Jock Smut Intro for November 3, 2025 Dear Gossips, Anyone in Canada who’s been following the Toronto Blue Jays this season will tell you that it wasn’t just their play on the diamond that made them so popular. It was also the way they played in the dugout, in the locker room, during interviews… Of By Lainey • Nov 03, 2025 10:05 am
Music Long Live Poot Lovato When Demi Lovato referenced her most famous memes in the video for her single “Fast” over the summer, she very clearly was using her past embarrassing viral moments as a way of taking back her power; a winning tactic in the journey of healing oneself no doubt, but also a By MC • Oct 31, 2025 12:42 pm
Music RM: The Modern Cultural Diplomat The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit begins tomorrow in South Korea. The forum represents “40 per cent of the world’s population and more than half of global goods trade”. Ahead of the formal start of the summit is the APEC CEO Summit, a gathering of global business leaders. It By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 01:50 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Demi to The Stage With more than 17 years since the release of her debut album, Demi Lovato has gone through multiple musical chapters. For someone who has always been deeply vulnerable in their work, there’s something to be said about not saying anything. Life is unpredictable, and after countless documentaries, albums, and By MC • Oct 28, 2025 02:55 pm
Jock Smut JB is not at home The World Series starts tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays, with the better record, are hosting game one against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Fall Classic is a sports spectacle, so before the show, there’s going to be a show. But it’s now obvious that Major League Baseball By Lainey • Oct 24, 2025 11:34 am
Music Intro for October 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, All 12 of Taylor Swift’s songs from The Life of a Showgirl charted in the top 12 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in the first week of release, lead by “The Fate of Ophelia”. This is no surprise. However, in 13th position that week, right behind By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 09:15 am
Music Dakota Johnson, Director I was mid on Materialists, but it had a moment over the summer, instigating conversations about money, class, romance, and Hollywood’s “broke man propaganda”. It also cracked $100 million at the box office, which as much as people say doesn’t matter, when film as an industry is struggling By Sarah • Oct 22, 2025 11:05 am
Jock Smut Intro for October 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, The jokes about Drake and Kendrick Lamar started the minute the Jays won game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night. Drake, of course, is from Toronto and Kendrick is from LA and their feud has, at this point, become monoculture. If we’re talking about musicians and By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 10:25 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Time to Sweat The public at large may swear by the lifestyle of having a “summer” body, but the true fitness season is the colder months. I prefer to spend my summers drinking on a patio with the body I built over the cooler seasons. Music is the driving force to get through By MC • Oct 21, 2025 01:37 pm
Quiveration 3/7 at the Party of the Week Out of all the celebrity events happening this week around the world, this is the one I would have wanted to be at the most: W Korea’s Love Your W 20th anniversary gala in support of breast cancer awareness. Dozens of idols and drama stars were there and also… By Lainey • Oct 15, 2025 02:16 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Khalid Comes Alive The “coming out” experience is unique to every queer person. Some of us may not even have one, some of us may experience an entire awakening of new horizons beyond our wildest imaginations up until that point. Khalid unfortunately saw the dark side of fame after his own story was By MC • Oct 14, 2025 02:47 pm
TV Updates Taylor Swift Shows More Work It was never a question that Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl would be big, it was just a matter of how big. And now we know – 4 million units sold, a new record. And when you consider that over 1.4 million of these were vinyl, in By Lainey • Oct 14, 2025 12:56 pm
Music Zara Larsson’s Moment in the (Midnight) Sun I’ve never been a Zara Larsson fan. Sure, I’d sing along to her earworms like “Never Forget You”, “Ain’t My Fault”, or “Symphony” when they were on the radio or playing at the mall, but they weren’t taking up space in my music library, and I By Cody • Oct 10, 2025 12:48 pm
Music Intro for October 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, The current #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 is “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters, topping the chart for the 8th time. This will change next week because Taylor Swift will likely occupy the first 12 spots on the chart with the release of The Life of a By Lainey • Oct 09, 2025 10:06 am
Music Intro for October 8, 2025 Dear Gossips, Taylor Swift stepped out in New York last night for dinner with Jerrod Carmichael in a very Taylor outfit: black turtleneck, kilt, cognac boots, Dior bag. We’ve seen her in variations of this over the years, it’s a uniform that works. Taylor of course continues to By Lainey • Oct 08, 2025 10:47 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Rise of Leon Thomas The past year in music has seen different types of artists who have found success, whether it’s a fictional K-pop group or rising TikTok stars; but the genre that is more familiar to the western masses and has been making a return to mainstream conversations is R&B. By MC • Oct 07, 2025 01:36 pm
