What Else for April 30, 2019

Halima Aden is the first ever model to be in Sports Illustrated wearing a burkini and a hijab. She is Somali-American. She is, obviously, gorgeous. The photos are, obviously, gorgeous. And you know what? They’re a lot more interesting than the photos we see in SI featuring bikinis. Because after a w...

No, Arya Stark is not a Mary Sue

SPOILERS  There are some words that let a person know exactly who you are. Use them and you’re telling on yourself. Recently this list of words has grown to include the language of the diaper babies. “Soyboy”, “cuck”, “SJW”, these are terms that announce to the world you wear a spiritual diaper. ...

So what happened to the Avengers’ timeline

STILL SPOILERS MORE SPOILERS THERE ARE SPOILERS  JUST SEE THE MOVIE ALREADY Maybe the biggest debate coming out of Avengers:Endgame is what is going on with the timeline. I admit, this is my favorite post-Endgame debate. Talking about Natasha is frustrating for all the wasted potential, ...

Sonic The Hedgehog trailer is TOO weird

When the Detective Pikachu trailer came out, I said, “Let’s get REAL WEIRD”. I am now revising my statement, because we have a trailer for a live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie and I did not mean we should get THIS weird. This is about ten miles past how weird I am willing to get. I don’t even know...

Celebrity Social Media, April 30, 2019

Stagecoach has been in my feed and I’m tempted to call it Cowboy Coachella because of photos like this, but that probably wouldn’t be fair to Stagecoach. One thing the two festivals do have in common is an uptick in herpes prescriptions. But reading through the story, all of the data is coming from ...

Tony Nominations 2019

.@BrandonVDixon just called "Bernhardt-Hamlet" "bernhardt #HAMILTON" at the Tony Nominations!! #TonyNominations @Lin_Manuel — Laura Heywood (@BroadwayGirlNYC) April 30, 2019 This was the first thing I saw about the Tony Awards, which made me laugh – apparently old habits die hard for Brand...

Who IS the strongest Avenger?

Continuing spoilers for Endgame There are spoilers in this post Please be aware of spoilers One more time… SPOILERS It’s a debate that began in Thor: Ragnarok—who is the Strongest Avenger? Thor thinks it’s him. Tony thinks it’s the Hulk. But Carol Danvers is now on the scene, and Scarlet...

Predicting that baby Sussex will be born on May 4th

At post time, the heir to House Sussex has still not been born. Any time now though. And in the meantime, everyone’s trying to get creative with their content so that “Meghan hasn’t given birth yet!” isn’t the only headline. PEOPLE just posted a story about possible baby names and the names that are...

Princess Kate appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Yesterday was Prince William and Catherine’s eighth wedding anniversary and the best gift they received came from the Queen herself: Princess Kate was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. It’s the highest rank in the Order and the honour is decided by the Queen herself, “for serv...

Intro for April 30, 2019

Dear Gossips, As we’ve seen, 2019 has been the Year of the Scam™. There may be another scam brewing. Woodstock 50 was (is?) supposed to be happening August 16-18. Yesterday Billboard reported that Dentsu Aegis Network, the festival’s lead investor, has pulled out of the event with the following s...

What Else for April 29, 2019

This is so f-cking cute. Like if you’re these kids, how are you even able to carry on with your performance?! Sigourney Weaver surprised the students of North Bergen High in New Jersey who put together a stage production of Alien for their class play. Watch the video, watch their reactions. All of i...

Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff deserved better than she got in Avengers: Endgame

MAJOR SPOILERS WITHIN SPOILER ALERT SPOILERS  BEWARE OF SPOILERS ONE MORE TIME – SPOILERS  Natasha Romanoff was the second Avenger in the door. Scarlett Johansson debuted the character way back in 2010, in Iron Man 2. She was the second team member we met, not Captain America, not Tho...

Muse and Director Jennifer Lawrence and David O Russell at the Tribeca Film Festival Talks Directors series

David O Russell was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival Talks Directors series on Saturday in a discussion with Jennifer Lawrence. He’s directed her in three films: Silver Linings Playbook, for which she won the Best Actress Oscar; American Hustle, for which she was nominated for an Oscar; and Joy...

Celebrity Social Media, April 29, 2019

Shakespeare wishes he wrote this. This is the best piece of literature since War and Peace https://t.co/VF1kUyGWTO — Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) April 27, 2019 Children shouldn’t be on social media (for obvious reasons) and I feel bad for Jacob Tremblay, who seems like a very genuine an...

Prince Harry makes surprise appearance at the London Marathon ahead of baby's arrival

Those seem to be the culture’s two key words over the last 24 hours: “not today”. Those were Prince Harry’s unofficial words yesterday, as he was at the London Marathon for yet another surprise appearance. As it was with Anzac Day service last week, Harry’s attendance was not confirmed in advance si...

Prince William and Catherine were married eight years ago today

In 2011, eight years ago today, Prince William married Catherine Middleton. I was there, stationed at the Duke of York monument, during CTV’s live broadcast. It was pretty f-cking awesome, seeing that carriage coming down the mall, on time, like military precision, surrounded by thousands of people,...

Maria Shriver hosts bridal shower for Katherine Schwarzenegger ahead of wedding to Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger announced their engagement just three months ago, in January. This weekend, her ma, Maria Shriver, hosted the bridal shower. Oprah was there. It was elegant but not obnoxious, according to PEOPLE, and Chris got up to say a few words to toast his wife-to-be. A...

Avengers: Endgame obliterates box office records on opening weekend

Seven years ago, The Avengers stomped through its opening weekend to the tune of $207 million. It was an earth-shattering number that redefined the possibilities for summer box office, set off a wave of imitators in the “cinematic universe” game, and ushered in Marvel’s age of box office dominance. ...

Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3 recap

SPOILERS I’m not ragging on the Battle of Winterfell as an event. As a Thing That Happens, it has a lot of terrific moments. It’s an incredibly nerve-wracking, tense eighty minutes of television. It’s an all-out zombie attack that stands up to anything on The Walking Dead (and does a fast-zombie ...

Intro for April 29, 2019

Dear Gossips,  If you’ve been reading this site for a while, at least since HBO first introduced Game of Thrones, you know my view on the whole “Winter is Coming” thing – it was never my favourite part of the series. As I wrote back in 2017 during Season 7, I cared more about Theon Greyjoy than I...

What Else for April 26, 2019

My job is to be on the internet. This is a blessing, most of the time. Except for the last couple of days as my priority has become avoiding anything on the internet that will take away from going into Avengers: Endgame clean. I’m seeing it at 630pm ET tonight. Only three hours to go. And afterwards...

Outfit of the Week: Marion Cotillard's Lacoste crocodile print

You knew this was coming!  OK fine, that might be presumptuous. So let me start over… This is an Outfit of the Week that is probably one of the most “not for everyone” outfits of the week – and that’s why I love it. Of course I love it. The Fug Girls called it “shockingly bad”. I disagree. But...

Celebrity Social Media, April 26, 2019

Wale started a debate about what belongs on a breakfast sandwich, and I’m not mad about his combo. Jelly with egg is the only thing giving me pause, but if sweet and savoury is the goal, this would do it. People put cranberry sauce on turkey and eat pulled pork pancakes (I’ve seen with my own eyes),...

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's Murder Mystery looks completely mediocre in first trailer

It’s long been a truth acknowledged that Adam Sandler doesn’t make movies anymore, he gets movie studios to foot the bill for his vacations. The last few years, Netflix has been paying for Sandler and his pals to go on vacation, the output of which has been execrable, yet Adam Sandler movie vacation...

A theory on the possibility of Prince Harry becoming Head of the Commonwealth

A reader, Elisabeth, sent me a great theory yesterday. It has to do with Princes William and Harry and the role of Head of the Commonwealth. The Queen was the Head of the Commonwealth and last year Prince Charles became the Head, but it wasn’t an automatic. The role isn’t hereditary which is why the...

Prince William's Turnip Drama is trending worldwide

I heard from a lot of people on Twitter and via email yesterday because Prince William was trending worldwide. There’s even a hashtag. Several of them. And not for the reasons that House Cambridge would approve of. So what’s it all about?  The same thing. The Turnip Drama. It’s been over a month ...

Taylor Swift's new single, "ME!" is tearing up the charts

It’s not a clothing and accessories line. This is a relief. As I expected, all those teaser photos Taylor Swift’s been posting for the last couple of weeks were scenes from the video for her new single “ME!”, with Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco. I heard from a well-respected music industry so...

April 26, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Happy Birthday Marsha with love from Emily who has admired you all year for your work this year and for your support and friendship, the ride-or-die way you have stood by her during her challenges. Everyone should have a friend like you. And this is why, today, and all weekend, we celebrate YOU. Kee...

Intro for April 26, 2019

Dear Gossips, As you may have heard, something sh-tty happened to Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, aka the Fug Girls, of Go Fug Yourself yesterday. And we have seen what can happen online to people – women in particular – who are unfairly targeted. The abuse, the threats, to their physical and m...

What Else for April 25, 2019

Lily Collins went for it. And if you are so inclined, you should go for it. As in go for Go Fug Yourself. Give them allllll the love and clicks, hit this link as hard as you can today, and the next day, as many times as you can. Let the Fug Girls know how much you love them. Let Heather and Jessica ...

First trailer released for Ali Wong's Always Be My Maybe starring Randall Park and Keanu Reeves

Ali Wong’s rom-com, Always Be My Maybe, is a clear titular riff off Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” (and it is Mimi-approved), and the trailer is cut with the song, so prepare to have the “do-do-doop” part in your head for the next month. The trailer for Always Be My Maybe is here, it’s super cut...

The spectacularly bad timing of the Bond 25 live launch

Yesterday I got a marketing email that completely baffled me. It was a “media alert!” announcing that this morning there would be a “live launch” of Bond 25, and as I read the email, I legit laughed out loud. They’re trying it? This week? THIS week of ALL weeks? This week and next week are the two b...

Celebrity Social Media, April 25, 2019

Paul Bettany couldn’t go to the Avenging Avengers of Avengerland because he was working. So he’s stuck on set, bored out of his mind, while his co-stars are doing a red carpet victory lap that actually looks like fun. Everyone talks about FOMO, but this is it.         ...

Avengers: Endgame spoiler safe review

(Lainey: I edit almost every post that goes up on this site. I have not read this post. And I’m sad about that because I love reading Sarah’s articles so much. But I’m also trying to go into Avengers: Endgame as clean as possible and while Sarah has assured us that she’s written a UNspoilery review ...

Brie Larson supports Samuel L. Jackson's wife on Broadway

… in Canada. Avengers: Endgame premieres in Canada today, but before we get another look at Carol Danvers and the “things coming out of [her] hands,” Brie Larson took in a performance of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway last night. Check out these photos of her backstage with her hair up, in the sa...

Predicting who will live and who will die in upcoming episode of Game of Thrones

I like what’s been happening the last couple of weeks. I like that we have to wait between episodes of Game of Thrones, even though we’ve already waited so f-cking long, like over a year and a half, between seasons. Because it’s probably not going to happen again, a show like this, this experience o...

Amy Poehler covers The Hollywood Reporter to promote Wine Country

Netflix doesn’t often do big press pushes for their movies—Roma set a standard for awards potential, but outside of that, it’s like Netflix releases one trailer, then bang, the next week the movie is on the platform with little other fanfare. But Amy Poehler’s Wine Country is getting a decent push. ...

Prince Harry and Catherine united at Anzac Day services in London

Prince William is currently in New Zealand representing Queen. He attended Anzac Day services and also met with victims of the Christchurch terror attack in March. Over in London, Princess Catherine attended Anzac Day service at Westminster Abbey and was joined by Prince Harry, who was not initially...

Intro for April 25, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Madonna released her video for "Medellin" featuring Maluma yesterday live on MTV and also did a 30 minute interview at MTV Studios in London. It felt like a throwback to a time before social media – and that was probably intentional. She said that with the new album, Madame X, she’...

What Else for April 24, 2019

PLEASE! Please let this happen. If *NSYNC launches a comeback without that ringletted pipsqueak, please, can we come together, and make it a mission, give it our all, and turn it into a smash success? LET’S DO THIS. And not just out of spite – but because JC should get his due! This is our mission. ...

Beyoncé throws down Before I Let Go challenge on Instagram

By now you’ve watched Homecoming on Netflix, right? And if you didn’t catch the livestream last year, now you know. Well, we all knew. But that’s what Beyoncé does – she lets you think you know, and then she lets you know that you didn’t actually know sh-t because she’s the only one who knows.  Y...

Celebrity Social Media, April 24, 2019

Many male comedians have been lamenting that they have been stifled by “PC culture” and that they can’t make jokes anymore because the social justice warriors are out to get them. This weekend I caught up on Veep and off the top of my head, they touched on mass shootings, abortion, the #MeToo moveme...

Show Your Work MASTER CLASS: Taylor Jenkins Reid

By now you’ve heard about Daisy Jones & The Six,  the sixth book from author Taylor Jenkins Reid, either because of its six weeks and counting on the NYT bestseller list, or because it’s currently being adapted into an Amazon limited series by Reese Witherspoon, or because yes, this book was part of...

OG Avengers Chris Evans, RDJ, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo's hand and footprint ceremony in Hollywood

Avengers: Endgame opens in two days and I CAN’T WAIT TO TALK ABOUT IT. Infinity War was not a movie I felt compelled to discuss after the fact, but oh boy are we going to be talking about Endgame. One reason to talk about it is that this is the end of an era. Sure, Marvel will continue making movies...

Taylor Swift and Emilia Clarke at the TIME 100 Gala

Have you noticed that while everyone on Game of Thrones calls Daenerys “Your Grace” except for f-cking Jorah Mormont who’s still going around calling her “Khaleesi”? (Even Jon Snow, in public, calls her “Your Grace”.) I don’t know the official reason for it but my read is that Jorah has adopted it a...

Gwyneth Paltrow and Dakota Johnson pose in photo together with Derek Blasberg

Maria mentions Derek Blasberg often in her Celebrity Social Media posts. He’s the Truman Capote of our time – only there’s no way he’ll sabotage his celebrity friendships with a barely-veiled story outing all their secrets. Derek celebrated his birthday a couple of days ago. And Gwyneth Paltrow and ...

Sandra Oh shouts out Beyoncé in TIME 100 Gala speech

Sandra Oh was honoured last night at the TIME 100. She’s on one of the magazine’s covers, making the list of the world’s most influential people in the “Pioneer” category. We disagree on many things in these times. But Sandra Oh, I think, is someone who is unanimously in the “agree” column, right?! ...

Intro for April 24, 2019

Dear Gossips,  This is what surprised me yesterday: Robyn Crawford has written a book about her time with Whitney Houston. A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston is due out in the fall. If you followed Whitney’s life and career, you now who Robyn is – in that you don’t really know that much...

What Else for April 23, 2019

If you’ve ever been to Hong Kong and Japan, you’re probably familiar with the fast food culture. Like, you know how you have to be pretty desperate to go near the “hot food” section at the 7-Eleven. In Hong Kong though? The hot food, the packaged food, all the f-cking food is delicious at the 7-Elev...

Sebastian Stan in blue at the Avengers: Endgame premiere in LA

Even though Bucky is, technically, a pile of dust, Sebastian Stan turned up at the Avengers: Endgame premiere. His blue suit is runner up to Taika Waititi’s on my favorite looks of the night roster. The two suits are similar in tone, but Taika’s is definitely lilac, and Stan’s is reading more periwi...

Taylor Swift continues her countdown in pastels and florals

Taylor Swift was spotted a couple of times in New York yesterday – first heading into her apartment in florals and sneakers and then later at Gigi Hadid’s birthday party in florals again and a rose-ish coloured blazer. It’s consistent with the pastels we’ve been seeing during this “4.26” countdown. ...

Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow attend the Avengers: Endgame LA premiere

POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ALTHOUGH I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD LET IT BE A SPOILER?!  They’re calling it Endgame, and most of them are talking like it’s the end of the game in other ways and this is why there’s so much speculation about which Avengers are going to die, like permanently. All of...

Celebrity Social Media, April 23, 2019

Someone threw a lemon at Ariana while she was onstage at Coachella, which is insane! Do you know what this woman has been through? The fact that she can still perform is amazing so whoever paid money to go to Coachella to throw a lemon at her needs some karmic retribution, like getting a tiny paperc...

Taika Waititi having the most fun in a lilac suit at Avengers: Endgame premiere in LA

Rhetorical question, the answer is “no”. Taika Waititi was also at the Avengers: Endgame premiere, in a lilac suit. He is in second place for my favorite suit of the night. I love this shade of lilac, he looks as good as ever, and would you believe it, he actually admits dudes wear makeup on the red...

Will Meghan Markle meet Donald Trump during his State Visit in June?

Buckingham Palace today confirmed that the Queen has invited Donald and Melania Trump to the UK for a State Visit.  The President of The United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Mrs Melania Trump, has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State ...

Prince Harry claps back at Prince William and courtiers for letting out story that he and Meghan have been banished

The big royal headline coming out of the weekend was the Sunday Times report about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle possibly being sent away because he and Prince William aren’t getting along. In my post about this yesterday, I wrote that there were different ways to interpret the story, depending on ...

Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, and Josh Brolin at Avengers: Endgame premiere in LA

To state the obvious, the carpet was purple last night at the Avengers: Endgame premiere because Thanos. Thanos is purple. His ass, as Josh Brolin described it, is a “beautiful, purple peach”. Here it is if you’d like to see it:         View this post on Instagram ...

Brie Larson and Chris Hemsworth on the purple carpet for Avengers: Endgame premiere

Oh my god the purple carpet was SO BIG at the Avengers: Endgame premiere last night. It felt a little like the Oscars, or the Met Gala, or Cannes, or any event, really, where it’s just constant “this person! And this person! THAT person!”. Lainey and I were emailing beforehand about who was covering...

Intro for April 23, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Marvel sent out a tip sheet yesterday ahead of the Avengers: Endgame premiere letting media know who to expect on the red carpet. The list of celebrity names was divided into three categories:  -From the film -Special Guests from the Marvel Cinematic Universe -Special Guests ...

Prince Louis: the first birthday portraits!

Prince Louis is celebrating his first birthday tomorrow – and to celebrate the milestone, Prince William and Catherine have released three new photos of him taken by Kate herself, as it was with Louis’ big brother Big G and his big sister, Charlotte. The images show Louis at the Cambridge home in No...

What Else for April 22, 2019

Stop what you’re doing. Because Duana just sent this to me and Kathleen and it’s my soundtrack for the rest of the night. HOP HOP HOP INTO THAT PUSSAYYYYY. why is no one on my tl talking about miss sophie referring to gendry as an easter bunny hop hop hopping into that PUSSAY? pic.twitter.com...

Celebrity Social Media, April 22, 2019

If climate change is the thing that keeps you up at night, I have good news – Lindsay Lohan is on the case.          View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Lindsay Lohan (@lindsay...

Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong are bird BFFs in Netlfix's Tuca & Bertie

One of Tiffany Haddish’s many, many projects is a Netflix cartoon called Tuca & Bertie. We heard about it a while ago, and now there is a trailer ahead of the show’s May 3 premiere. (WHY IS EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT ONCE. SAVE SOME STUFF FOR LATER. WE HAVE ALL SUMMER.) Haddish voices a toucan called T...

Idris Elba is “black Superman” in new Hobbs & Shaw trailer

As previously stated, I am SUPER ON BOARD with Hobbs & Shaw, the Fast/Furious spin-off focused on The Rock and Jason Statham. I am 100% in the tank for this movie, I don’t care if it’s good or bad because those are relative terms that do not apply when The Rock is creating a truck-chain to bring dow...

Multiple celebrities announce breakups on Friday including Adele and Michelle Williams

It’s a move we don’t see too often anymore and much of that has to do with social media – there is no longer weekend downtime, we are locked in 24 hours of every day, not just Monday to Friday. So in a way, there’s no sense in burying your news right before a weekend since nobody really slows down. ...

Predicting names for Baby Sussex

Entertainment Tonight is reporting that Meghan Markle’s ma, Doria Ragland, has arrived in London which of course means that Baby Sussex’s arrival is imminent. Seems like a good time to talk about name predictions. I asked a couple of weeks ago to send me yours. Here’s what you’re thinking:  Diana...

Buckingham Palace isn't shutting down rumours that Prince Harry and Meghan will be sent to Africa

The Sunday Times reported this weekend that there are plans in place to send Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the royal “rock stars”, abroad for a few years. Canada and Australia were apparently initially considered but both countries were ultimately rejected because of Canada’s proximity to America ...

Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2 recap

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY Usually the big battle in a Game of Thrones season falls toward the end of the season, often in the penultimate episode, but this year, it is clear the big battle is coming in the front half, as we spend all of the second episode teeing up the Battle of Winterfell. The episode ...

Intro for April 22, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Many of us got what we wanted on Game of Thrones last night: a glimpse of Ghost. But what does Ghost get in return? Not much. Our very good boy isn’t even acknowledged! And then there’s the bigger problem: Ghost is bonded to a dumbass. Seriously. He deserves better than Jon and his...

What Else for April 18, 2019

PROGRAMMING NOTE: we will be dark tomorrow, Good Friday, a federal holiday in Canada. Which means it’s a long weekend in Canada. We’ll be back on Monday though on regular gossip schedule. Have a great (long) weekend – and Happy Easter to those of you who observe it! There’s been a lot of talk thi...

Brie Larson’s Outfits of the Week

Once in a while, an OOTW post belongs on the main page because the outfit – or in this case outfits, plural – is just too good. Two of them – one for me and one for you? Here’s what I love about Brie Larson’s two looks earlier this week in South Korea to promote Avengers: Endgame – the versatility. ...

RuPaul dressed as Queen Elizabeth in Vogue profile

On Monday, added to the list of things I didn’t know I needed in my life but now can’t live without,  RuPaul was revealed dressed as Queen Elizabeth I for Vogue’s May issue.  Seriously, me when I saw this image  The puffed sleeves! The gold brocade skirt! The (wake up) pearl jewelry! The ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 18, 2019

Chrissy Teigen was named to the TIME 100 list (written by Eric Ripert). I really like Chrissy’s recipes and her approach to cooking because it doesn’t focus on wellness, but on sharing a meal. Every celebrity cookbook is selling more than food; it’s a lifestyle with homey designer kitchens and colou...

Final trailer released for Sophie Turner's Dark Phoenix

The final trailer for Dark Phoenix was released yesterday, the apparent conclusion to this era of X-Men movies before it (likely) gets booted. Sarah has written previously about the franchise’s decline and that other trailers for this movie haven’t look great. That’s actually an understatement. You ...

Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern in first trailer for JT LeRoy

Earlier this week we got a look at Kristen Stewart’s return to the mainstream with Charlie’s Angels,  but first, she has another indie film coming out. She co-stars in JT Leroy, a movie about the literary scandal of the early aughts, when celebrated author JT Leroy was revealed as a hoax. Stewart pl...

Jason Momoa's newly shaved face is a major improvement

Jason Momoa shaved off his beard – and people are really into their feelings about it. He shares the shave on a video he posted to promote environmental responsibility and a new water product that’s sold in cans instead of plastic bottles. This is, he says, the first time he’s gone without a beard s...

Madonna drops new single, “Medellin” ft Maluma from upcoming album, Madame X

As expected, Madonna dropped her new single, “Medellin” ft Maluma, yesterday ahead of the June 14th release of her next album Madame X, her first since 2015’s Rebel Heart.  “Medellin” is not EDM, a relief. My friend Brian calls it “La Isla Bonita part 2”. Indeed, Madonna is going back to a Latin ...

Everyone looks intense in first images from next Game of Thrones episode released by Entertainment Weekly

Images from the next episode of Game of Thrones have been released, and it looks like Winterfell is gearing up for a fight. Lyanna Mormont is dressed for battle, Grey Worm and Missandei look intense, everyone is standing around, looking intense. There’s a tease of Jaime’s trial, and Raven-Bran being...

April 18, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

As some of you may know, I’m one of five co-hosts on a daytime talk show here in Canada called The Social. If you’ve been to The Social, you’ve probably met one of our MVPs, our secret sauce, one of the reasons our show is the most fun: Derek Forgie, our audience coordinator. People often want their...

Intro for April 18, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Well? Did you watch #BeyoncéHomecoming? Were you transported? Beyoncé Day generated half a million tweets yesterday and universal critical acclaim. Homecoming: The Live Album soared to the top of the charts. And, once again, Beyoncé is trailblazing.  You’ll recall, when she surp...

What Else for April 17, 2019

George Lucas created Star Wars. So picking a favourite Star Wars character, for him, is like favouring one child over another. It’s no surprise then that the character he picked is probably the most divisive. If you see it through the parenting lens, he’s going to protect the one who’s most unpopula...

Sandra Oh, the Pioneer on the TIME 100 for 2019

Today is National Canadian Film Day, a day to celebrate Canadian filmmaking and the big talent we have here. A broad program of screenings and events have been organised – if you are in Canada, please click here if you’d like to participate.  Today is also the day that TIME released its annual li...

Mindy Kaling and Priyanka Chopra's wedding comedy picked up by Universal

Last week weekend, Deadline reported that Universal won the rights to Mindy Kaling’s and Priyanka Chopra’s new untitled comedy about a big Indian wedding that takes place in both America and India. What’s it about? We don’t know much yet because the details are sparse, but we do know that it “revolv...

Yalitza Aparicio on the TIME 100

This makes more sense than Richard Madden. Yalitza Aparicio, the first-time actor at the center of Roma, and also the first indigenous-Latin American to be nominated for an Oscar, broke through some barriers in the acting world. Alfonso Cuaron, who directed her in Roma, writes up her blurb, and ment...

Show Your Work LIVE: Beyoncé Homecoming Edition

If you’re on the internet at all today, #BeyoncéHomecoming is all there is, but just in case you’re somehow avoiding all of it except this post, SPOILERS abound below:  Lainey and I are joined by very special guest/official provider of waterworks Kathleen for what might be our most anticipated po...

Celebrity Social Media, April 17, 2019

Russell Wilson just signed a huge contract and on WWHL, Andy Cohen wanted to talk about it with Ciara. She was very gracious but trying her hardest not to talk cash. I don’t think Ciara took home the bedazzled, “I’m very rich b-tch” football.          View this pos...

Taylor Swift is one of the TIME 100 for 2019

Taylor Swift is one of the TIME 100 for 2019. Shawn Mendes wrote the feature.  .@ShawnMendes: “The magic of @taylorswift13 doesn’t come from the lights, dancers or fireworks (although all of that is incredible) but from the electrifying connection that she has with the people who are there to...

Richard Madden is on the Time 100 list, but why?

Richard Madden is on the Time 100 this year. Why, exactly? I like Madden as much as the next person, but what has he done to put him on this list? Bodyguard was popular for a minute, and it did break him out of the Game of Thrones bubble—is that all it takes? Or is he here as the presumptive heir to...

Beyoncé profiles Michelle Obama for TIME 100 list 2019

Earlier this morning, after we’d wrapped the Show Your Work podcast, #BeyoncéHomecoming special episode, Duana, Kathleen, and I were still high off of what we’d just watched and talked about and Kathleen kept saying, “What a time to be alive”. Duana and I kind of giggled – but it’s not like we disag...

Alex Rodriguez tells Jimmy Fallon about planning proposal to Jennifer Lopez with precision

In the olden days (15 years ago), when a couple got engaged, we would only have to hear the story once or twice (maybe more, if they were kind of annoying). Before social media, there was no visual element to proposals because that would require not just a photographer to be present, but having thos...

Getting emotional with new Avengers: Endgame trailer ten days ahead of movie premiere

To mark ten days until Avengers: Endgame—now nine—Marvel released another trailer, this one including clips from every movie leading up to Endgame. Yes, even Incredible Hulk, the Marvel movie everyone forgets about! Endgame doesn’t need its wheels greased any more than they already are, but man, thi...

Intro for April 17, 2019

Dear Gossips,  I’m writing this at 2am ET. Kathleen just got to my place and Duana is on her way – she texted to ask us if we wanted drive-thru, LOL. We are gathering, OBVIOUSLY, for #BeyoncéHomecoming, joining hundreds of thousands of others around the world (millions, probably?) who are watchin...

What Else for April 16, 2019

JUST A FEW MORE HOURS NOW. You know what we’re counting down to. Duana and Kathleen are coming over tonight/tomorrow morning at 130am. We’re watching #BeyoncéHomecoming together from 3am-517am. Then we’re going straight into the podcast. Because OF COURSE Beyoncé is worth an all-nighter.  Michael...

Game of Thrones: Can we talk about Harry Strickland?

Am I the only one who wants to talk about this? Hi to the five of you out there who, like me, have been thinking about Harry Strickland since Sunday night’s premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones.  So Euron Greyjoy goes to Essos to hire the Golden Company on behalf of Cersei and he comes...

Famous Hong Kong celebrity Andy Hui admits to cheating on wife Sammi Cheng in press conference

Well if there’s one thing that can distract me from Game of Thrones and #BeyoncéHomecoming (less than 12 hours to go now!), it’s a major scandal. Many of you won’t know who these people are – but, please, stay with me. Because even though you don’t know the players, you’ll still find the situation f...

Celebrity Social Media, April 16, 2019

There’s a current magazine cover about Lady Gaga “choosing between two lovers” – Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner. They’re still trying that? I guess since none of the “affair” predictions worked out, they have to now come up with a breakup story.          View thi...

Allison Williams in solid trailer for Netflix's The Perfection

If you told me that among the women of Girls, ALLISON WILLIAMS would have the most interesting post-show career, I would not have believed you. Her? I would say. The basic preppy one? HER? Yet, this is what has happened. Post-Girls, Allison Williams has built an interesting, genre-strewn career. (Al...

Madonna promotes upcoming album, Madame X, on Instagram

I was over at my friend Iain’s the other night and whenever Iain and I get together, Madonna dominates our conversation. Iain has a PhD in Madonna. He went to see her last tour, Rebel Heart, something like 14 times all around the world.  It’s been a quiet few years for Madonna – by her standards....

Rihanna in New York with Hasaan Jameel as film Guava Island with Childish Gambino premieres at Coachella

I half expected Rihanna to show up at Coachella this weekend. It’s not like she’s a stranger there. And when Rihanna goes to Coachella she turns it into a fashion moment. You remember her outfits from 2018?         View this post on Instagram       ...

The women knew more than the men in first episode of Game of Thrones season 8

How many times now have you watched the season premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones? As expected, the episode, broke ratings records on Sunday night. It’s now the highest rated episode in HBO history and the most-watched scripted episode of television of 2019 – and the numbers don’t accou...

First look at Elizabeth Banks's Charlie's Angels starring Kristen Stewart

Elizabeth Banks’ officially-a-sequel-and-not-a-reboot Charlie’s Angels is coming out later this year, and we have some brightly colored photos to look at and start judging. The photos focus on Kristen Stewart as Sabina (GREAT NAME), Naomi Scott as Elena, Ella Balinska as Jane, and Banks as one of se...

Intro for April 16, 2019

Dear Gossips,  My favourite book of 2019 (so far) was released in Canada and the US today. I wonder if you’ll feel the way I did when I read it:  I’m only 75 pages in but I get it now why people are so into this book and they can’t keep it in stock in the UK. I fucking love it so much I do...

What Else for April 15, 2019

Cardi B was asked the other day if she would ever perform with Nicki Minaj. Dlisted’s J Harvey is right in saying that there are about a hundred emojis that move through her face as she’s considering the question. You know that infamous shot of Mariah Carey when she’s asked about Jennifer Lopez? “I ...

The Big Little Lies season 2 trailer brings up both yes and no feelings

There is nothing that makes me feel more ‘yes and no’ than the trailer for Season 2 of Big Little Lies. I specifically don’t mean ‘conflicted’, which at least to me means that you’re so full of all kinds of back and forth feelings that you can’t decide how you feel.  On the contrary, I feel very ...

Keanu Reeves is front and center and as unknowable as ever on cover of GQ

In the midst of Avengers: Endgame madness, it’s easy to forget this is just the first big movie of summer, and there are other movies coming out. One of those movies is John Wick: Chapter 3 and to remind us of this fact, Keanu Reeves is on the cover of GQ. The whole profile is about the Mystique Of ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 15, 2019

Romeo and Juliet, Katie and Hubbell, Bella and Edward – these couples have nothing on the greatest romance of our time, Dina Lohan and the online boyfriend that she never met in person. Like most iconic loves, it wasn’t built to last.          View this post on Ins...

Taylor Swift counting down to something on April 26

Taylor Swift is counting down to something. There’s a countdown clock on her website. Her social channels the last few days are all pointing to “4.26”. The obvious would be new music, six months before she’s known to prefer to release new music, in the fall, but now that she has a new record deal, m...

Bran Stark reaches new levels of creepiness in Season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY It’s not new information that since becoming the Three-Eyed Raven Bran Stark has turned into a total creep, but in the return episode of Game of Thrones, Bran reaches new heights of creepiness. He spends all his time, sitting in the courtyard, waiting for his “old friend”, and ...

Ariana Grande delivers during headlining Coachella performance

Ariana Grande was the major headliner last night to conclude the first weekend of Coachella 2019. And, as she has done consistently over the last year and a half, she delivered – strong presence, vocals, set, showing her work all around, and then there were the special guests. Since there were appar...

Jon Snow's first dragon ride in Season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY Lainey and I were texting after the Game of Thrones premiere, and one thing that came up was the length of Jon Snow’s first dragon ride. Lainey was like, “They’re just showing off their VFX” and “Where’s Ghost”, complaining that the moment was too long, but I loved Jon’s first ...

Prince William and Catherine's weekend in the country

Over the last few weeks, any headlines about Prince William and Catherine in the English countryside have involved turnips and drama. For months now, the upper class in Norfolk has been gossiping about why Kate isn’t friends with Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, anymore. And there are ...

Everything happened in last night's Game of Thrones premiere

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY After an interminable wait—what was it, five years? Don’t correct me, it FELT like forever—Game of Thrones has returned for its final season. This episode was, as many first-of-the-season Thrones episodes are, mostly a table-setting episode. It was sorting everyone into their r...

Intro for April 15, 2019

Dear Gossips,  I don’t know how to wait a week to watch a show. I don’t know how to do it anymore. What is this feeling?! Sunday seems like it’s a long ways away but, at the same time, I’m kinda into it, like rubbing a bruise. Because it seems like this isn’t going to happen again, all of us, wat...

What Else for April 12, 2019

Here’s the latest chapter in the mess between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp – and it’s her side of the story in response to the lawsuit he’s filed against her, calling her liar. Of course no one is covering this better than Michael K who finds a way to compare Johnny Depp to a gremlin LOLOLOLOLOL. (Dl...

Lainey’s Best of Thrones: First of His Name

All week we’ve been each featuring favourite episodes of Game of Thrones. To read the entire series, and all our other GoT content, please visit the GoT main page here.  What we discovered when we all started making our picks for our favourite episodes was that our choices say more about us than ...

First teaser for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker looks very cool

Star Wars Celebration is happening right now, and it’s bringing us our first look at Star Wars Episode IX. There’s a new droid! Poe Dameron looks super f-cking hot! Carrie Fisher returns thanks to unused footage! All of the main characters are in love with each other so ship your hearts out! And, be...

Sarah’s Best of Thrones: Baelor

I came a little late to Game of Thrones. Two seasons had already lapsed, and then before the third, HBO did one of those free-trial weekends and they marathoned the first couple seasons before the premiere of the third. I decided to watch it, but fantasy is very hit and miss with me. I don’t love al...

Celebrity Social Media, April 12, 2019

You know what’s great about Jennifer Garner’s messaging here? It’s that she dorks out with her Madonna impression, but it’s framed by her work with Save the Children. This may look easy (social media mixed with philanthropy) but if it was, why do so many celebs get it wrong? Part of Jennifer Garner’...

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have a date night in New York with bonus shots of Emma Roberts and Garrett Hedlund

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt stepped out for dinner in New York last night. John confirmed earlier this year that he would be directing the sequel to A Quiet Place and it was reported in February that Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe were “in talks to return”. A Quiet Place was made ...

Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus reportedly break up again because of distance

The last time I posted about Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus, she was with him for the Triple Frontier press tour after an obvious “we’re back together rollout” via the usual entertainment media outlets. Yesterday PEOPLE broke the news they are over again because of distance. She’s based in New York...

First trailer for Drake's Euphoria starring Zendaya released

You know that idiom in fashion that says if you wore a trend the first time around, it’s not for you the second time? I mostly think that’s dumb, but watching the trailer for Euphoria, the new HBO teen series starring Zendaya from executive producer Drake, I started to understand, for the first time...

Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph's Wine Country looks funny and adorable in first trailer

A few weeks ago, we got a preview of Amy Poehler’s Netflix film, Wine Country, when she and Maya Rudolph appeared in Vanity Fair to talk work and friendship. Now, we have a trailer for Wine Country, and it looks as funny and adorable as you’d expect. Poehler and Rudolph are joined by an all-star SNL...

Intro for April 12, 2019

Dear Gossips,  There is so much to watch this weekend. Of course the big watch is the return of Game of Thrones, beginning its six-episode run to the end. But that’s not until Sunday night (9pm on Crave in Canada). Tonight Kathleen and I are seeing Little, starring Regina Hall, Issa Rae, and Mars...

What Else for April 11, 2019

On this week’s episode of What’s Your Drama, Sasha and I deal with a major drama queen and some really obvious relationship red flags. Like when your friends are trying to warn you, remember, they are your friends.  Emily, our site manager, sent this to me with the note “this is so f-cking funny”...

Duana’s Best Of Thrones: Mockingbird

(For previous posts in our Best of Game of Thrones countdown, please visit the GoT main page here.)   “I’m sorry it has to be this way.” “Why are you sorry? Because you’re an evil bastard with no heart? That’s what I liked about you in the first place.” COME ON.  When it was time to choose...

Chris Pine steps out in LA after a game of tennis

Almost a full-team Chris Day. Maybe Chris Pratt will step out later today. For now, here’s a post about the third Chris of the day, Chris Pine at the club to play tennis. Chris Pine is Kathleen’s Best Chris. Today, as mentioned earlier, Chris Hemsworth is my Best Chris. I specified today because I’m...

Celebrity Social Media, April 11, 2019

Have you ever been face-to-face with a super hot person and felt embarrassed or uncomfortable? You aren’t alone –writer Amanda Hull explains the science behind being near people who are really really really ridiculously good looking.         View this post on Insta...

Game of Thrones Winning Odds: House Stark

We’ve reviewed the odds of all the major players left on the board, and now it’s time to talk about House Stark. Like House Targaryen, there are multiple routes to a Stark victory, starting with the most obvious, Jon Snow. Jon has been a leader, inspired loyalty, commanded armies—on paper he’s an id...

Chris Hemsworth is sexier than ever promoting Avengers: Endgame in London

Here’s Chris Hemsworth in London today promoting Avengers: Endgame, like it needs more promotion. (Why am I working for Marvel/Disney for free?) I’m more into Chris Hemsworth right now than I’ve ever been – and not just because Thor is way cooler now than he was when we first met him but because som...

Ellen Page and Laura Linney star in new teaser for Tales of the City

Our site manager Emily sent me the trailer for this yesterday, with the caption “I’m not crying, you’re crying” and now I’m definitely crying, so I guess we’re all just crying. Netflix released the trailer for latest installment of Tales of the City, scheduled to air on June 7th. YOU CAN’T DO THIS W...

Chris Evans filming Defending Jacob in Massachusetts while other Avengers promote Endgame in the UK

Chris Evans showed up at the Avengers: Endgame press conference last weekend looking hot in green velvet pants and brown boots but while some of the others were in the UK yesterday he was at home in Massachusetts working on Defending Jacob, the Apple series based on the book by William Landay that’s...

Brie Larson is spending her capital

Duana and I talk a lot about “capital” on Show Your Work. This is an expression she started using about celebrity, how they accumulate capital, what they do with that capital, and whether or not it’s spent judiciously. Brie Larson spoke at the Women of the World conference yesterday in New York abou...

Intro for April 11. 2019

Dear Gossips, As we get nearer to the birth of Baby Sussex, there’s been a lot of talk lately about when and how House Sussex will make the announcement. In the past, we’ve seen Princess Diana with Prince Charles and Kate Middleton with Prince William outside the hospital posing for the crowd of ...

What Else for April 10, 2019

Not five minutes after I hit “send” on my post today about the Met Gala and who’ll cover the May – and Met – issue of Vogue, speculating about whether or not it would be Lady Gaga, in keeping with tradition, or my brilliant idea of having Gaga and Madonna on the cover together… well… it turns out no...

Kathleen’s Best of Thrones: THE RED WEDDING!!!!!

(Lainey: first of all, Kathleen is so dramatic, and dramatically on brand – look at those exclamation points. Second, as we continue our series this week of our favourite Game of Thrones episodes counting down to the final season premiere, click here to visit the GoT main page for previous posts you...

Sandra Bullock looks like her character in The Net while visiting the dentist in LA

Sandra Bullock was photographed leaving a dentist appointment in Beverly Hills yesterday, decked out in a white shirt, khakis and a jean jacket; it’s an outfit that would be benign casual daywear for the average star, except that A) Sandra is one of those celebrities of a certain status that we rare...

Richard Madden and Brandon Flynn spark dating rumours as they are photographed together in LA

The thought of the upcoming nude scene between Taron Egerton and Richard Madden in the Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN was enough to keep my motor running this month (even though it might be getting cut and straightwashed like Bohemian Rhapsody). So, you can imagine that all the talk about Richard Madde...

New actress Emma Corrin to play Princess Diana in The Crown

The third season of The Crown is due this year, with a new cast playing the royal family. Olivia Colman is taking over as the queen, Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, and Helena Bonham-Carter as Princess Margaret. No-longer-a-child Prince Charles will be played by Josh O’Connor from The Durrells in C...

Celebrity Social Media, April 10, 2019

This photo is the new “guy checking out hot woman” meme, be prepared to see it everywhere. It is a perfect viral moment. One thing I want to draw attention to is Gabrielle Union’s use of emojis, particularly the second one of a squiggly face (I can’t describe it any other way). That emoji has been e...

The only answer for shot-by-shot remake of Disney's The Lion King is money

The full trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King is here and I remain totally unmoved. It’s a shot-for-shot remake. Sure, it looks beautiful, but it’s a shot-for-shot remake. Besides money, WHY? There is no answer, except “money”. Also, I really need a ruling on what counts as “live...

Show Your Work: The want and the need of Game of Thrones

But first… We spend the first few minutes of this latest episode of Show Your Work stressing over #BeyoncéHomecoming. This is a Beyoncé documentary by Beyoncé about the work of Beyoncé. This is pretty much why our podcast even exists. So, of course, we will be dedicating a special episode of Show...

Countdown to the Met Gala 2019: the committee list

We are now four Mondays away from the first Monday in May, known as Met Gala Monday. The Met Gala is now one of the most important days on the gossip calendar, some might consider it to be THE most important day on the gossip calendar, even more important than the Oscars because it’s a longer guest ...

College Admissions Scandal Update: trial and sentencing

The college admissions scandal has entered its next phase—trial and sentencing. The first round of defendants, including Felicity Huffman, have plead guilty and await sentencing. Huffman faces up to twenty years in jail, but because she accepted a plea deal, the prosecutors will recommend her senten...

House Cambridge and House Sussex cover PEOPLE

For the last six months, the growing divide between House Cambridge and House Sussex has been front page news. Now that they’ve formally separated households and social media accounts, PEOPLE is even getting in on it. This is noteworthy because PEOPLE is typically royal-friendly, so as to protect th...

Intro for April 10, 2019

Dear Gossips,  When Ryan Gosling hosted Saturday Night Live in September 2017, one of the most talked-about and enduring sketches of the night was one that aired late in the episode. It was where he freaks over the Avatar font, Papyrus. People love to dump on SNL and most of the time, sure, they ...

What Else for April 9, 2019

Nicole Scherzinger is apparently confirming the rumour that T.I. and Tiny often invite guests to come over to, um, join their situation. So…who else has received this kind of invitation? Why is Chelsea Handler coming to mind? Relax. I’m sure Chelsea isn’t part of this mess. I’m just saying her face ...

Maria’s Best of Thrones: The Queen’s Justice

(Every day this week, we are each highlighting our all-time favourite Game of Thrones episodes. To review previously posted episodes, and other GoT content, please visit our Game of Thrones mainpage.) This mid-season episode didn’t have an epic battle scene or game-changing death, but "The Queen’...

An update on Timothy Olyphant, the silver fox

Lainey notifies me whenever there are new photos of Timothy Olyphant, because there are so rarely new photos of Timothy Olyphant. That might be why I didn’t realize he has gained so much silver in his hair—Timothy Olyphant has officially reached Silver Fox status. It’s a good look on him. (What isn’...

Celebrity Social Media, April 9, 2019

This week, we are talking about our favourite Game of Thrones episodes. (First up was Prem, who makes a case for Renly Baratheon thirst.) Mine will be up sometime later today, but I like this question posed by Ike Barinholtz on the GoT characters we see ourselves as (and who we’d actually be). For m...

Pet Sematary movie review

Remakes are rarely anything more than a cash grab, and the remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is no different, seemingly existing solely to capitalize on the recent King boom heralded by It and Castle Rock. This Pet Sematary, brought to us by directing duo Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmeyer, the te...

Prince William reportedly trying to legally shut down further reports of affair

It’s been, what?, three weeks since the Sun reported that Princess Kate and Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley mysteriously aren’t friends anymore? Shortly after, there was a lot of rumouring on social media about what, exactly, led to the breakup of the Turnip Toffs. And then, even thoug...

Jude Law films The New Pope on the beach in a white speedo

These pictures of Jude Law on the set of The New Pope in Venice yesterday don’t really need much explanation. He’s reprising his role as Lenny Belardo and John Malkovich also stars, no story details have been released but… I mean… I can’t imagine he’s still the Pope. Or, you know, maybe he is. Jude’...

Scarlett Johansson promotes Avengers: Endgame on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd, and Chris Hemsworth

Scarlett Johansson is currently promoting Avengers: Endgame, a movie which needs no promotion. She was on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night with RDJ, Chris Hemsworth, and Paul Rudd. Next year, she’ll probably be back on the Marvel beat promoting her own movie, Black Widow, which is reportedly going to f...

Lily-Rose Depp shopping in LA without Timothee Chalamet

I saw these shots of Lily-Rose Depp shopping in LA yesterday and realised…oh yeah, it’s been months since we’ve had an update on her and Timothee Chalamet. Pretty sure the last time they were seen together was back in December when he spent part of the holidays with her in France. Not that that mean...

Intro for April 9. 2019

Dear Gossips,  Yesterday in What Else? I linked to an article about Thandie Newton and how she said that every woman should try a good vibrator at least once – agree, but I also added that we also need recommendations, like not a website with a list of products but actual user testimonials. Enc...

What Else for April 8, 2019

I see these axe-throwing videos all the time. There are, like, clubs that you can join and bars you can go to where instead of playing pool or darts, you launch an axe at a wall…which I’ve always wanted to try. NOT ANYMORE. This video is terrifying. Like, I can throw. I can’t throw far but I don’t h...

Scarlet Envy vs Rajah O'Hara: Who Should’ve Won?

You might as well call me The Oracle from The Matrix because I predicted the sh-t out of this latest episode. On Thursday, I wrote about how there is some serious foreshadowing in the Season 11 promo, and I even said these exact words: “For example, Rajah O’Hara pushes Scarlet Envy out of the way...

Prem’s Best of Thrones: The Ghost of Harrenhal

Although I’m now a huge fan of the show, I joined the Game of Thrones train a little late, somewhere between Season 4 and Season 5. The show is famous for its merciless killing of beloved characters. For most, their “Game of Thrones moment” was either Ned Stark’s death in Season 1, or the Red Weddin...

Zachary Levi in Shazam! movie review

Here’s a surprise, Shazam! is delightful, by far the most fun and upbeat—and optimistic—movie DC Films has produced. So it’s a little bit of a bummer the movie isn’t doing any better. It opened this weekend with $53 million, which isn’t bad, but it’s not great, either. It’s the lowest opening for a ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 8, 2019

The Jonas sisters are fine, they even have a hashtag.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) on Apr 5, 2019 at 5:50pm PDT ...

Miranda Lambert makes first red carpet appearance with new husband Brendan McLoughlin at the ACM Awards

Last time I checked in on Miranda Lambert she was telling the world (via a pap) to “mind their own f-cking business.” Miranda is good for gossip. Great, actually. And I don’t think a songwriter as self-aware as she is doesn’t know that, just like I don’t think she was a babe in the woods when she po...

Keith Urban supported by his "Baby Girl" Nicole Kidman at the ACM Awards

Keith Urban was named Male Artist of the Year last night at the ACM Awards. He also won Entertainer of the Year, the first of his career, after winning the same award six months ago at the CMAs, also for the first time. And, of course, “Baby Girl” Nicole Kidman was at his side to celebrate. Remember...

Beyoncé’s Homecoming is coming to Netflix on April 17th

Coachella is this weekend and next. Which means it’s the first anniversary of Beychella now known as Homecoming. Homecoming, usually, is in the fall. Beyoncé’s basically trying to change the calendar. Great. My calendar has been changed and marked: April 17th, Netflix made the announcement this week...

Gossip Genie-ing MCU captains Brie Larson and Chris Evans

A reader called Lori sent me a note yesterday with a suggestion and a question: Should we Gossip Genie the two MCU Captains, America and Marvel? Chris Evans and Brie Larson? This is how the idea came to mind – here they are leaving together after the press conference yesterday, Chris has his arm ...

The cast of Avengers: Endgame make promotional push at press conference this weekend

Two and a half weeks to go until Avengers: Endgame opens and we find out how they’re going to take out Thanos and reverse the Snap. So the final press push begins. Which is interesting because even though, in theory, we know that most of them will somehow be un-dusted (obviously Spider-Man and Black...

Meghan Markle has reportedly "snubbed" Royal Household gynaecologists in favour of female doctors

As you know, we’re getting closer and closer to the birth of Baby Sussex. Apparently Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have opted not to deliver at the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital where several other royal babies were born, including the Cambridge three, George, Charlotte, and Louis. Instead, repo...

Intro for April 8, 2019

Dear Gossips,  We are finally inside a week until the return – and end – of Game of Thrones. Next Monday we’ll all be talking about the first of the last six episodes, “the end of the era of television as an epic, communal journey”, as Matt Zoller Seitz wrote in Vulture the other day. Will there ...

What Else for April 5, 2019

Duana and I talked about The View and Ramin Setoodeh’s new book on The View, Ladies Who Punch, a couple of weeks ago. That’s what I’m reading this weekend. I’m actually about to start as soon as I wrap the site. And this is the perfect appetiser – audio of Elisabeth Hasselback threatening to quit th...

Robert Pattinson sings in song featured in new film High Life

High Life, the first English language film directed by the acclaimed Claire Denis, opens in limited release today and is getting excellent reviews, in particular for lead actor Robert Pattinson who’s been on a tear the last couple of years with a string of impressive performances in Good Time, The L...

John Cho to star in Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop remake

Yesterday the internet exploded when it was announced that John Cho will star in Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop remake, as the space bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Lainey emailed me about it, and I think I disappointed her when I said I’m not into Cowboy Bebop. It’s one piece of nerdery I just nev...

Celebrity Social Media, April 5, 2019

It’s “sweet birthday baaaaaabbbbyyyyy” day.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Nick Kroll (@nickkroll) on Apr 4, 2019 at 10:10pm PDT You know Chrissy Teigen a...

Harry Styles goes for a run in London wearing nail polish and holding a shake

Harry Styles is who I was talking about in my previous post about Charlize Theron. She’s “shockingly available:”. He’s dated older women before. Don’t tell me he wouldn’t. The only question is whether or not she would. I think she might. Maybe not forever but definitely for a while. I can see it, ca...

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen present Long Shot at CinemaCon

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen were in Vegas for CinemaCon yesterday to promote Long Shot and they were presented with the Comedy Stars of the Year Award. Long Shot was well-received at SXSW last month,  Charlize and Seth’s chemistry is reportedly really strong, and as we saw last year, the rom-com ...

Jennifer Hudson sings "Memory" during CinemaCon presentation of Cats

Here’s a question I’ve been asking on this site for months now: what the f-ck is this Cats movie? The Cats movie comes out just before Christmas. Like, pretty much at the same time as Star Wars: Episode IX. They’re counterprogramming Star Wars with Cats. OK.  Tom Hooper is directing. Jennifer Hud...

Lil Nas X's amazing collaboration with Billy Ray Cyrus on "Old Town Road"

Speaking of Billboard… Billy Ray Cyrus has been trending on Twitter for the last 12 hours or so and it’s… kind of amazing? Here’s the backstory. Lil Nas’s song, “Old Town Road”, has been a big viral hit since shortly after its release in December, showing up on three different Billboard charts: t...

The 2019 BBMA Nominations: Cardi B and BTS Make a Big Splash

The Billboard Music Awards will be airing on May 1st, hosted by Kelly Clarkson, and the nominees were announced yesterday. You probably don’t care about the Billboard Music Awards and understandably so – except for two fan voted categories, the winners and nominees are based on sales, streaming, and...

Kate Hudson launches clothing line Happy x Nature

Kate Hudson has been teasing her clothing line Happy x Nature and it has now launched. There are jeans, jackets, jumpsuits, tops, and dresses in sizes 0-18. Jeans run about $100, dresses are up to $150, tops about $80 – it is meant to be accessible. There’s also a nod to sustainability, with a menti...

April 5, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

The people of Mozambique need our support. You’ll recall Cyclone Idai ripped through a couple of weeks ago and the devastation was severe, with homes and buildings torn apart, mass flooding, and access roads being washed out. Now water-borne disease has become a huge issue. There have been 1500 case...

Intro for April 5, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Beyoncé’s favourite number is 4. Yesterday April 4, 4/4, was also the Carters’ wedding anniversary. She celebrated by making a major announcement: a creative partnership with adidas, what she called the “partnership of a lifetime”, and what the New York Times said is “perhaps the m...

What Else for April 4, 2019

On this week’s episode of What’s Your Drama, we talk about walking around naked and cauliflower feet, not that they’re related.  Here’s the internet’s latest non-royal conspiracy theory: they’re rumouring that Jada Pinkett Smith hooked up with August Alsina. Internet math can be hard to follow. B...

Predicting what drama comes next on RuPaul's Drag Race based on foreshadowing in the promo

We’re already down to 10 queens in tonight’s episode even though it feels like we just started. The challenge this week is about the first ever “Draglympics.” At this point in the season, there are already some frontrunners in the competition (*cough* Yvie Oddly) and others who probably should start...

Octavia Spencer presents horror movie, Ma, at CinemaCon

It’s an unspoken rule of entertainment that the horror genre can deliver great roles to actresses in a way traditional dramatic often doesn’t. Consider Toni Collette in Hereditary, or Lupita Nyong’o in Us, or Jamie Lee Curtis’s resurgence thanks to Halloween—horror often comes through when mainstrea...

Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are a united front for Hobbs & Shaw at CinemaCon

Hobbs & Shaw is one of my most anticipated movies of the year. Sure, I’m excited for Avengers: Endgame, but also Hobbs & Shaw is a real movie that exists and it features Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, and Idris Elba trying to out-punch one another while driving cool cars really fast. I’m super into ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 4, 2019

Lainey has all of the phots from the Game of Thrones’ last red carpet up today. Joe Jonas was there with Sophie Turner and he knows how it all ends, not from reading a script, but from being on set and “figuring it out.” He has signed an NDA but she also said he can’t keep a secret. I feel like we c...

Prince William's alleged affair with Catherine's friend Rose covers In Touch Weekly

This is the cover of the latest issue of In Touch Weekly.  In Touch isn’t typically a reliable source for reliable gossip. In Touch probably gets one thing right every six months, if that. But, reliable or not, they may have just given life to a story that House Cambridge was hoping would go away....

Queen Elizabeth has reportedly banned Meghan from wearing certain pieces of royal jewellery

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launched their Instagram account two days ago. Every day since there’s been a new post. Once again, it speaks to the strategy behind their social media independence, picking a week when they’d have new content to consistently capture people’s attention. Here’s the late...

Gwendoline Christie is our Moth Queen at the final Game of Thrones premiere in New York

Here is Gwendoline Christie at the Game of Thrones final season premiere, looking like a radiant moth. A basic might say butterfly, but moths have a dramatic Goth edge that butterflies don’t, and Gwendoline Christie is all about the drama in this dress (it’s by Iris Van Herpen). Look at her, flutter...

Game of Thrones: the absent and the (soon-to-be?) fallen at final premiere

A lot of people have been through Westeros. We are trying to include as many as we can. This was a major event last night and the Game of Thrones premiere was trending on Twitter for a few hours because of fan excitement – it may have been niche in season one but now? Now it’s the biggest show on te...

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet attend final Game of Thrones premiere

Khal Drogo returned to Game of Thrones, kind of, as Jason Momoa turned out for the Game of Thrones premiere. He came with Lisa Bonet, because everyone’s favorite couple is contractually required to appear on all red carpets together. Sadly, they did not color coordinate this time, and there was no m...

Game of Thrones: The Last Red Carpet

Holy sh-t everyone! We are now just 10 days away! The finale episodes of Game of Thrones will begin airing next Sunday on HBO and on Crave in Canada. We’ve been waiting for a long time for this. And then, as soon as it starts, we’ll want time to slow down. Because after six weeks, it’ll be over, tha...

Intro for April 4, 2019

Dear Gossips,  CELINE! If you visit this site regularly, you know that for months I’ve been trying to get to Vegas to see Celine Dion before she ends her residency. I’ve never been to a Celine Dion show. Yesterday she announced that she’s touring North America for the first time in over a deca...

What Else for April 3, 2019

This is a wonderfully written title about what Miley Cyrus did to a Joshua tree. I mean, it’s an accurate description. This is exactly what she did. And the description is so right that you can see it without having to actually see it. Also, I just really love the word “crotch”. Why don’t I use it m...

Show Your Work: Cardi B’s old hustle and Zack Morris's old manager

On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, we indulge in some hair talk because Duana is currently wearing the hairstyle of the moment, it looks so good on her, and it really is a high degree of difficulty that Sandra Oh is also pulling off beautifully. After that, we get to work. Last week, an ol...

Prince Harry melts hearts while playing with children at the YMCA in South Ealing

Prince Harry always makes headlines. Prince Harry’s headlines get bigger when he’s with dogs and/or babies. Since Prince Harry is expecting his own baby very soon, photos of him hanging out with babies are even more popular than usual.  Today Harry visited the YMCA in South Ealing to hang out wit...

Game of Thrones Winning Odds: House Targaryen

We have looked at the chances of House Greyjoy, House Lannister, and the Night King winning it all in the final season of Game of Thrones. This week, we’re talking House Targaryen which, thanks to incest, has an almost 100% chance of ending up on the Iron Throne. There are several paths to victory f...

Celebrity Social Media, April 3, 2019

US Weekly (which we know is not what it used to be) is reporting that Beyoncé is working on a compilation album with a couple of new tracks along with a Netflix special centered around her Beychella performance. While I don’t think they have solid sources, it is a safe bet to be vague about “new mus...

Marsai Martin, Issa Rae, and Regina Hall promote Little in New York

Kathleen texted me on Monday night. “Are we seeing Little together opening weekend?” My response: F-CK. YES. We should see it twice.”  We are serious about this. We might see it back to back. Like Prem said, April’s looking like a GOOD month. Great month. Lots of good things are happening in ente...

Rihanna's Fenty Beauty pulls "Geisha Chic" highlighter and apologizes after backlash online

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty has been one of the most successful beauty brands of the last decade. The products are fresh, high quality, and inclusive. But there’s been a stumble. Last week, Fenty Beauty released a new set of Killawatt highlighters and one of those shades was called “Geisha Chic”. If I us...

First trailer for Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix looks really good

Two years ago we learned that cinema’s best misanthropic boy, Todd Phillips, was developing a Joker origins movie no one asked for. Then Joaquin Phoenix was named as the star, and while still totally unnecessary, at least it wasn’t DC Films’ worst idea (that was a Jared Leto stand-alone Joker movie)...

Chadwick Boseman, Henry Golding, and Charlie Hunnam at CinemaCon

CinemaCon is happening this week in Vegas. This is when the studios bring in the stars to schmooze theatre owners. Chadwick Boseman was there to promote 21 Bridges. It’s his first starring role since Black Panther in which he plays a police officer hunting down a group of criminals who’ve killed 8 c...

Prince Harry and Meghan's House Sussex Instagram account breaks the record

When House Sussex joined Instagram yesterday, I wrote in my post that it could be a record-breaker. That already the follower count was climbing quickly. It’s official - @sussexroyal is the fastest Instagram account to get to a million followers. It is currently, at 9am ET April 3, 2019, sitting at ...

April 3, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

If you’re in Toronto and free on Friday night, the Roncesvalles United Church Wine and Cheese Gala is happening from 6pm – 11pm with proceeds going to support one of the largest meal programs in the city, serving more than 16,000 free and fresh meals for people in need. Roncesvalles United is a “rad...

Intro for April 3, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Avengers: Endgame set a record yesterday for ticket pre-sales, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the all-time list. This is probably not a surprise, especially not for a lot of people in Canada because, as you would know from my pouting and moaning, the Avengers demand cra...

What Else for April 2, 2019

Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell is now saying that things are untrue but I’m not really all that clear about what exactly is untrue. All of it? Like everything that Scary Spice Mel B said about their one night? Or did the one night happen but that they definitely weren’t lovers for an entire year? Are t...

Celine Dion announced as newest global ambassador for L’Oreal Paris on her 51st birthday

Celine Dion was announced as the newest global ambassador for L’Oreal Paris. She just celebrated her 51st birthday. This is her first-ever beauty contract and she is FEELING herself, as she should be, declaring in the press release that: "When you think I’m done, I’m just starting. I am finishing...

Carly Rae Jepsen announces new album and tour earlier than expected

April has already been the best month of this year, and we’re only on day two. Yesterday, Ariana released a new single and video which I wrote about earlier AND Carly Rae Jepsen announced that her new album Dedicated is dropping May 17th and that she’s touring starting at the end of June.  Actual...

Two weeks out from Game of Thrones final season with new teasers

Just in case you thought April was all about the Avengers, Game of Thrones is here to remind you that April is ALSO all about Westeros. (Is this the busiest pop culture spring ever?) New teasers just dropped, with some new footage and some recycled, and a lot to talk about. Chiefly, ARYA AND JON IN ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 2, 2019

I didn’t read through the comments but since he asked, he looks like a grown-up Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin from Stranger Things).          View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Char...

Emma Roberts and Garrett Hedlund photographed holding hands after its reported the two are dating

Us Weekly broke the news just about two weeks ago that Emma Roberts had ended her engagement to Evan Peters and was seen holding hands with Garrett Hedlund. At the time, it was said that she and Garrett were together for “just a couple of weeks”. So it’s now a month. And, as I wondered then, “how lo...

Chris Hemsworth marks beginning of Avengers: Endgame press tour on Twitter

It’s official, Avengers: Endgame mania has begun. The movie comes out in three weeks, it’s the final go-round for the original team, this is going to be Marvel hype par excellence. The first Avengers tour in 2012 was fun, remember how fun it was? (Prem is probably like, “I wasn’t even born yet!”) Bu...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launch House Sussex Instagram account

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just launched their own House Sussex Instagram account as they continue to build their own brand apart from Kensington Palace and House Cambridge. Here’s the first post, along with several photos of Harry and Meghan at work:         V...

Emma Stone and Dave McCary shopping in LA

Emma Stone and Dave McCary were papped at the grocery store this weekend in LA. Dave is always referred to as Saturday Night Live writer and director whenever he and Emma are seen together but there was a new SNL this week (hosted by Sandra Oh) and he wasn’t in New York. In fact, he hasn’t had an SN...

Ariana Grande releases new song and music video, "Monolopy", with Victoria Monét

Ariana Grande dropped a new song and music video yesterday called "Monopoly", with best ring buddy, Victoria Monét. Actually dropping a song on April Fools' is some Big Dick Energy, because I don’t know about you, but I was on guard all day yesterday. My mom could say, “I love you!” on April 1st and...

Getting fooled by Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin's fake pregnancy announcement

“Everybody” in this case means me. ME. Let’s back up to yesterday’s Celebrity Social Media, in which I praised Jennifer Garner’s “book announcement,” which was a joke. I obviously knew to be on extra high alert for fake sh-t. As the day went on, I noted a lot of lame pranks with one notable excep...

Intro for April 2, 2019

Dear Gossips,  I can’t get enough of the photos of Jennifer Lopez from the set of Hustlers in New York. Specifically it’s the wardrobe. JLo is playing “Ramona”, based on one of the Scores dancers featured in Jessica Pressler’s piece, “The Hustlers at Scores”, published in The Cut in 2015. The scr...

What Else for April 1, 2019

This video is like a John Woo movie! Or a scene from The Matrix (which was influenced by Woo’s filmmaking) only without the guns. It also has the elegance of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. But none of it required choreography or rehearsal. Just… nature. (Dlisted)  It’s April Fools’ Day....

Adam Driver saying “Ghouls” in The Dead Don't Die trailer creates a new sexuality

Up until this very moment, pop culture has had only one ghoul expert, and that is Charlie Kelly, who knows a ghoul on sight. Now, however, Charlie Kelly is joined by Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch’s new zombie movie, as he correctly identifies ghouls and, incidentally, creates a new sexuality. That sex...

Saying goodbye to Broad City in the series finale

On Thursday, one of the greatest shows on television aired its final episode, and it was everything. I ugly cried both during and after that finale, and I’m still not okay. Fans knew this day was coming, but ending the show was always going to be a herculean task. How do you conclude a friendship li...

Dumbo movie review starring Colin Farrell

The thing about Dumbo is that it is completely mediocre and the latest evidence in the case against Disney’s blatant cash grabs via these live-action remakes of their classic cartoons, but it is also thinly veiled anti-corporate propaganda. It feels like someone in Disney oversight command fell asle...

Celebrity Social Media, April 1, 2019

I think we can all agree that April Fool’s Day jokes are extremely lame, but what if we added a dash of Jennifer Garner’s social media charm and some slight Ben Affleck shade? We all remember “bless your heart” from Jennifer’s Vanity Fair profile – and she knows we remember. Most outlets are guessin...

Chirs Martin and Dakota Johnson out for a dog walk in Malibu

Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson were seen yesterday out in Malibu for a dog walk. They’ve now been together for a year and a half. At one point there was a pregnancy rumour because of the colour of the balloons they had at the house for a birthday party. Surprisingly there haven’t yet been very many...

Defending Tom Hiddleston and his vitamin commercial

Some people were laughing at Tom Hiddleston this weekend. It’s because he did a commercial for Centrum in China. And …well… you kind of have to see it to appreciate what the “cringe” is all about.    Spoiler alert: I’m going to defend Tom here so if you came for a takedown, sorry, this...

Beyoncé named Entertainer of the Year at the NAACP Image Awards

Beyoncé went to Beychella last year and basically changed the name of the festival. Then she and Jay-Z, the Carters, released an album, Everything is Love. After that they went on tour. At the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Jay received the President’s Award and Beyoncé was named Entertainer of the...

No gossip about the Cambridges following cheating rumours is the gossip

Last week, Prince William and Catherine were the royal heatscores, with rumours coming out of the English countryside about how Kate and Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, are no longer friends and Beckham-like speculation about the real – and possibly dirty – reason behind the breakup s...

The cast of Black Panther including Michael B Jordan and Kiki Layne at the NAACP Image Awards 2019

Black Panther was the big winner at the NAACP Image Awards this weekend winning Outstanding Motion Picture, Director for Ryan Coogler, Ensemble cast, Actor for Chadwick Boseman, Supporting Actor and Actress for Michael B Jordan and Danai Gurira, Breakthrough Performance for Letitia Wright, and sever...

Intro for April 1, 2019

Dear Gossips,  There won’t be any April fooling on this site today, partly because I’m not clever enough to run a prank but also because I’ve never associated foolishness with the date. April 1st has always been good to me: my parents were married on April 1st, my husband was born on April 1st, I...