Music JLo from the block and her hype man As I’m writing this, Jennifer Lopez is getting ready. Hair and makeup have already started. There will likely be several changes. It’s the MTV VMAs tonight, where she will perform and receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Last week, I posted about JLo’s countdown, remembering some By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 05:37 pm
Music JLo’s countdown As Maria mentioned yesterday in Smutty Social Media, as we approach the MTV VMAs, where she will be presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, Jennifer Lopez has been counting down memories from some of her most memorable music videos with details from when she was shooting them and By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 12:00 pm
Music Janet Jackson: for now, forever Janet Jackson has released a new single and accompanying video, her first in three years. The song is “Made for Now”. This is the first thing I listened to when I woke up this morning, angry at my phone for going off at 5am even though that’s when I By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
Music Intro for August 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your emails the last couple of days with your reactions to seeing Crazy Rich Asians. I can’t wait for more of you to see it on the weekend…because I really, really want to talk about the mahjong! Let’s talk now, though, By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 09:01 am
Music Intro for August 16, 2018 Dear Gossips, Madonna is 60 years old today. I will probably spend it reading as many retrospectives as I can about her –her influences, her controversies, her provocations, her legacy. Because while Madonna is often maddening, she is undeniably an icon and there would be no pop culture, the way By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 09:05 am
TV Updates Intro for August 15, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last week the initial projections for the Crazy Rich Asians opening box office had it between $18-20 million. I said I thought we could do better. Yesterday afternoon, the number moved up to $26 million. Now we’re hearing it could be $30 million, which would make back By Lainey • Aug 15, 2018 09:06 am
Music A contested Nicki Nicki Minaj’s potential has been long evaluated and dissected. Since Nicki bulldozed her way into hip-hop’s popular consciousness with an exciting, spine-tingling and truly impeccable verse on “Monster,” there are many rap critics and fans who have been waiting for Nicki’s “MOTHERF-CKING MONSTA” to manifest itself in By Kathleen • Aug 14, 2018 09:37 am
Music JLo: holiday photos and pre-VMA Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have been on holiday this week in Italy. Last night she got on the mic for an impromptu performance at dinner. This was documented on Instagram, obviously: A post shared by Alex Rodriguez (@arod) on Aug 8, 2018 at 5:56pm PDT If you follow By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 12:36 pm
Maple Leaf Official “Feelings” Sorry if you were misled into thinking this post would be about Celine. To me, the word “feelings” and “Celine Dion” are interchangeable and she owns them, all of them. On the music charts though, and on social media, “Feelings”, specifically “In My Feelings” is all about Drake. The song By Lainey • Aug 03, 2018 01:55 pm
Music Mariticide is the new black I read a lot of fiction novels, and lately I’ve noticed a pattern: dead husbands. Men who are brought down (physically, or socially and financially) by an underestimated woman. This isn’t new, of course. Some of the biggest books of the decade have centered around a woman who By Maria • Aug 02, 2018 11:42 am
Music Even JLo knows Jennifer Lopez will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 20th at the VMAs. If you were paying attention last year when Pink was awarded this honour, you know that I was not impressed. I am still not impressed. I will not rest until MTV puts some respect By Kathleen • Aug 01, 2018 01:08 pm
Music Janet Jackson’s new aesthetic A new era of Janet Jackson is coming. She’s been teasing it since May when she performed at the Billboard Music Awards and received the Icon Award. At the time, I wrote that I hoped the support we’ve been seeing for Janet via hashtags like #JusticeForJanet during the By Kathleen • Jul 27, 2018 03:34 pm
Douchebags R Kelly’s day of reckoning It isn’t here yet. Yesterday, when Twitter was dragging Robert Kelly’s ass for releasing a 19-minute song called “I Admit,” he was trending. Many people, including me, thought that this was finally it, that R Kelly’s judgement day was upon us. Instead, it was another day of By Kathleen • Jul 24, 2018 09:10 am
TV Updates Julia and Radiohead Last week, Joanna checked in with Julia Roberts on Instagram. It’s been about a month now since she joined. And since then she’s been showing us her work. Lately she’s been at work on a photo shoot – seen in Malibu in several outfits, including a rainbow skirt By Lainey • Jul 23, 2018 11:33 am
Music Taylor Swift’s historic family weekend Taylor Swift made history this weekend as the first female artist to play three straight shows at MetLife Stadium and for Saturday’s performance, it rained the whole time. Which did not affect her energy, the production, or her lipstick. Never get in the way of Taylor when she’s By Lainey • Jul 23, 2018 09:48 am
Music Miley & Liam are the same Which means they are still together. Just a quick update as a follow-up to yesterday’s post about whether Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have broken up because he wants babies and she’s not ready, a story originated in OK! Australia, not a good source for good gossip. In By Lainey • Jul 20, 2018 03:58 pm
