Music Rihanna & Drake in London Rihanna and Drake celebrated the release of the Work videos yesterday in London. Work trended for much of the day at #1 on Twitter and the song now occupies the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. And it’s not even close to being the best song on the By Lainey • Feb 23, 2016 11:50 am
Maple Leaf Rihanna + Drake v3.0 Or is it 4.0? I can’t remember. But let’s come back to that in a minute. First, the videos. Two videos for Rihanna’s Work were released today. And I say this with full bias – because she came to Toronto to shoot at The Real Jerk, where By Lainey • Feb 22, 2016 03:50 pm
Rihanna Rihanna delays tour How’s ANTI working out for you? I posted about Rihanna’s new album a couple of weeks ago – click here for a refresher – and my opinion hasn’t changed: I loved it on first listen and I think I might love it even more now. ANTI is what I By Lainey • Feb 19, 2016 11:29 am
Music Intro for February 16, 2016 Dear Gossips, The New Yorker finally published that long-awaited exposé on TMZ yesterday, have you read it yet? The piece confirms what you probably already know if you live online – that many of TMZ’s sources are celebrities themselves, or at least the people who represent them. Also Ellen DeGeneres By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 09:31 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 15, 2016 What in the Frankenporny is this? Someone went a little bit nuts with the Photoshop tool. Look at her body from the waist down. Okkkkkkk Jessica. Happy Valentines Day #thisJohnsonisgettinIt A photo posted by Jessica Simpson (@jessicasimpson) onFeb 14, 2016 at 5:48pm PST Apparently Jaime King “stormed out” of By Maria • Feb 15, 2016 03:57 pm
Music Rihanna plays with George Rihanna and George Clooney are on Ellen today. We’ll get to him later. Right now, let’s talk about her. And their game of Never Have I Ever. The video is below …and it’s pretty cute. It’s cute because whenever George claims he’s never done something, By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 09:59 am
Music Rihanna’s Work Billboard reported last night that Rihanna’s new album ANTI will finally drop this week. It’s only a month until she kicks off her tour. And we’ve been waiting for this, it seems, forever. As I’ve mentioned several times already, she’s not really giving people a By Lainey • Jan 27, 2016 09:45 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, January 25, 2016 Kanye is enthusiastic about his new album. I hate the name “Swish.” How do you go from “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and “Yeezus” to “Swish.” So happy to be finished with the best album of all time pic.twitter.com/JBWa8OWvqw— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 25, 2016 Et tu, By Maria • Jan 25, 2016 04:48 pm
Music Rihanna: Leo & the Grammys Rihanna was in Paris last night. And so was Leonardo DiCaprio. And they ran into each other at a restaurant or a club and there was a greeting, a hug, maybe a kiss on the cheek, and now everyone’s wondering whether or not it’s happening, even though multiple By Lainey • Jan 19, 2016 01:17 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Rihanna’s New Year glasses I don’t miss having to wear glasses. But I do miss wearing glasses. Does that make sense? Duana came over last week wearing her new glasses and looked so f-cking good I was like, f-ck it, I need some fresh frames. Look at these ones on Rihanna. You like? By Lainey • Jan 04, 2016 09:50 am
Music Intro for December 9, 2015 Dear Gossips, When Rihanna announced the world tour a couple of weeks ago, it was speculated that the long-awaited album, ANTI, would drop soon too. Like last Friday. Well, Friday came and went and still no ANTI. Tomorrow Rihanna is presenting the second annual Diamond Ball in support of her By Lainey • Dec 09, 2015 09:12 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 3, 2015 Solange is proud repping the Lambily. Fourth of July, Underneath the Stars, Betcha Gon' Know, and the Elusive Chanteuse taught me💕👛. #lamblife A photo posted by Solange (@saintrecords) onDec 3, 2015 at 8:39am PST Is bellycupping more tolerable when it’s Alicia Keys doing it to Chrissy Teigen? By Maria • Dec 03, 2015 02:32 pm
Music Rihanna is ready We’ve been waiting all year for Rihanna’s 8th album. A couple of months ago, she confirmed that the album would be called Anti. Then, yesterday, she announced a world tour starting in February in North America. In June she’ll move over to Europe. The tour will conclude By Lainey • Nov 24, 2015 10:23 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, November 18, 2015 When you were a kid, did your parents ever threaten to put coal in your stocking? This is the adult equivalent of coal. Be good or I’ll put a Rita Ora calendar in your stocking. 'My official 2016 Calendar is on sale or buy on line at www. By Maria • Nov 18, 2015 05:11 pm
Business of Hollywood Rihanna’s agency It was announced yesterday that Rihanna has launched Fr8me, her own style and beauty agency. Per THR, Fr8me “assists artists in booking commercials, editorial shoots, ad campaigns and red-carpet gigs”. Several hair and makeup and fashion stylists have already signed on, including Rihanna’s own team. On brand? 100% Rihanna By Lainey • Nov 13, 2015 11:43 am
Books Beyonce, Jay Z, and Rihanna For years people have been rumouring about whether or not Jay Z and Rihanna had a thing and whether or not Rihanna had anything to do with what when down in that elevator. There’s an unauthorised biography about Beyonce that’s come out called Becoming Beyonce and the author, By Lainey • Oct 23, 2015 12:05 pm