:55 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Workouts for marathon training Hi Hayley: I'm training for my first marathon this fall. Yay, turning 30 bucket list! I am using Hal Higdon's Novice 1 training program, which seems to be going okay so far. I'm also losing weight, which is great, because I had a bit By Hayley • Jul 18, 2018 04:53 pm
Equality Issues Issa Rae, the CoverGirl At the 2017 Emmys, Issa Rae had just been named CoverGirl’s latest face. Issa was asked about what working with CoverGirl meant to her in almost every red carpet interview that night. “I remember just being in high school, seeing the ads, but you never, ever imagine 'someday By Kathleen • Jul 18, 2018 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Boy vs. Boy Joel Edgerton forever separated himself from being confused with Sam Worthington when it turned out he’s a good filmmaker with his debut feature film, The Gift. Now he’s following up that quasi-exploitation horror flick with Boy Erased, which he adapted from Garrard Conley’s memoir about being sent By Sarah • Jul 18, 2018 04:21 pm
Music Taylor Swift: the necklace and the new song Let’s recap: Last Friday, Taylor was papped leaving her New York City apartment, like old times, with Gigi Hadid and other members of her squad. It’s been a while since we’ve seen this – there was a sleepover the night before, then they hit up her hometown, and By Lainey • Jul 18, 2018 03:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, July 18, 2018 Bella Hadid could pull these off. A post shared by Ryan Reynolds (@vancityreynolds) on Jul 17, 2018 at 7:01am PDT Leighton Meester is back to brunette. It feels right. I barely remember her as a blonde. A post shared by Leighton Meester (@itsmeleighton) on Jul 16, 2018 at 6: By Maria • Jul 18, 2018 01:41 pm
TV Updates Dork Storm 2018: The Dorkening After years of pop cultural dominance, we’re adjusting to a new reality: Comic-Con is no longer a major industry event. Oh, the magazines still feature glossy previews and there are parties and “activations” galore, but at this point Comic-Con is a thing because we say it’s a thing, By Sarah • Jul 18, 2018 01:18 pm
Gorgessity JLo at the All-Star Game Jennifer Lopez was with Alex Rodriguez at the MLB All-Star Game in DC last night. Look at her. She is unreal. It’s her birthday next week, she’s turning 49 years old. COME ON. I always love it when she wears a topknot. She always gets a topknot just By Lainey • Jul 18, 2018 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Notorious RBG One of the summer box office superstars this year isn’t a comic book movie or a dinosaur catastrophe or a cartoon. It’s a documentary, specifically, RBG, a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. RBG has been rocking the specialty box office, one of the best arthouse By Sarah • Jul 18, 2018 11:16 am
Douchebags Thomas Markle’s UN-final interview On Sunday, the UK Sun published an interview with Thomas Markle, Royal Meghan’s father, during which he said he hadn’t heard from her and Harry since after the wedding and that she looked “terrified”, implying that Harry’s family was torturing her, or something. Then he threatened to By Lainey • Jul 18, 2018 10:38 am
Books Malia in Paris Malia Obama turned 20 on July 4th. It’s fitting that one of the only first daughters I recognise was born on Independence Day. It may not have been a birthday celebration but Malia Obama was photographed living her best life in Paris on Sunday, strolling around with her boyfriend By Kathleen • Jul 18, 2018 10:07 am
Music Intro for July 18, 2018 Dear Gossips, Duana, Kathleen, and I, along with a few other friends, are going to see Ms Lauryn Hill tonight. It’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th anniversary tour. And she’s playing here in Toronto on the Budweiser Stage, which is an amphitheatre. It’s a perfect summer By Lainey • Jul 18, 2018 09:39 am
What Else What Else? I mean, this is really the main point: how is it that he wasn’t aware that these poses aren’t new? The second point? He sounds like an asshole. Which is also not new. Has there ever been a non-asshole boyfriend/husband in this family? (Dlisted) Taylor Swift’s By Lainey • Jul 17, 2018 04:30 pm
Relationship Assumption MBJ in the club, an update Michael Bae Jordan is still on vacation in Europe. Yesterday he was on a boat (multiple boats) in Positano with friends. My man looks relaxed and happy, unbothered that we’ve all spent the past week stressing over WHO WAS IN THE CLUB WITH MBJ. OK, maybe not ALL of By Kathleen • Jul 17, 2018 03:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mercury rising Our first look at Bohemian Rhapsody was mostly good for selling Rami Malek’s performance as Freddie Mercury. Now, a full trailer has been released which outlines the rise of Queen from bar shows to Live Aid, and does a fairly good job of selling the movie as a whole. By Sarah • Jul 17, 2018 03:17 pm
