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
Movie Reviews and Previews Oh god we’re all gonna watch this, aren’t we? With much of the world in lockdown right now, many companies are crashing since they are, by default, closed. Netflix is not one of those companies. Netflix is doing GREAT. Everyone is on Netflix right now, so much so that they have to slow their broadband rates in Europe to By Sarah • Mar 25, 2020 12:36 pm
BFFs A Bright Minded Reunion Things we didn’t really know we really needed until they happened: A Hannah Montana and Lilly reunion. Miley video chatted with Emily Osment on Instagram Live on Monday. The fact that they are still best friends TO THIS DAY warms my soul and waters my crops. To top it By Prem • Mar 25, 2020 11:33 am
Top Reads Drake and Rihanna’s SD Flirting Celebrities are really coming through for us during lockdown, aren’t they? They’re doing chain-songs and giving us cringe, they’re resuscitating old beefs that no one was asking for, they’re giving us confessionals from their bathtubs, they’re falling in love, they’re reading to us, they’ By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 10:47 am
Royals Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19 Top news story today, trending #1 around the world on social media: Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for COVID-19. Clarence House released a statement confirming: “The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus. He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 09:56 am
Sports Intro for March 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, As expected, it was announced yesterday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The last time there was an Olympics it was just over two years ago, in 2018 in South Korea. And if you recall, two of the biggest By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 08:53 am
What Else What Else? This is… peak Covid-19 irony, right? Is it ironic? That THIS particular person wants to keep his social distance? Why? Because the people he has to spend time with now aren’t his target demographic? I’m amazed that he hasn’t already been forced to social distance since dudes By Lainey • Mar 24, 2020 04:03 pm
TV Updates SD In 30 Minute Segments During this time of uncertainty, people are using their time to master a new skill, like needlepoint or knitting. Some are baking bread or learning an instrument or language or writing a book. I’m doing none of that. We are conditioned to use every spare moment for self-improvement so By Maria • Mar 24, 2020 03:09 pm