Smutty Social Media, May 31, 2018

Valentino made custom bags for a bunch of celebrities like Brie Larson, Reese  Witherspoon, and Jessica Alba. Great publicity for the design house, of course. But if we look at the bags themselves – a little tacky right? I love monogram because it’s subtle. This looks hand-painted, not stitched, an...

Tom Cruise announces Top Gun 2 with Twitter photo

Top Gun is one of those movies, if it’s on, I’ll watch it. It’s irresistible. Peak Tom Cruise, 1980’s homoeroticism, Cold War tough-guy action—this movie has everything, as Stefon would say. A sequel has been teased for years, and today it’s finally happening. Tom Cruise’s Twitter account posted a p...

Jennifer Lawrence honours Darren Aronofsky at BAM’s 2018 Gala

Darren Aronofsky was honoured last night at BAM’s 2018 Gala. Jennifer Lawrence presented and they even posed together for a photo and allowed themselves to be photographed while they were talking, presumably catching up. I don’t think anyone is thinking here that there’s been a reconciliation. But, ...

Emma Stone and Justin Theroux on holiday together in the south of France

Emma Stone and Justin Theroux were first seen together a few weeks ago hanging out with Jonathan Van Ness. Then they partied together after the Met Gala. Last week she was out with Andrew Garfield and the dinner looked romantic. After that she and Justin repped Louis Vuitton’s cruise collection in t...

Jaden Smith goes to prom with girlfriend Odessa Adlon

It’s prom season! I love prom season. I love movies about prom (Blockers, my problematic fave Pretty in Pink, classics She’s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You, I COULD GO ON). I love every prom episode of every one of my beloved teen dramas. I loved going to my own prom. My best friend at the ...

Drake responds to Pusha T with statement explaining blackface photo

This was not the response everyone was expecting. Last night, a little over a day after Pusha T dropped one of the most eviscerating diss tracks in recent hip-hop history, Drake responded to the artwork released with the song… with a statement written on the notes app of his phone. Again, this is no...

Intro for May 31, 2018

Dear Gossips,  It was announced yesterday that Julia Roberts will present the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award to George Clooney next week. The show will air on June 21. It’ll be a major movie star event because, even though Julia’s doing the actual presenting, the AFI is a tribute from the entire ...

David Beckham affectionately mocks Victoria Beckham's treadmill moves

Something that should make Maria, the Beckham worrier, feel better – and you too, if you’re a Beckham worrier. David Beckham posted this on Instagram story today:  David Beckham trolling Victoria on the treadmill 😂 😂 pic.twitter.com/cIw33lGEmA — Heart (@thisisheart) May 30, 2018 He’s ...

Smutty Social Media, May 30, 2018

Celebrities named Julia are the best kind of celebrities.    A post shared by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@officialjld) on May 29, 2018 at 7:23pm PDT Sam Lufti. Did a chill just run down your spin? We all remember Britney’s bad time and the assorted players, like Sam and that papar...

Thoughts on Emilia Clarke's Qi'ra in Solo: A Star Wars Story

Sarah probably just threw back a shot of whisky to prepare herself for the ignorance I’m about to drop here about Star Wars. Did you see Solo? I saw it on Saturday. It was fine. As Sarah wrote in her review, the movie isn’t total sh-t, but it’s not like you come out of there all like, F-CK ME, that ...

Andrew Lincoln to leave The Walking Dead during season nine

The Walking Dead has been on forever, at this point, and over the last decade it’s been one of the most popular shows on television. It used to be one of my favorite shows, but eventually I had to jump off the misery carousel as seasons ran together with a lack of significant development in plot or ...

Johnny Depp's cultural appropriation in short film for Dior's Sauvage

I have been extraordinarily patient with Johnny Depp and his interest in Native culture. He may or may not be of Native descent—he’s unsure of his exact heritage—but he has always been sincere and generally respectful in his interest. The Lone Ranger didn’t work, at all, but I believe he really did ...

Meghan Markle's "new life" featured on PEOPLE Magazine cover

Prince Harry and Royal Meghan are now on honeymoon and there will likely be no more updates until they return for Trooping the Colour on June 9th where we’ll likely see her ride in carriage to Buckingham Palace. When he was single, Harry would ride with Camilla and Kate – here he is last year:  ...

Pusha T responds to Drake's Duppy Freestyle with The Story of Adidon

Pusha T’s new nickname is Pusha Tea. I can’t take credit for this. Black Twitter gets all the credit. Pusha T spilled a cup of piping hot TEA last night when he dropped “The Story of Adidon,” his official, SAVAGE response to Drake’s diss track “Duppy Freestyle.” There is so much gossip in “The St...

Intro for May 30, 2018

Dear Gossips,  ‘‘I play for me but I also play and represent something much greater than me. I embrace that. I love that. I want that. So ultimately, when I am out there on the court, I am playing for me.’’  This is what Serena Williams told Claudine Rankine in 2015 for a profile in The New Yo...

Smutty Social Media, May 29, 2018

Is she opening a peep-toe platform museum?   A post shared by Jessica Simpson (@jessicasimpson) on May 26, 2018 at 10:06am PDT Rosie Huntington-Whiteley launched a beauty and wellness site today, Rose Inc. It’s supposed to be an insiders guide to beauty obsessions – in an in...

An update on Jada Pinkett Smith and Gabrielle Union's feud and reconciliation

Earlier this month, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Gabrielle Union had reconciled after 17 years of awkward run-ins and "stiff" photo ops. Both are hesitant to call it a feud but they went almost two decades without speaking and spent the whole time thinking the worst of each other so I’m ...

Justin Theroux in France for Louis Vuitton's Cruise Collection presentation

Justin Theroux, along with several other Louis Vuitton ambassadors, including Emma Stone, Jennifer Connelly, Lea Seydoux, Laura Harrier, and Sophie Turner, was in the south of France yesterday for LV’s Cruise Collection presentation. This is at least the second time Justin’s been in France for fashi...

Emma Watson and Chord Overstreet have reportedly broken up

In the previous post about Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, who may or may not be dating according to Instagram with a side of Twitter, you’ll note that Chord Overstreet was also on the yacht with them on Memorial Day weekend. And for the second time today, Instagram is giving us celebrity relationsh...

Nick Jonas photographed with Priyanka Chopra on Memorial Day weekend

After the Billboard Music Awards last week, Nick Jonas left a comment on Jenna Dewan’s Instagram. And people wondered whether or not he was letting Jenna know that he was ready to be her first post-Chan situation. One of my millennial colleagues just told me that his last dates were set up on Instag...

Solo: A Star Wars Story performs way below expectations at box office on Memorial Day weekend

And the summer box office car crash claimed its second victim. If Deadpool 2 was a fender-bender, Solo straight up got ran off the road. Going into the weekend, the projection was a $130-150 million four-day Memorial Day weekend, and coming out of the long weekend, the estimate is $84 million for th...

Intro for May 29, 2018

Dear Gossips,  It’s been exactly ten days since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married. And now that the wedding glow is starting to fade… have you noticed something? That void is back.  What void?  The Beyoncé void, obviously.  Beyoncé’s been underground for weeks now. Because one w...

Smutty Social Media, May 28, 2018

It’s that time of year when spiders are everywhere –is it because of the warmer weather? The dryness? I’m not really sure. But there’s daddy long legs, and then there’s this. Which Brooklyn Decker has found more than once.    A post shared by Brooklyn Decker (@brooklyndecker) on May ...

Bradley Cooper out for a walk in New York with baby Lea

Sorry! I had to! Here’s Bradley Cooper this weekend in New York pushing daughter Lea around in a stroller. Bradley and Irina Shayk have been in NYC the last couple of weeks. As mentioned in the previous post about Lady Gaga, he was also seen visiting her in studio, perhaps working on the A Sta...

Lady Gaga steps out in New York in multiple outfits

It’s Memorial Day in America. Lady Gaga spent the long weekend in New York, seen heading in and out of the studio, presumably working on a new album. Tony Bennett has dropped by and so has Bradley Cooper. We’ll get to him in the next post.  Gaga appears to arrive in one outfit and changes into an...

Mariah Carey sells engagement ring from James Packer

When Mimi and James Packer broke up, she wanted $50 million from him. They reportedly ended up reaching a settlement which included her keeping the massive engagement ring he gave her. Supposedly the ring was worth US$10 million. Afterwards it was valued at much less. And she’s just sold it for $2 m...

Shawn Mendes reintroduces himself with self-titled album

The title of the new Shawn Mendes album is a declaration. Shawn Mendes is the announcement of an artist who would very much like to be taken seriously. The title suggests that these collection of songs will be a statement of who this artist wants to be moving forward. To self-title an album after al...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's honeymoon details and dress drama

Let’s start with the dress drama. I posted on Friday about Emilia Wickstead and how she threw shade at Meghan Markle’s wedding dress by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy, suggesting that it was “identical” to a dress that she designed and criticised the fit of it on Meghan and Meghan’s hair on weddin...

Intro for May 28, 2018

Dear Gossips,  A landslide! In Ireland! A decisive major to repeal the eight amendment which means that the government can begin making changes immediately for women to be able to take control of their own reproductive rights. Because of the efforts of so many people who went door to door for wee...

Designer Emilia Wickstead throws shade at Meghan Markle and her wedding dress

So Meghan Markle’s wedding dress was designed by Claire Waight Keller for Givenchy. And it was a very well-kept secret. Claire and Givenchy weren’t mentioned in the weeks leading up to the wedding. As my colleague Traci Melchor would say, the Daily Mail came out wrong and strong at the beginning of ...

Lucy Liu debuts blonde hair at the Obie Awards

Lucy Liu was at the Obie Awards the other day and her hair is now blonde. There’s a blonde Asian trend happening right now. The Cut did a piece about it in April. I’m not sure I’m feeling Lucy’s shade of blonde. I’m not sure it works with her skin. Which is why, if I did it, I would go all over plat...

Are Nicki Minaj and Eminem dating?

Yes, I’m 5. But I don’t really know how to react to the “news” that Nicki Minaj and Eminem are dating.  The story broke because on YG’s new song “Big Bank”, Nicki’s verse includes the lyric:  Told 'em I met Slim Shady, bag the Em Once he go black, he'll be back again And then she responded...

Smutty Social Media, May 25, 2018

Amy Schumer is starting a podcast about “pop culture, politics and the world of stand-up comedy”. I’m prejudging it because I don’t think Amy Schumer has the critical eye for talking about pop culture, which includes gossip. She can punch down for sure, but can she’s also really defensive to critici...

Zayn releases music video for new single, Entertainer

Zayn Malik has been teasing the rollout of his new album as “mysterious” and “different than anything anyone has done before.” So far, he’s released a lead single called “Let Me” with an accompanying (and embarrassingly bad) music video and now we have the follow up single, “Entertainer,” complete w...

Meghan Markle's coat of arms and letterhead released

Well, sh-t. I totally forgot about this. For many non-royal people, getting married involves a lot of planning – the ceremony, the rings, the dress, etc etc etc. For Meghan Markle, getting married also involved the design of her own royal letterhead and her coat of arms, both of which were released ...

Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves on the set of John Wick 3

Sarah wrote earlier this week about Halle Berry joining the cast of John Wick 3. Halle flew in to New York on Tuesday and was seen on set with Keanu on Wednesday. She was then photographed heading out of JFK on Thursday. Well that didn’t take long. Is it just the production schedule? Is it just that...

Blue Ivy Carter scolds Grandma Tina for taking video at the ballet

If I had to choose a few words to sum up Blue Ivy Carter, the first ones wouldn’t be “normal” or “regular” or “relatable”. I’d probably choose words like “extraordinary”, “celestial”, or “prodigy”. Blue Ivy Carter is not like other six-year-olds. Her parents are two of the greatest artists to ever l...

Are Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield back together?

Page Six reported yesterday that Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield had dinner together in New York on Tuesday night “looking very much like a couple”.     “They were talking and sitting very close,” a spy told Page Six. “They were laughing and smiling. They both seemed happy.”  So…are they back to...

Morgan Freeman accused of sexual harassment

This week Jeffrey Tambor and the cast of Arrested Development engaged in a little light gaslighting followed by a round of apologies.  Today Harvey Weinstein turned himself into police, and yesterday, CNN published a report alleging a history of harassing behavior by Morgan Freeman. That’s right, th...

May 25, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Bille Nguyen is 25 years old. He was recently diagnosed with a rare type of lymphoma and chemotherapy is not working. His best chance is a stem cell transplant. The problem is that only 20% of Asians requiring a stem cell transplant actually find a match. One of the reasons for that is because in th...

Intro for May 25, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Earlier this week, I posted in this space about my crush on Marian Keyes and the vote that’s happening in Ireland today to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Since then I’ve heard from so many of you, sharing your experiences about the decisions you made, about your choices, about your b...

Smutty Social Media, May 24, 2018

“Sex gifs.” Did he post this as a joke? A request? An accidental DM? A text gone wrong? And does he (or anyone else) really know how to pronounce “gif”? Sex gifs — dean norris (@deanjnorris) May 23, 2018 Gwyneth was interviewed by Howard Stern yesterday. I enjoy his interview style be...

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, comments on Meghan Markle's family drama

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited News 5 yesterday and was asked about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. A few emails have come in about her comments, accusing her of being shady. Was it? Here’s what Camilla said: “We all wondered whatever would happen next and then everything went ri...

Intro for May 24, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Yesterday The New York Times published an interview with seven cast members from Arrested Development, including Jeffrey Tambor, who was accused of sexual harassment on the set of Transparent. Before that though, earlier this month, Jeffrey spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, an inter...

Kelly Clarkson wins on The Voice with 15 year old Brynn Cartelli

SPOILER ALERT. I did that backwards, didn’t I? Sorry. Kelly revealed the news on her Instagram this morning and it’s all over Twitter so I’m actually not that sorry. When it comes to reality show finales, you should know that you have to watch that sh-t live. Spoilers are saving television. Since...

Smutty Social Media, May 23, 2018

Holly Marie Combs has been against the Charmed reboot from day one. (Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, and Rose McGowan have all said they aren’t pleased about it either.) Holly first said that the reboot wouldn’t work because the cast rewrote scripts in their own voice, and has gone on to tweet that ...

Kevin Kwan releases new Crazy Rich Asians trailer on Instagram

This post is not about that royal wedding. It’s about another wedding. And I don’t mean Princess Eugenie. It’s the “most anticipated wedding of the year” – and I missed it when I was buried in wedding week. What?  Only a new trailer for Crazy Rich Asians!?!? You missed it too, didn’t you?  ...

Ryan Reynolds and Michael Bay team up for Netflix movie, Six Underground

Today in Movie Theaters Are Dying news, it’s been announced that Ryan Reynolds and Michael Bay will make a movie for Netflix. It’s called Six Underground, and Bay will direct and Reynolds will star, and it comes from Deadpool scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It’s an original action movie and a ...

Examining Princess Kate's lack of reaction at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding

Many of you have written about Princess Kate and other royal reaction, or non-reaction, during Prince Harry and Royal Meghan’s wedding. Like how they kept looking down, leafing through the order of service, instead of keeping their eyes on the altar. And whether or not that’s shade. And what it mean...

More thoughts on Meghan Markle's royal hosiery

Prince Harry and Royal Meghan made their first appearance yesterday at Prince Charles’s Buckingham Palace tea party. She wore hosiery for the first time. Which made headlines all over the place. I’m obsessed with this conversation. I’m obsessed that we even have to have this conversation. Because it...

Intro for May 23, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Chances are, you’ve read a book by Marian Keyes. Rachel’s Holiday? Sushi for Beginners?  We interviewed Marian last year on The Social when she was promoting her most recent novel, The Break. The Break, and all of Marian’s books, are classified as “chick lit”, a term that she sa...

Meghan Markle attends first event as Duchess of Sussex since royal wedding to Prince Harry

Today is the first time that Meghan Markle’s been out on royal duty for a public engagement where she’s officially an HRH, Her Royal Highness. They are now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But, seriously, how often are we going to be calling Prince Harry not Prince Harry but the Duke of Sussex? Like,...

Smutty Social Media, May 22, 2018

CBD oil is the turtleneck of alternative medicine.   A post shared by Jenny Slate (@jennyslate) on May 21, 2018 at 2:22pm PDT Grimes and Elon Musk were a giant “what the f-ck?” at the Met Gala, so much so that Naomi Fry (who I love!) wrote about their relationship for The Ne...

Victoria Beckham at Scott's in London following the royal wedding

This post is really just me f-cking with Maria. Maria, as she has shared, is always worried about the Beckhams. And the Beckhams …maybe have given her some reason to worry at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on Saturday because Victoria had a face on. Which is what everyone was talking about...

Jake Gyllenhaal to play villain Mysterio in Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel

Jake Gyllenhaal’s name has circled superhero movies since the dawn of time. Way back when Spider-Man was new to the big screen, and Tobey Maguire got into a negotiation spat with producers, Gyllenhaal was reportedly tipped to take over as Peter Parker in case things went south with Maguire. More rec...

Justin Theroux at Vulture Festival with Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness

We first saw Justin Theroux hanging out with Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness a few weeks ago, on Instagram. This weekend they were out Vulture Festival together, along with Tan France and Antoni Porowski. Justin also joined Jonathan for a live recording of his podcast, Getting Curious, where he volunt...

Jennifer Aniston to star in Netflix Comedy, First Ladies, with Tig Notaro

It was announced last Friday that Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro will play the first female president of the United States and her wife, respectively, in a political comedy called First Ladies for Netflix. Tig is also writing the script. This is Jen’s second project with Netflix – and it sounds a l...

Deadpool 2 opens below-expectations at the box office

Going into the weekend, the projection for Deadpool 2 was $130-150 million. The estimate for its opening weekend, though, is a below-expectations $125 million. Now, that’s hardly a failure. That’s a nice number for anyone, and the Deadpool movies are lower cost than other superhero extravaganzas, so...

Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2 movie review

Deadpool 2 picks up sometime after Deadpool, with Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds, this time not only the star and producer but also a credited writer, alongside Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick) now a working mercenary, taking out criminals around the world. The opening scene ups the ante on the comic book sp...

May 22, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Flooding in British Columbia has displaced people in many communities. In Grand Forks, the wider Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, and surrounding areas, thousands have had to leave their homes as water levels keep rising, devastating entire towns. In Metro Vancouver, evacuation alerts have be...

Intro for May 22, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Welcome back to those of you returning from long weekend in Canada. We were open for business yesterday so if you were offline, please scroll down to get caught up on Royal Wedding and Billboard Music Awards posts.  Almost 30 million people watched Meghan Markle marry Prince Har...

Show Your Work: Royal Wedding Edition

What else would we be talking about this week on Show Your Work?  Because a fairy tale requires WORK. There was a lot of love on display when Prince Harry married Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. But there was also So.Much.Work, so much impressive work, that went into it.  So fo...

Chelsy Davy drew memes and attention at the Royal Wedding

Big events like the Oscars and royal weddings wouldn’t be the same without Twitter. I almost can’t enjoy an event anymore without watching live and following on Twitter. Someone out there is angsting about how this means we – or just I – can’t live in the present anymore and what a sad thing it is t...

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen name baby boy Miles Theodore Stephens

The problem with adoring a celebrity couple is not that you might go too easy on them. The problem is that you collect up all kinds of information, in kind of the same way you did about an eighth-grade crush, and can’t keep yourself from spitting it out at the least provocation.  For example, Joh...

Smutty Social Media, May 21, 2018

Money moves.  Who did this ? I hate yaaaa😂😂😂😂😩😩😩 pic.twitter.com/QOhU7P8gA4 — iamcardib (@iamcardib) May 19, 2018 Do you ever see those adverts for Master Classes taught by celebrities, like Ron Howard teaches directing and Helen Mirren teaches acting and Shonda Rhimes teaches TV...

BTS repeated as top social artist at the Billboard Music Awards

BTS were at the Billboard Music Awards last year and it was the first time those of us who weren’t up on our K-Pop got a real understanding of how f-cking huge these guys were. They were getting bigger screams than Celine Dion. This year, the screams only got louder.  Lainey and I didn’t really g...

Taylor Swift thought she was an underdog at the Billboard Music Awards

Please allow me to start with the Taylor Swift news of the weekend that has nothing to do with the Billboard Music Awards. I will get to those but first, please enjoy the glory of the English language in the form of the co-writer of “September” commenting on Taylor’s cover of the song:  "Sept...

Janet Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards

Janet Jackson became the first black woman to win the Billboard Icon Award last night. When do I get to stop writing the words “the first black woman to…”? Of course, Janet deserves all the things so it’s about time she was given this award. Janet performed for the first time on television in almost...

While Meghan's dress was underwhelming, it highlighted the veil

If my inbox and Twitter mentions are any indication, Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, by Claire Waight Keller for Givenchy, was not a total slam dunk. It wasn’t for me either but, as I wrote on Saturday, while I didn’t love the dress, I did love the look, the vibe they were going for, especially becau...

Official Harry and Meghan wedding portraits released

As mentioned in the previous post, Kensington Palace has released three official wedding portraits taken by Alexi Lubomirski at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Here’s a black and white shot of the royal couple sitting on some steps at Windsor Castle: The Duke and Duchess would ...

While Meghan's dress was underwhelming, it helped highlight the stunning vail

If my inbox and Twitter mentions are any indication, Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, by Claire Waight Keller for Givenchy, was not a total slam dunk. It wasn’t for me either but, as I wrote on Saturday, while I didn’t love the dress, I did love the look, the vibe they were going for, especially becau...

This Black Royal Wedding was very complicated for me as a black woman

“Two young people fell in love and we all showed up.”  That was Bishop Michael Curry addressing the newly-minted Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding day. Leading up to the royal wedding, I wanted desperately to just show up and watch two young people in love. I wanted to be able to dissec...

Intro for May 21, 2018

Dear Gossips, I’m not over the Royal Wedding yet, are you?  Today is a holiday in Canada – it’s Victoria Day, honouring Queen Victoria, which always lands on the Monday preceding her birthday, May 25th. This seems fitting. A statue of Queen Victoria stands on Castle Hill in Windsor, at the ent...

The Royal Carriage Ride

I was assigned to cover William and Catherine’s wedding in 2011. My position was along the Mall, by the Duke of York. It was definitely a sight to see, the carriage approaching Buckingham Palace and thousands of people lining the road, majestic and grand. That said, now that I’ve seen Harry and Megh...

Harry and Meghan are royally married!

Holy f-ck, Duana and I are going to Show Your Work the sh-t out of this wedding. There’s a lot to break down. And we will. But today, let’s have some fun with it. Because that was too good. And my heart hasn’t recovered from the way Harry looked at Meghan. How he couldn’t stop looking at Meghan. The...

Meghan Markle arrives at Windsor Castle to marry Prince Harry

Meghan Markle omg.   I loooove this look. But I love that this look was designed for the moment. On the stairs and at this venue.  You don’t choose the west steps without doing it as dramatically as possible. With twins carrying your cathedral length veil. Up a cascading hedgerow. Guinevere st...

Princes Harry and William arrive at Windsor Castle

I don’t have the time to look back and call out that dude who said Harry for sure wouldn’t be in uniform because COME ON. It has to be uniform.   Goddamn they look hot together in uniform side by side right??! And Harry knows it too. That was a WALK. That was a swagger. He stomped up to St Geo...

Serena Williams attends the Royal Wedding

Really enjoying seeing the celebrities in the outer chamber of St George’s. Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian are hanging out with the Beckhams and the Clooneys and Idris Elba. Well. They were. Now it’s quiet because the royals are on the way.  But Serena threw it down with that fascinator, didn’t...

Clooneys and Beckhams at the Royal Wedding

Amal Clooney is GOING for it. This is the most standout look we’ve seen today. Not that, um, she has much competition. This is not the Met Gala. But there are more eyeballs on this than the Met Gala. And clearly Amal wanted to be seen. How could you miss her? If not the colour than the hat.  The ...

Intro for May 19, 2018

Dear Gossips, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. That’s one mystery solved. One major mystery to go. Good morning! Welcome to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding day! We’ll post photos of the arrivals and the dress and the moments of the day as soon as we can get them downloaded and uploaded...

Oprah and Idris Elba at the Royal Wedding

We were told this morning on an embargo until they arrived that Oprah would be showing up. There have been rumours that Oprah is doing an interview with Doria Ragland. Those rumours haven’t been confirmed but, clearly, there’s some kind of relationship.  Note Oprah and Idris’s arrival time. It’s ...

What Else for May 18, 2018

We’ve been shooting etalk all day from Windsor – check out our show tonight at 7pm. We’re also prepping our prime time one-hour special that will air tomorrow night, on CTV, at 7pm, recapping all the best moments from the royal wedding. You should see the position that we’re shooting from. It’s a sp...

Backstreet Boys release new single and video, Don't Go Breaking My Heart

I did it. I had to. No regrets. It may be corny but it’s true. The Backstreet Boys are actually back with a new single and music video. Alright! OK, that one I regret. AJ, Brian, Howie, , and Kevin are back again (I’ll stop), shoulder-popping in unison and singing a brand new pop song.  “Don’t Go...

Shawn Mendes appears on Ellen and releases new single, In The Morning

Yesterday, I wrote about Shawn Mendes’s attempt to downplay his relationship with Hailey Baldwin. He says they are friends and not the couple currently filling the Jelena-sized hole left in tween pop. I ran through the various scenarios that could explain why Shawn would want to go from red-carpet P...

Smutty Social Media, May 18, 2018

I get why the Thomas Markle Zone is scandalous to royal watchers, but to normal people, is it that unusual to have some relatives that would sell you out? And for much less than what the rogue Markles are receiving. (Side note: Christmas dinner with John Legend sounds delightful.) I had a cou...

Deadpool makes fun of Marvel's ten-year anniversary video

Deadpool 2 opens today. Did you know that? Did you glean that information from the barrage of marketing and Ryan-Reynolds-In-Costume appearances such as his stop at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? Seriously, no one markets a blockbuster better than the Deadpool team—although this time their flow...

Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg reuniting for Civil War biopic

Today in your dad’s favorite news, it’s been announced that Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg will reunite to make a biopic of Civil War general and US president Ulysses S. Grant. The movie is being adapted by David James Kelly from Ron Chernow’s biography, Grant. So you have a book by the same...

Meghan Markle's beagle Guy rides with Queen Elizabeth on the way to Windsor Castle

My favourite royal story of the week!   As you know, the Queen had tea with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle yesterday at Windsor Castle. Prince Charles, Camilla, Will, and Kate were also there for rehearsal. Right now it’s 230pm in England. As I’m writing this, the Queen is hosting Harry, Meghan, ...

Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato release duet, Fall In Line

There she is. THIS is the Christina Aguilera I’ve been waiting for. Christina Aguilera’s duet with Demi Lovato called “Fall In Line” was released this week and it’s good. REALLY GOOD.  It’s so good it should have been the lead single off of her upcoming album Liberation.   When Christina ushered i...

Kate McKinnon, Sarah Silverman, Issa Rae and too many hands cover GQ comedy issue

Next week is GQ’s comedy issue, and in advance they’ve released the cover which features Kate McKinnon, Sarah Silverman, Issa Rae, and HANDS. SO. MANY. HANDS. It creeps me out. Which is the intent, based on the satirical write up accompanying the cover, calling the plethora of HANDS “egregious mista...

Princess Diana's wedding dress designer seen at Windsor Castle ahead of royal wedding

Meghan Markle’s wedding dress has been kept at Windsor Castle. As I mentioned yesterday, Stella McCartney’s name has been coming up this week, emerging as a possible dark horse as the designer of Meghan Markle’s wedding dress. The odds favourite is still Ralph & Russo but I’m not sure people are as ...

Princess Diana's wedding dress designers seen at Windsor Castle ahead of royal wedding

Meghan Markle’s wedding dress has been kept at Windsor Castle. As I mentioned yesterday, Stella McCartney’s name has been coming up this week, emerging as a possible dark horse as the designer of Meghan Markle’s wedding dress. The odds favourite is still Ralph & Russo but I’m not sure people are as ...

Prince Charles has a lot to gain by walking Meghan Markle down the aisle

Royal wedding week did not get off to a good start with all the Thomas Markle drama. But, as I’ve been saying, the royals know how to carry on…and put on a show. And did they ever turn it around this morning. At around 10am local time here in England, so as to properly dominate the entire day, Kensi...

Intro for May 18, 2018

Dear Gossips, They’re calling for a pretty perfect day weather-wise tomorrow in Windsor – no rain in the forecast, lots of sunshine, cool in the morning and warming up right when it matters, around noon, when Meghan Markle will walk down the aisle at St George’s Chapel to marry Prince Harry. That...

What Else for May 17, 2018

Can you picture Oprah smoking weed? I’ve been imagining it for half an hour – Oprah, with her dogs by her feet, in her kitchen, a joint between her fingers, and five minutes later delivering an hour-long monologue on why we all must know ourselves and listen to our souls. I can see it… in the past. ...

Angelina Jolie in London with her kids as Brad Pitt attends the U2 concert in LA

The gossip-mongering in England is next level right now. Any celebrity that comes to London is rumoured to be going to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Like some dude at the airport told us that Robert De Niro passed through and is a wedding guest. He was here in Tuesday, for a Nobu event. ...

CBS's Murphy Brown reboot teaser reel released

I, along with the rest of what I like to call “35 and older Twitter,” got really excited when a Murphy Brown reboot was announced in January. If the CBS upfront is any indication, the network is very happy with what they have – the cast was given a prime spot, and a teaser reel (with highlights from...

Gabrielle Union in Breaking In movie review

Breaking In is the kind of movie that can’t stop reminding you that it will, relatively quickly, be over. The plot hinges on a timer counting down ninety minutes, the length of the movie itself, and occasionally characters will draw attention to the ticking clock, as if to assuage the audience’s pre...

Shawn Mendes says he and Hailey Baldwin are friends

According to Shawn Mendes. When Shawn and Hailey Baldwin made their red-carpet debut at the Met Gala, I wrote that the move seemed strategic, considering he’s got an album to promote. Not to quote myself but that’s exactly what I’m going to do:  The album drops on May 25th. Shawn has been in heav...

Smutty Social Media, May 17, 2018

Marlee Matlin would like to be excluded from this narrative.  Yanni or Laurel? Don't ask me. I can't hear sh*t — Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) May 17, 2018 Hilaria Baldwin is about to have her 4th child in 5 years (I’m exhausted at the very idea of this). What will the name be? It has t...

Whitney documentary premieres at Cannes to stellar reviews

The documentary Whitney about Whitney Houston’s life and legacy premiered at Cannes last night. It’s the second high-profile doc on Whitney Houston released in a year. I saw the first one, Whitney: Can I Be Me, at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto and I was left disappointed and pretty f-cking enrage...

Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves in Destination Wedding trailer

Sarah wanted to write this post. I decided to write it though because I’m travelling today and have had to pre-write most of my articles to account for being in transit and she’s on standby for breaking news if I can’t get to it. So she’s pissed. Which, fair enough, because who wouldn’t want this as...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave Kensington Palace for wedding rehearsals

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the royals are now moving past the Thomas Markle Zone drama of the last few days and moving ahead with the big show.  Harry and Meghan left Kensington Place this afternoon. Prince Charles and Camilla also left by helicopter. And Prince William and Princess Kate ...

Kristen Stewart to direct her first feature film, The Chronology of Water

Kristen Stewart is jurying at Cannes, which means a lot of talking to press for two solid weeks, something she is much better at now than she was at the height of her Twilight teen idoldom. (Dakota Johnson is also more relaxed and engaging when promoting anything other than Fifty Shades, funny how t...

Will Serena Williams attend Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding?

Serena Williams was supposed to play in the Italian Open this week but she ended up pulling out of the tournament as her coach says they need more time to prep for the French Open at the end of the month. Which, conveniently, frees up her weekend. And, well, we all know she’s friends with Meghan Mar...

Meghan Markle confirms in statement that her father will not attend royal wedding

TMZ stands for Thirty Mile Zone which measures the Hollywood studio perimeter. This week, however, TMZ is the Thomas Markle Zone. Because this is Meghan Markle’s father’s preferred media outlet. As you know, Meghan Markle was supposed to be in England by now and, along with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ra...

Intro for May 17, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Chrissy Teigen announced last night on Twitter that she’d given birth. It’s a boy. And Duana will be on it when they release the name. Before that though, Chrissy also tweeted about Yanny vs Laurel: it’s time pic.twitter.com/1Fruru61kU — christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) Ma...

What Else for May 16, 2018

If you grew up in the 80s, you know Jami Gertz. Jamie was in a lot of things back then. One of those things was probably not what came to mind when you read her name just now. Unless you are, along with me, one of five people who saw a movie about a college debate team starring Jami and Kirk Cameron...

Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu in upcoming Netflix rom-com Set It Up

It’s the romantic comedy pairing I didn’t know I needed. Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu play love interests in the upcoming Netflix rom-com Set It Up and as soon as I saw them on screen together I was like YES, PLEASE WHY DID THIS TAKE SO LONG GOOD LORD YES. The only problem with Set It Up is that Lucy and...

Lindsay Shookus featured in ELLE magazine

Lindsay Shookus is famous by association. She’s fame-adjacent. I don’t think that’s up for debate. A new feature on Lindsay in ELLE opens with the following line…  Lindsay Shookus isn’t famous. Or is she?  … and continues with an anecdote about diners at 30 Rockefeller Plaza trying to figure o...

Smutty Social Media, May 16, 2018

I don’t understand what we are fignting about. Forget Yanny. There is no Yanny.  Yanny?! pic.twitter.com/vys4BkwAYb — Zach Braff (@zachbraff) May 16, 2018   There are conflicting reports about which Spice Girls will attend the royal wedding: Page Six is reporting that the two Mels ar...

Leonardo DiCaprio in New York with Camila Morrone instead of at Cannes

I was shocked to see new photos of Leonardo DiCaprio this week – because they weren’t taken in Cannes, but in New York. How is Leo still in New York when Cannes – and all the parties in Cannes – has been underway for a full seven days? There’s time. The amfAR gala is on Thursday. Or …maybe not. amfA...

Rami Malek nails it as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody trailer

I’ve been writing about the Freddie Mercury movie since my first days at LaineyGossip. Back then, it was a Sacha Baron Cohen vehicle. Then he dropped out, and Rami Malek took over. After that, coverage of this project took a turn as Bryan Singer was named on the Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar an...

Fighting over whether Adam Driver is attractive or not at Cannes

I just wrote about the potential importance of BlacKkKlansman. Adam Driver is in Cannes in support of Spike Lee’s film. I want to establish that I know the serious subject matter of BlacKkKlansman and that I respect it before I go low classy and turn this into a conversation about Adam Driver’s attr...

Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman gets 10-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Spike Lee was back at Cannes for the first time since 1991 for Jungle Fever. For his return, Spike premiered his latest joint BlacKkKlansman. The film was received with a 10-minute standing ovation. Critics are calling it Spike’s best film in years. There is even talk that BlacKkKlansman will win th...

John Travolta’s Cannes hair and Cannes moves

We have, over the years, enjoyed reporting on John Travolta’s hair. His hair has been spray-painted, shellacked, and the hairline has gone through some fascinating changes. The colour, for example, was so dark at one point, Elvis Presley would have been jealous. John was in Cannes last night with Ke...

Amal Clooney’s Met Gala and royal wedding dresses

Amal Clooney wore one of the most polarising dresses at the Met Gala. Her Richard Quinn pants-dress combination was a bust for me. Duana, always the contrarian, didn’t hate it at all. Turns out though that that was one of two options for her – and the fact that she chose Richard Quinn over Tom Ford ...

Prince George and Princess Charlotte to be included in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding party

I wrote earlier about the British royal family’s ability to “carry on”. And this is what they’re doing, even though there may probably be eight new Thomas Markle developments between now and Saturday. There’s a wedding to focus on. There are plans in place. They are moving ahead. And today Kensingto...

Meghan Markle's father will not attend the royal wedding due to health issues

Like I said yesterday, every few hours there’s a new development. And we are getting every new development from Thomas Markle directly…via TMZ. Yesterday afternoon, Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas, told TMZ that despite the fact that he’d changed his mind earlier in the day and does want to walk Megh...

Donald Glover and Alden Ehrenreich at Cannes premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story

Quiet Cannes, right? There was the women’s march, and Kristen Stewart took off her shoes, and Lars Von Trier predictably annoyed everyone, but it’s been relatively quiet, yes? It’s been quiet enough that The Hollywood Reporter ran an article devoted to Cannes’ “decline”. Frankly, it doesn’t feel lik...

Intro for May 16, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Here’s one advantage to being a time zone ahead of your friends: you wake up to start your day just as they’re ending the previous one and you get to jump in last on a debate. You and your friends are probably having the same one. It’s the same one the whole ass internet is having:...

What Else for May 15, 2018

If you haven’t watched this yet… please do. I am sitting in a hotel room CRYING over this video. Like the way Duana cries – with joy, always with joy! – now whenever Hugh Grant’s name comes up. This is it for me. This is the moment I fell in true love with Ryan Reynolds. I’ve have greatly enjoyed hi...

Kristen Stewart takes her shoes off at the Palais in Cannes

Kristen Stewart posed with her shoes on last night at the Palais in Cannes. And then she took them off to go up the steps. Many are interpreting it as a protest against that Cannes footwear policy about women and heels. It was a controversy in 2015 when several women claimed they were rejected from ...

The cast of This Is Us attends NBCUniversal's upfront

Have you missed these titles? After NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation yesterday, the push to the fall premiere of Season 3 of This Is Us has officially started. We have a whole summer to prepare for ALL THE FEELINGS.  I almost forgot about the feelings. By now, you know I love a good cry. You k...

Smutty Social Media, May 15, 2018

I’m disappointed Good News was cancelled. It was a lot like 30 Rock in its first couple of seasons – it hadn’t quite found the right balance yet but it was definitely getting there.    A post shared by Briga Heelan (@brigaheelan) on May 12, 2018 at 10:39am PDT I was a huge S...

Meghan Markle's father has reportedly changed his mind about walking her down the aisle

By the time you read this, it’ll be end of business day in London. So far, Kensington Palace has not released any updated information about the wedding and it doesn’t look like they will. Meghan Markle’s father, however, has given us an update on his situation, through TMZ. Thomas is now telling TMZ...

Michael B Jordan at Cannes for Fahrenheit 451

Yesterday, after I wrote about Chadwick Boseman’s commencement address at Howard, a few of you pointed out that the soap opera gig that Chadwick was fired from ended up going to Michael Bae Jordan. The character’s name was Reggie. Of course, I knew that my bae was on All My Children at some point bu...

Joe Alwyn receives Trophée Chopard at his first Cannes

Joe Alwyn was in Cannes last night, for the first time, to receive the Trophée Chopard that’s awarded each year to a rising star. Elizabeth Debicki was also a recipient. Joe has two films coming out later this year – Mary Queen of Scot and The Favourite, both period pieces, and both to be released i...

Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose television review

Benedict Cumberbatch’s five-part limited series, Patrick Melrose, kicked off over the weekend, and the first episode teeters right on the edge of sublime and too much. Cumberbatch stars as the titular Patrick Melrose, an addict attempting to kick heroin—and nothing else—while retrieving his father’s...

Channing Tatum calls Jenna Dewan "baby" in Mother's Day Instagram post

Channing Tatum wished Jenna Dewan a happy Mother’s Day on Instagram like this:    A post shared by 👑 king channing tatum 👑 (@channingtatumking) on May 13, 2018 at 7:44pm PDT “Jenna, happy Mother’s Day, baby. Momma, happy Mother’s Day. Hope you’re enjoying this beautiful su...

Amal Clooney's royal wedding fitting

I posted yesterday about Amal Clooney’s hairstylist confirming that he’s doing her hair on Saturday for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Even though the Clooneys’ reps themselves will not comment on whether or not they’re going, it’s pretty much a guarantee. However, if you need more confir...

Kensington Palace releases statement after Meghan Markle's father pulls out of royal wedding

TMZ first broke the story yesterday afternoon that Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle Sr, who’d been confirmed to walk her down the aisle, was pulling out of the wedding because he was embarrassed about being busted for setting up his own pap shots. Which… I mean… it’s not like this is a new prac...

Intro for May 15, 2018

Dear Gossips,  I mean…we all expected it would be an exciting week leading up to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on Saturday but I don’t think anyone imagined that, with four days to go until the event, we’d find ourselves here, with so many unknown variables. This is a family that opera...

Show Your Work: Snubbed By Shonda, Jessica Alba’s Out, and the Divine Pettiness of Ryan Murphy

We didn’t set out to make an all-TV episode of Show Your Work – but when we sat down to record the podcast on Friday night, it was Friday afternoon on the West Coast – so all the pilot pickups and passes were being tweeted more or less in real time, so we ran down as many as we could.   The bigge...

TMZ reports Meghan Markle's father is no longer attending royal wedding

I posted earlier about Meghan Markle’s father’s paparazzi drama. To recap: Thomas Markle Sr gets papped, then he gets busted for working with the paps to get papped, then his other daughter, Samantha, admits that she was the one who arranged for him to get papped. And now TMZ is reporting that Thoma...

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons name newborn son Ennis

I know. I know it’s not fair not to not name Jesse Plemons in the headline, especially since a lot of outlets are referring to it as “Kirsten Dunst’s baby” and leaving Plemons out of it altogether.  But I have to chalk it up to the power of defining names. Landry is one of those names that had never...

Timothy Olyphant joins Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s apology tour earlier this year, I’ve been revisiting his movies, and it occurred to me, while re-watching Pulp Fiction, that the pitch for that movie would have sounded INSANE. There is no way to describe Pulp Fiction in a few sentences that isn’t completely nuts. ...

Smutty Social Media, May 14, 2018

Taraji is engaged, which means she gets to wear a wedding dress. Taraji has incredible style, both on and off the red carpet. Every designer should be clamouring to work with her. Who will she choose? What’s her wedding day style going to look like?   A post shared by taraji p henson...

George and Amal Clooney have apparently been invited to the royal wedding

Amal and George Clooney have apparently been invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding – according to Amal’s hair stylist, Miguel Perez. Miguel told HOLA! that while he could not confirm whether or not he’s doing Meghan’s hair, “What I can confirm is that I will be in charge of Amal’s hair...

Where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will spend the night before their wedding

Kensington Palace confirmed today where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will spend the night before their wedding. As expected, they won’t be together. Harry and William will be at Coworth Park. Meghan and her ma, Doria Ragland, will stay at Cliveden House Hotel. Google it. Google both, actually. Bot...

Chadwick gives Wakanda salute during commencement speech at Howard University

Chadwick Boseman gave the commencement address at Howard University over the weekend. Chadwick said many wonderfully uplifting words that I’ll come back to but first, let’s talk about his final two words. Chadwick Boseman chose to end the address at his alma mater with “Howard Forever” while giving ...

Rihanna shades reporter who asks her if she's going to the royal wedding

Of course, she isn't. Rihanna and Prince Harry met in Barbados in 2016. For World AIDs Day, they got tested together and attended a celebration for the 50th Anniversary of Barbados's Independence. That's it. As far as we know, that was Rihanna and Harry's only interaction and she has never met Megha...

Meghan Markle's rogue relative royal wedding drama

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are getting married in 5 days. After this, we won’t be seeing a major senior royal wedding in a while. Big G, Charlotte, and Trey Louis are tiny. It’ll be years before it’s their time. And, yes, while Princess Eugenie’s wedding is happening later in the fall, it certai...

Cate Blanchett leads group of 82 women in Cannes Time's Up Women's March

Eva Husson’s Girls in the Sun premiered at Cannes on Saturday, one of only three films in competition directed by a woman. Before the premiere, jury president Cate Blanchett led a march of 82 women up the famous red Palais steps. Significance? In the 71-year history of Cannes, only 82 films directed...

Intro for May 14, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Ali Wong’s Hard Knock Wife premiered yesterday, Mother’s Day in North America, on Netflix. Just as she was in her previous Netflix comedy special, Baby Cobra, Ali is pregnant during the performance. The easy and lazy assessment of that would be that she’s recycling herself. Which i...

Mariah Carey to headline Blackpool LiveWire Festival

When you picture a music festival, what comes to mind? It’s outside, right? And there’s grass everywhere? Like actual grass and the kind you smoke? If the festival is in England, probably some mud, wellies?  OK. So now that you have that in your mind… is Mariah Carey included?! Because it was ...

Kristen Stewart looks at Cate Blanchett seductively at Cannes

You know that meme, right? “Find someone who looks at you the way X looks at Y…”?  The Cannes Film Festival kicked off earlier this week. And this is my favourite photo so far. Had it not been for the Met Gala on Monday, it would have probably been my favourite photo of the week: Kristen Stewart ...

First photos of Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy on set of The Kitchen

Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy have gotten to work on their mob movie, The Kitchen, filming in 1970s get ups today. This is a really good look for both, right? 1970s fashion isn’t workable for everyone—the proportions are unforgiving and don’t work for me at all—but they both look great. (I’ve...

Smutty Social Media, May 11, 2018

Maria’s down with a spring flu today so I’m stepping in for her … And taking advantage of the situation to shamelessly promote myself. Jessica Goldstein came to Toronto to gossip with me for a couple of days in March. And now she’s written about why gossip is essential, especially now. Please not...

Annette Bening joins Captain Marvel cast

Captain Marvel filming is ongoing, and Brie Larson is still wearing that green suit that impresses no one. (I will NEVER stop complaining about this.) The movie is also still casting up, adding Annette Bening as “a scientist”. Captain Marvel stories are always full of scientists because Carol Danver...

Amber Heard's glorious Valentino dress at Cannes premiere of Sorry Angel

The Hollywood Reporter posted an article yesterday about Aline Buffet, the “fashion fixer” of Cannes. Aline has been working Cannes for 24 years. She’s the one they call when a zipper breaks or when a hemline needs to be shortened or lengthened. This is fascinating to me because you would think that...

Donald Glover finishes off a great week at Solo: A Star Wars Story premiere

Six days ago, Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live, performing two new songs as Childish Gambino  and the video to one of those songs, “This Is America”, has been the most-watched and most-talked about four minutes of pop culture this week as people break down all the hidden references and debat...

Bella Hadid and The Weeknd kissing in Cannes

Bella Hadid and The Weeknd were seen at Coachella making out but then he was also seen with another model, Chantel Jeffries. A month later, Bella and Abel are both in Cannes. And they were at a party together last night. And photographed kissing.  Back together?  Is it this just a festival thi...

Jessica Chastain announces new project, 355, at Cannes with Lupita Nyong’o, Fan Bingbing, Marion Cotillard, and Penelope Cruz

Jessica Chastain has become one of the most visible advocates for women in the film industry, speaking out for more inclusion and using her position to get her co-stars equal pay. And now she’s not waiting for people to bring her starring vehicles, she’s making her own starring vehicle and bringing ...

May 11, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Rachael! To you and your educator colleagues – Happy National Teacher Appreciation Week, even though I agree, you continue to be under-appreciated. I see what you did there, bribing me with your student’s LaineyGossip inspired Hamlet assignment. Obviously I LOVE being associated with Shakespeare. So...

Intro for May 11, 2018

Dear Gossips, As I’m writing this, I have two windows open on my laptop right now and another window open on my phone, in queue for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty, her new line of lingerie. The site officially launched at midnight in 210 countries and, clearly, a lot of people care. And want? To buy or...

My reaction to discovering Big Tip the rapper is Celine Dion's son

Lainey pranked me this morning. I would probably be mad at her if it wasn’t the funniest thing to happen to me all day – f-ck that, all week. Lainey sent me a SoundCloud link to a song by an artist named Big Tip and asked for my gut reaction. I didn’t recognize the thumbnail of a young white dude we...

Why Chrissy Teigen's second cookbook Cravings 2 is worth waiting for

Celebrity food partnerships and cookbooks usually don’t excite me in that I want to run out and try it – even when it involves Beyoncé. Especially when it involves Tom Brady. But today is a new today because Twitter MVP Chrissy Teigen is partnering with Blue Apron on a six week run of recipes. This ...

Smutty Social Media, May 10, 2018

Weird Al Yankovic would like to be excluded from this narrative.  Um, what? pic.twitter.com/IlTwbppo3h — Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) May 10, 2018 The Marchesa push, first with ScarJo at the Met (I couldn’t agree more with Duana) and now a weepy profile in Vogue, has begun. Highly coordina...

Katy Perry tried repeatedly to make peace with Taylor Swift according to (Katy) sources

I posted yesterday about Katy Perry’s olive branch to Taylor Swift. Shortly after, ET reported on the reasons behind Katy’s peace offering. According to their sources, Katy had been trying for a long time. “Katy and Taylor's years of cruel comments about one another in their interviews, their sho...

Taylor Kitsch promotes WACO in NYC

A quick post about Taylor Kitsch because I know you’re out there, the Riggins faithful.  Taylor is in New York this week. Here he is leaving his hotel in a leather jacket on Tuesday and then yesterday, in LA, at the TV Academy screening of WACO for a For Your Consideration event. We are coming up...

Amber Heard photographed with Vito Schnabel in New York

Amber Heard is currently in Cannes. Before that, though, she was at the Met Gala. It was the best Met Gala look she’s ever served and certainly better than any Met Gala appearance she made when she was with Johnny Depp. Did you hear the story about her headpiece? It was made with zip-ties, purchased...

Michael B Jordan's dark Killmonger diary

Remember when Jared Leto sent his castmates a dead pig because he’s, like, so method and Viola Davis almost pepper sprayed his ass? Or when Charlie Hunnam ghosted his girlfriend for months to ‘get into character’? Turns out, these self-indulgent Very Serious Actors could have just kept a diary and n...

TIDAL accused of inflating Beyoncé and Kanye West's streaming numbers

This is a story with huge gossip potential. It could have major impact on the recording industry. It could have major impact on the relationship between artists. Could it have a major impact on the relationship between Beyoncé and Jay-Z?  Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) has published t...

May 10, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Lisa and Shaun because Roscoe really was a “really, really good boy”. The way you talk about his relationship with Shaun, in particular, is how it is for us, with our Elvis whose entire life is Jacek. You are never alone when there’s a Roscoe or an Elvis around. That devotion gets me so emotiona...

Intro for May 10, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Rihanna’s lingerie line, Savage X Fenty, is dropping tomorrow. This is the next stage in the Rihanna Inc domination – as Duana and I discussed on the last episode of Show Your Work, Rihanna, the CEO, is on a win streak. Fenty x Puma has been a major success, winning the Shoe of the...

Are Emma Stone and Justin Theroux just friends or something more?

A couple of weeks ago, Justin Theroux was with Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and Emma Stone on Instagram. HIS Instagram. “Arty” and “edgy” Justin is just like us, you know? When he’s hanging out with boldface names, he wants to show off about it.  Justin Theroux Hangs with Emma Stone and Quee...

Smutty Social Media, May 9, 2018

Katy Perry awkwardly bumping her stylist with her wings is me trying to parallel park.    A post shared by Erin Foster (@erinfoster) on May 8, 2018 at 3:55pm PDT When Justin Bieber gets in his feelings on social media, we assume it’s about Selena Gomez. But many of Justin’s ...

Jordan Peele releases poster for new film, Us

Last night at around 8pm Eastern Standard Time, Jordan Peele revealed the poster for his new film.  pic.twitter.com/6j43s9YC8e — Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) May 9, 2018 The tagline says, “A new nightmare from the mind of Academy Award Winner Jordan Peele.” It took all of my strength to ...

Katy Perry sends Taylor Swift an olive branch on the first date of the reputation tour

Taylor Swift kicked off the reputation stadium tour last night in Glendale. There was a giant snake on stage at one point. Several giant snakes, actually:  Taylor during the epic performance of Look What You Made Me Do at #repTourGlendale. pic.twitter.com/bvGONa7kXM — TSwiftPR Media (@TSPRMe...

Celebrating black excellence at Rihanna's Met Gala after party

“I’m rooting for everybody black.” Issa Rae said this at the 2017 Emmy Awards and it’s a sentiment that holds up for me at every awards show, and in life in general, but especially at the Met Gala, I was rooting for everybody black. For those of you who are going to email me to say that this is excl...

Johnny Depp reportedly attacks location manager on set of LAbyrinth

Lost in all the excitement about the Met Gala: Page Six’s exclusive on Johnny Depp being an asshole on the set of his new film, LAbyrinth. There’s a lot to unpack here so read the report first: An out-of-control Johnny Depp attacked a location manager on the set of his upcoming film, “LAbyrinth,”...

Preview of films premiering at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival opened last night, and as I mentioned the other day when writing about the 2018 jury president, Cate Blanchett, it’s a weird time for Cannes. They’re fighting with Netflix—one of the last big spenders in the indie market—selfies, flat shoes, and #MeToo. They’re still working...

Intro for May 9, 2018

Dear Gossips,  There are the Met Gala outfits…and then there are the after-party outfits. OF COURSE Rihanna had on my favourite after-party outfit. Her after-party, after all, was the one everyone wanted to go to. It was blue-silver pyjamas, left open to almost the navel, bra exposed. Please. She...

What Else for May 8, 2018

I have not slept in a long time. Maybe it’s fatigue but when this photo popped up on my screen, it was like his dick hole was staring right at me. What must it have felt like for the person taking the picture? Is that how the photo ended up this way? With the snake eye so prominently displayed? Beca...

Rihanna is Lainey's 2018 Met's Best Dressed

Well. Who the f-ck else would it be?  I want you to picture her face and hear her voice while you’re reading that sentence – Who.The.F-ck.Else.Would.It.Be? Do you wonder if there was anyone else who dared to think about a pope hat? Or does Anna Wintour send word around to everyone that, under ...

Jennifer Lopez is Duana's 2018 Met's Best Dressed

I checked and checked myself. Is she really my best dressed? Is this really the most arresting look of the night? But it is undeniable. This is the one I loved best.  I think I might be grading on a curve again, but the overall look is like nothing we’ve ever seen from Jennifer Lopez. She’s usual...

Chadwick Boseman is Kathleen's 2018 Met's Best Dressed

I refuse to pretend to have any chill about Chadwick Boseman’s Met Gala look. I was out at dinner with friends when I saw the first photos of Chadwick arriving on the Met steps and I rudely interrupted my friend’s story with, “HOLY F-CKING SH-T CHADWICK.” I then texted the same profanity-ridden reac...

Scarlett Johannsen: Duana's 2018 Met's Worst Dressed

Look, she was already going to be my worst dressed. She was already on the “f-ck you” list for showing up to THE COSTUME INSTITUTE in something that looks like it was an also-ran for one of her We Got A Zoo premieres in Europe.    I get that the highlight of her weekend was cameo-ing on SNL, which...

Selena Gomez is Lainey's 2018 Met’s Worst Dressed

I wrote yesterday, ahead of the Met Gala, that since Selena Gomez would be repping Coach, I wasn’t expecting her to really be a major player on the red carpet because Coach hasn’t really delivered in the high fashion game. But then Letitia Wright showed up. In Coach. For her first ever Met Gala. And...

Zendaya and Shailene Woodley at 2018 Met in Joan of Arc inspirations

I mean, God. She could have also been best Joan of Arc cosplay, best imitation of metal, best custom Versace any of us can remember. It’s truly spectacular. I can’t stop looking at it. And to top some of her previous Met Gala looks is an extremely high level of difficulty. Maybe, if I’m being really...

Donald Glover: Met Weekend Winner

Is it weird to say that Donald Glover ‘won’ the weekend considering what he won with? I hope not, because to not do so would take away from how… everything he is.    So yesterday Kathleen asked ‘HOW is he so good at everything?’ and I self-importantly texted her to tell her it’s because he believe...

Solange’s Durag was the best 2018 Met accessory

In yesterday’s What Else I linked to a post by the Fug Girls about Solange, noting that she may have already won the Met Gala before the Met Gala event started because this weekend she posted 4 look combinations on Twitter asking her followers to weigh in. Not surprisingly the internet voted for the...

Michelle Williams & Emma Stone: Worst MET 2018 Effort

It’s a THEMED Gala! Where the theme is about what you wear! THEEEEMMME!  Do these two really deserve to be yelled at in the same breath? Maybe not, though I think putting them in the same category is understandable… and yes, they’re both wearing Louis Vuitton, but that’s not what the issue is her...

Gisele & Tom 2018 Met Gala's Worst Versace

Yesterday when I posted about Gisele Bundchen, I mentioned that I wasn’t sure if I’d be including her in today’s Met Gala coverage because of what happened last year, when she and Tom were co-chairs for the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons exhibit and couldn’t be bothered to dress to theme. Which is w...

"Pretty Girl" Crowns: The Met’s Most Overdone Accessory

They just kept piling up. When Lily Collins arrived in what I described as her “Wednesday Addams First Communion” outfit, I was stunned by the spiky saintly halo. Even when she posed with Hailee Steinfeld, who had the whole ‘Heavenly Angel’ interpretation going kind of literally, it was kind of a ne...

Katy Perry & Evan Rachel Wood were 2018 Met Angel and Archangel

Katy Perry and Evan Rachel Wood weren’t the only feathered angels last night. But they were the only ones I remember. Katy Perry is the most obvious angel, as befits Katy Perry. It’s not like Katy ever does anything subtly. So, of course, her angel wings are going to take up the sky, spread up and o...

Shawn Mendes & Hailey Baldwin are 2018 Met Official

Go off, Shawn Mendes. He’s been on a roll. First, there were the shockingly great new singles. Then, there was the mature and introspective music video. Now, Shawn has made it red-carpet official with Hailey Baldwin and at the biggest red carpet event of the year. This kid is getting good.  If yo...

Sarah Jessica Parker: Best Met Royalty

I’m mad now. I went to google how long SJP and Andy Cohen had been friends and got sucked into a long chain of Plead The Fifth segments (which I am going to make all of our friends play next time we’re all together) and wasted an obscene amount of time because it’s the middle of the night and nothin...

Zoe Kravitz was 2018 Met Gala’s Best Literal Interpretation

There is nothing that makes me more mad than people who don’t lean into the theme of the Met Gala, except maybe people who decide they’re going to wear a straight up costume. More on both those offenses later.    But there is a way to break the rules. First you make sure you’re going in a directio...

Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk on their first Met Gala carpet together

First any carpet, actually. Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk have both been at the Met Gala together. But they’ve never walked the carpet at the Met Gala together. It’s only taken them three years and a child. I’m curious about what this means. A Star Is Born comes out in October. As mentioned last we...

Cardi B brought the drama to the 2018 Met Gala

This is Cardi B’s first Met Gala. Aren’t you sad now that we haven’t had years of Cardi x the Met? Cardi came out swinging. LOOK AT HER. There’s no coasting on a basic body-con dress because a) she’s pregnant or b) it’s her first Met Gala like so many others would have. Cardi B brought the drama and...

Janelle Monae brought album synergy to 2018 Met Gala

Here is gifted actress, musician, and fashion icon Janelle Monae at the Met Gala: Here is gifted actress, musician, and fashion icon Janelle Monae as pictured on her new album Dirty Computer: I believe this is what we call ‘synergy’.  I guess it’s possible that it was unconscious th...

Ariana Grande & Gigi Hadid are 2018 Met’s Newbie & Veteran

Gigi Hadid is only 23 and she is a Met Gala pro – this year, she was dressed in Versace. The dress is meant to catch the light, much like a stained-glass window. It moves from light to dark, glowing and ornate with gold details and, according to the Versace Instagram account, handcrafted crystal emb...

Kerry Washington and Uma Thurman's Best 2018 Met Gala Hair

All night I kept trying to figure out why people seemed so much more comfortable this year at the Met Gala. Is it just me? Didn’t they all look and seem that much more comfortable? My theory is that because of the theme, they were, ironically perhaps, liberated from having to do the sheer and lace a...

Letitia Wright and John Boyega were 2018 Met Gala friends

That feels unfair. Letitia Wright is 24 years old. She’s older than both Gigi and Bella Hadid and yet, she still feels like a little sister always. I was shipping Letitia Wright and Sebastian Stan for a hot second until Sarah yelled at me, as she does often, for not knowing that Shuri is supposed to...

Tracee Ellis Ross & Yara Shahidi: Met letdown

As I said yesterday, Tracee Ellis Ross is one of the ones I wait for. She was worth waiting for last year. This year though… Duana called it “Diana Ross cosplay” which, like, if there’s ever going to be anyone to cosplay Diana Ross, it’s Tracee Ellis Ross. Here’s how she explained her look:  ...

Lena Waithe: Best Met statement

Last September, Lena Waithe gave one of the all-time best Emmy speeches. I remember pausing the show right after Lena’s speech and transcribing every word she said to accept her Emmy as the first black woman to win for comedy writing on a note in my phone. That note is still in my phone and as soon ...

Three Nuns Walk into the Met Gala

OK none of these women are actually dressed like nuns, but let’s go with it. First, Alicia Vikander (who, to me, has very low energy on the red carpet) and Jennifer Connelly, who I was semi-excited about seeing. Both are in Louis Vuitton and both designs clearly had a nun mood-board. It’s the featur...

Intro for May 8, 2018

Dear Gossips,  So many tiaras!  As expected, there were a lot of virgin brides. There were a few Matrix brides. To me, at least, it could have been a Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare In Love theme party. But it wasn’t disappointing. There were some disappointments...

Jaden, Jared, and Trevor: Two Eye-rolls and a Stud at the Met Gala

When Duana and I were lining up our coverage last night, we had a column called the “f-ck off” list. You will soon read who made the “f-ck off” list. Spoiler: a few Oscar nominated and winning actresses. Also Jared Leto. It was a f-ck off for Jared Leto at the Oscars this year and, once again, it’s ...

The Olsens & Wendi Deng: Met Billionaires

Where do I start – Wendi Deng or the Olsens?  For the Olsens, it will be quick and easy as my point from last year still stands – the Olsens have a specific aesthetic and an innate sense of style, and they don’t bend the knee to anyone (including Anna Wintour). This year, their aesthetic just so ...

Madonna was 2018 Met Gala’s Best Obvious Icon

 I’m just going to say it.    We would not be here if it weren’t for Madonna.    The theme is being referred to as ‘Heavenly Bodies’, and the dress code was also tongue-in-cheek-ishly ‘Sunday Best’, but the official theme is “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”. Fashion wou...

Priyanka Chopra & Olivia Munn: Best Met headpieces

My God this shot of Priyanka Chopra from the back:  Now that is a statement. It’s SO f-cking good. And it’s exactly what a headpiece can do for an otherwise not-that-remarkable dress. Yes, it’s velvet in a colour that is deluxe as f-ck on her. But, really, it’s just a strapless Ralph Lauren. ...

Ruth Negga and Greta Gerwig's blacks and whites at 2018 Met Gala

Like Lainey, I was very much looking forward to Ruth Negga’s look for the Met Gala. Her red Valentino at the 2017 Oscars is one of the best red carpet looks of the last 5 years.   It’s not that Ruth didn’t adhere to the theme this year – black and white certainly has Catholic undertones. The larg...

Frances McDormand was the best surprise at the 2018 Met Gala

Before tonight, did you know you needed this? Did you think that by the time the Met Gala 2018 red carpet was over you would be saying to yourself, well, sh-t, I’m so happy Frances McDormand was there? Nobody, OK? Nobody would have predicted it. And that’s why she can only be referred to as one of t...

Amal Clooney: Best Met Theme Twist

I had always assumed, up to now, that the co-chairs of the Met Gala were just chosen relative to what the theme might be, or, given that we’re talking about Anna Wintour here, even informed that they were being appointed co-chairs without being asked in so many words.    But I look at Amal Clooney...

What Else for May 7, 2018

Didn’t think it was possible but Willow Smith and I have something in common. The difference between her experience and my experience is that she learned about sex from it and I already knew about sex at the time. Another major difference? She didn’t see anything. But I HEARD everything – the pantin...

Gisele Bundchen out in New York ahead of the Met Gala

I used to be really, really excited to see Gisele Bundchen at the Met Gala. I think it’s because I saw her and Tom Brady in 2008 and the way they were that night, the photos that were taken, it was a moment that went everywhere. This is what they looked like:   In person, they were unreal....

Emma Stone, Ruth Negga, Katy Perry, and Tracee Ellis Ross in New York ahead of the Met Gala

Well… I mean everyone after Rihanna. Who’s on that list?  As you’re reading this, they’re all getting ready for the Met Gala tonight. Makeup and hair is happening. First arrivals should be around 6pm. Who do you expect to bring it?  Solange, definitely. After Rihanna, it’s Solange who never di...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Michael B. Jordan at Good Morning America

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Michael Bae Jordan were both on Good Morning America this morning. Typing out full names is a lot less fun than acronyms. They did interviews separately but when I saw the photo set of them each arriving at the studio, I started to think about how these two men are on the exac...

Smutty Social Media, May 7, 2018

Over the last few days, a radio interview with Khaled has resurfaced in which he talks about oral sex. Khaled, as the “king,” only receives from his wife (then girlfriend), and never gives. Now look, if Khaled doesn’t enjoy the downtown area, that is one thing. But I think the implication from the i...

Was Adele's Titanic themed birthday party fun or offside?

Adele is 30 years old. It’s a milestone – even Beyoncé acknowledged it on her website and she celebrated on Saturday at a Titanic-themed party, where she dressed up as Kate Winslet’s Rose from the movie and posed on a staircase very similar to the one in the film which was recreated to look exactly ...

The Cambridges release first official portraits of Prince Louis

The Cambridges released the first official portraits of Prince Louis this weekend. Trey is being held by his sister, Princess Charlotte, who just celebrated her 3rd birthday last week. The photos were taken by Princess Kate.  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share two pho...

George and Amal Clooney out in New York ahead of the Met Gala

It was George Clooney’s 57th birthday yesterday. George has been in Italy prepping his next project. Last week he and Amal hosted her father at their estate in Lake Como for his 80th birthday. Last night though, Amal and George were in New York – here they are after his birthday dinner in matching b...

Donald Glover hosts SNL and debuts new single and video, This Is America

Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend. He also served as the musical guest as Childish Gambino. I assumed we would be talking about Donald/Childish’s SNL appearance today. Halfway through the episode, when every single skit was making me laugh – which never happens – I was certain th...

Selena Gomez with Justin Theroux and Petra Collins in New York ahead of the Met Gala

Selena Gomez met up with Paul Rudd, his wife Julie Yaeger, and some other friends in New York yesterday to see Billy Crudup in the off-Broadway play Harry Clarke. Among those friends: Justin Theroux and Petra Collins. Quick gossip refresher:  Selena and Jennifer Aniston are close. Selena and Petr...

Intro for May 7, 2018

Dear Gossips,  “Sunday Best.” That is the suggested dress code tonight at the Met Gala where the theme is “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”, which is a lot more broad – and therefore forgiving – than what we saw last year when the Costume Institute was celebrating Rei K...

What Else for May 4, 2018

Did you think that meatballs came from Sweden? If this question was on a test, before today, I would have said Italy. That’s how ignorant I am – because I always order meatballs at an Italian restaurant. And I don’t mean Olive Garden. Anyway, breaking news, meatballs aren’t from Sweden and they’re n...

Gina Rodriguez and Lakeith Stanfield kiss shooting 'Someone Great' in NYC

First… are you all caught up on Atlanta? Last night’s episode destroyed me. Every episode has destroyed me. Every single episode this season has been f-cking genius and, seriously, this is not hyperbole. Teddy Perkins? Woods? North Of The Border? FUBU? That’s four back to back to back episodes that ...

Tully review starring Charlize Theron

With Tully, director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody collaborate for the third time, following Juno and Young Adult (one of the decade’s best films). Tully is the richest and most mature of their collaborations, anchored again, as in Young Adult, by a searing performance from Charlize Theron. T...

Smutty Social Media, May 4, 2018

The Foo Fighters visited Graceland – do you think they had access to the parts that aren’t open to the public? This weekend, I’ll will be visiting another Presley home; Elvis and Priscilla’s honeymoon hideaway in Palm Springs. I want a mug that says, “Satnin’.”   A post shared by Foo...

Wishing for Sandra Bullock at the Met Gala

Sandra Bullock was last at the Met Gala in 2007. I think that’s the only time she’s been to the Met Gala. This year, as you know, she has a movie coming out about the Met Gala. And her Oceans 8 co-star is one of the co-chairs of the Met Gala. And … well… Isn’t it great publicity for the movie for...

Sebastian Stan in NYC for Avengers: Infinity War in jeans I'm not into

As you know, Sarah and Kathleen have been fighting over the title of First Stan Stan here at LaineyGossip because Sarah saw him first but then Kathleen caught feelings. Both of them are busy today though which means the neutral party (me) gets the Sebastian Stan post.  Here’s Sebastian in New Yor...

Show Your Work: Rihanna, CEO

Rihanna is on the cover of the new issue of Vogue. By my count, it’s her fifth time for American Vogue – not a small deal. This is timed, of course, ahead of the Met Gala on Monday, as she is the co-chair this year, but also for the release of Oceans 8 and the launch of her lingerie line. And less t...

Gabrielle Union and Jada Pinkett Smith reconcile after 17 years

Gabrielle Union and Jada Pinkett Smith have been in a feud for 17 years. Usually, if a celebrity feud lasts that long, we know about it. There are public jabs or whispers about who can't be in the same room or sit beside each other at award shows. But no one knew about Jada and Gabrielle's beef unti...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wedding details - no maid of honour and father will walk her down the aisle

Major wedding updates to take us into the weekend! Some big questions about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding were answered this morning at a press briefing. Here’s the key point though: there will be no Maid of Honour. Meghan will be accompanied by her mother, Doria Ragland, to Windsor Ca...

Intro for May 4, 2018

Dear Gossips,  The Met Gala is happening on Monday night. Charlize Theron has been to the Met Gala a few times but she’s not a super regular. She’s been in New York all week, however, to promote Tully, which just opened. Sarah’s review will be posted later today. Will Charlize stay the weekend to...

What Else for May 3, 2018

We needed an extra day to get the new episode of Sasha Answers up this week because of a dance party followed by my gluttony. I’m not sorry. But I was considerate. We are not so considerate though when we call out a liar and the douchebag friend of someone’s boyfriend.   Meghan Markle’s rogue rel...

Celine Dion and Deadpool in Ashes music video is genius

She is the Queen Of All Feelings. And, as you know, if you’re a regular visitor to this site, I have all the feelings for Celine Dion. Haven’t you missed her?  When you think of Celine’s music and movies, what movies come to mind? Classic love stories, right? Epic love stories, right? Belle, Beas...

Christina Aguilera releases new song and music video, Accelerate, co-produced by Kanye West

Christina Aguilera covered Paper magazine in March with the promise of a transformation. The word “transformation” was literally written under her bare face. The stripped down look of the cover and the implied promise of a new era of Xtina had me asking the question: “Ballads or bangers?” I cared le...

Having complicated feelings about The Affair Season 4 trailer

I used to scoff at people who said things like “I’m having so many feelings right now.” Not that it’s impossible to have more than one feeling at once, obviously, life is complicated – but I always thought it was a cop-out. Name them, in number order, and you won’t feel so confused anymore! ...Ye...

Cate Blanchett covers Variety ahead of Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival opens next week, and Cate Blanchett is the jury president. Cannes is somewhat embattled of late, fighting with Netflix, adhering to their (outdated) high-heel policy, banning selfies, and continuing to struggle with representation among the filmmakers and films they invite t...

Smutty Social Media, May 3, 2018

Can someone please explain to Whitney Cummings that she works for Roseanne. slavery wasn't a choice, but not buying Kanye's music anymore is? — Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) May 1, 2018 Curtis Sittenfeld’s new book, You Think It, I’ll Say It, is a collection of short stores – I re...

David Beckham gets emotional in video of son Brooklyn surprising him for his birthday

I posted yesterday about David Beckham’s birthday and H7’s accent. Since then, I’ve heard from a lot of people about accents. Does it work in reverse? Does a Canadian/North American accent sound attractive in the UK? Many of you confirm that it does indeed. As for H7’s accent, many of you in the UK ...

Sandra Bullock covers InStyle to promote Ocean's 8

We are a little over a month from the release of Ocean’s 8 (finally!) so promotion is in high gear. Rihanna covers Vogue this month, and Sandra Bullock is in InStyle, with a wide-ranging (if not very insightful) interview. The thing with reading a Sandra Bullock interview is that, as a gossip con...

Hugh Grant partners with Omaze for opportunity to have a picnic with him in Notting Hill

Asking him to love her?  Hugh Grant, in typical Hugh Grant accidental fashion, became Duana’s favourite at the Golden Globes earlier this year when he stepped on stage to introduce Dunkirk after being introduced as the star of Paddington 2. I mean, look at him.  And then! For that role in ...

Michael B Jordan fan Sylvia Wilson slid into his DMs and it worked

Y'all are trying to ruin my life. My relationship is in jeopardy. In the past 24 hours, six people have sent me this story about a fan who slid into Michael Bae Jordan's DMs and it actually WORKED. Now that I know that sliding into MBJ's DMs is a legit option, how am I supposed to just go about my d...

Jenna Dewan promotes World of Dance on Ellen a month after separation from Channing Tatum

I just had to check how long it’s been since Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum announced their separation. It was actually a month ago yesterday. A month. Has it felt like a month? Just a month? Because I was thinking it happened in February. For some people, when the news first broke, the reaction was...

May 3, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Becca! I’m sorry about… that asshole. I hope that’s OK, to be mad on your behalf. That said, Law School Finals. This is the moment. So put the f-cksh-t away. It’s time to work. It’s time to show your work. If you can work through this, you’ll work through anything. It’s yours. Go get your future. By...

Intro for May 3, 2018

Dear Gossips, I don’t think I’ve gone an entire day the last couple of weeks without hearing Drake’s Nice For What. We were at a party on Saturday night and when it came on, Duana, Sasha, and I looked at each other and shook our heads – not in disapproval but disbelief. Like, I can’t believe how ...

What Else for May 2, 2018

OMG major flashback. Like I can almost SMELL the old school shampoo. I just did an informal poll here at work and everyone I asked used this shampoo when it was packaged like this. And it’s true, the smell was amazing. They sold it to us as orgasmic. I remember I’d smell my own hair all day after a ...

Gabrielle Union promotes Breaking In in pants I must have

Gabrielle Union has a movie coming out next week. Did you know this? I’ve been excited about Breaking In since the trailer dropped and it looked like Panic Room meets Taken about a mom who would do anything to protect her kids, coming out Mother’s Day weekend. Brilliant. I knew was coming and I stil...

Ryan Reynolds promotes Deadpool and demands a f-cking zipper

Ryan Reynolds is in Seoul this week promoting Deadpool 2. Deadpool 2 is the Next. Avengers: Infinity War should dominate for another two weeks and then Deadpool 2 comes out May 18 which is royal wedding weekend, not that they’ll affect each other, although I’m sure he’ll make a joke about it especia...

Smutty Social Media, May 2, 2018

In today’s intro, Lainey wrote about boy bands and solo success. For some of them, going it alone helps them realize that their talent and fame is inextricably linked to their place in that specific band. That revelation is called a reunion tour.    A post shared by Rachel Zoe (@rach...

Victoria Beckham's Instagram birthday wishes for David

Today is David Beckham’s 43rd birthday. Victoria turned 44 a couple of weeks ago and when I wrote about the well-wishes on her day, I mentioned the fact that David consistently refers to Victoria as “mummy” and whether or not that’s a thing for you the way it’s a thing for a friend of mine who feels...

Black Panther keeps giving with new deleted scene release

Black Panther is a gift that has not stopped giving since February 16th, 2018. I saw it for the seventh time last weekend and it just keeps giving. Every time, I appreciate something else. The last couple times I watched Black Panther, I’ve walked out of the theatre thinking about Okoye and W’Kabi. ...

Johnny Depp's former body guards add to lawsuits filed against him

As we all know, Johnny Depp is suing his former managers, The Management Group, for allegedly mishandling his money. TMG is countersuing Johnny basically for being a sh-tty client. In pre-trial documents released last year, it was revealed that Johnny is obscenely irresponsible with his finances, su...

Tom Holland spends night at Zendaya's and I think they're a couple

Zomdaya lives! If you’ve been reading this site, you know that I have an obsession with Tom Holland and Zendaya that I should be more embarrassed about. You also know that their portmanteau is Zomdaya. Don’t @ me, Sarah. After my last post about Zomdaya, I officially decided that they are dating, ev...

Charlie Hunnam and Morgana McNelis at the beach in Hawaii

Charlie Hunnam has been in Hawaii shooting Triple Frontier. He’s been seen a few times hanging out on the beach with friends and colleagues. Here he is with his longtime partner Morgana McNelis the other day giving us an update on their status – which is that there is no update, they’re solid. And t...

Intro for May 2, 2018

Dear Gossips,  What do you consider a “boy band” and what’s the difference between a “boy band” and, like, a “man band”? Are The Beatles a man band or a boy band? Are the Rolling Stones a boy band or a man band? Um, what about Maroon 5?  I guess it doesn’t matter for this conversation. Because...

What Else for May 1, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered what Prince Big G would do if he was a dolphin, your question has officially been answered. This is the Big G of dolphins, leading his dolphin army, and telling a dude to get the f-ck off his ride. Actually no. He didn’t tell him. He made him. Except the Big G of dolphins isn...

Anna Farrs channels Goldie Hawn at Overboard premiere

I don’t know how I completely missed the trailers for the Overboard remake. I just watched them for the first time today. The movie comes out next week. And, as I’ve mentioned before, I LOVE the original with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Goldie was so glorious in that role, GOD she was glorious. Re...

*NSYNC receives star on the Walk of Fame and appears on Ellen

I’m sorry. I had to. *NSYNC reunited yesterday and this gif has never been more relevant.  Anyway, Justin Timberlake almost made it. He almost made it a full day without hijacking *NSYNC's moment. The boy band was given their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and shockingly, the ceremony...

Smutty Social Media, May 1, 2018

Mikhail Baryshnikov is 70 – he’s aging really well. I found an old 2014 interview in which he talked about Sex and the City and how young people choose TV over films, museums and concerts (he doesn’t frame it as a criticism, just an observation). Do you think he’s more recognized as Alexander Petrov...

Bradley Cooper at LAX after presenting A Star is Born at CinemaCon

Here’s Bradley Cooper at LAX yesterday heading out of town. Last week Coop was at CinemaCon in Vegas as part of the Warner Bros presentation. They showed the trailer for A Star Is Born, his directorial debut. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Coop talked about how he and Lady Gaga made a dea...

New Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer looks much better than the first

Marvel is currently dominating the box office. Avengers: Infinity War is the biggest domestic and global opening weekend ever, and will undoubtedly accrue a massive box office haul (they will definitely be blamed for some other tent pole blanking this summer, because they hogged all the money or wha...

Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid photographed kissing in New York

"As for the future, whatever's meant to be will always be.” That was the last line of Gigi Hadid’s statement after she and Zayn Malik broke up. Then, Zayn released an embarrassing video that Lainey loves and I hope I never have to watch again starring a Gigi lookalike. Zayn’s Let Me video ended with...

Prince Louis's birth certificate released

Prince Louis, who I call Trey, was born a week ago yesterday. Just making sure… you all are calling him Louis like “Lew-eeee”, right? And not “Lew-iss? This is a post about what to call people.  Trey’s birth certificate has been released. It is similar to his sister’s and his brother’s. Before we...

Reese Witherspoon announces new book, Whiskey in a Teacup

I will never knock Reese Witherspoon’s business acumen or hustle – her pivot from lukewarm rom-coms (they seriously don’t make them like they used to) to multimedia producer, actress, and dealmaker has been a resounding success. And with that, Reese has broadened her spectrum outside of Hollywood, s...

May 1, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Elizabeth who misses Charlie – thank you for your note and for sharing those details of Charlie’s last two weeks. To be honest, I almost couldn’t get through your entire email because it brought back memories of what it was like when we let go of Marcus two and a half year ago. (I find I always ...

Intro for May 1, 2018

Dear Gossips,  I spent a few hours last night trying to decide about my favourite John Woo movie. And I’m still trying. A Better Tomorrow is probably the sentimental choice. It came first. And it forever established Chow Yun Fat as “Mark Gor” in Chinese pop culture. “Gor” means “big brother” and ...