Royals The Royal “Spin Doctors”? It was reported a couple of days ago that the British senior royals have hired new staff – specifically communications staff. Which is interesting because for the last few weeks, much of my posts about them have been about their piss poor comms strategy and their need for effective crisis management By Lainey • Mar 30, 2021 12:25 pm
TV Updates Amanda Seyfried’s Oscar bump Amanda Seyfried scored her first Oscar nomination this year for Mank (she is the least objectionable part of that film, and gives a legit great performance amidst the wankery), and she is not wasting time cashing in that Oscar bump for buzzy new projects. Seyfried has been tapped to take By Sarah • Mar 30, 2021 11:40 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina goes teen shopping Angelina Jolie was out yesterday with Vivienne. They went to FOREVER 21 which… yeah… of course they did. Vivienne is 12 years old. And even though she’s the child of celebrities, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t share common ground with other kids her age. FOREVER 21 went By Lainey • Mar 30, 2021 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 30, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Canadian Screen Award nominations were announced this morning. The full list can be accessed here. The CSAs celebrate the best in Canadian film and television and on the film side, Tracey Deer’s Beans, which I profiled during TIFF last September, received five nominations. Beans is Tracey’ By Lainey • Mar 30, 2021 09:08 am
What Else What Else? I posted earlier about Viola Davis and Issa Rae and what the NAACP Image Awards means to the Black community. They expressed that sentiment through words… and fashion. The looks at this event were show-stopping, the best we’ve seen through award season. Because that’s how you show up By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 04:02 pm
Addison Rae Aims for Mainstream Stardom Over the last year, TikTok star Addison Rae has been steadily crossing over into traditional media. I know lots of people have their opinions about whether or not social media stars can get their names on the A-list, but Addison is the latest who is coming for that space. She’ By Anastasia • Mar 29, 2021 03:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Two Sides of Noah Centineo Did you see everyone talking about Noah Centineo a few days ago? That was the intention all along when he and his trainer posted videos and photos of him in the gym and how he’s transformed his body. Noah has been getting into superhero shape. And, well, he’s By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 02:23 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 29, 2021 “It’s about to be a white boy summer.” What did we do to deserve Chet Hanx? Now you can take that as a negative (“it’s what we deserve”) or a positive (“how did we get so lucky?”), but I want you to know this is a safe space. By Maria • Mar 29, 2021 01:52 pm
Relationship Assumption JLo & ARod: For the Money Last week I posted about how Alex Rodriguez was in the Dominican Republic to spend time with Jennifer Lopez while she shoots her new rom-com but that they’d both not shared pictures of themselves together since the reports that they had ended their engagement and their subsequent statement that By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 01:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Re-meet The Suicide Squad The first trailer for The Suicide Squad the sort-of sequel, mostly reboot of Suicide Squad, is here in all its red-band glory to try this whole villain team-up thing all over again. Some of the characters featured in David Ayer’s dismal movie are back, such as Margot Robbie as By Sarah • Mar 29, 2021 12:59 pm
Top Reads Viola Davis: “We’re dope” Viola Davis was a double winner at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, recognised for her performances in How To Get Away With Murder and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which she’s been nominated for an Oscar, becoming the most-nominated Black woman in Academy history. This factored into By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 11:52 am
Equality Issues Issa Rae’s Awards Perspective The NAACP Image Awards took place this weekend, hosted by Anthony Anderson. Issa Rae won her first NAACP Image Award for lead actress in a comedy. She was nominated alongside Regina Hall, Folake Olowofoyeku, Yara Shahidi, and Tracee Ellis Ross. And she hilariously shouted out Tracee in her acceptance speech. By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 10:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jodie and Joshua’s Badass Baby Stroller No better way to start the week – here are Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson in New York this weekend out for a walk with their baby who is almost a year old now?! Howwwwww….? I know, I know we’ve all been talking about how it’s been a year By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 09:43 am
TV Updates Intro for March 29, 2021 Dear Gossips, What do you think Beyoncé thinks of Maya Rudolph’s impressions of her on Saturday Night Live? Not that I can claim to know the mind of the Queen, but I can’t imagine she’d be bothered. Maya is one of the greatest SNL talents. Here’s By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 09:06 am
What Else What Else? Rihanna’s Navy is constantly on her about new music, and it’s been five years since ANTI came out so they’re well past impatient. So she teased them the other day…and then mitigated their expectations. Excellent fan management. (Dlisted) Andrew Sanford calls Maya Rudolph a genius here By Lainey • Mar 26, 2021 04:19 pm
Sasha Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Loope Swimwear Is it too early to talk about swimwear? Well, I’m gonna go for it anyway because I recently found a super cool company that I need to hype. It’s by a one woman show out of Vancouver called Loope and after stalking the entire site, I can’t By Sasha • Mar 26, 2021 03:34 pm
