Music We The People A Tribe Called Quest ended their performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards with Q-Tip yelling, “RESIST! RESIST! RESIST!” So, it was the most 2017 performance of the night. ATCQ was joined by Busta Rhymes and Best New Artist nominee Anderson .Paak. ATCQ’s classic jam Award Tour kicked off By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 08:18 am
Music Chance took the Grammys to church In January, I wrote about how Chance The Rapper was leaning hard into his good guy persona. I also wrote about how having “Grammy-award winning” in front of your name means ultimate validation for artists and how much I wanted that for Chance. Well, Chance The Rapper was validated By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 07:44 am
Music Intro for February 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Since the midpoint of last year, I’ve been Gossip Genie-ing for a Grammy collaboration between Beyoncé and Adele. A conventional collaboration did not happen. But could you call what actually did happen a collaboration? In the end, what wasn’t televised is the moment Adele accidentally By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:00 am
Music The Oscar performers The Academy today announced who would be performing at the Oscars this year. All five nominated songs will be represented. These are the artists who’ll sing them: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Auli’i Cravalho, How Far I’ll Go, Moana Sting, The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 03:33 pm
Music Jakey by Cary I don’t think I even need to show you this video to make you appreciate the hotness of this combination. Jake Gyllenhaal will be performing on Broadway in Sunday In The Park With George. Previews begin on Saturday. Opening night is February 23. This is Jake’s first time By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 03:43 pm
Music Katy & Taylor 2017? Let’s just keep speculating while we’re at it. Katy Perry has confirmed that she will be performing at the Beyoncé-Adele Grammys on Sunday. CONFIRMED: @katyperry returns to the #GRAMMYs stage 🎤Don't miss her performance on Music's Biggest Night Feb. 12 on @CBS! 🔁if By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 02:44 pm
Douchebags Intro for February 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, I read an article at the New York Times yesterday that enraged me. So, like any good friend, I passed my rage onto Duana right before bedtime and then promptly fell asleep. Didn’t help. When I woke up I was still pissed. The article is about the By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 09:02 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Super Beyoncé? The Super Bowl is happening on Sunday, in case you haven’t heard. The Super Bowl is part football, commercials, and the halftime show. Already many brands have released their Super Bowl commercials online. And the ones who haven’t released the commercials online will release them online 30 seconds By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 03:09 pm
Music Lauryn Hill’s habitual lateness Before I write anything about Lauryn Hill, I have to disclose that she means so much to me. She is my favourite artist of all time. To me, her music is healing. Literally. I listen to her when I’m sad and/or sniffling. She is my Buckley’s. The By Kathleen • Feb 02, 2017 11:10 am
Music Taylor didn’t know Taylor Swift thought today would be a good day to start hyping you up for her upcoming pre-Super Bowl appearance. She’s been pretty low key on social media lately. And this afternoon she posted a video of her and Gigi Hadid hearing I Don’t Wanna Live Forever By Lainey • Feb 01, 2017 04:08 pm
Music Skipping the Grammys Yesterday TMZ reported that Kanye West, Drake, and Justin Bieber will not attend the Grammys. Drake is on tour and while it’s possible to tweak the schedule for him to get to LA and then head back to Europe, I’m not convinced his reason aligns with JB’s, By Lainey • Feb 01, 2017 01:32 pm
Music John Mayer’s Search For Everything A press release went out yesterday to announce that John Mayer’s The Search For Everything tour will kick off in New York on March 31. The release was forwarded to me and Duana by our friend M, who offered to buy each of us a ticket - a joke meant By Lainey • Jan 31, 2017 04:38 pm
Music Selena & The Weeknd are social media official It’s not love until the love is validated on social media. Selena Gomez and The Weeknd spent the weekend in Florence. They’ve been photographed holding hands, hugging, and kissing while visiting museums and having dinner. Click here and here to see the shots. As expected, many are comparing By Lainey • Jan 31, 2017 11:03 am
Music Missy is back and “better” The Super Bowl is next weekend. It will mark the two-year anniversary of that time Katy Perry headlined the half-time show but the only things we remember are Left Shark and Missy Elliott saving the goddamn day. After Missy reminded the world that she is Missy F-cking By Kathleen • Jan 27, 2017 03:51 pm
Music Will Emma and Ryan sing at the Oscars? La La Land has two songs nominated in the Best Song category, City Of Stars and Audition. Both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling sing on City Of Stars and Emma is on her own on Audition. As you know, the nominated songs are typically performed at the Oscars, often by By Lainey • Jan 25, 2017 03:59 pm
Music The worst song gets nominated This was not unexpected. I mean, we all knew it was going to happen. We’ve been bracing ourselves for it to happen for weeks now, not that that takes away any of the ugh, f-ck, why of the situation. Justin Timberlake has been nominated for an Oscar for By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 04:37 pm