Movie Reviews and Previews Beyoncé…and Meghan Markle? The Lion King opens on July 19. The final promotion stage is here, which means premieres and red carpets. And you know the biggest name involved. It’s Beyoncé, obviously, whose presence has been minimal so far – no junkets, no magazines, not much other than posting the trailer on her By Lainey • Jul 02, 2019 01:33 pm
Sports House Sussex at the baseball Meghan Markle made a surprise appearance this weekend when the New York Yankees played the Boston Red Sox in London. Major League Baseball partnered with the Invictus Games for the event so Prince Harry was always expected to attend but Meghan, who’s been on maternity leave since Archie Harrison By Lainey • Jul 02, 2019 01:04 pm
Girly Throw Downs This Taylor Swift mess On Sunday June 30, 2019, it was announced that Ithaca Holdings, led by Scooter Braun, who manages Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and others, acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), meaning Scooter now owns Taylor Swift’s back catalogue – every album up to and including reputation. By Lainey • Jul 02, 2019 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ready Player Jumanji Back during the 2017 holidays, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was a surprise, near-billion-dollar hit. So, naturally, a sequel (three-quel, technically) was immediately rushed into development. That movie, Jumanji: The Next Level, is scheduled for the 2019 holiday season, obviously hoping to repeat the fortunes of its By Sarah • Jul 02, 2019 10:35 am
Music Lil Nas X Gallops Out of the Closet Just as Pride Month was ending, the Gay Gods decided to bless us with one last gift. On Sunday, Lil Nas X posted tweeted this: some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this By Prem • Jul 02, 2019 09:43 am
Style Intro for July 2, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was a holiday weekend here in Canada for Canada Day. It was, clearly, not a quiet weekend on the timeline. And I’m not just talking about Taylor Swift. NBA free agency news has also dominated online and the most enigmatic free agent of them all has By Lainey • Jul 02, 2019 09:08 am
What Else What Else PROGRAMMING NOTE: We are dark on Monday as it’s Canada Day, a national holiday. We will be back to regular gossip schedule on Tuesday, July 2. Well I’m glad someone else said it first so I don’t have to eat sh-t for the comparison: Nicki Minaj By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 04:02 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Fame, In A Name Hi Duana, I've been such a fan of yours for a long time, and have been reading your column since long before I ever thought about getting pregnant! I really hope that you're able to help us out with our naming dilemma. My husband and I By Duana • Jun 28, 2019 03:01 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Celine Dion Celine Dion is in Paris and Paris Fashion Week is about to start so … who else would be the Outfit of the Week? Heads up, she’ll probably be OOTW next week too – and it’ll likely be multiples. This here is a controversial one, as many OOTW are. It’ By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 02:15 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 28, 2019 Taylor Swift doesn’t often post off-work-hours photos on Instagram. So this one, with the caption “Friday calmness” likely has her fans all knotted, wondering what it means. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Is it possible that she just liked this photo of herself in these sunglasses (they’re By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 01:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Himesh Patel in Yesterday Yesterday has one hell of a hook: Jack (Himesh Patel), a struggling singer-songwriter, hits his head and wakes up in a world where no one else remembers The Beatles, which is his ticket to long-awaited fame and glory. Nested within this story is a romantic dramedy about Jack By Sarah • Jun 28, 2019 01:02 pm
Royals House Sussex: the next tour Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced yesterday that they’ll be going on tour in the fall. It’ll be the official end of Royal Meghan’s maternity leave but, clearly, she’s been doing work behind the scenes since giving birth to Archie Harrison Windsor-Mountbatten last month as By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 12:24 pm
TV Updates Drag Race, Eh? Grab your toques, Raptors jerseys, and free healthcare because RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to Canada! Just as you were getting sick of corporations changing their social media icons to rainbow logos, Mama RuPaul came to save Pride Month with the announcement that the Drag Race family would be By Prem • Jun 28, 2019 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill, Secondary Sherlock Post-Superman, Henry Cavill is staying busy. He has that Witcher show coming to Netflix later this year (probably), and now he has bagged a movie role, one which could allow him to regrow The Mustache. Cavill will play Sherlock Holmes…in a movie that is not about Sherlock Holmes. By Sarah • Jun 28, 2019 11:23 am
Top Reads Idris Elba covers Vanity Fair Do you and your friends have different tastes? Probably. We can’t all be the same. I have a text thread going with one group of friends where we are always disagreeing about who we think is hot. The last time we fought about this, Sasha and I were onside By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 10:48 am
Shout-Outs June 28, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs For Linh and her Little Man and 14 years of love, all love – this is the deal we make with our companions, right? We know that it’s inevitable, but we do it anyway …because why? Because it’s so f-cking worth it. It’s worth the look on By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 10:25 am
