Maple Leaf Drake’s championship weekend I’m writing this during the Raptors championship parade in Toronto. Right now the players are making their way on buses through the city, headed for City Hall, where a rally will take place. Doesn’t feel like anyone is working today here. Construction workers are hanging off scaffolds. Thousands By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 12:34 pm
Royals House Cambridge and a new angle to the Rose problem Last Friday, after weeks of media avoidance on the issue, the Sun in the UK published a sympathetic profile of Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, about how she’s been struggling with all the rumours and speculation, about how she’s kind of been abandoned by friends and maybe By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 11:37 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince Harry’s first Father’s Day House Sussex – Meghan Markle, really – continues to flex on social media, grammar aside. For Father’s Day yesterday, it was another major exclusive: a new shot of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in the arms of his sire, Prince Harry. This is the best look we’ve had of his face By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 10:41 am
BFFs Taylor’s very gay video It’s Pride month – and Taylor Swift has just released the video to her latest single, “You Need To Calm Down”. As she promised on Instagram this weekend, a LOT of celebrities show up. A lot LGBTQ+ celebrities. Like Laverne Cox, and Ellen DeGeneres, getting a tattoo from Adam Lambert, By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 09:32 am
Sports Intro for June 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, We are celebrating today in Toronto. Today is our championship parade. The Toronto Raptors are coming home with the NBA’s championship trophy. According to the latest estimates, as many as 2 million people will be downtown to cheer the Raptors’ historic win. In The Athletic, there’s By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 09:02 am
What Else What Else? People are doing forensics of what Prince Harry may have said to Meghan Markle on the balcony last week at Trooping the Colour. Meghan haters (the Daily Mail and half the people on Twitter) think that he was basically telling her to turn the f-ck around you goddamn bitch, By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 04:04 pm
Style Tessa Thompson: so many Outfits of the Week Tessa Thompson was the Outfit of the Week last week . And she claimed the title early, like I think it was Monday. Because there was no way in my mind that anyone was going to top that – or if anyone was going to top her, it would be her. What By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 03:36 pm
TV Updates Scandal on Love Island: What Happened to Sherif? Love Island, as always, is the gift that keeps on giving. There’s enough drama on the show already (especially this year), but this week’s gossip is actually from the production side of things. One of the contestants, Sherif Lanre, left the competition after reportedly breaking one of Love By Prem • Jun 14, 2019 02:53 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 14, 2019 Gloria Estefan is a legend who doesn’t get enough credit. She needs to get some kind of lifetime achievement award so that other musicians can line up to pay tribute to her and her contributions to music and culture. She is also a hotel owner (that’s some boss By Maria • Jun 14, 2019 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A bunch of ghouls in The Dead Don’t Die Jim Jarmusch’s latest feature, The Dead Don’t Die, is a curious movie that exists in two realities at once: one in which it is good, and one in which it is bad. It’s like Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the universe in that it is By Sarah • Jun 14, 2019 01:34 pm
Equality Issues Issa Rae: all she does is win If you haven’t seen this yet, your Friday is about to get better. At the Women in Film gala the other night, Issa Rae was presented with the inaugural Emerging Entrepreneur award. During her acceptance speech, instead of being humble, she was … I don’t want to say “not By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 01:03 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Lover Yesterday was June 13, 2019, the day the North with remember forever. #WeTheNorth The number 13, however, as we all know, is Taylor Swift’s favourite. So she made some announcements yesterday. It is now confirmed that her new album is titled Lover. It comes out August 23 (8+2+ By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 11:23 am
Royals House Cambridge and the Rose they can’t shake House Cambridge has been looking good lately. Princess Kate’s garden was a big hit. They put on a good show at Trooping the Colour last weekend. Prince William threw down some “soft politics” in Cumbria earlier this week, demonstrating his statesman skills, giving us a sign of the kind By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 10:31 am
Intro for June 14, 2019 Dear Gossips, #WeTheNorth! No, but seriously, we are. This blog is based in Canada. I was born and raised in Toronto. And in case you haven’t heard, the Toronto Raptors made history last night winning the NBA Championship for the first time in franchise history, which means, obviously, that By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 09:54 am
What Else What Else? What’s old is always new again – will the teen in your life be wearing velour this summer? Because Baby Phat is back, updated for 2019. I wasn’t ever into Baby Phat the first time. I also never owned anything Juicy Couture. I did, however, succumb to the Lululemon By Lainey • Jun 13, 2019 04:22 pm
Josh Hartnett also got a job Last week, we discussed Orlando Bloom’s new job, an historical fantasy on Amazon Prime. This week, Josh Hartnett—the Proto-Orlando Bloom—also got a new job, also on a TV show. Hartnett’s show is called Paradise Lost, and it is a Southern Gothic mystery about a psychiatrist By Sarah • Jun 13, 2019 04:11 pm
