Baby and Bump Obsession Irina and Bradley’s Valentine’s picnic Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper were papped in Venice Beach yesterday with a picnic basket, perhaps enjoying their last Valentine’s Day before becoming parents. They’ve yet to make an official statement on the pregnancy and the engagement but, well, one of those two is pretty obvious. These are By Lainey • Feb 15, 2017 11:39 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Intro for February 14, 2017 Dear Gossips, Ratings for the Grammys this year improved over last year and the year before. Social media ratings, increasingly important to measure reach, also went up over last year and the year before. These were the Grammys where Beyoncé had the most nominations. Who, then, do you think generated By Lainey • Feb 14, 2017 09:00 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Beyoncé knew She knew. Last week I wrote about how the Recording Academy had to discuss during a meeting whether or not Beyoncé was “gaming the system”. They claim it was a short conversation but the signs were there – they didn’t appreciate that Beyoncé delivered a complete album that crossed several By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 11:25 am
Music Beyoncé is worthy There is a lot I would say to Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter if I ever got the chance. I would tell her that she is the single greatest artist of my generation and that it has been one of my life’s pleasures just to be her fan. I would By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 10:18 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Adele shows her work We all remember last year the Grammys f-cked Adele on the audio. This year, she opened the show. And, to be honest, the audio was a problem again – not as bad as in 2016 but we’ve all seen Adele at the height of her powers. And if you’ve By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 09:12 am
Music Intro for February 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Since the midpoint of last year, I’ve been Gossip Genie-ing for a Grammy collaboration between Beyoncé and Adele. A conventional collaboration did not happen. But could you call what actually did happen a collaboration? In the end, what wasn’t televised is the moment Adele accidentally broke By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:00 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Clooney Twins 2017: the announcement Vox posted an article yesterday after it was confirmed that Amal and George Clooney are expecting twins comparing Amal’s “announcement” to Beyoncé’s, and how each woman’s pregnancy announcement style reflected their respective approaches to celebrity. Many of you have tweeted or emailed me about how Amal and By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 12:03 pm
BFFs When Gwyneth speaks of the Blessing Gwyneth Paltrow was in New York for Fashion Week yesterday, seated front row at the La Perla show. Gwyneth and La Perla’s creative director, Julia Haart, are collaborators. La Perla is sold on goop. So she was there to fulfill her business obligations, and part of that involved talking By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 10:39 am
Beyoncé Intro for February 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, We are 48 hours away from the Beyoncé-Adele Grammys. Both Beyoncé and Adele are expected to perform during the show. Reportedly Beyoncé’s performance will feature a few cameos but, come on now, the Avengers she’s growing inside of her are really the only cameos required. When By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 09:38 am
Douchebags Intro for February 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, I read an article at the New York Times yesterday that enraged me. So, like any good friend, I passed my rage onto Duana right before bedtime and then promptly fell asleep. Didn’t help. When I woke up I was still pissed. The article is about the By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 09:02 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Beyoncé’s blessing, Ben's admission, and the mothers of superheroes Duana and I had always intended for this week’s episode of Show Your Work to be about Beyoncé, because this weekend was the one year anniversary of Formation. Then, well, Beyoncé released the Beyoncé Pregnancy Package and so, obviously, we had to discuss the rollout of the announcement, and By Lainey • Feb 06, 2017 03:42 pm
Beyoncé Intro for February 3, 2017 Dear Gossips, Are we done talking about Beyoncé yet? When Lemonade came out it was followed by a Lemonade Syllabus. The Pregnancy Package imagery is now being analysed too. Here’s Spencer Kornhaber writing about Beyoncé’s “High Art” for The Atlantic. But today, instead of more reading links, I By Lainey • Feb 03, 2017 09:34 am
BFFs Harry Styles’s overshadowed birthday I received an email yesterday at 12:40pm from a reader called Stephanie: Probably too late for today, but in honor of his birthday, can we get an update or any details on what Harry Styles is up to? It was too late, at the time, but you know what By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 04:37 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Super Beyoncé? The Super Bowl is happening on Sunday, in case you haven’t heard. The Super Bowl is part football, commercials, and the halftime show. Already many brands have released their Super Bowl commercials online. And the ones who haven’t released the commercials online will release them online 30 seconds By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 03:09 pm
BFFs Beyoncé and all her friends As well documented, the general public had a meltdown yesterday when Beyoncé gave her blessing. But many celebrities too. Even Brie Larson: NO - YOU ARE CRYING BECAUSE BEYONCÉ IS HAVING TWINS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭— Brie Larson (@brielarson) February 1, 2017 I’ve mentioned this before, that among very famous people, who hang By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 11:57 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Beyoncé Pregnancy Package Turns out the initial post yesterday … you know, this photo: We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. - The Carters A By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 10:18 am
