Jay Z Rihanna covers Vogue: Music and Politics Rihanna covers the November issue of Vogue, looking stunning, as expected. A lot of ground was covered in the accompanying article, including her politics, music, and fashion. Enough material to spawn several different Twitter arguments, even about her nationality. Jamaicans, you know, if we pretend like Rihanna is Jamaican, the By Prem • Oct 10, 2019 10:24 am
Sports Intro for August 14, 2019 Dear Gossips, A surprise announcement yesterday: the NFL is partnering with Jay-Z and Roc Nation. Under the deal, Jay will basically be co-producing the Super Bowl and other NFL entertainment during the season and Roc Nation and the NFL will work together on community activism through the league’s Inspire By Lainey • Aug 14, 2019 09:45 am
BFFs Beyoncé’s royal leg It was the moment we were waiting for: when House Sussex met the Queen, the only Queen I answer to: Her Majesty Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. Beyoncé issued a decree back in February when she and Jay-Z posted about Meghan on Instagram to accept their BRIT Award: Meghan Markle is By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 11:06 am
Photo Assumption When you sit beside Beyoncé Beyoncé, our Queen, is the all-knowing. She knows how to signal the Beyhive – and she knows what happens when the Beyhive receives the Bey Signal. They activate. The question for today is whether or not Beyoncé was actually deploying the Signal. Because, well, sometimes the Beyhive is triggered whether or By Lainey • Jun 06, 2019 10:09 am
Music Beyoncé: Entertainer of the Year Beyoncé went to Beychella last year and basically changed the name of the festival. Then she and Jay-Z, the Carters, released an album, Everything is Love. After that they went on tour. At the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Jay received the President’s Award and Beyoncé was named Entertainer By Lainey • Apr 01, 2019 11:27 am
Top Reads The Carters honoured at GLAAD Our Queen and her husband were honoured last night with the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards last night. Janet Mock, HIV activist Morris Singletary, Lena Waithe, and Ty Hunter, who’s worked with Beyoncé since 1999, when she and Miss Janet met him at a mall and invited By Lainey • Mar 29, 2019 09:49 am
Tiffany Haddish The Gold Party guest list As I mentioned in the open, the Vanity Fair Oscar party can still draw an impressive list of stars. Beyoncé and Jay Z’s now annual Gold Party, in its second year, held in the Chateau Marmont parking lot, brings in even bigger names. And many of those big names By Lainey • Feb 26, 2019 11:19 am
Business of Hollywood Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s Gold Party As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Roc Nation’s annual Grammys brunch has become one of the most well-attended events on Grammys weekend, perhaps THE most well-attended event, especially this year since the Grammys seemed lighter on megastar power than in years past. The brunch serves multiple purposes. First, By Lainey • Feb 22, 2019 04:08 pm
Amazingness Beyoncé and Royal Meghan: Queen recognises Queen Well this broke the internet, didn’t it? It certainly broke my internet. Not to make it all about me but I think this might be the most retweeted and liked tweet I’ve ever posted. If it isn’t (I don’t know how to check those stats), it’ By Lainey • Feb 21, 2019 11:29 am
BFFs Beyoncé is her own Grammys Remember the story that Lin-Manual Miranda told about the time Beyoncé came to see Hamilton and what happened when she met Jonathan Groff backstage? She loved his performance. And in particular she loved Jonathan’s King George walk, so much that she imitated him to him, telling him that, “You By Lainey • Feb 11, 2019 07:21 am
Beyoncé Beyoncé’s early Christmas present The Queen is generous. This is the season of giving. She knows how thirsty we are for new – anything new: new songs, new photos, new outfits. Whatever it is that she wants to share, we are here to receive it. Yesterday Beyoncé posted to her website lots and lots of By Lainey • Dec 21, 2018 08:44 am
Music Intro for October 3, 2018 Dear Gossips, I looked at my watch when Beyoncé and Jay-Z came down the elevator last night to open the show in Vancouver. It was exactly, exactly 930pm. And from there, everything else was just as precise. There’s now only one more show left – in Seattle tomorrow night. If By Lainey • Oct 03, 2018 09:12 am
Beyoncé Intro for October 2, 2018 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are wrapping up the On the Run II tour on Thursday in Seattle. Before that though, tonight they play Vancouver. It’s their only Canadian stop. Which is why I’m here. I’ve been waiting for this since March 14 when I bought the By Lainey • Oct 02, 2018 10:05 am
Top Reads Beyoncé at 37 Beyoncé’s birthday was on Tuesday. For some of us, September 4th is already a day of celebration and blessings because it gave us our Queen but it should be recognized as an international holiday. I shouldn’t have to work on Bey Day. How many signatures do we need By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2018 01:52 pm
Music Back to school with Beyoncé In certain places, kids have already been back to school for a couple of weeks. Generally, though, in North America, “back to school” usually means right after Labour Day, a week from today. It’s amazing how that feeling never goes away. I can still feel the dread in my By Lainey • Aug 28, 2018 11:58 am
Faux Gossip Gwyneth with the good hair? Please. Really? How did this pass inspection? Here’s the backstory, real quick, because this should not be a thing – Amber Rose was on the Make Speidi Famous Again podcast recently and here’s what she said: “I definitely think that Gwyneth Paltrow is ‘Becky with the good hair.’ I By Lainey • Jul 27, 2018 10:59 am
