TV Updates Brooklyn Nine-Nine Tackles #MeToo On Wednesday, Sarah wrote about Emma Thompson’s open letter and how her decision to quit Luck because of John Lasseter was privileged because she had the means and the resources to support herself and find work afterward. It was, however, an important step because by being the first person By Prem • Mar 01, 2019 03:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 1, 2019 How is this the first I’m seeing of Renee Zellwegger at the Vanity Fair party, in the perfect black party dress? She looks absolutely lovely and we know Renee doesn’t just show up for anything, she is extremely particular about her events. Her appearance makes me suspect that By Maria • Mar 01, 2019 02:00 pm
Ben Affleck Ben Affleck’s glow-up? I put a question mark behind that because I don’t know yet that it’s an official “glow-up”. So can we call it a “glow-up in progress”? I posted the other day about Ben Affleck and how tidy he looked on his night out with Lindsay Shookus last weekend. By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek’s post-Oscar move Now that Rami Malek has an Oscar, what will his career look like? He still has Mr. Robot, but on the movie side, it looks like his first post-Oscar role will be as the villain in Bond 25. In a double-report, Deadline stated that Malek and Lupita Nyong’o were By Sarah • Mar 01, 2019 12:33 pm
Royals Is Priyanka mad at Meghan? Priyanka Chopra, as we know, was friends with Meghan Markle before she met Prince Harry and was invited to the royal wedding in May. Meghan did not attend Priyanka and Nick Jonas’s wedding in India in December. And Priyanka was not at Meghan’s New York Takeover baby shower By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 11:57 am
Music Jo Bros: The Band’s Back Together Yesterday, the Jonas Brothers were trending number one on Twitter after they announced their reunion and new song, "Sucker", which dropped at midnight last night. As part of their promotion, the group will also be taking over The Late Late Show with James Cordon for four days next By Prem • Mar 01, 2019 11:20 am
TV Updates Leaving Neverland premieres this weekend After Sundance, many of you emailed for commentary about Leaving Neverland, the new documentary directed by Dan Reed that “explores the separate but parallel experiences of James ‘Jimmy’ Safechuck and Wade Robson” with Michael Jackson, alleging that he sexually abused them as children. I’ve not written about it because By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 10:30 am
Shout-Outs March 1, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs On Monday night in Vancouver, a car jumped the curb and crashed into lawyer Rachel Blarsky and her friend. Rachel has a “severely fractured pelvis, hip fracture, back fracture, some internal bleeding, and two broken fingers”. She’s had surgery and will require extensive rehabilitation. Rachel is a longtime LGBTQ+ By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 10:03 am
Music Intro for March 1, 2019 Dear Gossips, I woke up this morning to see Solange trending on Twitter, exactly what we need to coast into the weekend. When I Come Home is the follow-up to the Grammy-winning album A Seat at the Table, the best work of her career to that point, released in 2016. By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 09:48 am
What Else What Else? My parents used to own a Chinese buffet restaurant so I have seen buffet violence firsthand. Eggrolls and chicken balls used to be the contentious items and people would wait for a fresh batch and push others out of the way to get there first. This is the mistake that By Lainey • Feb 28, 2019 05:02 pm
Photo Assumption Ariana & Big Sean Part 2? Ariana Grande and Big Sean started dating some time in 2014 when he may or may not have been engaged to Naya Rivera, according to Naya. By October of 2014, Ariana and Sean were public. They walked the carpet together at the Grammys in 2015. Two months later it was By Lainey • Feb 28, 2019 03:59 pm
Maple Leaf The Queen of Bops Strikes Again Tired of listening to “Party for One” yet? I’m kidding, that’s impossible, but nevertheless, our beloved Queen of Bops has graced us with not one, but TWO new surprise singles! We don’t deserve her. Yesterday, Carly Rae Jepsen released “Now That I Found You” and “No Drug By Prem • Feb 28, 2019 03:45 pm
TV Updates Idris Elba’s comedy series Did you remember that Idris Elba made a comedy series for Netflix? I kinda forgot, then Lainey emailed me about the trailer for Turn Up Charlie and was like, Oh yeaaaaah, Idris Elba made a comedy series for Netflix. We’re living in Andy Warhol’s future, where everyone is By Sarah • Feb 28, 2019 03:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 28, 2019 Duana sent this to me this morning and it was a real mood lifter. It’s Tyra Banks taking a minute to celebrate herself. There’s no promo, no reboot announcement, no link – just Tyra in a the perfect 90s outfit with the baggy jeans and cinched waist and crop By Maria • Feb 28, 2019 02:32 pm
Music A Star is Born…and lives on forever Blair, our production coordinator at The Social, just walked into my office while I was watching Lady Gaga on Jimmy Kimmel last night. He raised his eyebrows, and I told him that “the A Star is Born Oscar campaign is still happening and the Oscars were four days ago”. Lady By Lainey • Feb 28, 2019 01:26 pm
TV Updates Welcome Back to West Beverly High The video teaser I’m posting below is only 10 seconds long. It has exactly zero familiar faces in it. So how, exactly, is it so satisfying? Kathleen and I were talking this weekend about songs that get stuck in your DNA. Mostly Christmas carols or hymns – and pop songs By Duana • Feb 28, 2019 12:14 pm
