Barack Obama Intro for December 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, This will be the final day of posting on the site for 2025. We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on January 5, 2026, with coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. And since 2025 has been a rough year, and it seems determined to By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:07 am
What Else What Else? President Obama was in Detroit yesterday campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. It was politics but also pop culture, because on the off chance you hadn’t heard, Eminem introduced President Obama and then President Obama kicked off his remarks by rapping a few lines from By Lainey • Oct 23, 2024 04:02 pm
Barack Obama Ranking the virtual commencement speeches In lieu of traditional graduations, the class of 2020 has been treated to a series of virtual commencement speeches from various celebrities and political figures. (Shout out to the class of 2020 who are coming of age in a literal nightmare but are hanging in there with the TikTok dances By Sarah • Jun 04, 2020 03:41 pm
Barack Obama Intro for May 6, 2020 Dear Gossips, It’s been seven weeks in lockdown and I’m afraid all the time. One thing that helps, for me, is having a schedule. Before the pandemic I was already a super scheduled person. Maybe even over-scheduled. I have alarms set throughout the day for shoot times, meeting By Lainey • May 06, 2020 08:51 am
Top Reads BangBang Con, Jungkook, Obama, and Simone Biles This past weekend, BTS streamed almost 24 hours of past concert and fan club performance footage on YouTube for an event they called BangBang Con, meant to be an alternative to their Map of the Soul: 7 tour which was supposed to have kicked off this month. BangBang Con generated By Lainey • Apr 22, 2020 02:31 pm
BFFs The Clooneys’ presidential weekend Amal and George Clooney summer in Lake Como, Italy, where they famously have a villa. I say famous because they are famous and their friends are famous and they’re always hosting famous people. George has been doing this for a long time – he sounds like an outstanding, master class By Lainey • Jun 21, 2019 11:16 am
BFFs Prince Harry in Chicago with the Obamas I love that Prince Harry is close with Barack and Michelle Obama. The way I imagine it, they’re totally best friends and text each other all the time. This is probably not real life. But why can’t we just have this dream. I have more details about my By Lainey • Nov 01, 2017 01:49 pm
Music Intro for October 24, 2016 Dear Gossips, Today is Drake’s 30th birthday. To commemorate the milestone, he released three new songs on his podcast this weekend and announced a new album, More Life, dropping in December. And he sort of got a shout-out from President Obama. The President hosted BET’s Love and Happiness: By Lainey • Oct 24, 2016 08:58 am
Gwen Stefani Gwen & Blake at the White House President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama hosted their final state dinner at the White House last night. Gwen Stefani was there to perform. Blake Shelton accompanied her and joined her on stage. #goaheadandbreakmyheart 💙💜🎶 @gwenstefani @blakeshelton #gwenandblake #blakeandgwen Source: Jacqueline Tarrant FB A video posted by @gwenandblake onOct 18, 2016 at By Lainey • Oct 19, 2016 04:00 pm
Leonardo DiCaprio The President and the Struggler It was announced today that President Obama will be meeting with Leonardo DiCaprio next week as part of the inaugural South by South Lawn: A White House Festival of Ideas, Art, and Action. Leo will be part of the climate change discussion, although someone sent me this on Twitter and By Lainey • Sep 26, 2016 01:10 pm
Jock Smut Intro for August 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, Two fashion magazines were making headlines yesterday about feminism. Let’s start with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of Marie Claire. Last year SJP told Cosmopolitan that she prefers to call herself a “humanist” and not a feminist. This time, in Marie Claire, she declares that: " By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 09:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Barack and Michelle Obama presidential rom-com In the grand tradition of Dave and The American President comes Southside With You, a fictionalization of the first date of Barack and Michelle Obama. It premiered earlier this year at Sundance, where it got good reviews, and the first trailer was released yesterday. It looks cute as hell. It By Sarah • Apr 29, 2016 11:42 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for April 25, 2016 Dear Gossips, Middle fingers up Put them hands high Wave it in his face Tell him… Boy bye Like, what else is there to talk about today? Because, really, there is only Beyoncé. And we will definitely be talking a lot about Beyoncé. In at least two posts. But first By Lainey • Apr 25, 2016 07:30 am
Royals The Obamas and the young royals President and Mrs Obama are dining tonight at Kensington Palace with the Cambridges and Hot Harry. In other words, two borings and a fun. Is that why the President is standing next to Prince Harry? Because between them and FLOTUS they have to carry the charisma at the table? The By Lainey • Apr 22, 2016 04:34 pm
Barack Obama Intro for March 15, 2016 Dear Gossips, Goal for the day: avoid Duana. Not because I don’t love her, obviously I do. But because the cast of Hamilton went to the White House yesterday, performing at the invitation of the President and the First Lady to an audience that included educators and students, to By Lainey • Mar 15, 2016 09:39 am
Maple Leaf Ryan & Blake for Canada at the White House President Obama and Michelle Obama hosted a state dinner last night in honour of Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau. It’s not an overstatement to say that American media has paid more attention to Trudeau than previous Canadian politicians, is it? There was a cheeky By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 12:00 pm
