Maple Leaf Get to know Stephan James If you don’t already know Stephan James, you will soon. He’s at the point in his career I like to call the Oprah Burn. You know the Oprah quote. The one she says Quincy Jones said first but no one remembers that. “Your future is so bright it By Kathleen • Oct 12, 2018 03:01 pm
Maple Leaf Front Row Pam Every day the universe gives us a new reason to ask… What is the world?! Pamela Anderson sat front row at the Chanel show today at Paris Fashion Week. There was a time where that would have seen impossible. But Pam lives in Europe now. She’s dating a French By Lainey • Oct 02, 2018 01:24 pm
Maple Leaf Justin and Hailey: married… and expecting? Earlier this month, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin were seen at a courthouse in New York getting a marriage licence. PEOPLE reported that they’d actually gotten married. Alec Baldwin then confirmed it on the red carpet at the Emmys. But then TMZ said that they were still working on By Lainey • Oct 02, 2018 11:04 am
Maple Leaf Bieber busking for love Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are in London on their honeymoon. Maybe. When Justin and Hailey took an “emotional” trip to a courthouse in New York last week, they were overheard saying that they were leaving the country. I assumed their trip would be their official destination wedding. Since then, By Kathleen • Sep 19, 2018 01:15 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for September 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Did you know that September is also, unofficially, Feel Bad for Sexual Harasser’s Month? This is not a f-cking joke. Harper’s Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and New York Magazine have all published features by or about men By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 08:56 am
Maple Leaf Nicole’s ready to cash in on the hype for Destroyer By now, you’ve seen that photo of a nearly unrecognizable Nicole Kidman in Destroyer, with her ash grey hair and worn-out-looking eyes: The buzz has been building steadily for her performance since its Telluride launch and knowing this, and knowing the first time it will be seen by a By Joanna • Sep 11, 2018 11:05 am
Maple Leaf The Shawn Mendes MMVAs As I mentioned in the open, the iHeart Radio MMVAs have always attracted emerging talent, especially Canadian talent. Shawn Mendes is a great example. Here’s Shawn at the 2014 MMVAs, just as he was kicking off his ascent: Look at the crowd behind him. Those faces. They’re turned By Lainey • Aug 27, 2018 11:09 am
Maple Leaf Intro for August 22, 2018 Dear Gossips, “It’s not a movie, it’s a movement.” -Jon M Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians CRA is not meant to be the end all and be all of Asian representation. It is however a part of the ongoing effort to tell more stories, to prove By Lainey • Aug 22, 2018 09:51 am
Maple Leaf Justin & Hailey’s engagement tour Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have been engaged for …what?... just over a month now? It happened in the Bahamas. Then they went back to New York. They’ve also been to Miami. And LA. And back to New York. And somewhere else I can’t remember. This past weekend By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 12:10 pm
Maple Leaf Justin gets a haircut Yesterday, Maria wrote about these photos of Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin crying while riding bikes. These two need to do less. I’m an emotional mess 75% of my life and even I reserve moments like this with my partner for the privacy of our home. I don’t By Kathleen • Aug 09, 2018 12:07 pm
Maple Leaf Celine’s week of poses I just name-checked Celine Dion, our Queen of Feelings, in the previous post about Drake and it occurred to me that I haven’t looked at her Instagram all week. And I missed SO MUCH. I missed so much extra-ness. Extra-ness in the posing! But first… Fashion porn. This.Hoodie. By Lainey • Aug 03, 2018 02:38 pm
Maple Leaf Official “Feelings” Sorry if you were misled into thinking this post would be about Celine. To me, the word “feelings” and “Celine Dion” are interchangeable and she owns them, all of them. On the music charts though, and on social media, “Feelings”, specifically “In My Feelings” is all about Drake. The song By Lainey • Aug 03, 2018 01:55 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for July 27, 2018 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that Awkwafina will host the 2018 IHEART RADIO MMVAS on August 26. This is an annual tradition here in Toronto that goes down in a parking lot in the heart of the city, with fans taking over an entire city block, getting as close By Lainey • Jul 27, 2018 09:44 am
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds expands his brand After several false starts, Deadpool finally made Ryan Reynolds the A-lister everyone expected him to be. And given Deadpool’s success, it also made him a producer with clout overnight. That has given him the power to do things like set up a Clue remake and, now, he’s producing By Sarah • Jul 26, 2018 01:57 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for July 20, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s been exactly three weeks since Drake released Scorpion. So it’s not surprising that Drake has the #1 song on the Hot 100 and the streaming charts. What is surprising is which song it is: "In My Feelings". When singles chart, usually it’s By Lainey • Jul 20, 2018 09:32 am
Maple Leaf The Season of Celine For the last two years, in 2016 and 2017, we were blessed this time of year. So f-cking blessed. Do you know what time of year this is? It’s usually the Season of Celine. I’m talking about Celine Dion at Paris Fashion Week. Remember? I KNOW YOU REMEMBER. By Lainey • Jun 27, 2018 04:15 pm
