Music Taylor directs Taylor Taylor Swift made an announcement yesterday. She’s releasing a new video – and that’s noteworthy for sure, but what makes it even more noteworthy is that, well, this: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Feb 26, 2020 at 5:01am PST Directed By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 11:34 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
Music Intro for November 20, 2019 Dear Gossips, “Let's have a toast for the douche bags” Pitchfork was first last month, releasing their list of the Best Songs and Albums of the 2010s to much debate - as it should be. Now it’s Billboard’s turn with their staff pick list of the 100 By Lainey • Nov 20, 2019 08:50 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Back to School Angelina Some events, like Halloween, end as soon as they're over. Same goes for Valentine’s Day. The lead-up feels interminable, but there’s no extension. New Year, on the other hand, like you can say “Happy New Year” to someone pretty much through January. And Back to By Lainey • Sep 03, 2019 01:56 pm
Equality Issues A$AP Rocky returns home Rapper A$AP Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers) and two members of his crew were held in a Swedish prison for almost a month stemming from a June 30th street fight in Stockholm that was documented (at least partially) on video. On its face, it seems like Rocky was attempting By Melayna • Aug 06, 2019 10:05 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Kanye vs Drake, the saga continues As Lainey mentioned in her intro, The Social: Year in Gossip airs tonight in primetime on CTV. We shot it last week. It was the last show I produced on my last day at The Social. It’s a recap of all the scandal, fashion, romance, and drama of the By Kathleen • Dec 14, 2018 11:02 am
Music Pusha’s side The tea is hot and the plot is THICK. Pusha Tea is delivering on his nickname once again. On Monday, I wrote about Drake’s version of the events leading up to best rap beef of summer ‘18 (I’m putting Cardi and Nicki squarely in the fall season). Drake By Kathleen • Oct 17, 2018 03:31 pm
Girly Throw Downs Drake spins Oh, he’s GOOD. Drake is telling his side of the infamous Drake/ Pusha T/ Kanye beef of summer ‘18 and if there was any question about who would win this feud in the long run, the answer is here. I stand by my initial track by track assessment of By Kathleen • Oct 15, 2018 03:58 pm
Music Kanye rants The last time we checked in on Kanye West and Drake, Kanye was apologizing, saying sorry for work sh-t like record releases and studio time and whatever part he supposedly played in the Drake/Pusha T beef. Now, it’s personal and Kanye is no longer repentant. Yesterday in By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2018 10:06 am
Boy Sh-t Kanye’s apology tour Kanye West apologized to Drake in a series of tweets yesterday. Last week, he expressed remorse for his outlandish “slavery sounds like a choice” comments on TMZ. I won’t call that one a proper apology because in classic New Kanye form, he didn’t exactly admit he was wrong. By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2018 09:48 am
Music Can Kanye West be ignored? One month after Kanye West called Donald Trump his “brother”, bragged about their similar “dragon energy” and stated that 400 years of slavery “was a choice", he has the #1 album on iTunes. A month ago, when celebrities were unfollowing Kanye on Twitter in droves and the image of By Kathleen • Jun 04, 2018 10:06 am
Music Christina Aguilera’s new era Christina Aguilera covered Paper magazine in March with the promise of a transformation. The word “transformation” was literally written under her bare face. The stripped down look of the cover and the implied promise of a new era of Xtina had me asking the question: “Ballads or bangers?” I cared By Kathleen • May 03, 2018 04:31 pm
Dumbass Kanye: what’s next? Unless you’ve been living in a cave with no Wi-Fi for the past week, you know that Kanye’s return to Twitter has been a piping hot mess. Since Kanye tweeted his support for Fox News pundit Candace Owens and doubled down on his admiration of Donald Trump, By Kathleen • Apr 26, 2018 09:55 am
Kanye West Kanye West, the embarrassment On Friday, the last five words I wrote about Kanye West were, “Try not to embarrass me”. I was directly referring to his eye-roll inducing tweets masquerading as philosophy but it was also a plea for Kanye not to do something stupid like this: I love the way Candace By Kathleen • Apr 23, 2018 01:04 pm
Music Kanye West’s next phase When it was announced that Kanye West was writing a book of philosophy right around the time he re-emerged on Twitter, I predicted that this was the first step in the rollout of Kanye’s next phase. Yesterday, Kanye announced on Twitter, of course, that he’s releasing two By Kathleen • Apr 20, 2018 11:45 am
Books The Philosophy of Kanye West Kanye West is writing a book of philosophy. In conversation with interior designer Axel Vervoordt for Pret-a-Reporter, Kanye revealed that he’s working on a book called Break The Simulation. Of course, he is. The same day, Kanye West reactivated his Twitter account. That was not a coincidence. By Kathleen • Apr 18, 2018 10:08 am
