Quiveration MBJ Keeps Serving I said it last week, if Michael B Jordan is going to keep serving the content, we will keep serving the MBJ content. And we are eating well right now because he’s promoting Creed III, his directorial debut. So he’s out there, at premieres and on talk shows, By Lainey • Feb 28, 2023 10:45 am
Gorgessity Jennifer wins, Zendaya wins I mentioned this last Friday in my Outfit of the Week post for Jennifer Coolidge – that the Best Actress in a Drama series SAG award was between her and Zendaya. In the end, the SAG went to Jennifer Coolidge who was crying and laughing through her acceptance speech while recounting By Lainey • Feb 27, 2023 12:29 pm
Top Reads Michelle and Cate in a dead heat Just as Ke Huy Quan made history at the SAG Awards, so did Michelle Yeoh. Like Quan, she’s the first Asian to win in her category, in this case, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. And like Quan, she gave a wonderful, emotional speech, and By Sarah • Feb 27, 2023 10:39 am
Music Rihanna and RRR at the Oscars For the last couple of weeks, before and since Rihanna’s performance at the Fenty Bowl, I’ve been wondering about the Oscars. “Lift Me Up”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, was not part of her halftime setlist. And that made sense, since it’s been nominated for By Lainey • Feb 24, 2023 11:58 am
TV Updates Jimin Time It’s been about half a year or so since BTS announced that they’d be focusing more on solo projects while each of the seven members fulfill their mandatory military duties in South Korea. When BTS was fully immersed in their group activities, the content was non-stop, for years. By Lainey • Feb 22, 2023 03:03 pm
Weddings Not Victoria’s Wedding Drama In her Celebrity Social Media post on Monday this week, Maria mentioned all the wedding drama that’s come out of Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s father’s lawsuit against her former wedding planners. Nelson Peltz is a billionaire. He’s suing people who are not billionaires. And in the documents related By Lainey • Feb 22, 2023 12:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna’s Birthday Favourite Rihanna kept a low profile in the weeks leading up the Fenty Bowl, understandably. She was rehearsing and she was building the anticipation. And she had a secret. Now that the secret is out and her performance was basically the whole event, after taking some time to rest and recover, By Lainey • Feb 21, 2023 12:48 pm
Award Season Campaigning Judd Apatow takes on Tom Cruise As Sarah noted yesterday in her coverage of the BAFTAs and the Directors Guild of America awards, Everything Everywhere All At Once was the DGA’s choice for Best Picture, honouring Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for their work on the film. Everything Everywhere All At Once leads at the By Lainey • Feb 21, 2023 10:14 am
Gorgessity Michael B Jordan is “locked in” I posted briefly about Michael B Jordan on the cover of Rolling Stone the other day and it was mostly about the visual. As spectacular as the photos are though, the piece itself is that much better. Michael B Jordan has been acting for 20 years, famous for nearly half By Lainey • Feb 16, 2023 10:35 am
Music Suga on Tour BTS’s Suga previously said in a video message that in 2023, he wanted to try something he’d never done before. Yesterday may have been the answer to whatever he was referring to…and it was a huge announcement: Suga will be the first member of BTS to go By Lainey • Feb 15, 2023 01:16 pm
Amazingness The Bennifer Tattoos Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, what some people call the day of love. And no one loves love more than Jennifer Lopez. So of course there was a love post on Instagram with a reveal… Bennifer tattoos. Ben Affleck is no stranger to a tattoo. And no stranger to a By Lainey • Feb 15, 2023 09:57 am
Award Season Campaigning Tom Cruise’s Hollywood Homecoming It’s an Oscar tradition: the Nominees Luncheon, where the nominees gather to congratulate each other and ostensibly put a pause on their campaign activities (as if) and take a class photo. But even in a room full of stars, one star seemed to be the star that everyone wanted By Lainey • Feb 14, 2023 10:54 am
Top Reads The Bennifer Super Bowl Co-Pro It wasn’t a secret that Ben Affleck would be doing a commercial for Dunkin’ as the news was already reported weeks ago when he was seen working the checkout back home in Massachusetts. It’s just amazing that it took this long, considering how long he’s been culturally By Lainey • Feb 13, 2023 01:25 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna Handles Halftime How about that run of hits? Hit after hit after hit. Someone online said it was anthems – and that’s a great word for what Rihanna delivered last night at the Fenty Bowl: an endless and explosive set of anthems, songs that were made for huge stadiums, for singing along By Lainey • Feb 13, 2023 11:25 am
Music Rihanna: Feel It Coming In The Air It wasn’t hyperbolic when I posted yesterday about the Rihanna concert that’s happening on Sunday. Securing her appearance has already been a huge win for the NFL, Apple Music, and betting sites as prop bets related to her performance are wildly popular, ranging from first and last song, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2023 11:34 am
Music What Will Rihanna Say? Rihanna’s Halftime Show is now just three sleeps away and today is the day – it’s press conference day, which is happening at 6pm in Arizona. This will be the first time we’ve seen Rihanna in a few weeks, and certainly since she’s been in final preparations By Lainey • Feb 09, 2023 11:54 am
