Music Jay Z’s confessions and revelations Jay Z’s new album 4:44 dropped last night. Were you scrambling to reinstall TIDAL on your phone like I was? Needless to say, 4:44 lit up Twitter. Here’s one of my favourite tweets: When you've not listened to Jay Z 's album but By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 12:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock tries again Baywatch sh*t the bed last month, but before that, F8 of the Furious was a monster hit. So it’s been a rollercoaster year for Dwayne Johnson, and it’s not over yet. The first trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was released yesterday, priming the pump for By Sarah • Jun 30, 2017 11:35 am
Maple Leaf Harry & Meghan this weekend Princess Diana was born on July 1. In Canada we would call her a Canada Day baby. (Shout out to the legend Marilyn Denis, also a Canada Day baby!) This year marks the 20th anniversary of Diana’s passing. Princes William and Harry will be at Althorp tomorrow for a By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 11:03 am
TV Updates The Gray Bits of Paradise After shutting down production in mid-June, the Bachelor in Paradise sexual misconduct investigation is complete, with the studio, DeMario Jackson, and Corinne Olympios speaking publicly about the incident. (For my earlier pieces on it, please click here and here.) DeMario did an interview with E! and talked at length about By Maria • Jun 30, 2017 10:23 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 30, 2017 Dear Gossips, This weekend, Canada is marking the 150th anniversary of Confederation. My parents came to Canada to have me and raise me, so that I could have more opportunities, more opportunities than would ever have been available to them. So my personal relationship to Canada 150 is about gratitude. By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 09:47 am
What Else What Else? John Mayer claims he doesn’t care that Katy Perry gave him a gold medal in f-cking. But in private? If there really was a tangible thing that represented his achievement, he’d have it mounted at his house. Wait no. Because there actually is something tangible: his dick. So By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 04:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming The heart of Spider-Man: Homecoming is a story about a kid anxious to grow up and join the world of adults. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) chafes against the rules put in place for him by his mentor, Tony Stark (RDJ, who keeps evolving this character in ways that keep his By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kumail Nanjiani in The Big Sick F-ck, I love romantic comedies. The Big Sick is a great romantic comedy that reminds even the most pessimistic viewer that rom-coms are not dead and when done right, they're just, you know, comedies that are also romantic. The Big Sick is funny as f-ck and romantic as By Kathleen • Jun 29, 2017 02:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, June 29, 2017 Jennifer Lawrence, Aidy Bryant, Alison Brie, Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Retta, and Lena Dunham are just some of the many participants in this Planned Parenthood video. Dakota Johnson can’t figure out how to repost it, which I get – Instagram needs a repost button, right? Doing it through a third-party By Maria • Jun 29, 2017 01:32 pm
Break Ups Today in Gossip Nostalgia: June 29, 2012 Without googling, do you remember what happened 5 years ago today? It was around noon ET on a Friday. It was a major gossip bombshell. Ninja Katie Holmes! That was day Katie Holmes, seemingly out of f-cking nowhere, announced that she’d left Tom Cruise through from her attorney. We By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman’s un-Great Show The first trailer for Hugh Jackman’s PT Barnum passion project, The Greatest Showman, has arrived and I have learned a few things: 1) This is a musical. (Shudder) 2) PT Barnum is a hero now. 3) This looks like some family-friendly sanitized sh*t. Jackman is, of course, a By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 11:22 am
Jock Smut Princess Kate in Gucci Princess Kate stepped out today in London to open the new wing at the Victoria & Albert Museum. And she showed up in Gucci. As we’ve all seen, Gucci, for the last couple of years, under Alessandro Michele, has been the label with the most high profile celebrity patronage. By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx in Baby Driver I didn’t list Ansel Elgort in the title because Ansel Elgort is not the best thing about Baby Driver. The latest film from Edgar Wright—the film he made after his Ant-Man deal fell apart at Marvel—Baby Driver is slightly more plotty than films like John Wick and By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 10:08 am
Tony Chiu Wai Leung Intro for June 29, 2017 Dear Gossips, As mentioned yesterday in What Else? the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscar Academy, released its new list of 774 members, a new record. After the nominations were announced in 2015, it was April Reign who created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. The hashtag came back a By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 09:32 am
What Else What Else? There are 85 problems with this “solution”. One of my major problems with it is that no one seems to understand that consent isn’t just about asking “permission” at the beginning. It’s not a f-cking school trip. Consent is fluid. Pleasurable, consensual sex means you pay attention – in By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 05:22 pm
TV Updates The Bachelorette: are we still having fun? I have repeatedly referred to my devotion to The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise (never Bachelor in Paradise) as a guilty pleasure. I feel guilty because these shows have always been full of f-cked up, anti-feminist rhetoric, “the marriage plot”, and a significant lack of diversity. Plus, it’s a show where By Kathleen • Jun 28, 2017 05:15 pm
