Top Reads Madame Vice President I will never forget the day after election day in 2016, and the utter, eerie silence on the L as I rode into work. My emotional shock that day was not just about the disbelief that Trump actually won, that he was going to be the actual president of the By Sarah • Jan 21, 2021 11:47 am
Equality Issues Still Hurts Like Hell but… Miss You Like Hell I can’t seem to land on the right word to describe how I feel after Joe Biden’s inauguration. I know it’s not …happiness, necessarily. To say I was not excited that he became the Democratic nominee would be an understatement. His declaration that, “This is not who By Violeta • Jan 21, 2021 10:39 am
Top Reads Inauguration Day in America (a spark of hope) Inauguration Day marks the end of my trilogy on the 2021 American election. This election has been marred by lies, conspiracies, and armed insurrection, so I have never really relaxed even after the election was called for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. And I’m still not relaxed, even though By Sarah • Jan 21, 2021 09:41 am
Chrissy Teigen Intro for January 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, In one of Sarah’s upcoming posts (coming later this morning) about how she experienced the inauguration of President Joe Biden yesterday, she writes about the kind of “normalcy” that might return to the White House now that Trump is out. The normalcy happened almost immediately as the By Lainey • Jan 21, 2021 09:02 am
What Else What Else? We will talk about Lady Gaga at the inauguration tomorrow. But before the inauguration, she arrived in DC in white, a caped coat, and a lot of people are calling it a Star Wars-inspired look. I didn’t see it at first but the photoshopping really helps nail the point. By Lainey • Jan 20, 2021 04:18 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 20, 2020 I’ve been watching Yellowstone on Amazon Prime and it’s highly confusing because the acting is so uneven. Wes Bentley is great and Kevin Costner has that movie star gravitas but then there are these overwrought, completely ridiculous characters that seem like they should be on another show entirely. By Maria • Jan 20, 2021 03:56 pm
Style History Has Its Eyes on Amanda Gorman I am not American. But that doesn’t mean that what we saw today in Washington, DC wasn’t significant to me. What happens in America has an impact on the entire world. And so, to you Americans out there reading this, please know that there were many of us By Lainey • Jan 20, 2021 02:54 pm
Music The Story Behind Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” Olivia Rodrigo’s heartbreak anthem, “Diver’s License,” is the year’s first runaway hit. It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, with the best first week performance for a single since Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP.” These are pretty serious numbers considering I’ve never heard By Cody • Jan 20, 2021 02:00 pm
Royals British Royals: Staffing Issues? A couple of interesting developments about the British royal family this week. You know how celebrities have been known to dump announcements late on Friday afternoons in the hopes of burying the story on the weekend so as not to be as big a headline? For the last few days, By Lainey • Jan 20, 2021 12:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Camila Cabello’s Pledges for Activists Whenever I interview activists I always ask them how they deal with the weight of the issues they’re standing up for, especially if those issues are directly related to their identity. Their answers don’t always make the final cut, but I ask because I’m personally interested. Standing By Cody • Jan 20, 2021 10:45 am
Relationship Assumption Turtle & Nugget Love It At Home Although today is full of promise, let’s not pretend that the stink of 2020, and the last few years, really, isn’t still wafting around. There has been a gossip bright spot so far in 2021 though – Lori Harvey, aka Turtle, and her Nugget, aka Michael B Jordan. Who By Lainey • Jan 20, 2021 10:03 am
Mariah Carey Intro for January 20, 2021 Dear Gossips, There’s really only one show that’s happening today, right? Let’s hope it’s a safe show. And that if there are any dramatics, they come from the entertainers – Lady Gaga’s vocals, Jennifer Lopez’s choreo, the synchronicity of the University of Delaware and Howard By Lainey • Jan 20, 2021 08:52 am
What Else What Else? I’m not sure this is Gwyneth Paltrow’s fault, necessarily, but the fact that one of her vagina-scented candles exploded in someone’s home is kind of funny – and people have been sending it around. Not the remnants of the candle, I mean the story. I really would love By Lainey • Jan 19, 2021 04:00 pm
TV Updates Search Party tries something new Spoilers Search Party is a show that is constantly reinventing itself. In season one, it was a biting observational comedy about sh-tty Millennials, season two found the sh-tty Millennials starring in a crime drama, and season three lampooned legal dramas as the sh-tty Millennials were charged with one of the By Sarah • Jan 19, 2021 02:44 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 19, 2021 Some personal news: I’ve finished Bridgerton. There’s been so much good writing on it (including Sarah’s here) so I don’t have much to add to the discourse except that I find myself caring about three characters and three characters only: Marina, the Duke of Hastings, and By Maria • Jan 19, 2021 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jodie Turner-Smith’s “Goddess-Level Sh-t” Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson have been seen in New York a couple of times this week with their baby and her mother. He’s there shooting Dr Death, taking over the lead role in the series after Jamie Dornan dropped out over scheduling issues. And I think with Joshua By Lainey • Jan 19, 2021 01:27 pm
