Top Reads Kate’s 40th Birthday Portraits Three new portraits of Catherine of House Cambridge were released yesterday to commemorate her 40th birthday. Kate was feted in the British press all week last week leading up the milestone – and being that she’s the wife of the future king and the mother of the king after that, By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 09:55 am
Music Did The Weeknd confirm Abelina? Earlier this week, The Weeknd announced the release of his new album, dawn FM, which is available now. The album would have already been trending, given how successful The Weeknd is, one of the top artists in the business right now. But there’s even more intrigue on top of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 01:02 pm
Top Reads Kanye and His (New) Cinderella: Celebrity Couple-Off 2022 As I wrote yesterday, gossip is giving us a couple-off to kick off 2022 and now Kanye West and Julia Fox have answered Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian’s trip to the Bahamas. To recap: Kanye and Julia spent NYE together in Miami, then went out for a second date By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 10:13 am
Top Reads Jessica Simpson’s Business Cover Story Typically these days, when a celebrity covers a business magazine, it’s all about their entrepreneurial wins. Ryan Reynolds’s Maximum Effort comes to mind – and he and his agency deserve it. Yes, what ended up happening with Chris Noth and Peloton f-cked up what was a really great marketing By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 12:38 pm
Top Reads Prince Andrew: An Advance Settlement Spin? US Judge Lewis Kaplan is currently deciding whether or not to dismiss Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s civil suit against Prince Andrew, after his legal team argued that he should be protected under a 2009 settlement between Virginia and Andrew’s friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Interesting who Prince By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 10:01 am
Gorgessity Hoyeon covers Vogue! Hoyeon Jung, the breakout star of Squid Game, covers the February issue of Vogue. This is a surprise but not a surprise… Not a surprise because Hoyeon started her career as a model, and worked in New York for a few years, right up until she had her last callback By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 01:09 pm
Relationship Assumption Kanye West and the Julia Fox Era Last year – so, like, a week ago – you knew Julia Fox from Uncut Gems, or maybe the more recently released No Sudden Move, directed by Steven Soderbergh and featuring an ensemble cast led by Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro. So she’s worked with the Safdie Brothers and Soderbergh By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 10:28 am
TV Updates Miley’s First NYE Miley Cyrus’s New Year’s Eve special on NBC was about building a new annual institution with a performer who will likely be an entertainment institution. Miley is almost 30 years old now, which is a trip in and of itself, and like so many other female popstars before By Lainey • Jan 04, 2022 10:15 am
Top Reads The Rock shuts down Vin: Boy Sh-t to End the Year Back in November, Sarah posted about Vin Diesel’s public appeal on Instagram to get Dwayne The Rock Johnson back for Fast 10. Vin called The Rock “my little brother Dwayne” (LOL forever) and brought his kids and the late Paul Walker into it. Now The Rock has responded, closing By Lainey • Dec 30, 2021 11:34 am
Top Reads Bennifer 2021: One Last Gift Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez kept their love pretty quiet during the Christmas break – no sightings, no appearances on social – but they’re sending us into 2022 with a final 2021 update, at least on this site. It’s still possible that we’ll get more Bennifer content tomorrow for By Lainey • Dec 30, 2021 10:49 am
Royals Ghislaine is Guilty and What About Andrew Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on five of six sex trafficking charges after the jury deliberated for five days. It is very likely that her legal team will mount an appeal. But still, Happy New Year to Ghislaine and also Happy New Year to Prince Andrew. Because now it’s By Lainey • Dec 30, 2021 09:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Top Ten Films of 2021 After last year, 2021 feels like a more normal year in film. Just a reminder that for 2020, we adjusted to the extended Oscar eligibility calendar, so there are some films from early in the year that are on the 2020 list, like Barb and Star. So, if you’re By Sarah • Dec 28, 2021 11:12 am
Top Reads Meghan Markle’s Christmas Victory At the beginning of December, an appeal court in England upheld a previous court’s decision in Meghan Markle’s lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday. Which means that TWO courts found in her favour that the Mail had violated her privacy and breached copyright. As part of the judgment, By Lainey • Dec 28, 2021 09:26 am
Top Reads Happy Holidays from the Sussexes, including Lilibet! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their holiday card. And it didn’t just come with a photo – the Sussexes included a list of charitable organisations that they are supporting to go along with their family portrait, which obviously is the big headline right now. A simple but meaningful By Lainey • Dec 23, 2021 10:50 am
Top Reads Ben Affleck talks and talks Like I said yesterday, all of the attention that was paid to the Ben Affleck controversy over what he did or didn’t mean about his divorce overshadowed the real tea that he spilled with Howard Stern. And it’s not necessarily the kind of gossip that you can sum By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 12:47 pm
Top Reads Bennifer at Kimmel A day after his comments on Howard Stern went viral, Ben Affleck was scheduled for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It was both good timing and bad timing. Bad timing because, typically, when celebrities are in some heat, they want to avoid the spotlight. Good timing because he had By Lainey • Dec 16, 2021 04:40 pm
