Coincidence or conspiracy Beyoncé knew She knew. Last week I wrote about how the Recording Academy had to discuss during a meeting whether or not Beyoncé was “gaming the system”. They claim it was a short conversation but the signs were there – they didn’t appreciate that Beyoncé delivered a complete album that crossed several By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 11:25 am
Music Beyoncé is worthy There is a lot I would say to Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter if I ever got the chance. I would tell her that she is the single greatest artist of my generation and that it has been one of my life’s pleasures just to be her fan. I would By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 10:18 am
Relationship Assumption J.Lo “gushes” over Drake at the Grammys Most of the headlines featuring Jennifer Lopez today are saying that she “gushed” about Drake in her Grammys red carpet interview with Ryan Seacrest. That is not how I interpreted what she said about Drake. Or, I should say, that is not how I read her body language when she By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 09:46 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Adele shows her work We all remember last year the Grammys f-cked Adele on the audio. This year, she opened the show. And, to be honest, the audio was a problem again – not as bad as in 2016 but we’ve all seen Adele at the height of her powers. And if you’ve By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 09:12 am
Music We The People A Tribe Called Quest ended their performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards with Q-Tip yelling, “RESIST! RESIST! RESIST!” So, it was the most 2017 performance of the night. ATCQ was joined by Busta Rhymes and Best New Artist nominee Anderson .Paak. ATCQ’s classic jam Award Tour kicked off the By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 08:18 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Paris Jackson at the Grammys Were we meant to be intrigued by Michael Jackson’s children the moment he introduced them to the world? They were presented to us. And they were also hidden from us. Because he knew about the oppressive nature of fame. But, deep down, he must have also known that elusiveness By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:58 am
Music Chance took the Grammys to church In January, I wrote about how Chance The Rapper was leaning hard into his good guy persona. I also wrote about how having “Grammy-award winning” in front of your name means ultimate validation for artists and how much I wanted that for Chance. Well, Chance The Rapper was validated 3 By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 07:44 am
Award Season Campaigning Denzel and Casey’s winning weekends Casey Affleck won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role last night. Denzel Washington, however, was not nominated. And the last time they went head-to-head, at the SAGs, it was Denzel who pulled off the surprise. Which suddenly changed our assumption of what the Best Actor Oscar race By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:24 am
Music Intro for February 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Since the midpoint of last year, I’ve been Gossip Genie-ing for a Grammy collaboration between Beyoncé and Adele. A conventional collaboration did not happen. But could you call what actually did happen a collaboration? In the end, what wasn’t televised is the moment Adele accidentally broke By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:00 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Double Dipper Hi Duana, Almost 2 years ago you really helped us out in having the ‘guts’ to choose our son’s name: Duncan. He’s almost 2 and we still love the name. (Remember the ‘Teacher’s Curse’?) Well, baby #2 - a girl - is on the way! We have By Duana • Feb 10, 2017 04:13 pm
Music The Oscar performers The Academy today announced who would be performing at the Oscars this year. All five nominated songs will be represented. These are the artists who’ll sing them: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Auli’i Cravalho, How Far I’ll Go, Moana Sting, The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story John By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 03:33 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 10, 2017 Is this the eye of Linda Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault’s son, Augustin? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo of him on her social media. And of course now I’m down a rabbit hole -- sh-t got really messy for a minute, but after it By Maria • Feb 10, 2017 02:18 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Beautycounter cream blush I have a big ol’ beauty boner for Beautycounter - not only are they leading the way in non-toxic beauty but like, their sh-t is undeniably great. I’ve written about them before but I’m back again to let you in on one of my diehards .... the cream blush: By Sasha • Feb 10, 2017 01:52 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jenna’s stars I thought this might be a romper! I’m not sure it is. But that’s the only way to make it better – because it’s pretty perfect, this little starry dress on Jenna Dewan. The slight flare at the hem of the skirt is so pretty. The high neck By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Asa Butterfield in The Space Between Us If you’re avoiding Fifty Shades Darker this weekend, and you’re wondering if this might be an option… The Space Between Us tanked, so I was alone when I saw it, and though I have seen many bad movies under these very circumstances, for some reason, with this one, By Sarah • Feb 10, 2017 01:13 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Dakota’s updo The dress is fine. I don’t want to talk about the dress. I want to talk about the hair. I don’t understand it. I don’t understand how it happened. Not, like, the mechanics of it, but how anyone could decide that THIS would be the hairstyle to By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 12:15 pm
