Music JLO and ARod give back Here are some shots of Jennifer Lopez arriving in the Dominican Republic with her children on the weekend. She was there to perform with Marc Anthony, and I’ve included photos from their concert below. This led to some silly speculation that maybe JLO and Marc would get back together By Lainey • Apr 18, 2017 11:42 am
Music Intro for April 17, 2017 Dear Gossips, Of all the performances at Coachella this weekend, I was most interested in Kendrick Lamar’s. His new album, DAMN., was just released on Friday. The reviews are overwhelmingly positive. You know who came up in The New York Times review though? Here’s the paragraph: Taken in By Lainey • Apr 17, 2017 08:52 am
Music The vocals are in If you follow DJ Khaled on social, you know it’s the question, a variation on, “Did the Drake vocals come in yet?” Somebody usually answers that it’s “top secret”. And then Khaled delivers his trademark, “I like that”. Khaled is working on a new album called Grateful. The By Lainey • Apr 12, 2017 02:26 pm
Music Drake and Rihanna: awkward exes Last summer, I would have been squealing at news that Drake and Rihanna attended a child’s birthday party together. Sure, I’m easily excitable, but I was still holding on to hope that Aubrey and Robyn would get their sh-t together so they could get together. Do I By Kathleen • Apr 11, 2017 10:48 am
Music Harry Styles: Sign Of The Times Harry Styles released his first solo single today, Sign Of The Times. He will be the musical guest when Jimmy Fallon hosts Saturday Night Live (real live in both New York and LA) on April 15. And by the time he finishes singing this song, even by the 3:15 By Lainey • Apr 07, 2017 11:35 am
Music John Mayer’s dancing pandas, fake Beyoncés, and captive butterflies John Mayer’s video for Still Feel Like Your Man dropped this week. I posted about the song last month when he was shooting the video while being interviewed by the New York Times. You’ll recall, there was risk of cultural appropriation but he felt confident that he was By Lainey • Apr 06, 2017 04:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Carter Anniversary It’s been almost a year since Lemonade was released. You’ll recall, while we were all watching on that Saturday, we were like… oh f-----ck. Is she leaving him? And then, OK, maybe she’s not leaving him but she is dragging his ass in public. Cut to By Lainey • Apr 04, 2017 04:30 pm
Music Kendrick's controversy & Kelly Rowland I’m so f-cking sick and tired of the Photoshop/ Show me somethin’ natural like afro on Richard Pryor/ Show me somethin’ natural like ass with some stretchmarks On Friday when I wrote about Kendrick Lamar’s Humble music video, I noted that these lyrics were going viral and By Kathleen • Apr 03, 2017 03:09 pm
Maple Leaf Alessia Cara: Breakthrough to Pop Album Alessia Cara went from winning the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2016 to walking away with a trophy for Pop Album of the Year in 2017. Last year, Lainey wrote about her seemingly unflappable on-stage confidence, and last night, it was back in full force. By Joanna • Apr 03, 2017 10:16 am
Maple Leaf Sarah McLachlan: Hall of Famer Sarah McLachlan was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards last night, and beyond her two performances, touching speech and philanthropic message, she looked phenomenal in two different looks at the ceremony. Fit, funky, joyous, 49, and killing it in a jumpsuit. Look at her By Joanna • Apr 03, 2017 09:45 am
TV Updates Selena’s Only You The Weeknd had a few days off this week and he spent them with Selena Gomez in South America. After this weekend he gets a 3 week break before resuming his tour. Let’s come back to that in a minute. Selena last night was in New York for the By Lainey • Mar 31, 2017 01:15 pm
Music Be humble Sit DOWN. It’s a phrase we use a lot here at LaineyGossip as a way to check celebrities who don’t know their place. Lindsay Lohan says she’s going to win an Oscar? Sit DOWN. Scott Eastwood brags about allegedly passing on playing Christian Grey? Scott Eastwood breathes? By Kathleen • Mar 31, 2017 10:50 am
Music JT at the race Yesterday in Smutty Social Media Maria featured this photo that Pharrell posted on Instagram: ... A post shared by Pharrell Williams (@pharrell) onMar 28, 2017 at 7:46pm PDT Justin Timberlake has collaborated with Pharrell and Timbaland many times. And it’s no secret that the three have been working for By Lainey • Mar 30, 2017 10:52 am
Music Mariah joins the Nicki vs Remy Ma feud The second greatest gift American Idol gave the world—next to Kelly Clarkson, of course—was Nicki Minaj vs Mariah Carey. I almost forget about the gossip gold that was the 2013 season of Idol when every week was a glorious display of passive aggression and diva-on-diva shade By Kathleen • Mar 24, 2017 03:18 pm
Douchebags John Mayer’s performative contrition John Mayer has a new album coming out. It’s called The Search For Everything. And it’s his return to, as he calls it, “blockbuster” music. Basically he says he was on a self-imposed exile from big pop because he hated himself after being a douchebag so he By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 11:16 am
Maple Leaf Drake gets it together That’s the general consensus. More Life was supposed to drop in December. Then it was January. After Views, the overrated, undeserving Album of the Year nominee that came out less than a year ago, I wanted to be "meh" about More Life. I wanted Drake to make By Kathleen • Mar 20, 2017 01:10 pm