Music Cardi B’s Finding Her Confidence Yesterday marked three years since Cardi B released her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. I still love that title, especially for a debut. The album made history when she became the first solo female hip-hop artist to win Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards and Invasion also launched By Cody • Apr 07, 2021 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 7, 2021 Dear Gossips, Oscar voting this year begins a week tomorrow as Academy members will have five days to make their selections – and as we’ve been saying, in most of the major categories, the races are totally unpredictable. The way I see it, there are only two Oscars that seem By Lainey • Apr 07, 2021 09:57 am
What Else What Else? While I do get the occasional headache – I have one today from not sleeping last night – I have never suffered from migraines. However, I am close to several people who do, including Jacek, my husband. And also Emily, our site manager. They’re debilitating. For some people, it’s a By Lainey • Apr 06, 2021 04:02 pm
TV Updates The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is struggling We are now halfway through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and man can you feel the gears grinding on this one. WandaVision took a second to get going, but once it got there, it took off and hit some really interesting and heady highs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. By Sarah • Apr 06, 2021 03:30 pm
Good for Gossip Saint Angie and the DJ??? Imagine if we wrote the name of every romantically unattached celebrity and threw it into a hat. Then imagine we chose two names. What is the most random pairing could we pull? Angelina Jolie and Diplo would be pretty high on the list, right? DeuxMoi posted this screenshot from Diplo’ By Maria • Apr 06, 2021 02:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 6, 2021 Many of us who lived through Girls know that Lena Dunham has her own media cycle: an announcement with some splashy press and a whole lot of criticism (some genuine, some thoughtful, some sexist, some trolling) on social media. The story this time is her new plus-size clothing line collaboration By Maria • Apr 06, 2021 01:55 pm
Name Nerd Her Name Is Thandiwe The May issue of British Vogue features an interview with cover star Thandiwe Newton – and the entire piece is framed by that once-omitted ‘w’, and the correct pronunciation, ‘Tan-DI-we’. The explanation in the piece is that it was ‘carelessly missed out’ from her first credit, which seems both overly generous By Duana • Apr 06, 2021 01:18 pm
Music Olivia Rodrigo Might Be Here To Stay Olivia Rodrigo’s song “deja vu” was released last Thursday. Does she have the potential to become a household name? Despite dropping at the same time as Demi Lovato’s long-awaited album Dancing With The Devil: the Art of Starting Over and “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil By Anastasia • Apr 06, 2021 12:22 pm
Gorgessity JLo, Charlize Theron, and the J-dough?! Jennifer Lopez covers the May 2021 issue of InStyle and I really like what they’ve done with this feature – “in her own words (and everyone else’s)” so we’re getting JLo on JLo but we’re also getting dozens of other celebrities and dignitaries, like Michelle Obama, Matthew By Lainey • Apr 06, 2021 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy’s Two-Tone Joggers A couple of months ago, when all that Armie Hammer f-cksh-t was breaking, there was a collective screech on Twitter over the news that Luca Guadagnino, who directed Armie and Timothee Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name, would once again work with Timmy and Taylor Russell on the film By Lainey • Apr 06, 2021 10:58 am
Top Reads Rihanna at the Rally! There was a Stop Asian Hate march in New York on Sunday, just a few days after a 65-year-old Filipino woman was attacked outside an apartment building while bystanders did nothing. Rihanna has used her social media over the last few weeks to raise awareness about anti-Asian racism: And this By Lainey • Apr 06, 2021 10:19 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Intro for April 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, Do you think it’s at all possible that Aaron Rodgers will end up being the permanent host of Jeopardy? He started his two-week residency yesterday and already there’s been a viral moment (which he predicted). During Final Jeopardy, the champion Scott Shewfelt didn’t know the By Lainey • Apr 06, 2021 09:47 am
What Else What Else? Here are some SAG looks from the cast of The Crown. I think the most controversial hit here is on Emma Corrin – and I love it, I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Any time combat boots happen at an award show it’s a good thing. And the energy she’s By Lainey • Apr 05, 2021 04:00 pm
Style Kerry Washington: SAGs Best Dressed Oh surprise. Law Roach is the image architect behind my favourite look at the SAGs last night. To be clear, it’s never a surprise. It’s always @luxurylaw. And this time, it’s Kerry Washington. She wore a custom Etro dress, with a matching headpiece, and nails too. And By Lainey • Apr 05, 2021 03:35 pm
Top Reads The House that BTS Built First, a quick recap on BTS-related business affairs over the last six months or so before we get into this major music industry news. Last fall, just weeks after BTS earned their first and second #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Dynamite” and the “Savage Love” remix, their company, By Lainey • Apr 05, 2021 02:45 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 5, 2021 Was Easter a little extra this year? I don’t mean this as a complaint at all – it seemed a little more celebratory than last year. The kids especially look adorable because Easter is a good accessories holiday, like the ears on Kate Hudson’s daughter Rani and the bunny By Maria • Apr 05, 2021 01:57 pm