Media Manipulation Beckham trolling? Yesterday in Smutty Social Media Maria linked to Victoria Beckham’s Instagram video – she was trying out dresses and getting ready for the “anniversary”. Most of us assumed the “anniversary” was the wedding anniversary as she and David will celebrate their 19th anniversary on July 4th, next Wednesday. And if By Lainey • Jun 28, 2018 01:01 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The courage of Brad Pitt World War Brange resumed last week as court documents leaked revealing that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are still scrapping over custody of their children. Most of the headlines are focusing on the fact that the judge in the case has told Angelina that she must allow Brad more access By Lainey • Jun 20, 2018 10:37 am
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt & Dr Oxman: the “exaggeration” Brad Pitt is on the cover of the new issue of Us Weekly and it’s all about his relationship with Neri Oxman. As you know, Page Six broke the news that they’ve been hanging out last Thursday, giving the magazines more than enough time to include the story By Lainey • Apr 11, 2018 03:36 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt & his “friend” Dr Oxman There have been a lot of headlines today about Brad Pitt and Neri Oxman and whether or not they’ve been dating for 6 months. We covered this on Friday when I wrote about their possible timeline. According to PEOPLE and E! sources, Brad and Dr Oxman are “strictly friends” By Lainey • Apr 10, 2018 04:02 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Brad Pitt & Dr Oxman: the timeline You’re not sick of this Brad Pitt/Neri Oxman story are you? Because we are not done today. If you’re joining us late, I posted this morning about Page Six’s exclusive that Brad and Dr Oxman might be dealing with each other. Then I followed up with By Lainey • Apr 06, 2018 01:32 pm
Media Manipulation Shawn & Hailey go public? How’s your Shawn Mendes problem? How many times do you listen to Lost In Japan every day? The day it was released, I had it on repeat for a full 3 hours. I haven't texted Kathleen about Shawn Mendes today because we have work to do and By Lainey • Apr 04, 2018 01:05 pm
Faux Gossip Angelina Jolie: “no interest in dating at all” I posted yesterday about Angelina Jolie and the story coming out of Entertainment Tonight about how she’s dating an unidentified “older looking” real estate agent. ET is not Radar or Star Magazine. ET’s accuracy is generally much higher than the lower tier tabloids and whatever’s coming out By Lainey • Mar 28, 2018 09:58 am
Music Christina Aguilera, back to basics In 2006, Christina Aguilera released her fifth studio album Back to Basics. Remember, it was the album where she dressed like an Old Hollywood starlet she dubbed “Baby Jane” and sang throwback-style R&B jams. Back to Basics was the second reinvention of Xtina’s career, right after the By Kathleen • Mar 27, 2018 09:43 am
Hook Ups Emma & Chord: it’s official I posted about Emma Watson and Chord Overstreet exactly a week ago, after the Oscars, when they were seen leaving the Vanity Fair party together. And that was a couple of weeks after they were seen at a concert in LA together. Emma and Chord stepped out hand in hand By Lainey • Mar 12, 2018 11:38 am
Break Ups Jen & Justin: who’s driving? We’ve been talking about the Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux separation announcement timeline. Page Six is now claiming partial responsibility: Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced Thursday that they were splitting up — suspiciously just two hours after Page Six asked their reps to confirm our sources’ reports that they By Lainey • Feb 16, 2018 02:38 pm
Break Ups Jennifer Aniston is single As noted in the previous post, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s breakup announcement timeline seems …curious? They release a statement that suggests they don’t want to be the focus of the attention. But they drop the news yesterday instead of today, pretty much guaranteeing that the gossip industry By Lainey • Feb 16, 2018 11:50 am
Break Ups Jennifer & Justin: the breakup timeline Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were in Cabo for New Year’s with Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka. In their separation statement they say that they made the decision to separate at the end of 2017. There had been rumours around that time that they were heading for a divorce. By Lainey • Feb 16, 2018 10:35 am
Girly Throw Downs SJP covers PEOPLE How fortuitous…and at the same time …not? Sarah Jessica Parker covers this week’s issue of PEOPLE Magazine. It’s an interview that seems like it would have been scheduled ahead of time. Divorce is on HBO right now. And, as PEOPLE notes, she’s launching a limited-edition children’ By Lainey • Feb 14, 2018 10:21 am
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
Media Manipulation Selena’s Instagram privatisation That sounds like a business deal. It’s not a business deal. I wish it was a business deal. But it’s just old fashioned petty celebrity drama. Selena Gomez has made her Instagram private. And most people think it has something to do with this: 📷 @selenagomez via Instagram Stories By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 03:43 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Intro for November 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last week in The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow wrote about how Harvey Weinstein recruited investigation firms, using former military intelligence, to go undercover and gather information about his accusers. Yesterday Rose McGowan surrendered to police on a drug charge that happened in January when she lost her wallet By Lainey • Nov 15, 2017 08:35 am