Rihanna Intro for May 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Sunday Times released their Rich List this week and Rihanna came in at #3 with an estimated fortune of £468 million which shouldn’t be news, really, since last year Forbes reported that she’s the world’s wealthiest female musician. You wouldn’t know it from By Lainey • May 14, 2020 08:53 am
What Else What Else? It was reported last week that Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson are over. They were seen isolating together at the start of the lockdown I think. Not sure you can call it a casualty of quarantine though because they’d tried to break up late last year. Looks like the By Lainey • May 13, 2020 04:03 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Name Is(n’t) Ajar Hi Duana, Long-time listener, first-time caller! We're expecting baby 2 in two weeks - the first was a boy and this one's a girl. My husband's last name is quite long/Slavic and starts with an O. So we're looking for names By Duana • May 13, 2020 03:21 pm
Kate Beckinsale Kate’s lockdown booties Kate Beckinsale and her boyfriend, Goody Grace, stepped out together in LA yesterday. As you can see, she’s still committed to her high booties. I don’t know about you but in isolation, I have no interest in anything other than sweatpants and sneakers. The idea of even putting By Lainey • May 13, 2020 03:07 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Michelle, Adele, and the Food Fight As mentioned earlier this week, on this episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I get into the whole Alison Roman situation after her interview with The New Consumer went viral for her remarks about Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. But let’s begin with the real work stars of By Lainey • May 13, 2020 02:42 pm
Siblings Archie’s Birthday Cake and his “best friends” Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor turned one last week and celebrated in lockdown with his parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at their home in Los Angeles. There have been various reports lately about where exactly the Sussexes have been staying. A few days ago, the Daily Mail claimed that they’ve By Lainey • May 13, 2020 02:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 13, 2020 Are you watching Insecure this season? I’m going to assume the answer is yes (and if it isn’t, why not???). The breakdown of the show’s central relationship has been fascinating because both Issa and Molly bear responsibility for the way it has gone down. In friendship breakups, By Maria • May 13, 2020 01:20 pm
Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson cooks the worst quarantine meal in history for GQ With potential summer movie savior Tenet still due in July (when some theaters will be open at a fraction of their capacity, good luck, Tenet), Robert Pattinson is doing promotion for the movie from quarantine. He covers GQ this month as “The King of Quarantine” and his profile is titled By Sarah • May 13, 2020 12:36 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Mad Max: Fury Road turns 5 Mad Max: Fury Road was released on May 5, 2015 – 5.15.15. To mark its fifth anniversary on Friday, The New York Times has published an oral history of Mad Max: Fury Road featuring commentary from several of the key players, including director George Miller, lead stars Charlize Theron By Lainey • May 13, 2020 11:55 am
Music Doo-wop and Dakota Johnson Last month, Lainey sent me a Twitter thread by ridiculing a specific type of celebrity profile – the daughter of a famous parent. Here’s just some of it: “I hate the word privilege” she sighs, as she fidgets in her Celine shirt. “I was the last of my friends to By Maria • May 13, 2020 10:24 am
Gossip Nostalgia Matt Damon calls in As we know, Matt Damon and his family have been in Ireland during lockdown because production on The Last Duel moved there. Apparently there’s been a local radio station, Spin 1038, trying to get him to call in. So he finally called in. And complimented Ireland’s Prime Minister, By Lainey • May 13, 2020 09:38 am
Music Intro for May 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, History was made this week on the Billboard Hot 100. Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj’s “Say So” remix has topped the chart, the first #1 of their careers. And the first #1 of Nicki’s career. The #2 song on the Hot 100 is Megan Thee Stallion By Lainey • May 13, 2020 08:54 am
What Else What Else? I wish I came up with the following sentence: “Stanley Tucci is a smokeshow”. That is correct. But I can’t own it because Kristy Puchko is the wordsmith. This is your favourite link to click on today. It’s Stanley Tucci being a smokeshow and also Miriam Margoyles being By Lainey • May 12, 2020 04:00 pm
Drag Race Canada’s Drag Race is Finally Here, and It Looks GOOD Even though we learned about the Canadian version of Drag Race almost a year ago, it has felt like some sort of dream or conceptual project because we’ve heard nothing about it. Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly gave us our first look at the show, as well as an interview with By Prem • May 12, 2020 02:57 pm
Joe Jonas Sophie and Joe aren’t confirming I’ve been writing about the Hollywood Baby Boom the last couple of months but one of the first couples to kick off the 2020 boom haven’t actually confirmed it. Sophie Turner’s pregnancy was reported by JustJared back in February, right after the Oscars. And though there haven’ By Lainey • May 12, 2020 02:30 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 12, 2020 If you’ve been following the Alison Roman/ Chrissy Teigen story (Lainey and Duana are breaking it down this week on Show Your Work) and are familiar with online “cancellation,” then you probably knew a second apology was coming. We could talk about the machinations of this all damn day By Maria • May 12, 2020 02:02 pm
