Music Kendrick so Lit The VMAs opened with Kendrick Lamar. For the first hour of the show, the literal flames in Kendrick’s performance were the only light in a sea of cringeworthy moments and secondhand embarrassment. Kendrick delivered. But was there any doubt that Kendrick would deliver? This is the guy who consistently By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2017 09:54 am
Game of Thrones Intro for August 28, 2017 Dear Gossips, It could be 18 months. The wait could be as much as a year and a half before we get to the final season of Game Of Thrones. This is terrifying to me. Who will I be in 18 months? Who will we be in 18 months? This By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 09:01 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Just Like This, But Not I am getting (VERY) close to my due date and am having my third girl. I have a boy name I LOVE, Hugh, but we obviously will not be using that. The middle name will be Sullivan (another family name) and our last name is a direction (think Kim K’ By Duana • Aug 25, 2017 04:29 pm
What Else What Else? John Mayer asked David Foster on Instagram to hook him up with Erin Foster, his daughter. At least that’s what this looks like. But …John Mayer knows David Foster pretty well. He performed at David’s big birthday party last year. His daughters were there. It’s not like By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 04:12 pm
TV Updates Ryan Gosling’s season premiere It was confirmed last night on SNL Weekend Update: Summer Edition that Ryan Gosling will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live with musical guest Jay-Z on September 30th, a week before the release of the highly anticipated Blade Runner 2049. Also starring the aforementioned Jared Leto but, really, By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 03:46 pm
Bad Style Jared Leto: only half-method Jared Leto is doing some press right now. When I saw new photos of him this week I had no idea why. He’s in Blade Runner 2049. He plays the villain. A new trailer was released a few days ago that shows him talking in his try-creepy villain voice By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 03:26 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: The Trapezius Hi Hayley, I have a question for you about neck and spine tension. I have an overactive trapezius and my neck regularly gets stiff and full of knots after a day of desk work. I'm good at stretching and keeping my neck moving, but I don't By Hayley • Aug 25, 2017 02:57 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 25, 2017 Taylor Swift has made Twitter fun again. At least for this weekend. The Taylor Swift song sounds like something Marnie on Girls would sing to an uncomfortable group of people she’s forcing to listen.— Jack Moore (@JackPMoore) August 25, 2017 Demi Lovato is not part of the narrative, and By Maria • Aug 25, 2017 02:10 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Thick hoops for fall When it comes to jewelry trends this upcoming season, we’re seeing the disco era reign supreme again right into fall. The runways and street style snaps have been rife with big ass oversized hoop earrings. In fact, if you remember a couple months back I pimped out one of By Sasha • Aug 25, 2017 12:45 pm
Music Jay-Z & JT: Super Bowl LII? Oh FFS. There’s a rumour circulating that the NFL is negotiating with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to co-headline Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. The source of the rumour is Hits Daily Double. Previously, whenever there have been leaks about halftime shows at the Super Bowl, they’ve come from By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 12:33 pm
Douchebags Sit DOWN, James Cameron James Cameron famously invented the Strong Female Character when he made Terminator, and there has never been another Strong Female Character since Sarah Connor. As the leading expert on Strong Female Characters and the only person in the world whose opinion matters on the topic of women in action cinema, By Sarah • Aug 25, 2017 12:09 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s new images Taylor Swift’s website crashed last night following the release of Look What You Made Me Do. Because after dropping the song, she’s also partnered with Target for album collectibles – two magazines that include the upcoming new album and personal photos and artwork. Here’s the artwork: These images By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 11:26 am
Girly Throw Downs The old Taylor is dead Duana and I are recording the final episode of the first season of our Show Your Work podcast tonight. Guess who the lead story is? Well who else could it be? And she was already just the lead two weeks ago. Taylor Swift, of course. Taylor Swift has given us By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 10:08 am
Music Intro for August 25, 2017 Dear Gossips, I was at the Mimi/Lionel Richie All The Hits show in Toronto last night with my friend Marci Ien. Lionel Richie is 68 years old, my dad’s age. My dad’s not preening across any stage in black skinny jeans. I mean, the voice isn’t By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 09:01 am
What Else What Else? I never thought this would happen but the world is caring about Tom Cruise’s ass in the same way that they care about other notable asses, Lopez, Kardashian, Minaj, Chyna, or otherwise. What’s next? Will Tom Cruise photocopy his ass to prove that…? I actually can’t remember By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 04:06 pm
TV Updates This Is Our Emotional Reckoning We’ve reviewed This Is Us twice on Lainey Gossip – I did the first three episodes here and Duana wrote about it in the spring. I stand by my season one review; my perspective on the emotional shallowness of the plot twists and the underwritten characters hasn’t changed. But By Maria • Aug 24, 2017 03:52 pm
