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
TV Updates What should Keke Palmer do next? Page Six is reporting Keke’s Palmer’s latest gig as co-host of Strahan, Sara & Keke has come to an end. Sources say ABC has no plans to resume production on the Good Morning America spinoff, after it was put on hiatus to make room for pandemic news programming By Cody • Jul 10, 2020 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sexy Tesla Look, I am here for any and all Tesla content. I will watch, read, listen to, consume anything relating even tangentially to Nikola Tesla. He is one of the greatest minds the world has ever known, and we are only just beginning to scratch the surface of thinking about maybe By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 01:32 pm
Sasha Lifestyle Sasha Finds: #OWNYOURTONE #OWNYOURTONE - that’s the hashtag behind Canada’s first Black-owned skin tone intimates for POCs. Chantal Carter Taylor launched the brand after being frustrated over and over again with the concept of “nude”. Nude to whom? Ummm exactly. Yet another big ass blind spot the fashion industry continues to By Sasha • Jul 10, 2020 01:02 pm
Charlize Theron Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne in The Old Guard Netflix’s original movies have come a long way in a short amount of time. We’re just two and a half years removed from the total waste of Bright, and now with The Old Guard Netflix proves they can pick a decent project to back. More than decent, actually, By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 12:22 pm
TV Updates Oscar and Michelle’s Marriage Story There is going to be SO MUCH breakup media coming out of this pandemic. And there will be some romantic stories to be told, but I predict the vibe of post-pandemic storytelling will be overwhelmingly about the meltdown, not the meet cute. Case in point: Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 11:29 am
Douchebags 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and the misogyny in rap Last weekend, a clip began to circulate of 50 Cent on Lil Wayne’s radio show where he was ranting about Black women’s reaction to him dating “exotic women”, which kicked off a stream of consciousness that is very difficult to follow. Here’s some of what he said: By Melayna • Jul 10, 2020 10:39 am
Music Is Reese Witherspoon’s son the next Calvin Harris? There’s nothing quite like your first time. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s son, Deacon, has released his debut single “Long Run”, featuring Scottish singer-songwriter, Nina Nesbitt. Knowing Reese, and taking one look at Deacon, I thought it would be a country/pop power duet — think Bebe Rexha/Florida By Cody • Jul 10, 2020 09:46 am
Books Intro for July 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is The Meaning of Mariah Carey? That’s what Mimi’s calling her memoir and she announced this week that it’s coming out September 29. You can read it or you can listen to it because there will also be an audiobook and, obviously, Mimi’s By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 09:16 am
