Top Reads JLo & ARod: A Slow(er) Engagement As Maria wrote earlier this week about Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, any possible breakup will be complicated, given that they’ve combined so much of their personal and professional lives. Whatever happened last week that resulted in the initial report that they’d ended their engagement clearly de-escalated, to By Lainey • Mar 18, 2021 12:21 pm
Justified Raylan Givens returns (maybe) Justified has been off the air for six years next month, but I still talk about it constantly because it is my favorite TV show of all time and I MISS IT FOREVER. Even though Justified has been off the air for so long, it remains part of My Brand™ By Sarah • Mar 18, 2021 11:14 am
Shout-Outs March 18, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs Mariale! Happy 30th Birthday! And to adulting! But… also…take your time. Is it so bad to feel like an angsty teenager? It’s good to hear from you and to know that you’ve been able to get through the year – not without its challenges but it’s the By Lainey • Mar 18, 2021 10:50 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, Yesterday I posted about my concerns over how the media would be covering the Atlanta shooting and, well, as soon as we hit publish on that article, the reporting and the messaging about the crime and murderer was already a disappointment. So the murderer got HIS side out By Lainey • Mar 18, 2021 10:18 am
What Else What Else? Steven Yeun was nominated for an Oscar this week. Now he and Ali Wong will be co-starring together in a ten-episode dramedy with Lee Sung Jin as the showrunner. Details about the show have not been revealed but… there appears to already be a bidding war. Which is pretty f-cking By Lainey • Mar 17, 2021 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 17, 2021 Yesterday I wrote about Dua Lipa at the Grammys and wondered if she and Anwar Hadid had split because he hadn’t liked or commented on any of her posts. Instead of congratulating her online, he was doing it in real life with a post-Grammys party (a couple of their By Maria • Mar 17, 2021 03:29 pm
Top Reads #StopAsianHate Here are some photos of Olivia Munn out in LA yesterday, before she would have found out about the shooting in Atlanta. Eight people are now dead, six of them Asian women, as the murderer targeted multiple locations, all of them either spas or massage parlours. Authorities have not declared By Lainey • Mar 17, 2021 02:27 pm
BFFs Hailey Bieber’s YouTube Debut Last week, Hailey Bieber made her debut in the YouTube space. One of the many reasons why YouTubers are so successful is because they do a great job at connecting with their audience on a personal level, so that’s why I find it so interesting to see A-listers try By Anastasia • Mar 17, 2021 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews At last: Zack Snyder’s Justice League After all the sturm und drang to get to this point, Zack Snyder’s Justice League—the official name of the “Snyder Cut”—is here to give Zack Snyder a mulligan on Justice League after he had to leave the project in 2016 before completing it. One thing can be By Sarah • Mar 17, 2021 10:10 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, In his first interview since disclosing that he is transgender, Elliot Page tells TIME that while he was expecting that the reaction would be a mix of “support and love and a massive amount of hatred and transphobia”, he did not think his news would be as big By Lainey • Mar 17, 2021 09:36 am
What Else What Else? Prince Charles apparently wanted to do a point-by-point rebuttal of the Television Event of the Year Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hosted by Oprah. Which… I mean, yes, who among us doesn’t want a sequel? But, as we’ve seen, the British royals aren’t exactly good at crisis By Lainey • Mar 16, 2021 04:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Monday: Sex, Love, and Reality Check When did Hollywood stop making romantic dramas? I feel like that was a big part of the 80s for me. I was probably too young to be watching them but during that era, romantic dramas were regular cinematic features. And I’m not saying they had to be good, but By Lainey • Mar 16, 2021 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews My sueñito after watching the In The Heights trailer Can the trailer to a movie of a musical you haven’t seen or listened to evoke nostalgia and give you hope on the one-year anniversary of your world changing? I say yes. Over the last few weeks, the only stories that my brain could hold had to do with By Violeta • Mar 16, 2021 03:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 16, 2021 Alex Rodriguez headed to the Dominican Republic to visit JLo as they continue to work things out. Looking at it from a privacy perspective, the Grammys, Oscar nominations, and royal family drama have been a gift to them. There’s some breathing room. And Madison LeCroy (the reality TV star By Maria • Mar 16, 2021 02:28 pm
Maple Leaf Drake’s 1, 2, 3 Drake has just accomplished something that no other musical act has ever done – he is now the first artist ever to release three songs in the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100. “What’s Next” is #1, followed by “Wants and Needs” ft Lil Baby in the #2 By Lainey • Mar 16, 2021 01:50 pm
Top Reads Prince Harry & Meghan Markle: Gayle Gives Us a Royal Update If you’re CBS, on the downside, there’s the mess with The Talk. And the Grammys ratings. On the upside though, the ratings from the Television Event of the Year, Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are a huge win. And they’ve established themselves as By Lainey • Mar 16, 2021 12:56 pm
