Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 8, 2017 That awkwardness between Sansa and Arya on Sunday – clearly great acting, because Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams are BFFs. Also I’m thinking of working in “Bend The Knee” into my almost 16 year marriage. If you bend the knee to ask before marriage, why not bend the knee throughout? By Lainey • Aug 08, 2017 01:35 pm
Royals Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s long holiday Friday was Meghan Markle’s birthday. A few days before that she and her ma, Doria, were seen in London together. Then she returned to Toronto to wrap up work on Suits. And that day, her birthday proper, she and Prince Harry were photographed arriving in Botswana: Tomorrow's By Lainey • Aug 08, 2017 12:32 pm
TV Updates The Bachelorette’s bad decision Rachel Lindsay’s journey to find love finally came to an end last night. My expectations for this season were naively high. They came crashing down when the show cast a racist sociopath to date a black woman while living in a house with black men and subsequently had no By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 11:34 am
Break Ups It’s over for Anna & Chris On Sunday night, when many of us were being engulfed by dragonfire, Anna Faris and Chris Pratt announced that they’re ending their marriage through their social media accounts: pic.twitter.com/EgNb4Thv44— Anna Faris (@AnnaKFaris) August 7, 2017 Maybe they thought that doing it during Daenerys and Drogon’s By Lainey • Aug 08, 2017 10:50 am
Music Jay-Z’s Black Friends In Jay-Z’s extensive, 30 plus year music video catalogue, there aren’t many “holy-sh*t-I’m-never-going-to-forget-the-first-time-I-saw-this” classics. Well, Jay has been releasing new music videos and video extras from 4:44 steadily over the past few weeks that have easily become some of his best work. They’ve ranged By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 10:19 am
Game of Thrones Daenerys to the dark side? It was a Jorah-free episode. Which is one of the reasons why it was such an enjoyable episode. But even though we couldn’t see him, we could feel him. Daenerys needs counsel. So it only makes sense that, in about five minutes, which is about how long it takes By Lainey • Aug 08, 2017 09:42 am
Taylor Swift Intro for August 8, 2017 Dear Gossips, It’s August 8th, the luckiest day on the Chinese calendar. The luckiest sign on the Chinese calendar during this, the Year of the Rooster, is the Snake. And perhaps the most famous celebrity Snake in the world is Taylor Swift, who was in court for jury selection By Lainey • Aug 08, 2017 09:01 am
What Else What Else? PLEASE NOTE: Monday is a holiday in many parts of Canada so we will be dark that day and returning to regular schedule on Tuesday. Have a great weekend! Which Duggar is this one? Duana is my Duggar coach. I’m always asking her, and she’s always correcting me, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 03:32 pm
Royals Harry & Meghan on her birthday It’s Meghan Markle’s 36th birthday today. Hello! Magazine is reporting that she was seen with her mother, Doria, at Waterloo Station in London recently. E! News reports that they’ve been in London since last week but that they’ve actually returned to Toronto because Meghan is still By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 03:17 pm
BFFs Anthony Mackie picking on Tom Holland Last month at Disney’s D23 fan convention, Anthony Mackie, along with Sebastian Stan, picked on Tom Holland. Last year, when promoting Captain America: Civil War, Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan picked on Tom Holland. Well Anthony Mackie was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, and guess By Sarah • Aug 04, 2017 02:47 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber: t-shirts and apologies Justin Bieber has his own line of plain white t-shirts now. It’s a collaboration between Hanes and his stylist Karla Welch who was ranked #1 on The Hollywood Reporters Most Powerful Stylists List. Karla also styles Ruth Negga and Sarah Paulson. The t-shirts came about because JB was always By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 02:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 4, 2017 Are there certain people you trust more when it comes to food recommendations and specific kinds of foods? I will always trust my friend Lorella about food. Lorella knows her food. Most food. When it comes to Chinese food, however, I am the expert in our relationship and she will, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 01:27 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Robert Pattinson on curtains and dog release Robert Pattinson was also at the HFPA event that I just wrote about in the previous post. His new film, Good Time, comes out next week. It played really well at Cannes a couple of months ago and everyone is saying that this is the performance of his career. They By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Award season in August Some of us care about award season year-round. There’s a small group at work and we exchange emails almost every day about possible contenders, speculating about how the field will narrow as we get deeper into the fall. While the work itself should always be paramount, needless to say, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 12:00 pm
Cheating Loins Kevin & Eniko are fine Kevin Hart was in LA last night at the launch of his new app, Laugh Out Loud, in partnership with Lionsgate. It’s a mobile streaming service for comedy. Laugh Out Loud will feature standup specials, scripted and unscripted content, and, Kevin says, new comedic talent. Basically Kevin’s trying By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 11:25 am
Media Manipulation Vanity Fair Claps Back At Angelina Jolie “You come at the King, you best not miss.” Omar’s signature line from The Wire was my first thought after reading Vanity Fair’s published retort to Angelina Jolie. If you challenge Vanity Fair, you better be sure you’re right… and, it would seem, she wasn’t. The By Duana • Aug 04, 2017 10:42 am
