Music It’s Still Britney, first Last night on The Voice, Christina Aguilera did a spoof of different pop stars auditioning to be a judge (she is of course a judge on the show). She played Cher, Miley, Sia, Shakira, Lady Gaga and the one everyone is talking about, Britney Spears. Britney and Christina go way By Maria • May 20, 2015 12:20 pm
Music Intro for May 20, 2015 Dear Gossips, Have you watched the Feeling Myself video yet? I can’t stop watching Beyonce and Nicki Minaj dedicate an entire video to celebrating themselves. Please. Isn’t every video a self-celebration? If you’re going to do it – and they ALL do it – you might as well do By Lainey • May 20, 2015 10:19 am
Music FKA twigs and the Pattison girlfriend treatment I’ve had several requests to cover the NYT profile on FKA twigs. You can read the piece here, published in advance of twigs’s Congregata performances in Brooklyn – 3 shows beginning Sunday, tonight’s the last one. The NYT review of Sunday’s performance is here. Sounds like it’ By Lainey • May 19, 2015 11:23 am
Quiveration Intro for May 19, 2015 Dear Gossips, If you’re in Canada returning from the long weekend, we posted a few articles yesterday so please scroll down to get caught up. I had a deadline last night which seriously cut into my Brandon Flowers creeping time. The album is out now. And I have a By Lainey • May 19, 2015 09:00 am
Music Slum Bear’s new job As you’ve heard, JLO’s going to Vegas, officially. The residency begins in January at Planet Hollywood. As I said before, JLO’s a good show. But there aren’t that many hits. So the spectacle might be more important than the songs, you know? The clothing, the makeup, By Lainey • May 15, 2015 11:49 am
Quiveration Intro for May 15, 2015 Dear Gossips, I’m sorry, I can’t stop. Last night before bed, Jacek was watching the news and I had my headphones in, cranked up loud. He was asking me something and I couldn’t hear. Then he tapped me and I still didn’t react. He finally had By Lainey • May 15, 2015 09:31 am
BFFs Miley Cyrus gives me an excuse to talk about Brandon Flowers As I mentioned yesterday, Miley Cyrus was in New York last night performing at the Adult Swim upfront party. Then she went out to party with Bella Hadid and Scout Willis. And her nipples were all over the place. Get over it. In other Miley news, her focus lately has By Lainey • May 14, 2015 11:26 am
Music Intro for May 12, 2015 Dear Gossips, I spend my nights listening to Brandon Flowers, creeping him online. Wait. Can you call it creeping when you don’t bother hiding it? Jacek will come up from the basement, see me on my laptop, and know right away. “Are you perving out on Brandon Flowers again? By Lainey • May 12, 2015 09:21 am
BFFs Taylor Swift’s ultimate get After kicking off the 1989 tour in Tokyo last week, Taylor Swift was back in LA this weekend. On Saturday she was seen at Wango Tango, dancing and cheering during her boyfriend Calvin Harris’s set. Yesterday she was out on a hike with Gigi Hadid. Gigi is one of By Lainey • May 11, 2015 10:33 am
Quiveration This isn’t helping my Brandon Flowers problem Brandon Flowers was on Jimmy Kimmel last night. Two Brandon posts in two days. This isn’t helping my problem. Because… well… the voice. Some people live? They’re sh-t. Him? The notes are there. And his energy. His charisma. His FACE. I mean I thought he was all of By Lainey • May 08, 2015 03:28 pm
Quiveration Brandon’s back Thanks to Henry who sent this to me because I would have missed it otherwise. Brandon Flowers. His back. No shirt. NO PROBLEM. Henry asked if he was too tanned. Or skinny. Not for me. I like skinny. I prefer lanky over juiced up. So this is cranking all my By Lainey • May 07, 2015 04:37 pm
Music Butterfly on a butterfly stage Mimi kicked off her Vegas residency last night. And look at the stage… BUTTERFLY WINGS. Our butterfly comes flying out of butterfly wings! Well… “Flying” might not be the right word. Our butterfly doesn’t actually fly. Instead, our butterfly, according to the New York Times review of the show, By Lainey • May 07, 2015 03:54 pm
Girly Throw Downs Boy Sh-t is the Best Sh-t: One Direction edition Fight! Boy fight! It’s been, what?, a month since Zayn Malik announced he was leaving One Direction? They said it was amicable. Oh come on. It’s never amicable. At least not at the beginning. This sh-t takes years to get over. Can you imagine if Twitter was around By Lainey • May 06, 2015 03:34 pm
Music Taylor Swift kicks off Taylor Swift was not at the MET Gala this year because she was in Tokyo, kicking off the 1989 tour. Are you going? Do you have tickets? I have tickets. I gave Taylor Swift my money for my niece’s Christmas present (she’s going in August in Vancouver) and By Lainey • May 06, 2015 01:31 pm
Music Bidi Bidi Bom Bom! The Billboard Latin Music Awards happened last night. And everyone’s talking about Jennifer Lopez’s amazing tribute to Selena. It was JLO y Los Dinos. It was a medley. And it was spectacular. I’ve mentioned several times how much I loved that movie. How many times I’ve By Lainey • May 01, 2015 10:25 am
Music Was it John Mayer? I am still not sick of Nick Jonas’s Jealous. And it’s been soooo long. But no, not tired of it. Not at all. You know who I am tired of though? And this will bring the hate, I’m sure: Ed Sheeran. Sorry. I hate that song about By Lainey • Apr 29, 2015 04:00 pm