MTV VMA 2016 Coverage Intro for August 29, 2016 Dear Gossips, “But for people to understand just how blessed we are. It was an expression of our now. Our fame, right now. Us on the inside of the TV…This is FAME, bro”. Duana texted me, like, 5 seconds after those words came out of Kanye West’s mouth By Lainey • Aug 29, 2016 06:33 am
Beyoncé Intro for August 26, 2016 Dear Gossips, You excited for the VMAs? I am. According to The New York Times, the VMAs might be extra special this year because Music Videos Matter Again. For me though, this year, I’m excited about the women. More often than not, if it’s a good VMAs, Beyoncé By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 10:02 am
Faux Gossip Mimi, Beyoncé, and the laptop This week, many of you have been emailing me about a story that came out of Australia – James Parker tried to get Mimi to have sex with him by playing Beyoncé’s Crazy In Love on the laptop and she threw it out the window. According to a source: " By Lainey • Aug 25, 2016 04:10 pm
Music Beyoncé before the VMAs The MTV VMAs are happening on Sunday. In New York and, for the time, at Madison Square Garden. Beyoncé's Lemonade leads all nominees. And with less than a week to go before what's expected to be a total domination, she's been posting behind-the-scenes Lemonade By Lainey • Aug 23, 2016 01:36 pm
Amazingness Beyoncé & the Deputy Beyoncé has a break off from touring and is spending her holiday as she often does – on a yacht, in Europe. Formation doesn’t pick up again until September but before that it’s the VMAs on August 28th where she leads all nominees. Adele doesn’t have a show By Lainey • Aug 18, 2016 03:22 pm
Amazingness Michelle Williams embraces #PoorMichelle It’s time we stopped feeling sorry for former Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams. No, she’s not Beyoncé. She’s not Kelly Rowland. She’s not even the most famous person with her name. These three undeniable truths gave birth to #PoorMichelle, the hashtag and Tumblr that commemorate By Kathleen • Aug 10, 2016 12:04 pm
Music Britney’s two weeks to Glory Britney Spears was on holiday in Hawaii last week and shared several photos and video of herself on the beach and on the private yacht with her kids. Another great day! A video posted by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) onAug 4, 2016 at 5:05pm PDT Wheeeee! #Hawaii 🌺 A video posted By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 03:57 pm
Sports Gwyneth Paltrow’s pre-Olympic cupping On Saturday in Rio, American gymnast Alex Naddour competed in the team qualification with circular marks on his arms and back. Yesterday Michael Phelps competed in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay with similar looking marks. Obviously, for me, this was the first person who came to mind: Remember when By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 11:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Blue Ivy Carter’s press release Here’s the title of an email I received this morning: The BIC gets her own press releases now! So. You don't necessarily have to be royal. You just have to born to the greatest entertainer of her generation. Here's another new shot of Blue Ivy By Lainey • Jul 27, 2016 01:30 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé on VMA Day MTV announced the nominees today for their flagship event the Video Music Awards. And, well, this should not be a surprise. Lemonade… everything. Beyoncé was nominated for 11 awards including Formation in the Video of the Year category. The other Video of the Year nominees are: Hello, Adele Hotline Bling, By Lainey • Jul 26, 2016 03:55 pm
Media Manipulation Taylor Swift and the media As I mentioned the other day, one of the best side bonuses of Gossip Christmas, or the Day Of The Receipts, has been all the great writing this week about Taylor Swift Incorporated. Some of it has been straight up prescient. Five full days before Mrs West unloaded, The Ringer By Lainey • Jul 22, 2016 11:27 am
Maple Leaf Celine’s new runway What a bonus to end the day… Celine! Celine gave us so much joy in Paris every day during fashion week, leaving her hotel in all kinds of style porn and every facial expression known to the human race. Now Celine is in New York. Manhattan has now become the By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 04:26 pm
Beyoncé Beyoncé won’t say Beyoncé was in Italy on Gossip Christmas Day. She’s touring Europe until August 3 and then has a month off at which point she’ll likely go on a yacht-holiday for a couple of weeks. Like Mimi. Or maybe, since Mimi’s been yacht-holidaying for what seems like a By Lainey • Jul 20, 2016 04:20 pm
TV Updates Emmy Nominations 2016 Before we get to the nominations, let me just point out how much more energy and excitement there is when the West Coast doesn’t have to wake up at 3:30 AM. Whether that’s good or bad is up to the nomination show’s producers, I guess. The By Duana • Jul 14, 2016 02:33 pm
Beyoncé The Carters top the list Tomorrow Forbes will release its annual list of the highest paid stars in the world. Beyoncé comes in at #34. Jay Z is ranked #36. Which makes them the highest paid celebrity couple in the world. You know who the top couple was last year? Taylor Swift and Alfredo Walder. By Lainey • Jul 11, 2016 04:21 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé and Black Lives Matter Black lives matter. It’s a simple sentiment. In 2016, those three words should just be a fact, period. Instead, Black Lives Matter is rally cry, a three word sentiment that holds more cultural significance and political importance than any other three words at the moment. In the past 5 By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2016 11:00 am
