Movie Reviews and Previews Fancy Historical Treachery History is bonkers. This is a fact. It’s the one thing truly getting me through this moment in American history—I’ve been revisiting our past and it is a constant reminder that all of history is comprised of madness and cruelty, and somehow, we always survive. This is By Sarah • Jul 10, 2018 11:04 am
Royals The Queen and the Royal Four It’s a big week for the English. Wimbledon is happening. Tomorrow England plays Croatia in the World Cup semi-final. And the Queen stepped out today for the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. There was a service at Westminster Abbey followed by a flypast at Buckingham Palace. By Lainey • Jul 10, 2018 10:53 am
Amazingness Justin and Hailey speak He couldn’t wait two days. On Sunday, TMZ reported that Justin Bieber and Haily Baldwin were engaged. The only semi-official confirmations were via some Rogue Relatives. Last night, Justin Bieber couldn’t contain himself. He needed to share his love with the world. He needed to climb a By Kathleen • Jul 10, 2018 09:46 am
Anna Wintour Intro for July 10, 2018 Dear Gossips, This tweet was posted first thing this morning….and it got some people buzzing: Editorial job opening of the year (I correct: of the decade) coming up soon. Stay tuned. #vogue— Wolfgang Blau (@wblau) July 10, 2018 Here’s the follow-up: Clean up your linkedin pages, delete By Lainey • Jul 10, 2018 09:27 am
What Else What Else? OK. So the video itself is a scream. And then when you add on Michael K’s brilliant and strategic use of the word “nuts”, it’s the best way to start a week, the best way to fix your Monday. You know what I kept thinking about while I By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 05:28 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Husband Of Infinity Forever Hi Duana, First of all, you must sprinkle some kind of visual crack into your articles cuz I swear my wife is addicted. What started off as occasional and passing “Duana says...” statements have now ballooned into full blown links and screen shots that are clogging up my phone memory. By Duana • Jul 09, 2018 05:15 pm
Royals Prince Harry & Royal Meghan at the christening We’ll be getting a lot of shots of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle this week. Today they were at Prince Trey’s christening. Tomorrow they’re off to Ireland for their first tour out of the country as a married couple. Will there be handholding? There was handholding today By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 04:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Cambridge Five The Cambridges, William, Catherine, Big G, Charlotte, and Louis stepped out for the first time as a five piece today for Trey’s christening. The Queen and Prince Philip couldn’t make it because they already have other commitments this week and, given their age, it was likely thought best By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 04:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, July 9, 2018 Maria is on holiday this week so I’m taking over for her. And before she left, several times, she asked me to let her know ASAP if something went down with the Beckhams, that’s how worried she is. So I texted her on Saturday to let her know By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 04:03 pm
Quiveration Essence Fest highlights Queen Latifah doesn’t get the shine that she deserves in hip-hop history. I wrote about this unfortunate fact when she was honoured by VH1 in 2016. I also don’t think Queen Latifah gets the respect she deserves for the feminist work she was putting out before it By Kathleen • Jul 09, 2018 03:41 pm
Sports The level of Serena About a month ago, Serena Williams was asked a really stupid question. She’s often asked stupid questions but this one made the all-time list. Bill Simons basically asked Serena if she’s intimated by Maria Sharapova because Maria is good-looking. Seriously. I have never physically cringed as By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 01:54 pm
Music Janet doesn’t cancel There was speculation that Janet Jackson wouldn’t make it to Essence Fest this year. Her father, Joe Jackson, died on June 27th. No one knew if Janet’s grief would make it to headline one of the biggest music festivals in the world. Apparently, Janet didn’t know either. By Kathleen • Jul 09, 2018 01:14 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Is Beyoncé pregnant? The Carters were in Rome last night on the OTR2 tour. They were papped on Saturday in Lake Como, out for a drive and also hanging out on a boat for a few hours. Unfortunately this outing has not yielded anything meme-worthy, unlike last week, when Jay-Z was By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 11:28 am
Ex Games #SelenaIsFreeParty When Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez got back together late last year, I was the only one here who was for it. Kathleen and Emily, our site manager, were very, very concerned about Selena and the impact JB would have on her health. In the end, they didn’t have By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 10:00 am
Amazingness Justin proposes Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are engaged. TMZ broke the news yesterday, reporting that the proposal went down on Saturday night in the Bahamas. Justin and Hailey were at a resort salsa dancing (seriously) with other vacationers when Bieber’s security told everyone to put their phones away. Then, Justin By Kathleen • Jul 09, 2018 09:24 am
Music Intro for July 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, I waited until today. You had the weekend…before “I hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du”. SORRY. But I had to. Are you obsessed? Because I am f-cking obsessed. BLACKPINK is my whole life right now. Sasha and I were texting back and forth about By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 08:44 am