Music Be humble Sit DOWN. It’s a phrase we use a lot here at LaineyGossip as a way to check celebrities who don’t know their place. Lindsay Lohan says she’s going to win an Oscar? Sit DOWN. Scott Eastwood brags about allegedly passing on playing Christian Grey? Scott Eastwood breathes? By Kathleen • Mar 31, 2017 10:50 am
Music JT at the race Yesterday in Smutty Social Media Maria featured this photo that Pharrell posted on Instagram: ... A post shared by Pharrell Williams (@pharrell) onMar 28, 2017 at 7:46pm PDT Justin Timberlake has collaborated with Pharrell and Timbaland many times. And it’s no secret that the three have been working for By Lainey • Mar 30, 2017 10:52 am
Music Mariah joins the Nicki vs Remy Ma feud The second greatest gift American Idol gave the world—next to Kelly Clarkson, of course—was Nicki Minaj vs Mariah Carey. I almost forget about the gossip gold that was the 2013 season of Idol when every week was a glorious display of passive aggression and diva-on-diva shade until Mariah By Kathleen • Mar 24, 2017 03:18 pm
Douchebags John Mayer’s performative contrition John Mayer has a new album coming out. It’s called The Search For Everything. And it’s his return to, as he calls it, “blockbuster” music. Basically he says he was on a self-imposed exile from big pop because he hated himself after being a douchebag so he went By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 11:16 am
Maple Leaf Drake gets it together That’s the general consensus. More Life was supposed to drop in December. Then it was January. After Views, the overrated, undeserving Album of the Year nominee that came out less than a year ago, I wanted to be "meh" about More Life. I wanted Drake to make By Kathleen • Mar 20, 2017 01:10 pm
BFFs No Frauds in Paris Nicki Minaj finally responded to Remy Ma’s shETHER at the end of last week with a track called No Frauds and two other new songs with Drake and Lil Wayne. As I wrote last week in my post about Nicki’s “answer”, No Frauds really isn’t a diss By Lainey • Mar 13, 2017 12:14 pm
Music Nicki finally responds Remy Ma’s shETHER was released almost two weeks ago, on the last Saturday in February. Five days after that, she came out with a follow-up and then went on Wendy Williams dressed for a funeral. At the time, I posted that even though Nicki was at Paris Fashion Week, By Lainey • Mar 10, 2017 10:41 am
Douchebags Justin Timberlake’s Trolls song was actually about “inclusion” Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, named the Worst Song of 2016 by several industry outlets, won the iHeartRadio Music Award for Song of the Year last night, because it was played so much on the radio. Previously – as in when he was campaigning for Oscar – JT explained By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 10:00 am
Maple Leaf Celine feels the shoulder bow It takes a certain person to wear a certain dress. This particular dress – powder blue, high collar, and a giant bow (is it a bow? I’m calling it a bow) on one shoulder – requires a particular person. A person who can carry a bow as big as her heart By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 03:41 pm
Girly Throw Downs Remy’s follow-up Kathleen wrote about Remy Ma’s shETHER the other day, a direct rap-attack on Nicki Minaj. And as of this morning, Nicki has still not responded. And Remy is coming for her again with a follow-up diss track appropriated titled Another One, calling out Nicki again on all the previous By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 12:03 pm
Music Beyoncé Slide Kathleen wrote about Calvin Harris’s new song, Slide, featuring Frank Ocean and Migos last week and as she said in that post, we both hate ourselves for liking it. But… God… it’s such a great song. SO GOOD. I can’t wait for it to be summer so By Lainey • Mar 02, 2017 04:08 pm
Music Mimi gets postponed I was supposed to go to see Lionel Richie and Mimi on tour at the end of this month with my friend Marci. Don’t think I have to tell you how excited we were. But yesterday an email alert came through telling us that the tour has been postponed… By Lainey • Mar 01, 2017 04:54 pm
Girly Throw Downs Nicki Minaj vs Remy Ma The first thing that came up yesterday if you googled Nicki Minaj’s name was “Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma.” Unless you haven’t googled Nicki or paid attention to Black Twitter or spent any time on the internet for the past 4 days, you know that Nicki and Remy By Kathleen • Mar 01, 2017 10:48 am
Music Rihanna & Future’s Selfish Future released a new album on Friday, HNDRXX. The Ringer calls it the “best Drake Album (that) Future ever made”. HA. That made me laugh. Basically what the writer is saying is that Future is doing Drake better than Drake. Let’s not fight about that today. Instead… let’s By Lainey • Feb 28, 2017 11:51 am
TV Updates The Voice covers TLC Today is the day of liking things I wish I hated. This morning, I wrote about how I love Slide, in spite of my extreme distain for Calvin Harris. When Emily sent over a video of The Voice coaches singing Waterfalls, one of my all-time favourite songs and TLC’s By Kathleen • Feb 24, 2017 03:52 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé: Coachella, Snapchat, LGBTQ, and Celine! Busy day in Beyoncé yesterday. First, it was confirmed, officially, that she will not be performing at Coachella in April. Which… doesn’t really need an explanation. But she provided one anyway: Following the advice of her doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule in the coming months, Beyoncé has By Lainey • Feb 24, 2017 10:14 am