Music BTS: Music Innovator of the Year WSJ. Magazine has named BTS the Music Innovator of the Year in their annual Innovators issue. Before we get into that, I need to mention that the Television Innovator of the Year is Micaela Coel and if you haven’t watched I May Destroy You yet, well, it’s not By Lainey • Nov 13, 2020 12:39 pm
Amazingness Steve Kornacki: #Influencer A week ago today social media was peaking with Steve Kornacki thirst. All we wanted to do was watch Map Daddy explain sh-t to us, with his clipboard in hand, and maybe a marker tucked into his mouth, doing speed calculations and getting more earnestly excited than anyone had a By Lainey • Nov 12, 2020 11:33 am
Royals Prince Harry: “Saddened and Disappointed” Yesterday I posted about Prince Harry’s request to have a wreath laid on Remembrance Sunday and the subsequent denial by Buckingham Palace courtiers. As noted in my article, the point wasn’t about whether or not he’s entitled to lay a wreath. These British royal people have never By Lainey • Nov 10, 2020 11:27 am
Top Reads “Narrated by Blue Ivy Carter” If you’ve been on Twitter recently you might have noticed that The Blue Ivy Carter is trending. “Blue Ivy” is the trend, actually, and everyone on the planet knows who the words Blue + Ivy are referring to. There is only one: cultural icon, the first daughter of Her Majesty By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 01:54 pm
Top Reads Johnny Depp leaves Fantastic Beasts The election dominated the news last week—as it should—but one thing did manage to crack the all-encompassing vote watch on Friday, and no, it was not chartthrob Steve Kornacki and his big board. It was a statement issued by Johnny Depp, that he has been asked to step By Sarah • Nov 09, 2020 11:00 am
Top Reads Prince Harry’s Wreath Remembrance services are ongoing this week across the Commonwealth to honour those who sacrificed for freedom. This has always been a major priority on the British royal calendar and it’s tradition to see senior members of the royal family gather to commemorate. Of course it looked different this year By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 10:06 am
Royals Will the Queen Abdicate Next Year? Speaking of peaceful transfers of power… There were reports earlier this week that Queen Elizabeth will step down next year when she turns 95 and hand the crown over to Prince Charles. Robert Jobson was interviewed on The Royal Beat a few days ago and maintained his position that “I By Lainey • Nov 06, 2020 09:37 am
Top Reads Carl Lentz, Hashtag Blessed No More In between refreshing news feeds I found a tasty nugget on DeuxMoi about Pastor Carl Lentz of Hillsong. Meet me on the other side of this screenshot. OK so, a DeuxMoi disclaimer: as stated on their Instagram feed, they distribute gossip but they do not verify it. It’s up By Maria • Nov 05, 2020 09:56 am
Top Reads Letterman & Chappelle Last week when I posted about Adele’s SNL episode, I wondered whether or not Dave Chappelle would be back to host the show’s post-election episode and indeed it was confirmed that he’s returning, although I’m not sure any of the election-related sketches have been set or By Lainey • Nov 04, 2020 10:30 am
Top Reads Sienna Talks Numbers Sienna Miller is the cover feature in the new issue of Porter to promote her upcoming film Wander Darkly and she has given her most Show Your Work interview to date, just a few weeks after she revealed that Chadwick Boseman had given up some of his salary to meet By Lainey • Nov 03, 2020 02:49 pm
Relationship Assumption Keanu is a Passenger Last week I put up a quick post about Keanu Reeves with shorter hair after photos of Alexandra Grant dropping him off at work in Berlin on The Matrix 4 were released – they looked delighted and that delight was the whole point because delight is in short supply these days, By Lainey • Nov 03, 2020 10:51 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé’s License to be Joyful With a palette featuring colours like azure, canary yellow, and coral lake, Beyoncé’s Ivy Park Drip 2 collection isn’t your typical fall/winter line. It’s fresh and fun — a much needed dose of joyfulness as we collectively crawl to the end of what’s been a year By Cody • Nov 03, 2020 10:24 am
Top Reads Beyoncé: “My Process is Tedious” She is the Queen of WORK so it’s amazing to hear Beyoncé refer to her work process as “tedious”. As we learned on Friday, Beyoncé covers the December 2020 issue of British Vogue, edited by Edward Enninful, and photographed for three covers by artist and photographer Kennedi Carter, “a By Lainey • Nov 02, 2020 10:22 am
Royals Prince William’s Coronavirus Secret The secret here is that he had coronavirus and it’s only just being revealed now. Yesterday the Sun reported that Prince William had a bad case of COVID-19 back in April and “struggled to breathe”. Apparently he told someone at a public engagement recently even though it was never By Lainey • Nov 02, 2020 09:26 am
Break Ups Tiffany and Common: Unfollow and Follow Tiffany Haddish and Common have been dealing with each other for a while now. And they’ve both been more public about their relationship in recent months. Back in August, she was on Steve-O’s podcast Wild Ride and said that – via Vanity Fair: “This is hands down the best By Lainey • Oct 30, 2020 10:25 am
Weddings Mr & Mrs ScarJost Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are married. They started dating in 2017 after getting to know each other when Scarlett hosted Saturday Night Live. They got engaged last year. And now it’s official….they are ScarJost. The announcement is what’s most interesting, to me. It was Meals on By Lainey • Oct 30, 2020 09:24 am
