Equality Issues The somehow still outrageous Golden Globe nominations, film If ever there was a year for the Golden Globes to be really bold and fresh, it is now, after a bizarre year in film in 2020. However, the nominations are, as per usual, outrageous and a little outraging, just as they are on television side with some deserving inclusions By Sarah • Feb 03, 2021 11:50 am
TV Updates The Golden Globes TV Nominations Are Embarrassing Look, the most generous-to-neutral observation that I can make about these nominations is that there are an awful lot of nominees whose names start with C. The category for Best Actress in a Drama includes Colman, Comer, and Corrin. You know who it doesn’t have? Coel. Yeah, I know By Duana • Feb 03, 2021 11:09 am
Top Reads Adam Driver’s Bad Gossip To date, Adam Driver has been an unexceptional celebrity. Despite starring in one of the world’s biggest franchises last decade, he is capable of disappearing between projects. He might walk out on the occasional interview, but other than that, if we’re talking about Driver, it’s usually in By Sarah • Feb 03, 2021 10:42 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie: “a bit more boring” That’s how Angelina Jolie describes herself in the March 2021 issue of British Vogue during an interview with editor-in-chief Edward Enninful. When asked what people would be surprised to know about her, she said: “Somebody said the surprise about me is that I’m a closet foreign policy wonk. By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 10:03 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for February 3, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Golden Globe nominations will be announced this morning and we’ll have more on which films and series and performers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is recognising this year. Because it’s the HFPA though… expect some randomness and maybe (probably?) a little foolery. Like if Michaela By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 08:57 am
What Else What Else? So… have you heard about “Courtside Karen”? LeBron James came up with the name, not me. She’s posted a video in response to getting thrown out of the game – for pulling down her mask DURING A PANDEMIC (not gonna lie, still uncomfortable with having fans at sports events right By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 04:19 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 2, 2021 Tell me you don’t want to do a melancholy twirl on ice while listening to “Drivers License” after watching this. I got an email (hey Nadya!) about model Aaron Philip, who was just featured on Beyonce’s website for her trailblazing career. Maybe we’ll see her in Icy By Maria • Feb 02, 2021 02:02 pm
TV Updates Search Party and Facing Your Best-Worst Self SPOILERS When it began in 2016, Search Party was a social satire with a true-crime twist, as an aimless, self-absorbed Millennial made a nearly forgotten college acquaintance’s disappearance all about her. Dory Sief is the worst of all Millennial stereotypes: underemployed in Brooklyn, a bright kid who has not By Sarah • Feb 02, 2021 01:06 pm
TV Updates Ryan Coogler is bringing Wakanda to TV Yesterday, it was announced that Ryan Coogler’s production company, Proximity Media, has signed a five-year deal with Disney to produce shows for their television outlets, including Disney+. The deal also includes development “for Disney’s other outlets as well”, which could mean shows for Hulu, or maybe a docu-series By Sarah • Feb 02, 2021 12:06 pm
Royals The Royal Name Change Drama …continued Meghan Markle’s given names were removed from Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth certificate a few weeks after he was born. The Sun reported on the change a few days ago, suggesting that Meghan made it happen because she wanted to be petty, or something. Meghan has since issued a By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 11:20 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, Lunar New Year is ten days from now, on Friday, February 12. It will be the Year of the Ox. My ma has some thoughts on this in the days to come but since so many of us are in lockdown and some things require more planning and By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 09:37 am
What Else What Else? I was around in the 90s. Which means, like many people of that generation, Reality Bites will always be a thing for me. Winona Ryder will always be a thing for me. F-cking Troy f-cking Dyer will always be my definition of the original f-ckboy. So here’s a throwback By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 04:42 pm
TV Updates Search Party’s crimes and punishments SPOILERS If you’re into dark comedy, Search Party remains hysterically funny, but season four dives into the possible karmic retribution Polly Danziger (Michaela Watkins) hinted at last season, which is genuinely upsetting psychological ground to cover. Immediately following their “not guilty” verdict in season three, Drew (John Reynolds) and By Sarah • Feb 01, 2021 04:25 pm
Name Nerd George Clooney on “weird-ass names” I am mad at Lainey. It’s kind of amazing how much I say that, here or on the podcast, on a site literally called LaineyGossip – maybe the only thing more amazing is that I do it because we both know that when we say it, it means we’re By Duana • Feb 01, 2021 03:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 1, 2021 We know Oprah gives amazing presents (she’s been known to gift newborns with an “Oprah’s Book Club” for the nursery) and these flowers for Alicia Keys are not just a “Happy Birthday” but a statement of adoration. You don’t send these kind of flowers to someone you By Maria • Feb 01, 2021 03:04 pm
Douchebags The Royal Name Change F-ckup This weekend, the Sun, which is one of the British tabloids that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are suing, published an article about the change on Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth certificate. There’s been a lot of controversy about this so let’s break it down. Archie was born By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 02:20 pm
