Style Celebrities on Inauguration Day I’ve told this story a few times so I hope you don’t mind me repeating it but today I think it’s worth coming back to. Remember Aretha Franklin’s hat at President Obama’s inauguration? And how a lot of people laughed at it? I loved it By Lainey • Jan 21, 2021 12:40 pm
Music The Story Behind Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” Olivia Rodrigo’s heartbreak anthem, “Diver’s License,” is the year’s first runaway hit. It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, with the best first week performance for a single since Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP.” These are pretty serious numbers considering I’ve never heard By Cody • Jan 20, 2021 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justin Timberlake’s Baby News A year ago on Monday, January 20, 2020, was my first post about Justin Timberlake in the new year. He and Jessica Biel were sighted in New York two months after he was photographed super drunk and holding hands with a co-star at a bar in New Orleans. You’ll By Lainey • Jan 18, 2021 10:21 am
Music Selena Gomez and her miraculous, sacred heart I remember reading articles early on in the pandemic that explained how lockdowns were affecting people psychologically. How in the uncertainty of the pandemic, for example, we were and are having a hard time looking forward to big or small things, and that this lack of anticipation for good things By Violeta • Jan 15, 2021 09:35 am
Top Reads Taylor Swift’s Bonus Beefs It was confirmed earlier this week that Taylor Swift’s album, folklore, was the #1 album of 2020 based on a combination of sales and streaming data. It was also one of the most critically well-received albums of the year, which is why she’s contending for all kinds of By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 12:43 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Zayn’s new “Vibez” Obviously we’re looking for a different vibe going into 2021 and so far we’ve been getting a lot of the same. Even for those of us who like to stay plugged in, sometimes you need a little escapism and music is certainly a great distraction from the state By Cody • Jan 08, 2021 10:18 am
Music The Weeknd’s Had Work done Have you seen The Weeknd’s new music video? I ask because he debuted a bonkers post-plastic surgery look. There’s a new chiseled (literally!) jawline, cheek implants, crooked results of a nose job, fillers everywhere. It’s like watching an episode of Botched. I’m fascinated by bad cosmetic By Cody • Jan 06, 2021 10:36 am
Music Intro for January 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that the Grammy Awards, which were supposed to happen on January 31 have been postponed until March 14 due to the “deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles”. With current restrictions in place, and hospitals at capacity, there’s no way they’d be able By Lainey • Jan 06, 2021 10:06 am
Music JLo’s Rockin’ Eve Is it just me or did Jennifer Lopez decide to make up for our collective NYE’s outfits by doing the absolute most with hers? Thank you, JLo, for dressing up for all of us. Her JLo Beauty commercial, I mean, her New Year’s Eve performance, began with a By Violeta • Jan 04, 2021 10:57 am
Music Intro for December 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, Megan Thee Stallion was interviewed by Mikael Wood in the LA Times this week to promote her album, Good News, and to recap the wild year she’s had. As we know, not all of 2020 has been good news for Megan. But with the lows, there were By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 08:51 am
Music A Late 2020 Favorite: Netflix’s Song Exploder I first fell in love with the voice of Hrishikesh Hirway when he was a guest on the Gilmore Guys podcast. I remember I was on the treadmill of my local YMCA (you know this was a while ago, because I was in a gym...exercising!) when I heard this By Violeta • Dec 16, 2020 11:21 am
Music BTS: Do You Know the Entertainer of the Year? Last week, TIME, ahead of their reveal of the 2020 Person of the Year (Joe Biden and Kamala Harris), also announced their Athlete of the Year (LeBron James), Businessperson of the Year (Eric Yuan, Zoom), and the Entertainer of the Year. The TIME Entertainer of the Year for 2020 is By Lainey • Dec 15, 2020 03:16 pm
Top Reads Taylor Swift: Too Many Eggs and a Non-Egg I’ve now had a few days with Taylor Swift’s evermore. Like folklore before it, evermore has been well-received. Evenly received? Reviews are generally positive though perhaps slightly less effusive because the surprise factor isn’t quite as strong with this one. As Taylor has explained, evermore is a By Lainey • Dec 15, 2020 10:42 am
Equality Issues Cardi B accepts Billboard’s Woman of the Year Award Billboard doesn’t always get it right when it comes to Woman of the Year, in my opinion. Giving it to Selena Gomez in 2017, Madonna in 2016, and Katy Perry in 2012 were a few of their serious misses. Those were not marquee years for those artists, and although By Cody • Dec 11, 2020 12:31 pm
Top Reads Taylor Swift: “willow” begins evermore Taylor Swift’s ninth studio album, evermore, a companion to folklore, has now been released and is receiving a warm reception, just like its predecessor. I’ve only given it one pass start to finish, and it usually takes me at least a couple to get a hold of how By Lainey • Dec 11, 2020 10:35 am
Best Of 2020 Intro for December 11, 2020 Dear Gossips, Before I went to bed last night, I was considering several content options for this space. There was so much information dropped last night for Disney Investor Day (Sarah is covering the various Marvel and Star Wars updates) and I can always write about BTS (that’s coming By Lainey • Dec 11, 2020 08:51 am
