Music Where is Justin Timberlake’s Sexy? Last week, Lainey wrote about how Justin Timberlake is trolling for an Oscar with his new song Can’t Stop The Feeling. Well, the video came out last night and they really aren’t being subtle about ripping off Happy now, are they? The song is catchy as hell and By Kathleen • May 17, 2016 01:22 pm
Music Lin-Manuel Miranda: the answer? Yesterday I posted about Justin Timberlake, Trolls, and Can’t Stop The Feeling, whether or not the song would be his Oscar. And then a reader called Stefanie wrote to remind me that Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing the music for Disney’s Moana, opening in November, just a couple of By Lainey • May 11, 2016 04:22 pm
Maple Leaf Drake talks Rihanna, Nicki, Kanye in new interviews Drake rarely does press. He’s not the guy who is constantly on the talk show circuit, lip-syncing with Fallon or carpool karaoke-ing with James Cordon. He doesn’t need those shows to help him go viral. He does that all on his own. But while Drake might not need By Kathleen • May 11, 2016 11:46 am
Music JT trolls for Oscar? Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick are in Berlin today for Trolls. As I mentioned yesterday, the movie doesn’t come out until November so I didn’t understand why we were being told to care about it now. But then I realised they’re on their way to Cannes. And By Lainey • May 10, 2016 12:14 pm
Music JT’s strategic blurring Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick were in London last night to present at the BAFTA TV Awards and they were out today to promote Trolls. I’m so confused. According to the movie’s website, Trolls doesn’t open until November. Is that how it is now? Is this how By Lainey • May 09, 2016 09:52 am
Music Intro for May 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, My two most memorable online reads this weekend were about Lucy Liu and Radiohead, separately. Vulture posted an article about Lucy’s Watson on Elementary, positing that her “Joan” is the “Best Version of Watson”, obviously provocative because CumHards love their Sherlock and, since Martin Freeman, to them, By Lainey • May 09, 2016 08:01 am
Music Intro for May 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, Two deeps dives from yesterday to recommend if you haven’t already: Barry Avrich is a Canadian filmmaker who was trying a few years ago to put together an unauthorised documentary about Harvey Weinstein. According to Barry, Harvey Weinstein wasn’t exactly supportive. Barry details the experience in By Lainey • May 06, 2016 09:30 am
Music JT’s Feeling is coming Justin Timberlake tweeted yesterday that he’s releasing a new single called Can’t Stop The Feeling tomorrow. 🤔...#CantStopTheFeeling 2 more days. https://t.co/2mquRXMsUy— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) May 4, 2016 So when he tweeted this last weekend: Everybody... It is ACTUALLY GONNA BE MAY!#canyoumemeyourself Probably not, right? By Lainey • May 05, 2016 12:29 pm
Music Intro for May 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, The read of the day yesterday was definitely the New York Times article on Britney Spears titled: Is Britney Spears Ready To Stand On Her Own? CLICK! Immediately! Britney has been showing more and more personality on social media over the last few months. She’s also been By Lainey • May 05, 2016 10:00 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s engagement party Justin Bieber is not engaged. His father, Jeremy, is engaged. And Justin was in Toronto on Saturday to attend his dad’s engagement party, held at a mansion in one of Toronto’s most expensive neighbourhoods where, bizarrely, an art show was also taking place. There was a tiger. The By Lainey • May 02, 2016 08:31 am
Maple Leaf Drake’s biggest week Drake’s new album, Views, dropped on Friday and reportedly sold 630,000 units in its first day exclusively on iTunes. They’re projecting as low as 800,000 for a full week and, possibly, as high as over a million. Which could put him in Adele and Taylor Swift By Lainey • May 02, 2016 08:12 am
Music Taylor Swift’s hidden messages A couple of weeks ago, Taylor Swift posted a photo of herself on Instagram with bleached hair – her best hair ever – from Coachella. Here’s a refresher: BLEACHELLA ⚡️ A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onApr 15, 2016 at 1:09pm PDT That image on the back of her jacket… By Lainey • Apr 29, 2016 11:25 am
BFFs Kelly Rowland won’t talk about Lemonade We’ve been obsessing over Lemonade all week. Lainey has written about it every day. We won’t stop obsessing. Its importance is not up for debate. I might go back to school just to take all the classes that will inevitably be taught on Lemonade. Anyway, a local morning By Kathleen • Apr 28, 2016 10:43 am
Music “Boycott Beyoncé” She performed Formation at the Super Bowl and they tried to be mad about it by organising a protest at NFL headquarters. The only people who showed up were members of the BeyHive ready to protest the protestors. And there was some talk of a police boycott? This is what By Lainey • Apr 28, 2016 10:14 am
Music Beyoncé is ready As mentioned earlier, Beyoncé kicks off the Formation World Tour tonight in Miami. Tickets would have been considered a major get a few weeks ago. But now? With the release of Lemonade? Well, she knows how to drive up the interest. It’s Beyoncé. It was always planned this way, By Lainey • Apr 27, 2016 03:32 pm
Music Intro for April 26, 2016 Dear Gossips, I can’t stop reading all the think-pieces about Beyoncé’s Lemonade. This one was my favourite from yesterday. And there will be more. Because, again, there’s just so much to unpack. Which, again, is a testament to the singular force that is Beyoncé. No one else By Lainey • Apr 26, 2016 10:01 am
