Music The Pop Girl Rookies of the VMAs I’m not entirely sure if the MTV VMAs are the cultural force that they used to be. Final numbers haven’t been released yet but early word is that viewership was down by a significant margin. It’s my job to know what happens at the VMAs and I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 10:43 am
BFFs The Most Powerful Childless Cat Lady in the World Pretty much immediately after the US presidential debate last night between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Taylor Swift finally entered the chat. She made it clear who she’s voting for, and it’s who most of her fans believed she would vote for given her previous positions By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 10:59 am
Media Manipulation Blake Lively’s Feelings It Ends With Us opened in theatres a month ago yesterday and has gone on to become Blake Lively’s highest grossing movie. That’s typically an achievement to be celebrated but there really hasn’t been all that much celebration, at least not publicly. Because of the scandal that By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 01:59 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie, the Movie Star at TIFF George Pimentel is the most well-known celebrity and special events photographer based in Toronto. He’s a fixture at TIFF, and works directly at and for the festival, given special access to roam the red carpet and go backstage at the screenings and premieres, to photograph the biggest stars. His By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 02:29 pm
Royals Princess Kate: An Impressive Return This year feels like it’s been a decade. And one of the biggest stories of the year, even though it seems so long ago, was the announcement from the British royal family that Princess Kate was going through health issues, and in the weeks that followed, the speculation over By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 12:45 pm
Break Ups JLo comes back to Toronto The last time Jennifer Lopez was at TIFF it was for Hustlers and on the strength of the strong reaction to the film in Toronto, she was, for a time, in conversation during award season as she was nominated for a Golden Globe. So she has good memories here, and By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 12:15 pm
BFFs TNT… overshadowed? The NFL schedule is working out for TNT, since Kansas City played on Thursday it left Travis Kelce free to be in New York the whole weekend with Taylor Swift. They were photographed out for dinner, attending Karen Elson’s wedding, and yesterday they were at the US Open being By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews JLo: Not About The House Jennifer Lopez is expected in Toronto tonight for the world premiere of Unstoppable. Sarah’s review of this film is coming on Monday and even though JLo is involved, and we all know the noise that accompanies her, especially lately, we should definitely also be talking about Jharrel Jerome. He’ By Lainey • Sep 06, 2024 11:03 am
Music Gaga in Love Lady Gaga covers the October issue of US Vogue, timed for the world premiere of Joker: Folie à Deux in Venice and ahead of its release on October 4. As far as celebrity profiles go, and how hit-or-miss they can be these days, this one is a good read. In By Lainey • Sep 06, 2024 10:11 am
BFFs TNT: A Bogus Contract and the Controversial Friend The NFL regular season kicks off tonight at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City where the reigning Super Bowl champions will play Baltimore. Which, for the sport of gossip, means that we’ll be watching to see if a new season of TNT is also beginning. Will Taylor Swift be in By Lainey • Sep 05, 2024 10:39 am
Douchebags Joaquin is asked The press conference for Joker: Folie à Deux happened today in Venice ahead of its world premiere with director Todd Phillips, Lady Gaga, and Joaquin Phoenix in attendance. This is the role for which Joaquin won his Best Actor Oscar and anticipation is high for the sequel, especially with Gaga’ By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 12:30 pm
Break Ups Bennifer: Mediation, Money, and Blindsiding Over the summer, it looked like Jennifer Lopez was trying. She showed up for Ben Affleck’s children, she kept her ring on, she kept her head up through all the reports and rumours that she was TOO MUCH, that she was the problem, that Ben finally found a way By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 11:10 am
Break Ups The Un-Bennifering Up until quite recently, the unravelling of Bennifer V2.0 has been excruciatingly slow, but also, for the most part, relatively civil. At least on Jennifer Lopez’s part. The reporting about her, and what a pain in the ass it was to be married to her, was no doubt By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 02:35 pm
Photo Assumption Only Murders photo assumption Only Murders in the Building returns next week on Hulu, and the premiere was yesterday in Los Angeles. The central trio of Steven Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez were there, joined by Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as new season stars Zach Galifianakis, By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Are the publicists okay Today in Has Anyone Checked On The Publicists Lately, Somebody Probably Should news, Lionsgate pulled the latest trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis because they got caught using fabricated quotes attributed to famous film critics in the trailer. Here’s what happened: Yesterday morning, Lionsgate, the US distributor for By Sarah • Aug 22, 2024 01:32 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Home and Rest Taylor Swift wrapped up the European leg of The Eras tour last night with her eighth and last show at Wembley. It’s the first time a solo artist has played the venue that many times on a single tour. And, of course, it was a record with sales, not By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 01:24 pm
