Maple Leaf The Weeknd covers Rolling Stone The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, doesn’t grant many interviews. He tells Rolling Stone that it’s because he never graduated high school and still feels intimidated by those he perceives to be more educated. But this is Rolling Stone. And he’s had a breakthrough year. And how could By Lainey • Oct 22, 2015 10:50 am
Music Intro for October 22, 2015 Dear Gossips, A few weeks ago, Miranda Lambert dubsmashed Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood and posted it on Instagram. Last night she joined Taylor on stage in Greensboro as the surprise guest and together they sang Little Red Wagon. Miranda even wore a 1989 t-shirt. Miranda was just in Calgary By Lainey • Oct 22, 2015 09:54 am
Music Stop. There was a Tidal concert last night. But the best moment of the evening did not come on stage. It happened on the carpet. When Beysus was posing. She wore a deep cleave outfit. An assistant was making sure there wouldn't be a tit slip. Then this. #Beyonce By Lainey • Oct 21, 2015 03:21 pm
Maple Leaf Drake: dancing and turtlenecks Big day in Canada on Monday. Our nation voted. A LOT. We have a new Prime Minister. The Jays hit some home runs and won. And Drake released his video for Hotline Bling. I love it. Probably because I love the song. But also probably because I’m biased. Jordana, By Lainey • Oct 20, 2015 10:29 am
Music Intro for October 20, 2015 Dear Gossips, Have you watched Ryan Adams interviewing Taylor Swift about both their 1989s? Oh reeeeally? I say that with my eyes closed, like I’m blind. Let me take you back to 2008 when Ryan was dating Mandy Moore. He was 34 at the time...so please, don’t By Lainey • Oct 20, 2015 09:31 am
Music Gwen was the best thing Gwen Stefani was in New York this weekend. She performed on Saturday and, in addition to giving us a lot of pants porn (no one has better pants than Gwen right now), she shared some new music, in particular a song called Used To Love You, presumably about Gavin Rossdale, By Lainey • Oct 19, 2015 11:51 am
Music “Sonically cohesive” Taylor Swift took the 1989 tour to Dallas this weekend. Ellie Goulding was the special guest. They sang Love Me Like You Do. In other Taylor news… The term “sonically cohesive” has been coming up a lot, have you noticed? She mentioned it in her GQ interview with Chuck Klosterman By Lainey • Oct 19, 2015 10:50 am
Music Justin Timberlake is honoured in Memphis Justin Timberlake was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame on Saturday night alongside Sam Moore, Scotty Moore, Alberta Hunter, and Al Jackson. It was a major honour for JT. It clearly meant a lot to him. At 34 years old, he would have been one of the younger By Lainey • Oct 19, 2015 10:22 am
Music Step aside for Adele Justin Bieber and One Direction are both releasing new albums on the same day next month, November 13th. So they were supposed to dominate music in November. Supposed to. And then last night, Adele made them totally irrelevant. During The X Factor broadcast in the UK last night, this happened: By Lainey • Oct 19, 2015 08:12 am
Music Taylor Swift’s top read of the week What does it mean that Taylor Swift has Instagrammed the photos from her GQ cover shoot and tweeted about her day at the beach with the magazine but, as of post time, not linked out the interview yet? Click here if you missed my thoughts on Chuck Klosterman’s piece By Lainey • Oct 16, 2015 05:21 pm
Maple Leaf The son of the 6ix wants to act again Lynn Hirschberg interviewed Drake for W’s Art magazine. The connection here is that Drake curated the soundtrack for a Sotheby’s exhibit earlier this year (click here for a refresher) and he talks to her about inspiration and process and that he’s been thinking of returning to his By Lainey • Oct 15, 2015 03:45 pm
BFFs Madonna, Sean, and Amy Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour stopped in Vancouver last night. She has a runway coming out of the stage and at the end of the runway is a heart. The point of the heart sticks out into the audience and that’s typically the VIP section. Lourdes was there at By Lainey • Oct 15, 2015 11:51 am
Music Taylor Swift’s two voices Chuck Klosterman’s cover article on Taylor Swift for GQ is now online. I don’t want to excerpt it. Because this is required reading for the School Of Celebrity Studies, on multiple levels. Not because he asked about Nicki Minaj – because he didn’t. And not because she takes By Lainey • Oct 15, 2015 11:14 am
Music Even Iggy is rejecting Rita Rita Ora has become part of the Chanel family. Last night she was at the Chanel Exhibition Party in London. In July she was one of the celebrity guests at Karl’s runway casino during the haute couture presentation. For over a year now, they’ve been trying to establish By Lainey • Oct 13, 2015 11:14 am
Music Emma Stone Mia Wallace? Will Butler just released a new video for his song Anna. And it’s basically Emma Stone dancing her way around a cruise ship. As you can/will see, she’s delightful. And expressive, expressive in a way we haven’t seen much from her, which is saying something because By Lainey • Oct 08, 2015 05:00 pm
Music What Taylor learned Taylor Swift was photographed in New York last night leaving a recording studio. It’s been almost a year since the release of 1989. So even though you’ve been hearing about, it seems, forever, 1989 the full album wasn’t actually eligible for the Grammys last year. It could By Lainey • Oct 08, 2015 12:41 pm
