Maple Leaf Celine Dion: all the feelings, all the poses At this point, I don’t know if there are any words left to describe Celine Dion at Paris Fashion Week. We’ve already talked about her earnestness and enthusiasm and her giving all the f-cks and how it has made the too-cool assholes that we usually see at fashion By Lainey • Jul 07, 2017 03:48 pm
TV Updates Blessed be the (Passion)fruit I’m SORRY. I HAD TO. I couldn’t stop myself. And you’ve just groaned. And I don’t blame you. But… it was too corny not to! We’re about a week away from the Emmy Award nominations. The Handmaid’s Tale is expected to be a major By Lainey • Jul 06, 2017 10:09 am
Maple Leaf Celine of Paris Celine Dion is from Quebec, Canada. And she would never say she “belongs” anywhere else. She has also, as of the last decade or so, been of Las Vegas. But when Celine Dion is in Paris… well… it’s like there’s new life. It’s like she gives herself By Lainey • Jul 05, 2017 03:40 pm
Maple Leaf The Canadian Queen of Feelings It’s Canada Day tomorrow. So I’ve been saving this all week – a week’s worth of Celine Dion’s feelings… as expressed through her fashion, on her concert stage and on her other stage: right outside her hotel in Paris, where she’s been catwalking on a regular By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 03:50 pm
Maple Leaf Harry & Meghan this weekend Princess Diana was born on July 1. In Canada we would call her a Canada Day baby. (Shout out to the legend Marilyn Denis, also a Canada Day baby!) This year marks the 20th anniversary of Diana’s passing. Princes William and Harry will be at Althorp tomorrow for a By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 11:03 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 30, 2017 Dear Gossips, This weekend, Canada is marking the 150th anniversary of Confederation. My parents came to Canada to have me and raise me, so that I could have more opportunities, more opportunities than would ever have been available to them. So my personal relationship to Canada 150 is about gratitude. By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 09:47 am
Sports Drake hosts the NBA Awards The first ever NBA Awards happened last night in New York. Drake was the host. Drake, as you know, from the Junos and the ESPYs and Saturday Night Live, is a very good host. This is a skill he has on top of his other skills and a skill that By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 11:23 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 26, 2017 Dear Gossips, There was a lot of nostalgia last night at the BET Awards. New Edition was honoured. Mary J Blige showed us how great it can be to set yourself free. And Xscape came back onstage together after 18 years apart. But to balance the nostalgia, there were several By Lainey • Jun 26, 2017 09:02 am
Maple Leaf This week in Celine Last night Celine Dion performed in London. There’s a rumour that Adele visited her before the show and that they’re now trying to figure out a way to work together. IF THERE IS A GOD PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. Anyway, The Guardian reviewed Celine’s concert today, calling By Lainey • Jun 21, 2017 11:12 am
Maple Leaf Ryan Gosling and Elvis As mentioned, I took the day off on Friday because I was at Graceland. It was my first time. I say this because having been there, I now realise I have to go back. How stupid to think that once would be enough. It’s not enough. Because I have By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 02:27 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for June 19, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last September, I posted in this space about A Tribe Called Red and their album We Are The Halluci Nation. They were on The Social and, in my opinion, that interview remains one of the best, if not the best, interview segment we’ve ever done on our By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 09:29 am
Maple Leaf Celine’s European summer It was about a year ago now that Celine Dion took over Paris Fashion Week, do you remember? Of course you remember. She sashayed out of that hotel every single day in one fabulous outfit after another – a word I use sparingly but she deserves it more than anyone else By Lainey • Jun 14, 2017 10:57 am
TV Updates Do you miss Sandra Oh? In Shonda Rhimes’s book, Year Of Yes, she writes a lot about writing. She writes about where she writes (sometimes in the pantry), about how writing is never complete, about “laying track” for more writing. And she writes about the characters she’s written. The character she writes about By Lainey • Jun 13, 2017 01:34 pm
Maple Leaf What happened, Ellen Page Ellen Page earned an Oscar nomination at 20 for Juno. She starred in cult favorite Hard Candy and the underrated Whip It. She’s been in the X-Men and has worked with Christopher Nolan. It’s not like Ellen Page hasn’t Done Things. She totally has. And everyone likes By Sarah • Jun 13, 2017 12:22 pm
Maple Leaf Bloody Gos When last we checked in with Blade Runner 2049, Ryan Gosling was shilling at CinemaCon. Today, we have a snippet of footage teasing the first trailer premiere in three days. It’s high contrast, ORANGE, and The Gos is looking a bit beat up and bloody. (Nothing will top how By Sarah • May 05, 2017 03:30 pm
Maple Leaf ALL THE FEELINGS, ALL THE SONGS Sorry. I don’t mean to yell at you with the capitals. But… the only way I can convey my feelings or, more specifically, the feelings that Celine Dion is allowing me to feel IS BY SHOUTING AT YOU WITH THESE WORDS. You thought we were done with Celine at By Lainey • May 04, 2017 03:41 pm
