Books A Justin Timberlake Conspiracy Theory It hasn’t been a good week for Justin Timberlake. Britney Spears’s book is about to come out – and the excerpts haven’t been kind to him. So he’s getting clowned all over social media as people have been revisiting her old songs, her videos, his old interviews… By Lainey • Oct 19, 2023 11:40 am
Douchebags Justin Timberlake on blast The biggest entertainment story yesterday, by far, was the reveal from Britney Spears’s memoir, The Woman in Me – that she got pregnant when she was 18 and dating Justin Timberlake, and had an abortion in late 2000. TMZ is now reporting that the JT section of the book will By Lainey • Oct 18, 2023 12:17 pm
Books Britney’s First Bombshell Britney Spears’s memoir, The Woman in Me, releases next Tuesday and the anticipation over what, exactly, she’ll reveal in the book has been building for weeks. PEOPLE has been releasing advance excerpts but they were scooped today by TMZ breaking the story: that Britney got pregnant when she By Lainey • Oct 17, 2023 03:19 pm
Amazingness Posh was always Posh If you’re on TikTok and your algorithm understands your celebrity inclination, chances are you’ve seen the clip about the Beckhams from their Netflix docuseries, Beckham, that has gone viral. It’s Victoria talking about their upbringing and she says that both she and David grew up in “working By Lainey • Oct 05, 2023 01:54 pm
TV Updates The Beckham Triumph Gather ‘round kids, it’s story time. Or, rather, it’s history time. Because once upon a time, wayyyy before Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, there was another popstar-athlete romance that dominated the zeitgeist. Last week I described Taylor and Travis as a unicorn event that happens on a rare By Lainey • Oct 04, 2023 11:27 am
Relationship Assumption Nelly and Ashanti: on again Nelly has confirmed that he and Ashanti are officially back together again. He was asked the question in an interview with Love and Hip Hop’s Rasheeda on her Philo TV show, Boss Moves: “Yeah, we’re cool again,” he said. “I think it surprised both of us, though. It By Stephanie • Sep 14, 2023 10:23 am
Music Miley Cyrus “Used To Be Young” As Miley Cyrus has shared recently, today, August 25, is a major anniversary for her personally and professionally. It was ten years ago on this day that she released “Wrecking Ball”, in my opinion it's her best song, and then she showed up on stage at the MTV By Lainey • Aug 25, 2023 12:30 pm
Music The Justin Timberlake Needs Nostalgia As mentioned the other day, there will reportedly be an *NSYNC reunion for the new Trolls movie as Justin’s bandmates will be making cameos in the movie and a single is on the way. There are also rumours that they might be putting together a one-time reunion concert though By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 12:03 pm
Music JLo’s “Midnight Trip to Vegas” In my post on Monday about Bennifer’s first wedding anniversary, this is what I wrote: “…for f-ck’s sake, how long has it been since we’ve had a new installment of her newsletter, On The JLo?!” Curse and you shall receive. A new edition of On The JLo By Lainey • Jul 19, 2023 02:57 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Chilli looks back to look ahead Ahead of the release of Lifetime’s new documentary, TLC Forever, Chilli is reflecting on her relationship with Usher, whom she dated from 2001-2004. When they split, their breakup was a hot topic because of the timing of his album, Confessions, which featured a series of songs that alluded to By Stephanie • Jun 05, 2023 12:22 pm
Music Keanu Reeves: Back on Bass It’s been over 20 years since Keanu Reeves last performed live with his band Dogstar. This past weekend they were together again at the Napa Valley music festival, which wasn’t a total surprise since they had announced on Instagram last July that they had reunited: Keanu, Bret Domrose, By Lainey • May 30, 2023 01:18 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Gwyneth Gives Gossip Nostalgia Gwyneth Paltrow is on the latest episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. I don’t listen to this pod regularly but I do know about it because I work with people who subscribe and because Alex gets a lot of high profile celebrities on her show. She’ By Lainey • May 03, 2023 11:10 am
Gossip Nostalgia Gisele, Cardi, Benito: Met Gala Single and Couples The first Met Gala I ever covered, in person, was in 2008. The theme was Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. It was a wild year, a wild time in celebrity gossip. Just to give you an idea of what was happening back then… Tom Cruise was there, with Katie Holmes. It By Lainey • May 01, 2023 01:28 pm
Style Intro for April 14, 2023 Dear Gossips, This one’s for the Gen Xers. Those of us who were Brat Pack obsessed in the 80s. And probably everyone from all generations knows The Breakfast Club, right? Actually no, these days I imagine most associate The Breakfast Club with radio and Charlamagne tha God. But the By Lainey • Apr 14, 2023 09:33 am
Music Zendaya, Rihanna, Tom If you were on Twitter on Sunday night before and after the Fenty Bowl, you may have seen that Tom Holland was trending at one point. I was confused – and worried. Because Tom has been keeping it pretty undercover the last several months, taking a break from the spotlight, staying By Lainey • Feb 14, 2023 12:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cameron Diaz: Back in Action This is slightly hyperbolic…but not that hyperbolic – like, I almost just cried when I saw these new shots of Cameron Diaz on set in London with Jamie Foxx. Cameron Diaz. On set! The last movie she was in was Annie, back in 2014. Which means that by the time By Lainey • Feb 08, 2023 03:05 pm