Music Tiny Desk’s not so tiny power This week, Trinidadian musician Machel Montano made history by becoming the first soca artist to appear on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. He joined the ranks of musicians like Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Usher, Babyface and the hundreds of others to grace the NPR Music headquarters – and more importantly, By Stephanie • Jan 15, 2025 11:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The BAFTAs are as expected Given the ongoing wildfire disaster in Los Angeles, awards season is in upheaval. I’ll say it again, this is not the most important thing, except for the way in which it affects all the people whose jobs revolve around the entertainment industry. With so many events being cancelled, any By Sarah • Jan 15, 2025 10:56 am
Taylor Swift Intro for January 15, 2025 Dear Gossips, This week, a pop culture twist that no one could have predicted: is China becoming a pop culture super power in the west? First, let me put it in the most simple terms – China has enjoyed its own independent star system for a long time. After decades of By Lainey • Jan 15, 2025 10:13 am
What Else What Else? Brooke Shields is on a press tour to promote her new memoir. She made headlines last week because in the book she talks about the time a doctor, without her consent, gave her vulva a glow-up when we she went in for a medically necessary procedure. As I said at By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 14, 2025 Bradley Cooper’s food truck Danny & Coop’s is popping up around the East Village and the lines are apparently hours long. (This is not a new venture, Lainey wrote about it all the way back in 2023.) You have to really track their Instagram to see when/where By Maria • Jan 14, 2025 03:29 pm
TV Updates Do it for Club Chalamet Over the last couple of years, whenever there’s been any news about Timothée Chalamet, “someone check on Club Chalamet” has been a common reaction on social media. That expression took on a different complexion over the last few days as the person who runs Club Chalamet, who is essentially By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 02:16 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Mahomes Family “Announces” Third Child’s Name Of course I understand why Lainey asked me to write about the Mahomes family’s baby names following the announcement of their third child’s name yesterday. What I don’t understand is why a headline I read when I was looking to verify details read: “Mahomes Family Baby Names By Duana • Jan 14, 2025 01:28 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: January 14th 2025 We are officially two weeks into the new year, and the biggest news in music today was supposed to be Beyoncé’s announcement today which has now been postponed out of respect for the ongoing situation in Los Angeles. B is the It Girl all the it girls aspire to By MC • Jan 14, 2025 12:10 pm
Break Ups Jessica Simpson: Not your usual breakup statement Probably not a surprise, right? There was speculation through the back half of last year about Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson’s marriage. They hadn’t been seen together pretty much all of 2024. She wasn’t wearing her ring. She was hinting that heartbreak was fueling her return to By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 10:25 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for January 14, 2025 Dear Gossips, It was a week ago today that the Palisades fire broke out and it remains largely uncontained. High winds over the next few days are challenging the progress that firefighters have made as another fire, the Auto fire had burned through 56 acres as of this morning. As By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 09:33 am
What Else What Else? Keke Palmer in two outfits, one okay, one…deeply questionable. So much bad fashion is coming into style! What are we even doing! (Go Fug Yourself) If you feel like screaming until you pass out, Mark Zuckerberg went on Joe Rogan’s podcast. If you only want to scream a By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 04:06 pm
TV Updates Escape from the Algorithm As Sarah wrote this morning, Los Angeles is still in flux and that means many Hollywood events are on pause. Safety and containment is of course the first priority for the fires. Then cleanup and the assessment of damage will start. There is a lot of unknown and layered with By Maria • Jan 13, 2025 03:26 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 13, 2025 Anna Sawai is the moment and I am very into her work with stylist Karla Welch. The red carpet looks are great, very fitting for a nominee/winner, but I think my favourite so far is the Moschino look in the first carousel (second photo). From the front it looks By Maria • Jan 13, 2025 02:44 pm
Faux Gossip Blake Lively isn’t to blame for everything Back in 2018, A Simple Favor did moderately well, and over the years—bolstered by streaming—it became a cult classic. This led to Amazon and Lionsgate greenlighting a sequel, which was filmed last year. Based on when it was filmed, I expected A Simple Favor 2 to be a By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Violet reunite Normally, I would not have much to say about Ben Affleck standing around outside, but, well, due to the ongoing and very serious wildfires around LA interrupting publicity schedules, it’s this or pictures of B-list celebrities at the farmer’s market, so…here is Ben Affleck with Violet Affleck, By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 12:04 pm
TV Updates Meghan’s delay It’s not just award shows and such being postponed due to the wildfires, a bunch of TV shows that film in LA have paused production, too. In a similar vein, Meghan Markle asked Netflix to delay the launch of her new series, With Love, Meghan, from January 15 to By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 10:37 am
