Met Gala 2025 Rihanna’s Met Gala surprise It’s almost a tradition at this point—Rihanna rocking up to the Met Gala after the cameras have turned off. She’s arguably the Met Gala’s biggest get, The One we all look forward to seeing…and she’s always late. Is she trolling Anna Wintour? If so, By Sarah • May 06, 2025 06:57 am
Sports Intro for August 6, 2024 Dear Gossips, It was a long weekend in Canada. I golfed once and then spent the rest of the time barely moving from the couch because of the Olympics. Because right now, the athletes are the celebrities. And there is no bigger celebrity at these Games than Simone Biles and By Lainey • Aug 06, 2024 09:45 am
Douchebags Simone Biles: A New Way to Win The gymnastics all-round individual competition is tomorrow and while we don’t yet know what will happen, I think it’s safe to say my hope for Simone Biles was realized. What makes Simone Biles’ performance in Paris so incredible to me is the tremendous mental strength it has taken By Violeta • Jul 31, 2024 03:16 pm
Sports Intro for July 25, 2024 Dear Gossips, Sure, Comic Con starts today (more on that later), but you know what starts tomorrow? The Olympics! Comic Con happens every year, the summer Games only happen once every four years, even though the last summer Olympics were three years ago because of COVID. Unlike Violeta, I am By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 08:41 am
Sports Simone Always Rises (Trigger warning for sexual and mental abuse and harassment.) I am a competitive person. At least that is what my family, who has experienced many a game-night with me, tells me. But the desire for me or “my team” to win at all costs all but disappears when I watch By Violeta • Jul 24, 2024 11:08 am
Gorgessity Simone’s (Wedding) Hair Drama Simone Biles is clapping back at social media users who trolled her over her wedding day look. The comments came after she posted photos of her intimate courthouse ceremony, wearing a look that totalled less than $200. In this case, most of the insults were aimed at her hair. This By Stephanie • Apr 26, 2023 01:12 pm
Equality Issues Intro for December 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, PEOPLE Magazine has released its People of the Year covers. There are four of them, including the legend Dolly Parton. Dolly could be a person of the year every year and at 75 she’s as busy and as booked as ever – as PEOPLE says, she has her By Lainey • Dec 02, 2021 09:17 am
Simone Biles Intro for July 29, 2021 Dear Gossips, Simone Biles will not be competing in today’s women’s gymnastics individual all-round finals because she’s taking care of herself, putting herself first, and yet… she’s still taking people to school. At the press conference, she talked about “twisties”. Which is why “twisties” became the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2021 09:14 am
Sports Intro for July 28, 2021 Dear Gossips, After withdrawing from the team final yesterday, it’s now confirmed that Simone Biles will not compete in the gymnastics individual all-around; she is being assessed day-by-day and no decision has yet been made about the apparatus finals. Does this mean she’s no longer the G.O. By Lainey • Jul 28, 2021 08:49 am
Sports Intro for July 23, 2021 Dear Gossips, As of the time of this writing, the Olympics Opening Ceremony is underway. For those of us who live in different time zones, the event will be rebroadcast on primetime tonight. Competition in some sports has already started and of course most athletes have arrived in Tokyo and By Lainey • Jul 23, 2021 08:50 am
Sports Simone Biles covers Vogue Simone Biles covers the August 2020 issue of Vogue. She seems pretty excited about it – here’s what she shared on Instagram: So now it’s a bit tricky, because as you may have heard, there are a lot of people who are thrilled, like Simone, that she’s being By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 02:43 pm
Top Reads BangBang Con, Jungkook, Obama, and Simone Biles This past weekend, BTS streamed almost 24 hours of past concert and fan club performance footage on YouTube for an event they called BangBang Con, meant to be an alternative to their Map of the Soul: 7 tour which was supposed to have kicked off this month. BangBang Con generated By Lainey • Apr 22, 2020 02:31 pm
Amazingness When Channing met Simone If this video doesn’t make you smile, you should probably re-evaluate your entire life. Channing Tatum and Olympic gold medalist/all-around badass Simone Biles were on Ellen yesterday adorably fangirling over each other. I can’t decide which one is more adorable: the way Channing says “I’m gonna By Kathleen • Sep 08, 2016 02:12 pm
Sports Intro for August 12, 2016 Dear Gossips, The women were expected to be glorious these Games. And they have been GLORIOUS. Penny Oleksiak won Canada’s first gold medal in Rio, tying for first in the 100m freestyle with Simone Manuel yesterday. It was Penny’s fourth medal at these Olympics and she’s now By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 10:22 am
Sports Intro for August 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, Here’s my favourite tweet from yesterday: In case you missed it, I am obsessed with Simone Biles. And it’s not just because I’m obsessed with gymnasts and she just might be the best gymnast ever, of all time. But also because I’m obsessed with By Lainey • Aug 04, 2016 09:30 am
Sports Intro for July 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Opening Ceremony will take place exactly a month from now, August 5, at the Olympic Games in Rio where, despite the Zika controversy, superstars will be made and legends will be re-legended… can I make up that word? Greed really is the most powerful virus. And I’ By Lainey • Jul 05, 2016 10:04 am
