Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 27, 2019 Last night Lainey posted a divisive question on Twitter: Is Diplo hot? I can’t answer that for her, or for you. The “is Diplo hot?” is a personal journey. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thomas Wesley (@diplo) on Aug 27, 2019 at 8:13am PDT By Maria • Aug 27, 2019 02:36 pm
Music JoBros return to the VMAs Back when the Jonas Brothers first announced their reunion with the release of Sucker, I was skeptical of its success, the need for their reunion, or whether they’d last at all. I even posed the question, “are we really going to still be talking about the Jo Bros by By Prem • Aug 27, 2019 01:56 pm
Music Lizzo, Normani, Rosalia: the future As I wrote in the open today, the MTV VMAs have stayed relevant even in years when the show is sh-tty because it can be a showcase for the future, for who we will be obsessed with in the near future, the artists who’ll be the culture in the By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 12:48 pm
Quiveration Timothee Chalamet: the bowl cut has an accent We interrupt MTV VMAs coverage because… Timothee Chalamet has an accent. I wrote about Timothee Chalamet’s bowl cut when the poster for The King was released last week and just the sight of him, with his jawline, and the frustration on his face, was enough to distract me for By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 11:37 am
Music Taylor in a decade Ten years ago, at the 2009 MTV VMAs, Taylor Swift was interrupted by Kanye West in a moment that kicked off one of the most significant chapters in celebrity gossip history – and it’s a chapter that may not have reached its conclusion. A decade later, during her first main By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 11:10 am
Music Lil Nas X Spans Generations Which demographic does the MTV VMAs appeal to? I watched the show with my cousins and their children, so we had an age range of like 7 years old to late 40s, with myself right in the middle. That meant that I heard the question “who’s that?” directed at By Prem • Aug 27, 2019 10:16 am
Music Miley Cyrus’s Surprise Performance at the VMAs 2019 I have been obsessed with Miley’s “Slide Away” since she first released it a week and a half ago. It’s catchy as hell, I’ve been listening to it on the drive to and from work, which is partly a depressing way to start your day, but it’ By Prem • Aug 27, 2019 09:32 am
Shout-Outs August 27, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs “Dear Maddy, Happy 30th Birthday from your Boast Bitches! We are lucky to be included in your narrative and hope you continue to question the official story! Here’s a picture of your youthful inspiration Shakira. Her and your hips don’t lie. From The Boast Bitches aka Ais, Al, By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 08:49 am
Music Intro for August 27, 2019 Dear Gossips, If you’ve watched Missy Elliott’s performance from last night’s MTV VMAs more than once, that is correct. Here’s me sounding like a bitter old aunt, quoting Kathleen who, by contrast (in her mind), is forever young: these kids don’t deserve. She was actually By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 08:34 am
What Else What Else? The MTV Video Music Awards are happening tonight. For pop culture students, the VMAs have historically been a major event on the gossip calendar. Those of us from a certain generation grew up on VMAs moments. In the last decade or so, the VMAs make up for two or three By Lainey • Aug 26, 2019 04:33 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: In Honour Of Hogwarts Hi Duana, We are expecting our third child in a few weeks. Our older children are named Lucie and James, who we always call Jamie. We had lots of name ideas for our daughter but when we were naming our first son James/Jamie was the ONLY name that I By Duana • Aug 26, 2019 04:21 pm
TV Updates Bucky With The Short Hair Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan were at D23 this weekend, promotin their upcoming Disney+ show, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. The show has now progressed to the “having an official poster” phase. The poster reveals Bucky’s new look, including the loss of his bountiful locks. Check it out: By Sarah • Aug 26, 2019 04:07 pm
Relationship Assumption David and Victoria kiss I’ve worn down my nails already on the word count for the blog, it’s only Monday, and the VMAs are tonight so can I just throw some pictures at you right now and call it a post? The Beckhams are on holiday with Elton John. All their kids By Lainey • Aug 26, 2019 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland loves us 3,000 Following his faux-oblivious Instagram appearance with RDJ, Tom Holland popped down to Anaheim to appear at D23 to shill Onward, a Pixar film he’s co-starring in with Chris Pratt. The very big elephant in the very big room is the dissolution of the Sony-Marvel production deal that allowed Holland By Sarah • Aug 26, 2019 02:43 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 26, 2019 “I’m not a regular husband, I’m a cool husband.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryan Reynolds (@vancityreynolds) on Aug 25, 2019 at 9:30am PDT You know who’s thankful for Lara Spencer right now? Prince Andrew. Another royal family-related distraction for him to By Maria • Aug 26, 2019 02:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina’s Marvel-ous, Maleficent weekend Angelina Jolie dropped Maddox off at university in South Korea last week. (I’m still not over the fact that Maddox is now off to college. Why are we so old?). She couldn’t linger though because she had to go back to work. Angelina showed up at D23 to By Lainey • Aug 26, 2019 01:46 pm
