Music Janet Jackson: Hall of Fame…finally It was announced yesterday that Janet Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Finally. And this is good news, of course. But it’s also an opportunity to talk about why it’s late news. Because Janet has been eligible for induction since By Lainey • Dec 14, 2018 11:46 am
Music Taylor’s birthday and New Year’s It’s Taylor Swift’s birthday today. She’s 29. Which means we have a month to go before an entire year of conversations and think-pieces about Taylor turning 30 and what she’s done and what she’s going to do and this, that, and the other. Nobody needs By Lainey • Dec 13, 2018 01:40 pm
Music Ashanti doesn’t break the Internet Yesterday, I name-checked some male R&B stars of the early 2000s. The female stars I mentioned are ruling today’s charts (I will never forgive myself for forgetting SOLANGE, who am I?). Given those two pieces of criteria – being a man or having a current stamp on R& By Kathleen • Dec 12, 2018 03:00 pm
Music Who is the King of R&B? That was the question dominating Twitter yesterday. It started with Jacquees – a singer I barely knew existed – declaring himself as the “King of R&B.” The declaration sparked a debate that went from heated to hilarious and back around again. This debate has all the grown-ass men who have By Kathleen • Dec 11, 2018 10:55 am
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
