Top Reads Britney Spears is here to save us If I’d presented you with a hypothetical before the lockdown about which celebrities would make you cringe on social media, how close would it look to the actual list after lockdown, when the cringe came forward and took off its mask? Could you have predicted Ellen DeGeneres? How about By Lainey • Apr 16, 2020 10:27 am
Top Reads Ben-Ana: Blockers First of all, did you see the movie Blockers? I saw it at the theatre, had the best time, laughed so much and so loud, and I still crack up thinking about certain scenes. Like the blindfold scene, with Kent from Veep. There, add that to your SD Recommendations list. By Lainey • Apr 16, 2020 09:41 am
Intro for April 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, My friend Lolo sent over a tweet that had been posted the other day that some might consider inflammatory. Whether or not you agree, it’s an important discussion that we should all have an opinion on, but you should know that my opinion is correct. First, here’ By Lainey • Apr 16, 2020 09:02 am
What Else What Else? In a much, much, much lower stakes way, one that doesn’t involve animal abuse and alleged murder, there’s a baseball equivalent to the hate-on between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. It’s Jose Canseco and Alex Rodriguez. I guess…does that make ARod the Carole in this By Lainey • Apr 15, 2020 04:05 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Panic Stockpiling Happens Here Too Hi Duana, I've considered emailing you twice before (with my first two babies), but felt certain enough in my love for them so never pulled the trigger. Their names are Gavin and Ivy, two names which I still adore, even when I'm screaming them at top By Duana • Apr 15, 2020 03:40 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Do you wonder about Gal Gadot? On this episode of Show Your Work, Duana begins with a question: does Beyoncé have a “quarantine voice” – and this kicked off a disagreement. Because while Duana thinks that Beyoncé is “just like us” (first of all, how DARE you?) and is going to Target behind a mask FOR THE By Lainey • Apr 15, 2020 03:27 pm
Business of Hollywood Sam Raimi officially returns to Marvel Marvel director drama has become somewhat commonplace. Marvel does try to satisfy the filmmakers that work with them, but Marvel is also a big corporate machine, and sometimes those interests outweigh the filmmaker’s interests. Most recently, this happened with Scott Derrickson and Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. By Sarah • Apr 15, 2020 03:03 pm
BTS The Soft Masculinity of BTS Last weekend marked the one year anniversary of BTS’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, the first South Korean artists to perform on the show. They were promoting their then just-released album, Map of the Soul: Persona and its lead single, “Boy With Luv”, which went on to platinum By Lainey • Apr 15, 2020 02:33 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 15, 2020 This is one for Duana: Amy Schumer changed her son’s name from Gene Attell Fisher to Gene David Fisher, the reason being that Gene Attell blends into genital. I would never have put that together, ever. Or, to take it one step further, “genital fissure.” But kids are wily By Maria • Apr 15, 2020 01:22 pm
Top Reads Cameron Diaz’s self-quarantine life…and career? Didn’t expect to see Cameron Diaz come up in my feed today. Because, as we all know, Cameron Diaz has kinda retired from being a celebrity. But she was on Instagram live with Katherine Power of Who What Wear yesterday and she talked about being a parent (her daughter, By Lainey • Apr 15, 2020 11:40 am
Equality Issues How Diddy disrespected Lizzo This past Easter Sunday, Diddy hosted a “Team Love” Dance-a-Thon for frontline workers, a fundraiser for COVID-19 relief. This idea already suspiciously looked like a billionaire asking other people for money instead of just donating it himself. He did recruit and court other celebrities to dance on By Melayna • Apr 15, 2020 10:58 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber: Quarantine Fashion Icon I just read an article about Justin Bieber that made me laugh and then I sent it to Sasha because a few months ago, on an episode of our What’s Your Drama? Podcast, I told her she and JB had the same style. She rejected this at first and By Lainey • Apr 15, 2020 10:19 am
Royals Intro for April 15, 2020 Dear Gossips, Princess Anne covers the new issue of Vanity Fair in a piece that’s meant to mark her upcoming 70th birthday in August. Though the interview takes place before the COVID-19 lockdown, it is an interesting time for any senior member of the British royal family to By Lainey • Apr 15, 2020 08:59 am
What Else What Else? This Martha Stewart “Instagram mess” story made me laugh. First of all, is it really that much of a mess? Yes, she was drunk. The comment was incomprehensible. But as far as celebrity social media messes during the pandemic go, this one is pretty … tame? Even cute? She’d had By Lainey • Apr 14, 2020 04:03 pm
TV Updates Hannah Gadsby returns Hannah Gadsby’s extraordinary not-comedy special, Nanette, was one of the stand-out pop cultural moments of 2018. Now, two years after “quitting” comedy via Nanette, Gadsby returns with another one-woman show, this time titled Douglas (after her dog). Douglas ran off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theater By Sarah • Apr 14, 2020 03:27 pm
Music Drake’s new record sets a record Well, this shouldn’t be a surprise. Drake knows how to capitalise on social media almost better than anyone else, with the exception of maybe BTS, in ordinary times so he obviously knows how to take advantage of it right now, when everyone’s on lockdown and on their devices By Lainey • Apr 14, 2020 02:51 pm
