Maple Leaf Drake’s championship weekend I’m writing this during the Raptors championship parade in Toronto. Right now the players are making their way on buses through the city, headed for City Hall, where a rally will take place. Doesn’t feel like anyone is working today here. Construction workers are hanging off scaffolds. Thousands By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 12:34 pm
Sports Intro for June 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, We are celebrating today in Toronto. Today is our championship parade. The Toronto Raptors are coming home with the NBA’s championship trophy. According to the latest estimates, as many as 2 million people will be downtown to cheer the Raptors’ historic win. In The Athletic, there’s By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 09:02 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 10, 2019 Dear Gossips, Celine Dion’s Las Vegas residency came to an end this weekend. It’s been 16 years. Over 1,100 shows, 4.5 million fans, lots of lunging, so much chest-thumping, many, many bad jokes/amazing Celine-isms, and of course… The songs. The voice. The FEELINGS. By Lainey • Jun 10, 2019 09:43 am
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds and the blowjob guy Ryan Reynolds owns a gin company, Aviation (aggressively featured in Blake Lively’s movie, A Simple Favor), and he does Maximum Ryan Reynolds ads for the company. His newest ad is called “Dedication”, and it is advertising Aviation’s “signature bottle”, a bottle “signed” by Reynolds (it is real, and By Sarah • Jun 06, 2019 02:52 pm
TV Updates Catherine O’Hara: Socks of the Week This is, technically, an Outfit of the Week post. But the socks are the MVPs of both outfits. Check out Catherine O’Hara at the FYC Schitt’s Creek event last night in LA. It’s a simple well-cut dress, looks great on her. She’s kicking up the By Lainey • May 31, 2019 03:58 pm
Maple Leaf Show Your Work: Seth Rogen, the Sleeper Hit Seth Rogen looks great in the new issue of GQ. LOVE the styling here. And he’s been showing us his new steeze for a few months now – I wrote about it when he and Charlize Theron were at CinemaCon a couple of months ago. Duana, ever the know-it- By Lainey • May 29, 2019 01:19 pm
Sports Intro for May 27, 2019 Dear Gossips, LaineyGossip.com is headquartered in Toronto. And we had a big night in Toronto on Saturday – the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time. On Thursday, May 30th, 2019 the NBA championship series will begin north of the border. By Lainey • May 27, 2019 09:36 am
Maple Leaf Intro for May 24, 2019 Dear Gossips, Not sure about you, but it has been a week. I had originally intended to post about Celine Dion’s Carpool Karaoke a few days ago. Then my ma went into hospital and Celine’s Carpool took on a different meaning for me: Self-care! I’m not By Lainey • May 24, 2019 09:32 am
Maple Leaf Scent of a Bieber I’ve been writing about the intersection of celebrity and lifestyle for a few years, back when Goop and The Honest Company were the two big players, and celebrity clothing lines (like House of Dereon and Sweetface) were literally out of style. The late 2000s is when branching out to By Maria • May 23, 2019 10:00 am
Maple Leaf Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Album Dedicated is Good but It’s No Emotion Carly Rae Jepsen’s fourth album, Dedicated is finally here! For the past few months, CRJ has been trying to build up the hype, first by releasing “Party for One” in November 2018, then releasing both “No Drug Like Me” and “Now That I Found You” in February 2019. Finally, By Prem • May 21, 2019 03:36 pm
Maple Leaf Keanu Reeves for Saint Laurent I had other thoughts I wanted to put in the title for this post. Like… Jared Leto could never. And… Johnny Depp only wishes. But first, let me show you what I’m talking about. I mean, this would be enough on its own: KEANU REEVES – FALL WINTER 19#YSL24 By Lainey • May 06, 2019 02:13 pm
Maple Leaf Celine is “worth it” Celine Dion is on the cover of the new issue of ELLE. This is a good read and I’m not excerpting anything from the article because it’s a joy from top to bottom and that’s the only way you’re going to get the full experience of By Lainey • May 01, 2019 09:55 am
Maple Leaf Jennifer Lawrence and David O Russell: Muse and Director David O Russell was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival Talks Directors series on Saturday in a discussion with Jennifer Lawrence. He’s directed her in three films: Silver Linings Playbook, for which she won the Best Actress Oscar; American Hustle, for which she was nominated for an Oscar; and By Lainey • Apr 29, 2019 02:16 pm
TV Updates Sandra Oh, the Pioneer Today is National Canadian Film Day, a day to celebrate Canadian filmmaking and the big talent we have here. A broad program of screenings and events have been organised – if you are in Canada, please click here if you’d like to participate. Today is also the day that TIME By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 04:25 pm
Maple Leaf Keanu Reeves is front and center and as unknowable as ever In the midst of Avengers: Endgame madness, it’s easy to forget this is just the first big movie of summer, and there are other movies coming out. One of those movies is John Wick: Chapter 3 and to remind us of this fact, Keanu Reeves is on the cover By Sarah • Apr 15, 2019 02:50 pm
TV Updates Zendaya Angsts in Drake’s HBO Teen Series Trailer You know that idiom in fashion that says if you wore a trend the first time around, it’s not for you the second time? I mostly think that’s dumb, but watching the trailer for Euphoria, the new HBO teen series starring Zendaya from executive producer Drake, I started By Duana • Apr 12, 2019 11:04 am
