Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for February 16, 2023 Dear Gossips, Of course life changes when you become a parent, even when you’re Rihanna. But… not everything changes. Rihanna’s pregnancy last year was fashion euphoria – the ultimate trendsetter defiantly redefining the possibilities of pregnancy style. Which, for Rihanna, was just style, pregnancy had nothing to do with By Lainey • Feb 16, 2023 09:19 am
Music Black country’s moment (at last) This week, after spending 40 years singing, songwriting and trailblazing, Frankie Staton made her debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry. If the name doesn’t sound familiar, don’t feel bad. For a long time, one of the main functions of country music has been to ensure Black talent By Stephanie • Feb 15, 2023 02:23 pm
Music Suga on Tour BTS’s Suga previously said in a video message that in 2023, he wanted to try something he’d never done before. Yesterday may have been the answer to whatever he was referring to…and it was a huge announcement: Suga will be the first member of BTS to go By Lainey • Feb 15, 2023 01:16 pm
Music Zendaya, Rihanna, Tom If you were on Twitter on Sunday night before and after the Fenty Bowl, you may have seen that Tom Holland was trending at one point. I was confused – and worried. Because Tom has been keeping it pretty undercover the last several months, taking a break from the spotlight, staying By Lainey • Feb 14, 2023 12:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna Handles Halftime How about that run of hits? Hit after hit after hit. Someone online said it was anthems – and that’s a great word for what Rihanna delivered last night at the Fenty Bowl: an endless and explosive set of anthems, songs that were made for huge stadiums, for singing along By Lainey • Feb 13, 2023 11:25 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for February 13, 2023 Dear Gossips, Do you think Rihanna’s people deliberately leaked all that nonsense about the announcement of a tour/album ahead of Fenty Bowl to divert attention away from the confirmation of her pregnancy? Or is this just another case of The Sun getting it wrong? It was The Sun By Lainey • Feb 13, 2023 08:18 am
Music Rihanna: Feel It Coming In The Air It wasn’t hyperbolic when I posted yesterday about the Rihanna concert that’s happening on Sunday. Securing her appearance has already been a huge win for the NFL, Apple Music, and betting sites as prop bets related to her performance are wildly popular, ranging from first and last song, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2023 11:34 am
Music What Will Rihanna Say? Rihanna’s Halftime Show is now just three sleeps away and today is the day – it’s press conference day, which is happening at 6pm in Arizona. This will be the first time we’ve seen Rihanna in a few weeks, and certainly since she’s been in final preparations By Lainey • Feb 09, 2023 11:54 am
Music Intro for February 9, 2023 Dear Gossips, Does a song follow you around…or is it more that when you like a song so much you’re just that much more in tune to hearing it wherever you go? This is what’s been happening with me over the last couple of weeks with Metro By Lainey • Feb 09, 2023 09:19 am
Music Intro for February 7, 2023 Dear Gossips, Before the Grammys on Sunday, my phone was blowing up and I was blowing up other people’s phones because of the codes. If you registered for Beyoncé tickets, I’m pretty sure many of you out there know what I mean about codes because we were all By Lainey • Feb 07, 2023 09:36 am
Music Beyoncé Makes History Beyoncé is now the most decorated artist in Grammys history with 32 wins. Which, of course, is a major achievement and she graciously acknowledged those who have supported her and guided her and collaborated with her, both onstage and in a message posted to Instagram: Beyoncé, as we know, doesn’ By Lainey • Feb 06, 2023 12:22 pm
Music Hip-Hop and Bad Bunny: The Grammys High Points Last night’s show wasn’t without its problems – one MAJOR problem, in fact, and I’m pretty sure you know what that is – but it would be unfair to say that there were no highlights, that it wasn’t really great at certain points…because it was, at a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2023 11:09 am
Music Shania won't stop evolving Queen of Me, Shania Twain’s second studio album in over 20 years was released today. In recent months, she’s been building momentum by ramping up her social media presence, performing at award shows and of course, switching up her look. This week, the long-time brunette stunned partygoers at By Stephanie • Feb 03, 2023 01:41 pm
Music Missy and Wayne Kick Off Grammys Weekend The Grammys are on Sunday which means that the music industry will be the main story this weekend. Last night the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective presented its Global Impact Award, now renamed after Dr Dre, to several recipients including music executive Sylvia Rhone, Missy Elliott, and Lil By Lainey • Feb 03, 2023 10:56 am
Music Intro for February 1, 2023 Dear Gossips, I’m writing this just before 8am on Wednesday, February 1. So far… nothing. But it’s supposed to be happening today. As mentioned yesterday in this space, Beyoncé is coming. It is now Black History Month. And social media has been buzzing for the last 24 hours By Lainey • Feb 01, 2023 08:47 am
Music Intro for January 31, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Grammy Awards are happening on Sunday. It was previously announced that Mary J Blige, Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Sam Smith, and Luke Combs would be among the performers. Trevor Noah is back as the host and he and producer Ben Winston are doing press to promote By Lainey • Jan 31, 2023 09:45 am
