Royals Meghan Markle: no pictures at Wimbledon The big headline over at the Daily Mail at 6am this morning was about how Meghan Markle’s protection officers were warning people at Wimbledon last week not to take photos of her. Meghan was there with two friends to watch Serena’s match. According to a woman in the By Lainey • Jul 09, 2019 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Lion King cast portrait One of my favourite things in life right now is the cast portrait of The Lion King released by Disney yesterday. Beyoncé, obviously, is the focus. She is meant to be the focus, obviously. There is no doubt about it with that placement. View this post on Instagram A post By Lainey • Jul 09, 2019 10:10 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Fast 9: Will the women get to stand up this time? Fast 9, the latest entry in the most improbable franchise in cinema, is currently filming in the UK. Vin Diesel took to Instagram to drop some casting news, confirming that Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren are returning for this installment. Theron was the villain in F8te of the Furious—still By Sarah • Jul 09, 2019 09:50 am
Intro for July 9, 2019 Dear Gossips, In yesterday’s Celebrity Social Media, Maria mentioned Jessica Pressler’s piece in The Cut about the nursery school drama happening in Brooklyn. As my friend Lorella said after reading it, “I ate it like a 7 course meal”. Me too. Like savoured. Everyone comes off as an By Lainey • Jul 09, 2019 08:39 am
What Else What Else? What is it with statues and busts the last few years? Oh and courtroom sketches too. No bust made me laugh harder than Ronaldo’s bust. But my go-to will always be that botched Spanish fresco restoration. It was supposed to be Jesus and it ended up being …well… By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 04:56 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The H Factor Hi Duana, Love your name column. Hoping you can offer some advice and feedback. We’re expecting a baby and we’re not sure of the gender. We’ve got two girls already, Jiya ( pronounced Gee-ah), Ela (pronounced Eh-lah)... and we’re not sure what name to use By Duana • Jul 08, 2019 04:34 pm
Weddings Zoe and Karl on their honeymoon? I put a question mark there because I’m not entirely sure if this is their “official” honeymoon – here are Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman, a week after their wedding in Paris, in Positano having dinner with friends last night. According to E! News, Zoe was showing wedding photos to By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 04:17 pm
Equality Issues Colin Kaepernick and Nike’s value Forbes is reporting that Nike’s stock rose 2% this past week, which is $3 billion in market value, after complying with spokesperson Colin Kaepernick’s appeal to pull its latest shoe. Last week, Nike removed the “Betsy Ross”, a version of their Air Max 1 Quick Strike. According to By Melayna • Jul 08, 2019 03:49 pm
Maple Leaf Celine Dion: first Paris, then London Last week Celine Dion took over Paris Fashion Week. Then she went to London and did the same. Celine Dion performed in Hyde Park on Friday and… it was the only sh-t that mattered. It was clearly the only sh-t that mattered to Sam Smith: CELINE DION CHANGED By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 02:51 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 8, 2019 You guys! You guys. I’m back. I have missed this space – a lot. Lainey has done an excellent job of checking in on my favourites (Breaking Bad, the Beckhams, the Gallagher brothers). Concerning the latter, there was a little feud-within-a-feud last week involving text messages and By Maria • Jul 08, 2019 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Maleficent is a baddie again…or is she? While writing up that solid Mulan teaser, I cut a whole tangent about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and its place in the live-action remake canon. But now we have a brand new Maleficent trailer to judge and it is exactly what my tangent-rant was about, so now let’ By Sarah • Jul 08, 2019 12:20 pm
Relationship Assumption Shawn & Camila: Sunday brunch Kathleen texted me late Friday night, after midnight for her in Toronto so it was technically Saturday morning at that point. This isn’t a new IG post, but it was giving her some late night feelings. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 11:48 am
Music Taylor Swift Prime It’s been just over a week since Taylor Swift called out Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta over her masters. Since posting her statement on Tumblr on Sunday, Taylor’s stayed quiet. The mess seems to have died down over the last few days as celebrities and Twitter have taken By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mulan suits up The Disney live-action remake train CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP, so before we even get to The Lion King and Maleficent 2, the remaining remakes for the year, we have a teaser for Mulan, the first live-action remake of 2020. I have not been super enthusiastic about By Sarah • Jul 08, 2019 09:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Archie’s Christening Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was christened on Saturday, July 6 at Windsor Castle, where his parents were married last year. There were reportedly 25 people there, including his godparents, whoever they are, his grandmother, Doria Ragland, and Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince William and Catherine, and Princess Diana’s sisters, By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 09:01 am
Amazingness Intro for July 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, How long does it take for a viral challenge to peak? Last summer the #InMyFeelings challenge, inspired by Drake’s “In My Feelings”, lasted…a couple of weeks? Who won that? Was it Will Smith? As I’ve been mentioning in Celebrity Social Media while subbing in for By Lainey • Jul 08, 2019 08:26 am
