Music BTS Closes the AMAs There are a lot of BTS storylines happening right now – and I’m covering them separately because there’s too much to jam in just one post. In this post then, let’s focus on their performance at the American Music Awards, after they’d won multiple AMAs, including Favourite By Lainey • Nov 23, 2020 01:17 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and Ana: Is this a Year? Last November is when Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas started shooting Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water, described as an “erotic thriller”, as Adrian Lyne films always are, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel. And we know now that this is when they started falling in love. They were seen By Lainey • Nov 23, 2020 11:09 am
Top Reads Brad Keeps His Judge An update on the judge situation in the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie divorce case was filed on Monday: Judge Ouderkirk remains on the case. It was Angelina who was trying to have him disqualified for conflict of interest. Brad Pitt did not agree to it, alleging that it was just By Lainey • Nov 19, 2020 01:07 pm
Top Reads Meghan Markle: The Letter, The Friend, The Book A brief summary: Meghan Markle is suing the Mail on Sunday for publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her father, Thomas. The lawsuit is officially about whether or not the paper violated her privacy and if their publishing the letter was copyright infringement and a breach of data By Lainey • Nov 19, 2020 11:51 am
Equality Issues Marvel’s Indigenous Makeover It’s National Native American Heritage Month in the US, and to honor Native America, Marvel is fixing its face by issuing a special edition anthology written and illustrated by Indigenous artists, giving (a few of) their Native characters an Indigenous update. The book is called Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices, By Sarah • Nov 18, 2020 12:52 pm
Music BTS: BE Quiet BTS’s new album, BE, will drop in two days, on Friday November 20. Last week I wrote in the open to expect exhaustion – from me and from our content – because a typical BTS comeback is LOT. And it’s not like over the last couple of weeks they haven’ By Lainey • Nov 18, 2020 10:56 am
Business of Hollywood George Clooney: The Dad on Zoom With Bags of Money This is the 25th anniversary of GQ’s Men of the Year issue. As usual, there are several covers. George Clooney has been named the magazine’s Icon of the Year. His new film, The Midnight Sky, is coming out soon. It’s good timing for him. And it’s By Lainey • Nov 17, 2020 02:26 pm
Top Reads Taylor Pays Off For Scooter Scooter Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, acquired Big Machine Label Group in June 2019 last year which included Taylor Swift’s back catalogue over her objections. She has alleged that he’s bullied her for years and publicly expressed how disappointed she was that someone who she thinks deliberately hurt By Lainey • Nov 17, 2020 09:32 am
Top Reads The Demi Lovato People’s Choice Awards Let’s be honest – the People’s Choice Awards weren’t all that relevant before the pandemic and during the pandemic… I mean I don’t know that they mean any more, or less, than they did before but it was an opportunity to see some sparkly outfits in a By Lainey • Nov 16, 2020 02:57 pm
TV Updates Prince Harry and The Crown – How Dare He!? As noted in today’s site open, the British royal family seems pretty stressed by how they’re portrayed in season four of The Crown that just dropped yesterday and features Princess Diana. Diana, was, as we all know, the British royal family’s biggest star. And that was a By Lainey • Nov 16, 2020 12:53 pm
Top Reads Olivia Wilde & Jason Sudeikis: The Classic Friday Gossip Dump The Friday Gossip Dump is a classic Hollywood move. You release a piece of news late on Friday, when people have wrapped up the work week, in the hopes that because of the weekend and people being focused on their plans, there will be much less attention and, if you’ By Lainey • Nov 16, 2020 11:54 am
Top Reads Harry Styles is “Early for Everything” There’s a lot I like about Harry Styles but I’ve just learned something new – and it might be my favourite Harry Styles quality: he’s “early for everything”. This detail comes out of his new Vogue cover story when he shows up for the photo shoot not just By Lainey • Nov 13, 2020 01:38 pm
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
