Maple Leaf Chateau Drake Well he and OVO call it The Embassy and it’s featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest. The Embassy is Drake’s Toronto… mansion? Estate? That’s why I called it a “chateau” in the title. Because mansion and estate don’t seem extra enough for what we’ By Lainey • Apr 08, 2020 11:18 am
Maple Leaf JB + BTS Sasha and I meet at the intersection of Justin Bieber and BTS. This has come up a few times on our podcast, What’s Your Drama, which I shamelessly and highly recommend for your listen list during lockdown. Sasha is into Justin Bieber. She dresses like him, which she didn’ By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 02:19 pm
Self Care TV Recommendations Intro for April 7, 2020 Dear Gossips, Tonight’s the night, the series finale of Schitt’s Creek. It’s been six seasons – and it’s ending now, when it’s more popular than it’s ever been. Schitt’s Creek has been namechecked by almost every celebrity you can think of. Carol Burnett mentions By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 08:53 am
Music Drake’s new dance There is no other celebrity who can manipulate social media as well as Drake. Drake’s superpower is social media. He makes himself available to be memed. He knows what will get him trending. When he plays video games he goes viral. And even when it’s not his intention By Lainey • Apr 03, 2020 09:32 am
Maple Leaf Meet Adonis Graham Drake must have had a hard time sleeping last night. Because at around 5am ET, and he’s been in Toronto since the start of isolation, he decided it was time to introduce us to his son, Adonis. And he included a photo of Adonis’s mother, Sophie Brussaux. View By Lainey • Mar 30, 2020 09:50 am
Sports Intro for March 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, As expected, it was announced yesterday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The last time there was an Olympics it was just over two years ago, in 2018 in South Korea. And if you recall, two of the biggest By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 08:53 am
Maple Leaf The Biebers are SD-ing in Canada Kylie Jenner is a headline right now because the United States Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, just asked for her help, and the help of other influencers, in getting across to younger Americans how vital it is to practise social distancing right now. He was on Good Morning America today and By Lainey • Mar 19, 2020 12:36 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for March 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, I haven’t stepped outside my home since Saturday. Maybe today I’ll go for a walk, while maintaining a three meters or six feet distance from the next person, with the exception of my husband and our dogs. This seems ridiculous, of course, in normal times. But By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 09:46 am
Maple Leaf Archie’s Summer Visit? A couple of weeks ago, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to England for their final engagements as senior members of the British royal family, they were criticised for leaving 10-month-old Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor at home. One of those critics was Dickie Arbiter, the Queen’s By Lainey • Mar 16, 2020 09:56 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 9. 2020 Dear Gossips, Let’s start the week where we ended the last – with Celine Dion who wrapped up a week of shows in New York last night and it’s not like all she did was perform on stage while she was there. She also served all kinds of looks By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 08:24 am
Maple Leaf Outfits of the Week: Celine NY Runway Normally when Celine Dion turns a city street into a runway, it’s in Paris during Fashion Week. By the way, her tour stops in France, conveniently, during Fashion Week in July – amazing how it worked out that way, non? While that’s still three months away, though, this week By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 03:50 pm
Maple Leaf Celine’s week in New York You guys, I’ve just realised that we’re now in March 2020 and this is my first post about Celine Dion all year, what the F-CK. Sorry. It’s just that there haven’t been all that many pictures. She also lost her ma a month ago and, By Lainey • Mar 02, 2020 01:53 pm
Maple Leaf Alanis: “Reasons I Drink” It’s music video week. Here’s another one and I think, of all the videos we’ve talked about today, including BTS, and I do LOVE BTS so much, and their video is epic and wonderful, but this one might be the one that affected me most. That’s By Lainey • Feb 27, 2020 03:18 pm
Sports Intro for February 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, I can’t help it. I love Drake. And not just because he’s from Toronto but because… what else do you want in an entertainer? The Milwaukee Bucks played the Raptors in Toronto last night. The Bucks have been doing a kind of WWE-inspired pre-game By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 09:20 am
Maple Leaf House Sussex: royal or not? Since Sussexit was confirmed last month, much speculation has focused on whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be able to keep “Sussex Royal” as their brand. Prince Harry will always be a prince. House Sussex, which includes Harry, Meghan, and Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor, will always be By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 01:03 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for February 18. 2020 Dear Gossips, Have you seen the video of Justin Bieber getting emotional while talking about Billie Eilish? He’s one of the few people who’d understand what she’s experiencing, what fame can do to a young person, the downside of success and spotlight. It must have been a By Lainey • Feb 18, 2020 09:47 am
