Royals Prince Andrew and the Unsealing While most of the British royal headlines the last few days and probably in the days to come will be about the rom-com known as Finding Freedom, about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, don’t sleep on another potential royal story that’s expected this week that is much more By Lainey • Jul 27, 2020 01:00 pm
Royals Finding Freedom: The Harry and Meghan Rom-com Finding Freedom, the upcoming book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, is currently the #1 book on Amazon based on pre-orders, helped in part by the advance excerpts published this weekend in The Sunday Times and The Times and the subsequent coverage of those By Lainey • Jul 27, 2020 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu is Keanu, even remotely We know Keanu Reeves has earned his place as one of Hollywood’s most enduring, capital-letter, neon-lights Movie Stars. He’s done it through decades of work, starring in some of the most popular and beloved films of all time, and also by being an unfailing, utterly dependable public persona. By Sarah • Jul 27, 2020 10:18 am
Music 1D’s 10th Anniversary and the Secret Envelope As Lainey mentioned in her post about Taylor Swift, yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the day One Direction was formed. TEN YEARS! A WHOLE DECADE AGO! As we’ve seen the last couple of years and especially now, nostalgia isn’t a trend anymore, it’s a state of By Prem • Jul 24, 2020 01:21 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s folklore strategy and secrets “I’m doing good. I’m on some new sh-t.” That’s how Taylor Swift’s new album folklore opens, the opening lyrics to the opening track, “the 1”. It’s a promise she’s made before. And it’s a promise she hasn’t quite kept …until now. After By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 11:58 am
Relationship Assumption Demi Lovato is Engaged Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich were first confirmed to be dating in March, right after pandemic happened in North America. It was definitely a case of Fast Flames™: celebrity romances are often accelerated because they don’t have the mundane, logistical barriers that civilians have when it comes to pursuing By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 11:12 am
Music Taylor Swift is coming Taylor Swift just made a surprise announcement on Instagram. Like so many other people, she’s been super quiet for months during the pandemic. And it turns out she wrote and recorded an entire album that’s dropping tonight called folklore. This is her eighth album, coming less than a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 10:29 am
Royals Team Andrew didn’t see it coming By now you know about Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC Newsnight. It was a disaster. In the moment though, Andrew and his aides had no idea. The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) will be announced virtually on July 31 and Newsnight’s Prince Andrew interview has By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 10:12 am
Royals Princess Beatrice’s Beautiful Wedding It was revealed on Friday that Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and that it took place at the Royal Lodge (the residence gifted to Prince Andrew by the Queen), and that it was attended by a small group of family and friends, with Her Majesty and Prince Philip in By Lainey • Jul 20, 2020 12:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel welcome second child In late November 2019, Justin Timberlake made headlines when he was seen very drunk at a bar New Orleans, where he was shooting a movie, holding hands and looking pretty intimate with a costar. He subsequently apologised and took the opportunity to promote that movie. As I wrote at the By Lainey • Jul 20, 2020 10:25 am
Royals Princess Beatrice is married Princess Beatrice was supposed to marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on May 29 at St James’s Palace in London but then the pandemic happened so they ended up postponing it. The Daily Mail reported that they were hoping instead to have their wedding in 2021 and that it would be By Lainey • Jul 17, 2020 10:28 am
Douchebags Oh great, another bad man Ugh, ANOTHER one, another goddamn roach scurrying across the floor. This time, it’s Kevin Connolly, best known as E from Entourage, a charter member of the Pussy Posse, director of cinematic classic Gotti, is the latest bad man in the news. Yesterday, the Daily Beast published a report about By Sarah • Jul 16, 2020 11:35 am
Music BTS is about the music Every few days or so I exchange emails with a friend and all we message back and forth about is BTS and how it seems impossible to keep up. I wake up Monday to Friday at around 5am. I check my texts, my email, and then I hit Twitter while By Lainey • Jul 15, 2020 03:17 pm
Top Reads Cardi B and the “C” word Earlier this week, Cardi B made headlines because she used the c-word on social media. It’s the word some would use to describe a dent in the armour: “chink”. Per Page Six: “Cardi B is in hot water for using an Asian slur while describing her sister Hennessy Carolina’ By Lainey • Jul 15, 2020 01:14 pm
Top Reads Nick Cannon and anti-Semitism This one’s for the people who think PC and cancel culture only go one way. Late Tuesday, ViacomCBS cut ties with Nick Cannon after he made anti-Semitic statements on his podcast while interviewing Professor Griff, the former member of Public Enemy, who was kicked out of the rap group By Cody • Jul 15, 2020 10:06 am
Royals Meghan Markle, Girl Up The Girl Up Leadership Summit kicked off yesterday with Michelle Obama and the event continues online today and tomorrow. Girl Up is a “movement to advance girls’ skills, rights, and opportunities to be leaders". Summit attendees are between 13 and 22. Click here to learn more about the summit By Lainey • Jul 14, 2020 02:33 pm
