Jock Smut Intro for October 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, The jokes about Drake and Kendrick Lamar started the minute the Jays won game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night. Drake, of course, is from Toronto and Kendrick is from LA and their feud has, at this point, become monoculture. If we’re talking about musicians and By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 10:25 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Musical Trilogies and Whitney-Keke As the old saying goes, “good things come in threes”, so it should come as no shock that when the rule of threes gets applied to music, the result can be great. Beyoncé being the most current example, the Album Of The Year winner is on album #2 of her By MC • Feb 04, 2025 12:33 pm
TV Updates Outfits of the Week: Jennie & Kristen in Tokyo The Idol premieres on Sunday with HBO hoping to fill the void left by Succession with what may just be the most controversial series of the summer. There was a big splashy premiere for The Idol in Cannes a couple of weeks ago but so far, no red carpet event By Lainey • Jun 02, 2023 01:47 pm
Gorgessity The Idol and The Idol I’m sure by now you’ve heard about or read about the reaction to The Idol in Cannes. Most critics are tearing it apart after getting a look at what was reported a few months ago in Rolling Stone – that the show is sleazy, has been described as “torture By Lainey • May 26, 2023 01:17 pm
TV Updates The Idol: Chaos is Coming The last time we talked at length about The Idol, it was coming out of Rolling Stone’s report on the allegedly messy production with script barely finished and constantly changing last minute, schedules all over the place, and all of it going overbudget under Sam Levinson’s leadership. It By Lainey • Apr 18, 2023 01:29 pm
TV Updates Intro for March 2, 2023 Dear Gossips, One of the big stories over the last couple of days is about The Weeknd’s HBO series, The Idol. The network describes it as the “sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood” and according to a new report in Rolling Stone, it sounds like the show is By Lainey • Mar 02, 2023 10:13 am
TV Updates The Weeknd’s The Idol The Weeknd is an artist whose music has always translated into a highly cinematic visual style through his videos and visual albums, especially his later works like After Hours and his Superbowl halftime show. So, I was interested when it was announced that he would create, produce, write, and star By Sarah • Jul 18, 2022 03:28 pm
Music Abel and Hoyeon A pretty big Coachella update today – Kanye West was supposed to be a headliner but has dropped out and is currently taking care of himself, an understandable decision. Over the last few days it’s been rumoured that The Weeknd would replace him and today came the confirmation: JUST IN: By Lainey • Apr 06, 2022 01:30 pm
TV Updates Selena Gomez: No Drama and More Coats When it was confirmed last week that Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes would host the Oscars, it was also reported that the Academy had extended an invitation to Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, aka the three leads of Only Murders in the Building, but couldn’t By Lainey • Feb 25, 2022 10:47 am
Top Reads The Weeknd’s Birthday Kissing…was not from Angelina Jolie There were rumours for months that The Weeknd and Angelina Jolie are a thing. But a few weeks ago, E! News reported that he was seen multiple times having dinner with Simi Khadra. She and her twin sister Haze are DJs and models and musicians. And there are cross-connections all By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 03:05 pm
Relationship Assumption The Weeknd: Angelina’s “Starry Eyes”? From what I’ve seen and read, The Weeknd’s new album, dawn FM, which dropped on Friday, is well-received by critics, and deservedly so. When I wrote about it the other day, in connection to all the speculation that lyrics in the song “Here We Go …Again” might be By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 03:06 pm
Music Did The Weeknd confirm Abelina? Earlier this week, The Weeknd announced the release of his new album, dawn FM, which is available now. The album would have already been trending, given how successful The Weeknd is, one of the top artists in the business right now. But there’s even more intrigue on top of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 01:02 pm
Maple Leaf The New Old Weeknd Major music news this week – The Weeknd has confirmed that his new album, dawn FM, is dropping Friday. On Monday he announced the title. Yesterday he shared the album cover. Today was the tracklist and the artists he’ll be collaborating with: Lil Wayne, Tyler, the Creator, Quincy Jones, and… By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 02:02 pm
Lizzo Celebrity Halloween Awards 2021 In Hollywood, just as there is in real life, there are those celebrities for whom Halloween will always be sexy. Halloween is an opportunity, just like every other day, to look hot. I don’t subscribe to that kind of Halloween, so I appreciate those celebrities who aren’t worried By Lainey • Nov 01, 2021 03:18 pm
Top Reads Angelina Jolie: A Dodge and Cover Angelina Jolie is currently in London and was seen shopping at H&M with Vivienne. The UK premiere of Marvel’s Eternals is happening tonight and with the time difference there’s a chance that we might be able to get some of those photos up before we wrap By Lainey • Oct 27, 2021 10:54 am
Relationship Assumption Angelina and Abel: From Summer to Fall Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd were first seen together this past summer, photographed leaving Giorgio Baldi after dinner, but separately. As I wrote at the time, the food at Giorgio Baldi is good, but you don’t go there if you’re trying to keep it low-key. This a paparazzi By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 03:32 pm
