Maple Leaf Justin Bieber gets what he wants Four years ago, Justin Bieber was bitterly disappointed that his album, Believe, was not nominated for any Grammys. At the time, Grammys meant a lot to Justin. At the time, he thought he’d worked hard enough to deserve it. Last year, Justin won a Grammy for Where Are U By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 11:13 am
Maple Leaf Jessica Chastain in Toronto Jessica Chastain loves to work, and she’s amazing at her job. She constantly brings her A-game on-screen, but she also knows how to be a top tier celebrity, which Lainey and I saw firsthand last night at the Miss Sloane premiere in Toronto. Check out this tweet: Amazing experience By Joanna • Dec 06, 2016 11:22 am
Maple Leaf Harry missed Meghan Prince Harry’s tour of the Caribbean ended on Sunday. Instead of flying home to London, he went straight to Toronto to see Meghan Markle. Apparently there were blacked out SUVs outside her house yesterday and security seen walking about. It’s been over 3 weeks since they’ve spent By Lainey • Dec 06, 2016 11:00 am
Maple Leaf Drake, Kid Cudi and #YouGoodMan? Yesterday, Drake turned 30. Lainey wrote about how he released three new songs over the weekend to celebrate his birthday. One of those songs is called Two Birds, One Stone and it features direct jabs at Kid Cudi. If you need a reminder, Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi) is the rapper/ By Kathleen • Oct 25, 2016 11:50 am
Maple Leaf Low key Rachel McAdams Is it just me or has there been relatively little press about Rachel McAdams leading up to the release of Doctor Strange? Like, my reaction to seeing that she was at the premiere was “Oh yeah, she’s in it too”. And it’s not like I don’t pay By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 01:10 pm
Maple Leaf The love cycle of Rihanna & Drake After Drake put up an “I LOVE RIHANNA” sign on his face at the VMAs, they were together for a few weeks before she had to get back to work. She was in Paris to show her Fenty X Puma collection. Then she went to New York to take care By Lainey • Oct 11, 2016 01:15 pm
Friday Night Lights Riggins in London Did you know that Friday Night Lights premiered 10 years ago this week? For some of us it’s been a decade of Clear Eyes and Full Hearts. For others, ahem, those of you who ignored my nagging and only just gave in recently, it’s been a couple of By Lainey • Oct 05, 2016 02:58 pm
TV Updates Intro for October 3, 2016 Dear Gossips, Tomorrow is a big day for arts and culture in Canada. Kim’s Convenience, the first Canadian television sitcom starring Asian actors, will premiere tomorrow on CBC at 9pm. The show is based on a celebrated play by Ins Choi about a Korean family and their convenience store. By Lainey • Oct 03, 2016 09:00 am
Maple Leaf Please forgive Drake We need to forgive Drake for making us sit through his new “short film,” Please Forgive Me. This film has propelled his album Views back to No. 1 on the Billboard charts so he’s probably not sorry but he should be. The first thing he should be sorry for By Kathleen • Sep 27, 2016 10:03 am
Maple Leaf The new King of Shade All four Cambridges are in Canada right now on a royal tour of our country’s west coast. Will and Kate will be homebasing in Victoria with day trips here and there while Big G and Charlotte hang back at Government House. Kate wore a white and red Alexander McQueen By Lainey • Sep 26, 2016 04:06 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes might be married…or not married US Weekly is reporting exclusively that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes got married in secret earlier this year: “Multiple sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly” that Gosling and “his love of five years, Eva Mendes, quietly tied the knot earlier this year among a small group of By Lainey • Sep 21, 2016 03:37 pm
Break Ups Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie Break Up It’s the breakup heard ‘round the world. It’s the breakup that made us scream, “LOVE ISN’T REAL!” Just kidding. It’s the breakup that you scrolled passed on your Twitter timeline and kept scrolling because you didn’t give a f-ck. Justin Bieber and his girlfriend of By Kathleen • Sep 20, 2016 02:37 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for September 20, 2016 Dear Gossips, I am in love. I have just spent the last half an hour in my office, incapable of working, because I have fallen in love. With an academic, a true intellectual. His name is Eric Monkman. Eric Monkman took over Twitter last night during his performance on UK By Lainey • Sep 20, 2016 10:00 am
Maple Leaf Tatiana Maslany: Best Emmy Longshot So? Now that the Best Actress in a Drama award has gone to Tatiana Maslany for playing ALL – or, okay, most – of the characters in Orphan Black, are you more inclined to try it? This is an award where previous winners include, you know, Viola Davis, Claire Danes, Julianna Margulies By Duana • Sep 19, 2016 03:12 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan after the premiere Ryan Gosling was not in Venice for the world premiere of La La Land. He did, however, show up to support the film at home in Toronto at TIFF. La La Land, as you’ve heard, has bewitched critics and audiences all over the place and is now considered to By Lainey • Sep 15, 2016 10:57 am
Maple Leaf Two Lovers and a Bear is freezing cold, and a piece of surreal perfection Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan must have really taken to Kim Nguyen's surreal arctic love story because Two Lovers and a Bear left them out in the cold. The freezing cold, in fact. But to them, it was a very worthy project, and this original Canadian, The Shining-esque By Joanna • Sep 14, 2016 02:40 pm