What Else for April 30, 2020

There have been a lot of Zoom and FaceTime f-ckups the last few weeks as people are working from home and either not wearing pants or having their kids interrupt their interviews or not closing out all the tabs on their laptops during a lecture. Now it’s come to this – a half naked woman in the back...

Channing Tatum and Jessie J are together once again and riding his motorcycle in LA

Channing Tatum and Jessie J were together for a year or so, then broken up in November 2019, got back together a few weeks later, went super public with their love on Grammys weekend, and three weeks ago broke up again. But Chan was just seen outside her Jessie’s place in LA yesterday and they were ...

Stephanie Meyer might be releasing another Twilight book called Midnight Sun from Edward Cullen's point of view

Stephenie Meyer’s book, Twilight, was released 15 years ago this coming October. I’m sure you know the rest – the sequel books, the movie, the sequel movies, etc. Twilight was all about fan service – in terms of the “give them what they need, not what they want” principle of storytelling, this is th...

Celebrity Social Media, April 30, 2020

Britney Spears is someone who always generates interest and I often get emails about her Instagram, particularly why I don’t cover it a lot. The reason is that, as a celebrity, Britney has given us enough. Her entire childhood, really. A lot of bangers. A classic teen love story. A redemption arc. W...

Civilians and male celebrities are just as worried about missed Botox appointments as female celebrities

Yesterday I linked to a story in What Else? about celebrities not being able to keep up with their Botox and other treatments during lockdown. Dr Harold Lancer told Page Six that his celebrity clients are calling him daily, panicked because as this continues, they’re more and more overdue for their ...

What's Your Drama: I Love My Ex's Brother

 Welcome back! I'm happy to announce that our audio issue from last week has been resolved, so now you can hear all our unprofessional advice giving loud and clear.Our first drama is some savagery. Let's say she has a particular "type" of guy she's interested in and this guy she's with isn't cutting...

Katie Couric still doesn't get that she was guilty of microaggressions against Denzel Washington and the Black community when recalling 2004 interview

Here in Canada, I’m an entertainment reporter on an entertainment news program called ETALK. This summer will mark my 15th anniversary on the show. Part of my job is to interview actors, singers, writers, etc. And if you’ve been visiting this site over the years, you know that I have some stories – ...

Jake Gyllenhaal gets precious about his sourdough in interview with Stephen Colbert on the Late Show

Everybody is baking. Everybody’s into this sourdough thing. I have a few friends who are so obsessed with sourdough, it’s taken over their social media. They’re doing sourdough every day and meeting people online who are also sourdoughing. I get it. Not specifically about sourdough but about baking....

Intro for April 30, 2020

Dear Gossips, Guess who just showed up out of the blue, no warning, and sent the internet into panic last night? Who else? The Queen, of course. Megan Thee Stallion dropped the remix for her song “Savage” yesterday, which has been going viral on TikTok, and it features THREE verses from Beyoncé. And...

What Else for April 29, 2020

See? This is what I was wondering about when lockdown first started! Beauty upkeep! And no, not haircuts and colouring your roots, but the face, as in Botox. We’re almost two months into restrictions which means we could be coming up on having to go back in for tweaks, only it’s obviously not an “es...

Duana Names: ‘TV Names’ are NAMES

Hi Duana,We really need your help.Our daughter is due in less than 2 weeks and my husband and I are at an impasse. We are desperate and I’m frustrated, because we have not been able to agree on a name despite being in complete agreement on style -- uncommon, “strong”, not overtly feminine, ending in...

Show Your Work: The Last Dance and Taylor tries to dunk

I always love recording the Show Your Work podcast but I was having more fun than usual this episode because Duana had to talk sports with me which is not usually where she lives. She also had to endure all my sports puns. And while she didn’t enjoy the puns so much, she really leaned into The Last ...

Todrick Hall releases quarantine themed album called Quarantine Queen

During the last six weeks of lockdown, we’ve seen a spectrum of celebrity reactions. Some have used their wealth and privilege to raise millions for local charities and those in need. Others have come across as tone-deaf or self-serving in their attempts to be supportive. These people, who have more...

Celebrity Social Media, April 29, 2020

This morning, Lainey wrote about Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik’s baby news. I am also very excited about what will come out of this (besides the baby) – will there be a Vogue cover? Is Taylor Swift going to host the baby shower? Most of all, I’m excited about Dutch queen Yolanda Hadid’s as a grandmother...

The Academy announces temporary Oscars rule change until COVID-19 pandemic is over

Nobody’s going to the movies because the theatres are closed. Which means, up to yesterday, the only films that were eligible for Oscars this year would have been the ones released up to mid-March. So like Bad Boys For Life, Doolittle, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Way Back. Can you imagine? Well, no. And...

Seth Rogen's An American Pickle gets picked up by HBO Max

Seth Rogen’s next film, An American Pickle, is about a turn-of-the-last-century immigrant who accidentally gets pickled and preserved before being restored to life in the present day. So basically, it’s Encino Man, but with a pickled immigrant instead of a frozen caveman and much less shirtless peak...

Former card shark Houston Curtis reveals details about Ben Affleck in his book about the Hollywood Poker Game

A couple of Ben Affleck stories today but first, here are some new shots of Ben and Ana de Armas walking their dogs yesterday. Does she look tall to you in these shots? I say tall because Ben is so tall and while she’s obviously shorter than he is, she doesn’t look like an ant, which is what I would...

AMC theaters is refusing to play any of Universal's forthcoming movies including Fast 9 and Jurassic World: Dominion

Universal was early to the emergency digital release game, pushing their previously released films, like The Invisible Man and The Hunt, onto premium on demand within the first days of the COVID-19 lockdown. They also were the first studio to decide to bypass a theatrical release for a big-budget fi...

Intro for April 29, 2020

Dear Gossips, In Sarah’s review of Inferno a few years ago, she wrote that the movie was OK and that the best part of it was Irrfan Khan’s performance, which seemed to be the consensus among all critics, and that’s pretty standard any time Irrfan Khan shows up in a film in a supporting role: he ends...

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik are reportedly having a baby

While the other members of One Direction have been trying to produce a 1D reunion, Zayn Malik was producing a baby. TMZ broke the news yesterday - Gigi Hadid is pregnant, she and Zayn are expecting a child together. So far there’s no official confirmation but does Chrissy Teigen count? LOL.  Here’s ...

What Else for April 28, 2020

Well, we’re talking about UFOs again. Not that I’m trying to be sarcastic, because I’m not. There’s no way that there’s no life in other parts of the universe. And it’s very possible that those life-forms have come to visit us. How come we haven’t visited them? Um, I think we’ve learned, especially ...

Review: Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth is a solid B-grade action thriller and he is very good in it

Early in his Hollywood career, Chris Hemsworth tried to be the kind of action-fueled star we had much of in the 1980s and 1990s, but audiences were indifferent. Then he activated his comedy gene, and for the last few years, we’ve known Hemsworth best as an action-comedy guy—even his Thor performance...

Michelle Visage spills the tea in GayTimes about Jessie J being "a cold person" and "standoffish"

There were two stories about Jessie J over the weekend. The first came from an interview in the GayTimes with Michelle Visage. In it, when asked about Drag Race Season 12 guest judge Nicki Minaj, Michelle says this: “What I loved about Nicki is that she was so, I don’t want to say ‘real’ because it’...

Kristen Stewart's stylist, CJ Romero, reveals Kristen's newly dyed hair on Instagram

Kristen Stewart’s hair colour has become a headline today because JustJared posted about it being dyed orange by her stylist, CJ Romero. It’s not uncommon for Kristen to show up from time to time on CJ’s Instagam but for whatever reason, no one in the media really picked up on his post, from March, ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 28, 2020

Did you read Rob Lowe’s comments about Tom Cruise? If not, click here because it’s an illuminating anecdote. Rob said that when they were young bucks, they made the cut for The Outsiders and were flown to New York to meet the rest of the cast. He and Tom were put up at The Plaza in New York and Tom ...

Daisy Ridley's next job after Star Wars will be crime thriller called The Ice Beneath Her

Daisy Ridley has booked her next job, for whenever productions resume. This is notable, because over the years and various Star Wars press tours, Ridley has often talked about not having jobs lined up outside Star Wars in a way that is sort of joking but also sort of serious: So hurrah to Ridley, wh...

Timothee Chalamet and Dame Eileen Atkins in joint interview for British Vogue after West End production of 4,000 Miles is postponed

Timothee Chalamet is single. We know this from British Vogue and I thought I’d care a lot more about the fact that he and Lily-Rose Depp are no longer together, probably because of scheduling – it’s hard to coordinate being in the same place at the same time. Also, Lily-Rose is 20 and Timmy is 24. A...

Lea Michele uncharacteristically hasn't announced pregnancy on social media but instead went through PEOPLE magazine

Although it’s been a little over a year, Lea Michele’s wedding feels so fresh, doesn’t it? It’s like it was yesterday, perhaps because we get to keep living it over and over and over. And over. And over again.  PEOPLE has the scoop on a new development – Lea Michele is pregnant. Very interesting tha...

Thoughts on Julia Roberts's hair as she is announced as headliner for The Call to Unite

These are new photos of Julia Roberts walking her dog in LA. I’m emphasising that they’re new because of what she’s wearing. It’s pretty warm in Los Angeles right now but Julia’s still wrapped up in a long sleeve and a scarf. Maybe it’s the air conditioning thing. Or maybe it’s sun protection.  I’m ...

Intro for April 28, 2020

Dear Gossips, Sunday and yesterday marked the anniversary of the release of both Avengers: Infinity War (April 27) and Avengers: Endgame (April 26). To commemorate the occasion(s), screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and Anthony and Joe Russo, who directed both, were online sharing...

What Else for April 27, 2020

There were technical difficulties on (online) Broadway last night. Which… I mean I guess if there’s one creative community that might not be as current with the tech, it could be the theatre community because that’s the draw of the theatre. You’re out there without enhancement and editing and CGI an...

Liam Payne comes off as self-obsessed in new untitled YouTube series

Liam Payne is planning to post regularly on his YouTube channel in a new series, the first video for which was posted yesterday. This recurring series is currently untitled because as Liam says, “I don’t know what this is yet, but I’m just making it as we go.” I have a suggestion: I think it should ...

Masked Leonardo DiCaprio takes his foster puppies to the beach

Leonardo DiCaprio was photographed at the beach in Malibu this weekend with the two puppies he and Camila Morrone have been fostering. They’re called Jack and Jill and they are SO cute, I can’t stand it. Initially Camila referred to it as “fostering”. Lately her language on Instagram has switched to...

Celebrity Social Media, April 27, 2020

There’s a small group of people on Twitter (me included) who are continually puzzled by Kristin Cavallari’s mom blogger-#girlboss-lukewarm influencer energy, including how she’s managed to keep a reality TV show afloat for three season without a single storyline. Season four is looking up because, s...

Stella Meghie is an inspired choice to direct upcoming Whitney Houston biopic

Headline writing is an art, you know? When I saw the bold text at the top of the Deadline piece, ‘Whitney Houston Biopic Crystallizes’, I thought it was strangely appropriate. The biopic has ‘crystallized’, or set; hardened – because I guess we all kind of knew somehow that there would be a biopic a...

Tom Hardy gets groceries in London and will appear on the BBC's CBeebies tonight

Tom Hardy is very popular with the dude-bros what with all his tough guy roles and the superhero thing, twice: Bane and Venom. He is also very popular with parents in England, especially the moms in England, for his semi-regular appearances on BBC’s CBeebies. He’s doing one tonight and he’s reading ...

Brad Pitt semi-hosts second SNL @ Home episode and impersonates Dr Anthony Fauci

What kind of camera equipment does Brad Pitt have at home?!? There have been two episodes of SNL@Home and no one has had the HQ shots that they managed for Brad Pitt. Not any of the cast members, not any of the guest performers, not Jimmy Fallon on any of his Tonight Shows from home (he’s NBC too) a...

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas remain inseparable during busy weekend in LA

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were photographed a few times this weekend. He went to visit his kids and they also made a stop at the drug store. Of course there were dog walks too. And Ben went a little viral for smoking a cigarette with a mask on as many Twitter uses became a little obsessed with th...

Exes Amy Poehler and Will Arnett reveal they are in isolation together during Stronger Together broadcast

Last Friday, when I posted about the Stronger Together broadcast in Canada, I mentioned that Amy Poehler was on the entertainers who were confirmed to be part of the event. A few of you messaged me all like… but Amy isn’t Canadian, was that a typo, or were you just checking if we were paying attenti...

Intro for April 27, 2020

Dear Gossips, Canada’s frontline workers were honoured last night during a historic broadcast, #StrongerTogether #TousEnsemble, across all major networks last night featuring some of our country’s greatest talent in support of Food Banks Canada. It was announced early in the day that Drake would be ...

What Else for April 24, 2020

Yesterday Taylor Swift slapped at Scooter Braun and Big Machine again for what they’re doing with her masters. Her fans are, obviously, rallying behind her. There are, however, some people who are concerned about certain parts of Taylor’s messaging. Even now, Taylor Swift is still polarising. Duana ...

For Your Fitness: A 40 minute full body workout

I hope you all enjoyed last week’s workout and thanks to everyone who wrote in and asked for specific workouts in the coming weeks. This week I have broken it down into 3 parts: a gentle core and spinal mobility warmup, a lower body workout and an upper body workout. This workout is geared towards t...

Meghan Trainor shows her work in behind the scenes video of "Genetics" performance with Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls

Like everyone else, I’m consuming everything in sight these days, because what else are we going to do, really; but also like everyone else (I suspect) I’m using the time either to catch up on series I heard I should have watched, or to be pulled into whatever Netflix serves me up.  Then the other d...

Sasha Finds: Three Jumpsuits

There's no better one and done outfit than the jumpsuit. It's as no-brainer as it gets, so today I thought I'd show you three of my favorites. And yes, as per usual, they are each designed by some powerhouse women who are all trying their best to keep their businesses afloat during this time.First u...

Celebrity Social Media, April 24, 2020

It’s probably a generational thing but if I see Cyndi Lauper’s name at PEOPLE, I’m clicking. Yesterday during my (online) exercise class, the instructor played "Time After Time" and that is a wistful song that you can also belt out – one of the best songs to come out of the 80s. The PEOPLE story is ...

Looking back on Avengers: Endgame one year after its release

Sunday is the one year anniversary of Avengers: Endgame. People, including Lainey, have been In Their Feelings about the Avengers recently, starting earlier this month with that viral thread of audience reactions to some of Endgame’s biggest moments, and more recently with #IfTonyStarkWereInCharge t...

Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson are both busy as Ana de Armas and Suki Waterhouse's Internet Boyfriends during lockdown

Ben Affleck was seen walking both his and Ana de Armas’s dogs on Wednesday on his own and gossips were like, is that all we’re getting to close out the week? The answer is no – he and Ana were photographed yesterday with their masks on though still not able to conceal their happiness together. Has A...

Kenya Barris shatters the possibility of Netflix's BlackAF characters being likeable which is totally refreshing

(This is the latest entry to our “Long Reads” series – previous essays can be accessed here.)BlackAF debuted on Netflix last Friday. There was already controversy surrounding the show before its release. Created, written, and starring Kenya Barris, this is his first acting project after producing an...

In new book, The Chiffon Trenches, Andre Leon Talley says Anna Wintour isn't capable of human kindness

Andre Leon Talley was at Vogue for many years, and used to be considered one of Anna Wintour’s best assets. If you’ve been following fashion over the decades, you’re familiar with ALT’s exuberance, his flamboyance, his drama. He left Vogue in 2013 and has now written a book, The Chiffon Trenches, du...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's hearing against the Daily Mail gets underway today in London

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are suing the publisher of the Daily Mail and a (virtual) hearing related to the case is happening today in London. For a play-by-play of the proceedings, Byline Investigates is live-tweeting:  As you can see from the latest tweets, the Sussex lawyer is namechecking re...

Intro for April 24, 2020

Dear Gossips,History will be made in Canada on Sunday as STRONGER TOGETHER, TOUS ENSEMBLE will be simulcast on 15 Canadian networks and multiple online platforms in support of frontline workers and Food Banks Canada. The 90 minute show begins at 630pm April 26 across all markets featuring performanc...

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet starring John David Washington is still due to open in theaters on July 17

As Sarah’s been discussing in her posts about the film industry and how it’s been affected by the pandemic shutdown, everyone is watching and wondering about how streaming services might be where more movies that were initially intended to be theatrical releases might live. COVID-19 has disrupted th...

Celebrity Social Media, April 23, 2020

This morning Lainey sent me a Twitter thread written by @fairycakes (thank you to Lily who sent it in) about the manic pixie celebrity nepotism interview. The entire thread is incredible, but my favourite is “I hate the word privilege.” We’ve read this interview many times over, from Lily-Rose Depp ...

Beyoncé announces $6 million funding in partnership with billionaire Jack Dorsey to help African American frontline workers compromised during COVID-19

We’ve been talking about how quiet Beyoncé’s been, for months now, on social media, even before the pandemic lockdown, as she often is when she’s in architect mode. But especially, during this time, when so many celebrities are announcing charitable endeavours or showing their asses, Beyoncé has rem...

Reality TV Showdown: Too Hot To Handle vs Love Is Blind

Have you watched Too Hot To Handle yet? It’s Netflix’s newest dating reality show that takes several “serial swipers” and “commitment-phobes” to a tropical island. THTH was released last Friday and while it sounds standard enough, almost like every other show….EXCEPT there are rules to THTH. Contest...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez not physically distancing for ARod's daughter's birthday party

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have been in Miami the last few weeks during the lockdown. They left their home a few weeks ago to go to the gym and were criticised for it. I mean it’s not like they wouldn’t have fitness equipment at their estate, you know?  And now these pap shots of them celebra...

Julia Roberts clearly has no hair issues in lockdown while walking her dogs in LA

Julia Roberts was photographed out in LA yesterday walking her dogs. A lot of people have been talking about hair maintenance right now during the lockdown. Julia clearly has no issues with this, her hair looks amazing – and if you didn’t know that this was 2020, you’d believe it was 2010 or 2000. S...

Intro for April 23, 2020

Dear Gossips, Today is Prince Louis’ second birthday. To mark the occasion, Kensington Palace has released new photos of the little guy taken by his mother early this month, when he was painting encouragement portraits to send to the National Health Service.  Of course he’s adorable. SO cute. As we ...

What Else for April 22, 2020

I repeat, not that it’s any of our f-cking business but I’ve been wondering about Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson’s baby, most recently yesterday, and then yesterday it was announced that she’d arrived and everyone’s doing great. That’s the best news. But the fact that there are no other detai...

Duana Names: They’re great names – but not HER name

Dear Duana,I have been reading your name column since it started and even almost wrote in when my sister was expecting. We are unexpectedly expecting our second child early this Spring almost eight years after our first.  For our first, my husband insisted that our son's name be a classic name and i...

BLACKPINK confirmed to be featured on Lady Gaga's upcoming Chromatica album

Lady Gaga has pushed back the release of her new album Chromatica because of the global health crisis. Chromatica was supposed to come out on April 10 but instead of spending her energy promoting it, over the last few weeks Gaga has instead been hitting up CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies and asking t...

Show Your Work: A Celebrity Lockdown Report Card

Now that we’re five weeks or so into sheltering at home, we thought we’d do a report card style discussion on three celebrities and assess their work during this time. Who gets a barely passing grade? Who’s meeting expectations? And who’s trampling over the expectations and basically setting a new s...

BTS's BangBang Con generated 50.5 million views over two days

This past weekend, BTS streamed almost 24 hours of past concert and fan club performance footage on YouTube for an event they called BangBang Con, meant to be an alternative to their Map of the Soul: 7 tour which was supposed to have kicked off this month. BangBang Con generated 50.5 million views o...

Celebrity Social Media, April 22, 2020

Another day, another Anna Kendrick pilot. Yesterday I wrote about Dummy, her new show on Quibi. Today it’s Love Life for HBO. It doesn’t look very good. The “young woman in the city balancing career/love while being quote unquote a disaster” is familiar rom-com territory, as are the supportive POC f...

TikTok isn’t just for dancing

What am I doing during quarantine? Spring cleaning? Working on the plethora of projects I’ve put off for years? Catching up on some of the latest TV and movies? No. I’ve been on TikTok. In the past week, my phone tells me that I’ve spent a total of 1 day and 12 hours on TikTok! That’s about 5 hours ...

Default Best Chris Pine to star in reboot of The Saint for Paramount

Default Best Chris Pine has a new project on the horizon. He will star in a reboot of The Saint for Paramount, taking on the role of Simon Templar previously played by Roger Moore and Val Kilmer. I LOVED the Val Kilmer movie in the 1990s, and in the spirit of Kilmer’s take on Simon Templar, I really...

HBO Max's Friends reunion has been delayed due to COVID-19 production shutdown

This week, WarnerMedia announced that HBO Max, their proprietary streaming platform, will launch on May 27. However, not unlike Peacock missing the summer Olympics, HBO Max will launch without a signature piece of programming: the Friends reunion. Like so many other projects, the Friends reunion is ...

Why we know that Prince Harry and Meghan called Queen Elizabeth on her birthday

Queen Elizabeth’s real birthday was yesterday, she turned 94 years old, and even though it was her day, she had her team post a message to her social accounts to send love to the people of Nova Scotia and to all Canadians after the worst mass shooting in our country’s history. It had already been a ...

Intro for April 22, 2020

Dear Gossips, Do you remember what happened a year ago tonight? April 22, 2019 was the Hollywood premiere of Avengers: Endgame. So many members of the MCU showed up on that carpet to close out an era. Some of them were unexpected – and then it all made sense later, in several ways. Like it was great...

What Else for April 21, 2020

Everyone seems to be getting in on the gossip nostalgia these days, even celebrities. Jon Cryer is reflecting on Charlie Sheen's “warlock” era, which reminds me that during that time, Duana and I were working out daily with Colin Farrell. I’m making that sound a lot longer than it actually lasted. I...

What to watch on new streaming platform Peacock including Saved By The Bell

Last week the new streaming platform Peacock opted for a soft launch with an exclusive, VIP guest list of Comcast Xfinity subscribers getting access to their platform first. The rest of us sloppy-mouthed plebes will get to check out Peacock on July 15, but thanks to the worldwide disruption of COVID...

Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton shares photo with cast, including legend Tony Leung, on Instagram

If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you know that Marvel business is usually Sarah business, unless of course it’s a post about us crying over missing the Avengers. And she probably would be writing this post if not for the fact that she’s so chill, she wouldn’t have screamed loud enough for m...

Celebrity Social Media, April 21, 2020

Another day, another Quibi trailer, this time for Anna Kendrick’s Dummy. It’s about Anna hitting the road with her boyfriend’s sex doll, who speaks only to her. The joke is that the doll is a feminist, so it’s a comedy meets blow-up Thelma & Louise.  Tom Brady isn’t slothing his way through quaranti...

Babyface and Teddy Riley's Instagram live rematch was even more entertaining than their original battle

I cried laughing. I tweeted. I cackled. I cried crying. I Felt My Spirit. I watched last night’s Babyface and Teddy Riley rematch on Instagram Live.To be absolutely truthful, I went over to Questlove’s IG Live and watched it there. He was bootleg livestreaming, which turned out to be a great choice ...

Joshua Jackson runs errands in LA and has yet to talk about new baby with Jodie Turner-Smith

Joshua Jackson stepped out yesterday to run some errands. At one point he was photographed waiting while physically distancing to get into one of the stores. Josh is of course on his own doing the shopping because Jodie Turner-Smith is pregnant. Or was pregnant.  There’s been no announcement about t...

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman hit pause on their "feud" to participate in the All In Challenge

Yesterday, Lainey wrote about Gwyneth Paltrow’s contribution of “great sentimental value” to the All In Challenge, following Drake and JBiebs. The All In Challenge is a charity sweepstakes where people can enter to win amazing prizes. Celebs are being asked to go “all in” and provide either a “cheri...

Michael B Jordan stays in shape with a morning run in LA

Michael B Jordan went for a run yesterday morning in LA. A few years ago, MBJ bought his parents a house and lived there with them, at least until last year, when he said that he was planning on moving out on his own soon. Not sure if that happened but I would imagine, during lockdown, that he might...

Keanu Reeves rides his motorcycle in LA one year after the Keanaissance began

About a year ago around this time, Keanu Reeves was beginning publicity for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. The movie opened on May 17, 2019, went on to make over $56 million on opening weekend and ended up grossing over $325 million worldwide on a $75 million budget. But that was just the beginn...

Intro for April 21, 2020

Dear Gossips,  I live for Sundays again, at least for the next few weeks. The Last Dance is on Sundays. Killing Eve is on Sundays. And Insecure is on Sundays. Here’s the promo for next week’s episode, “Lowkey Thankful”. Wait for the joke that comes at the end about Molly’s boyfriend, “Asian Bae”:   ...

What Else for April 20, 2020

Being a Madonna fan has not been easy during lockdown. I mean, it probably wasn’t easy leading up to lockdown, but then again, if you’ve been a fan of Madonna, you know it wouldn’t be Madonna if she wasn’t trying to challenge someone or something. That said, even for her most ardent supporters, it’s...

Sarah's recommendations for what to listen to while in self-quarantine

I’ve made a couple rounds of recommendations of things to watch while self-quarantined, but with several more weeks of lockdown to go—at least—I’m starting to worry about our screen time. As in, I cannot possibly be the only person who’s had to shut off the screen time monitoring app on their phone ...

Lockdown Love Updates with Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse and Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson

Let’s start with Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse. Since we first found out they were dating, almost two years ago now, Robert and Suki have been pretty good about semi-regularly (but unintentionally) updating us that they’re still together. They were last seen in public at Paris Fashion Week in...

Gwyneth Paltrow giving away most Gwyneth item ever, her hand-beaded Calvin Klein Oscars dress for the All In Challenge

The All In Challenge continues to generate celebrity prizes. Justin Bieber will sing “One Less Lonely Girl” to you if that’s your kink. The best one so far is what Drake has put up: a ride to LA on Air Drake and the opportunity for you and seven friends to party with Drake and his OVO crew. So what’...

Celebrity Social Media, April 20, 2020

In the comments of this post, someone asked Busy if she would reboot her talk show on Instagram Live. Her answer is quite honest – she’s thought about it, but she doesn’t have the money for production (like off-site editors). Also, there’s the “going Live” bit – everyone is going Live, with varying ...

One Direction's Liam Payne hints that Zayn will, not surprisingly, not be joining their reunion during Instagram live with DJ Alesso

Apparently, Liam Payne is the Tom Holland of One Direction, because once again, he blabbed about the potential 1D reunion that everyone has been freaking out about over the past week. If you remember, first the boys all followed Zayn on Twitter (though he hasn’t followed them back yet), then Liam sp...

Teddy Riley's Instagram live battle with BabyFace goes terribly wrong and then gets worse

I wasn’t that into the Together At Home concert Saturday night. I mean, I happened to turn it on when Lizzo was performing, which was two minutes of straight bliss, but the show in general….I was much more excited about the Instagram Live battle between BabyFace and Teddy Riley.  I was bouncing in m...

Ana de Armas Updates Twitter account continues to update us on Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas as the two get baked goods in LA

Ben Affleck was seen this weekend out for a walk with his children. I haven’t acquired those photos but I do have the ones of him and Ana de Armas when they stepped out to pick up some baked goods on Saturday. They waited outside with other patrons, maintaining physical distance, and at one point th...

Brad Pitt makes brief appearance on John Krasinski's Some Good News for weather report

Some of you have written asking for comment about Brad Pitt’s appearance on the Property Brothers’ new show. Home renovation shows are not my thing. I don’t know if I’ve ever watched an entire episode of any home renovation series. As I’ve said before, I like a sanitary living space, but I don’t rea...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tell the British tabloids that they will no longer be engaging with them

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were papped twice this weekend in LA – they went hiking with the dogs and they were seen volunteering for Project Angel Food, delivering meals to the chronically ill. Suddenly, after a couple of weeks of lockdown and no one really being able to track them, they’re no l...

Intro for April 20, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Did you watch the One World: Together at Home concert this weekend? Even before it started, Lady Gaga and her team had reportedly raised $50 million, stressing repeatedly to viewers that the point of the event was not for the audience to give but for people around to the world to hono...

What Else for April 17, 2020

Lockdown has not been good for anyone – and definitely not Ellen DeGeneres’s reputation which… in the shadows anyway… has apparently not been great for a while. There was that Twitter thread from a few weeks ago when people started sharing stories about what an asshole she is, allegedly, and now the...

Duana Names: Dating and Nicknames

Hi Duana,I have an odd dilemma for you, it may be more of an etiquette thing but totally name based. I am 50 and single, I am on a dating site that I am not invested in and received an introductory message from a man yesterday. On the site I go by a false name, because if you looked up my first name...

Sasha Finds: DÔEN Sleepwear

If you've been reading for the last month then you know I'm continuing to dedicate these pandemic posts to small women-led businesses so today I want to highlight one of my favorite brands on earth, DÔEN.  The brand was born from the design minds of two sisters hailing from Cali. It's dreamy to the ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 17, 2020

In my Johnny Depp post this morning, I wrote about fandoms. You won’t find a more passionate community than Outlander fans. It’s a far-reaching, complex web of fanfic and feuds that I don’t really understand. But star Sam Heughan has a message for a faction of them: Get off my jock. It’s Victoria Be...

Rachel McAdams Zooms in $10K donation for her local frontline healthcare workers

Rachel McAdams maintains a very private profile outside of her work life but yesterday, she Zoomed in and donated $10,000 in support of her hometown-area fundraiser for frontline healthcare workers, threw in some pop culture nostalgia for us all, and some social distancing family time details too.  ...

Ana de Armas Updates owner AJ tells Paper Magazine he 'stans' her more after being blocked and I LOVE this story

It wasn’t Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck making news the last couple of days. It was an Ana de Armas fan account on Twitter that made “BREAKING!” news when Ana de Armas Updates announced that Ana de Armas had blocked them on Twitter. After taking a day to wallow in the pain – and do publicity – Ana de...

RDJ tweets support for Perry Mason, his would-be dream project

Dolittle came out THIS YEAR. It feels like I saw it forever and a day ago, but no, it was just January. Just three months ago. Dolittle is recent. It’s also bad, which is why I bring it up. I want you to remember Dolittle, remember that it is bad, and then watch the teaser for HBO’s upcoming miniser...

Chris Pine's bike ride with Annabelle Wallis is another commitment level confirmation

This for all of you who have Chris Pine as your Best Chris, if that’s even a thing anymore. I mean, I think it was in February before we all went into lockdown when The Cut proposed that Chris Messina join the Chris Battle and be the new #1 because Birds of Prey had just come out.I’m not sure if tha...

Johnny Depp's Instagram debut is exactly what you would expect

A celebrity making a move on social media isn’t exactly BREAKING NEWS (unless it’s Jennifer Aniston or the Ana de Armas fan account). Johnny Depp joining Instagram isn’t going to knock anyone’s socks off – Leonardo DiCaprio is on there, Julia Roberts is on there, Tom Hanks is active, even Tom Cruise...

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's stealth food delivery is a peek into their balance between fame and relatability

We learned yesterday that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have volunteered twice for Project Angel Food in LA - once on Easter Sunday and again on Wednesday – delivering meals to people who are too sick to shop for food and cook. One of the recipients, Dan Tyrell, talked about meeting them briefly du...

Intro for April 17, 2020

Dear Gossips,  It’s the question we’ve been asking since pandemic lockdown began: what is Beyoncé doing? Beyoncé was self-isolating even before everyone else started isolation. She’s half self-isolated most of the time anyway – as we all know, our Queen keeps it undercover, emerging only when she’s ...

What Else for April 16, 2020

There’s been a lot of talk this week about what to do with your hair during lockdown because as many people are overdue for colour touchups and haircuts. Stylists are cautioning people to stay away from the scissors. This is not a problem for my husband because he’s been cutting his own hair now for...

Leonardo DiCaprio is isolating with Camila Morrone after all

We presumed that Leonardo DiCaprio was isolating with Camila Morrone but we haven’t had confirmation … until now. Leo and Camila stepped out to walk the dog that we knew she was fostering but we can now say that they are fostering. This puppy is SO cute – look at this little baby! Click here to see ...

For Your Fitness: This week’s full-body workout at home

I thought it would be a lot of fun to bring the LaineyGossip family together and put up weekly workout videos for us to do together. I have been prescribing these types of workouts on this site since I started posting here but now we can do them together. You can hear my cues and follow along with m...

Can a gossip columnist (me) win Drake's All In Challenge offering to fly a winner on Air Drake to LA?

I wrote yesterday about the All In Challenge in a post about Justin Bieber. Justin’s offering to come to your place to sing “One Less Lonely Girl” at you for a donation. I said I would enter for Sasha since they style-share so that she could be a little less lonely. But she told me this morning that...

Celebrity Social Media, April 16, 2020

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich’s marriage seems to always be making secondary headlines – why? Do their names pull in clicks for websites or are they just low-hanging fruit? The latest story in PEOPLE is about them self-distancing apart from one another. But in late March, Us Weekly pulled a story ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make deliveries with Project Angel Food

Before and during the pandemic lockdown, the couple that most people have been most curious about is Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They’re now living in LA on what’s been described as a “secluded compound”. No one knows exactly where this is. They’ve not yet started a new Instagram account or laun...

What's Your Drama Podcast: Trapped with an a-hole in Quarantine

Today we give you a gift. The gift (or torture) of Lainey's singing voice. I don't think she knows we included this in the podcast (Lainey: I do, and if you can laugh at me in this time of uncertainty, please, I will have done something) but rules don't matter anymore. Enjoy. You're welcome in advan...

Lindsay Lohan tries to make Mean Girls 2 happen again in new interview with David Spade

Both Drake’s “Toosie Slide” and Lindsay Lohan’s “Back to Me” were released on April 3rd. This week, Drake made history when “Toosie Slide” debuted at #1 on the Billboard 100. “Back To Me”…err…faded into the background...as predicted? Lindsay is quarantining in Dubai right now along with her sister A...

Tom Hardy is back in first trailer for Capone

This was Lainey’s email subject to me after the first trailer for Capone, starring Tom Hardy, dropped yesterday. It’s a been a minute since we’ve seen Hardy, he was last on cinema screens in Venom in 2018, and his only 2019 credit is one episode of Peaky Blinders. So it’s a legit question—DO I remem...

Britney Spears comes through for us on Instagram while dancing to a Justin Timberlake song

If I’d presented you with a hypothetical before the lockdown about which celebrities would make you cringe on social media, how close would it look to the actual list after lockdown, when the cringe came forward and took off its mask? Could you have predicted Ellen DeGeneres? How about Pharrell? And...

Ana de Armas blocks Twitter fan account after they gently and hilariously poke fun at her and Ben Affleck

First of all, did you see the movie Blockers? I saw it at the theatre, had the best time, laughed so much and so loud, and I still crack up thinking about certain scenes. Like the blindfold scene, with Kent from Veep. There, add that to your SD Recommendations list.  Next, I was planning on writing ...

A dumpling debate including Polish pierogi and Cantonese har gow and Intro for April 16, 2020

Dear Gossips, My friend Lolo sent over a tweet that had been posted the other day that some might consider inflammatory. Whether or not you agree, it’s an important discussion that we should all have an opinion on, but you should know that my opinion is correct. First, here’s the tweet – and it’s a ...

What Else for April 15, 2020

In a much, much, much lower stakes way, one that doesn’t involve animal abuse and alleged murder, there’s a baseball equivalent to the hate-on between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. It’s Jose Canseco and Alex Rodriguez. I guess…does that make ARod the Carole in this situation? Because Jose is obsesse...

Duana Names: Panic Stockpiling Happens Here Too

Hi Duana,I've considered emailing you twice before (with my first two babies), but felt certain enough in my love for them so never pulled the trigger. Their names are Gavin and Ivy, two names which I still adore, even when I'm screaming them at top volume across the park or up the stairs. For my th...

Show Your Work: Do you wonder about Gal Gadot?

On this episode of Show Your Work, Duana begins with a question: does Beyoncé have a “quarantine voice” – and this kicked off a disagreement. Because while Duana thinks that Beyoncé is “just like us” (first of all, how DARE you?) and is going to Target behind a mask FOR THE HUMAN INTERACTION (as if!...

Sam Raimi confirmed to direct Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

Marvel director drama has become somewhat commonplace. Marvel does try to satisfy the filmmakers that work with them, but Marvel is also a big corporate machine, and sometimes those interests outweigh the filmmaker’s interests. Most recently, this happened with Scott Derrickson and Doctor Strange an...

How BTS is influencing Korean society with their soft masculinity

Last weekend marked the one year anniversary of BTS’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, the first South Korean artists to perform on the show. They were promoting their then just-released album, Map of the Soul: Persona and its lead single, “Boy With Luv”, which went on to platinum certification in...

Celebrity Social Media, April 15, 2020

This is one for Duana: Amy Schumer changed her son’s name from Gene Attell Fisher to Gene David Fisher, the reason being that Gene Attell blends into genital. I would never have put that together, ever. Or, to take it one step further, “genital fissure.” But kids are wily monsters so maybe they woul...

Cameron Diaz talks about motherhood and being in quarantine with Katherine Power on Instagram live

Didn’t expect to see Cameron Diaz come up in my feed today. Because, as we all know, Cameron Diaz has kinda retired from being a celebrity. But she was on Instagram live with Katherine Power of Who What Wear yesterday and she talked about being a parent (her daughter, Raddix, is now three and a half...

Diddy disrespected Lizzo when he stopped her from twerking on his online dance party

This past Easter Sunday, Diddy hosted a “Team Love” Dance-a-Thon for frontline workers, a  fundraiser for COVID-19 relief. This idea already suspiciously looked like a billionaire asking other people for money instead of just donating it himself. He did recruit and court other celebrities to dance o...

Vogue declares that Justin Bieber is a quarantine fashion icon

I just read an article about Justin Bieber that made me laugh and then I sent it to Sasha because a few months ago, on an episode of our What’s Your Drama? Podcast, I told her she and JB had the same style. She rejected this at first and then, a few seconds later, I saw her face change with the real...

Intro for April 15, 2020

Dear Gossips, Princess Anne covers the new issue of Vanity Fair in a piece that’s meant to mark her upcoming 70th birthday in August. Though the interview takes place before the COVID-19 lockdown, it is an interesting time for any senior member of the British royal family to be doing an interview, c...

What Else for April 14, 2020

This Martha Stewart “Instagram mess” story made me laugh. First of all, is it really that much of a mess? Yes, she was drunk. The comment was incomprehensible. But as far as celebrity social media messes during the pandemic go, this one is pretty … tame? Even cute? She’d had a few glasses of wine. S...

Hannah Gadsby returning to Netflix with stand-up special, Douglas, on May 26

Hannah Gadsby’s extraordinary not-comedy special, Nanette, was one of the stand-out pop cultural moments of 2018. Now, two years after “quitting” comedy via Nanette, Gadsby returns with another one-woman show, this time titled Douglas (after her dog). Douglas ran off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theat...

"Toosie Slide" by Drake sets record by becoming his third single to debut at #1

Well, this shouldn’t be a surprise. Drake knows how to capitalise on social media almost better than anyone else, with the exception of maybe BTS, in ordinary times so he obviously knows how to take advantage of it right now, when everyone’s on lockdown and on their devices more than ever, consuming...

Kate Beckinsale reportedly dating Canadian musician Goody Grace

Well now we know who Kate Beckinsale has been in isolation with. New photos of her holding hands on a dog walk with Canadian musician Goody Grace were released yesterday. And he’s evidently the “mystery man” she was seen with at a Grammys party in January – attached.  So they’ve been together at lea...

Celebrity Social Media, April 14, 2020

Did you catch Run this weekend? It’s an emotional thriller (meaning there’s a lot of feelings, but there’s no physical danger). It centers around two former college sweethearts (Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever) who set into motion an escape from their regular lives with one word: “RUN.” This is H...

Celine Dion added to Lady Gaga's One World: Together at Home global broadcast

Lady Gaga’s collaboration with Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation, Together at Home, a worldwide concert event to celebrate those on the frontline, healthcare workers, and scientists who are all trying to get out through this pandemic, airs on Saturday. As previously mentioned, Gaga an...

Vanity Fair gives us first look at Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya in Dune

One of 2020’s most highly anticipated films is Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune, starring Timothee Chalamet. Dune is scheduled for release in December, late enough in the year that it hasn’t not been affected (yet) by the pandemic. You can imagine the hype for this though, right? The source mat...

Bob Iger is back in charge at Disney as he resumes his role as CEO

In February, Bob Iger, then-CEO of Disney, dropped a bombshell on the business and entertainment worlds when he announced he was stepping down from his post at Disney. He would be the “Executive Chairman” while Bob Chapek, formerly head of parks—insert Succession joke here—became CEO. Well now, as D...

Vanessa Hudgens posts High School Musical reunion photo on Instagram minus Zac Efron

The COVID-19 global health crisis has resulted in a show business trend: reunions. Supermodels are reuniting, ex-lovers are reuniting, cast members from medical shows are reuniting, the cast of Hamilton reunited, and boy bands might be reuniting too. Celebrities want to make people feel good and sen...

Intro for April 14, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Today is a big anniversary in Gossip History. Do you know what it is, off the top of your head? Well, you’ve probably already just seen the photo so, yeah.  It is the 15th anniversary of the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie Kenya beach photos. April 19, 2005 was a Tuesday. Back then, Us Weekl...

What Else for April 13, 2020

I know that a lot of people out there care a lot of Real Housewives. I’ve never watched an episode but I do appreciate that the housewives understand, sometimes more than other entertainers, what their job is – and they’re constantly creating content. Is it “created”, as in fabricated? We’re all cyn...

Disney is finally making a live-action remake of Robin Hood

It was inevitable, really. With the success of the live-action (“live-action”) remakes, of course Disney would eventually get around to remaking Robin Hood. It’s not as widely beloved as past hits like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella, but Robin Hood has a solid cult following, so...

One Direction rumoured to be reuniting after they follow each other on social media

Last Friday when I took over temporarily for Maria for Good Friday, I mentioned the One Direction reunion rumours, because Liam Payne said in an interview that he’d been in touch with Niall Horan, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson about a 10th anniversary celebration. As I said, it’s five or nothing...

Celebrity Social Media, April 13, 2020

Have you seen the TV and theatre reunions happening on Instagram live, like with the This Is Us  and Barry and Jesus Christ Superstar casts? The mini productions have been put together by Stars in the House in support of The Actors Fund. This weekend, it was Desperate Housewives (minus a few, which ...

Saturday night's SNL At Home episode worked because it felt new and a bit dangerous

On Saturday night we had a games night over FaceTime (shout-out to whomever is writing the article about which group chat apps are chosen for which activities.) It was the most fun – and the most ‘out’ – I’ve felt in weeks. But even though it was great, or maybe because it was great, and we wanted t...

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas walk their dogs after not being seen together for almost a week

When I posted about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas on Friday, noting that they’d not yet stepped out all week for their dog walks, it happened just an hour before they… stepped out for a dog walk. But it was just in time for What Else? that day so it kinda worked out. They’re so unintentionally accomm...

Joshua Jackson leaves Target with toilet paper and a can of beans

Joshua Jackson said during an interview a couple of weeks ago that Jodie Turner-Smith’s due date was the next day which means that she’s about two weeks past due now, which they were expecting because they were told that the first baby is often late. Jodie was tweeting on Saturday so, presumably, on...

Social media freaks out as Rihanna dances on Instagram live

Diddy wasn’t the only one dancing on IG live this weekend. As mentioned last week, Rihanna hosted a virtual party to promote Fenty on Friday night (while making multiple million dollar donations in support of those affected by COVID-19). Social media freaked out seeing her coordinate choreography wi...

Jennifer Lopez and Diddy reunite on Diddy's Instagram live dance-a-thon fundraiser for COVID-19 relief

Diddy went live on Instagram this weekend for a dance-a-thon fundraiser in support of COVID-19 healthcare workers in underserved communities and also served up some gossip nostalgia. Like I’ve been saying, I know that the popular narrative is that celebrities have been sh-t during the lockdown, ther...

Intro for April 13, 2020

Dear Gossips,  We look different…but we’re still the same! As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we’ve had a facelift – or, as I prefer to call it, a glow-up. If you missed the post about the changes that been implemented, please READ HERE. Please let us know if you encounter any issues and other feed...

Test Post #3 for Sunday April 12, 2020

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Test Post 2 for Sunday April 12, 2020

More testing here folks.  Please disregard. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ac turpis egestas maecenas pharetra. Maecenas sed enim ut sem viverra. Enim tortor at auctor urna nunc id cursus metus aliquam. Pell...

Test Intro for Sunday April 12, 2020

Hi Gossips, We're doing some test posting today to test our new look.  Hope you enjoy the new look.  And if things don't look like they're loading at the moment, please turn off your ad blocker.  We're working on that, but here's our chance to tell you that we really need you to NOT have your blocke...

What Else for April 10, 2020

What timing! Earlier I posted about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s quiet week. And now look! Fresh photos of the two of them on a dog walk this morning, just in time for the weekend which means we didn’t quite go a full proper seven day week without seeing them. We’re gonna be OK everybody! Guess wh...

Celebrity Social Media, April 10, 2020

I’m taking over for Maria today because it’s Good Friday; she’ll be back on Monday.  Gal Gadot covers the new issue of Vogue and, of course, it was supposed to be timed to advance promotion of Wonder Woman 1984 which has now been pushed to August. Please. PLEASE LET THIS BE OVER BY AUGUST. Stay h...

Can't wait to watch The Half of It on Netflix

Over the last few years, Netflix has almost single-handedly fueled the rom-com rebound with films like Always Be My Maybe, Set It Up, and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Their latest rom-com, The Half of It, is a different kind of romance. It might be more apt to call this movie a friend-com, bec...

Sandra Oh on pandemic binge watching while promoting Killing Eve return

What are you watching? There are so many good options. As I mentioned in yesterday’s open, Tigertail just premiered on Netflix. Forget about Tiger King. Tigertail is what your heart needs right now. Also… it’s the return of Insecure! Click here for Melayna’s primer on Issa’s fourth season. It’s been...

Why have Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas stopped walking the dogs?

After almost two weeks of getting papped on their dog walks, there have been no new photos of Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas since last Saturday, April 4, 2020. So who’s walking the dogs? Have they not taken the dogs out? Or have they changed their dog walk schedule for when the paps aren’t around? Ma...

Prince Andrew preps care packages for COVID-19 frontline workers on Instagram

Let’s check in with Prince Andrew, who was friends with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, because it’s been a few weeks since we’ve mentioned him. And he showed up on social media yesterday.  As you know, Andrew’s kept a pretty low profile since stepping down from royal duties back in No...

Prince William and Catherine appear to have taken over Headfit from Harry and Meghan

HELLO! reported yesterday that Prince William and Catherine are launching what looks like a mobile app to promote mental health awareness and support called HEADFIT. They’ve now trademarked the word and it seems like it’s a natural extension of their Heads Together initiative, which of course they w...

Intro for April 10, 2020

Dear Gossips, Fran Lebowitz was trending yesterday on Twitter because of her new interview with The New Yorker and a lot of us really needed this – it’s the read of the week, especially if you know her voice enough to be able to hear how she would have delivered her answers. Fran is, always, a quote...

What Else for April 9, 2020

Tomorrow is Good Friday – but I’ll be working! Come here to check in on a few posts if you need a distraction, we’re around!  Did you hear about how Justin Trudeau said “moistly” and grossed himself out? Pre-pandemic our Prime Minister has sometimes been criticised for trying too hard to be cool ...

Issa Rae featured in Teen Vogue ahead of Insecure season 4 premiere

Finally, HBO’s Insecure is coming back this Sunday, April 12 on Crave in Canada and HBO. The wait is over and the timing couldn’t be better – even when we aren’t stuck inside the show is a treat and a gift. Ahead of the premiere, Issa Rae was profiled in a wonderful Teen Vogue piece by Gerrick Kenne...

Sasha Finds: Bras for Quarantine

I thought I’d switch it up a tiny bit this week and shed some light on an amazing Vancouver brand, HIRRS, that is upping the ante on bodywear.   Look, I know there are a lot of you out there who are really leaning into that free tit life. Now is your time. I get it. For me though, putting on a ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 9, 2020

Yesterday, Lainey wrote about Tom Brady’s marriage talk on Howard Stern – in 2015, his career was diverting attention from his family and it was taking a toll on their marriage. Gisele Bundchen also, as we know, has a big career, even though she semi-retired from modeling in 2015. Lainey pointed out...

Gwyneth Paltrow brushes off critics and misses the point in Town & Country cover interview

Gwyneth Paltrow’s son, Moses, is now 14. Since LA is on lockdown, his friends came by the house with their parents, and wished him happy birthday. The Range Rovers circled G’s driveway and made signs and the kids hollered out the windows – she posted it on her Instagram stories and this carousel on ...

What's Your Drama: Conspiracy Theories and Does Your BFF Turn You On?

We have a writer update, I repeat we have an update on Romeo and Juliet from last week! But before we get into that we talk about how this COVID-19 crisis is really drying up the ol' lady bits. Then it's time for YOUR drama! First up, how do you deal with your pandemic friends who spout coronavir...

Shawn Mendes puts up a basketball hoop with Camila Cabello's father in Miami

Shawn Mendes is isolating with Camila Cabello in Miami. But not just Camila. He’s with her family – or at least her dad is around. They were seen putting up a basketball court together. I was naively thinking they were on their own and, you know, when we see them out for their walks they look…like… ...

Florence Pugh defends her relationship with Zach Braff after fans criticise their age difference

Florence Pugh, one of Hollywood’s brightest young talents, and we’ve been anticipating her ascent for some time now here at LaineyGossip, is dating Zach Braff. She’s 24 years old, he just turned 45 years old a few days ago and she posted about his birthday on Instagram, which was their “Instagram of...

Prince William and Catherine hire Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's former social media manager David Watkins

Prince William and Catherine video-chatted with teachers and students at Casterton Primary Academy yesterday to check in with the staff and the kids during the lockdown. They likely weren’t on House Party. Zoom is the daytime platform, and certainly more on brand with House Cambridge. So the title h...

April 9, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

April is usually Daffodil month, and in Canada, we associate the daffodil with the Canadian Cancer Society, remembering and supporting those affected by cancer. Needless to say, almost all traditional fundraisers this month and beyond have been cancelled at a time when cancer patients are at increas...

Intro for April 9, 2020

Dear Gossips,  If you search “tiger” on Netflix tomorrow, the first hit that comes up will probably be Tiger King. Keep scrolling. These people have already taken up enough of our time. Stay on the “tiger” search though and don’t stop until you hit Tigertail. Tigertail is written and directed ...

What Else for April 8, 2020

Adele doesn’t want us knowing anything about her divorce which tracks. She didn’t want us to know she was married either. Adele locks her sh-t down tight. She hasn’t posted on Instagram THIS YEAR. And during the COVID-19 shutdown, while most celebrities can’t stop updating you on their lives, she li...

Duana Names: Conservative Concern, or Primal Passion?

Hello! I’m expecting a baby girl. We already have two boys - Miles and Jacob.  We are a mixed-race family, and I’d like to honour our heritages, but I’m also leaning toward simple names - easy to spell and pronounce. We will use my late grandmother’s name, Margit (pronounced Mar-geet), for the mi...

Doing #AloneTogether alone

(This is the latest entry in our “Long Reads” list. Previous posts can be found here.) Last week, Lainey mentioned quarantining with a partner and how, no matter how strong and good the relationship, being with someone constantly, literally constantly, can be a lot. The other side of the coin, th...

Show Your Work: John Krasinski Has News and Our New Look

Check out our new logo! Thanks to Jonathan Broderick of A\Creative Studio for the design – we love it and we hope you do too. And there are more site changes to come. We’re getting close to the launch of what we think is our glow-up. If you missed the post about the site upgrade and how it might aff...

Celebrity Social Media, April 8, 2020

This week, Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are on the cover of Us Weekly, which tells me the magazine is short on content. This is the kind of cover tabloids hold for a slow week. There is no way that Ryan and Eva’s friends are selling them out to Us Weekly after all these years – remember, she hid two ...

The Weeknd's new album, After Hours, shatters records

Yesterday, The Weeknd released another (and maybe last?) video for his album After Hours. The video for “Until I Bleed Out”, the last track on the original album, continues with the themes and the visuals of the previous music videos, although it’s unclear whether it picks up the same story. You ...

Tom Brady tells Howard Stern that Gisele Bundchen wasn't happy with him not pulling his weight in their marriage

Tom Brady was on Howard Stern this morning and, for our interests and purposes, let’s focus on what he said about his relationship with Gisele Bundchen. Tom told Howard that Gisele wrote him a note a couple of years ago; they were having problems because she felt that he wasn’t pulling his weight at...

Megan Thee Stallion covers Marie Claire almost one year after Hot Girl Summer

Even though March felt like it was a century long, we’re now into April and the summer months feel like they’re within our grasp. That also means that it’s almost a year since Hot Girl Summer, both the song and the internet meme/movement. Aptly, Megan Thee Stallion covers Marie Claire’s May 2020 iss...

Drake's Toronto mansion, referred to as The Embassy, covers Architectural Digest

Well he and OVO call it The Embassy and it’s featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest. The Embassy is Drake’s Toronto… mansion? Estate? That’s why I called it a “chateau” in the title. Because mansion and estate don’t seem extra enough for what we’re seeing here. And it’s A LOT. After all, ...

Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford's conversation on No Filter with Naomi is worth all your minutes

You TikTok kids are probably sick of us olds out here with our 80s and 90s nostalgia. We olds can’t match your cleverness with creating viral videos, it’s true. And, yes, it’s so annoying how we invade your social media spaces so that you have to keep finding new platforms to hang out, free from you...

Intro for April 8, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Probably for almost everyone right now, some days are worse than others. And for those on the frontlines, those who work in healthcare and/or essential services, their days are the toughest. Can’t forget about parents who are managing their jobs from home while homeschooling and co...

What Else for April 7, 2020

I, like thousands if not millions of other people, am fascinated by this video of a hotel room getting flooded and some dude trying to escape it. It’s so dramatic! I’m not talking about the dude jumping over the railing and onto the car. I’m talking about the REACTION to the jump. The endless wailin...

Discovering that The Vampire Diaries is super binge-able during isolation

As I mentioned in my self-quarantine binge-watching recommendations, I am currently bingeing The Vampire Diaries. I am now almost at the end of season three, and guys, I HAVE to talk about this show. I know I’m years late to the party, but this show is so bonkers I cannot keep all my thoughts inside...

Justin Bieber listens to BTS while isolating in Canada

Sasha and I meet at the intersection of Justin Bieber and BTS. This has come up a few times on our podcast, What’s Your Drama, which I shamelessly and highly recommend for your listen list during lockdown. Sasha is into Justin Bieber. She dresses like him, which she didn’t realise until I pointed it...

Celebrity Social Media, April 7, 2020

There’s been all kinds of influencer drama on Instagram, like the Mormon mommy blogger who fled New York in an RV with her husband and five children, after residents had been told to stay home. Also Arielle Charnas of Something Navy, who said she tested positive for COVID-19 and then traveled and sp...

Lady Gaga announces television special, One World Together At Home, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon called Lady Gaga last week but she wasn’t ready to make her announcement, promising that they’d be ready to roll with it today. She’s curating a television special, in collaboration with Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation “to celebrate and encourage the power of the human ...

Examining whether the use of "Karen" should be considered offensive or not

Breaking format today because I have a problem, which is that I am endlessly scrolling Twitter even more than usual these days. The problem with that, other than the obvious, is that sooner or later I run into something I can use for work, which means I’m getting positive reinforcement from what is,...

Quibi Reviews: Gayme Show

Quibi, the platform aimed at providing viewers with “Quick Bites” of content launched yesterday. There’s a surprising and refreshing amount of queer content at launch including Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns and Dishmantled with Titus Burgess. There’s also Gayme Show, which had a good enough hook to get ...

Matt Damon and his family are isolating in Ireland

We’ve seen a lot of Matt Damon’s friends during the COVID-19 lockdown. Over in LA, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been stepping out almost daily to walk their dogs. Chris Hemsworth has been photographed at the beach with Elsa Pataky in Australia. And John Krasinski’s launched an online show calle...

The Telegraph reveals name of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new philanthropic endeavour, Archewell

It’s been a week since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially stepped down as senior members of the British royal family. They announced that their website and Instagram account will be inactive as they will no longer use “royal” as part of their name. And they said they would be taking some time...

Intro for April 7, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Tonight’s the night, the series finale of Schitt’s Creek. It’s been six seasons – and it’s ending now, when it’s more popular than it’s ever been. Schitt’s Creek has been namechecked by almost every celebrity you can think of. Carol Burnett mentions it on talk shows. Jennifer Lawre...

What Else for April 6, 2020

Oliver … Elio. Oliver… Elio. Oliver and Elio, aka Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet will be back on screen at some point because, yes, they’re working on the sequel which comes out…nobody knows because nothing is coming to theatres any time soon. Maybe Call Me By Your Name 2 will be a streaming rel...

John Mayer shares new song called "You Are Still You"

Early this morning, John Mayer shared a song on Instagram. It’s called “You Are Still You”.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by John Mayer 💎 (@johnmayer) on Apr 5, 202...

Henry and Liv Lo Golding walk their newly adopted dog Stella

Henry and Liv Lo Golding have been in love since they met on New Year’s Day in 2011. They were married five years later, in 2016. Henry and Liv are in isolation together, of course, in Los Angeles. And they’ve fallen in love again… with a dog. Her name is Stella. They adopted her recently after bein...

Celebrity Social Media, April 6, 2020

Jamie Dornan has reactivated his Instagram account and it’s safe to assume boredom got to him. It’s getting to many of us. Jamie has always been slightly terrified of the Fifty Shades of Grey fans so he doesn’t lean into that whole thing and neither does Dakota Johnson. The movies seem like somethin...

Defensive Chris Evans featured in Esquire to promote upcoming Apple TV+ show, Defending Jacob

In the ten years(!!) I have been writing about celebrity, Chris Evans has undergone an evolution. At the beginning of my tenure with LaineyGossip, I wondered about his ability to make Captain America, a fuddy-duddy B-list superhero, work for modern audiences. Around that time, he was going through h...

Selena Gomez reveals bipolar diagnosis on Miley Cyrus's Bright Minded Instagram live

Selena Gomez was a guest on Miley Cyrus’s Bright Minded Instagram live show on Friday, along with Elton John, Kerry Washington, and Jimmy Fallon. In the segment, Miley and Selena cover the importance of taking care of mental health and coping with the global environment right now. During this discus...

Harry Styles out for another solo walk in LA as his song "Adore You" continues to chart well

Harry Styles went for another solo walk during isolation – it was the same last week. He was, however, seen meeting up for a physically distancing compliant ride with Kendall Jenner the other day. At least we think that’s him under the helmet. He was on a bike and she was in her car. I guess that’s ...

Channing Tatum and Jessie J have broken up again

After a year of dating, Channing Tatum and Jessie J broke up back in November 2019 but it didn’t stick. By January 2020 they were back together, and more “together” than we’d seen them, walking red carpets, flaunting their love during Grammys weekend, and on social media.  Their reunion didn’t st...

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas spend another weekend together in isolation

How long has it been? I don’t know anymore. For me, I think I’m heading into my fourth week of isolation. People keep using the expression the “new normal”. I take encouragement from the fact that this does NOT feel normal, even as it’s almost been a month; I don’t want it to feel normal. It shouldn...

Intro for April 6, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Isolation’s got people feeling nostalgic. Did you see this excellent thread last week remembering the It Girl War of the 2000s? Imagine, all that over Aaron Carter.  Current Stan Culture would have never survived the It Girl War of the Early 2000’s. A thread. pic.twitter.com...

What Else for April 3, 2020

Today in Celebrities Should Stay Off Social Media In Isolation, Arielle Charnas is apologising. I know, I know, she’s not a “celebrity” by the old school definition, but she has a lot more followers than a lot of celebrities and she’s been doing the lifestyle thing that so many celebrities aspire to...

Duana Names: Playing The Right Tune

Hi Duana, I love your column, and I have read it since the very beginning! And now since I'm having my first child I decided to actually write in! Anyways, in an attempt to distract myself from the scary world happenings and self-isolation, I have been thinking a lot about the name of my daughter...

For Your Fitness: Senior Fitness

I had a reader ask me a few days ago to write a post about how the older population should stay moving while stuck indoors, which is such a great question. There are so many online resources right now offering free streaming videos, but so many of them are geared towards young, fit, able-bodied indi...

Sasha Finds: TKEES Waffle Collection

Welcome back to day 1228879200265 of being indoors and welcome back to what has now become my weekly loungewear column. A reminder that I'll be continuing this column in the hopes that if you are in the privileged position of having a job right now you'll want to help support some women-led small bu...

Celebrity Social Media, April 3, 2020

Everyone has been reading Vulture’s “If I Wrote A Coronovirus Episode” and for good reason – it’s super entertaining. Liz Lemon didn’t leave New York, because of course she wouldn’t! Frasier and Niles are self-distancing with a virtual wine club. A-list star Rogelio de la Vega made a video, because ...

Lindsay Lohan's new single "Back To Me" isn't memorable enough to stand out

Earlier this week, Lindsay Lohan announced that she was coming back (for the 530th time) teasing new music. Today, LL released her song “Back To Me” along with a lyric video scheduled to drop at 12:30pm ET today. “Back To Me” is obviously supposed to be a comeback anthem. LL sings: “My life is...

Even in his most controversial moments, Kanye West has never faded to irrelevancy

(Lainey: as mentioned a couple of weeks ago, as we approach the launch of the new look for our site, we are adding a “Long Reads” section; the first entry was Duana’s essay about the 30th anniversary of Pretty Woman, arguing that Julia Roberts’s Vivian Ward is a feminist icon. This is our next “Long...

Ranking how the Avengers would handle lockdown in the time of COVID-19

I am back on my bullsh-t, pondering which fictional characters would or would not thrive in lockdown. We’ve examined the Roy family and the characters of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, so now it is time to turn our attention to the Avengers. For this scenario to work, imagine we are in some indetermi...

Jake Gyllenhaal responds to Tom Holland's handstand t-shirt challenge

Yesterday in What Else?, I linked to an article about Tom Holland’s handstand t-shirt challenge and how he tagged Jake Gyllenhaal, and a couple of others, to do it next. Here, specifically, is what I wrote:  “Is this a thing? I haven’t seen it on any of my timelines but I feel like my timeline al...

Cary Fukunaga thinks clogs and socks are the future in Mr Porter feature

There’s been a lot of nostalgia happening the last few weeks as we’re all in isolation, wistfully remembering life before COVID-19. The Fug Girls have been posting nostalgia photos from past red carpets, calling back to fashion highlights and lowlights. Some of you have emailed requests to revisit h...

Drake's new song "Toosie Slide" is obviously specifically for TikTok

There is no other celebrity who can manipulate social media as well as Drake. Drake’s superpower is social media. He makes himself available to be memed. He knows what will get him trending. When he plays video games he goes viral. And even when it’s not his intention to go viral, like in the case o...

Intro for April 3, 2020

Dear Gossips, I’ve been joking with colleagues and friends all that while in isolation the last three weeks, I’ve basically become a gourmet chef. When I wrap work every day, I rage-cook. It’s a different recipe every night. Tonight I’m attempting coconut curry chicken, if I can find some chicken...

What Else for April 2, 2020

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes have been walking around Miami meditating. The walking is very slow. It is physically impossible for me to walk slowly. I can’t do it. One day, I’ll have to because my body will refuse the pace. But now, while it can, my body can’t help but pass you on the sidewalk so...

What's Your Drama: Young Love in Quarantine

Last week you heard about Lainey's riveting thermometer story and today, well, you get to hear about my Q-tips. You're welcome. Okay, but it's all about your DRAMA and our first writer is stuck with what to do with her daughter who doesn't want to obey the rules of physical distancing. Why? Becau...

Breaking down what you can watch on Quibi complete with trailers

Quibi, the long awaited and much-mocked streaming platform dedicated to short-form entertainment, finally launches on April 6. (That is, assuming a lawsuit doesn’t derail the launch.) I don’t think anything they have on tap will top Daniel Spencer’s TikTok, but I also think a short-form streaming pl...

Celebrity Social Media, April 2, 2020

One thing to be thankful for is that April Fool’s passed relatively unnoticed. Is this one thing we can keep from this era? Let’s stop with the fake pregnancy announcements on April 1. Oh and handshaking. Let’s get rid of that, too.  FYI..this still applies! https://t.co/sBc17LkXuV — Mariah ...

Troye Sivan says he's "going rogue" before releasing new song "Take Yourself Home"

April Fool’s was pretty much cancelled, but Lil Nas X still decided to prank everyone. He claimed in a tweet that coming out last year was really a ploy for April Fool’s. Until like five mins later when he came back to the dark rainbow side, and was welcomed by fellow gay, Troye Sivan. This is class...

Jimmy Fallon has botched FaceTime call with Lady Gaga

Everyone is supposed to be physically distancing – even people in Florida now – so we’re seeing broadcasters get creative with their programming. They’re trying to do concerts, some more successfully than others. The iHeart Living Room Concert felt way too edited, didn’t it? James Corden’s Homefest ...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez go to the gym in Miami before Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis issues state lockdown

Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis, (finally) issued a state lockdown yesterday to stop the spread of COVID-19. The order comes into effect tonight. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have been self-isolating with their children in Miami. We know this because they keep showing us on Instagram.  But ...

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin show some affection while out for a walk in Malibu

Here are some shots from a few days ago of Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin out for a walk with her dog in Malibu. They’re not like Ben-Ana levels of PDA but there’s some affection here. That said, they’ve been together a lot longer than Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. By Chris’s standards, considering...

Gwyneth Paltrow wants to help us find intimacy in uncertain times

There’s been all kinds of reporting the last few weeks about the impact that quarantine is having on couples. For those of us who are spending every minute of every day with our partners, it’s a LOT. And then when you throw kids into it (I don’t have kids and I feel you, parents, I feel you). Well, ...

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are allegedly contacting paps to photograph them

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas stepped out again yesterday for their dog walk and, once again, in the presence of the paparazzi, couldn’t keep from touching each other. If you’re here often, and if you spend any time consuming gossip online, you’ve likely been side-eyeing this since they went into iso...

April 2, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Paige! Happy 27th Birthday with love from Britt who can’t be with you because you’re both being responsible! By request, as your gift, here are shot of Justin Bieber. He looks super hot in this shot, right?          View this post on Instagram       ...

Intro for April 2, 2020

Dear Gossips, As we’ve seen over the last few weeks, some celebrities suck at social media during self-isolation. Maybe it’s because they don’t have advisors around looking over their shoulder before they hit “post”. That, combined with a lack of self-awareness, and the famewhore gene, has result...

What Else for April 1, 2020

There have been celebrity quarantine romances all over the place. Now, for a change, here’s a celebrity quarantine breakup. I mean I don’t know if it actually happened because of quarantine but if you’re a couple and you’re not together during quarantine, it can’t be easy. So Adele is single for qua...

Duana Names: All In The Family…

Dear Duana, We’re expecting second child in April (another girl!) and my husband and I, to no one’s surprise, cannot agree on any names. It’s a miracle we were able to agree on our first daughter’s name “Florence Amina”, we call her “Flo”. What is making it so difficult this time is that Flo’s nam...

Show Your Work: Rebranding “Harry and Meghan”

Today is the first day of House Sussex V 2.0. And since they no longer can have “royal” in the names of their accounts, and we happen to have Duana, The Name Therapist here, we discuss on this new episode of Show Your Work what naming possibilities are available to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as ...

The best underappreciated comedy specials on Netflix

There are many great stand-up specials on Netflix—so many, in fact, they are throwing their own self-congratulatory comedy festival which has been postponed along with every public social event in the near future. Since there is no live comedy to enjoy right now, why not curate your own comedy festi...

Celebrity Social Media, April 1, 2020

When Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram, she shot up the most-followed list and seemed to have it mastered from day one. But has she dropped it now that she doesn’t have a show to promote? Her feed has been quiet since March 3 (there’s been a story here and there with her dog) and really, we need the...

Which Star Wars sequel trilogy characters would thrive, or not, in quarantine?

Last week, we examined the self-quarantine fates of Succession’s Roy family. This week, we continue our exploration into how fictional characters are handling self-distancing—which probably says something about how I’m handling it—by looking at the characters of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. How do ...

Amanda Seyfried is a better choice to play Carole Baskin than Margot Robbie

Have you watched Tiger King yet? I feel like it’s the show of the moment. Does anybody care about Love is Blind anymore? Every three weeks or so, there’s a Netflix series that everyone is talking about, at least online. I’m sure that drives other streaming services and networks crazy. Anyway, the sh...

Justin Bieber and Tom Holland bro-down on Instagram Live

Last week, Sarah gave us her Crossover Madness bracket, imagining characters from certain television series crossing over to other television series. In real life during collective worldwide quarantine, we’re getting real celebrity crossovers – some of them more unexpected than others. Like this one...

Harry Styles goes for a hike in Hollywood

Harry Styles is self-isolating in Los Angeles. He did a radio call back in the UK this week and revealed that he was actually supposed to return home to England a few weeks ago but that’s when flights out of America were cancelled which means he’s currently away from family and staying in the US for...

Lindsay Lohan announces new music a day before April Fool's Day

Is quarantine a good or bad time to release music? Lady Gaga postponed the release of her upcoming album Chromatica because according to her, “I want use to be able to dance together, sweat together, hug and kiss each other, and make it the most bombastic celebration of all time.” Donald Glover, on ...

Intro for April 1, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Sally Rooney’s Normal People was released in North America a year ago this month and became an instant bestseller, just like it was in the UK when bookstores couldn’t keep it in stock. I ripped through it in one sitting and then read it again, twice. After that I warned Duana that ...

April 1, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Kayla, I’m so sorry to hear about the news. And I know you’re also dealing with more stress about your dad. On top of self-isolating and feeling so disconnected from your support system and being afraid of ...everything in the world right now. Please know though that Lizzy is your biggest cheerleade...