Music Chance shines at the BET Awards There are a few Oprah Winfrey quotes that will forever be embedded in my brain. Last night, while watching Chance The Rapper win Best New Artist and the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards, the one Oprah quote (via Quincy Jones) that I couldn’t get out of my head By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2017 01:52 pm
Music Chloe x Halle accept for Beyoncé Chloe x Halle were my best dressed at the BET Awards last night based purely on personal preference. This is exactly what I would wear – a high-neck drapey dress with a one-shoulder cape and a loose elastic waist. God I love it so much. Chloe x Halle are signed to By Lainey • Jun 26, 2017 10:13 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 26, 2017 Dear Gossips, There was a lot of nostalgia last night at the BET Awards. New Edition was honoured. Mary J Blige showed us how great it can be to set yourself free. And Xscape came back onstage together after 18 years apart. But to balance the nostalgia, there were several By Lainey • Jun 26, 2017 09:02 am
Music Mahershala after Moonlight…and Jay Z I haven’t written about Mahershala Ali since a couple of weeks after he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Moonlight. It was a long award season. He’d just become a father. He took a break, to be with his family, to process the milestone year he’ By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 01:18 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for June 19, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last September, I posted in this space about A Tribe Called Red and their album We Are The Halluci Nation. They were on The Social and, in my opinion, that interview remains one of the best, if not the best, interview segment we’ve ever done on our By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 09:29 am
Music One year ago today… Do you know what today is? On June 15, 2016, exactly a year ago today, this happened: WORLD EXCLUSIVE Taylor Swift dating Tom Hiddleston - two weeks after dumping Calvin Harris.https://t.co/ytzLqZyGSu pic.twitter.com/2SBiPbFMxu— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) June 15, 2016 That was the beginning of By Lainey • Jun 15, 2017 12:39 pm
Music Orlando Bloom’s silver medal As I mentioned in the previous post about John Legend, some celebrities show up at award shows as professional presenters. Here’s Orlando Bloom at the Tony Awards. And they sent him out there alone. Like he’s on the same level as Tina Fey. Which is hilarious because just By Lainey • Jun 12, 2017 12:05 pm
Music Girl Sh-t: never a coincidence, always a conspiracy There are certain phrases and expressions that I’ve been using on my site for years and that, if I may be self-indulgent for a minute, I’m very proud to have branded. Some examples: MiniVan Majority, Girl Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t (stolen from my friend Lara), and Coincidence By Lainey • Jun 09, 2017 11:02 am
Music Intro for June 5, 2017 Dear Gossips, Diana and Ariana. These were the names I was thinking about all weekend. This morning I texted Duana, asking her why there aren’t more 20-ish year old Dianas. Diana is a gorgeous name. She said probably because it would have been too sad. What about 20 years By Lainey • Jun 05, 2017 09:01 am
Music Jagged Little Pill, The Musical. So I try to stay away from clichés, mostly because they’re hacky, but also because I don’t find them super useful. Usually they don’t articulate much about the situation – unless they’re super insightful, and then they do, but make me seem like a hypocrite. All this By Duana • May 30, 2017 04:47 pm
Music Intro for May 19, 2017 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week I posted about Katy Perry being a judge on the American Idol reboot and whether or not it’s a good move. It’s becoming more clear now why she and her team think it’s a good move. Unlike previous hits from previous albums, By Lainey • May 19, 2017 09:34 am
Music Intro for May 16, 2017 Dear Gossips, When I saw that Vulture had posted an oral history of The Strokes yesterday, I had to save it for a nighttime read. Articles that like must be enjoyed without interruption, without worrying someone might knock on your door, without being rushed. Have you read it yet? You By Lainey • May 16, 2017 09:33 am
Music Selena Gomez’s Bad Liar Selena Gomez posted 3 photos on Instagram yesterday. It’s the same message in different colours: Bad Liar. So of course people immediately started speculating what this could mean – the title of a new single? The Billboard Music Awards are happening next week. Some think Bad Liar could drop next By Lainey • May 12, 2017 11:10 am
Music Miley in Malibu Duana and I currently have Miley Cyrus on the rundown for the next Show Your Work podcast that we’re recording tomorrow night. We’ve been waiting for the new song to come out, to hear the new sound, this departure from the “twerk era” Miley that we’ve known By Lainey • May 11, 2017 04:24 pm
Music The Disappearance of Taylor Swift New issue of US Weekly, Taylor Swift is on the cover. As you know, Taylor’s been very, very undercover this entire year. Does she still have bangs? Does she still wear red lipstick? We haven’t seen her in months. Maybe she shaved her head? How do you know By Lainey • May 10, 2017 02:03 pm
Music Don’t come for Katy Perry Katy Perry was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly this week to promote her new album but it still doesn’t have a title. Or, from what I can see, an official release date? No release date was mentioned in the EW article and I find this to be an interesting strategy, By Lainey • May 09, 2017 01:17 pm
