Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s hair and cultural appropriation Justin Bieber has been wearing his hair in dreads for about a week now. In that week, there have been headlines, think pieces, backlash and outrage over Bieber’s hair, calling him out for cultural appropriation. A piece in JET calls the dreads “an insult to [his] black fans.” I By Kathleen • Apr 11, 2016 11:16 am
Maple Leaf Intro for April 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, If Duana’s not trying to harass the people in her life with non-stop wall-to-wall Hamilton she’s harassing all of us about Drake. Few people feel Drake like Duana. And, yesterday, in honour of the release of her first book, Drake dropped two new By Lainey • Apr 06, 2016 09:19 am
Douchebags Justin Bieber new hair, old attitude? Justin Bieber opened the iHeartRadio Music Awards in LA last night which is why he wasn’t in Canada at the JUNOs. But he won the Fan Choice Award at the JUNOs. So he sent a message. Of thanks? I’m not sure. Watch the video: What happens after that By Lainey • Apr 04, 2016 11:18 am
Maple Leaf Alessia Cara’s first Alessia Cara opened the JUNO Awards in Calgary last night. I’ve attached video below of what it sounded like not from the television broadcast but in the arena, her pure voice, live, and killing it. Impressive, right? SO impressive that by the time she won for Breakthrough Artist there By Lainey • Apr 04, 2016 10:14 am
Maple Leaf Intro for April 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Weeknd was the big winner last night at the JUNO Awards in Calgary going 4/5, accepting one of those awards from Buffy Sainte-Marie, the coolest ever. No one is cooler than Buffy Sainte-Marie. No f-cking one. The Weeknd’s performance was also simulcast By Lainey • Apr 04, 2016 07:33 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber feels too much It’s been exactly a year since Justin Bieber said sorry over and over again. It’s also been almost exactly a year since Where Are U Now was released, kicking off a major career restart that transitioned him from teen boy singing boy crush songs to young punk singing By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 09:49 am
Maple Leaf Rihanna’s Miami grind Rihanna’s ANTI tour played Miami last night. And Drake joined her on stage for Work. And by joined her on stage I mean his groin had a meeting with her ass resulting in a song-long rub, just like they did in the Work video. So. Now we’re By Lainey • Mar 16, 2016 01:21 pm
Maple Leaf Your move, BB-8 Many people thought Jacob Tremblay deserved an Oscar nomination for his performance in Room. Brie Larson won the Best Actress Oscar for Room. And what she gave us in that film could not have happened without the other person in that room – Jacob. Jacob was named Best Actor (over Christopher By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 04:39 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Missy’s CSA hair What if you like your dress but you don’t love it? You make it about the hair. This is what I see happening here. The dress is fine. It’s black, it’s tight, it doesn’t offend but it doesn’t delight. The hair, however, is amazing. Especially By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 02:57 pm
TV Updates Schitt’s Creek at the CSAs Full re-disclosure: Dan Levy, who writes, produces, and stars in Schitt’s Creek is my friend. He’s now an award-winning showrunner because Schitt’s Creek was named Best Comedy at the Canadian Screen Awards last night. Earlier last week, Dan also won a CSA for writing. I By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 10:59 am
TV Updates The CSA Message Dress The Book Of Negroes is of the most important literary works to come out of Canada. It’s about a woman called Aminata, born in West Africa, kidnapped and sold to slavery in America – a difficult but necessary read. The story was turned into a miniseries airing in Canada on By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 09:51 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 14, 2016 Dear Gossips, Martin Short was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian Screen Awards last night – now, maybe, nicknamed the “Candy”, by this year’s host Norm MacDonald. Like you know how the Academy Award is called the Oscar? The Canadian Screen Awards are Canada’s version of By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 09:08 am
Maple Leaf Ryan & Blake for Canada at the White House President Obama and Michelle Obama hosted a state dinner last night in honour of Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau. It’s not an overstatement to say that American media has paid more attention to Trudeau than previous Canadian politicians, is it? There was a By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 12:00 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for March 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Canadian Screen Awards are happening this week, honouring Canadian achievements in film and television over several nights, culminating on Sunday with the live broadcast. Last night the television talk show, sports, and news programs were featured. The Marilyn Denis Show won for Best Direction and Best Talk By Lainey • Mar 09, 2016 09:21 am
Maple Leaf Rachel & Taylor still together? Rachel McAdams stepped out last night in LA with her family for dinner after celebrating her first Oscar nomination last weekend. Some of you have been wondering whether or not she and Taylor Kitsch are still together…? It was first reported that they were a thing last summer. And they By Lainey • Mar 04, 2016 10:45 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 1, 2016 Dear Gossips, Thanks for all your emails and tweets and messages in response to our Oscar posts yesterday. Duana and I got yelled at a lot. You were mad at her about Naomi Watts (click here for a refresher) and you were mad at me about Olivias Munn and Wilde By Lainey • Mar 01, 2016 10:03 am
