Girly Throw Downs Mrs West’s Good Morning Good Morning is one of my favourite Kanye West songs. It’s the first song on Graduation. And Good Morning is so perfect for this morning because this is how I woke up this morning. With a gossip gift, courtesy of Kanye West’s wife who has, today, given us By Lainey • Jul 18, 2016 10:23 am
TV Updates “Don’t show us the Winona eyes” Stranger Things starring Winona Ryder premieres on Netflix today. Are you watching? Like, after you see Ghostbusters? I already told you I am. Because Winona Ryder. Winona was everything and it to me in the 80s and 90s and…still, forever, always. As Matt Duffer, co-creator of Stranger Things, By Lainey • Jul 15, 2016 12:49 pm
Maple Leaf Gwyneth’s celebrity sale 2016 Gwyneth Paltrow was in Toronto yesterday at Holt Renfrew promoting her beauty line. Sasha was there and talked to her for etalk and afterwards her first email to me was, “omg omg omg I have to tell you everything”. When I wrote back to her with all caps and exclamation By Lainey • Jul 15, 2016 12:07 pm
Amazingness Swoki: the nomination and the confirmation Duana posted about the Emmy nominations earlier. And at the end of the post, yes, Tom Hiddleston received a nomination for his work in The Night Manager. Which means… Swoki Love has to last until the Emmys, right? Beyoncé and Taylor Swift on the Emmys red carpet, can you imagine? By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 04:34 pm
Girly Throw Downs Girl Sh-t of the Summer When celebrities become gossip fixtures, they always manage to blame it on the media or the tabloids or the blogs – see Jennifer Aniston. Taylor Swift has been a gossip fixture all summer. And, well, it was entirely her own doing. How did a random pap manage to get such great By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 11:29 am
Relationship Assumption The Afflecks remain the Afflecks? Almost exactly a year ago this week, this was the cover of US Weekly: Twelve months later they’re going with Swoki Love and inside the issue, the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner situation is much, much different. US reports exclusively that Ben and Jennifer have “put (their) divorce on By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 04:25 pm
Top Reads A Swoki proposal? On the subject of celebrity news and consumption, there’s a knowledge gap between those of us who live on the internet and those who just get their updates from magazines and, maybe, half an hour of entertainment television a day. My favourite example to cite that proves this point By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 03:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Brange’s birthday twins Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s twins, Vivienne and Knox, turned 8 yesterday. If you recall, their birth was celebrated, back then, with a “19 page photo album” in PEOPLE sold for a reported $11 million or $14 million, depending on what reports you read: It was a record at By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 02:07 pm
Girly Throw Downs Taylor Swift shuts down Amos Wintrip TMZ has done a great job in recent weeks providing us with Archie White’s side of the breakup with Taylor Swift. First, she was “too Hollywood” for him and he wasn’t about that life. Then she may or may not have cheated on him with Tom Hiddleston. This By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 01:32 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jennifer Aniston is “fed up” Jennifer Aniston wrote an op-ed for Huffington Post yesterday and it blew up all over social media. If you haven’t read it, click the link. Support for Jen has been widespread. Celebrities are fist-pumping, magazine writers are fist-pumping, and the MiniVan Majority is fist-pumping. As By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 11:19 am
Top Reads Australia’s Swoki fever Swoki remains a top headline in Australia. Tom Hiddleston went for another run today and, this time, managed to restrain himself from turning his training session into a press conference. He’s also apparently reported to work on the set of Thor: Ragnarok. Taylor, meanwhile, has kept a much lower By Lainey • Jul 12, 2016 04:34 pm
Media Manipulation This weekend in Swoki Swoki is in Australia. Staying at a very nice hotel. I guess this particular hotel doesn’t have a gym? Because Tom Hiddleston decided to go for a run outside the other day. Outside. Where fans and local media were camped out. Outside. And it’s not like her security By Lainey • Jul 11, 2016 03:54 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé and Black Lives Matter Black lives matter. It’s a simple sentiment. In 2016, those three words should just be a fact, period. Instead, Black Lives Matter is rally cry, a three word sentiment that holds more cultural significance and political importance than any other three words at the moment. In the past 5 By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2016 11:00 am
Relationship Assumption No Swoki for Katie & Jamie Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are dating. And, well, you can’t open a door on the internet these days without that slapping you in the face. On the other end of that spectrum are Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx who’ve been dealing with each other for almost 3 By Lainey • Jul 11, 2016 10:16 am
Relationship Assumption Swoki on the Gold Coast Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston were seen at LAX yesterday, arriving from Rhode Island and then turning around and flying out again. It’s now confirmed: she has joined him in Australia where he’s set to start working on the new Thor movie. And it was breaking news there! By Lainey • Jul 08, 2016 12:59 pm
Relationship Assumption Swoki on the move Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston were back in LA yesterday after #Taymerica. They arrived at LAX and then, according to the paps, boarded another plane, supposedly headed for Australia? The new Thor movie started production there this week. So, presumably, since Taylor isn’t touring, she’s joining him there By Lainey • Jul 07, 2016 12:13 pm
