Top Reads “Narrated by Blue Ivy Carter” If you’ve been on Twitter recently you might have noticed that The Blue Ivy Carter is trending. “Blue Ivy” is the trend, actually, and everyone on the planet knows who the words Blue + Ivy are referring to. There is only one: cultural icon, the first daughter of Her Majesty By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 01:54 pm
Douchebags The Pastor Posse in Crisis Last night Prem and I were DM’ing about Carl Lentz’s affair and an important question was raised: why is it coming out now? Gossip has a tipping point, the moment it goes from insider information to public domain. For Carl, that moment came when the first leak appeared By Maria • Nov 09, 2020 12:41 pm
Break Ups Eiza and Not-Timothée Eiza Gonzalez was photographed in LA the other day with a person the paps are calling a “mystery man”. Whatever his identity, for sure he’s not Timothée Chalamet. And, yes, he could have been a friend, although there’s one shot of them taken from behind with Mystery Man By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 11:59 am
Top Reads Johnny Depp leaves Fantastic Beasts The election dominated the news last week—as it should—but one thing did manage to crack the all-encompassing vote watch on Friday, and no, it was not chartthrob Steve Kornacki and his big board. It was a statement issued by Johnny Depp, that he has been asked to step By Sarah • Nov 09, 2020 11:00 am
BFFs Ben Affleck’s Favourite Tee Ben Affleck stepped out on Saturday and was seen leaving Jennifer Garner’s house, presumably after spending time with their children. According to the paps who were there, Ben was asked about President-Elect Joe Biden winning the election. His response: a thumbs-up and an emphatic “very good”. I don’t By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 10:37 am
Top Reads Prince Harry’s Wreath Remembrance services are ongoing this week across the Commonwealth to honour those who sacrificed for freedom. This has always been a major priority on the British royal calendar and it’s tradition to see senior members of the royal family gather to commemorate. Of course it looked different this year By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 10:06 am
Kamala Harris Election weekend in America (one perfect day) Last week, I wrote about the rather dismal mood in America on election night. On Saturday, though, we got a break, or, those of us who voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris got a break, anyway. The election was called for Joe Biden on Saturday, and it turned into By Sarah • Nov 09, 2020 09:18 am
Intro for November 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, By now I’m sure you’ve seen this clip of Jeopardy! winner Burt Thakur that went viral last week before the news yesterday about Alex Trebek. Even still, it’s worth watching again and again: Alex's impact is immeasurable. Thank you for sharing, Burt! pic. By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 08:54 am
What Else What Else? Breaking news is usually that someone is pregnant. This breaking news is about Hailey Bieber not being pregnant and cockblocking Us Weekly’s report that she is, and now they’re probably not going to run it. And she seems annoyed. It was also annoying when Justin Bieber did that By Lainey • Nov 06, 2020 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 6, 2020 Another update on the Carl Lentz situation (here’s my post from this morning) comes from an insider. Esther Houston is married to Joel Houston, son of Hillsong leaders Brian and Bobbie Houston (Joel grew up with Laura Lentz and he co-founded the NYC branch with Carl). The screenshot is By Maria • Nov 06, 2020 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet goes home In the US, Tenet was released on September 3. Yesterday, Warner Brothers announced it will be available for home video and on demand on December 15. That is 15 weeks of theatrically exclusive play. All the niceties have been observed, Warner Brothers flushed one of their most valuable 2020 titles By Sarah • Nov 06, 2020 11:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars Holiday Special Redux The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most notoriously bad things to ever exist. It’s so terrible George Lucas attempted to wipe it off the face of the earth, but copies remained in the wild, circulating through garage sales (which is where I first found it) By Sarah • Nov 06, 2020 10:47 am
Cheating Loins Forgive Me Bieber, For I Have Sinned Yesterday I wrote about pastor-to-the-stars Carl Lentz’s firing from Hillsong Church (you can catch up here). Even a dumdum like me could discern from the language of the statement that it was something scandalous. So it’s cheating. Affairs, in North America at least, are scandalous. Look how we By Maria • Nov 06, 2020 10:11 am
Royals Will the Queen Abdicate Next Year? Speaking of peaceful transfers of power… There were reports earlier this week that Queen Elizabeth will step down next year when she turns 95 and hand the crown over to Prince Charles. Robert Jobson was interviewed on The Royal Beat a few days ago and maintained his position that “I By Lainey • Nov 06, 2020 09:37 am
Shout-Outs November 6, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Amy! Happy Birthday! Nick tells me it’s been a year of transition – you’re seeing patients, you’re helping people, and you are holding up the science! We salute you! By request, here’s your beloved Mark Ruffalo. Stay safe and keep leading. By Lainey • Nov 06, 2020 09:06 am
BTS Intro for November 6, 2020 Dear Gossips, One of our dogs started shifting and woke my husband up at 4am this morning. Instead of going back to sleep, he checked his phone first for US election updates. You know who didn’t go back to sleep even though there was an agreement for him to By Lainey • Nov 06, 2020 08:46 am
