Music Intro for February 16, 2016 Dear Gossips, The New Yorker finally published that long-awaited exposé on TMZ yesterday, have you read it yet? The piece confirms what you probably already know if you live online – that many of TMZ’s sources are celebrities themselves, or at least the people who represent them. Also Ellen DeGeneres By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 09:31 am
Music Gwen & Blake’s Grammy weekend I am f-cking trying, OK? I am trying to summon the asshole that defines my personality and I can’t find it here, not when these pictures are just so cute. Check out Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton last night at Clive Davis’s annual pre-Grammy part in LA. She By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 11:14 am
Music Katy Perry’s Grammy party Katy Perry will not be attending the Grammy Awards tonight. She did, however, host her own pre-Grammys party on Saturday and hopes to make the event an ongoing Grammys tradition, telling the New York Times that she wanted to create an event for the “creators” only – not managers, not publicists, By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 08:47 am
Maple Leaf JB, Elvis, GQ, and Caity It’s going to be a big weekend for Justin Bieber. Remember a few years ago how pissy he and Scooter Braun were about not being nominated for a Grammy? Well, JB’s performing at the Grammys. And he’s nominated for a Grammy. Maybe more. There are so many By Lainey • Feb 11, 2016 01:23 pm
Music A thank you note from Beyoncé What would you do if you received a thank you note from Beyoncé? This is what happened to Jenna Wortham who writes for the New York Times. I linked to the piece the other day. It was an academic analysis of Beyoncé’s Formation, the day she released the song By Lainey • Feb 11, 2016 09:56 am
Music Intro for February 10, 2016 Dear Gossips, Last Friday, ahead of the Super Bowl, I wrote that I spend a lot of time wondering what Beyoncé is up to. Click here for a refresher. Since Saturday, when she gave us the Formation, I spend even more time wondering what Beyoncé is up to. I know By Lainey • Feb 10, 2016 09:31 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Intro for February 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, Zayn Malik has achieved what One Direction couldn’t: Pillowtalk is #1 in its first week on the Billboard Hot 100. Part of that, of course, has to do with One Direction fan support, certainly. But a lot of it is how he’s managed his profile the By Lainey • Feb 09, 2016 08:50 am
Music Chris Martin of Maroon 5 If that means nothing to you, please enjoy this: Cookie says she didn’t mean it and that post has since been deleted. But still. STILL. There’s a point here. And I’m pretty sure there were times during their alleged halftime performance that even Coldplay didn’t know By Lainey • Feb 08, 2016 11:36 am
Music Beyonce’s Formation Everything that needed to be said has already been said – on Twitter, in the New York Times, and Sarah Silverman: Think about that. Releasing a brand new song just hours before performing live on that stage, the most watched televised event of the year, and it’s already familiar. And By Lainey • Feb 08, 2016 11:01 am
Music The Halftime Others As you know, Coldplay will be backing up Beyonce at the Super Bowl on Sunday. They can use up all the minutes they want. The only minutes that will matter will be HER minutes. In addition to B, Bruno Mars is also confirmed to make an appearance. Which basically pushes By Lainey • Feb 05, 2016 11:51 am
Music The Half-time Star Let’s be clear. Beyonce will be the showcase during the halftime show at the Super Bowl on Sunday. I mean, Coldplay might be “officially” declared the halftime act by the NFL but, knowing now that Beysus is part of the event, well, it means she IS the event. Especially By Lainey • Feb 05, 2016 11:15 am
Music Johnny Depp: Grammys not Oscars Johnny Depp was not nominated for an Oscar. You think Amber Heard was more disappointed than he was? Well, she definitely gets to go to the Grammys now. Does that help? The Recording Academy announced this morning that The Hollywood Vampires will perform at the Grammys on Monday, February 15th. By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 11:40 am
Music Rihanna plays with George Rihanna and George Clooney are on Ellen today. We’ll get to him later. Right now, let’s talk about her. And their game of Never Have I Ever. The video is below …and it’s pretty cute. It’s cute because whenever George claims he’s never done something, By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 09:59 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Grammy Awards are happening next Monday, February 15th. Ed Sheeran is one of the nominees. He’ll be there. But it doesn’t sound like he wants to be? “I wasn’t going to attend even after getting nominated, because I’ve been the last three years By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 09:37 am
Music Harry’s 22 True story. I was on the subway a week or so ago and three girls were waiting on the platform, huddled around a phone, holding each other, weeping. When I walked by, I saw that they were watching the One Direction History video. I looked up and caught the eye By Lainey • Feb 03, 2016 10:26 am
Music Gigi & Zayn’s Late Nights Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik were out last night in LA, photographed leaving The Nice Guy. Are you perving on that shot of them in the back of the car as he’s kissing her head? I am. Are you obsessed with Pillowtalk? Have you been listening to it over By Lainey • Feb 03, 2016 10:06 am
