Douchebags Prince William is hair-shamed Rob Lowe is giving interviews to UK outlets to promote his ITV show Wild Bill. During an interview with The Telegraph he was asked, now that he’s spent some time in England, whether or not he’s more vain than British men. His response: “That’s a low bar” By Lainey • May 28, 2019 11:47 am
Music Taylor and Joe in Paris Taylor Swift is promoting “ME!” in Europe. She performed on The Graham Norton Show and The Voice France a few days ago. How is “ME!” doing in your world? It plays on the radio a lot where I am but I’m not sure it’s making a cultural impact, By Lainey • May 27, 2019 01:25 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for May 24, 2019 Dear Gossips, Not sure about you, but it has been a week. I had originally intended to post about Celine Dion’s Carpool Karaoke a few days ago. Then my ma went into hospital and Celine’s Carpool took on a different meaning for me: Self-care! I’m not joking. By Lainey • May 24, 2019 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad & Leo side by side Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Quentin Tarantino cover the new Esquire promoting Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. This was my first takeaway from the interview – and it relates to Brad and Leo talking about Luke Perry. Here’s the quote: LD: And for that matter, you know, Luke Perry! By Lainey • May 23, 2019 03:58 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Princess Meghan and Archie’s birth certificate Meghan Markle is a troll…and I’m here for it. I f-cking love it. Let me be clear, because yes, I know, typically the word “troll” is used to describe MRA diaper babies and the like on Twitter but trolling is also an art form and celebrities, as Mashable By Lainey • May 17, 2019 01:07 pm
Top Reads Constance Wu’s very bad week Exactly a week ago today, ahead of the upfronts, the networks released the list of shows that had been renewed and cancelled. As you know, Fresh Off The Boat was renewed, which resulted in a “f-cking hell” from Constance Wu on Twitter – and not in a good way. She was By Lainey • May 17, 2019 11:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson: Millennial Batman As Sarah just wrote in the previous post, Robert Pattinson as Batman was big breaking news last night on social media. It’s probably the first time he’s trended like this since Twilight – and this is something to be mindful of, because after the pop culture craze that was By Lainey • May 17, 2019 10:15 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Master Archie’s first week Prince Harry was in Oxford today, visiting Oxford Children’s Hospital, spending time with parents and kids with cancer and also the OXSRAD Disability Sports and Leisure Centre. Prince Harry at the @OxChildrensHosp in Oxford this morning. Upon arrival he chatted to staff and Young parents. “[He said] he’s By Lainey • May 14, 2019 01:35 pm
TV Updates Constance Wu breaks character Duana and I will be unpacking the Constance Wu (bad) work situation on Show Your Work this week. I get it though that it was a big story all weekend so here are some thoughts before we get into a more robust discussion about her on the podcast. Much of By Lainey • May 13, 2019 10:10 am
Style Rihanna breaks history We’ve been expecting this for months now but the confirmation came today – Rihanna is her own fashion house now. Her Instagram post said it best: View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on May 10, 2019 at 6:22am PDT Let’s take a closer By Lainey • May 10, 2019 12:24 pm
Music Taylor Swift + Game of Thrones Taylor Swift covers the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. This is basically a takeover. Taylor is a huge get for EW. They’ve dedicated several features in addition to the cover story to Swift content. And it’s a proper magazine interview – not an essay she’s written about herself, By Lainey • May 10, 2019 11:12 am
Models MBJ & Cindy Bruna? I’m worried about Kathleen. I don’t know how she’s going to react to this. At the same time, I REALLY want to see how she reacts to this. Michael B Jordan was in New York last night. He was seen at dinner at Carbone. According to the By Lainey • May 09, 2019 11:16 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor! THEY DID IT. THEY DID THAT. They surprised everyone! NOBODY had Archie on their lists. Not a single person in all the opining about Philip and Spencer and Charles had any of these names anywhere on their list… which means I am so proud of these Sussexes I can’t By Duana • May 08, 2019 12:58 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry and Meghan and baby Prince Harry and Meghan Markle presented their baby to the world today at Windsor Castle. ROYAL INTRODUCTION: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reveal their new baby boy https://t.co/HZ6PUQ2Hsb pic.twitter.com/r1ciqCWyI8— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 8, 2019 Instead of stepping outside the hospital in front of By Lainey • May 08, 2019 08:43 am
Top Reads Tessa, Natasha, and Kristen: a Warrior, a Doll, and a Knight go to the Met Gala There are always those people who talk about change like it’s a degradation of the standard that once was. Sometimes it’s true. Like, maybe your favourite restaurant isn’t the same anymore because they flipped the menu and, sure, that’s fair. But what about the people who By Lainey • May 07, 2019 09:45 am
Baby and Bump Obsession A male heir for House Sussex I wrote about the verb tense in my previous post about Meghan Markle going into labour. That didn’t take long – it’s been confirmed that House Sussex has produced a male heir. Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs. The baby By Lainey • May 06, 2019 10:32 am