Dumbass Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Bond? We here at LaineyGossip HQ are firmly “Team Dev Patel For Bond” (by “we” I mean “myself and my cat, Pancake”), but The Sun would like us to believe that one half of Lainey’s obsession, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, is currently the latest frontrunner to be the next James Bond after By Sarah • Nov 29, 2022 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 29, 2022 Dear Gossips, Everything Everywhere All At Once! The film that came out in April, before almost every other Oscar contender this year, and steadily picked up momentum, along with acclaim, to end up with over $100 million at the global box office and set the standard for the award season By Lainey • Nov 29, 2022 09:34 am
TV Updates Real Housewives and colourism: Part 2 It looks like I wrote about colourism on the Real Housewives one week too early. Given the drama that went down on the last episode, there’s still a lot left to discuss. After the episode aired, and after having her mentions flooded by outraged viewers, Robyn Dixon chatted with By Stephanie • Nov 25, 2022 10:54 am
Music Kelly Rowland shows grace, but does Chris Brown deserve it? Trigger warning: This post includes mentions of domestic violence, sexual assault. Please take care while reading. Kelly Rowland trended on Twitter after presenting the award for Favorite Male R&B Artist at the American Music Awards. After declaring that the winner of the award, Chris Brown, wasn’t there By Stephanie • Nov 22, 2022 10:00 am
TV Updates Colourism in the Real Housewives Real Housewives of Potomac star Ashley Darby is addressing concerns she may be colourist. I’ve written before about the allegations (and evidence) of racism within the Bravo network, but this is the first time I’m writing about colourism. And to be clear, there is a difference. “So, I By Stephanie • Nov 16, 2022 02:00 pm
Relationship Assumption Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon The Daily Mail outbid everyone else yesterday for the exclusive rights to photos of Brad Pitt with Ines de Ramon at the Bono concert – click here to see. Ines works in the jewellery business and is separated from Paul Wesley. They announced their split in September, confirming that they’d By Lainey • Nov 16, 2022 11:46 am
Music Intro for November 9, 2022 Dear Gossips, Alanis Morissette was supposed to perform with Olivia Rodrigo at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this past Saturday to honour Carly Simon. She was at rehearsal on Friday but was not on stage on Saturday night for the live taping; Olivia ended up performing alone. By Lainey • Nov 09, 2022 10:20 am
Dumbass Rihanna’s baffling decision One of the big headlines yesterday was about Rihanna’s new Savage x Fenty Vol 4 fashion show, premiering next week on Prime, which features Johnny Depp. I’ve seen it, he is indeed featured. And now there’s backlash. Black Twitter is not amused. https://twitter.com/MediumSizeMeech/status/ By Lainey • Nov 04, 2022 12:29 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Dwyane Wade does the dad work Former NBA star Dwyane Wade is under attack by his ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, who has accused him of exploiting their trans daughter Zaya’s gender identity for profit. Back in August, he petitioned the Los Angeles Superior Court to legally change her name to Zaya Malachi Airamis Wade from her By Stephanie • Nov 04, 2022 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 3, 2022 Dear Gossips, The Vancouver Asian Film Festival is the longest-running Asian film festival in Canada and this year runs from today until November 13. Blurring the Color Line, written and directed by Crystal Kwok, will screen tomorrow. The film explores the relationship between the Black and Asian communities through Crystal’ By Lainey • Nov 03, 2022 10:01 am
Equality Issues La La Anthony's inappropriate costume La La Anthony caused a stir on social media after posting a photo of her in a traditional Caribbean mas costume for Halloween. In an Instagram post, she appeared in stunning purple and silver bodywear with a feathered backpack. “Never been to carnival so I brought carnival to me.” While By Stephanie • Nov 02, 2022 12:42 pm
TV Updates Andy Cohen apologizes (but Bravo doesn't) This season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was a lot. Between Erika Jayne’s ongoing legal battles, Garcelle’s teen son Jax becoming the target of racist trolls and the infamous Aspen trip that saw Lisa Rinna and Kathy Hilton at odds with Kyle Richards caught in the middle, By Stephanie • Oct 31, 2022 01:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan: She Said, incoming She Said, the film about Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual predation for The New York Times, opens on November 18. The timing works for award season and it’ll be really interesting to see whether or not Hollywood is, as Clayton By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 10:58 am
Top Reads Angelina and Zahara on campus As we know, Angelina Jolie is a Spelman Mom since her daughter, Zahara, began school at Spelman College, an HBCU, in August. This past weekend was the combined “Spelhouse” homecoming of Spelman College and Moorehouse College in Atlanta (they are not co-ed schools). Angie showed up for Zahara: Angelina Jolie By Sarah • Oct 26, 2022 12:31 pm
TV Updates Shonda Rhimes paved the way Shonda Rhimes was the most recent guest on the 9 to 5ish with the Skimm podcast. She gave listeners some insight into some of the struggles she faced getting Grey's Anatomy off the ground, like the unanimous doubt from executives that the show would find an audience. " By Stephanie • Oct 26, 2022 11:48 am
Douchebags Intro for October 26, 2022 Dear Gossips, When I last wrote about Kanye West’s antisemitism it was about how his hateful messages were being amplified, even though he had ostensibly been deplatformed from social media. Traditional media coverage of Ye continued – and even though it wasn’t supportive of him, it still ended up By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 10:47 am
