Intro for February 23, 2018 Dear Gossips, A couple of days ago, Johnny Weir, while broadcasting during the Olympic women’s figure skating short program, described the marks like this (with minor paraphrasing): “Anything between 70 and 75 points is good; 75 to 80 is great; a score over 80 is Russian.” Did you watch By Lainey • Feb 23, 2018 09:04 am
What Else What Else? Every curling headline over the last couple of weeks during the Olympics has made me laugh. Especially this one about Curling vs Scientology … sort of. But, seriously, the obsession with curling, or the obsession with tweeting about curling, has been amazing. Curling is on TV in Canada all winter. But By Lainey • Feb 22, 2018 03:58 pm
Ava DuVernay SADE!!!!! It feels like the pop culture gods are showering gifts upon us to make up for A) ignoring people of colour for years and B) to give us relief from the equals parts horrific and demoralizing 24-hour news cycle. Sade is here to save us. SADE!!! What a time. Ava By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2018 03:13 pm
Selena Gomez Jelena in Jamaica Lainey has been trying to convince me and our site manager, Emily, to get on board with Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez’s rekindled romance since they were spotted hanging out again in October. Lainey’s been all about that same old Jelena love since day one but this time By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2018 01:43 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 22, 2018 As Lainey mentioned this morning, Rachel McAdams didn’t attend the Game Night premiere. But Street was there to support Coach and Landry. A post shared by skittishkid (@skittishkid) on Feb 21, 2018 at 7:03pm PST The town of Pawnee and Leslie Knope would like to be excluded from By Maria • Feb 22, 2018 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman in Annihilation Alex Garland follows his directorial debut, Ex Machina, with Annihilation, a film so deeply weird and disturbing it’s destined to polarize audiences (once seen, it is crystal clear why Paramount had no f*cking clue what to do with it). It’s similar to Darren Aronofsky’s mother! in By Sarah • Feb 22, 2018 11:38 am
Timothee Chalamet Timothée’s “personal god” Kid Cudi may be the reason we have Timothée Chalamet. Yes, that is just as random as it sounds. In a new interview with GQ, Timothée details how the rapper/actor saved his career at a point when he almost quit. At a critical juncture when the walls were closing By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2018 11:02 am
Break Ups Jennifer & Justin cover the magazines Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced their separation exactly a week ago today. America was heading into a long weekend. But there was still one full business day remaining. Instead of burying their release on a Friday afternoon, at 5pm, when many outlets have packed up to enjoy a few By Lainey • Feb 22, 2018 10:18 am
Hook Ups Lorde and Jack Antonoff in Auckland In January, when Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff broke up, I mentioned that my friend casually predicted that he’d move on with Lorde. In my previous post, I chose to keep my friend anonymous. She works in media too so I didn’t think she’d want her name By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2018 09:11 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Where’s Rachel McAdams? Game Night opens this weekend, a comedy for those who might not want to see Black Panther (for the third or fourth time). I posted about Game Night when the trailer came out in November – it looked good! And, so far, the reviews aren’t bad. It’s currently sitting By Lainey • Feb 22, 2018 08:18 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Intro for February 22, 2018 Dear Gossips, Several times last year I wrote about how it’s become impossible to separate gossip from politics and, in particular, politics from the tabloids. Last summer, The New Yorker published a piece by Jeffrey Toobin about how Donald Trump has benefitted from the National Enquirer’s support. (Harvey By Lainey • Feb 22, 2018 07:57 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: ‘Marking’ and Mega-Updates I’m hard at work marking* your homework, everyone! Remember when teachers used to say that and you would agitate for ‘when are we getting it BACK?! When are we getting our essays back?’ I know this probably seems like it was the exclusive domain of keeners but I remember By Duana • Feb 21, 2018 05:06 pm
What Else What Else? Jay-Z spent a lot of money on his friend’s birthday this weekend. Apparently he was giving bottles away. Bottles worth more than $1,000. And he “only” tipped 15%. Which still amounted to $11K. If you’re the recipient of an $11K tip that represented 15%, are you bitching By Lainey • Feb 21, 2018 04:32 pm
Rihanna Rihanna turns 30 Rihanna celebrated her 30th birthday yesterday. Rihanna has accomplished more by 30 than most of us will in our entire lives. No disrespect. She’s a 9-time Grammy award winner, one of the best-selling artists of all time and the boss of a beauty empire. BY 30. We’re basically By Kathleen • Feb 21, 2018 04:18 pm
TV Updates Tiffany Haddish is everywhere She’s in Super Bowl commercials, she’s acing Drunk History, she’s a best-selling author, P.T. Anderson wants to work with her, she will be presenting at the Oscars—ever since breaking out in Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish is everywhere. And among the many projects she has in By Sarah • Feb 21, 2018 03:41 pm
Royals Prince William on a motorcycle Yesterday Prince William visited Triumph Motorcycles and MIRA Technology Park in Hinckley. I know a little about motorcycles because a friend of mine went through 3 of them in 3 years. He started with a Harley and then ended up with a Triumph. Here’s my amateur assessment – Triumph bikes By Lainey • Feb 21, 2018 03:04 pm
