Media Manipulation Taylor’s burn book Before we get to that, let’s talk about this mural. An artist called Lushsux created a mural in Melbourne. In loving memory of… Taylor Smith. The recent passing of @taylorswift is heart wrenching. Come and leave some flowers and light some candles at her memorial in Hosier lane in By Lainey • Jul 21, 2016 11:10 am
Beyoncé Beyoncé won’t say Beyoncé was in Italy on Gossip Christmas Day. She’s touring Europe until August 3 and then has a month off at which point she’ll likely go on a yacht-holiday for a couple of weeks. Like Mimi. Or maybe, since Mimi’s been yacht-holidaying for what seems like a By Lainey • Jul 20, 2016 04:20 pm
BFFs Jennifer Aniston post-crusade Here’s Jennifer Aniston arriving back in LA yesterday. It’s been a week since Jennifer Aniston told us that she is “fed up” with tabloid culture and impossible beauty standards and you wondering if she’s pregnant. You’ll recall, Jennifer wrote her op-ed for The Huffington Post. Not By Lainey • Jul 20, 2016 11:45 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Intro for July 20, 2016 Dear Gossips, For the last couple of days, I’ve been writing repeatedly that Taylor Swift is going to be FINE. You needn’t worry about Taylor Swift. In my post about Leslie Jones yesterday, I compared the unnecessary worry about Taylor to what’s happened to Leslie Jones. People By Lainey • Jul 20, 2016 10:01 am
Taylor Swift Will there be a Swift reinvention? As mentioned in today’s open, born in the Year of the Snake, Taylor Swift’s luck is on average this year. Taylor Swift will never, ever be out of luck. And the system has set it up so that Taylor Swift is capable of harvesting her luck better than By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 01:07 pm
Top Reads The case of Swift v Kanye? Will Taylor Swift sue Kanye West? His wife revealed in her GQ interview that her lawyers had already sent him a warning to try and shut down the release of that video. And she claims she didn’t know that she was being recorded. And over the last 24 hours By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 09:39 am
Media Manipulation After the Gossip Christmas I call it Gossip Christmas. There can be many Gossip Christmases throughout the year though. Duana tells me that some people are now calling it the Day Of The Receipts. I like that too. And whatever you want to call it, it was a day that was GREAT for Gossip. By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 09:24 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for July 19, 2016 Dear Gossips, Twenty-four hours before Kanye West’s wife gave us Gossip Christmas, she tweeted this to her followers: Wait it's legit National Snake Day?!?!?They have holidays for everybody, I mean everything these days! 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 17, 2016 Does Mrs West follow Chinese astrology? By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 07:30 am
Media Manipulation Swoki and the Celebrity Divide Music and iPhone cameras This sh-t unanimous for you, it's damaging for you, I think This is from a Kanye song off TLOP called No More Parties in LA. And parties in LA are changing. Because his wife is walking around recording everything – that seventh room access he By Lainey • Jul 18, 2016 01:40 pm
Girly Throw Downs Mrs West’s Gossip Power I'm living' in that 21st century Doing something mean to it Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it I guess every superhero need his theme music Those are the opening lyrics to Kanye West’ By Lainey • Jul 18, 2016 12:07 pm
Girly Throw Downs Mrs West’s Good Morning Good Morning is one of my favourite Kanye West songs. It’s the first song on Graduation. And Good Morning is so perfect for this morning because this is how I woke up this morning. With a gossip gift, courtesy of Kanye West’s wife who has, today, given us By Lainey • Jul 18, 2016 10:23 am
Quiveration Idris knows about Swoki The world is a mess. Mon francais est un peu rouillé mais je voudrais dire que je suis desoleé and je suis surtout desoleé qu’il faut etre desoleé si frequemment. But…I’m here to offer new photos of Idris Elba. He’s promoting Star Trek Beyond. He’s By Lainey • Jul 15, 2016 10:34 am
Amazingness Swoki: the nomination and the confirmation Duana posted about the Emmy nominations earlier. And at the end of the post, yes, Tom Hiddleston received a nomination for his work in The Night Manager. Which means… Swoki Love has to last until the Emmys, right? Beyoncé and Taylor Swift on the Emmys red carpet, can you imagine? By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 04:34 pm
Girly Throw Downs Girl Sh-t of the Summer When celebrities become gossip fixtures, they always manage to blame it on the media or the tabloids or the blogs – see Jennifer Aniston. Taylor Swift has been a gossip fixture all summer. And, well, it was entirely her own doing. How did a random pap manage to get such great By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 11:29 am
Top Reads A Swoki proposal? On the subject of celebrity news and consumption, there’s a knowledge gap between those of us who live on the internet and those who just get their updates from magazines and, maybe, half an hour of entertainment television a day. My favourite example to cite that proves this point By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 03:47 pm
Girly Throw Downs Taylor Swift shuts down Amos Wintrip TMZ has done a great job in recent weeks providing us with Archie White’s side of the breakup with Taylor Swift. First, she was “too Hollywood” for him and he wasn’t about that life. Then she may or may not have cheated on him with Tom Hiddleston. This By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 01:32 pm
