Top Reads Adele’s Two Vogues Apparently this has never happened until now: Adele covers both American and British Vogue in the same month. And you can understand why – editorially magazines don’t want to do the same thing, feature the same people. But you can also understand why they made this exception: not only because By Lainey • Oct 08, 2021 10:44 am
Music Justin Bieber ft. Diane Keaton Justin Bieber in a movie with Diane Keaton would be weird casting news. Diane Keaton appearing in one of Bieber’s music videos is even weirder… but here we are. The Oscar winner plays Bieber’s grandmother in his “Ghost” visual, out today. In the video, following the death of By Cody • Oct 08, 2021 10:00 am
Top Reads Here Comes Adele The buzz – more like a roar, given who we’re talking about – started a few days ago when “30” started showing up on landmarks around the world: Billboards presumed to be teasing Adele's comeback have been displayed in various locations and landmarks around the world, including the Colosseum By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 10:57 am
Music Intro for October 5, 2021 Dear Gossips, Billboard yesterday confirmed the inevitable: .@Coldplay and @BTS_Twt rocket onto the Billboard #Hot100 at No. 1 with #MyUniverse. 💯 https://t.co/mEXavQW7eL — billboard (@billboard) October 5, 2021 It was inevitable because of BTS and their ARMY, currently the most powerful fandom in pop culture. BTS’s collaboration By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey’s Black Girl Magic Disney World’s 50th Anniversary event took place on Friday, and it brought us a HEAVENLY performance by our next Ariel, Halle Bailey. Watching this performance made the little Black girl in me glow like she never got to when she was younger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXctZ7RRpWA By Anastasia • Oct 04, 2021 12:48 pm
Music Kelly’s (Early) Holiday Spirit September is almost coming to a close, and while some are thinking about spooky season, Kelly Clarkson is already getting geared up for the winter holidays with her song, “Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)”. She dropped the Christmas-meets-break-up-song yesterday: It feels SO odd to be writing about holiday music By Anastasia • Sep 24, 2021 02:18 pm
Music Intro for September 22, 2021 Dear Gossips, Lil Nas X’s debut album, Montero, was released last Friday and as Cody wrote in his review yesterday, this is Lil Nas proving that he’s more than a troll, more than a one-hit wonder, that he can back up the shock value with melody and lyrics By Lainey • Sep 22, 2021 08:46 am
Music Lil Nas X: Artist or Meme? It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Lil Nas X. With every moment he’s giving Satan a lap dance or making out with his backup dancer at the BET Awards or doing a People Magazine pregnancy photo shoot, I’ve grown to love him more By Cody • Sep 21, 2021 12:46 pm
Music Intro for September 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, Today is a major holiday in East Asia. In Chinese culture we call it Mid-Autumn Festival. In Japan it is celebrated as Tsukimi. In Vietnam it’s known as Tết Trung Thu and for Koreans, this is Chuseok. While certain details may vary from culture to culture, the By Lainey • Sep 21, 2021 10:24 am
Equality Issues Lil Nas X: Carpet Shade and a Big Win Is the art of the live red carpet interview completely lost? Watching MTV’s pre-show Sunday evening was often more awkward than enjoyable. Whatever happened to looking at the artist while you ask the question? The quick chats with celebrity arrivals left a lot to be desired. I think it’ By Cody • Sep 13, 2021 01:24 pm
Music Olivia Rodrigo Lends VMAs Some 'It Girl’ Power Olivia Rodrigo showed up the the VMAs in a dress older than she is. Her strapless mermaid gown is from Atelier Versace’s Spring/Summer 2001 Haute Couture collection. I love this girl’s style. Everything is a reference the 90s or early aughts. There’s nothing modern about an By Cody • Sep 13, 2021 11:51 am
Gorgessity Normani: VMAs Best Dressed Fashion at the MTV VMAs should not be what we see at the Emmys or the Oscars. Are we seriously hoping for Oscar de la Renta and no fun at an award show that’s notorious for over-the-top ridiculous spectacle? Remember, Lady Gaga once showed up in an egg. Last By Lainey • Sep 13, 2021 09:27 am
Music Chloe Crushes Solo Debut at VMAs Beyoncé proteges Chloe x Halle have quickly proven themselves on raw talent, collecting five Grammy nominations across two albums, while gracing the small screen on the Yara Shahidi-led Grown-ish for the last four seasons. On that show they play twins and that’s pretty much how they’ve been packaged By Cody • Sep 13, 2021 08:55 am
Music Intro for September 13, 2021 Dear Gossips, At the MTV VMAs last night, for its 40th anniversary, MTV brought back several industry legends at various points in the night to celebrate its history. Which makes sense for those of us who came of age at the same time but I am curious how many from By Lainey • Sep 13, 2021 08:24 am
Music Harry’s Love On TikTok Harry Styles’ Love On Tour kicked off last weekend and fans have been documenting their experiences in a way we haven’t seen before: TikTok. TikTok started to skyrocket the same time the world shut down, and it was a given because we were all quarantined with not much to By Anastasia • Sep 09, 2021 10:08 am
Music Janet Jackson Documents 40 Years in ‘Control’ Who is the Queen of Pop? It’s the great debate of our time, or at least of last week after Lizzo summoned the ire of Madonna fans around the world when she bestowed the label on one Miss Janet Jackson. When I saw her tweet I didn’t gawk By Cody • Sep 08, 2021 12:42 pm
