Relationship Assumption The Taylor & Joe timeline It’s almost as though Taylor Swift knew that Katy Perry would be releasing her answer to Bad Blood this week. And decided to take over the conversation. With a new boyfriend. I wonder if it feels even more satisfying to know that Swish Swish is not a great song. By Lainey • May 19, 2017 10:35 am
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
Media Manipulation How Taylor hid Joe Now that we know that Taylor Swift has been dating Joe Alwyn undercover for the last few months, we’re getting more details about how they’ve been hiding. Because all these Taylor sources managed to keep her sh-t tight all this time…and suddenly they’re willing to go By Lainey • May 18, 2017 09:59 am
Hook Ups Taylor Swift’s Brit Boy Love Streak Harry Styles, Calvin Harris, Tom Hiddleston… Now Joe Alwyn. Taylor Swift has a Brit Boy love streak going. The UK Sun broke the story late yesterday that Taylor and Joe have been secretly dating for months and that she’s been seeing him in London in disguise. Let’s backtrack By Lainey • May 17, 2017 10:28 am
Taylor Swift Taylor found As you’ve seen and heard, Taylor Swift has kept a very low profile all year. She performed Super Bowl weekend as part of her deal with AT&T but since then been pretty quiet on social media and the paps haven’t been able to find her. To By Lainey • May 16, 2017 10:15 am
TV Updates Katy Perry’s Witness and American Idol As you know, they’re rebooting American Idol on ABC. Last week, it was reported that Kelly Clarkson was supposed to be one of the judges but she’s going to The Voice instead. Now it’s Katy Perry. According to TMZ the deal is almost done and they’ll By Lainey • May 15, 2017 03:15 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
MET Gala 2017 Justin Bieber, Hailee Steinfeld, and TMZ TMZ reported yesterday that Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld have been dating for a month but that it’s still “fresh”. Immediately afterwards her reps denied it. Also, she has a boyfriend. His name is Cameron Smoller. He just Instagrammed a shot of them together a couple of days ago: By Lainey • May 03, 2017 04:16 pm
Taylor Swift The Michael Fassbender Tom Hiddleston hot-off Tonight is the MET Gala. Which is why we should light a candle for what happened last year at the MET Gala. The MET Gala gave us the Summer of Swoki. Gossip owes Anna Wintour forever. But Taylor Swift has been QUIEEEEEEEEET, non? Quieter the last couple of months than By Lainey • May 01, 2017 04:07 pm
Relationship Assumption The Couple of Coachella 2017 Every year there’s a couple. You remember the Couple of Coachella 2016? It was Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris. In case you’ve forgotten, here’s a photo that Taylor Instagrammed of herself during his set: With the caption: "Watching @calvinharris like [heart-eyed emoji] #coachella”. Two weeks later, By Lainey • Apr 17, 2017 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 20, 2017 Dear Gossips, You know who’s been really, really quiet? Taylor Swift. There hasn’t been much on social media. She hasn’t been papped in weeks. Ed Sheeran’s been seen leaving her NYC apartment. But she herself has managed to stay pretty undercover. So it’s possible. And, By Lainey • Mar 20, 2017 08:34 am
Taylor Swift Intro for March 3, 2017 Dear Gossips, Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen wrote a great piece yesterday about Ivanka Trump And The Aesthetics Of Denial, an analysis of how Ivanka uses social media to her advantage – to pivot and redirect and protect, not just her father’s brand but, most importantly, her own. The reason By Lainey • Mar 03, 2017 09:29 am
Amazingness Tom & Taffy Last month my favourite, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who writes for GQ, was photographed with Tom Hiddleston and when those pictures came out, I posted that I couldn’t wait, couldn’t f-cking wait, to read the article. As always, Taffy delivers. Like I almost don’t want to say anything more By Lainey • Feb 08, 2017 11:05 am
Music Katy & Taylor 2017? Let’s just keep speculating while we’re at it. Katy Perry has confirmed that she will be performing at the Beyoncé-Adele Grammys on Sunday. CONFIRMED: @katyperry returns to the #GRAMMYs stage 🎤Don't miss her performance on Music's Biggest Night Feb. 12 on @CBS! 🔁if you& By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 02:44 pm
BFFs Harry Styles’s overshadowed birthday I received an email yesterday at 12:40pm from a reader called Stephanie: Probably too late for today, but in honor of his birthday, can we get an update or any details on what Harry Styles is up to? It was too late, at the time, but you know what By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 04:37 pm