TV Updates Olivia Jade’s Gossip Girl Moment The new Gossip Girl has brought up an unexpected clapback to the horizon. Lori Loughlin’s daughter, Olivia Jade, took to TikTok to respond to a joke about the college admissions scandal her mother was a part of. Here’s a little reminder: rich people used their resources to cheat By Anastasia • Jul 12, 2021 12:01 pm
Maple Leaf Angelina & The Weeknd: Week Two? Just before the Independence Day long weekend, Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd were seen leaving Giorgio Baldi, not together, but around the same time. And according to the paps, they were having dinner together. That was never officially confirmed and it’s not like the restaurant came out and was By Lainey • Jul 12, 2021 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow: The box office is back Over the last few months, as theaters have reopened, the box office has been lurching back into gear. Godzilla vs. Kong got the ball rolling, F9 kicked it into second gear, and Black Widow just set a record with a record domestic opening during the pandemic with $80 million, besting By Sarah • Jul 12, 2021 10:27 am
BFFs A Cruise-Beckham Reunion! It was a sporty weekend for Tom Cruise. First he showed up at Wimbledon for the women’s final on Saturday with Hayley Atwell and Pom Klementieff, his costars in Mission: Impossible 7 and again, on his own, for the men’s final on Sunday, before heading to Wembley for By Lainey • Jul 12, 2021 09:56 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 12, 2021 Dear Gossips, No matter who you’re rooting for, the only decent reaction (and decent is the bare minimum) to seeing a 19-year-old player miss his penalty shot, the biggest shot so far of his career, is to feel for the kid. Bukayo Saka has a promising future ahead of By Lainey • Jul 12, 2021 09:02 am
What Else What Else? Hilaria Baldwin is defending her right to be Spanish again by saying she’s “culturally fluid”, and conflating her fight for her identity to an issue of acceptance and the idea that everyone is unique and should be embraced…which… is not it. And it’s not the same as By Lainey • Jul 09, 2021 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 9, 2021 Lainey has covered Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton’s wedding and I absolutely agree with her assessment of the dresses for the ceremony and reception – it’s who she is now, in the context of this wedding. And to be honest, when I see the “Gwen fell off” fashion commentary By Maria • Jul 09, 2021 03:47 pm
TV Updates Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain’s marriage horror story A new adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From A Marriage is coming to HBO from Israeli filmmaker Hagai Levi. It was originally supposed to star Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams, but then Williams had to drop out and Jessica Chastain stepped in, reuniting the A Most Violent Year co-stars. By Sarah • Jul 09, 2021 03:30 pm
Music Billie’s “NDA” We are three weeks away from Billie’s Happier Than Ever album release and today she dropped another song. Here is “NDA”: I have to admit, when I first listened to the song, the first minute felt like it was something we’ve heard from her before. The layered voices By Anastasia • Jul 09, 2021 03:09 pm
What's Your Drama Podcast What's Your Drama: Meat Mounds & Mixed Messages As you know, it's the last episode of the season so we of course had to leave you with some vagina-adjacent talk. It only seems right. But then it is time to get into your drama and you gave us the goods! Our first question comes in from By Sasha • Jul 09, 2021 02:45 pm
Amazingness Drake’s Stadium Date The last time I posted about Drake, he was with Michael B Jordan at a high school basketball game. Not just any high school but Sierra Canyon, where LeBron James’s son, Bronny, plays with Amari Bailey, a top prospect. In that post, I mentioned the jokes that were happening By Lainey • Jul 09, 2021 02:20 pm
Style Beyoncé’s Shopping Bag Beyoncé was seen yesterday. This, of course, is newsworthy because it’s not often that the Queen takes a break from all the genius sh-t that she does every day and steps out among mortals. She and Jay-Z went for lunch in Brooklyn. They were papped but why bother with By Lainey • Jul 09, 2021 01:28 pm
Music BTS Gives You “Permission to Dance” In the opening scene of BTS’s new video for their new song, “Permission to Dance”, a plate of pancakes with butter on top is being handed off and the metaphor is unmistakable: “Butter” is BTS’s current hit single, #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six straight weeks, By Lainey • Jul 09, 2021 12:16 pm
Gorgessity JLo’s “hips don’t fail her” Jennifer Lopez and Rauw Alejandro released a new single earlier this week, “Cambia el Paso” – in English “change the step”. And, well, it’s not subtle what the song is about, but if you need an explainer, this is what she told Pitbull a few days ago: “The song is By Lainey • Jul 09, 2021 10:46 am
Intro for July 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, MURRAYA. When I first heard the word, like an idiot, my mind went to someone butchering “Mariah” Carey’s name. This is why Zaila Avant-garde is the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion and not me. Because her question, which was still related to a celebrity, was much closer By Lainey • Jul 09, 2021 09:27 am
What Else What Else? Margot Robbie covers British Vogue and that gold jacket she’s wearing is amazing but the highlight here, for me, is her hair. It looks slightly darker than we’re used to seeing on her, which I love. But mostly, it’s the cut. These long bangs on her really, By Lainey • Jul 08, 2021 04:04 pm
