Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, June 27, 2016 Teenage love. Sigh. ❤️❤️ A photo posted by bb (@brooklynbeckham) onJun 26, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT Veep was really good this year and actually quite charming compared to real-life politics. Getting ready to live tweet - whatever that means. #veep A photo posted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@officialjld) onJun 26, 2016 By Maria • Jun 27, 2016 04:48 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Why Now? Hi Duana, I'm not pregnant but I have a name question or curiosity that I need to have some clarity on. We had a baby girl in December and named her Kyra. One month before she was born an acquaintance had a girl named Kiera. Two months after By Duana • Jun 27, 2016 04:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jenny Slate and Chris Evans can Swoki too On a regular weekend, this would have been top gossip news. But Beyoncé. And Kanye. And Swoki. Which is why about an hour ago I was like, oh yeah, Jenny Slate and Chris Evans showed up at an event together. That was fast too, non? Like maybe not quite Swoki By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 04:05 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jidenna’s BET green Classic Man is not going to show up at the BET Awards looking like anyone else. These green pants made sure of that. And that’s a tricky shade of green. I don’t know that a lot of people would pair it with such a busy shirt. But he By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 03:38 pm
TV Updates Michelle and Rory, Sitting in a Library When Barack and Michelle Obama became the most media savvy and best-dressed First Couple in our collective memories, we all nodded, sage. It made sense. Sure, Barack would want to keep his Blackberry, and obviously Michelle Obama wore Lululemon. (OMG, that last sentence. Were we ever so young? Now he By Duana • Jun 27, 2016 03:21 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jennifer Hudson’s BET hooded blazer I need a hooded blazer like right f-cking now. God I love this look. And it’s deep enough that the hood stays on too. Which is what counts about a hood, that adds to the drama of one. And in white, oh my god, it’s like a pretend By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 03:00 pm
Relationship Assumption The Swoki lobsters The (debatably unfair) perspective on Taylor Swift has always been that she’s the girl who falls in love in five minutes and the next thing you know she’s ordering her lover’s initials on her stationery and planning the wedding. If you want to believe that about her By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 01:42 pm
Dumbass Justin Timberlake was #Inspired by Jesse Williams As Lainey already discussed, Jesse Williams gave the wokest speech in the history of speeches at the BET Awards last night. It was a speech that made me cry, shout, cheer and throw sh-t at my television. It induced urgency, frustration and a call to arms. It was soaked in By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2016 12:16 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Alicia’s no makeup BETs Alicia Keys declared in Lenny last month that she’d decided to go without makeup to promote her new album. She performed without makeup on Saturday Night Live. She showed up at the BET Awards in a black jumpsuit with no makeup under a headscarf. And I love it. I By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:53 am
Amazingness The Real Magic of Jesse Williams Jesse Williams was honoured last night with the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards for his work with the Black Lives Matter movement. And then Justin Timberlake tried to make it about himself. And got slapped for it. That post is coming up in a minute. For now, we spotlight By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:31 am
Quiveration Michael B Jordan, A$AP Rocky, and Robert Pattinson Michael B Jordan won Best Actor last night at the BET Awards. He was not there because he spent the weekend in Paris for Fashion Week. On Saturday MBJ was looking fine at the Dior show. Also looking fine - A$AP Rocky who is SO beautiful. When he was By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:09 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: All of Tracee’s BET looks Not quite as many changes as Carrie Underwood whenever she hosts the CMAs because who has the time but still there was a lot of style variety from Tracee Ellis Ross last night. My least favourite was the carpet dress – python print and slicked back hair. The all purple sequin By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:24 am
Music Beyoncé & Kendrick’s opening Freedom Beyoncé was not announced to perform at the BET Awards last night. As we’ve seen, surprise is her thing. And the song she chose to surprise with to open the show was Freedom. If you’ve been to the Formation tour, you know this performance. It comes near the By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:04 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 6.10: Winter is here, and so are the women Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10 recap SPOILERS This season has seen women seize power across Westeros, and in the finale, Cersei herself takes the Iron Throne. It cost her everything to achieve, but in the end, she is in charge once again. The writers hinted all season at By Sarah • Jun 27, 2016 09:34 am
EJ Johnson Intro for June 27, 2016 Dear Gossips, Almost exactly five years ago, I opened this blog with a post about how much I loved the documentary Bill Cunningham New York. Bill Cunningham passed away on Saturday in New York, just before the start of the final week of Pride Month and Sunday’s Pride Parade By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 09:05 am
Book Review Smutty Book Roundup - June 24, 2016 A deep dive to recommend if you haven’t already: Barry Avrich is a Canadian filmmaker who was trying a few years ago to put together an unauthorised documentary about Harvey Weinstein. According to Barry, Harvey Weinstein wasn’t exactly supportive. Barry details the experience in his new book Moguls, By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 03:36 pm
