Top Reads House Party with House Cambridge and… the social media manager mystery Prince William and Catherine video-chatted with teachers and students at Casterton Primary Academy yesterday to check in with the staff and the kids during the lockdown. They likely weren’t on House Party. Zoom is the daytime platform, and certainly more on brand with House Cambridge. So the title here By Lainey • Apr 09, 2020 09:39 am
Royals Prince Harry pranked Two Russian pranksters somehow got Prince Harry on the phone from Victoria on December 31, 2019 and January 22, 2020 posing as Greta Thunberg and her father and recorded the call….WTF? How does that even happen??! Was it a setup? We know, obviously, that Harry and Meghan Markle have By Lainey • Mar 11, 2020 11:57 am
Royals House Sussex: speeches, a proposal, and PDA Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to London last night at the Endeavour Awards was, as expected, the main event. We’ve already talked about how their appearance was practically cinematic. And, as expected, this shot of them was published everywhere yesterday and today too, a major bonus for By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 11:48 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Leonardo DiCaprio: The Man and Camila in New York No matter what happens, I will always have a special place in my heart for Taylor Swift’s mockery of Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Man”, both the song and the video that dropped last week. Celebrities like Leo claim to be unaware of online chatter all the time but do By Lainey • Mar 02, 2020 11:19 am
Royals Intro for February 28, 2020 Dear Gossips, We must protect Caity Weaver. Caity Weaver, outstanding writer, outstanding writer of celebrity profiles, humorist, and gossip champion always shows her work, we have adored her from afar for years here at LaineyGossip, and she has delivered once again – this time a piece for The New York Times, By Lainey • Feb 28, 2020 09:04 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Leo’s Oscar date …dejavu? The last time Leonardo DiCaprio went to the Oscars with a date who wasn’t a relative was in 2005, Gisele Bundchen. It was kind of a big deal back then because up to that point, and mostly still now, Leo’s method has been to never put his love By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 01:21 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Channing Tatum and Jessie J’s Grammys weekend A couple of weeks ago, we heard about how Channing Tatum and Jessie J were spending time together again after breaking up late last year. Last week it was official: they’re back on. As I noted in both of those previous posts, it never seemed like their split was By Lainey • Jan 27, 2020 12:17 pm
Royals Sussexit: The Timing Yesterday, January 8, 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of House Sussex (for now, anyway), announced that they will be stepping back as “senior” members of the British royal family and declared their intention to be “financially independent”. My friend Kayla joked that Meghan basically told Harry to get a By Lainey • Jan 09, 2020 10:03 am
Royals Prince William is “worried” about Prince Harry As expected, after Harry & Meghan: An African Journey aired on ITV in the UK on Sunday night, during which Meghan Markle said that it’s been a struggle to cope with the relentless attack of the British tabloids and Prince Harry revealed that worrying about his wife and child By Lainey • Oct 22, 2019 10:13 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Joaquin Phoenix covers Vanity Fair That title in and of itself is newsworthy considering who we’re talking about: Joaquin Phoenix, one of the most press-averse actors in the business, willingly participating in an interview with Vanity Fair that covers his work life, his love life, his family life, including mentions of his late brother, By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 12:03 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Jennifer Lawrence has suggestions for her wedding registry While we were trying to get our Emmys posts up yesterday, Jennifer Lawrence posted her Amazon wedding registry and everyone’s reaction was…huh? A few weeks ago it was Jeremy Renner partnering with Amazon for some kind of camping collection. Maybe it wasn’t exactly camping but there was By Lainey • Sep 24, 2019 01:17 pm
Music Intro for September 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Creative Arts Emmys happened this weekend. Beyoncé’s Homecoming was nominated six times. Beyoncé did not show up. Beyoncé did not win. Beyoncé probably knew she wouldn’t win. So, instead, she’s back to work. She’s showing us more work. Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 08:41 am
Royals Did House Cambridge troll House Sussex? For almost two weeks now, the British tabloids have been dumping on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for flying on private jets on holiday. This has been as big of or an even bigger scandal than Prince Andrew being BFF with and namechecked in a lawsuit against a registered sex By Lainey • Aug 23, 2019 10:28 am
Royals Meghan, Harry, and Andrew: dinner party etiquette After news broke this weekend about Jeffrey Epstein’s death, which coincidentally (or conspiratorially, depending on how you see it) happened following the unsealing of court documents containing allegations that he ran an underage sex ring, the Daily Mail published an article about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s dinner By Lainey • Aug 12, 2019 10:23 am
Royals Intro for August 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, On Friday afternoon, thousands of pages of court documents were unsealed that related to a lawsuit filed against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime friend Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of being his madam, with a source telling Vanity Fair that “[a] lot of important people are going to have a really By Lainey • Aug 12, 2019 08:59 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Fast 9: Will the women get to stand up this time? Fast 9, the latest entry in the most improbable franchise in cinema, is currently filming in the UK. Vin Diesel took to Instagram to drop some casting news, confirming that Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren are returning for this installment. Theron was the villain in F8te of the Furious—still By Sarah • Jul 09, 2019 09:50 am