Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé sushi night Beyoncé and Jay Z went out for sushi last night in LA. It’s been a couple of weeks since we saw her last. The day she confirmed the names of the twins, the paps shot her and Jay leaving a Roc Nation party. She ended up giving us the By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 04:27 pm
Music Justin Bieber’s “unforeseen circumstances” TMZ broke the story yesterday that Justin Bieber was cancelling the remainder of his tour dates (14 shows) because, as they put it, he was “over it”. TMZ followed up on their exclusive a few hours later with another exclusive – video of JB in Santa Monica explaining why he was By Lainey • Jul 25, 2017 12:37 pm
Music Selena’s birthday weekend Selena Gomez turned 25 years old on Saturday. She celebrated with her “people” and two birthday cakes with a promise that this year would be “epic”: Thank you for all of my bday love. I couldn't be more blessed. A lot of you don't realize how By Lainey • Jul 24, 2017 01:12 pm
Music Mimi tour time Lionel Richie and Mimi’s All The Hits tour was supposed to start earlier this year but was postponed after Lionel had knee surgery. So now the kickoff is tonight, in Oakland. They’ll be performing 22 shows in 22 cities until September 5. It’s not unmanageable for most By Lainey • Jul 21, 2017 03:25 pm
BFFs Selena’s celebrity friends Selena Gomez released a new song called Fetish this week. I don’t hate it. It’s better than Bad Liar. Does Taylor Swift think it’s better than Bad Liar? Because Taylor posted on Instagram for the first time in over two months yesterday to wish Selena an early By Lainey • Jul 14, 2017 04:38 pm
Music Jay Z and friends talk love and infidelity Jay Z’s 4:44 is an album that requires dissection. It’s a striking, emotional and vulnerable piece of art that is deserving of all the praise and analysis it has received. It’s got layers on layers of sh-t to process. I’ve listened to it multiple By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 03:35 pm
Royals Hot Harry’s festival weekend Prince Harry was in London this weekend, photographed at the British Summer Time Festival on Saturday night during The Killers show. As an aside, did you know that Mr Brightside has charted in the UK every year since its release in 2004? Every single year for 13 years. Most songs By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 10:46 am
Music Boomshakalaka It’s the universally recognised sound you hear when someone gets dunked on. It’s the sound you’re hearing today because we all just got dunked on. By Blue Ivy of the House Knowles-Carter, first of her line, the platinum, queen of the Twitter and princess of the By Lainey • Jul 07, 2017 12:39 pm
Music Jay Z’s confessions and revelations Jay Z’s new album 4:44 dropped last night. Were you scrambling to reinstall TIDAL on your phone like I was? Needless to say, 4:44 lit up Twitter. Here’s one of my favourite tweets: When you've not listened to Jay Z 's album but By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 12:25 pm
Music K’Naan, Riz Ahmed in Immigrants video Well, this was opportune. Earlier today Lainey asked whether politics belongs in gossip—I would say it’s impossible to talk about pop culture, anyway, without it. Sometimes these days we will talk about possible topics for Show Your Work and note that there’s been so much real-life By Duana • Jun 28, 2017 04:21 pm
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
Music Chance shines at the BET Awards There are a few Oprah Winfrey quotes that will forever be embedded in my brain. Last night, while watching Chance The Rapper win Best New Artist and the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards, the one Oprah quote (via Quincy Jones) that I couldn’t get out of my head By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2017 01:52 pm
Music Chloe x Halle accept for Beyoncé Chloe x Halle were my best dressed at the BET Awards last night based purely on personal preference. This is exactly what I would wear – a high-neck drapey dress with a one-shoulder cape and a loose elastic waist. God I love it so much. Chloe x Halle are By Lainey • Jun 26, 2017 10:13 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
Music Mahershala after Moonlight…and Jay Z I haven’t written about Mahershala Ali since a couple of weeks after he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Moonlight. It was a long award season. He’d just become a father. He took a break, to be with his family, to process the milestone year he’ By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 01:18 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
