Coincidence or conspiracy Joaquin Phoenix covers Vanity Fair That title in and of itself is newsworthy considering who we’re talking about: Joaquin Phoenix, one of the most press-averse actors in the business, willingly participating in an interview with Vanity Fair that covers his work life, his love life, his family life, including mentions of his late brother, By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 12:03 pm
Royals Prince Harry launches another Love Shield Another one! Sorry, all I keep hearing in my head right now is DJ Khaled. “Another one!” Three years ago this coming November, in November 2016, Prince Harry launched what I called a Love Shield, a written defence of his then-girlfriend Meghan Markle, admonishing certain British media outlets for their By Lainey • Oct 01, 2019 04:00 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina's fun side Team Jolie, minus Maddox, who’s at university in South Korea, came out strong at the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil premiere last night. Here’s Angelina with five of her six children, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox, celebrating the release of her latest Disney blockbuster. As you can see, By Lainey • Oct 01, 2019 11:59 am
Royals Good news for Prince Andrew! According to The Sunday Times, “Prince Andrew risks being further embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as … the FBI has expanded its investigation to identify more of the billionaire’s victims, who could provide information on the royal”. Risk? How could it be a risk? Prince Andrew and Buckingham Palace By Lainey • Sep 30, 2019 09:43 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Archie’s first tour appearance Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Day 3 of the Sussex tour in South Africa: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor makes his first ever public appearance. It’s history! In 15 years or so, if he’s allowed to be on whatever social media platforms exist at that time, he might do a #wbw By Lainey • Sep 25, 2019 09:52 am
Dumbass Joaquin Phoenix isn’t prepared Joaquin Phoenix is currently one of the frontrunners for Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Joker. We have seen him seemingly becoming more comfortable promoting the film and, perhaps, his campaign. I can’t imagine the studio would mind. It’s likely they’ll be putting resources into Joker’ By Lainey • Sep 24, 2019 03:58 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Jennifer Lawrence has suggestions for her wedding registry While we were trying to get our Emmys posts up yesterday, Jennifer Lawrence posted her Amazon wedding registry and everyone’s reaction was…huh? A few weeks ago it was Jeremy Renner partnering with Amazon for some kind of camping collection. Maybe it wasn’t exactly camping but there was By Lainey • Sep 24, 2019 01:17 pm
Royals Prince Andrew: a diplomatic concern? Now that the Emmys are over, time to get back to regular gossip schedule and a story we should consistently be checking up on, even though the subjects of the story probably want us to forget. The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes continue. Just today, police in France searched By Lainey • Sep 24, 2019 10:23 am
Gorgessity JLo’s 20th anniversary Stop what you’re doing…because this just happened in Milan. It’s the 20th anniversary of that Versace. You know, Jennifer Lopez’s most famous dress. So, no big deal, she closed the show. LIKE THIS: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chiara Ferragni (@chiaraferragni) on By Lainey • Sep 20, 2019 03:54 pm
Top Reads Our B at 37 We celebrated the Queen’s birthday on September 4. I love Beyoncé’s birthday, because her existence is monumental, but also because it’s a worldwide holiday marked by people worldwide. I call it Trooping the Colour for social media. Have you seen Kalen Allen’s birthday tribute to Bey? By Lainey • Sep 20, 2019 12:33 pm
Relationship Assumption Shawn and Camila: it’s been too long It’s been, what?, a week since Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello sucked each other’s tongues on Instagram. And slightly longer than that since they’ve been papped while falling in love with other. Which, I know, is not easily paparazzi-able, and yet, Shawn and Camila have been showing By Lainey • Sep 19, 2019 11:31 am
Top Reads Intro for September 19, 2019 Dear Gossips, Today is the one year anniversary of Jon Caramanica’s New York Times article “R.I.P. The Celebrity Profile”. It came after Beyoncé basically wrote her own Vogue cover story and if it wasn’t celebrities conducting their own interviews, it was celebrities being interviewed by other By Lainey • Sep 19, 2019 09:46 am
Royals Prince Andrew, Fergie, and the Epstein deal Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied knowing about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes or participating in them. He was friends with Jeffrey Epstein, the dead rapist pedophile, even after Epstein served a year in prison for solicitation of underage prostitution. He was seen with Epstein in late 2010 in New York and By Lainey • Sep 18, 2019 10:20 am
Douchebags SNL fires Shane Gillis Shane Gillis was announced as a new cast member on Saturday Night Live less than a week ago. He hadn’t started yet and he’s been fired for racist and homophobic slurs made last year. I don’t have a thesis for this post, just a lot of thoughts. By Lainey • Sep 17, 2019 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt: gazelle seeks gazelle Two years ago, back in 2017, Brad Pitt covered GQ and it was something of a publicity turnaround after months of World War Brange drama following his split from Angelina Jolie. At the time he was promoting War Machine and he spoke about quitting drinking, his “self-inflicted” troubles, the “façade” By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 11:56 am
Baby and Bump Obsession House Sussex: defended on Harry’s birthday weekend Meghan Markle’s Smart Set Collection launch, in support of Smart Works, went very smoothly last week, perhaps to the disappointment of the UK tabloids and the reporters who’ve been generating critical stories about her over the last couple of months. Never doubt British ingenuity though. They will always By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 10:02 am
