Music Janet Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards Janet Jackson became the first black woman to win the Billboard Icon Award last night. When do I get to stop writing the words “the first black woman to…”? Of course, Janet deserves all the things so it’s about time she was given this award. Janet performed for the By Kathleen • May 21, 2018 11:19 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: three wedding portraits As mentioned in the previous post, Kensington Palace has released three official wedding portraits taken by Alexi Lubomirski at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Here’s a black and white shot of the royal couple sitting on some steps at Windsor Castle: The Duke and Duchess would By Lainey • May 21, 2018 10:45 am
Royals Meghan’s wedding dresses If my inbox and Twitter mentions are any indication, Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy, was not a total slam dunk. It wasn’t for me either but, as I wrote on Saturday, while I didn’t love the dress, I did love the look, By Lainey • May 21, 2018 10:05 am
Royals A Black Royal Wedding “Two young people fell in love and we all showed up.” That was Bishop Michael Curry addressing the newly-minted Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding day. Leading up to the royal wedding, I wanted desperately to just show up and watch two young people in love. I By Kathleen • May 21, 2018 09:29 am
Royal Wedding 2018 Intro for May 21, 2018 Dear Gossips, I’m not over the Royal Wedding yet, are you? Today is a holiday in Canada – it’s Victoria Day, honouring Queen Victoria, which always lands on the Monday preceding her birthday, May 25th. This seems fitting. A statue of Queen Victoria stands on Castle Hill in Windsor, By Lainey • May 21, 2018 08:17 am
Royal Wedding 2018 The Royal Carriage Ride I was assigned to cover William and Catherine’s wedding in 2011. My position was along the Mall, by the Duke of York. It was definitely a sight to see, the carriage approaching Buckingham Palace and thousands of people lining the road, majestic and grand. That said, now that I’ By Lainey • May 19, 2018 09:43 am
Royal Wedding 2018 Just Royally Married! Holy f-ck, Duana and I are going to Show Your Work the sh-t out of this wedding. There’s a lot to break down. And we will. But today, let’s have some fun with it. Because that was too good. And my heart hasn’t recovered from By Lainey • May 19, 2018 09:13 am
Royal Wedding 2018 GOAT at the wedding Really enjoying seeing the celebrities in the outer chamber of St George’s. Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian are hanging out with the Beckhams and the Clooneys and Idris Elba. Well. They were. Now it’s quiet because the royals are on the way. But Serena threw it down with By Lainey • May 19, 2018 06:45 am
Royal Wedding 2018 Amal & George at the Royal Wedding Amal Clooney is GOING for it. This is the most standout look we’ve seen today. Not that, um, she has much competition. This is not the Met Gala. But there are more eyeballs on this than the Met Gala. And clearly Amal wanted to be seen. How could you By Lainey • May 19, 2018 06:16 am
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 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 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 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 By Duana • May 18, 2018 01:56 pm
