Royals Harry & Meghan’s carriage ride Kensington Palace this morning confirmed more details about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. It’s happening at 12 noon local time on May 19th. So if you’re in the Eastern time zone in America, that’s 7am. Very reasonable on a Saturday morning. Get up at 6am. By Lainey • Feb 12, 2018 11:29 am
Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake’s first week sales Last week on The Social, after the Super Bowl, I said that Justin Timberlake was the perfect halftime performer for the NFL of 2018. The NFL is a league in decline. And Justin Timberlake is an artist in decline. It’s a Valentine’s match. Some people disputed my use By Lainey • Feb 12, 2018 10:23 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 12, 2018 Dear Gossips, A quick note before we get to the Tiger today. Some of you have been emailing to ask about how the years and the elements (Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, Metal) have been lining up to the signs of the Chinese Zodiac because you’ve seen it listed differently By Lainey • Feb 12, 2018 09:36 am
What Else What Else To those of you who’ve emailed all “WHAT ABOUT THE TIGER?”, you’re right. It’s actually the Tiger’s turn on Monday to be profiled and not the Ox. I’m an Ox. So, narcissistically, I was trigger-happy. Monday is the Tiger, Tuesday is the Ox. Wednesday will By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 04:37 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Zuzu Liquid Liner Trying to find a healthy liquid eyeliner has been a motherf-cker of a task, but alas I've done it. Okay, fine, so the name Zuzu kind of licks and the packaging is a bit outdated but superficiality aside this product packs a serious punch. First, as you know, By Sasha • Feb 09, 2018 04:12 pm
TV Updates Chris Pine on TV Here’s Chris Pine in LA yesterday on the set of One Day She’ll Darken, an upcoming 6 episode series on TNT that he’s also executive producing with Patty Jenkins who is directing at least the first two episodes. As you know, Chris and Patty worked together on By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Domhnall Gleeson, Internet Boyfriend 2018 The Peter Rabbit screening I attended was on a Saturday morning, when I would otherwise be asleep. The movie theater was crawling with children. They handed out paper bunny ears at the door. THERE WAS FACE PAINTING. What I’m saying is, the environment was not conducive to encouraging my By Sarah • Feb 09, 2018 03:25 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 9, 2018 Beyoncé was the first non-model to cover the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. I know in her long list of accomplishments this might not seem like a big deal, but what’s most interesting to me is how far her media strategy has evolved in the last few years. A post By Maria • Feb 09, 2018 01:35 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Olympics-inspired workout The Olympics – I just love them. Everything about them: the triumphs, the heartbreaks, the close victories and the near-misses. I love the stories behind the athletes and I love how not only does the Olympics bring countries together but how they bring the world together and how they inspire all By Hayley • Feb 09, 2018 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s range Gugu Mbatha-Raw is an LG favourite. We’ve been writing about how much we love her for years. For years, she’s been putting in the work. After Belle and Beyond The Lights, two excellent films that should have propelled her into superstardom, I’ve been waiting for Gugu to By Kathleen • Feb 09, 2018 12:36 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Joaquin Phoenix: from Strange to Joker? Joaquin Phoenix was making headlines all over the place yesterday because of reports that he could be the Joker in a new standalone movie. Sarah is our resident comic nerd so I asked her if we needed to talk about this. It’s very confusing. Jared Leto is still the By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 11:51 am
Douchebags Quentin Tarantino apology tour At the beginning of the week, we heard from Uma Thurman about her history of abuse by Harvey Weinstein and, let’s say, reckless endangerment from Quentin Tarantino. It was a perfect combination of a serial predator and tyrannical director combining forces to make sure no part of a woman’ By Sarah • Feb 09, 2018 11:26 am
Style Black Panther style porn takes over London Sarah just posted her review of Fifty Shades Freed and the movie should win the box office this weekend with a projected take of $33 million. It’s been a successful franchise, for sure, but it’s also a steadily declining franchise, like the NFL and Justin Timberlake. When the By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Embarrassed Mannequins in Fifty Shades Freed Fifty Shades Freed is the final movie in the Fifty Shades trilogy, and the tone of this movie is “palpable relief”. The whole movie has the energy of the last day of school, teetering between the monotony of just going through the motions and the anxiety of almost, finally, being By Sarah • Feb 09, 2018 09:48 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony happened tonight in Pyeongchang. The flagbearers for Canada were Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the first time both a woman and a man carried Canada’s flag together into the Olympics. Did you watch figure skating last night? There’ By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 09:02 am
What Else What Else? I guess I’m too old…or not old enough? Because I thought “forking” was a euphemism for something else. But it’s actually a facial treatment using forks. And Madonna is doing it. There are some other details here about her daily beauty routine, which sounds exhausting – and I By Lainey • Feb 08, 2018 04:43 pm
