Jock Smut JB is not at home The World Series starts tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays, with the better record, are hosting game one against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Fall Classic is a sports spectacle, so before the show, there’s going to be a show. But it’s now obvious that Major League Baseball By Lainey • Oct 24, 2025 11:34 am
Jock Smut Intro for October 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, The jokes about Drake and Kendrick Lamar started the minute the Jays won game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night. Drake, of course, is from Toronto and Kendrick is from LA and their feud has, at this point, become monoculture. If we’re talking about musicians and By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 10:25 am
Jock Smut Intro for October 21, 2025 Dear Gossips, You may have noticed that I did not specify that the Blue Jays were playing in game 7 of the ALCS yesterday. This is because I’m superstitious AF. And I was anxious AF. Apologies to my neighbour because there was so much nonsense shouted out of my By Lainey • Oct 21, 2025 10:01 am
Maple Leaf KP & JT: A Cheese Corn Autumn The last time we checked in on Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, it was late July/beginning of August during the celebrity summer of romance, and these two came out of nowhere to go on a date in Montreal. Justin brought out his fanboy to her show in Montreal and By Lainey • Oct 14, 2025 11:24 am
Maple Leaf Intro for October 14, 2025 Dear Gossips, It was Thanksgiving here in Canada yesterday and over in New York, two Canadians were on the red carpet at the premiere of Good Fortune: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Oh. When I post about Keanu, I often say that we don’t see a lot of him, since By Lainey • Oct 14, 2025 09:32 am
Maple Leaf Intro for September 5, 2025 Dear Gossips, What is your favourite John Candy movie? For me, like probably most people, it’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles. I can’t get through the final scene without sobbing. John’s subtle expression changes at the end… it’s too much, it’s too good, he was SO By Lainey • Sep 05, 2025 09:32 am
Hook Ups The Right Honourable Fanboy I wrote at the end of my post yesterday about Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry that she was performing in Montreal last night and asked whether or not you thought he would show up. I mean, OF COURSE HE SHOWED UP. Both JT and Katy are well aware that their By Lainey • Jul 31, 2025 12:21 pm
Hook Ups Justin & Katy’s Two-Parter Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry are now the new most random entry into our celebrity summer of love 2025 – and, I’m sorry, if you’re a gossip, and I assume you are if you’re here, who is complaining about this?! Anyway, for those of us who can readily By Lainey • Jul 30, 2025 11:32 am
Hook Ups KP + JT?! The summer of love continues with perhaps the most random hookup we’ve had, not just in 2025, but in years! TMZ broke the story this morning – Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau had dinner last night in Montreal at a Le Violon. They were there for a couple of hours, By Lainey • Jul 29, 2025 12:48 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for July 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, I was at BLACKPINK’s first show in Toronto last night – the weather was perfect, after a couple of weeks of extreme heat; getting in and out of the venue was smooth, after a controversial start last month when the new stadium opened; I saw my friends, I By Lainey • Jul 23, 2025 09:32 am
Jock Smut Intro for July 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won everything this year: the NBA championship, NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP, Conference Finals MVP, the NBA scoring title, and as of last night, the ESPY Awards for Best NBA player and Best Male Athlete of the Year. Pretty much a total sweep at the By Lainey • Jul 17, 2025 09:34 am
Maple Leaf Bieber Stands On Swag Justin Bieber just surprise-dropped his seventh studio album Swag overnight after a more than four-year hiatus from the music industry. JB announced the album through a series of billboards around the world, either with the track list, or the album cover, or his now infamous “it’s not clocking to By MC • Jul 11, 2025 11:07 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, Pixar’s Elio premieres tomorrow and as I mentioned last week in my post about Celine Song and Materialists, this will be the second weekend in a row that a Hollywood film directed by an Asian Canadian woman opens in wide release. Which is historic! Domee Shi co-directed By Lainey • Jun 19, 2025 09:22 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, I just bought my tickets for Materialists, seeing it on Saturday and there are layers to my excitement. First of all, I will always sign up for a summer rom-com and if you’ve been following this site for the last few months, you’re probably aware that By Lainey • Jun 12, 2025 09:32 am
Maple Leaf Pedro Pascal prefers Canada Materialists comes out on Friday and earlier this week, Vogue released an “off the cuff” interview with Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal promoting the movie – the whole thing was really cute, their chemistry is fun, the way it’s fun when two friends, who are super comfortable with each other, By Lainey • Jun 11, 2025 04:12 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for May 7, 2025 Dear Gossips, The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. As a Canadian, based in Toronto, working in the entertainment industry, TIFF feels like home to me, I am so proud of the reputation the festival has built among filmmakers and what it means to By Lainey • May 07, 2025 09:20 am