Girlcrushes I think I wanna have her baby MC Troublemaker, aka Lupita Nyong’o was on Lip-Sync Battle this week – did you see? Salt’n’Pepa are having a week! Beyoncé honoured them for Halloween and now Lupita doing Whatta Man, and killing it. So good she had to get sprayed down at the end. I love that By Lainey • Nov 04, 2016 04:52 pm
Music Chest thumping at the CMAs Some people weren’t feeling Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks’ performance at the CMAs. (I see you, Kenny Chesney. But I also understand that no one wants to follow Beyoncé.) Other people were feeling it hard. Faith Hill knew all the words and was singing along. Miranda Lambert was getting By Lainey • Nov 03, 2016 01:19 pm
Music Beyoncé & the Dixie Chicks A few weeks ago, we had a memory scientist on The Social who talked about how sometimes we remember things that we can’t possibly remember. Like your dad feeding you a piece of chocolate when you were 14 months old and you spat it out and it’s the By Lainey • Nov 03, 2016 11:47 am
Hook Ups Did Xenu hurt our Butterfly? Mimi is no longer engaged. And she will not hide from it, goddamn it. Most celebrities would be living undercover in a situation like this. Not our butterfly. Our butterfly has been more visible than ever, waving that $10 million ring around like a declaration of war: I will not By Lainey • Nov 01, 2016 04:19 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Barbie & Ken Carter Well. I’m a f-cking stupid asshole. Yesterday when I posted about Beyoncé I was wondering about Jay Z’s Dwayne Wanye outfit, sort of wishing that they would have saved it for a time when Beyoncé could be Whitley with him. And then, on Halloween proper, they do this. By Lainey • Nov 01, 2016 12:32 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Get up on this! Last year Beyoncé and Jay Z’s Halloween costumes were inspired by Coming To America. This year? They were going to her cousin’s 80s and 90s themed party. So… Salt’n’Pepa. Get up on this! A video posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) onOct 30, 2016 at 8:30pm PDT By Lainey • Oct 31, 2016 01:53 pm
Break Ups To Pay A Butterfly Mimi is the living embodiment of EXTRA. Everything is extra – her clothes, her shows, her baths, her presence. So, when she breaks up with someone, it’s never going to be small. It’s always going to be EXTRA. This is an extra f-cking breakup. According to TMZ Mimi is By Lainey • Oct 28, 2016 04:11 pm
Amazingness Kiss her by the pussy When Ben Affleck’s Nick Dunne went down on Rosamund Pike’s Amazing Amy in Gone Girl a couple of years ago, near the beginning of the movie, right after they meet, I was surprised. And turned on. Ben really went for it. Cunnilingus in mainstream pop culture is as By Lainey • Oct 27, 2016 02:07 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken Jackie's jeans Jackie Chan's legend is not just limited to Asia. We're not fighting about this, are we? He's a legend around the world. But please don't ask me how he can look exactly the same after all these years. I watched my first By Lainey • Oct 26, 2016 04:41 pm
Amazingness Mimi’s Halloween party Mimi hosted a Halloween party this weekend with Nick Cannon and her kids. So…what did Mimi dress up as? Some people go as cats and bats. Some are superheroes. Some are super villains. Mimi? Mimi dressed up as Skinny & Tight for Halloween. I mean, she’s playing like By Lainey • Oct 24, 2016 04:50 pm
Amazingness The History of Tom Cruise Why is James Corden so much less annoying than Jimmy Fallon? Why did I ask such an annoying question? Sorry. Another annoying question though: do you think Jimmy Fallon is threatened by James Corden? Does he go around asking people, “Do you think Hugh Jackman likes James Corden more than By Lainey • Oct 20, 2016 11:30 am
TV Updates Factual Evidence to support Crucible Cast Party (I don’t remember the Sprite. What am I forgetting?) The most recent episode of SNL was always going to be a stacked deck for musical theatre, song-and-Broadway nerds. Elsewhere you can see host Lin-Manuel Miranda do his ‘I hope I nail SNL hosting’ rap to the tune of My By Duana • Oct 11, 2016 11:08 am
Music Solange’s Seat at the Table I want to thank Matthew and Tina Knowles for procreating. I want to thank them for creating two daughters who stand so proudly in their blackness and gift us with stunning pieces of art. This weekend, I was thankful especially for Solange Knowles. Solange’s bold and brilliant third album By Kathleen • Oct 03, 2016 09:31 am
Music Bon Iver on cassette I got the best email this morning from a reader called Eleanor. Thank you Eleanor. I love starting my day off laughing. So Bon Iver’s just released a new album 22, A Million. The reviews have been excellent. I’ve not listened to it yet but I’ve no By Lainey • Sep 30, 2016 11:56 am
Maple Leaf The new King of Shade All four Cambridges are in Canada right now on a royal tour of our country’s west coast. Will and Kate will be homebasing in Victoria with day trips here and there while Big G and Charlotte hang back at Government House. Kate wore a white and red Alexander McQueen By Lainey • Sep 26, 2016 04:06 pm
Amazingness Hillary Between Two Ferns I don’t think I’ve gotten quite enough people yelling at me about politics and the election, so let’s talk about Hillary Clinton’s appearance on Between Two Ferns. Yesterday the twentieth episode of Between Two Ferns came out and it features Hillary Clinton doing some #MillennialOutreach by By Sarah • Sep 23, 2016 11:59 am