TV Updates The Great: The Power of Gossip, the Power of Sex – and Teen Princess! Tony McNamara, Oscar-nominated co-writer of The Favourite, is back with another anachronistic tale of a woman in power. This time he focuses on Russia’s Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning), in a Hulu series titled The Great. It’s not as dark as The Favourite, and overall has a tone By Sarah • May 21, 2020 02:37 pm
Top Reads Julia Roberts, the Dr Fauci Fangirl #PassTheMic is a campaign where celebrities “pass the mic” aka their social media accounts and expose their followers to experts and frontline workers so that they can share ACCURATE information about COVID-19 since, um, certain leaders aren’t. Some of the big names participating are Hugh Jackman, Danai Gurira, David By Lainey • May 21, 2020 02:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 21, 2020 Vogue covered Lizzo’s quarantine style, specifically her collaboration with Quay, a brand that works with big-name celebrities like Chrissy Teigen and Jennifer Lopez. In the piece, Liam Hess writes, “Lizzo’s embrace of high fashion has also marked a step forward in visibility for size-inclusive fashion on the red By Maria • May 21, 2020 01:19 pm
Equality Issues Lana Del Rey’s Glamorous Drama As I wrote a couple of months ago when she and Sean Larkin broke up, I was never a Lana Del Rey believer until Norman F-cking Rockwell. That album is her masterpiece and it ruled the back half of 2019 for me. So I’m excited that Lana’s just By Lainey • May 21, 2020 12:37 pm
What's Your Drama Podcast What's Your Drama: Dating a Dummy Welcome back to What's Your Drama. Now before we get into this week's letters we have to talk about Normal People, coming to Canada on CBC Gem next week. Have you seen it? Lainey and I of course skim over the direction, the writing, and go By Sasha • May 21, 2020 12:14 pm
TV Updates The Stand arrives at the best-worst moment One of Stephen King’s most enduring novels is The Stand, a book about humanity attempting to rebuild—or just go full-end times—after 99% of the population is wiped out by a virus. When the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest earlier this year, people immediately leapt to The Stand, By Sarah • May 21, 2020 11:00 am
Relationship Assumption Bradley Cooper’s lockdown romance? Here are some new photos of Bradley Cooper outside his NY apartment this week. And apparently he’s not staying there alone. Of course he’s parenting his daughter, but there was a woman seen bringing in groceries at the door – and according to the paps, it’s Kristin O’ By Lainey • May 21, 2020 10:27 am
Break Ups The Most of Mary-Kate As the quarantine divorces pile up, the chicest couple of the bunch is Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy. The latest story in PEOPLE is about a big issue that’s contributed to the split: to have a baby or not to have a baby. According to the sources (who we By Maria • May 21, 2020 09:37 am
Jason Derulo Intro for May 21, 2020 Dear Gossips, Jason Derulo has been doing the most these last couple of months in lockdown. And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, I just never expected at the start of this that he’d be one of the people consistently lighting up the timeline. It’s By Lainey • May 21, 2020 08:52 am
What Else What Else? When it comes to Britney Spears, there are a lot of people who don’t believe anything. Or, rather, what they believe is the opposite of the thing they think they’re supposed to be believe. There’s a lot of mistrust where the fans are concerned. They don’t By Lainey • May 20, 2020 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welp, the Snyder Cut is happening after all I admit it: I was wrong. The fabled “Snyder Cut”, Zack Snyder’s director cut of Justice League is actually being released, expected to drop on HBOMax in 2021 after years of toxic fan bitching. I did not think it would happen for many reasons, but following a regime change By Sarah • May 20, 2020 03:29 pm
Music Megan Fox is MGK’s “Bloody Valentine” A few days ago, after weeks of speculation, Brian Austin Green confirmed that he and Megan Fox have separated. She’s been seen with Machine Gun Kelly, after working on a movie with him late last year, and while Brian said on his podcast that there are no villains or By Lainey • May 20, 2020 03:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 20, 2020 It’s been a month and a half since Quibi launched. And it hasn’t taken off. But Quibi is still in early days. Now there’s chatter that another well-funded TV platform isn’t doing very well: according to this report, Apple TV+ is underperforming. As the first season By Maria • May 20, 2020 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jude Law: one away from a Quidditch team Jude Law, the young Dumbledore, is soon to be one child away from an entire quidditch team. Here are Jude and his wife Phillipa Coan on Sunday. Jude and Phillipa were married last year and this is their first child together, and the baby will be Jude’s sixth. He’ By Lainey • May 20, 2020 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Berry’s Geostorm Geostorm (GEOSTOOOOOOORM) is one of the great dumb movies of the 2010s—maybe THE great dumb movie of the 2010s—but if you’ve ever said to yourself, “What I’d REALLY like is Geostorm but with a hot lady,” then boy, have I got the movie for you. Halle By Sarah • May 20, 2020 11:18 am
Music Lorde’s Letter Saves 2020 Yesterday, Lorde was trending #1 on Twitter, and it’s because she announced that she’s working on a new album. On June 16th, it’ll be three years since she released Melodrama, the genius album that we’ve all cried to. Since then, Lorde has been pretty quiet, and By Prem • May 20, 2020 10:27 am
