Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 25, 2016 Dear Gossips, I read a lot of Dirty Grandpa reviews this weekend. Because the movie seemed to bring out the creative best in film critics. Sarah’s review will be posted later this morning. Dirty Grandpa is currently scoring at 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. Who are the people giving it By Lainey • Jan 25, 2016 09:02 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 21, 2016 Dear Gossips, The 12 Days of Chinese New Year starts tomorrow. My ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, has been doing her research for weeks. Every day until Chinese New Year, one of the Chinese astrological signs will be profiled for the Year of the Monkey. Just a quick note though By Lainey • Jan 21, 2016 08:58 am
TV Updates Winona and her friends It should never be a bad day when one of my favourites, Winona Ryder, is featured. Winona was out last night in New York to support her friend Marc Jacobs at the Marc Jacobs Beauty Velvet Noir Mascara launch. As previously reported (click here for a refresher), Winona is the By Lainey • Jan 19, 2016 10:25 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 15, 2016 Dear Gossips, Chinese New Year is on February 8th. It will be the Year of the Monkey. As you may know, there are 12 signs in the Chinese zodiac. And if you’ve been reading this site for some time, my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, prepares readings for each By Lainey • Jan 15, 2016 10:02 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Taylor Swift & the Five Elements There are five elements in Chinese philosophy: Fire, Wood, Water, Earth, and Metal (but the Chinese word for it is “gold”). We believe that each person has their own zodiac sign and elemental phase. For example, I was born in the Year of the Ox in the metal phase. Which By Lainey • Jan 04, 2016 09:37 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Emma & Andrew go for lunch Emma Stone’s been shooting La La Land with Ryan Gosling. And there have been all kinds of rumours that she and Ryan are going to happen. If they didn’t happen the two previous times, I’m thinking it’s unlikely to happen now. Also, she’s still with By Lainey • Aug 31, 2015 03:28 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for May 6, 2015 Dear Gossips, It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday. I have three gift recommendations. The first one is self-serving so I’ll start with it. My book: Listen To The Squawking Chicken. Which is now available on trade paperback and it’s about my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken. For By Lainey • May 06, 2015 08:44 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Gwyneth: a wasted dress and the narcissistic parent The latest feature on GOOP is about narcissistic parenting. I skimmed through it pretty quickly so maybe I’m totally off-base but my takeaway from it is that narcissistic parenting is bad. Which, I think, most people probably agree with…? Click here to read it. You’re going to tell By Lainey • Mar 27, 2015 03:47 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken Twigs & Pattinson: promise rings & love compatibility FKA twigs is was in Paris yesterday for a performance. Robert Pattinson was seen leaving the venue with her, just after PEOPLE reported that the two had exchanged “promise rings”. I didn’t know we still did that. Isn’t an engagement ring a “promise” ring? Or is a “promise” By Lainey • Mar 05, 2015 11:13 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for March 3, 2015 Dear Gossips, Did you know that it’s Chinese Valentine’s Day on Thursday? The Chinese Squawking Chicken gave me a list love matches and mismatches that I’ll post later this week. Speaking of the Squawking Chicken… I wrote a book called Listen To The Squawking Chicken that was By Lainey • Mar 03, 2015 09:26 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 19, 2015 Dear Gossips, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! It is the Year of the Goat/Sheep. For some signs, when your year comes around, it’s not a great turn on the cycle. For example, if you’re a Tiger, your worst year is the Year of the Tiger. Because of how By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 08:57 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 18, 2015 Dear Gossips, It’s New Year’s Eve. You ready? Change your sheets tonight. Wash your hair too. No hair washing starting tomorrow and, if you can, at least until the weekend. Can’t wash away the New Year Luck, right? So today we profile those born in the Year By Lainey • Feb 18, 2015 09:19 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 17, 2015 Dear Gossips, If it was a long weekend for you as it was for me (Family Day in parts of Canada/Presidents Day in the US), I hope you’re rested. Because, finally, it’s Oscar Week! But first… Chinese New Year on Thursday! We have a few more signs By Lainey • Feb 17, 2015 07:59 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 13, 2015 Dear Gossips, Rachel McAdams continued to work on True Detective Season 2 yesterday in LA. Rachel’s Chinese astrological sign is Horse. The Chinese Squawking Chicken says there’s not too much to be concerned about for the Horse during the Year of the Goat/Sheep. In fact, this year, By Lainey • Feb 13, 2015 09:02 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 12, 2015 Dear Gossips, If you think the Best Actor Oscar race between Michael Keaton and Eddie Redmayne is too close to call, will this change your mind? Michael Keaton is a Rabbit. During the Year of the Goat/Sheep, only 3 signs out of the 12 signs are on a luck By Lainey • Feb 12, 2015 09:02 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 11, 2015 Dear Gossips, You know who was at the Grammys with hardly a mention? Courteney Cox. Maybe you didn’t recognise her. I wish she had chosen a better pair of shoes. Anyway, that’s my not very subtle segue to Dragons. Courteney Cox was born in the Year of the By Lainey • Feb 11, 2015 09:12 am
