Music Cardi B: VMAs darling This mess of a show needed Cardi B. When it was announced that Cardi B would be opening the VMAs, people assumed that meant a performance. They were disappointed when it became clear that Cardi was only going to show up for a charming but anti-climactic baby reveal gag and By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2018 12:18 pm
Music Ariana & Pete’s first carpet I have something to say but I’m afraid to say it: I listened to Ariana Grande’s album Sweetener this weekend. It’s the first time I’ve ever listened to an AG album all the way through. It was… OK. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 11:35 am
Quiveration Shawn Mendes in the rain Stage rain. But whatever. It worked for me, and wasn’t that the point? You can’t tell me that designing a performance so that it ends with him getting wet and showing us what he might look like in the shower wasn’t the point. Even the wardrobe was By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 10:16 am
Music Jennifer Lopez: A Vanguard in love Jennifer Lopez was the recipient of MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award last. She became the first Latin woman to receive the award. She accepted it with such breaming pride, emotional sincerity, genuine gratitude and love for her family and her hype man that I almost don’t have By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2018 09:49 am
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
