Baby and Bump Obsession House Sussex: A Met Gala baby Fifteen minutes after I posted the open this morning, it was confirmed that Meghan Markle is (was?) in labour: Confirmed. Meghan is in labour. This from Buckingham Palace pic.twitter.com/5Z70fyhY5k— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) May 6, 2019 So it’s not a Star Wars baby. And it’s not By Lainey • May 06, 2019 09:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Princess Charlotte and the “unfollowing” Today is Princess Charlotte’s 4th birthday and to celebrate the occasion, House Cambridge released three new photos of Charlotte taken by her mother, Kate, at their home in Norfolk last month. She is SO cute. That face! It’s curious and mischievous and sweet and smart. Look at her By Lainey • May 02, 2019 01:02 pm
Music The old Taylor is back on the phone Taylor Swift opened the Billboard Music Awards last night with a marching band. You know where this is going – where else could it go? The comparisons were inevitable, non? Like, there is no way no one wouldn’t have picked up on it, especially since we just came off that By Lainey • May 02, 2019 09:58 am
Maple Leaf Celine is “worth it” Celine Dion is on the cover of the new issue of ELLE. This is a good read and I’m not excerpting anything from the article because it’s a joy from top to bottom and that’s the only way you’re going to get the full experience of By Lainey • May 01, 2019 09:55 am
Music Taylor Swift: “ME!” It’s not a clothing and accessories line. This is a relief. As I expected, all those teaser photos Taylor Swift’s been posting for the last couple of weeks were scenes from the video for her new single “ME!”, with Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco. I heard By Lainey • Apr 26, 2019 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Avengers Prom King ….graduates? POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ALTHOUGH I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD LET IT BE A SPOILER?! They’re calling it Endgame, and most of them are talking like it’s the end of the game in other ways and this is why there’s so much speculation about which Avengers By Lainey • Apr 23, 2019 03:14 pm
Royals House Sussex claps back The big royal headline coming out of the weekend was the Sunday Times report about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle possibly being sent away because he and Prince William aren’t getting along. In my post about this yesterday, I wrote that there were different ways to interpret the story, By Lainey • Apr 23, 2019 10:58 am
Royals The banishing of House Sussex? The Sunday Times reported this weekend that there are plans in place to send Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the royal “rock stars”, abroad for a few years. Canada and Australia were apparently initially considered but both countries were ultimately rejected because of Canada’s proximity to America and American By Lainey • Apr 22, 2019 10:03 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Beyoncé for Michelle Obama Earlier this morning, after we’d wrapped the Show Your Work podcast, #BeyoncéHomecoming special episode, Duana, Kathleen, and I were still high off of what we’d just watched and talked about and Kathleen kept saying, “What a time to be alive”. Duana and I kind of giggled – but it’ By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 11:33 am
Music Madonna: Madame X I was over at my friend Iain’s the other night and whenever Iain and I get together, Madonna dominates our conversation. Iain has a PhD in Madonna. He went to see her last tour, Rebel Heart, something like 14 times all around the world. It’s been a quiet By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rihanna doing business and Handsome Hassan I half expected Rihanna to show up at Coachella this weekend. It’s not like she’s a stranger there. And when Rihanna goes to Coachella she turns it into a fashion moment. You remember her outfits from 2018? View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 11:32 am
Royals House Cambridge and House Sussex cover PEOPLE For the last six months, the growing divide between House Cambridge and House Sussex has been front page news. Now that they’ve formally separated households and social media accounts, PEOPLE is even getting in on it. This is noteworthy because PEOPLE is typically royal-friendly, so as to protect their By Lainey • Apr 10, 2019 10:07 am
Music Beyoncé’s Homecoming Coachella is this weekend and next. Which means it’s the first anniversary of Beychella now known as Homecoming. Homecoming, usually, is in the fall. Beyoncé’s basically trying to change the calendar. Great. My calendar has been changed and marked: April 17th, Netflix made the announcement this weekend: pic. By Lainey • Apr 08, 2019 11:30 am
Maple Leaf Celine Dion: “I’m worth it” Celine Dion was announced as the newest global ambassador for L’Oreal Paris. She just celebrated her 51st birthday. This is her first-ever beauty contract and she is FEELING herself, as she should be, declaring in the press release that: "When you think I’m done, I’m just By Lainey • Apr 02, 2019 04:05 pm
Royals House Sussex is on Instagram Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just launched their own House Sussex Instagram account as they continue to build their own brand apart from Kensington Palace and House Cambridge. Here’s the first post, along with several photos of Harry and Meghan at work: View this post on Instagram A post By Lainey • Apr 02, 2019 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma and Dave go shopping Emma Stone and Dave McCary were papped at the grocery store this weekend in LA. Dave is always referred to as Saturday Night Live writer and director whenever he and Emma are seen together but there was a new SNL this week (hosted by Sandra Oh) and he wasn’t By Lainey • Apr 02, 2019 10:40 am