Top Reads Prince Andrew, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Bears Like I said last week when it was confirmed that Prince Andrew has been stripped of his titles and no longer an HRH, the royal family doesn’t get flowers for finally doing the right thing. It was the only thing – they had no other choice. That’s why they By Lainey • Jan 17, 2022 11:28 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Prince Harry’s Security Leak Another example of royal media hygiene and the importance of media literacy and hygiene, period, because there’s the version that the UK tabloids are spinning with this story, and the facts of the situation. The problem here is that, well, so much of what’s out there has been By Lainey • Jan 17, 2022 10:07 am
TV Updates Intro for January 17, 2022 Dear Gossips, For weeks now I’ve been feeling like Yellowjackets has been closing in on me, with friends texting about it in group chats, threads showing up in my feed, the show seemed to be cornering me, like Omicron. I have not had COVID, and am determined to keep By Lainey • Jan 17, 2022 08:59 am
What Else What Else Priyanka Chopra (Jonas) says it’s not a big deal that she changed her name on Instagram, and that everything is fine in the Chopra-Jonas household. Mmkay. (DListed) FKA twigs dropped her new mixtape, Caprisongs. Not blown away so far, but her music has a way of sneaking up on By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 04:04 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Jessie J + Mila Kunis bonus sweater There haven’t been all that many looks to consider lately because, well, lockdown is happening in a lot of places again. There was, however, a red carpet in London last night for Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA and Jessie J gave us an outfit! It’s hard to go By Lainey • Jan 14, 2022 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We have to relitigate Beanie Babies now Right at the end of December, a documentary dropped on HBO Max about the Beanie Baby collecting craze of the 1990s, Beanie Mania. It’s not groundbreaking, but it does bring shame to the entire Chicago area—the first avid collectors were suburban Chicago moms—and it does a pretty By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 02:42 pm
Sasha Lifestyle Sasha Finds: A “Braless” Candle I think it’s time we destigmatize the candle. I truly don’t understand why they get such a bad rap. Is it because they are too practical and/or too easy of a gift to give? To that I say: What the eff is wrong with practical and easy! By Sasha • Jan 14, 2022 02:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 14, 2022 Heidi Klum has a new song out with Snoop Dogg and um, OK? I mean, she has the money to self-finance a single or two, so I guess it’s a hobby, the way some people take up needlepoint. She could have thrown a few more bucks at the cover By Maria • Jan 14, 2022 01:28 pm
TV Updates Raylan Givens is BACK IT’S A FRIDAY MIRACLE!!!! Back in spring 2021, we heard that FX was adapting a new Elmore Leonard novel, City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, with a big, fat “maybe” on Timothy Olyphant’s return as the coolest cat on TV, Raylan Givens. Well, FX has given a greenlight By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 12:53 pm
TV Updates The Hype House Isn’t Ready For Celebrity Netflix’s show Hype House dropped on Friday, and in my first post about it, the big question was, “will it get any hype?” It ultimately worked against them in their bid for traditional celebrity status. The goal for almost all influencers is to get to a point where they By Anastasia • Jan 14, 2022 12:09 pm
TV Updates Uber’s garbage culture TV show Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a lot of modes, but my favorite might be “smiley but untrustworthy scumbag”. He doesn’t do it often, but every once in a while, you get a Don Jon or a Hesher out of him, and damn, I love it every time. So of course, I By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 11:23 am
TV Updates Degrassi Is Coming Back The Degrassi franchise is getting a reboot on HBO Max called Degrassi, and the Canadian teenager in me is screaming with joy. The next class of students arrives in 2023. A new Degrassi series is coming to HBO Max. pic.twitter.com/ROCMtvzwt1 — Actually HBO Max (@StreamOnMax) January 13, 2022 By Anastasia • Jan 14, 2022 10:45 am
Top Reads Julia: Still Julia Six months ago, in July 2021, which means well before her situation with Kanye West, Julia Fox was profiled by Naomi Fry in The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” section. It was right around the release of Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move, in which she had a By Lainey • Jan 14, 2022 09:43 am
Award Season Campaigning David Letterman and Nominee Will Smith Here is Will Smith, fresh off his SAG award nomination, taping a segment with David Letterman for Letterman’s Netflix interview show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. They both look to be in high spirits, which isn’t unusual for Will Smith—that guy is always on—but Letterman By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 09:23 am
Shout-Outs January 14, 2022 – Shout-Outs This is for Paige from Pam because after 12 years of popcorn and bacon cheeseburgers, it was time for Finn to go looking for new menu items. There’s no doubt he’ll find them. Of course you’re all devastated, and of course the whole family misses him. But By Lainey • Jan 14, 2022 09:01 am
Tig Notaro Intro for January 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, 2022 is two weeks old and it’s already doing the most. There are celebrity couples breaking up, celebrity couples getting married, there are celebrity couples being Julia Fox and Ye (more on them later), the royal family is one step closer to yeeting Prince Andrew into the By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 08:54 am