Music Intro for March 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, The iHeart Living Room Concert for America was not live. That is, they weren’t throwing from one performer to another in real time. The performances, though, did indeed take place at each of the artists’ homes, and some were more candid than others. During Tim McGraw’s, By Lainey • Mar 30, 2020 08:47 am
Amazingness Cardi B’s COVID-19 Seminar I am always amused when celebrities refer to “celebrities” in the third person, as though they’re not it. Obviously, I am currently/perpetually doing post-doctoral work in the various strata of stars (who are we kidding) but usually when famous people refer to “celebrities” like they’re not a By Duana • Mar 26, 2020 12:55 pm
Girly Throw Downs Taylor vs Kim: A Social Distancing Petty-Off The full video of the phone call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West leaked a few days ago, resulting in a gossip revival– during this time of uncertainty, three of the most dramatic pop culture players of our time have come to provide us with a distraction. And it’s By Lainey • Mar 24, 2020 09:46 am
Amazingness Intro for March 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, “Let’s go get ‘em.” Did you join the Beyoncé Homecoming viewing party last night? That’s what I was doing, along with a few friends on group chat, and hundreds of thousands others, if not more, on social media, which is why #Homecoming was trending worldwide for By Lainey • Mar 19, 2020 09:02 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 9. 2020 Dear Gossips, Let’s start the week where we ended the last – with Celine Dion who wrapped up a week of shows in New York last night and it’s not like all she did was perform on stage while she was there. She also served all kinds of looks By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 08:24 am
Maple Leaf Outfits of the Week: Celine NY Runway Normally when Celine Dion turns a city street into a runway, it’s in Paris during Fashion Week. By the way, her tour stops in France, conveniently, during Fashion Week in July – amazing how it worked out that way, non? While that’s still three months away, though, this week By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 03:50 pm
Maple Leaf Celine’s week in New York You guys, I’ve just realised that we’re now in March 2020 and this is my first post about Celine Dion all year, what the F-CK. Sorry. It’s just that there haven’t been all that many pictures. She also lost her ma a month ago and, well, By Lainey • Mar 02, 2020 01:53 pm
Royals Intro for March 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Just an important distinction before we begin. As you know, Prince Andrew, who was friends with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, stepped down from royal duties indefinitely back in November of 2019. And it’s not because the royal institution was appalled by his association with the By Lainey • Mar 02, 2020 09:16 am
Jock Smut Intro for February 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, I can’t help it. I love Drake. And not just because he’s from Toronto but because… what else do you want in an entertainer? The Milwaukee Bucks played the Raptors in Toronto last night. The Bucks have been doing a kind of WWE-inspired pre-game routine. Given By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 09:20 am
Amazingness Intro for February 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Did you see that tweet a couple of weeks ago, a marked-up Tom and Jerry essay that looked like it had been posted by an English professor and went viral? Super viral. Teaching my first English course this semester has been rewarding but I don’t know what By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 09:20 am
Royals The Prince Andrew school bus Prince Andrew, who was friends with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has reportedly not yet cooperated with investigators about Epstein’s crimes, despite insisting in an interview with BBC Newsnight that he’d be willing to participate. This morning in New York, Gloria Allred, who is representing a few By Lainey • Feb 21, 2020 11:05 am
BFFs Lizzo & Harry Styles: The Internet’s New Favourite The BRIT Awards happened in London last night and I’m not talking about anyone else’s fashion other than Lizzo because… LIZZO. Everything Lizzo. All the outfits. But especially when she decided she was a snack. THE snack. Levels, as they say in England. Levels. Lizzo owns all the By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 03:53 pm
Amazingness Matt Damon’s mullet As noted in the previous post, Ben Affleck is currently promoting The Way Back. When that’s done, he’ll likely return to production on The Last Duel, alongside Matt Damon. It’s scheduled to be released at Christmas which is ambitious. Because Christmas movies are either for the box By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 11:28 am
Music Mimi just keeps giving It’s five days until Christmas! And our generous Christmas Butterfly just keeps giving! This, after all, is the season of Mimi. Mariah Carey IS Christmas, a fact. As we know, Mimi’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first By Lainey • Dec 20, 2019 10:47 am
Amazingness Intro for December 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, It’s a week to Christmas Eve and…she did it, lambs! She did it! On the 25th anniversary of “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, Mariah Carey has the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for the VERY FIRST TIME. I mean, of course, the By Lainey • Dec 17, 2019 09:00 am
Cringe Leo dances 2019 Are we celebrating five year milestones today? In the open, I marked the fifth anniversary of Beyoncé attending Taylor Swift’s birthday party. It has also been five years since Leonardo DiCaprio went to Coachella (in 2014) and did this – you remember, don’t you? Total nerd. And it’s By Lainey • Dec 16, 2019 09:06 am