Mariah Carey Intro for July 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, Mimi performed for the first time at Essence Festival in New Orleans this weekend. And if you couldn’t be there, the next best thing is to read about what it was like for those who were there. Most of the coverage from mainstream outlets was positive. PEOPLE By Lainey • Jul 04, 2016 09:01 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, June 30, 2016 As I said to Lainey last night, what's she exhausted from? Being thirsty? Do you think Gwyneth snickers when she reads her hashtags? Like does she screenshot and send to her friends like we would, or is she too evolved for that? A rare day off...I love By Maria • Jun 30, 2016 04:07 pm
Maple Leaf Rihanna & Drake in London About a month ago, Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio walked out of a club in New York on the same night resulting in speculation about whether or not there was something there. Which is dumb. But… last night in London, Rihanna and Drake went to the same club a few minutes By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart belong together Central Intelligence is a perfectly serviceable, middle of the road comedy. It’s not bad, it’s not great. It’s okay. It has some good laughs, but they’re a little fewer and further in between than the filmmakers would have liked, I’m sure. (It has three credited By Sarah • Jun 30, 2016 01:06 pm
Equality Issues Leslie Jones and the “sample size” Yesterday I posted about Leslie Jones and how she tweeted that no designers were willing to style her for the Ghostbusters premiere, only one of the most anticipated movies of the year, if not the most anticipated movie of the year. Booth Moore for The Hollywood Reporter reached out to By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 11:30 am
Break Ups Today in Gossip History: Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner Exactly one year ago today, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced their separation. It’s also their 11 year wedding anniversary. And since they haven’t actually filed paperwork to begin divorce proceedings, it is indeed an anniversary. A double anniversary? This is the day we started a life together. By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 11:11 am
Relationship Assumption Independence Day Swoki? After an inseparable three weeks or so, Swoki might not be breathing each other’s air right now. According Taylor Swift fans who track her private jet (I KNOW – and thanks RA!), her plane left Rome, made a stop in London, and then flew to Rhode Island. Tom Hiddleston was By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 10:26 am
America Ferrera Oscar: The New Class Yesterday the list of the 2016 class of invitees to join the Academy was released, and it shows follow-through on their promise, after back-to-back years of #OscarsSoWhite controversy, to double membership diversity by 2020. This year they invited an unprecedented 683 members—about ten percent of the pre-existing membership. Recent By Sarah • Jun 30, 2016 09:57 am
Aziz Ansari Intro for June 30, 2016 Dear Gossips, Tomorrow is Canada Day, kicking off the long weekend in Canada. Which is why I saved my favourite article of the week for today’s open. It’s Vulture’s interview with Dr Shoukath Ansari, who could receive an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 09:36 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, June 29, 2016 Another summer in Vancouver, another year I probably won’t hike the Grouse Grind. If Neil Patrick Harris takes a gondola up, I actually feel less bad about being a lump of uselessness. Vancouver is awesome. Took the family up to Grouse Mountain, rode a gondola, saw a lumberjack show By Maria • Jun 29, 2016 05:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Desperate, Yet Unique? Hi Duana, I am so confused. Pregnancy hormones are not helping! We are expecting our second child in less than 2 weeks and are choosing not to find out the gender. However, we are stumped on names. We both are of Indian origin and thought we were being unique in By Duana • Jun 29, 2016 05:12 pm
Celebrity Lifestyle Brands Drew Barrymore, talk show host? Variety reported yesterday that Drew Barrymore may be in discussions to host her own talk show. It’s early and there’s no deal yet but supposedly there’s been interest and, if it goes forward, Ellen DeGeneres would be one of the producers. Maria wrote about Drew doing a By Lainey • Jun 29, 2016 04:55 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Beautycounter The natural beauty movement is really going mainstream which tickles me to no end because dudes, there’s no excuse to be sloshing toxins all over your face and body when you have so many great alternatives out there. And one of the companies leading the way is Beautycounter. The By Sasha • Jun 29, 2016 04:36 pm
Douchebags Johnny isn’t asked Johnny Depp and his band, The Hollywood Vampires, stopped by 95.5 KLOS in LA yesterday. Before we get into what he talked about, or didn’t talk about, please enjoy this photo: Does he remind you of Sloth from The Goonies? Did you ever think that it was possible By Lainey • Jun 29, 2016 03:54 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Celine’s purple in Paris God I love this bag. This bag is the focus of the outfit, obviously. The coat is just there to make the bag look good. It’s a bag that probably only comes out once a year and, therefore, totally impractical for the regular person. But Celine. Celine and this By Lainey • Jun 29, 2016 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Swoki for Bond The undeniable extra that is Swoki has led many to speculate about whether or not there’s an ulterior motive, and specifically whether or not it’s Tom Hiddleston who has an ulterior motive for dating Taylor Swift. Page Six is wondering if he’s using her to be the By Lainey • Jun 29, 2016 01:41 pm