TV Updates Michaela Coel deserves the full Phoebe* Like Cody, I had to work up to Michaela Coel’s new show, I May Destroy You. I loved her previous, two-series run of Chewing Gum, but I had seen a plot description of I May Destroy You and knew about the sexual assault plotline—based on Coel’s experience— By Sarah • Jul 14, 2020 10:38 am
Dumbass Chance The Rapper asks why people trust Biden over Kanye I don’t think Chance The Rapper woke on Monday morning with the intent to become a trending topic on Twitter, but after being roasted online for endorsing Kanye West for President, life had different plans. And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh https://t. By Cody • Jul 14, 2020 09:57 am
TV Updates Intro for July 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, Jimmy Fallon returned to the studio for The Tonight Show last night. They made a point of showing the audience the safety precautions they were taking to make this happen. Everyone first tested negative for COVID-19 and temperature checks were administered upon entering the building, office spaces have By Lainey • Jul 14, 2020 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Disney World has reopened…even though Florida is breaking records in COVID-19 new infections. One of the reasons Disney is Disney is because they are so committed to the brand, so committed to the illusion, committed to the fantasy. If you’ve been to Disney World or Disneyland, pre-coronavirus, you’ By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Palm Springs is a wacky existential rom-com for our times SPOILERS Stanley Kubrick once said, “However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” Palm Springs is a film concerned with that supply of light, and how we find meaning when life seems meaningless and every day the same. Directed by Max Barbakow, making his feature film debut, and By Sarah • Jul 13, 2020 03:49 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 13, 2020 Did you see the photo of Demi Moore working from her bathroom? It’s carpeted and has a couch and almost instantly, people were obsessed, but it’s Twitter’s voice of a generation Alexis Wilson who caught Demi’s attention. 😂😂 this thread has our whole family howling! https://t. By Maria • Jul 13, 2020 03:04 pm
Sports Simone Biles covers Vogue Simone Biles covers the August 2020 issue of Vogue. She seems pretty excited about it – here’s what she shared on Instagram: So now it’s a bit tricky, because as you may have heard, there are a lot of people who are thrilled, like Simone, that she’s being By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 02:43 pm
Relationship Assumption A Week without Ben and Ana I mentioned last Friday in What Else? that it’s been a week since we’ve seen Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas stepped out together after weeks of stepping out together – walking dogs, getting donuts, spending time with his kids. Everything OK? Of course it is. I wondered in By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 12:57 pm
TV Live Blog Perry Mason is trying so hard Perry Mason, HBO’s prestige prequel of the famous television attorney, is now at the halfway mark. With half the episodes in the can, two things have become very clear: one, Perry Mason isn’t just cynical, it is STEEPED in misery; and two, it is trying SO hard to By Sarah • Jul 13, 2020 11:42 am
Break Ups Hammer Solo Does it seem like during this pandemic, gossip has gone so old school? For decades, one of the most well-known moves in celebrity PR was the Friday Dump. The idea is that you bury a story on a Friday afternoon, when people are checking out, in the hopes that people By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 11:14 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Brooklyn and Nicola: The Next Generation of Gossip is Now In today’s “feel old yet?” news, Brooklyn Beckham is engaged to Nicola Peltz. Victoria is going to be a mummy-in-law! In Celebrity Social Media, where I cover the Beckhams almost as religiously as Lainey covers BTS, I’ve often wondered if Brooklyn would marry young like his parents (they By Maria • Jul 13, 2020 10:34 am
Hook Ups Will and Jada talk about her “entanglement” That was definitely the gossip word of the weekend: “entanglement” is how Jada Pinkett Smith characterised her relationship with August Alsina. This all started a couple of weeks ago when August confirmed in an interview with Angela Yee that he and Jada were indeed dating and that Will Smith gave By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 10:05 am
Just Andrew Intro for July 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers have requested that she be released on US$5 million bail, because of COVID-19. Her legal team is promising that she would turn over her passports and be GPS-monitored while staying in New York at a private residence. They insist that she is not By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 08:51 am
What Else What Else? I don’t know if this is the love feud you wanted but it’s the one you’re getting: Brian Austin Green hung out with Courtney Stodden. Then she shared a video of them in the hot tub together and he performed disappointment. Now she’s countering with her By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 04:04 pm
TV Updates Loving ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ is Absolutely Right Even though 2020 (and Twitter) keeps showing us that there are infinite ways to be an asshole online, a very grown woman saying, “I’m nervous about the upcoming Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club” was absolutely going to be a contender for the prize. So I didn’t. I waited By Duana • Jul 10, 2020 03:30 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 10, 2020 As mentioned yesterday, Maria is currently taking some time off. She’ll be back on Monday. In the meantime, you’re stuck with me and, well, I warned you yesterday so you should expect it today. I’m taking advantage of this opportunity to hit you with some BTS. This By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 02:58 pm
