Media Manipulation Taylor Swift and the media As I mentioned the other day, one of the best side bonuses of Gossip Christmas, or the Day Of The Receipts, has been all the great writing this week about Taylor Swift Incorporated. Some of it has been straight up prescient. Five full days before Mrs West unloaded, The Ringer By Lainey • Jul 22, 2016 11:27 am
Douchebags The Old Boys’ Club is dying In November of 2014, comedian Hannibal Buress told a joke during a set, calling out the decades of rape allegations made against Bill Cosby. At the time, though a lot of people were glad to see the wheels of justice finally turning in favor of the victims, many lamented that By Sarah • Jul 22, 2016 10:59 am
Maple Leaf Intro for July 22, 2016 Dear Gossips, Over the last few years, Hollywood has been challenged to address its diversity problem. For far too long, the majority of the stories told in film and television have been about white men for white men. And those are the same stories that are critically better received and By Lainey • Jul 22, 2016 10:02 am
Maple Leaf Celine’s new runway What a bonus to end the day… Celine! Celine gave us so much joy in Paris every day during fashion week, leaving her hotel in all kinds of style porn and every facial expression known to the human race. Now Celine is in New York. Manhattan has now become the By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 04:26 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Zoe’s open back I like the way the flaps are left open at the back of this dress. I like the hem too. But the colour… Why does any clothing come in this colour? It’s a Middleton colour. Which says everything. By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 03:53 pm
Hook Ups Kate Hudson & Diplo US Weekly reported yesterday that Kate Hudson and Diplo are “dating”. The last person Kate was “dating” was Nick Jonas. Anyway, Kate and Diplo hung out at the MET Gala in May. She’s been on holiday this month in Ibiza and he was there too and now they’re By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 03:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Cho on Asian Representation and Sulu’s Husband A couple months ago, the Internet came to a collective agreement that John Cho deserves better than the bullsh-t sidekick roles he has been relegated to. That agreement was immortalized in the hashtag #StarringJohnCho, where famous movies starring mediocre white people were reimagined with John in the leading roles. By Kathleen • Jul 21, 2016 03:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, July 21, 2016 The first ever Bravo awards happened because Andy is a TV genius. Michael Rapaport beat out Chrissy Teigen and Jerry O’Connell for Biggest Bravoholic. Mazels to @MichaelRapaport for winning #TheBravos Biggest Bravoholic! Even if he couldn't finish his speech... pic.twitter.com/9Pal0xsi6S— Bravotv (@Bravotv) July 21, By Maria • Jul 21, 2016 03:03 pm
Hook Ups Kristen’s break worked too Kristen Stewart was out in LA with her girlfriend Alicia Cargile yesterday. When she was with Soko earlier this year, we saw her become more and more comfortable in the spotlight, especially in her personal life. And now these shots of her kissing Alicia…after their break. Yesterday in the By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 01:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kirsten Dunst will direct The Bell Jar Kirsten Dunst, fresh off an Emmy nomination for Fargo, was confirmed yesterday to be directing an adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, which will star Dakota Fanning as the depressive heroine, Esther Greenwood. Dunst has already directed a couple short films, but this will be her feature film By Sarah • Jul 21, 2016 01:20 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Alexa’s emoji shirt I don’t use emojis. I know this makes me crusty ass c-nt, sorry. Anyway, this shirt on Alexa Chung is super cute. I see faces. But I feel like other people might see emojis. Which is what I’m afraid of going forward. That all the prints I By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 12:50 pm
Mariah Carey Mimi & Leo The 3rd Annual Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Saint Tropez Gala happened last night. This is when Leo invites a handful of movie stars and celebrities and several handfuls of models to mingle with European billionaires to raise money for environmental causes. The crass way of looking at it – which is my By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 12:32 pm
Famewhores Thirsty Bird This week, a rapper and reality show star gave us Gossip Christmas (or as I like to call it, Receipts Week), cracking the façade of one of the most important and astute players in the game. All the games. The last story that garnered this much social media excitement and By Maria • Jul 21, 2016 11:45 am
Media Manipulation Taylor’s burn book Before we get to that, let’s talk about this mural. An artist called Lushsux created a mural in Melbourne. In loving memory of… Taylor Smith. The recent passing of @taylorswift is heart wrenching. Come and leave some flowers and light some candles at her memorial in Hosier lane in By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 11:10 am
Tahliah Debrett Barnett Becky Who? FKA twigs’ controversial cover FKA twigs is on the cover of the August issue of ELLE Magazine. I bought this issue a few days ago. I glanced at the cover, noticed it was twigs and bought it. Since there are so few women of colour on major magazine covers, I make it a point By Kathleen • Jul 21, 2016 10:41 am
Winona Ryder Intro for July 21, 2016 Dear Gossips, Do you remember JT LeRoy? Or the character created by writer Laura Albert known as JT LeRoy? Who wrote The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things? Like so many things in my life, my interest in JT LeRoy came from my interest in Winona Ryder, my eternal obsession By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 10:01 am
