Top Reads President The Rock I hope I am healthy. I have a bad habit of constantly wondering if I’m not healthy even though I feel healthy. And I know I need to stop. But today, on top of all the regular reasons any person would want to be healthy, I have realised one By Lainey • May 10, 2017 12:51 pm
Music Don’t come for Katy Perry Katy Perry was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly this week to promote her new album but it still doesn’t have a title. Or, from what I can see, an official release date? No release date was mentioned in the EW article and I find this to be an interesting strategy, By Lainey • May 09, 2017 01:17 pm
Music Miley’s new image Miley Cyrus is attempting a rebrand... again. Miley’s new single drops this week and in anticipation of its release, she’s on the cover of Billboard. In the interview, posted last Wednesday, Miley’s new sound is described as “rootsy” – whatever that means – and she revealed that she’s By Kathleen • May 08, 2017 01:14 pm
Top Reads Johnny Depp: earpieces and sound engineers One of the first headlines I saw in my feed this morning was from the Telegraph: Earpieces, islands, and eccentricities: is Johnny Depp slowly morphing into Marlon Brando? Um, obviously it was an immediate click. Yes, I want to read this. In fact, I think I NEED to read this. By Lainey • May 04, 2017 04:54 pm
Break Ups Brad Pitt and the façade Brad Pitt’s film for Netflix, War Machine, premieres later this month. Now that World War Brange has ostensibly ended, he’s back on promotion with a GQ interview, featuring 3 different covers, and several more beautiful photographs taken in 3 American national parks, The Everglades, White Sands, and Carlsbad By Lainey • May 03, 2017 12:53 pm
Break Ups Jesse Williams and the politics of black love “A little wince.” In a piece for Essence in 2010, that’s how Jill Scott described her reaction when a black male friend told her he had married a white woman. The piece received an onslaught of vitriol. Scott was called a racist. To avoid repeating Scott’s fate, I By Kathleen • May 01, 2017 09:44 am
Top Reads Gwyneth & Anna get back together The MET Gala is on Monday. We’re writing through the night on Monday for full coverage on Tuesday. I’m excited. I love the MET Gala. And I think you love the MET Gala. I love bitching about the people who don’t understand the theme. I love bitching By Lainey • Apr 28, 2017 12:56 pm
Douchebags Johnny Depp: money, cotton balls, and cannons Earlier this week, Johnny Depp gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal about the lawsuit against his former business managers, The Management Group, and the countersuit that they’ve filed against him. Basically he’s suing them for mishandling his finances and allegedly stealing from him and they’re By Lainey • Apr 27, 2017 11:15 am
Amazingness Tom Hardy, the real Ethan Hunt My favourite story of the day so far. According to The Sun in the UK, Tom Hardy chased down a thief on a moped several blocks before pulling him down and waiting until the cops showed up. A witness in Richmond, London, told yesterday how screen hardman Tom Hardy chased By Lainey • Apr 25, 2017 09:35 am
Sports The Greatest Of All Time is having a baby If you’ve been reading this site a while, you know how I feel about Serena Williams. Like when I found out that Serena and I have the same birthday (many years apart), I practically set myself on fire with excitement. It’s the closest I’ll ever get to By Lainey • Apr 19, 2017 05:00 pm
Royals Prince Harry shows his work Duana and I featured Meghan Markle as the top story on the last episode of our Show Your Work podcast. She had just shut down The Tig. And we talked about what it means and whether or not it means she’s “giving up” parts of her life so that By Lainey • Apr 17, 2017 12:56 pm
Break Ups Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner’s classic move Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, possibly the most memorable example of the classic Friday dump. They announced their separation on Friday, January 7, 2005, late in the afternoon, when everyone had packed up to go home. Friday at 6pm is a lot less loud than, say, a Wednesday at 10 By Lainey • Apr 17, 2017 11:45 am
Hook Ups Leo, Orlando, and Nina PEOPLE reported on Friday that Orlando Bloom and Nina Dobrev are dating…but that it’s casual. Major focus on the “casual” though because both Orly and Nina were at Coachella this weekend and, as PEOPLE followed up on Sunday, he was “all over” a model called Ashley Haas. Major By Lainey • Apr 17, 2017 10:09 am
TV Updates Still playing: The Love Ballad of Kit & Rose The Olivier Awards in London last night. Rose Leslie was there with Kit Harington. And they looked super cute together. And, obviously, they are still together. Very much together. Kit, as you know, is readying for the premiere of Game Of Thrones season 7 in July. Jon Snow is now By Lainey • Apr 10, 2017 11:01 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk’s undercover delivery The last time I posted about Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk was less than two weeks ago, on March 31. Irina was photographed shopping with her ma and I noted that, in her oversized sweatshirt, she kinda looked how I would look in an oversized sweatshirt, and I’m not By Lainey • Apr 10, 2017 09:41 am
Books Victoria Beckham 2017 Back in January, we featured Victoria Beckham on an episode of the Show Your Work podcast. Duana was the one who pitched her for the Do We Need To Care About….? segment that we do at the end of every show. I mean, of course we need to care about By Lainey • Apr 07, 2017 04:01 pm