Mariah Carey Intro for March 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, Do you know what today is? Today is the anniversary of the birth of our Elusive Butterfly Chanteuse! She’s 50! I think…? It’s not really clear. Mimi, as we know, doesn’t celebrate birthdays, only anniversaries. And she doesn’t talk about the number. Which means By Lainey • Mar 27, 2020 08:53 am
What Else What Else? I *think* I get the science behind Kanye West’s “urine garden” for killing weeds, etc. But is it human urine only? Because dogs piss all over the place and there are still weeds that Jacek is obsessively pulling up every summer in our backyard, even though both our dogs By Lainey • Mar 26, 2020 04:17 pm
What's Your Drama Podcast What's Your Drama: Friends Who Don't Isolate These last few weeks have been quite the mind f-ck and before we get into your drama Lainey and I check in on our mental health during this fairly stressful time. Every cough, sore throat has kept us very paranoid. You too? Then we dive on into our first letter! By Sasha • Mar 26, 2020 03:21 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 26, 2020 Jennifer Garner’s Instagram is so good that I can understand why people think it’s a company behind it – there are definitely celebrities that have teams for their social media. Jen runs a smaller operation, just her and her assistant, Maureen Grosser, who is in self-isolation with the Jennifer By Maria • Mar 26, 2020 02:44 pm
Royals Meghan Markle’s SD content Everyone out there right now is providing recommendations about what you can binge during social distancing while we’re all on lockdown trying to flatten the curve. We’ve created our own “SD Recommendations” tag here with content suggestions. And now we have one more to add to the list: By Lainey • Mar 26, 2020 01:42 pm
Amazingness Cardi B’s COVID-19 Seminar I am always amused when celebrities refer to “celebrities” in the third person, as though they’re not it. Obviously, I am currently/perpetually doing post-doctoral work in the various strata of stars (who are we kidding) but usually when famous people refer to “celebrities” like they’re not a By Duana • Mar 26, 2020 12:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina + Six in Isolation Angelina Jolie plus all six of her kids are in isolation together. But first, Angelina’s $1 million donation to No Kid Hungry was announced yesterday. In a statement posted to the organisation’s website, Angelina wrote: “As of this week, over a billion children are out of school worldwide By Lainey • Mar 26, 2020 12:15 pm
Relationship Assumption Demi Lovato and New Love in the Time of Coronavirus Here’s a story I pitched today (over email) at work: New Love in the Time of Coronavirus. It’s a relationship discussion. For those of you out there who are single – and those of us who aren’t can weigh in and judge, because that’s the kind of By Lainey • Mar 26, 2020 11:28 am
TV Updates Chris Evans is a sad dad Chris Evans continues his post-Marvel streak of playing very un-Captain America characters, playing a sad dad in Defending Jacob, a morally ambiguous family drama coming to Apple TV next month. Movies might be offline right now, but television trucks on, uninterrupted (for now, the production shutdowns will catch up to By Sarah • Mar 26, 2020 10:50 am
Britney Spears Is Britney Spears a Communist Kween? On Monday, Britney Spears posted the following: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on Mar 23, 2020 at 12:42pm PDT It’s a repost from Brooklyn-based artist Mimi Zhu who shared the image last week on her Instagram. The line that everybody is By Prem • Mar 26, 2020 10:04 am
Royals The Royal ‘Rona and All the Rumours One of the biggest headlines, if not the biggest headline, about COVID-19 yesterday was that Prince Charles has tested positive for it. Clarence House confirmed in a statement that Charles and Camilla (who tested negative) are in isolation in Scotland. Charles is said to be experiencing mild symptoms and the By Lainey • Mar 26, 2020 09:34 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Intro for March 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, Physical distancing, isolation, quarantine, lockdown, shelter at home, whatever you want to call it, it sucks for everyone. Well, almost everyone. Except maybe…pets? Highlighting how pets are enjoying having you home all the time has become a thing on social media. And Kelly Conaboy even interviewed a By Lainey • Mar 26, 2020 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Love in the Time of Coronavirus – another installment! This time featuring Ariana Grande! She has a new boyfriend. He’s a (very young-looking) realtor called Dalton Gomez. Could you buy a home from a baby face? Like a multi-million dollar home? Are realtors one of those professions where it matters By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 04:05 pm
Mariah Carey How will Mimi set it up? And can BTS be a part of this? The iHeart Radio Music Awards were supposed to happen this coming Sunday, March 29th. That’s obviously not a possibility anymore because of COVID-19 lockdown. Instead Elton John will be hosting the iHeart Living Room Concert for America, a one hour commercial-free special to raise money for Feeding America and By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 03:09 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The sound of slapping flesh and Oprah, vlogger As promised, Duana and I are trying to produce more episodes of Show Your Work now that we’re all in lockdown. Today’s new episode opens with a discussion about the sounds of flesh-slapping. It’s one of the most lucrative entertainment streams… and no, we are not talking By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 02:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 25, 2020 How is your grocery situation? I hope you are getting access to everything you need and fresh food. That’s what I’m having trouble with, not a lot of decent produce near me. Chrissy Teigen suddenly needed romaine lettuce and only romaine lettuce – maybe she’s making Caesar salad? By Maria • Mar 25, 2020 02:06 pm
