Music A.I. Katy Perry Taylor Swift walked the carpet at the iHeartRadio Awards last night without giving interviews because that’s her thing now. It’s also a status thing. The big ones can breeze in, take some photos, and bypass the press line. Katy Perry doesn’t have that option though. As one By Lainey • Mar 15, 2019 12:06 pm
Taylor Swift Same old Taylor Taylor Swift won several awards at the iHeartRadio Awards last night, including best tour. She wore a blue/purple sequined romper, a look she’s done before, in years past, in eras past. And that wasn’t the only thing that felt old, like a rerun. Like we’ve been By Lainey • Mar 15, 2019 11:10 am
Scarlett Johansson Global Actresses…and Scarlett Johansson Vogue’s April issue has a series of covers featuring actresses from around the world, representing the biggest and/or most promising names from fourteen countries. Lainey emailed me about it and said, “Global actresses…and Scarlett Johansson?!?!” I get it, though, ScarJo is a huge draw around the world. By Sarah • Mar 15, 2019 10:29 am
Royals It’s Official: Introducing House Sussex After nearly six months of speculation, it was formally announced yesterday that the Sussexes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have their own household separate from the Cambridges, William and Catherine. House Sussex has been established with the support of Her Majesty and Prince Charles. Existing Kensington Palace staff will By Lainey • Mar 15, 2019 10:00 am
TV Updates Intro for March 15, 2019 Dear Gossips, Taika Waititi posted a Bob Marley quote today on Twitter: "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness." The light in this space today belongs to Lilly Singh. She was By Lainey • Mar 15, 2019 09:07 am
What Else What Else? The last time we checked in on Lori Harvey, who is Steve Harvey’s stepdaughter, the Beyhive was getting mad at her for smiling a certain way at Jay-Z. Turns out, Jay-Z may not have been the music mogul that Lori was connecting with at that Grammys brunch. She and By Lainey • Mar 14, 2019 04:18 pm
BFFs This is not the father I still don’t get why people are trying to believe in a Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper romance. Like, separate from shipping their characters in A Star is Born. That people fell for those characters and their chemistry is one thing. But actually believing that Gaga and Coop are an undercover By Lainey • Mar 14, 2019 04:09 pm
Maple Leaf Toronto politics at SXSW When the photos first emerged of Damian Lewis on-set in prosthetic makeup as late Toronto mayor Rob Ford — whose crack smoking scandal and sometimes debaucherous behaviour became fodder for late night jokes (and a Kimmel interview) and global fascination — it was easy to assume the movie was all about him. By Joanna • Mar 14, 2019 03:38 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 14, 2019 Instagram was down yesterday and Lindsay Lohan grabbed her magnifying glass and threw on a trench coat to get to the bottom of it. not when russia hacks you. it is not funny kids. this is the real world.— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) March 13, 2019 It’s a very specific By Maria • Mar 14, 2019 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Superheroes who f-ck The best part of the new Avengers: Endgame trailer is right at the end, when Carol Danvers appears in a stare-down with Thor. This was Lainey’s reaction: I AM FREAKING OUT AND OBVIOUSLY UNSTABLE. Thor and Carol’s budding super best friendship deserves its own space. They are two By Sarah • Mar 14, 2019 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sadvengers strike again Everyone’s favorite mopey superheroes are back in the latest trailer for Avengers: Endgame. They’re showing off new hair, new suits, and getting their mope on as they prepare to take on Thanos in round two. I’m not super into the tone of these trailers, which only increase By Sarah • Mar 14, 2019 12:58 pm
Music The year of the scam continues in The Boy Band Con Scammers, as we’ve seen this year, are having a moment. That momentum continues with The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story, the satisfying documentary about the late fraudster mogul who discovered Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Aaron Carter, O-Town, LFO, and most of your favourite 90s and early aughts pop By Joanna • Mar 14, 2019 12:49 pm
Lifestyle What's Your Drama: Dink In A Sink & A Creepy Husband Welcome back to another episode of What's Your Drama! On today's show: We are still not over Operation Varsity Blues. This story is privilege at play and some of the details are just hilarious. Then we get into your drama! How to handle a dirty boyfriend, By Sasha • Mar 14, 2019 11:35 am
Faux Gossip JLo’s ring fitness Earlier this week, like a day after Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announced their engagement, Jose Canseco got on Twitter to accuse ARod of cheating on JLo with his ex-wife Jessica. Jessica has now reinstated her Twitter account to refute Jose’s claims: Those false accusations Jose is making are By Lainey • Mar 14, 2019 11:22 am
Relationship Assumption Channing and Jessie hold hands We are coming up on the one year anniversary of Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan announcing their separation. Many of you were devastated at the time. “LOVE IS OVER!” proclaimed people on Twitter. “I’LL NEVER GET OVER THIS (celebrity split)!,” said others. Well, the lesson here is that if By Lainey • Mar 14, 2019 10:55 am
Ben Affleck Ben is his tattoo Ben Affleck’s new interview with Ellen DeGeneres to promote Triple Frontier on Netflix will air today. He looks good, relaxed, acknowledging his troubles of the past couple of years and the work he’s put in to move through them. So much so that he’s ready to take By Lainey • Mar 14, 2019 09:55 am
