Music The old Taylor is back on the phone Taylor Swift opened the Billboard Music Awards last night with a marching band. You know where this is going – where else could it go? The comparisons were inevitable, non? Like, there is no way no one wouldn’t have picked up on it, especially since we just came off that By Lainey • May 02, 2019 09:58 am
Music Intro for May 2, 2019 Dear Gossips, Jacek was watching the Jays game on his phone while I had the Billboard Music Awards on last night. He took his headphones off for BTS. I never, ever thought that this would be the thing to bring us together: a boy band! Not just any boy band, By Lainey • May 02, 2019 08:34 am
What Else What Else? Excuse me? How… the f-ck… did I miss this? I love Reese’s peanut butter cups. Not as much as I love Oreos, but peanut butter and chocolate has been a lifelong mood. Peanut butter and banana is my Elvis Presley association. I have a peanut butter and banana By Lainey • May 01, 2019 04:23 pm
TV Updates Veronica Mars trailer debuts on Hulu If there was any doubt about who the Hulu Veronica Mars reboot was supposed to be for, it’s resolved in the first 10 seconds of the trailer. “When your best friend is murdered before your 17th birthday...” followed immediately by a tiny blonde taking down an attacker with a By Duana • May 01, 2019 03:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 1, 2019 There’s a new Anjelica Houston interview in Vulture and my goodness is it juicy – at least what I’ve been able to get through before deadline. I had to stop at “pharmaceutical flake,” because I knew then that I’d need to read it, then re-read it immediately. By Maria • May 01, 2019 02:33 pm
Game of Thrones Show Your Work: Dark GoT, Chaos Walking, and Sandra Oh The Game of Thrones is full of terrors – only you can’t see them because “The Long Night” was so dark. I’m sure you’ve heard the complaints about how the episode was lit and here’s the article that Duana and I are referring to during our discussion By Lainey • May 01, 2019 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #ThankYouAvengers There is a lovely hashtag circulating on Twitter, #ThankYouAvengers. It’s full of people remembering their favorite characters and moments, and a hell of a lot of people mentioning they literally grew up with the Avengers, going from elementary school to college over the course of the eleven-year franchise. By Sarah • May 01, 2019 12:56 pm
Style Charlize’s Long Shot week I have a friend who hasn’t seen Avengers: Endgame yet. Yesterday I offered to go see it again with her (what?! It will only be my third time!) but there are NO seats in any of the adult-only-you-can-drink-alcohol theatres. For the second weekend! You By Lainey • May 01, 2019 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Downey Jr: genius, billionaire, husband, philanthropist No, he’s not a billionaire yet. But at this point – or soon – Robert Downey Jr has to be at least halfway there. The Hollywood Reporter published an article earlier this week about the Avengers and their paycheques. Of all the Avengers, RDJ has made the most money – and this By Lainey • May 01, 2019 11:15 am
Maple Leaf Celine is “worth it” Celine Dion is on the cover of the new issue of ELLE. This is a good read and I’m not excerpting anything from the article because it’s a joy from top to bottom and that’s the only way you’re going to get the full experience of By Lainey • May 01, 2019 09:55 am
Music Intro for May 1, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Billboard Music Awards are happening tonight. These awards don’t really matter so, really, if you’re watching, it’s because of the performances. Taylor Swift is opening the show. Madonna is performing with Maluma. God that guy is so f-cking hot I hope he brings By Lainey • May 01, 2019 08:40 am
What Else What Else? Halima Aden is the first ever model to be in Sports Illustrated wearing a burkini and a hijab. She is Somali-American. She is, obviously, gorgeous. The photos are, obviously, gorgeous. And you know what? They’re a lot more interesting than the photos we see in SI featuring bikinis. By Lainey • Apr 30, 2019 04:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews No, Arya is not a Mary Sue SPOILERS There are some words that let a person know exactly who you are. Use them and you’re telling on yourself. Recently this list of words has grown to include the language of the diaper babies. “Soyboy”, “cuck”, “SJW”, these are terms that announce to the world you wear By Sarah • Apr 30, 2019 03:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews So what happened to the Avengers’ timeline? STILL SPOILERS MORE SPOILERS THERE ARE SPOILERS JUST SEE THE MOVIE ALREADY Maybe the biggest debate coming out of Avengers:Endgame is what is going on with the timeline. I admit, this is my favorite post-Endgame debate. Talking about Natasha is frustrating for all the wasted potential, the Fat By Sarah • Apr 30, 2019 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I did not mean THIS weird When the Detective Pikachu trailer came out, I said, “Let’s get REAL WEIRD”. I am now revising my statement, because we have a trailer for a live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie and I did not mean we should get THIS weird. This is about ten miles past how By Sarah • Apr 30, 2019 01:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 30, 2019 Stagecoach has been in my feed and I’m tempted to call it Cowboy Coachella because of photos like this, but that probably wouldn’t be fair to Stagecoach. One thing the two festivals do have in common is an uptick in herpes prescriptions. But reading through the story, all By Maria • Apr 30, 2019 01:13 pm