Top Reads Rihanna Pulls Up – again Last week, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation donated $5 million to support COVID-19 relief efforts. A few days later, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo thanked her on Twitter for donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to New York State. Today there’s been another announcement: View this post on Instagram By Lainey • Mar 31, 2020 01:40 pm
Top Reads Jay-Z tries to explain Jay-Z tried to explain his partnership with the NFL in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. Then he went to the Super Bowl and was seen sitting during the US national anthem. After that Love B Scott reported that he and Roc Nation were pressuring Jennifer Lopez By Lainey • Feb 05, 2020 12:05 pm
Sports Beyoncé and Jay-Z take a seat Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and the Blue Ivy Carter were at the Super Bowl yesterday in Miami. But first, please enjoy this viz of Blue bossing on the sidelines with her phone. She’s probably playing a game. But in my mind, she’s seeing something that needs improvement and, like By Lainey • Feb 03, 2020 11:17 am
Golden Globes 2020 Beyoncé & Tiffany Haddish at the Golden Globes When you’re working a red carpet, you can’t help but have expectations, a wish list of people you want to interview because you KNOW, it’s going to be so great, we have to get XYZ because they’re the money, they’ll give us what we need. By Lainey • Jan 06, 2020 06:24 am
BFFs Jay-Z and Kanye: a holiday reunion Jay-Z and Kanye West were both at P Diddy’s 50th birthday party this weekend. It was packed with some of the biggest names in movies and music and television. Everyone wanted to be there to celebrate a half century of Puffy. And everyone being there was again a By Lainey • Dec 16, 2019 10:09 am
BFFs Intro for December 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, There were two major celebrity birthday parties happening this weekend: Taylor Swift celebrated her 30th and P Diddy celebrated his 50th. I’m going to talk about Beyoncé. Beyoncé and Jay-Z were at Diddy’s big bash. She posted about it on Instagram and even captioned the By Lainey • Dec 16, 2019 08:46 am
BFFs Jay-Z …but no B I’m writing this at 8:52am ET. As of right now, Beyoncé has not shared a Halloween post. Last year she had “Phoni Braxton” up by October 30. Did Beyoncé skip Halloween? Jay-Z did not skip Halloween – and we know this because Lil Nas X was with Jay- By Lainey • Nov 01, 2019 09:46 am
Russell Wilson Intro for October 31, 2019 Dear Gossips, As of this writing, Beyoncé Halloween 2019 hasn’t happened yet. Last year she posted on the 30th. Is she skipping this year? I’m f-cking sweating. While we wait to find out who or what Beyoncé will be for Halloween, or if she’s even doing By Lainey • Oct 31, 2019 08:54 am
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’ 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 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 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 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 By Lainey • Feb 22, 2019 04:08 pm
