BFFs Katy’s friends at Chanel Maria was just wondering in the previous post about the launch of Tidal about the absence of some major recording artists from the announcement, including Katy Perry. The Tidal presser happened in New York yesterday, late afternoon. Katy Perry? She was in New York too. Last night she stepped out By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 11:09 am
Music Tidal’s Blank Space Yesterday was the launch of a new Jay Z-backed music streaming service, Tidal. It started with a social media takeover (which I’ll get to) and then a press conference. An awkward as hell press conference; I got the sweats watching it. Why was the crowd hollering, who did they By Maria • Mar 31, 2015 10:32 am
Girly Throw Downs Zayn won’t mind but Louis does One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson and producer Naughty Boy, who’s working with Zayn Malik on some new music, got into a fight on Twitter. Louis thought Naughty Boy (do we have to call him this???) was disrespecting the band and the fans and Naughty Boy (who can take this By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 10:00 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for March 31, 2015 Dear Gossips, If you believe the bookies, Princess Catherine will be having a girl. And right now, they’re betting on the girl being called Alice. In second place is Elizabeth, followed by Charlotte and Victoria. I’m a gambling person so, obviously, I’m into this. Because someone’s By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 09:26 am
Amazingness Mimi & Brett Ratner? Mimi and Brett Ratner are in St Barts together. With friends. And people are now speculating that it’s on. I need you to look these shots of Ratner sandwiched between Mimi and a friend. With his arms linked through both of them. You know Mimi, right? I mean we By Lainey • Mar 30, 2015 04:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media Monday, March 30, 2015 Tidal – the Jay Z-backed music streaming service, launches today at 5 p.m. EST with a Carter press conference in New York. The social media takeover is in full swing, with a bright blue avatar popping up all over Instagram and Twitter. And there’s even a musical Justice League By Maria • Mar 30, 2015 04:22 pm
Quiveration Tom Hardy makes a mug If you already have a Tom Hardy problem, this isn’t going to help. This will make it much, much worse. Here he is on the cover of UK Esquire. Some dudes, when they do the squinty eye thing, it doesn’t work, not at all. You don’t believe By Lainey • Mar 30, 2015 03:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Ferrell & Kevin Hart Get Hard A controversy about this movie erupted following its premiere at SXSW when a member of the audience at the post-screening Q&A told director Etan Cohen that the movie “seemed racist as f*ck”. In response, the filmmakers said that similar criticisms of the movie are “cheap” and “lazy By Sarah • Mar 30, 2015 02:52 pm
Bad Style Henry Cavill for Christopher Nolan Empire Awards in London yesterday. Christopher Nolan was honoured. Nolan’s the father of the Dark Knights. And produces the new films, Superman and the upcoming Batman vs Superman. So this is like showing up for the company president. On a side note that I just want to throw out By Lainey • Mar 30, 2015 01:48 pm
The Royals The Royals 1.3: “Fashion week makes everyone crazy” The Royals Season 1, Episode 3 recap I do not understand why Princess Eleanor even cares about Jasper evil-butlering her by releasing the tape of their threesome. When we first met her she had a bare-assed upskirt photo on the cover of all the tabloids, last week she was openly By Sarah • Mar 30, 2015 01:15 pm
Music (Green) Bitch Better Have My Money So there’s the Taylor Swift way of doing things, which is to sit in the audience the whole time because they pretty much told her she was going to win everything. With as many friends as possible. And then there’s the Rihanna way of doing things. Which is By Lainey • Mar 30, 2015 12:20 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names help Careers Hey Duana, My boss and mentor is expecting her second daughter and is having a hard time deciding on a name. Her eldest is named Mischa, and the frontrunner right now for the younger sibling is Logan. Her main worry is that Logan is really popular right now as a By Duana • Mar 30, 2015 11:59 am
TV Updates Trevor Noah to take over The Daily Show In February Jon Stewart announced he will be retiring from The Daily Show later this year, and now it’s become official that his replacement will be South African comedian Trevor Noah. There’s still no date for Stewart’s retirement beyond “later this year”, but when he does go, By Sarah • Mar 30, 2015 11:48 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Katie, Jamie, and Suri Katie Holmes took Suri to the Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday night. And Suri clearly enjoyed it. Arms up in the air, trying to shove air balloons into her clutch…she’s 8 now, and this event hits all the sweet spots for someone her age. It must have been By Lainey • Mar 30, 2015 11:29 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Zendaya killed it this weekend Am obsessed with her style. She has great instincts. The heavy-fringe 70s wig at Kids’ Choice on Saturday? On top of that gold choker that picked up the stripes in the outfit? Ariana Grande couldn’t do that. And then the next night at iHeartRadio with the hair loooooong and By Lainey • Mar 30, 2015 11:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 007 returns for James Bond: The Winter Soldier The first trailer for Spectre, the next installment in the James Bond franchise, arrived—oddly—on Friday evening, and it’s more of what we’ve come to expect from Daniel Craig’s stint as 007. Which is to say, it’s moody and dark and everything is gray and By Sarah • Mar 30, 2015 10:45 am