Music Beyoncé in India Beyoncé doesn’t perform at parties on the regular. Beyoncé isn’t showing up at bat mitzvahs or birthdays or pre-wedding festivities for just anyone. So, what does it take for Beyonce to show up? You just have to be the heiress to the richest man in India, a successful By Kathleen • Dec 10, 2018 10:43 am
Music Ariana delivers Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” music video broke YouTube’s record for views in its first 24 hours. Those numbers aren’t a surprise or a fluke. Since Ariana’s impressive First Wives Club- inspired performance of “thank u, next” on Ellen, and the teasers hinting at a Mean By Kathleen • Dec 03, 2018 10:12 am
Music Intro for December 3, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s been 14 years since Beyoncé last performed in South Africa. Last night she made it worth the wait at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, paying tribute to one of the greatest human beings in history, honouring his memory and also those who are keeping his By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 09:15 am
Music Miley’s comeback Can you call it a comeback if she’s been here for years? Can you call it comeback if her last reinvention was just over a year ago? People are calling Miley Cyrus’s new song and video with Mark Ronson her “comeback.” I wouldn’t call it that. I’ By Kathleen • Nov 30, 2018 01:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for November 29, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s the week of the celebrity profile/interview. We’ve had a few standouts so far and now it’s Mariah Carey’s. Mimi talked to Pitchfork about her new album, Caution. Have you been listening? I like it a lot. To me, the album as a By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 09:30 am
Music Shawn’s confessions Shawn Mendes is on the cover of Rolling Stone flaunting his Great Hair. The hair-heavy cover is accompanied by his most revealing feature to date. The last Shawn Mendes profile I wrote about was the one in Variety’s “Power of Young Hollywood” issue. That feature was all about work. By Kathleen • Nov 26, 2018 03:43 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for November 26, 2018 Dear Gossips, Alessia Cara was the halftime show headliner last night at the Grey Cup in Edmonton. She sounded AMAZING. There was pyro. There were flames. There was also a strip of ice where her dancers moved around on skates. It was a stage of ice and fire (ha!), which By Lainey • Nov 26, 2018 09:22 am
Maple Leaf Intro for November 23, 2018 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to those of you celebrating American Thanksgiving yesterday. Here are a couple of noteworthy posts that you missed if you were taking an online break: -Leonardo DiCaprio, for some reason, didn’t want to be friends with Chris Hemsworth, and I have a theory about why. By Lainey • Nov 23, 2018 09:15 am
Maple Leaf Aaron Carter, trailblazer Oh, you haven’t heard? Aaron Carter is a trailblazing music icon. He walked so Justin Bieber could run. History has not given 2000’s seminal classic “That’s How I Beat Shaq” the respect it deserves. The album Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) only won a Kids’ Choice By Kathleen • Nov 22, 2018 12:13 pm
Music Gwen and Blake’s Country Christmas The music video for Gwen Stefani’s Christmas single “You Make It Feel Like Christmas,” featuring her boyfriend Blake Shelton, is out now. I wrote about the song a little over a year ago when it dropped last holiday season. So, you could say this video was highly anticipated? I By Kathleen • Nov 20, 2018 04:04 pm
Music Dolly leads Team Dumplin’! She told us. Dolly Parton told us she wants an Oscar nomination and she told us she would be “politickin’” for one and here she is, on the cover of the Thanksgiving issue of PEOPLE Magazine talking about her marriage, about growing up poor, about not having children, and about By Lainey • Nov 20, 2018 09:57 am
Music Taylor Swift’s new era As we’ve discussed a few times in the last few weeks, one of the biggest issues in the music business, maybe the biggest issue in the music business, has been the Free Agency of Taylor Swift. Taylor’s deal with Big Machine Label Group just expired. And everyone’s By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 01:03 pm
Music Ariana cut her hair It takes commitment to create a signature look. Ariana Grande has a signature look: oversized sweatshirt, over-the-knee boots, and a high very long ponytail. Last week she told Camila Cabello the cost of that ponytail – a lot of pain. It’s true. I have long hair too. And every time By Lainey • Nov 16, 2018 09:33 am
Music Intro for November 16, 2018 Dear Gossips, Many eastern cities in Canada and the US are dealing with the first snowstorm of the season. I was watching local New York City news last night and this was the big story – the collisions, the transit delays, it was a terrible afternoon commute. Most people were really By Lainey • Nov 16, 2018 08:32 am
Music Kacey Musgraves: CMAs Best Dressed This is not an outfit I expected to see at the Country Music Association Awards. At the same time, it’s a really, really country outfit. Which kinda describes what I’m learning about Kacey Musgraves and her career. According to The Ringer, Kacey “beat the CMAs by not joining By Lainey • Nov 15, 2018 03:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Carrie and Brad’s 11th time It’s been 11 years, right? That Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley have hosted the Country Music Association Awards? The point is, it’s been many, many years. It’s now a tradition. And as I’ve said over the years, I enjoy watching them, I enjoy their chemistry. I By Lainey • Nov 15, 2018 09:56 am
