Top Reads Gaga + Ariana = “Rain On Me” I liked it as soon as I heard it when I got up this morning. Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated Chromatica drops next week and she and Ariana Grande over the last couple of days have been thirst-building hype for their new song, “Rain On Me”, the first collaboration between By Lainey • May 22, 2020 02:26 pm
Top Reads Suga: The Bias-Assassin and Leadership from the Back I don’t think I’ll ever stop being astonished at the creative output of BTS, not just during this pandemic lockdown but for the last seven years since the band debuted in 2013. The albums, the tours, the promotional appearances, the music videos, the multiple reality series, the documentary By Lainey • May 22, 2020 10:08 am
Top Reads Julia Roberts, the Dr Fauci Fangirl #PassTheMic is a campaign where celebrities “pass the mic” aka their social media accounts and expose their followers to experts and frontline workers so that they can share ACCURATE information about COVID-19 since, um, certain leaders aren’t. Some of the big names participating are Hugh Jackman, Danai Gurira, David By Lainey • May 21, 2020 02:01 pm
Relationship Assumption Bradley Cooper’s lockdown romance? Here are some new photos of Bradley Cooper outside his NY apartment this week. And apparently he’s not staying there alone. Of course he’s parenting his daughter, but there was a woman seen bringing in groceries at the door – and according to the paps, it’s Kristin O’ By Lainey • May 21, 2020 10:27 am
Top Reads Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, and Netflix We started the week with a post about Prince Andrew’s sketchy financial dealings so why not end the week with a post about a new docuseries that he and the British royal family might be worried about. The four-part Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich series drops on Netflix on May By Lainey • May 15, 2020 12:52 pm
Top Reads Taylor’s City of Lover Yesterday I wrote about Taylor Swift and her Instagram post and many people wondered if there was an announcement coming. As I said, Taylor doesn’t leave bows untied. And now we know what she was teasing: Excited to announce the City of Lover Concert! We filmed my show in By Lainey • May 08, 2020 02:11 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Gossip Nostalgia: Jennifer Aniston’s orange pants Jennifer Aniston posted to Instagram yesterday and a reader called Greta wrote to me about the orange pants knowing that I have written in the past about those orange pants so specific to a time in gossip history, when Jen and Brad Pitt were still together. Here’s an example By Lainey • May 08, 2020 10:31 am
Top Reads Now it’s a Chris dog-off I know it’s a conversation that’s probably expired by now: who’s the Best Chris? But if we were still having this conversation, based on dogs, up to this point, Chris Evans would have taken it, because he and Dodger had been providing good, wholesome content on social By Lainey • May 06, 2020 02:34 pm
BFFs Adele at 32 Not going to lie, I am not looking forward to writing this post. And I didn’t want to write the post but there’s no choice, really. Because Adele is one of the most important musicians, a superstar, and superstars are our business here. Adele has been trending for By Lainey • May 06, 2020 10:38 am
Top Reads Archie’s 1st Birthday Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor celebrates his first birthday today. In the weeks leading up to this day, obviously a big day for all babies and their parents, we’ve been wondering whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be sharing new photos of Archie with us, and how, given By Lainey • May 06, 2020 09:29 am
Relationship Assumption Ben-Ana: Instagram Official It’s not like it wasn’t official before though, right? After several weeks of almost-daily photographs outside of his home as they’re sheltering-in-place together, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been “official” for a while now. These days though, going “Instagram Official” is a whole other thing, By Lainey • May 01, 2020 09:09 am
Top Reads That time Katie Couric interviewed Denzel Washington Here in Canada, I’m an entertainment reporter on an entertainment news program called ETALK. This summer will mark my 15th anniversary on the show. Part of my job is to interview actors, singers, writers, etc. And if you’ve been visiting this site over the years, you know that By Lainey • Apr 30, 2020 11:55 am
Quiveration Jake and his Sourdough Everybody is baking. Everybody’s into this sourdough thing. I have a few friends who are so obsessed with sourdough, it’s taken over their social media. They’re doing sourdough every day and meeting people online who are also sourdoughing. I get it. Not specifically about sourdough but about By Lainey • Apr 30, 2020 10:02 am
Top Reads Gigi and Zayn are having a baby While the other members of One Direction have been trying to produce a 1D reunion, Zayn Malik was producing a baby. TMZ broke the news yesterday - Gigi Hadid is pregnant, she and Zayn are expecting a child together. So far there’s no official confirmation but does Chrissy Teigen By Lainey • Apr 29, 2020 09:03 am
Break Ups Timmy will not hit on Eileen Timothee Chalamet is single. We know this from British Vogue and I thought I’d care a lot more about the fact that he and Lily-Rose Depp are no longer together, probably because of scheduling – it’s hard to coordinate being in the same place at the same time. Also, By Lainey • Apr 28, 2020 11:05 am
Royals Harry and Meghan’s hearing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are suing the publisher of the Daily Mail and a (virtual) hearing related to the case is happening today in London. For a play-by-play of the proceedings, Byline Investigates is live-tweeting: Meghan VS The Mail is Now LIVE. Follow our Live Tweets throughout the day By Lainey • Apr 24, 2020 09:48 am