Maple Leaf Justin Bieber: so far OK In my post on Selena Gomez and The Weeknd yesterday, I ended on Justin Bieber and that I would be closely monitoring his Twitter. No reaction yet, at least not on his public account. And JB was papped yesterday, looking pretty relaxed and in good spirits in LA, apparently on By Lainey • Jan 12, 2017 12:27 pm
Music Selena & The Weeknd: in the making? Selena Gomez + The Weeknd were big news yesterday. Selena… and The Weeknd…are a thing? Click here if you still haven’t seen the pictures yet. As you know, Selena and Gigi Hadid are friends. And Gigi’s sister, Bella, and Abel were together until just recently. Now Bella has By Lainey • Jan 12, 2017 11:56 am
Famewhores Taylor Swift 2017 This is the first time we’ve seen Taylor this year, right? If you’ve seen other shots of her in 2017, let me know. This is Taylor yesterday in LA at the gym. Previously it was reported that she was in London shooting the I Don’t Want to By Lainey • Jan 12, 2017 11:12 am
Quiveration “Pound my yams” The impossible might be possible. I WILL FIGHT YOU FOR THIS POSSIBILITY so watch your hair because my fingers are coming at that ponytail…even though this is supposed to be for charity. Idris Elba is making himself available as your Valentine for a good cause. Have you watched this By Lainey • Jan 11, 2017 10:17 am
Break Ups World War Brange 2017 Angelina Jolie and the children were in Crested Butte, Colorado for NYE. Here she is with Shiloh and Knox out for ice cream. The Daily Mail has other photos of her with Vivienne and in some of the shots you can see that Mariane Pearl is with them. Mariane Pearl By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 03:45 pm
Relationship Assumption Lopizzy at the casino If you weren’t keeping up on gossip during the holidays (how DARE you?), here’s why I call them Lopizzy. As expected, Lopizzy celebrated New Year’s Eve in Vegas where Drake was paid to perform at Hakkasan. JLO was supposed to get paid to perform in Miami but By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 01:01 pm
Music Mimi’s New Year’s Eve Glitter For the last couple of days, it’s been a nasty back and forth between Team Mimi and Dick Clark Productions over what really happened on New Year’s Eve during her performance. Her side is claiming that the show “sabotaged” her to create a viral moment and increase ratings. By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 09:28 am
Top Reads Charlie Hunnam goes Leo-Leto Earlier this year, Angelica Jade Bastien, writing in The Atlantic, posited that Hollywood Has Ruined Method Acting. Jared Leto was promoting Suicide Squad at the time, and he and his co-stars were telling stories about how he’d send dead rats or pigs to his co-stars, generally behaving like a By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 02:52 pm
Royals Her Majesty approves of Meghan Markle Here’s the new cover of US Weekly, Christmas edition, featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, fresh off their pre-Christmas week together in London. The headline on the front page says it all: Why the Queen approves Like not just that the Queen approves, as if that alone wasn’t By Lainey • Dec 20, 2016 12:22 pm
Top Reads The Margaret-Tilda emails Margaret Cho has been an outspoken critic of Hollywood’s whitewashing of Asian characters and the industry’s general lack of Asian representation. Margaret starred in the first Asian-American sitcom over 20 years ago. The show lasted a single season. And, sure, it wasn’t great. But, as we’ve By Lainey • Dec 19, 2016 10:04 am
Award Season Campaigning Meet the Reynolds Ryan Reynolds got a star on the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood today. Blake Lively was with him. And also their two daughters. This is the first time their children have been seen in public. So, as you can imagine, it’s a big story. And you know, they KNOW By Lainey • Dec 15, 2016 05:28 pm
Top Reads Petty people being petty It was Taylor Swift’s birthday yesterday. Many of her friends wished her Happy Birthday on social media. Taylor herself, however, stayed social media silent. Was she silent because she wanted to spend her birthday in private? Or was she silent because she wanted to make a thing out of By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 04:41 pm
Top Reads We need to talk about Kanye “I am Kanye West. And that feels really good to say, especially this year.” Kanye said this at the 2016 VMAs in August. That quote actually seems like a cruel joke when you look back on it now. Like so many good things, Kanye West has not made it out By Kathleen • Dec 14, 2016 11:58 am
Top Reads Harry & Meghan’s Christmas tree Last week after his Caribbean tour, Prince Harry flew straight to Toronto without going home to London to see Meghan Markle because it had been 3 weeks since they spent time together. He stayed for a day or two then went back to London for an official commitment. Harry has By Lainey • Dec 13, 2016 11:40 am
Music Taylor Swift in February People lost their minds last night because Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik released a song. Kathleen made me laugh earlier when I texted her to tell her that I had to admit that I liked it. She wrote back that “Omg I tried so hard to hate it. I can’ By Lainey • Dec 09, 2016 03:50 pm
Break Ups World War Brange: the legal letters As posted yesterday, a judge denied Brad Pitt’s application to seal the divorce documents after Angelina Jolie formally filed their temporary custody agreement with the court last Friday. He claimed that she was compromising the privacy of their children. Her side argued in court documents that “his request is By Lainey • Dec 08, 2016 11:03 am