Game of Thrones Game of Thrones’ bad week continues Okay, it’s not precisely Game of Thrones’ fault that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss left their Star Wars trilogy. But even if it’s not a direct impact on GOT itself, that event does contribute to the overall tainting of GOT’s legacy, which is still muddied By Sarah • Oct 30, 2019 09:01 am
Beyoncé Intro for October 30, 2019 Dear Gossips, Tomorrow is Halloween. I’m never all that excited about Halloween but I am excited about the Queen’s Halloween. Because there is one legend who does Halloween better than anyone else – that would be our Queen, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. She has now trained us, every year, to By Lainey • Oct 30, 2019 08:34 am
What Else What Else? I forgot to mention something in my Taylor Swift post from earlier. This is because it’s Halloween week, a notoriously busy week for those of us who work in entertainment broadcasting. Somewhere in the mid-2000s, Halloween became A HIGH PRIORITY THING on television because television is a visual medium By Lainey • Oct 29, 2019 04:15 pm
Books Entertainment Self-Care: Super Soft Reading After a self-care break of my own, we are back with new entertainment self-care recommendations , because we all need a goddamn mental vacation every now and then. This time, we’ve got reading recommendations for you, and yes, my break entailed re-reading a lot of romance novels. That’s our By Sarah • Oct 29, 2019 03:49 pm
Royals Meghan and the 72 MPs Holly Lynch, a British Member of Parliament, along with 71 other MPs, has released a letter in support of Meghan Markle calling out the UK tabloids. They share that they too have been treated unfairly by many of the same newspapers and House Sussex is suing but they point out By Lainey • Oct 29, 2019 03:23 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 29, 2019 I’m curious as to why Ellen had Bob Iger on her show (or if she had a choice, given who he is). He’s obviously a powerful executive, but she typically focuses on celebrities’ feel-good stories – this is definitely a departure from her regular lineup. I wonder how her By Maria • Oct 29, 2019 01:42 pm
TV Updates Modern Love: Not all romance is created equal Amazon’s new anthology Modern Love takes some of the most memorable essays from the New York Times column of the same name and adapts them into charming little vignettes about love in the big city. Or, well, most of them are charming. One is a straight up nightmare. We’ By Sarah • Oct 29, 2019 01:17 pm
Music Taylor Swift gossips …and is coming for Oscar Last Friday in the site open, I wrote about Cats and whether or not Entertainment Weekly and Oscar experts were sleeping on Cats as an Oscar contender. They’d just released a promo video featuring Taylor Swift, revealing that she’d co-written a song with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the By Lainey • Oct 29, 2019 12:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benioff & Weiss abandoned their Star War David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, showrunners of Game of Thrones, have left their planned Star Wars trilogy because they are just too dang busy. Last night news broke that Benioff and Weiss have split with Lucasfilm, and statements came from both Benioff and Weiss, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. By Sarah • Oct 29, 2019 12:06 pm
BFFs Selena Gomez: toxic relationships and complicated alliances Big week for Selena Gomez last week with the release of two new singles after a lengthy absence. But as she’s been saying while promoting the music, she was hurting and she was struggling and now that she says she’s moved past it, she’s ready to share By Lainey • Oct 29, 2019 10:49 am
Queen Elizabeth II Intro for October 29, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Queen’s dressmaker, Angela Kelly, has published a new book, The Other Side of the Coin, the Queen, the dresser, and the Wardrobe. Excerpts from the book have been published in HELLO! and making headlines today is the story Angela shares about doing a photoshoot with the By Lainey • Oct 29, 2019 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Remember Lady Gaga’s dress from the Golden Globes earlier this year? It was blue, an homage to Judy Garland with some Cinderella vibes. Gaga didn’t get to keep the dress. Or she didn’t want to keep the dress? Something happened and the dress was either left behind By Lainey • Oct 28, 2019 04:20 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: My Name is GOTCHA! Hi there, Long time reader of the blog, but first time emailer here. My husband and I received the shock of our lives when we found out at the beginning of my second trimester that instead of the one baby we thought we were having (and, frankly, were told we By Duana • Oct 28, 2019 04:03 pm
TV Updates Jennifer & Reese’s first reviews Apple TV+ launches in a matter of days and, as you may have heard, the marquee release is The Morning Show, produced by and starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. They’ve been out here promoting the series hard – magazines, talk shows, Instagram, tonight is the premiere in New York By Lainey • Oct 28, 2019 02:57 pm
TV Updates Watchmen introduces the closet skeletons Spoilers The second episode of Watchmen, “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship”, deepens our understanding of this alternate America, while setting up the mystery of the show: Who is Will, and, Who is Angela, really? Building off the first episode, “Horsemanship” is also directed by Nicole Kassell, and it answers a By Sarah • Oct 28, 2019 02:24 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 28, 2019 The Casamigos Halloween party happened over the weekend and the biggest name was George Clooney; it’s a work event for him. Amal didn’t join him this year and as a whole, the guest list seems pretty lacklustre. I don’t know if exclusivity is the goal though as By Maria • Oct 28, 2019 01:37 pm
