Music Nicki & Drake: Hip-Hop’s Siblings Reunite Last night Nicki Minaj hopped on Instagram Live shortly before midnight to introduce the new music she’s been teasing all week. I was expecting the release of a new single, but she actually announced that she’d be making her critically acclaimed 2009 mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, available By Cody • May 14, 2021 09:58 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 14, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2021 this year and the list includes Tina Turner. Tina was previously inducted in 1992 but not as a solo artist. So this honour represents her career from 1976 and onward, after her divorce. In those early By Lainey • May 14, 2021 09:28 am
What Else What Else? Holy sh-t, how was this four years ago? This f-cking pandemic has stretched and shrunk time and I have zero perspective on time anyway. But this was four years ago – Cara Delevingne’s platinum buzz cut and I don’t even have to go back into the archives to know By Lainey • May 13, 2021 04:31 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Madonna’s Truth or Dare Vulture’s Oral History of Madonna’s Truth or Dare was the best thing on the internet last week, in my opinion. And Duana’s. And I’m pretty sure we’re not alone. Those of us who were around at the time devoured that piece and maybe watched Truth By Lainey • May 13, 2021 04:15 pm
TV Updates Friends…and BTS A surprise today, and it was done quite cleverly: an update on the Friends reunion. It had previously been reported that they’d been working on it, after a delay of nearly a year, but there was no information about when, like how long HBO Max would hold it before By Lainey • May 13, 2021 03:56 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 13, 2021 This morning I wrote about the tentative “cancellation” of Chrissy Teigen and I want to talk about a different kind of cancellation now – The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is ending after 19 years. A lot of people are crediting the social media conversation about her but I don’t think By Maria • May 13, 2021 02:16 pm
Top Reads Bennifer is “good for both of them” Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez spent last week together in Montana and then returned to LA together in time for Mother’s Day. They are not, however, together right now because she was seen yesterday at the gym in Miami looking as fit as ever and again on set today By Lainey • May 13, 2021 01:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oh hi, Bradley Cooper When I saw these new photos of Bradley Cooper in LA, my first thought was… oh there’s his face! It’s not that BCoop hasn’t been papped during the pandemic, but mostly when he’s been papped it’s been with a mask on. And a hat. And By Lainey • May 13, 2021 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Janelle Monae has her Knives Out Knives Out, one of the most notable non-franchise blockbusters to hit theaters in the last few years, is now a franchise that will play on Netflix. The sequel is set to film later this summer in Greece—after the production design of a New England estate in the first movie, By Sarah • May 13, 2021 12:12 pm
Girly Throw Downs #chrissyteigen Another day, another Chrissy Teigen social media story. It seems like every few months there’s a new one (Alison Roman, fake QAnon conspiracy theories, blocked by the US president, arguing about chicken wings, getting into trouble for tweeting about her mom treating AirPods as disposable); this is a small By Maria • May 13, 2021 11:35 am
Charli and TikTok Charli D’Amelio’s appearance on her sister Dixie D’Amelio’s YouTube series, The Early Late Night Show, was both refreshing and a little sad. Refreshing, because it was nice to see them have what felt like a candid discussion between siblings in the spotlight. Sad, because from what By Anastasia • May 13, 2021 10:33 am
Intro for May 13, 2021 Dear Gossips, In January 2019, Kayla Grey was featured in this space when she became the first Black woman to anchor a national sports show in Canada. And she hasn’t stopped since. If you follow the Toronto Raptors and the NBA, you know she’s one of the most By Lainey • May 13, 2021 09:23 am
What Else What Else? What in the…? I’ve seen some great food mash hacks on TikTok this year. There was one involving feta cheese that I was particularly in to. But this. This, um, spaghetti on a counter situation is – like it makes no f-cking sense?! There would be SO much cleanup from By Lainey • May 12, 2021 04:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 12, 2021 Miley Cyrus didn’t have to acknowledge the four year anniversary of "Malibu" but she did, describing it in part as “a song about a place and person that at the time I loved very much. That love was reciprocated beyond what I could describe here with freedom By Maria • May 12, 2021 03:23 pm
Royals A House Cambridge Staffing Change A big headline today because of a staffing change at House Cambridge. Jason Knauf has been a longtime aide to Prince William and Kate and his most recent role was CEO of the Cambridges’ Royal Foundation. Prior to that he was a member of their comms team. So he’s By Lainey • May 12, 2021 02:44 pm
Style Harry Styles: Accent and Outfit The BRIT Awards happened last night in London and it sounded as close to an actual award show with an audience that we’ve had since the pandemic started. Many of the people there were healthcare workers, acknowledged for their efforts during this year that saw healthcare services overwhelmed, and By Lainey • May 12, 2021 12:43 pm
