Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 29, 2020 There have been a few surprise albums during quarantine (most notably, Taylor Swift) - is Sam Smith next? Yesterday I pre-ordered the Taylor Swift cardigan because the stars on the sleeves really got me, I’m only human. During the Lover era, she partnered with Stella McCartney and I didn’ By Maria • Jul 29, 2020 01:59 pm
Royals Harry and Meghan: The Finding Freedom Rom-Com and Ghost Emojis Finding Freedom, the new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, was excerpted in the UK this past weekend, resulting in all kinds of outrage from most UK press outlets. It’s been interesting to see what parts of the excerpts people By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 12:58 pm
TV Updates Unpacking Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking It has now almost been two weeks since Indian Matchmaking showed up on our Netflix recommendations, and it still continues to be one of the most divisive shows to appear in Netflix’s lineup. If you’re just hearing about Indian Matchmaking, where have you been? The show follows Sima By Prem • Jul 29, 2020 11:54 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince William: The Podcast Prince Ahead of the FA Cup Final this weekend in England, Prince William showed up on BBC Radio Live Five’s That Peter Crouch Podcast to talk about football and mental health. William is the President of the Football Association and this year’s event has been renamed the Heads Up By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 11:12 am
Break Ups Brad & Jen: Emmys Gossip Genie? Back in January, when so many of us were stupidly oblivious to the sh-t that 2020 would be bringing, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston dominated celebrity gossip headlines because of the “moment” they shared at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. They both won that night – he took home Best Supporting By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 10:15 am
Shout-Outs July 29, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Paula! Happy Birthday with love from Carolina who calls you a true “superwoman”. Congratulations on the new home and by request, here are Darren Barnet and Jaren Lewison aka Paxton Hall-Yoshida and Ben Gross from Never Have I Ever. Oh and Paula? You’re popular today because Domenico is also By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 09:46 am
TV Updates Intro for July 29, 2020 Dear Gossips, Last month, Zendaya participated in The Hollywood Reporter’s Drama Actress roundtable, now a regular award season campaign stop. Zendaya was representing her work in Euphoria, which aired last summer and thus was ineligible for Emmys consideration. One year later though and, clearly, the Television Academy still remembers By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 09:23 am
What Else What Else? Can you believe that the “Ellen DeGeneres might not be very nice” story happened at the beginning of the pandemic? And now, four months later, it’s still a conversation…because of all the reports that the workplace culture at her show is toxic. So there’s a third party By Lainey • Jul 28, 2020 04:44 pm
TV Updates The Best Show You’re Not Watching Remember when magazines used to blare the headline, The best show you’re not watching!? (Remember when magazines?) Back then, there was an idea that you could keep up with most, if not all, of the stuff on television, and “the best show you’re not watching” would be some By Sarah • Jul 28, 2020 03:46 pm
Tatiana Maslany The Best Emmy Nominations In Forever (*Asterisk) It just f-cking figures, doesn’t it? In a year when the Emmy nominations are incredibly exciting, current (fewer than ever nominations for shows that have been on the air for eons, or for tired who-watches-that? network sitcoms), and most importantly, reflective of what people actually watch, there probably won’ By Duana • Jul 28, 2020 03:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 28, 2020 Despite the sagging subscription numbers, Quibi soldiers on. The latest greenlight is for a new Chrissy Teigen show, Edible Creations, an adaptation of the Japanese show Sukurri Sweets. I watched a few clips online and Sukurri Sweets is energetic and fun but I don’t know if an adaptation is By Maria • Jul 28, 2020 01:49 pm
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt, masked (and not driving with Tom Cruise) Did you see Ford vs Ferrari last year? The film was an outside Oscar contender starring Christian Bale as race car driver Ken Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, the car designer. The other day I read a story about how they’d been working for years to make By Lainey • Jul 28, 2020 01:16 pm
Xenu Leah Remini tells on Tom Cruise Leah Remini has been telling on the Church of Scientology for years now, at great personal risk, if you believe the stories out there about the organisation’s revenge and silencing tactics. Now she’s coming for the Church’s most high profile member: Tom Cruise. All the details are By Lainey • Jul 28, 2020 12:27 pm
Music BLACKPINK in your area…with Selena Gomez? BLACKPINK’s label announced yesterday that the group’s first full-length album will be released on October 2. Given how popular and successful Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé are, it’s hard to believe that they’ve never actually put out a full-length album. That’s also why their fans By Lainey • Jul 28, 2020 11:37 am
Top Reads Lessons From Megan Thee Stallion’s IG Live Yesterday, Megan Thee Stallion made a big return to social media, telling her heartbreaking story on Instagram live. In the emotional update Meg fought back tears as she assured fans she’s well on the road to recovery after being targeted in a shooting and then having surgery to remove By Cody • Jul 28, 2020 10:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet is back on I feel like we’re playing street hockey and cars keep passing through and we’re yelling “game off” and “game on” more than we’re actually playing the game, but we might finally be at the end of the road with Tenet. A week after pulling it from the By Sarah • Jul 28, 2020 10:05 am