Intro for December 27, 2017 Dear Gossips, Many of you have been emailing over the last couple of weeks about one of our favourite traditions here at LaineyGossip: the Gingerbread House Annual Cup! The competition was slightly delayed in 2017 due to travel schedules but we’re now ready for your votes. For several years By Lainey • Dec 27, 2017 09:23 am
What Else What Else? It’s almost Christmas. And at Christmas here at LaineyGossip we have a little tradition that involves a little competition, which many of you have emailed to ask about. Because of scheduling, the Gingerbread House Annual Cup is not happening until tomorrow – so we’ll be posting the pictures on By Lainey • Dec 22, 2017 01:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Gift Came Early! Though it’s not an exact science, as I’ve mentioned, I try to answer name questions before the due dates of the arrivals, if that’s practical. But sometimes things get more complicated than that. Here’s an email I got in August: Hi Duana, We are expecting our By Duana • Dec 22, 2017 01:30 pm
Music SZA and Solange save the day My brain is mush. It’s this time of year. All I want to do is sleep, watch sh-tty Chistmas rom-coms and listen to The Preacher’s Wife soundtrack. It’s taking me twice as long to do anything that involves pants. If you’re at work today like I By Kathleen • Dec 22, 2017 01:14 pm
Hook Ups Jennifer & Darren: the holiday haze Recently on The Social, we talked about holiday proposals. It’s a popular time of the year to get engaged. And the peg was an article at Brides about what people really think of holiday proposals. Some people are all over it. But they can be dangerous too. Because of By Lainey • Dec 22, 2017 12:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 22, 2017 I’m officially winding down for the holidays – this will be my last post for 2017. So I’ve been thinking about the celebrities who have been giving me gifts all year. Beyoncé gave us many visual gifts in 2017, from the February pregnancy announcement to her baby shower to By Maria • Dec 22, 2017 12:21 pm
Chloe Moretz Chloe & Brooklyn long distance I think, if I’m understanding Instagram correctly, and it’s entirely possible that I’m not because I’m too grown, Chloe Moretz and Brooklyn Beckham have been apart the last few days because family holiday time, or something. As Maria mentioned yesterday in Smutty Social Media, at some By Lainey • Dec 22, 2017 11:52 am
Cardi B Cardi B’s “genuine-tivity” One of my favourite celebrity profiles of the year was Allison P. Davis’s piece for New York Magazine on Cardi B. It delightfully captures Cardi’s rags-to-riches come-up while also giving a delicious glimpse into the whimsical mind of rap’s brightest breakout star. If you haven’t read By Kathleen • Dec 22, 2017 11:27 am
Taylor Swift Taylor & Katy: a Christmas reconciliation? Taylor Swift was in Miami earlier this week shooting the video for End Game with Future. TMZ has pap footage from that night that shows Taylor on a yacht with her backup dancers and one of those dancers has short bleached hair like Katy Perry. Katy Perry also happened to By Lainey • Dec 22, 2017 10:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle The lasting impression of the comedy Central Intelligence is that Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson are a terrific screen duo. They must have known that, too, because just eighteen months later, they’ve reunited for the Jumanji sequel/reboot, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. They wasted no time in finding By Sarah • Dec 22, 2017 10:12 am
Anna Wintour Intro for December 22, 2017 Dear Gossips, As this is the last site intro before Christmas, let’s open today on a couple of “bests” from 2017. Back in November, on Show Your Work, Duana and I talked about Radhika Jones, the new editor at Vanity Fair, and how she wore a pair of fox-print By Lainey • Dec 22, 2017 09:14 am
What Else What Else? You know what else I love about the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement portraits? The timing. Because if they hadn’t come out today, this pregnancy would have been the big headline. I mean I know the news dropped late yesterday but what we all woke up to this By Lainey • Dec 21, 2017 04:31 pm
Hook Ups Janet and Jermaine Maria mentioned yesterday that Janet Jackson and Jermain Dupri may be back together. Whenever I think of Janet and Jermaine (not to be confused with her brother Jermaine), I think of Chris Rock’s opening monologue of the 2003 MMVAs. It’s one of my favourite Chris Rock bits, ever. By Kathleen • Dec 21, 2017 04:03 pm
Hook Ups Shawn Mendes & Hailey Baldwin Sasha and I forgot to mention something on the Sasha Answers podcast a few weeks ago after the American Music Awards. We have a text thread going with Duana and our two other friends, Amy and Lara. That night Lara started it because it was when Selena Gomez went blonde By Lainey • Dec 21, 2017 03:10 pm
What Else Smutty Social Media, December 21, 2017 “Despite their 13-year age difference” is part of this PEOPLE headline. George and Amal are 16 years apart, right? Blake and Ryan, 11. Jay and Bey have a 12 year gap. “Despite their 13-year age difference” okkkkkkkkkk. A post shared by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman) on Dec 20, 2017 at 4: By Maria • Dec 21, 2017 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Bellas are back in Pitch Perfect 3 Look. Pitch Perfect 3 is not good. Not by any reasonable metric of filmmaking. There are no character arcs, there is no narrative arc—there is BARELY a narrative. Pitch Perfect was a nice little surprise, a college comedy wrapped up in a capella/girl band trimmings, and as a By Sarah • Dec 21, 2017 01:19 pm
