Music Intro for February 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, Apparently it’s music video release week. BTS will drop another video for “ON” today after already breaking YouTube records with the Kinetic Manifesto visual for “ON” that came out last week. Taylor Swift’s video for “The Man”, which she directed herself, will likely be trending by By Lainey • Feb 27, 2020 08:44 am
What Else What Else? Apparently these two have been a thing for at least six months. I don’t remember knowing about this but it’s also possible that I didn’t commit it to memory because it’s been a while since anyone cared about Adrien Brody. But he and Georgina Chapman are By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 26, 2020 Gwyneth Paltrow is taking precautions (remember, she was patient zero in Contagion). She’s heading to Paris Fashion Week, I would guess for Chloe. She’s been very tight with creative director Natacha Ramsay-Levi, even if the collaboration hasn’t been that exciting. Remember the yellow gown for the Met By Maria • Feb 26, 2020 03:09 pm
Music BTS Carpool Karaoke I feel vindicated today. Sasha’s been mocking my BTS obsession for weeks. This morning she texted, probably after watching them on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. Her message: “I do think my goal is to laugh as much as BTS.” Exactly. That’s exactly why, as I wrote yesterday, By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 01:56 pm
Music Taylor directs Taylor Taylor Swift made an announcement yesterday. She’s releasing a new video – and that’s noteworthy for sure, but what makes it even more noteworthy is that, well, this: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Feb 26, 2020 at 5:01am PST Directed By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 11:34 am
Royals Harry, just Harry Prince Harry was in Edinburgh today working with Travalyst, the sustainable travel initiative he launched last year. He arrived direct to Scotland from Canada where, as we know, he and Meghan Markle have been living since the end of 2019. The Sussexes have been a major heatscore – they always are By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 10:25 am
Business of Hollywood Disney’s surprise shake-up Late yesterday afternoon, Disney dropped a bombshell when it was announced that CEO Bob Iger is stepping down immediately and will be replaced by Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, as the new CEO. First of all, this is real-life Sucession and the HEAD OF PARKS got the CEO gig— By Sarah • Feb 26, 2020 09:44 am
Sports Intro for February 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, I can’t help it. I love Drake. And not just because he’s from Toronto but because… what else do you want in an entertainer? The Milwaukee Bucks played the Raptors in Toronto last night. The Bucks have been doing a kind of WWE-inspired pre-game routine. Given By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 09:20 am
What Else What Else? There are so many things I love about this post. First of all, the Golden Girls reference. And then the part where there was a high demand of interested participants but couldn’t get the link to work. Sorry, sorry. It’s just that my parents are around that age By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 04:54 pm
Music BTS on The Tonight Show BTS took over The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night and also Twitter. They were trending before the show started and then as soon as the show began, several hashtags related to their appearance dominated on the platform, including #JungkookEnglish because at one point, during Jimmy’s interview with By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 04:17 pm
TV Updates Danai Gurira runs the show Danai Gurira joined The Walking Dead in its third season, before its particular brand of brutality grew tiresome. In the time since she joined the show, The Walking Dead’s popularity has peaked and waned, she’s gone on to be a fan-favorite character in the MCU, and she’s By Sarah • Feb 25, 2020 02:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 25, 2020 I haven’t listened to the Pete Davidson interview with Charlamagne tha God, choosing instead to read the recaps and there are two things I want to touch on. First up is his work life at SNL. He says, “I personally think I should be done with that show because By Maria • Feb 25, 2020 01:58 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé: no photos at Kobe and Gianna tribute Back in 2013, when Beyoncé headlined the Super Bowl halftime show (the first time), Buzzfeed heard from her publicist demanding that “unflattering” photos of her be taken down. It was the beginning of Beyoncé’s press shutdown, when she stopped giving interviews, stopped engaging with the media. At the time, By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans’ villain streak continues Ever since leaving Captain America behind, Chris Evans seems determined to shed the mantle of superhero by playing villains. His first role post-Cap was in Knives Out; sometime this year he has an Apple TV show about a dad whose son maybe killed a classmate, which isn’t exactly a By Sarah • Feb 25, 2020 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu and Alexandra in San Francisco Keanu Reeves has been in San Francisco the last few weeks working on Matrix 4. Not much is known about the next movie in the franchise, only that Neo and Trinity are back, and Neo looks more like John Wick, but we don’t know the timeline. Some are speculating By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 10:00 am
Amazingness Intro for February 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Did you see that tweet a couple of weeks ago, a marked-up Tom and Jerry essay that looked like it had been posted by an English professor and went viral? Super viral. Teaching my first English course this semester has been rewarding but I don’t know what By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 09:20 am
