Royal Wedding 2018 Oprah and Idris at the Royal Wedding We were told this morning on an embargo until they arrived that Oprah would be showing up. There have been rumours that Oprah is doing an interview with Doria Ragland. Those rumours haven’t been confirmed but, clearly, there’s some kind of relationship. Note Oprah and Idris’s arrival By Lainey • May 19, 2018 05:31 am
Royal Wedding 2018 Intro for May 19, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. That’s one mystery solved. One major mystery to go. Good morning! Welcome to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding day! We’ll post photos of the arrivals and the dress and the moments of the day as soon as we By Lainey • May 19, 2018 05:16 am
What Else What Else? We’ve been shooting etalk all day from Windsor – check out our show tonight at 7pm. We’re also prepping our prime time one-hour special that will air tomorrow night, on CTV, at 7pm, recapping all the best moments from the royal wedding. You should see the position that we’ By Lainey • May 18, 2018 03:11 pm
Music Backstreet’s back I did it. I had to. No regrets. It may be corny but it’s true. The Backstreet Boys are actually back with a new single and music video. Alright! OK, that one I regret. AJ, Brian, Howie, , and Kevin are back again (I’ll stop), shoulder-popping in unison and By Kathleen • May 18, 2018 02:55 pm
Music Shawn Mendes’s options Yesterday, I wrote about Shawn Mendes’s attempt to downplay his relationship with Hailey Baldwin. He says they are friends and not the couple currently filling the Jelena-sized hole left in tween pop. I ran through the various scenarios that could explain why Shawn would want to go from red-carpet By Kathleen • May 18, 2018 02:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, May 18, 2018 I get why the Thomas Markle Zone is scandalous to royal watchers, but to normal people, is it that unusual to have some relatives that would sell you out? And for much less than what the rogue Markles are receiving. (Side note: Christmas dinner with John Legend sounds delightful.) I By Maria • May 18, 2018 01:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Does Long Have To Mean ‘Difficult’? Hi Duana, How much should we take our last name into account when choosing names? My wife is due mid-June and we are trying to figure out how to best pair the baby's first name with our last name. When we married we decided to both hyphenate our By Duana • May 18, 2018 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool tweaks Marvel Deadpool 2 opens today. Did you know that? Did you glean that information from the barrage of marketing and Ryan-Reynolds-In-Costume appearances such as his stop at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? Seriously, no one markets a blockbuster better than the Deadpool team—although this time their flow keeps getting By Sarah • May 18, 2018 01:29 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Thandie Newton's Outfits of the Week Thandie Newton wore a one-shoulder top and pants outfit to the Solo: A Star Wars Story photocall the other day that I had already decided would be the Outfit of the Week on, like, Tuesday. And the reason I love this on her so much is because it could have By Lainey • May 18, 2018 12:37 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kristen’s best Cannes look so far I mentioned the other day that Kristen Stewart wearing only Chanel at the Cannes Film Festival was starting to get a little…boring? This outfit is also Chanel…but it doesn’t feel like Chanel, does it? I LOVE it. SO much. I love how the shirt begins to open By Lainey • May 18, 2018 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews DiCaprio & Spielberg reunite in some uncertain future Today in your dad’s favorite news, it’s been announced that Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg will reunite to make a biopic of Civil War general and US president Ulysses S. Grant. The movie is being adapted by David James Kelly from Ron Chernow’s biography, Grant. So you By Sarah • May 18, 2018 11:08 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) The Queen & Guy My favourite royal story of the week! As you know, the Queen had tea with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle yesterday at Windsor Castle. Prince Charles, Camilla, Will, and Kate were also there for rehearsal. Right now it’s 230pm in England. As I’m writing this, the Queen is By Lainey • May 18, 2018 09:56 am
Music Xtina and Demi fall in line There she is. THIS is the Christina Aguilera I’ve been waiting for. Christina Aguilera’s duet with Demi Lovato called “Fall In Line” was released this week and it’s good. REALLY GOOD. It’s so good it should have been the lead single off of her upcoming album By Kathleen • May 18, 2018 09:19 am
Issa Rae TOO MANY HANDS Next week is GQ’s comedy issue, and in advance they’ve released the cover which features Kate McKinnon, Sarah Silverman, Issa Rae, and HANDS. SO. MANY. HANDS. It creeps me out. Which is the intent, based on the satirical write up accompanying the cover, calling the plethora of HANDS By Sarah • May 18, 2018 08:36 am
Royals Meghan’s wedding dress rumours Meghan Markle’s wedding dress has been kept at Windsor Castle. As I mentioned yesterday, Stella McCartney’s name has been coming up this week, emerging as a possible dark horse as the designer of Meghan Markle’s wedding dress. The odds favourite is still Ralph & Russo but I’ By Lainey • May 18, 2018 08:11 am
Royals Prince Charles to walk Meghan Markle down the aisle Royal wedding week did not get off to a good start with all the Thomas Markle drama. But, as I’ve been saying, the royals know how to carry on…and put on a show. And did they ever turn it around this morning. At around 10am local time here By Lainey • May 18, 2018 07:16 am
