Name Nerd Duana Names: Who Else Am I Mad About? Hi Duana, I wonder if you'd consider helping me name my new beagle? Lainey's kick-assedness aside (which I 100% admire and wish I was more like), I think I've always been partial to her because of the beagles. I think beagle owners really get By Duana • Jun 25, 2019 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond 25: Everything is fine! Today, Empire released a first-look video of Bond 25 which might as well be titled “Bond 25: Everything is fine!”. After multiple incidents on set, including an injury to Daniel Craig and a slight out-of-control controlled explosion that injured a crew member, Bond 25 is course-correcting by showing us a By Sarah • Jun 25, 2019 02:01 pm
Royals Princess Kate’s new patronage Perhaps to offset all the grumbling about the royal finances, Kensington Palace announced today that Catherine Cambridge has taken on a new patronage from the Queen: Her Majesty The Queen has passed the Patronage of @The_RPS to The Duchess of Cambridge, having held the role for 67 years. The By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 01:07 pm
Royals There is no yoga studio at House Sussex Before Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born, the UK papers were all reporting that it would be a home birth at Frogmore Cottage. Baby Archie was born at Portland Hospital in London, which tells you how much of an inside track the British tabloids have on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 11:45 am
Douchebags Pamela Anderson leaves abusive boyfriend Pamela Anderson has been dating French soccer player Adil Rami for a couple of years now. It’s apparently been a tumultuous relationship. Back in March, TMZ reported that they’d gotten back together after breaking up months before when he proposed and she said no. When they reconciled, her By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 10:43 am
Music Beyoncé… “TBD”? The Lion King soundtrack was announced yesterday. Elton John has written a new song called “Never Too Late” for the movie and… most curious… there’s song #14, currently without a title. They’re listing it right now as “TBA”. You know what that probably means, right? In an interview By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 09:40 am
Weddings Intro for June 25, 2019 Dear Gossips, The “Jonai” have been in Paris this week ahead of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s wedding. They’ve been seen on boat rides and out for dinner before Joe and Sophie took off for the South of France yesterday, presumably to get ready for the wedding, expected By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 09:15 am
What Else What Else? I’ve mentioned this before but I have a friend whose weird phobia is two people showing up somewhere dressed similarly. Like she can’t even handle it when we meet up for dinner and we’re both wearing chucks, basically the most commonly owned pair of shoes. I’m By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 05:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 24, 2019 Maria’s off for a couple of weeks so I’m the lead on Celebrity Social Media, which means… as much Beyoncé content as I can find. Just kidding. But am I? I posted in the open about the Being Beyoncé’s assistant “choose your own adventure” Twitter thread. I By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 04:41 pm
Music Cardi B: always in the news Cardi B opened the BET Awards last night, performing “Press” and then Offset joined her onstage for “Clout”; at one point she gave him a lap dance. Maybe this is petty of me but I’m still not over the way he INTERRUPTED her to apologise and beg her to By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 04:21 pm
Music Everyone loves Lizzo Last night, Lizzo performed fan favourite “Truth Hurts” at the BET awards, in an incredible wedding dress atop a wedding cake with her dancers. As usual, Lizzo was totally herself: powerful, electrifying, and fierce. As Lainey mentioned earlier, Rihanna loved it too. And Lizzo documented the magic moment when she By Melayna • Jun 24, 2019 03:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Red Sonja rescued Despite a searing expose detailing a litany of allegations against him, it seemed that director Bryan Singer would, ultimately, be just fine. Sure, his participation in Bohemian Rhapsody was a total sh-tshow, but the movie made nine hundred million dollars and won Oscars. And he already had another high-profile directing By Sarah • Jun 24, 2019 01:55 pm
Music Coop & Gaga together again? There’s been some rumouring about a possible Jackson Maine and Ally reunion happening this week at Glastonbury which starts on Wednesday. DJ Edith Bowman said on her show yesterday that she’s heard about a secret performance and that, previously, when she interviewed Bradley Cooper, likely during promotion for By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 01:09 pm
Music BET honours Nipsey Hussle Last night at the BET Awards, some of the most meaningful moments were the ones honouring Nipsey Hussle, who was tragically gunned down in front of his store, The Marathon Clothing, at Crenshaw and Slauson, on March 31st, 2019. The area in Los Angeles, known to Crips as the Rollin By Melayna • Jun 24, 2019 12:25 pm
Music Mary J Blige: “a leader, a queen, a living legend” May J Blige was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards last night. As mentioned in the previous post, Rihanna presented it to her. Exactly. It’s Mary J Blige. To properly recognise Mary, you have to bring in someone who’s worthy of Mary. And someone By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 11:29 am
BFFs Seth Meyers: Rihanna’s biggest fanboy In case it wasn’t clear from their episode of Day Drinking that aired last week, Seth Meyers is obsessed with Rihanna. As I mentioned in my post about the segment, it was a perfect fit, both for his show and her brand. Turns out, as Seth tells Variety in By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 10:51 am
