Amazingness The Real Magic of Jesse Williams Jesse Williams was honoured last night with the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards for his work with the Black Lives Matter movement. And then Justin Timberlake tried to make it about himself. And got slapped for it. That post is coming up in a minute. For now, we spotlight By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:31 am
Music Beyoncé & Kendrick’s opening Freedom Beyoncé was not announced to perform at the BET Awards last night. As we’ve seen, surprise is her thing. And the song she chose to surprise with to open the show was Freedom. If you’ve been to the Formation tour, you know this performance. It comes near the By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:04 am
Media Manipulation Swoki: handkissing at dinner Before we get to the glorious gossip gift (alliteration is so earnestly Swoki, non?) that is Swoki Love, let’s take a moment to acknowledge the loser with four names. These comments showed up on Instagram yesterday: (Source: ONTD) Clayton Hawkin’s rep has apparently denied that that was really By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 11:54 am
Faux Gossip Swoki obliges When I wrote about Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston at Selena Gomez’s show the other day, I asked for some updated photos of them that I could use. And they obliged. That night they were papped leaving the venue, holding hands, in the same frame. Last night Taylor and By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s “wife” As mentioned in the previous post, Ben Affleck actually sounded pretty lucid during his appearance on Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons before Tom Brady came up in conversation and he felt the need to go full Perry Mason in support of his friend with the potentially shady cell phone. By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 11:40 am
Sports Ben Affleck rants Ben Affleck was on Bill Simmons’s Any Given Wednesday last night. Everyone’s talking about one particular clip during which he goes OFF on the NFL in defence of Tom Brady. Tom, of course, plays for the New England Patriots and Ben is from Boston. Tom Brady is their By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 10:43 am
Relationship Assumption Swoki in Nashville The first couple of dancing like everyone's watching was in Nashville last night and couldn't keep their hands to themselves. Yes. I just wrote a totally cliched sentence. But given that the subjects announced their love while waves crashed on the rocky shores with the wind By Lainey • Jun 22, 2016 01:12 pm
Top Reads Selma Blair’s apology Selma Blair had to be taken off a plane by medical personnel the other day after arriving back in LA from a weekend holiday in Mexico with her son and her ex. She was behaving erratically and TMZ reported that other passengers saw her putting pills into her drink, mumbling By Lainey • Jun 22, 2016 11:40 am
Friday Night Lights MBJ at the beach Michael B Jordan received the Rainmaker Award at the Maui Film Festival this weekend. And he’s still in Hawaii enjoying some down time there. Remember those two Friday Night Lights reunions last week? MBJ told E! that he wants to participate in one. Um, yes please. It was Vince By Lainey • Jun 21, 2016 03:39 pm
Faux Gossip Jake & Rooney? Jake Gyllenhaal and Rooney Mara went for a walk together in New York yesterday. Now everyone’s wondering whether or not they’re dating. Descriptions like this, direct from the photo agency releasing these shots, certainly help: Actors and rumored new couple Jake Gyllenhaal & Rooney Mara were seen out By Lainey • Jun 21, 2016 12:12 pm
Quiveration Brad Pitt reclaims the hot but not the credit I read a really, really great article about Brad Pitt on Saturday that I really, really wanted to link to today. But I was wondering about what photos I would be able to use. Well, it was meant to be because Brad was the official starter at the Le Mans By Lainey • Jun 20, 2016 03:14 pm
Relationship Assumption On the timing of the Swoki In the previous post, Kathleen just wrote about Kanye West’s wife calling out Taylor Swift in the new issue of GQ. That interview and Taylor kissing Tom Hiddleston on the rocks in Rhode Island landed online pretty much at the same time. And you know what made the bigger By Lainey • Jun 17, 2016 12:14 pm
Break Ups Amber & Johnny: no hearing tomorrow? All eyes will be on Amber Heard and Johnny Depp in court tomorrow at the restraining order hearing. Or at least they were supposed to, until our eyes got stolen by Swoki, and, oh yeah, Johnny doesn’t want to show up. Here’s how Team Depp TMZ reported it By Lainey • Jun 16, 2016 02:56 pm
Hook Ups Swoki: the pretence of legitimate romance Twitter was made for these moments. When Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston happened yesterday, it was Twitter, not Instagram, not Snapchat, that gave life to a romance that just started breathing. It was Twitter that pointed out that we really do have Anna Wintour to thank for this wonderful thing: By Lainey • Jun 16, 2016 11:56 am
Break Ups Calvin Adam didn’t know about Swoki As mentioned yesterday, Calvin Harris Adam Wiles unfollowed Taylor Swift on social media yesterday and deleted all photos of her from his accounts. Then he tweeted and deleted this: And how did Adam Calvin follow up on his threat? TMZ, of course. Is TMZ now officially the gossip voice for By Lainey • Jun 16, 2016 11:04 am
Hook Ups Swoki? What's the combined name we can come up with for this? What this? Um. THIS. WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston's romance sensationally revealed https://t.co/xc2yGvUPFj pic.twitter.com/gTCfDZsjfV— The Sun (@TheSun) June 15, 2016 Hahahahahahahahaahhaahahahahahahaha! Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston. At By Lainey • Jun 15, 2016 05:57 pm
