Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, If you missed it yesterday and if you continue to have questions about Chinese zodiac and the corresponding elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) and why my ma’s list may not match up to the lists you’re seeing elsewhere online, we get into this on this By Lainey • Feb 13, 2018 08:53 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 12, 2018 Dear Gossips, A quick note before we get to the Tiger today. Some of you have been emailing to ask about how the years and the elements (Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, Metal) have been lining up to the signs of the Chinese Zodiac because you’ve seen it listed differently By Lainey • Feb 12, 2018 09:36 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony happened tonight in Pyeongchang. The flagbearers for Canada were Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the first time both a woman and a man carried Canada’s flag together into the Olympics. Did you watch figure skating last night? There’ By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 09:02 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 8, 2018 Dear Gossips, Quincy Jones is turning 85 years old next month. He was born under the sign of the Rooster. I posted the Rooster advisory for the Year of the Dog a few days ago. But, for Quincy, if you believe Chinese astrology and feng shui, it kinda doesn’t By Lainey • Feb 08, 2018 09:40 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 7, 2018 Dear Gossips, Half the dialogue of last night’s episode of Fresh Off The Boat was spoken in Mandarin. Half! In Mandarin! Jeff Chiang, a writer on the show, wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter about the significance of the “universality of specificity”, a concept Duana and I By Lainey • Feb 07, 2018 08:52 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 6, 2018 Dear Gossips, Sharon Lewis is the first woman of colour to host two national live TV programs in Canada. She’s a broadcaster, an author, a playwright, an actor, and a director. Her new film, Brown Girl Begins is screening this month and next across Canada to celebrate Black History By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 08:55 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Bradley Cooper: a Tiger for the Eagles A lot of people last night were mentioning (or at least alluding to) Silver Linings Playbook because of Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper was at the Super Bowl cheering on his home team the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles were also part of the story in Silver Linings Playbook. There was a By Lainey • Feb 05, 2018 12:58 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 5, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last night was enraging – and we’ll get to that today for sure – but it was also kind of satisfying. Because much of the reaction to Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl performance that we saw online would not have happened over a decade ago which, you could say, By Lainey • Feb 05, 2018 08:52 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 2, 2018 Dear Gossips, I read an article yesterday at The Hollywood Reporter about the Chinese New Year box office. Chinese New Year is getting its own box office analysis now?! That’s because, according to THR: In February 2016, China set a new record for the biggest box-office week ever for By Lainey • Feb 02, 2018 08:05 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Ben Affleck lost his good luck charm I was raised in a home that’s all about feng shui and good luck energy. Every year, my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, provides predictions and readings for this site for every sign under the Chinese zodiac: what those born in the Year of the Monkey should avoid, if By Lainey • Oct 12, 2017 11:44 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Gal Gadot & George Clooney: Ox Life Gal Gadot went out for dinner in LA last night with Robin Wright. Antiope and Diana together again! There is no disputing the success of Wonder Woman this summer. Which is why there’s speculation that Gal could be the host of the Saturday Night Live season opener. Michael Ausiello By Lainey • Aug 18, 2017 12:04 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken More Affleck sloppiness As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Ben Affleck’s relationship rollout with Lindsay Shookus, it was so sloppy, non? I’m not sure “sloppy” is ever a word you want associated with your brand. Does sloppy run in the Affleck family though? Alleged sexual harasser Casey Affleck was on By Lainey • Aug 17, 2017 04:24 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for June 21, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last year my ma told me about a Chinese movie called Mistress Dispeller. Like “expelliarmus” but for the other woman. Mistress Dispeller is a rom-com. Mistress dispelling is also a legitimate career in China. At first when ma told me this I was like, whatever, no seriously? Seriously. By Lainey • Jun 21, 2017 09:47 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for March 9, 2017 Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your messages yesterday over email or on Twitter or Instagram about International Women’s Day and A Day Without Women. And for visiting our site during your day, whether you were striking or not. Today for me is kind of an extension of International By Lainey • Mar 09, 2017 09:01 am
Quiveration Happy Valentine’s Day with Charlie Hunnam! I couldn’t figure out what to post for Valentine’s Day. And then … New pictures of Charlie Hunnam, with Sienna Miller and Robert Pattinson at the Berlinale to promote The Lost City Of Z. If you’ve been reading this site for some time, you know I generally don’ By Lainey • Feb 14, 2017 10:27 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Gigi mocks the Buddha At our old house, my ma, the Squawking Chicken, had a big-bellied smiling Budda placed mid-landing up the stairs. You saw him as soon as you opened the door, which was the intention: to have a jolly Buddha greeting everyone as they walked in, like a happy blessing. Ma used By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 11:05 am
