Sports Intro for July 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Opening Ceremony will take place exactly a month from now, August 5, at the Olympic Games in Rio where, despite the Zika controversy, superstars will be made and legends will be re-legended… can I make up that word? Greed really is the most powerful virus. And I’ By Lainey • Jul 05, 2016 10:04 am
Sports Ben Affleck rants Ben Affleck was on Bill Simmons’s Any Given Wednesday last night. Everyone’s talking about one particular clip during which he goes OFF on the NFL in defence of Tom Brady. Tom, of course, plays for the New England Patriots and Ben is from Boston. Tom Brady is their By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 10:43 am
Sports The Beyoncé delay Beyoncé’s took Formation to Detroit on Tuesday. She now has a couple of weeks off before the tour heads to Europe. With that gap in her schedule, she and Jay Z were in Cleveland last night for Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Cleveland won, forcing a Game 7 By Lainey • Jun 17, 2016 02:14 pm
Sports Intro for June 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, When it was announced yesterday that Maria Sharapova had been banned from tennis for two years, Jacek texted me, optimistically, like, yes, they shut her down. Then I told him to go read her Facebook post. Because that is not the tone of someone who’s been shut By Lainey • Jun 09, 2016 09:08 am
Sports Intro for May 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, Every few weeks or so, Duana will send me something that Retta’s posted on Twitter and, every time, it’s amazing. Which is why I could not wait to read her piece in Lenny that was published yesterday about how she, “a black girl from Jersey”, became By Lainey • May 11, 2016 09:31 am
Sports Idris & Naiyana back together Idris Elba’s date for award season was his daughter, Isan. And it was reported during that time that he and girlfriend Naiyana Garth, mother of his son, had broken up. He seemed to hint at love troubles too during his interview with Esquire a few weeks ago – click here By Lainey • May 09, 2016 09:16 am
Sports Maria Sharapova: MET Worst Red What happens when you’re the highest paid female tennis player on the tour and you fail a drug test? Well, if you’re Maria Sharapova, people rush to give you the benefit of the doubt. And you get photographed frolicking on the sand just days later, like you have By Lainey • May 02, 2016 11:47 pm
Sports Emma Stone as Billie Jean King For months Emma Stone has been preparing to play Billie Jean King in Battle Of The Sexes, the true story of Billie Jean’s match against Bobby Riggs. Steve Carell will be Bobby in the movie. So we’ve been seeing Emma almost exclusively at the gym, after her training By Lainey • Apr 29, 2016 12:10 pm
Sports Intro for April 22, 2016 Dear Gossips, TIME Magazine released its list of the 100 Most Influential yesterday. As you know, the list is divided into 5 categories: Pioneers, Titans, Artists, Leaders, and Icons. And, to me, what’s more interesting than the list itself is how they group the people on the list and By Lainey • Apr 22, 2016 09:33 am
Sports Maria on the beach Whenever I write about Serena Williams, because I worship her, and because she is underappreciated and undervalued, by fans, by tennis commentators, by endorsers, I can always count on people emailing back about why Serena doesn’t deserve what she deserved, with a subtle suggestion that she’s not “natural” By Lainey • Mar 10, 2016 10:21 am
Sports Tom & Gisele get over it Did you hear about Russell Wilson last week? He was busted using Google to compliment Ciara on Instagram: PM #WCW ... I kissed her & she had honey sweet lips that were lilac soft... Not to mention her loving & affectionate personality... @Ciara A photo posted by Russell Wilson (@dangerusswilson) onJan By Lainey • Feb 01, 2016 09:18 am
Sports So when do they freak? Check out Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen in the Boston area the other night watching their son play hockey. Tom and the New England Patriots had just advanced to the AFC Championship. They’ll play on Sunday in Denver against Peyton Manning and the Broncos which, I guess, is the By Lainey • Jan 20, 2016 10:26 am
Sports Beyonce’s Super Bowl takeover Coldplay is officially the headliner at the Super Bowl halftime show this year. But as soon as it was confirmed that Beyonce would join them as a special guest… well… you know. You. Know. Beyonce doesn’t back up anyone. B was rehearsing at USC yesterday and according to E! By Lainey • Jan 19, 2016 10:40 am
Sports Ciara’s anthem dress Ciara performed the US national anthem to kick off the 2016 College Football National Championship Game last night in Glendale, AZ. Alabama beat Clemson to take the title. But a lot of people are talking about Ciara’s dress. Specifically, during her performance, ESPN’s Bonnie Bernstein tweeted this: Dear By Lainey • Jan 12, 2016 01:22 pm
Sports Intro for December 4, 2015 Dear Gossips, The NFL confirmed yesterday that Coldplay will front the Super Bowl halftime show. Bruno Mars will reportedly also make an appearance and, supposedly, they’re trying to negotiate with Beyoncé to drop by too. What does it say about the headliner when the guests are the bigger draw? By Lainey • Dec 04, 2015 09:36 am
Sports The Carters at the fights I like it in movies, usually gangster movies, when they talk about going to “the fights”. Or being at the “fights”. It feels old school, and glamourous. Beyonce and Jay Z were at the fights on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay in Vegas. The night before they were seen in By Lainey • Nov 23, 2015 03:46 pm
