Media Manipulation Angelina in Cambodia The big incomplete Brange headline last week was about how Brad Pitt was suing Angelina over selling her Chateau Miraval shares. Most major outlets missed the fact that Brad was sued first by his new co-owners for mismanagement of the estate. And also there’s what her lawyer said about By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 01:34 pm
Royals Charles, Camilla, and Kate: A Royal Rare “Rare” – that’s the word that’s coming up a lot today in the headlines about Kate Cambridge joining her father-in-law Prince Charles and Camilla at a visit to The Prince’s Foundation training site for arts and culture at Trinity Buoy Wharf today. PEOPLE described it as a “rare By Lainey • Feb 03, 2022 02:18 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Prince Harry’s Security Leak Another example of royal media hygiene and the importance of media literacy and hygiene, period, because there’s the version that the UK tabloids are spinning with this story, and the facts of the situation. The problem here is that, well, so much of what’s out there has been By Lainey • Jan 17, 2022 10:07 am
Top Reads Kanye and His (New) Cinderella: Celebrity Couple-Off 2022 As I wrote yesterday, gossip is giving us a couple-off to kick off 2022 and now Kanye West and Julia Fox have answered Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian’s trip to the Bahamas. To recap: Kanye and Julia spent NYE together in Miami, then went out for a second date By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 10:13 am
Media Manipulation Kim and Pete Hold Hands Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson were at Knott’s Scary Farm on Friday with a group of friends that also included Kourtney and Travis Barker. Kim and Pete sat next to each other on a rollercoaster and were photographed holding hands (you can see the photo here). Needless to say, By Lainey • Nov 01, 2021 12:10 pm
Royals The Curious Timing of the Cambridge Family Photo Since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members of the British royal family in early 2020, there’s been a concerted effort by the Firm to elevate Prince Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, to the same level of popularity. It’s been like By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 11:00 am
Royals The Campaign to Save Prince Andrew It would be almost funny, if it wasn’t so disgusting. To recap: Prince Andrew, the second and reportedly favourite son of Queen Elizabeth II, was friends with the dead rapist pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, and his alleged sex trafficking accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now in federal custody awaiting trial By Lainey • Sep 22, 2021 12:14 pm
Top Reads The Curious Case of the Brange Custody Battle One of the big celebrity stories that broke yesterday was about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and the ongoing custody case. The media coverage is a story unto itself. The timing is certainly curious and some of the coverage has been misleading. Let’s start with how the information was By Lainey • May 27, 2021 11:41 am
Relationship Assumption JLo’s Troll-Glow LOLOLOLOLOL That’s the best way I can describe how I’m feeling right now, how happy Bennifer is making me – no, how happy Jennifer Lopez is making me. And many of you. Because she is trolling us. Since it’s JLo though, I’m calling it troll-glow: Jennifer Lopez By Lainey • May 14, 2021 11:32 am
Top Reads A Royal Ratings Battle A week ago today, CBS announced that it had secured Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their first sit-down, together, since their engagement. This followed news that the Sussexes are expecting their second child. The week ended with the Queen’s confirmation that Harry and By Lainey • Feb 22, 2021 11:39 am
Royals Oprah and the Sussexes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dominated the headlines with their pregnancy announcement on Valentine’s Day, revealing their happy news a few days after Meghan’s legal victory over the Daily Mail. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of saltiness happening. Even more so since it was By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 10:49 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 29, 2021 Dear Gossips, You may have noticed a headline this week about Gillian Anderson after she appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and they played a behind-the-scenes video from the set of The Crown when, during a break from filming, she and Olivia Colman, along with other cast and crew, By Lainey • Jan 29, 2021 09:05 am
Top Reads The Real Queen It’s quite a choice that PEOPLE Magazine has made for their cover story this week: What the Queen is REALLY like. And the image that was selected to front the issue – the Queen, not in regal monarch style but just about as casual as we’ll ever see her. By Lainey • Jan 27, 2021 01:53 pm
Royals Kate Cambridge is “no pushover” Kate of House Cambridge covers the latest issue of PEOPLE, just in time for the Christmas break. As we’ve been discussing the last couple of weeks, the timing with Will and Kate has been interesting after The Crown controversy and their three day royal train tour that was…medium-received. By Lainey • Dec 16, 2020 12:28 pm
Media Manipulation House Cambridge: A Well-Timed Holiday Outing Prince William and Kate were at The Palladium in London the other night for a special pantomime performance in honour of frontline and essential workers for their service this year. They were joined by their three children, Big G, Charlotte, and Louis. Of course any time the young Cambridges are By Lainey • Dec 14, 2020 11:18 am
Top Reads Brad Keeps His Judge An update on the judge situation in the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie divorce case was filed on Monday: Judge Ouderkirk remains on the case. It was Angelina who was trying to have him disqualified for conflict of interest. Brad Pitt did not agree to it, alleging that it was just By Lainey • Nov 19, 2020 01:07 pm
