Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 22, 2019 Scooter Braun has issued a statement on AMA-gate (click here to refresh on the details). He says he was compelled to make it because of death threats to his wife and kids (which he has a screenshot of) and a particular threatening phone call they received. Beyond that, Scooter’s By Maria • Nov 22, 2019 02:10 pm
TV Updates RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Finale Yesterday (at least in Canada) was the finale for the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. In many ways, the finale was satisfying. We got a lot of screen time with AJ Pritchard, who is HOT AF. I saw a lot of “flooded my basement” in comments about By Prem • Nov 22, 2019 01:24 pm
TV Updates Will Ferrell and the Cow Bell Will Ferrell is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest King Princess. I can’t figure out what he’s promoting, if he’s promoting anything, or maybe he’s just cruising by for a visit for old times, to do Lorne a favour. Is it Succession? For By Lainey • Nov 22, 2019 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Apple pulls The Banker Earlier this month, we got a trailer for The Banker, Apple’s first foray into award season. The movie stars Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson as black bankers who hire a white guy to represent them in real estate deals. The story sounded interesting, the movie looked decent, and By Sarah • Nov 22, 2019 11:07 am
Shout-Outs November 22, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs Anna! Carey says you’ve been a total boss this year, showing the sh-t out of your work. As the Squawking Chicken would say, you can be the hardest worker, you can be the most prepared – and that’s the kind of achievement that no one can take away from By Lainey • Nov 22, 2019 10:49 am
Maple Leaf Intro for November 22, 2019 Dear Gossips, “I got us a caramel brulee latte.” This is the line where I lost it and couldn’t recover – have you seen Benny Drama’s take on Shawn Mendes? It’s not just that he nails the imitation, it’s that some of this dialogue is so exactly By Lainey • Nov 22, 2019 09:56 am
What Else What Else? I’m always going click on a headline about Dolly Parton. I’m always going to click on a headline about Dolly Parton talking about her plastic surgery and/or her breasts. I love it when she talks about her breasts. But you know what doesn’t get as much By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 05:23 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Interviewing Prince Andrew It’s pretty obvious that Team York did not show their work preparing Prince Andrew for his interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC Newsnight. On the other side of the interview though, it was Emily and her colleagues coming through with the work porn. And, fortunately for us, both she By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 04:46 pm
TV Updates The Crown cracks in season three In its third season, The Crown experiences a reset, with a new cast coming in to play the royal family at a later stage in life. The Queen, now played by Olivia Colman, is in her middle life, older and no wiser as she navigates a changing world. The transition By Sarah • Nov 21, 2019 04:21 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 21, 2019 Lea Michele’s new video for “Christmas in New York” has dropped. While it’s supposed to have the feel of a bustling city, it’s clearly a soundstage mixed in with generic shots of “New York,” complete with a hokey taxi cab ride. Rebecca Alter at Vulture astutely points By Maria • Nov 21, 2019 02:19 pm
Sam Hunt Sam Hunt’s DUI Not even going to pretend to know a lot about Sam Hunt, like his music. I do know that when he comes up in conversation, at least in my circle, it’s about how hot he is. There’s some gossip that floats around about him from my sources in By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 01:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brenda Song and Crazy Rich Asians Brenda Song is currently promoting the Hulu series Dollface and gave an interview to Teen Vogue about her career – she’s 31 years old and has been in the business almost her entire life. Most people know her, of course, as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack & By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 12:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Angels keep rolling As you probably heard, Charlie’s Angels bombed last weekend. Like seriously tanked. Franchise-killer flopped. Even with a sub-$100 million budget, an $8 million opening weekend is bad news. But, the movie is still rolling out overseas, including a premiere in London yesterday. I am always curious about press By Sarah • Nov 21, 2019 12:30 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Grammys, Globes, Cats Grammy nominations yesterday and Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, and Lil Nas X, emerged as the Recording Academy’s new pop superstars cohort. For Taylor Swift, however, who received three nominations, including for Song of the Year (“Lover"), most of the headlines after the announcement were that she’d By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 11:13 am
Relationship Assumption Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat are “just friends” To recap: Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat were seen together at an art exhibit last Saturday. They were also spotted at the gallery restaurant seated at a table alone together. In September, Brad was photographed leaving a play in LA with Alia. And in October they were backstage at Mike By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 10:01 am
Royals Intro for November 21, 2019 Dear Gossips, Everyone is still talking about Prince Andrew announcing yesterday that he would be stepping down for the “foreseeable future” from public duties on behalf of the British royal family. In the letter that was released confirming the decision, Andrew says that he was the one who decided to By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 09:26 am
