Nicki Minaj Kacey, Hailey, Nicki: the Met Gala Barbies Nicki Minaj’s association with “Barbie” is well-known. From the moment she came on the scene, “Barbie” has been her whole deal, her “barbz” ride-or-die with her every feud. Seeing her last night in “Barbie” pink, with a “Barbie” high ponytail, was almost a throwback. Or a flashback. I keep By Lainey • May 07, 2019 05:46 am
Met Gala 2019 Jared Leto and the Olsens: Best and worst twins I’m cheating by calling Jared Leto a twin – he carried around his own head. Maybe that would be irreverent and serious and ridiculous if we hadn’t seen it before – Gucci did it in Fall/Winter 2018. A gag that is only a year old is not Camp. Jared By Maria • May 07, 2019 05:31 am
Met Gala 2019 Tracee Ellis-Ross & Lena Waithe: Best Met Messages Lena Waithe delivered the best statement at last year’s Met Gala when the theme was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”, commanding the red carpet in a rainbow cape meant as a super-shield of support and strength for those rejected by a divine prescription that is selective and By Lainey • May 07, 2019 05:04 am
Met Gala 2019 Alessia, Emma, Lana, Lucy: Met Gala Tulle Tulle is, in and of itself, one of the most extra of fabrics. Tulle is not often used sparingly. Tulle is almost always presented to us in excess. Tulle is also a tutu, seen on ballerinas. And, as Prem wrote in his post about Camp yesterday, Louis XIV was the By Lainey • May 07, 2019 04:41 am
Met Gala 2019 Gal Gadot & Bella Hadid: Met Gala Personal Bests In the category of ‘honest confessions nobody will be shocked by’, I’ve never cared much about Bella Hadid. I mean I don’t dislike her in any way, but I’ve known her because of who her sister is or her boyfriend was and/or is, but never really By Duana • May 07, 2019 04:26 am
Met Gala 2019 Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson: MET heist in real life There was a lot of gold on the red carpet, so much so that at one point I started making a list and then promptly gave up. I think some people used gold and pink as a shortcut to camp, and that’s what I think Mindy Kaling did with By Maria • May 07, 2019 04:15 am
Met Gala 2019 Saoirse Ronan & Rachel Brosnahan: Subtle Camp Blondes “Theme! Theme theme THEME!” That’s the refrain on Twitter, and honestly it’s often the refrain on our text threads – but at the same time, part of pulling off what is essentially a costume is knowing what works on you. Saoirse Ronan has consistently killed in her wardrobe choices By Duana • May 07, 2019 03:59 am
Met Gala 2019 Wendi Deng: Camp Defined and Defied I’ve spent the better part of the last two days reading about Camp, and the more I try to nail down a definition, the harder it is to understand. Prem broke it down wonderfully in his writing: “we can roughly categorize Camp as the appreciation and delight of frivolity, By Maria • May 07, 2019 03:40 am
Met Gala 2019 Billy Porter: Best Met Drama We need to listen to Debra Messing more, because apparently, she has a secret clairvoyant sense that no one knows about. You might even call her the Gay Whisperer. In an article explaining Camp by W Magazine, Debra Messing commented, “I hope Billy Porter is [at the Met Gala]. He By Prem • May 07, 2019 03:27 am
Met Gala 2019 Intro for May 7, 2019 Dear Gossips, Rihanna, the High Priestess of the Met Gala, did not show up at the Met Gala. I’m not mad about this decision. She knows now what she means to the Met Gala. She knows how people have reacted to her at the Met Gala. She understands the By Lainey • May 07, 2019 02:16 am
What Else What Else? A reminder once again that we’re pulling a Met Gala all-nighter and our first posts should be up at around 1am ET tonight and steadily rolling out through the early morning. Send us your thoughts, tweet us, let us know what you think of all the looks! Speaking of By Lainey • May 06, 2019 04:01 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Best Of All Worlds Hi Duana! I had written to you months ago about baby #3 due in May (not knowing what the baby’s gender would be) and stressing about what to name the babe if it was a boy. We loved the name Isaiah but it is way to similar to our By Duana • May 06, 2019 04:00 pm
TV Updates A Little Less Busy Yesterday, Busy Philipps took to social media to share that her show, Busy Tonight, would not be continuing on at E!. I’m not surprised – a couple of weeks ago I texted a friend that I felt like the show was on the cusp of being cancelled and she said By Maria • May 06, 2019 03:15 pm
Maple Leaf Keanu Reeves for Saint Laurent I had other thoughts I wanted to put in the title for this post. Like… Jared Leto could never. And… Johnny Depp only wishes. But first, let me show you what I’m talking about. I mean, this would be enough on its own: KEANU REEVES – FALL WINTER 19#YSL24 By Lainey • May 06, 2019 02:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 6, 2019 Hailee Steinfeld is only 22 and this will be her 9th Met Gala. (Why was she going at 13?) The new(ish) unofficial rule is that it’s 18+ because the museum got pissed when a bunch of celebrities posted social media photos from the bathroom and everyone was smoking. By Maria • May 06, 2019 01:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man is going through some stuff The spoiler buffer for Avengers: Endgame is officially over, because there is a new trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home and it is straight up giving away major Endgame plot points. This trailer gives us a better view of Peter Parker post-re-snap, still reeling from That Thing That Happened and By Sarah • May 06, 2019 12:46 pm
