Music “WAP” is #1 Cody predicted it last week, folks. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this tops the charts next week.” https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1295360531323289603?s=20 "WAP" is now a certified anthem, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s not surprising either. Like Cody said, By Prem • Aug 18, 2020 11:10 am
Gossip Nostalgia Brad and Jen: the New Brad and Linda? It was announced last week that Dane Cook (I don’t get it either) has organised a charity live reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High in support of Sean Penn’s CORE, a COVID-19 relief program, and the prison REFORM Alliance, and sponsored by Snack Pop. It was previously By Lainey • Aug 18, 2020 10:43 am
Ben Affleck Whose Knives (are) Out for Ana de Armas’ Updates? Yesterday, after I filed Celebrity Social Media, our site manager Emily emailed me with some earth-shattering news: Ana de Armas Updates (@ArmasUpdates) is no longer. Suspended? Deleted? Hacked? This story has more possibilities than a subversive murder-mystery with a cast of suspicious and stylishly evil rich people. First a bit By Maria • Aug 18, 2020 09:23 am
Ellen Degeneres Intro for August 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was confirmed late yesterday that after complaints made public by current and former employees about workplace harassment and toxic workplace culture, three executive producers from The Ellen DeGeneres Show have been let go. On a Zoom call with staff yesterday, Ellen informed her team of the news By Lainey • Aug 18, 2020 08:56 am
What Else What Else? The Crown has found their Princess Diana for the final two seasons. And, well, this really was the best choice – from the height to the bone structure to the expressions and the hair. Elizabeth Debicki is the one. And the Fug Girls have a gallery of photos of her that By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 04:32 pm
Amazingness Gross Feet and The Twins My favourite internet trend this summer/pandemic is “It’s not coming from where you think.” Whatever’s going to amuse or captivate you, whether it’s Sarah Cooper or 2020-by-celebrity-month memes, everything interesting is gonna surprise you. That’s not new, of course, it’s basically what half the By Duana • Aug 17, 2020 04:13 pm
Style Lindsey’s Swimwear Not sure why I’m noticing so much celebrity swimwear these days, it’s not like I’m wearing any of it. I know it’s possible to go to the beach safely – I’m just not there yet. But maybe the fact that I’m thinking about swimwear means By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 03:06 pm
Shoes Brooklyn & Nicola: Beckham Revisited Maria just posted about the Beckhams in Celebrity Social Media earlier today and how the Beckhams and the Ramsays are not part of the Turnip Toffs because while they’re super wealthy, they’re not aristocrats. Will any of the English countryside nobles be invited to the Beckham wedding though? By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 02:44 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 17, 2020 (UPDATE: It looks like the Ana de Armas Updates Twitter account has been suspended so unfortunately, the first two posts below are no longer available) This morning, Lainey wrote about the BenAna bike and I have something to add to the Chris Evans discourse (catch up here on the like/ By Maria • Aug 17, 2020 02:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Project Power Since bursting onto the scene ten years ago with Catfish, directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have found a groove directing genre movies of a particular flavor, including a couple Paranormal Activity flicks and enjoyably dumb Nerve. Their latest movie is Project Power, a superhero movie that isn’t derived By Sarah • Aug 17, 2020 01:46 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Uncle Leo at the Beach If you had no gossip background, if you didn’t know what we know about Leonardo DiCaprio, and the magic number 25, and all the models, maybe you would see these pictures and think – oh, look at that movie star, like so many movie stars in their 40s, playing with By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 01:02 pm
TV Updates In Lovecraft Country, monsters are real (and are racists) Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country is the latest HBO primetime Sunday night drama, and in its opening episode it, much like Watchmen last year, declares itself a major work. Created by Green, and executive produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, Lovecraft Country is a hyper-detailed portrait of 1950s America, By Sarah • Aug 17, 2020 12:02 pm
Royals The British Royal Weekend: Virtual interviews, Oprah’s guesthouse, and Rose! Finding Freedom, the book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has been out for almost a week now – are you finished reading? Most of the juiciest bits were pretty much reported in the press. And now that the book has been released and the press around it is beginning to By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 11:31 am
Relationship Assumption Ben’s birthday with Ana Ben Affleck celebrated his 48th birthday on Saturday with Ana de Armas but I guess it might as well have been his first, since it is the first birthday he’s had since they hooked up. And she clearly made it one to remember because she gifted him with this By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 10:17 am
Music Intro for August 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, Taylor Swift’s folklore topped the Billboard 200 for the third week in a row but that’s not why she made headlines this weekend. Instead everyone’s now talking about her weighing in on the United States Postal Service situation. https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1294685437362155522?s= By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 08:47 am
What Else What Else? Of all the people who have been objecting to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP”, I didn’t expect to hear from this woman. But then again, Tiger King didn’t take over my life the way it took over others. I had all but forgotten Carole Baskin By Lainey • Aug 14, 2020 04:15 pm
