Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 4, 2021 As Lainey mentioned in her opening, this Tuesday in May we’d usually be coming off the Met Gala, which is an all-nighter. Usually I write about the Olsens and how they are their own theme – they don’t need to adhere to the costume aspect. This year’s theme By Maria • May 04, 2021 02:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Meghan Markle’s Bench It was announced today that Meghan Markle’s first children’s book, The Bench, will be released on June 8th by Penguin Random House. The book is written from a mother’s perspective about the relationship between a father and son, inspired obviously by Prince Harry and Archie’s bond. By Lainey • May 04, 2021 02:21 pm
Maple Leaf My Unwilling Mar-A-Lago Connection I am often the one crowing that ‘specificity is universal!’ – stories with small and personal details can and will spark something in a larger audience, even if the specifics of their situations are different. I’m really hoping that’s true here. One of the best decisions of my life By Duana • May 04, 2021 01:25 pm
TV Updates Ewan McGregor is Halston for the world Last week we got a cover profile of Ewan McGregor in advance of his new Netflix series Halston, about the 1970s fashion designer-icon. Now we have a trailer to give us a taste of McGregor as Halston. Look, he seems fantastic. He’s a great actor, the quality of the By Sarah • May 04, 2021 12:46 pm
Top Reads Ben Affleck’s Adventures in Dating From last Friday to midday yesterday, we were all talking about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, the possibility of Bennifer, the sequel. Right now, it *seems* like they’re just spending time together, as friends. And JLo’s not exactly trying to correct the rumours either way. Why would she By Lainey • May 04, 2021 11:55 am
Child Stars This New Billie Eilish One of the bigger stories of the last few days has been Billie Eilish on the cover of British Vogue. Billie revealed her brand new blondeness a few weeks ago, signaling the start of a new era with a new single, “Your Power”, that dropped last week ahead of the By Lainey • May 04, 2021 10:04 am
Shout-Outs May 4, 2021 – Shout-Outs Elizabeth! Happy Belated 30th Birthday! I know you’ve been bummed about this milestone and the way things have been the last couple of years. I know you’re exhausted because life is such a f-cking grind. And sometimes it’s especially hard in these times because of how life By Lainey • May 04, 2021 09:19 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for May 4, 2021 Dear Gossips, Yesterday was a good gossip anniversary. Something happened five years ago yesterday that would go on to become great gossip, although we didn’t know it at the time. Of course yesterday was the First Monday in May, aka Met Gala Day. Five years ago at the Met By Lainey • May 04, 2021 09:01 am
What Else What Else? When you think girl band, what outfits come to mind? Typically it’s body-con, right? Which is why I love it so much that Little Mix stepped out in these layered looks. Some would call this shapeless but there’s still structure here. And I get it, for some people, By Lainey • May 03, 2021 04:01 pm
BFFs Zoë Blue Zoë Kravitz was photographed in a blue wig a few days ago in LA on the set of Steven Soderbergh’s KIMI proving that, clearly, there is no hairstyle and no hair colour that she can’t make work. Right? Zoë plays a woman who never leaves her apartment, and By Lainey • May 03, 2021 02:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 3, 2021 This morning’s top story is of course the possible return of Bennifer – this is seismic gossip, the kind that makes CNN. I would bet this story made it around celebrity group texts as quickly as it made it to our own group texts. Who sent the Page Six link By Maria • May 03, 2021 02:10 pm
Relationship Assumption Rita Ora’s Best Life Last week we were talking about Rita Ora and how she may have thirsted herself into the Taika Waititi crew while spending time in Australia doing The Voice. Check out Rita now – out for lunch with some major names: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Isla Fisher, Sacha Baron Cohen, and you By Lainey • May 03, 2021 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chloe Zhao’s Eternals Marvel dropped a super masturbatory Phase 4 teaser this morning, and while it is hilariously self-important, it does include some new upcoming titles, a Fantastic Four promise, and our first look at newly minted Oscar Best Director and Best Picture winner Chloe Zhao’s Eternals. First, let’s talk about By Sarah • May 03, 2021 11:53 am
Maple Leaf Blake, Ryan, Boots, and Hats Now that New York is opening up, there have been more and more celebrity sightings. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were seen a couple of times last week out with their kids and the dog and here they are, on their own, out for a coffee run this weekend. I By Lainey • May 03, 2021 11:10 am
Top Reads Bridgerton at the Races Filming of season two of Bridgerton is underway which means we have our first look at the family in the season of 1814 (minus Regé-Jean Page as Simon, who will be, I don’t know, busy on his estate all year or something). Set photos reveal the Bridgertons at a By Sarah • May 03, 2021 10:34 am
Gossip Genie Bennifer, the sequel?! It was a Friday afternoon gossip dump… of a different kind. The Friday afternoon gossip dump, usually, is when celebrities want to bury a story before the weekend, in the hopes that it won’t get much coverage because people are checked out. And if they’re trying to bury By Lainey • May 03, 2021 09:47 am