Break Ups The Weeknd’s Selena Melancholy The Weeknd dropped a surprise six-song album on Friday called My Dear Melancholy, and it is exactly as full of heartbreak and angst as it sounds. The good thing is that musically, The Weeknd is at his best when he's being all broken and angsty. The dark and By Kathleen • Apr 02, 2018 11:45 am
Maple Leaf Jessie Reyez + Daniel Caesar forever That’s what I would be scrawling all over a notebook while day dreaming today if I still scrawled in notebooks while daydreaming. For me, the highlights of last night’s generally pleasant and refreshingly inclusive Juno awards were indisputably Jessie Reyez and Daniel Caesar, separately and together. Separately, they By Kathleen • Mar 26, 2018 09:33 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 26, 2018 Dear Gossips, Over the last few weeks we’ve seen the power of youth, potential, and emerging talent manifesting a possibility that previous generations have laid the groundwork for. I thought about this when Buffy Sainte-Marie came on stage last night during the Juno Awards. Buffy has been advocating for By Lainey • Mar 26, 2018 08:30 am
Quiveration Shawn Mendes snapped In the good way. It has become increasingly evident to me this week that I can no longer ignore Shawn Mendes. Of course, he’s been around. Shawn Mendes has a legion of hopelessly devoted fans (the Mendes Army) who pledged allegiance to him years ago and will probably yell By Kathleen • Mar 23, 2018 10:43 am
Friday Night Lights Taylor Kitsch on a date? I am still invested in Taylor Kitsch. Even though he can’t seem to catch a break professionally (despite promising trailers and decent reviews, Waco came and went rather quietly), I still care about Taylor Kitsch. Riggins forever. Which means I still care who Taylor Kitsch is or is not By Kathleen • Mar 21, 2018 12:56 pm
TV Updates Intro for March 12, 2018 Dear Gossips, Kim’s Convenience was named Best Comedy Series at the Canadian Screen Awards gala last night, with Paul Sun-Hyung Lee winning Best Lead Actor, Comedy and Andrew Phung winning Best Supporting Actor for the second year in a row. "Representation matters. When communities see themselves reflected onscreen, By Lainey • Mar 12, 2018 08:41 am
Sports Intro for February 20, 2018 Dear Gossips, Holy sh-t, that Olympic free dance competition last night. But this is what you want when the gold is on the line, right? You want everyone to f-cking bring it. There is nothing I’m better at than choking in the moment, especially when it requires physical performance. By Lainey • Feb 20, 2018 09:17 am
Maple Leaf Drake “lost a J.Lo” But can you lose something you never had? Drake dropped two surprise songs over the weekend and one of them, Diplomatic Immunity, contains the lyric: 2010 was when I lost my halo 2017 I lost a JLO We’re dealing with one of two scenarios here. One is that Drake By Kathleen • Jan 22, 2018 03:03 pm
Maple Leaf Celine for the weekend This story came out earlier in the week but I’ve been saving it for today because I had a feeling I’d need to go into the weekend with Celine Dion. It is currently snow-icing here in Toronto. My car door almost didn’t open about an hour ago By Lainey • Jan 12, 2018 04:45 pm
Maple Leaf Selena un-privates and Justin blushes I posted the other day about Selena Gomez privatising her Instagram account after sharing with her followers that she was pissed about a quote in her recent Billboard Woman of the Year interview. Her IG was reopened early Wednesday and according to The Blast: Sources close to the “Wolves” singer By Lainey • Dec 07, 2017 03:51 pm
Maple Leaf Meghan Markle, the new star of the royal family As I wrote in the site intro today, Canada was well represented by Meghan Markle in her style choices. The earrings were Birks. The coat was Line, which, ahem, by the way, Sasha has written about often. The dress is P.A.R.O.S.H. The ring? Prince Harry By Lainey • Nov 27, 2017 10:08 am
Maple Leaf Hero Drake We’ve come to know a lot of Drakes over the years. There’s Sensitive Drake, Heartbreak Drake, Fangirl Drake, Petty Drake, Mogul Drake and my favourite: Hopelessly Devoted Drake. That’s not including the many alter-egos Drake has given himself, like Champagne Papi, Chaining Tatum and 6 God, just By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2017 03:59 pm
Maple Leaf Angelina Jolie in Vancouver Angelina Jolie was in Vancouver yesterday to deliver the keynote address at the UN Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial Conference urging governments around the world to do more to stop sexual violence, calling it "a critical obstacle to achieving women's equality and our full human rights”, explaining that it By Lainey • Nov 16, 2017 09:43 am
Maple Leaf Celine at the club I meant to get to this yesterday but we had to post all the Sexiest Man Alive posts. And then I wanted to save this for tomorrow because it’s such a great Friday weekend sendoff but in these times, we shouldn’t put off our joy. Every day a By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 04:17 pm
Break Ups Selena & Justin this time It hasn’t even been a week yet since we found out that Justin Bieber was over at Selena Gomez’s house – with some other friends – kicking off a series of meetups that culminated in the news yesterday that she and The Weeknd are no longer together. Is anyone broken By Lainey • Oct 31, 2017 11:19 am
Maple Leaf Justin and Selena, reunited Yesterday, I wrote about Selena Gomez’s other big reunion of the week: she and her back-on BFF Demi walked a red carpet together for the first time in years. On Sunday, she reunited with her ex Justin Bieber. TMZ has photos of Selena and Justin arriving separately to her By Kathleen • Oct 25, 2017 10:31 am
