What Else for July 31, 2020

Programming note: Lainey’s stuck in pre-long-weekend work prep, so I’m filling in with all your Friday afternoon link needs! Which brings me to our next point – Monday is a civic holiday in Canada (I just found out it’s called ‘Regatta Day’ in Newfoundland!) so we’ll be dark that day and meet you ba...

Netflix acquires Moesha, Girlfriends, Sister Sister, and other Black-led 90s sitcoms

This week the internet was delighted by the announcement that Netflix has acquired the rights to several 90s-era Black sitcoms including Sister, Sister, Girlfriends, Moesha and several others, which will drop throughout September.  I share in the internet’s delight for many reasons. I consumed these...

Celebrity Social Media, July 31, 2020

PEOPLE is capitalizing on Finding Freedom with a special Charles/Diana/Camilla love triangle cover. The headline promises “the untold story” but I can’t imagine what that would be. We’ve all read the transcript about the tampon.  A friend of mine just developed a deep crush on Chris Evans and it’s f...

Sasha Finds: MUMGRY

I know I've never written about snacks or food and while I admit it's a bit off brand for this column....Oh well? But stay with me for a sec because the reason why I have to tell you about MUMGRY is because a) it's Beyoncé Day today and b) MUMGRY was the only Canadian brand featured on Bey's "Black ...

Beyoncé's BLACK IS KING is a love letter to Black people

By now you know Beyoncé dropped her stunning visual album BLACK IS KING overnight to the delight of Beyoncé fans around the world. It’s a stunning piece of film, in a way that surpasses her previous two visual albums, but I think Beyoncé knows the real value in this project is what it means to Black...

Channing Tatum and Scooter Braun partnering on musical version of Macbeth

Between Hamilton and Six, the musical that imagines Henry VIII’s wives as a girl group, historical revisionism with songs is having a moment. Now, that moment is stretching into previously existing historical revisionism, in this case, Macbeth (already revisionist thanks to Shakespeare). Channing Ta...

John Leguizamo calls out lack of Latinx representation in Emmy nominees

This week the Emmy nominations were released and there was a lot of Black talent recognized. Regina King is going for a possible 4th win in 6 years. Zendaya scored her first nomination. Insecure’s Yvonne Orji got some long overdue love. And Yahya Abdul-Mateen II scooped up his first nomination as pa...

With BLACK IS KING, Beyoncé has created a musical and visual solar system

The MTV VMA nominations were announced yesterday. A few hours later, Beyoncé released the visual album, BLACK IS KING, on Disney+, and ….well. Not that we needed one but it was yet another reminder that there is one game, and then there is another universe that belongs to Beyoncé, so comparisons are...

Intro for July 31, 2020

Dear Gossips, “She says less as she has more power.”– Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State UniversityI don’t think I need to tell you who Professor Lindsey is talking about. Beyoncé doesn’t have to speak and some people are getting their asses out o...

Ellen DeGeneres issues public apology after Warner Bros launches investigation into The Ellen Degeneres Show's reported toxic workplace

Almost five months ago, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Ellen DeGeneres was called out in a Twitter thread about how in real life, she is supposedly the opposite of “Be Kind”, which has become her slogan. For years now, these rumours have been circulating in the entertainment industry – th...

What Else for July 30, 2020

Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich are engaged. Apparently he was waiting for the ring to be ready until he proposed and it was a special design. I mean, I think the “special design” part here is the size. It’s enormous, even by celebrity standards. Anyway, now we’re finding out how much it cost. Which woul...

Celebrity Social Media, July 30, 2020

For 20 years, O, The Oprah Magazine has been about Oprah - deservedly so. No one is telling her to lose weight to be on her own cover (unlike Anna Wintour, who allegedly told Oprah to drop 20 for a Vogue cover in 1998). As soon as she took off on TV, Oprah has embraced her influence and shifted and ...

What’s Your Drama: Free Breasts & Third Wheeling

We start this week's podcast like most days and that's with a COVID rant. This time around though, I share my personal adventure on getting tested. As you can imagine, this was not ideal for me. In fact, going to get a COVID test was and is the riskiest thing I've done since lockdown. (Lainey: also,...

Jordan Peele and Issa Rae are partnering on supernatural thriller, Sinkhole

Jordan Peele and Issa Rae are partnering on a…I guess we’ll call it a supernatural thriller, called Sinkhole. They will co-produce the project, and Rae might star in it. Based on Leyna Krow’s short story of the same name, it’s about a couple who move into their dream home, only to find a sinkhole in...

Variety confirms that the 2020 Emmys will be a virtual ceremony

In yesterday’s site open, I wrote about Zendaya’s Emmy nomination and how I hoped that the Emmys and the red carpet could still happen this year but that it wasn’t looking likely since California is one of six states reporting record spikes in COVID-19 deaths and the overall US death toll now tops 1...

According to Finding Freedom, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were already engaged when they appeared at the Invictus Games in September 2017

PEOPLE Magazine is the American media outlet where the publishers of Finding Freedom, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, have chosen to place advance excerpts of the book ahead of its release on August 11. The British counterpart to this was The Sunday Times. To me, PEOPLE’s coming through with a lo...

Finding Freedom claims that Queen Elizabeth wasn't necessarily part of the tiara drama at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding

As part of the advance promotion for Finding Freedom, the new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, excerpts were released to the Sunday Times and the Times in the UK last weekend and in the United States, PEOPLE Magazine is the American outlet chosen to help m...

Intro for July 30, 2020

Dear Gossips, Tonight’s the night, you ready? Beyoncé’s BLACK IS KING premieres on Disney+ tonight at 3am ET/12am PT and a new trailer dropped yesterday to get people primed for her latest masterpiece:  For many people then, we’re in for an all-nighter. Where possible, naps will be scheduled at some...

What Else for July 29, 2020

I don’t know about you but in COVID times, not a day goes by where there isn’t some kind of delivery. Or multiple. Not because I’m online shopping a lot because I’m not but because that’s how a lot of work is happening. I’m getting things sent here for shoots and upcoming segments or there’s new tec...

Duana Names: Pride And Small Change

Hi Duana,I'm expecting my second child in the summer. I feel in my heart of hearts that it is going to be a girl. We're not going to find out in advance, but I have so much pride and small change riding on this baby. It has to happen!  When we were expecting our first child, we had the perfect girl'...

HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' looks equal parts monster movie and Indiana Jones and I am SUPER into that

HBO’s next big thing, they hope, is Lovecraft Country, a sci-fi/ horror/ adventure series based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name. It was developed by Underground’s Misha Green, and is produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams. It has a lot going for it: prestige pedigree, monsters, backroads, Tony...

Celebrity Social Media, July 29, 2020

There have been a few surprise albums during quarantine (most notably, Taylor Swift)  - is Sam Smith next?  Yesterday I pre-ordered the Taylor Swift cardigan because the stars on the sleeves really got me, I’m only human. During the Lover era, she partnered with Stella McCartney and I didn’t like it...

PEOPLE Magazine features Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their cover ahead of release of Finding Freedom

Finding Freedom, the new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, was excerpted in the UK this past weekend, resulting in all kinds of outrage from most UK press outlets. It’s been interesting to see what parts of the excerpts people are reacting t...

Unpacking Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking and the divisiveness of arranged marriage

It has now almost been two weeks since Indian Matchmaking showed up on our Netflix recommendations, and it still continues to be one of the most divisive shows to appear in Netflix’s lineup. If you’re just hearing about Indian Matchmaking, where have you been? The show follows Sima Taparia, a profes...

Prince William shows up at BBC Radio Live Five’s That Peter Crouch Podcast to talk football and mental health

Ahead of the FA Cup Final this weekend in England, Prince William showed up on BBC Radio Live Five’s That Peter Crouch Podcast to talk about football and mental health. William is the President of the Football Association and this year’s event has been renamed the Heads Up FA Cup in support of menta...

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were both nominated for Emmys yesterday

Back in January, when so many of us were stupidly oblivious to the sh-t that 2020 would be bringing, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston dominated celebrity gossip headlines because of the “moment” they shared at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. They both won that night – he took home Best Supporting Acto...

July 29, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Paula! Happy Birthday with love from Carolina who calls you a true “superwoman”. Congratulations on the new home and by request, here are Darren Barnet and Jaren Lewison aka Paxton Hall-Yoshida and Ben Gross from Never Have I Ever.  Oh and Paula? You’re popular today because Domenico is also joining...

Intro for July 29, 2020

Dear Gossips, Last month, Zendaya participated in The Hollywood Reporter’s Drama Actress roundtable, now a regular award season campaign stop. Zendaya was representing her work in Euphoria, which aired last summer and thus was ineligible for Emmys consideration. One year later though and, clearly, t...

What Else for July 28, 2020

Can you believe that the “Ellen DeGeneres might not be very nice” story happened at the beginning of the pandemic? And now, four months later, it’s still a conversation…because of all the reports that the workplace culture at her show is toxic. So there’s a third party investigation underway. That s...

Like Search Party, What We Do in the Shadows is the best show you're not watching

Remember when magazines used to blare the headline, The best show you’re not watching!? (Remember when magazines?) Back then, there was an idea that you could keep up with most, if not all, of the stuff on television, and “the best show you’re not watching” would be some medium-rated sitcom or perha...

This year's Emmy nominations are incredibly exciting

It just f-cking figures, doesn’t it? In a year when the Emmy nominations are incredibly exciting, current (fewer than ever nominations for shows that have been on the air for eons, or for tired who-watches-that? network sitcoms), and most importantly, reflective of what people actually watch, there ...

Celebrity Social Media, July 28, 2020

Despite the sagging subscription numbers, Quibi soldiers on. The latest greenlight is for a new Chrissy Teigen show, Edible Creations, an adaptation of the Japanese show Sukurri Sweets. I watched a few clips online and Sukurri Sweets is energetic and fun but I don’t know if an adaptation is enough t...

Brad Pitt seen arriving at his office in LA in a white mask and backpack

Did you see Ford vs Ferrari last year? The film was an outside Oscar contender starring Christian Bale as race car driver Ken Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, the car designer. The other day I read a story about how they’d been working for years to make the movie and at one point, Brad Pitt a...

Leah Remini is sharing new information about how Tom Cruise has benefited from Scientology’s allegedly sinister practices and should be held accountable

Leah Remini has been telling on the Church of Scientology for years now, at great personal risk, if you believe the stories out there about the organisation’s revenge and silencing tactics. Now she’s coming for the Church’s most high profile member: Tom Cruise.  All the details are below and if you ...

BLACKPINK’s label announces that their first full length album will be released on October 2nd

BLACKPINK’s label announced yesterday that the group’s first full-length album will be released on October 2. Given how popular and successful Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé are, it’s hard to believe that they’ve never actually put out a full-length album. That’s also why their fans have been so voca...

Megan Thee Stallion fires back at those turning her trauma into memes after being shot in both feet

Yesterday, Megan Thee Stallion made a big return to social media, telling her heartbreaking story on Instagram live. In the emotional update Meg fought back tears as she assured fans she’s well on the road to recovery after being targeted in a shooting and then having surgery to remove the bullets. ...

A week after pulling Tenet from release calendar, Warner Brothers announces international release plan for the film

I feel like we’re playing street hockey and cars keep passing through and we’re yelling “game off” and “game on” more than we’re actually playing the game, but we might finally be at the end of the road with Tenet. A week after pulling it from the release calendar, Warner Brothers has announced a ki...

Intro for July 28, 2020

Dear Gossips,Sorry to make it about me but the Daily Mail did it first. So hello to those of you who are visiting this site for the first time because you read a headline referring to me as a “pal” of Meghan Markle. This is not true, which probably means you’re leaving now, although I hope you stay,...

What Else for July 27, 2020

Four days ago, Taylor Swift fans were wondering whether or not “William Bowery” is a pseudonym for Joe Alwyn who may or may not have co-written some of the songs on folklore. Now they’re deep-diving on the lyrics and worried that Taylor and Joe may have broken up. Spoiler alert: they probably haven’...

Celebrity Social Media, July 27, 2020

Jennifer Aniston attended a socially distanced birthday party for Sandra Bullock. They’ve been friends for a long time and we know that Sandy is not on social media, so how did this photo post happen? Did Jennifer tell Sandra the photo was only going into her stories, which last 24 hours, and not th...

BTS will become new contenders for the Song of the Summer in August when they release new song

When did we start doing this? There’s always been a Song of the Summer, obviously, but it was about a decade ago that debating the Song of the Summer online, and then declaring and crowning it, became an annual summer tradition. I remember back in 2012 when Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” was the...

Judge orders that documents from Virginia Roberts defamation suit against Ghislaine Maxwell be unsealed

While most of the British royal headlines the last few days and probably in the days to come will be about the rom-com known as Finding Freedom, about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, don’t sleep on another potential royal story that’s expected this week that is much more scandalous, much more concer...

Charlize Theron talks about being a badass during Comic-Con @ Home conversation

On Friday afternoon, Charlize Theron did a Comic-Con @ Home conversation—I can’t call these panels, they’re just not a comparable experience to what Comic-Con usually is—titled “Evolution of a Badass”, about her career, specifically, as an action hero. I wrote recently about Theron’s interesting evo...

Excerpts from Finding Freedom, the upcoming book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, read like a rom-com

Finding Freedom, the upcoming book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, is currently the #1 book on Amazon based on pre-orders, helped in part by the advance excerpts published this weekend in The Sunday Times and The Times and the subsequent coverage of those exc...

Keanu Reeves proves that his Movie Star qualities come through remotely during Comic-Con @ Home conversations

We know Keanu Reeves has earned his place as one of Hollywood’s most enduring, capital-letter, neon-lights Movie Stars. He’s done it through decades of work, starring in some of the most popular and beloved films of all time, and also by being an unfailing, utterly dependable public persona. He has ...

Intro for July 27, 2020

Dear Gossips, In April 2019, before Beyoncé’s Homecoming premiered on Netflix, there were a lot of us trying to find out exactly what time it was happening because we were making our all-nighter plans. April 17 was a Wednesday and Homecoming was one of those events where, for some of us at least, wa...

What Else for July 24, 2020

Have you been listening to The Chicks’ album Gaslighter? It’s SO good! And so gossipy, as all great art should be. A lot of the gossip, of course, is about Natalie Maines’s divorce from Adrian Pasdar and whether or not he cheated on her on her boat. And if the woman left behind a pair of tights. Nat...

My take on the odds of the outcome of tonight's finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 5

For a season packed with so much talent, it has just FLOWN by hasn’t it? Tonight is the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 5! What do you think of this season? The calibre of drag has been jaw dropping, but I’m pretty sure my enjoyment of the show has nothing to do with Drag Race and ever...

Jennifer Lopez spends her 51st birthday in the Hamptons

Today is Jennifer Lopez’s birthday and I only know that because I wanted to post about her today and remembered her birthday is some time in July but didn’t recall exactly when and when I googled, I was like…holy sh-t, what timing! But now I’m surprised that there aren’t more headlines about it. May...

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are still together and spotted on another dog walk

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas haven’t been on an LA walk together since the beginning of the month. They did go on a trip to Portugal together though and he was the one who took the picture of her with her new puppy, Salsa, so there really shouldn’t have been reason to speculate that there was a brea...

Sasha Finds: Warren Steven Scott

If you haven’t heard of Warren Steven Scott then you’re welcome in advance because this young Nlaka'pamux Nation designer from British Columbia is coming correct with an outrageously cool collection of earrings.   Celebrating Coast Salish culture in a contemporary new way he’s created these amazing ...

Celebrity Social Media, July 24, 2020

Yesterday, a hearing was supposed to take place regarding Britney Spears’s conservatorship but it had to be cancelled because the Zoom call was infiltrated by people who weren’t supposed to be there and wouldn’t log off, a uniquely 2020 problem. It will have to be postponed and there’s no change on ...

Fans honour One Direction's tenth anniversary with old memories, lyrics, and photos

As Lainey mentioned in her post about Taylor Swift, yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the day One Direction was formed. TEN YEARS! A WHOLE DECADE AGO!As we’ve seen the last couple of years and especially now, nostalgia isn’t a trend anymore, it’s a state of being, partly because there have be...

The cast of The New Mutants participates in “Comic-Con @ Home” panel since Comic-Con was cancelled

Comic-Con was cancelled this year, and in its place is “Comic-Con @ Home”, a series of pre-taped and Zoomed “panels” that, while decently robust given the last-minute nature of planning, is like a super-skinny version of the constant chaos that usually defines Comic-Con. One of the first big film “p...

Taylor Swift's new album, folklore, is about storytelling instead of settling scores

“I’m doing good. I’m on some new sh-t.” That’s how Taylor Swift’s new album folklore opens, the opening lyrics to the opening track, “the 1”. It’s a promise she’s made before. And it’s a promise she hasn’t quite kept …until now. After all, Lover was supposed to be a new era and the first song on tha...

Us Weekly reports that Eminem is stressed out about how far Mariah Carey might drag him in her new book

Alexa, play “Obsessed.”If you don’t already know, The Elusive Chanteuse is about to become The Elusive Author with the release of her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, out September 29th. This week Us Weekly published a report claiming that Eminem is prepared to be put on blast in the book, and s...

Intro for July 24, 2020

Dear Gossips,It’s Friday. And for me these last few weeks, as I’ve been saying the last couple of weeks, Fridays are both relief and high anxiety. Because my favourite series airs on the weekends and it becomes about how to kill the time until Netflix posts the new episodes and then holding myself b...

What Else for July 23, 2020

“Alright stop. Collaborate and listen. Ice is back with a brand new invention.” A biopic. I had no idea there was one in the works. I had no idea this was an untold story that needed telling – but here we are, it’s happening, and David Silver is not playing Vanilla Ice. Instead, it’s Dave Franco and...

HBO renews Perry Mason for a second season

Perry Mason is in the back half of its eight-episode run, and turned into a decent hit for HBO, with eight million people viewing the premiere. Therefore, HBO has renewed the show for a second season, which means that Perry Mason will keep trying cases, and Perry Mason will keep trying to be more th...

Jay Pharoah, Derek Luke, Chris Chalk, Aldis Hodge and Algee Smith discuss racism in Hollywood for Variety's Black Men In Hollywood Roundtable

This week Variety assembled a group of Black actors to discuss the current state of Hollywood and what the path forward looks like as BIPOC are emboldened to call out the bullsh-t in workplaces across North America. Jay Pharoah (Bad Hair), Derek Luke (13 Reasons Why), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason), Aldi...

Celebrity Social Media, July 23, 2020

1D is 10! Harry, Liam, Niall and Louis are celebrating a decade of the boyband journey, from reality TV show to solo careers. The nostalgia is thick: the huddle shot, the first group photo, the text. It’s a photo montage set to “Story of My Life.” They were babies! And the oldest of them, Louis Toml...

Bill & Ted Face The Music will open on September 1 in theaters and PVOD

Bill & Ted Face the Music has already shuffled its release date because of the ongoing theater closures in North America, but when the teaser came out earlier this summer, I mentioned this movie could shift to a digital release, since it is relatively low-budget. Well, guess what? Bill & Ted Face th...

Taylor Swift announces new album, folklore, on One Direction's tenth anniversary

Wanted to put this in a separate post so that we could focus properly on the speculative drama. As mentioned earlier, Taylor Swift announced this morning that she’s surprise-dropping a new album tonight. Timing is always a factor where gossip is concerned, especially now that we’re living in the soc...

Demi Lovato announces engagement to Max Ehrich

Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich were first confirmed to be dating in March, right after pandemic happened in North America. It was definitely a case of Fast Flames™: celebrity romances are often accelerated because they don’t have the mundane, logistical barriers that civilians have when it comes to purs...

Taylor Swift announces surprise new album called folklore that will be released tonight

Taylor Swift just made a surprise announcement on Instagram. Like so many other people, she’s been super quiet for months during the pandemic. And it turns out she wrote and recorded an entire album that’s dropping tonight called folklore. This is her eighth album, coming less than a year after the ...

Ana de Armas takes pity on us and gives us a dog walking update

I think at this point it’s been over two weeks since Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been papped together on a dog walk or a donut/coffee run in LA. Their outings had become a COVID-19 gossip routine for us and while they did seem to have been in Portugal together recently, with Ben joining Ana on...

Intro for July 23, 2020

Dear Gossips,BLACKPINK in your area!When BLACKPINK released their latest smash hit “How You Like That” at the end of June, it set the YouTube record for the most views in 24 hours with 86.3 million. The video currently has over 300 million views.  And remember, there’s still another single to come a...

What Else for July 22, 2020

Did you hear how Donald Trump answered a question about Ghislaine Maxwell? I mean…. there are some people who are like, ugh, how dare he wish her well or as IF he doesn’t know more about the situation and others who actually thought he was being “brave” by wishing her well, LOL, but my conspiracy th...

Duana Names: We Want A Sexy Name. Yes, I Said That

Dear Duana,Thank you so much for years and years of interesting insights and name inspo! Despite being a long-time fan-girl (I've gifted 'The Name Therapist' to every knocked-up friend), I'm actually disappointed to need your counsel. Mostly because my request will expose me for the creep I am... Yo...

Show Your Work: The “Jung”-ian Art of the Celebrity Profile

On this episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I celebrate the work of E Alex Jung whose celebrity profiles we have discussed multiple times on our podcast and who I have gushed over consistently. Two of EAJ’s profiles have gotten a lot of attention recently: his piece on Michaela Coel and his intervi...

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander spotted in Ibiza ahead of their third wedding anniversary

Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were married almost three years ago this coming October in Ibiza. They were photographed in Ibiza this week on holiday with friends – noteworthy because they keep a pretty low profile and apparently moved to Portugal a couple of years ago. Michael also stepped ...

BTS to perform at virtual iHeartRadio Music Festival in September

The iHeartRadio Music Festival happens every year over two nights in September in Las Vegas. This is the tenth anniversary and due the pandemic, live music events aren’t an option anymore. Variety confirmed yesterday however that plans are now in place to continue with the festival virtually, Ryan S...

Celebrity Social Media, July 22, 2020

Two things related to Twitter’s favourite movie, Knives Out: Last night #chrisevansisoverparty was trending and there always seems to be one of these hashtags trending – turns out it’s was not related to the Chris Evans many of us know as a Captain America, but a different person altogether. Next, #...

There is no better time than now to binge all three seasons of Search Party starring Alia Shawkat

Spoilers ahead. Search Party is one of the most underrated and underappreciated shows in the era of Peak TV. This is a post for those of us who know and for those of you who should. Search Party, which originally aired on TBS, is a delicious dark comedy some of us have been waiting to return for alm...

Martha Stewart is feeling herself in Instagram thirst trap photo

One of the keys to a great social media moment is the element of surprise. Millions of thirst traps happen every day on Instagram. These days, people are so parched, it’s hard for one thirst trap to truly distinguish itself and when it does, it’s because it’s unexpected – not just in the execution b...

Harry Styles is experimenting with a new, full-bodied moustaches that immediately started trending on Twitter

During a rough week (month? year?), a beacon of positivity has emerged on the internet in the form of facial hair on a famous popstar. While it’s not exactly the first time we’ve seen Harry Styles with a moustache — he always sporting a little something on his top lip — this is full-bodied. He’s bee...

Rub & Tug has been revived with Scarlett Johansson and her production company nowhere to be seen

A couple of years ago, Scarlett Johansson waded (again) into the waters of appropriation, intending to star in the movie Rub & Tug in the role of a trans man, Tex Gill, who ran a massage parlor empire in Pennsylvania in the 1970s (Tex Gill’s life sounds so cinematic). She was rightly called out for ...

July 22, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Michele! Happy Birthday with love from Staci who is also wishing you GOOD LUCK on the upcoming interviews. By request, here are some photos of Jason Momoa. Borrow some of his chill vibe through the tense moments and you’ll be good, I believe it.  

Intro for July 22, 2020

Dear Gossips,Today is Big G’s seventh birthday. To celebrate the occasion, Kensington Palace has released two new photos of G that were taken, as usual, by his mother Kate – and he’s colour coordinated! Here’s Big G in dark olive green in the first portrait:  And another of G wearing a camouflage t-...

What Else for July 21, 2020

Keanu Reeves is currently in Berlin working on The Matrix 4. His girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, is with him and while, for the most part, they’re probably enjoying themselves, they do have a concern: her stalker. There’s a woman who clearly refuses to accept that Keanu and Alexandra are happy and in l...

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse go for a walk together in London

You know, I used to say during the first year of their relationship that Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse were really good about updating us on their status – unintentionally, of course. And for the most part, they’ve kept up with this consideration. Today in particular I am extra appreciative b...

Colin Farrell picks up Batman related books in LA

We don’t talk about Colin Farrell now as much as we used to. There was a time, like 15 years ago, when he was a lot more of a headliner, and that seemed to match his professional focus: back then there was a push to make him an action star. Over much of the last decade though, while he’s appeared in...

Celebrity Social Media, July 21, 2020

Every kind of anniversary is celebrated on social media, every milestone is marked. But this one – the anniversary of being caught cheating – is a new one. This has to be a first, right? Oh and they are in the process of auditioning for Real Housewives of Beverly Hills so this is exactly the right m...

HBO moving forward with Game of Thrones prequel, Fire and Blood

You know what? I don’t care how Game of Thrones ended, that show was f-cking rad. King Bran is stupid forever, but the rest of it rocks. I’ve been re-watching episodes (not all of them, because some are just too depressing/upsetting for the times), and when GOT was good, it was the BEST. So bring on...

Jeffree Star definitely isn't doing what's right in new YouTube video called "Doing What's Right"

The scene opens. We see Jeffree Star dressed in a bright pink robe and Louis Vuitton socks casually relaxing on an enormous, luxurious couch that seems to be covered in some sort of golden fur. In the background, a monumental entrance framed by not one but two spiral staircases is visible. In a hous...

Emily Maitlis says Prince Andrew and his team were oblivious about disastrous BBC Newsnight interview

By now you know about Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC Newsnight. It was a disaster. In the moment though, Andrew and his aides had no idea. The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) will be announced virtually on July 31 and Newsnight’s Prince Andrew interview has been nomi...

Christopher Nolan's Tenet no longer has a release date

Yesterday, the inevitable happened and after a month of hop-scotching release dates, Tenet was pulled from Warner Brothers’ release calendar entirely. They’re still committed to a 2020 release date, with studio chief Toby Emmerich issuing a statement that they will “share a new 2020 release date imm...

Intro for July 21, 2020

Dear Gossips, When was the last time you watched The Pelican Brief? For all you babies out there too young to know what I’m talking about, The Pelican Brief is a political thriller adapted from John Grisham’s book starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts.  I don’t remember what it was that the c...

What Else for July 20, 2020

Wait. I thought Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly were already Instagram official? Whatever, it looks like they’re Instagram official again, sort of. Even though this photo wasn’t posted to their own accounts. They’re working together and quarantining together right now. Work is where they met. Work i...

HBO’s Showbiz Kids is chillingly subtle

Here’s the thing about supposedly ‘niche’ interests or fascinations – they never seem all that niche, which is probably just a trickle-down effect of the internet and everyone knowing about everything. But my reaction to hearing about HBO’s documentary Showbiz Kids was to immediately message all my ...

Charlize Theron's The Old Guard is the latest example of her creating interesting and action-oriented work for herself

Two weeks after its debut, Netflix is hailing The Old Guard as one of its biggest successes ever. All Netflix viewer data comes with a grain of salt, though, because there is no independent verification of Netflix’s viewership, and their own “watch” metric is measured in mere minutes, so you don’t h...

Catching up with Joshua Jackson & Jodie Turner-Smith, Quavo & Saweetie, and Leonardo DiCaprio & Camila Morrone

Time to catch up on the photo sets that were released this weekend. Let’s start with one of our favourites, Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson. They went out for a walk the other day with the baby and the dog. It was announced a few weeks ago that Without Remorse, adapted from Tom Clancy’s novel,...

Celebrity Social Media, July 20, 2020

Apple Martin is featured in the new G. Label photoshoot – she’s turned away from the camera. Gwyneth also got photo approval on the mother/daughter candid below. Some of us are old enough to remember when Kate Hudson was introduced to us via an InStyle cover with her mom Goldie (she used to go by Ka...

Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy, reveals baby bump in new Instagram photos

This morning Nicki Minaj announced that she’s expecting, revealing her baby bump in a set of maternity photos posted to Instagram. With a curly yellow bob in one snap, a blue wig in another, and lots of tacky frills, the photoshoot is reminiscent of the Minaj we knew in the early 2000s. Pay close at...

Portraits and details released from Princess Beatrice's beautiful wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

It was revealed on Friday that Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and that it took place at the Royal Lodge (the residence gifted to Prince Andrew by the Queen), and that it was attended by a small group of family and friends, with Her Majesty and Prince Philip in attendance, as well as...

Disney celebrates one year anniversary of The Lion King remake by releasing trailer for Beyoncé’s Black Is King

On Sunday, Disney celebrated the one year anniversary of The Lion King remake and Beyoncé’s The Lion King: The Gift companion album by releasing the “official” trailer for Black Is King, Bey’s film hitting Disney+ July 31st.  The new clip isn’t much longer than the first teaser (which I wrote about ...

The Daily Mail reports exclusively that Jessica Biel has welcomed second child with Justin Timberlake

In late November 2019, Justin Timberlake made headlines when he was seen very drunk at a bar New Orleans, where he was shooting a movie, holding hands and looking pretty intimate with a costar. He subsequently apologised and took the opportunity to promote that movie. As I wrote at the time, and at ...

Intro for July 20, 2020

Dear Gossips, I am not Okay! It’s Monday which means it’s the longest time to be away from It’s Okay To Be Not Okay and there are still six whole ass episodes left and I don’t know how much more of these feelings I can take! In storytelling, as we’ve been saying here on this site for over a decade, ...

July 20, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Carolina! Happy Birthday from Paula – and congratulations on the new home and your baby! Don’t stress. Your old home will become a home for someone else, a beginning for them just as this is a beginning for you. As your always and forever, Lin-Manuel Miranda, wrote: “There’s a million things I haven...

What Else for July 17, 2020

Instagram influencing typically is one profession – we can call it a profession now, can’t we? – where women make more than men. With exceptions, of course. The Rock has become the exception. He is now the most bankable celebrity on the platform, unseating Kylie Jenner from the top spot. Here’s the ...

Tyra Banks congratulates herself for "breaking these doors down" as new host of Dancing With The Stars

I’ve never watched Dancing With The Stars. In truth, I tapped out of competitive reality series after Anderson Cooper left The Mole,  but it’s more because I’m disorganized than anything else, and half the attraction of week-to-week shows is being able to talk about them online or around the (theore...

Celebrity Social Media, July 17, 2020

Yesterday I mentioned that Melanie Griffith should write a book and she’s posting a lot of throwbacks on her Instagram feed. Research? Remember the yodeling kid? Remember Diplo being the hottest celebrity to profile? Early 2020 was another lifetime.There’s a lot of debate about Offset gifting Kultur...

Sasha Finds: Omi Woods

I, like many of you, have been super careful about spending money these last few months. However when I have bought something, I’ve been making a conscious decision on who, what, and where. And I’m so excited because I’ve been saving up for my next purchase which is a piece from jewelry brand, Omi W...

Netflix's The Old Guard completely changed the game for queer representation in superhero movies

Remember when Avengers: Endgame came out (just one year ago!) and co-director Joe Russo was talking up the movie’s big gay moment (BGM) in which he cameos as a grieving widower who reveals, in Steve Rogers’s group therapy, that he went on a date with another man. The first gay Marvel character! head...

Music’s Next King and Queen Quavo and Saweetie featured in August issue of GQ

Quavo, one third of the mega-successful rap group, Migos, and Saweetie, the up and coming rapper who ruled summer 2019 with her hit, “My Type,” are making chess moves to become music’s next power couple. Their latest play arrives inside the August issue of GQ. The piece is titled “Quavo and Saweetie...

Buckingham Palace confirms that Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi this morning

Princess Beatrice was supposed to marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on May 29 at St James’s Palace in London but then the pandemic happened so they ended up postponing it. The Daily Mail reported that they were hoping instead to have their wedding in 2021 and that it would be like a post-COVID celebration...

In the ultimate nerd thirst trap, Henry Cavill documents himself building a computer

Back in The Tudors days, Henry Cavill was a public nerd. He talked about fantasy novels and role-playing games in interviews, and did not try to hide that he is the quintessential nerd who grows up hot. Then, he became Superman and suddenly, despite playing a King of the Nerds level character, he lo...

Intro for July 17, 2020

Dear Gossips, I need the weekend more than ever lately. Not because of work but because the weekend is when new episodes of my current favourite show are released on Netflix. Right now, eight out of sixteen episodes are available, with new episodes, one on Saturday and another on Sunday, posted imme...

What Else for July 16, 2020

The testimony in Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against The Sun continues but Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder will not be called. Johnny’s bodyguard has spoken though and says Amber Heard was the cause of all the drama and violence and her former assistant has accused her of stealing her own experience of a...

TV Review: Little Fires Everywhere starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon could be a strong contender at the Emmys

The Emmy nominations will be announced in less than two weeks on July 28 which is why we’ve seen all this virtual campaigning, and given the names involved, Little Fires Everywhere could be a strong contender. Warning: Literally all spoilers Little Fires Everywhere is a beautiful limited series, led...

Sarah Jessica Parker visits her flagship store in New York

Sarah Jessica Parker opened up her flagship last week in New York. Not the most ideal circumstances, even though NYC is reopening and seems to have a handle on the pandemic right now, but travel is way down still and in the summer you count a lot on tourists for business. Especially SJP, as I’m sure...

Celebrity Social Media, July 16, 2020

As Lainey mentioned yesterday in the BTS post, Billboard has once again changed its chart rules (they did so in January but said those changes didn’t go far enough). Bundling with merch, vinyl copies, and concert tickets is not allowed anymore (it has to be an a la carte option). Billboard specifica...

What’s Your Drama: Driving for D updates and Bailing on a Birthday

This week Lainey continues on her "things are normal, right?" rant. She does this weird thing where she declares she's going to do something, this week it's going to the gym, and then somehow turns it on me that it's my fault she can't do it because of COVID. Once we deal with that compulsion it's t...

Kevin Connolly accused of sexual assault by former costume designer, Gracie Cox

Ugh, ANOTHER one, another goddamn roach scurrying across the floor. This time, it’s Kevin Connolly, best known as E from Entourage, a charter member of the Pussy Posse, director of cinematic classic Gotti, is the latest bad man in the news. Yesterday, the Daily Beast published a report about the exp...

A rarely papped Christian Bale at the beach with his son and a look back on American Psycho

Did you know that American Psycho, the film, turned 20 back in April? I’ve seen it twice, and not for at least ten years. A few months ago, at the time of the anniversary, when there were think-pieces all over the place, I thought about going back and watching but… you know… the mood of 2020 hasn’t ...

Matt Damon at the beach in Malibu with his family after purchasing $16.5 million home in Brooklyn

Page Six had a story the other day about Matt Damon’s Brooklyn home. It’s a 6,000 sq ft penthouse that takes up the 11th, 12th, and top floors of the Beaux Arts building, where his friends Emily Blunt and John Krasinski also live. Supposedly Matt and his family purchased the place for $16.5 million ...

Intro for July 16, 2020

Dear Gossips, A few people in the UK have noticed today that Prince Andrew’s website “thedukeofyork.org” has been taken down. When you enter in the URL now it redirects you back to the royal family’s website. So on the one hand, his retirement is still permanent. On the other hand, he’s retired unde...

What Else for July 15, 2020

Whatever the legal outcome to Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against The Sun (and Amber Heard by extension), from a reputation perspective, I’m not sure anyone looks “right” here. The accusations and details coming out of this case are bonkers. She’s saying he’s a violent mess behind the scenes, he’s saying ...

BTS virtually promoting Map of the Soul: Journey in Japan and break more records with song "Your Eyes Tell"

Every few days or so I exchange emails with a friend and all we message back and forth about is BTS and how it seems impossible to keep up. I wake up Monday to Friday at around 5am. I check my texts, my email, and then I hit Twitter while still in bed. The reason I’m checking Twitter is for BTS – I ...

Celebrity Social Media, July 15, 2020

Yesterday I wrote about the relaunch of Gabrielle Union’s haircare line, Flawless by GU. This morning PEOPLE posted a new interview that goes way beyond the standard “I like this product” lifestyle sell. Gabrielle talks about her hair falling out during IVF treatments and having to wear wigs and cli...

Cardi B says she's sick of the internet after being called out for using anti-Asian slur

Earlier this week, Cardi B made headlines because she used the c-word on social media. It’s the word some would use to describe a dent in the armour: “chink”. Per Page Six:“Cardi B is in hot water for using an Asian slur while describing her sister Hennessy Carolina’s eye shape. The media maelstrom ...

First trailer for Project Power starring Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks like a slip’n’slide for the mind

Coming off the success of The Old Guard, Netflix has decided that the natural follow-up to a smart superhero movie is a dumb superhero movie. The trailer for Project Power, Netflix’s next superhero movie, has dropped and boy, does it look stupid, like a cross between that Bradley Cooper movie, Limit...

Angelina Jolie and son Pax have dinner together in LA before lockdown is announced

We haven’t seen too much of Angelina Jolie during the last few months because of lockdown but we have heard from her. She’s made donations, she’s written essays, she’s been on video chat with select media outlets continuing her humanitarian work. As we know, Angelina travels a lot with the UNHCR but...

ViacomCBS cuts ties with Nick Cannon for his anti-Semitic statements on his podcast

This one’s for the people who think PC and cancel culture only go one way. Late Tuesday, ViacomCBS cut ties with Nick Cannon after he made anti-Semitic statements on his podcast while interviewing Professor Griff, the former member of Public Enemy, who was kicked out of the rap group for saying Jewi...

Intro for July 15, 2020

Dear Gossips, Rihanna’s FENTY is dropping a limited edition footwear release today. The collection has yet to be posted at the time of this writing and it’s not like I’m buying designer shoes right now but… I like to watch. Especially when it’s Rihanna.  Rihanna dominated social media last night for...

Drew Barrymore's InStyle cover interview is the same interview we've gotten from Drew for years

Earlier this month, I covered Drew Barrymore’s InStyle cover in Celebrity Social Media, writing, “Drew Barrymore on the cover of InStyle – thoughts? Drew is a very familiar face and she has a very well-known story. We know who Drew is now, we know her arc, we know what she stands for. There’s no new...

What Else for July 14, 2020

I just read this story and wept. Augie is the world’s oldest golden retriever and Dlisted’s HSOTM! For being 20 years old! Look at this girl! She still has a punk face! For those of us with pets, thinking about them aging is the worst. That’s the deal you make in exchange for all that love and joy –...

Meghan Markle encourages young female leaders to stand in their power for the 2020 Girl Up Leadership Summit

The Girl Up Leadership Summit kicked off yesterday with Michelle Obama and the event continues online today and tomorrow. Girl Up is a “movement to advance girls’ skills, rights, and opportunities to be leaders". Summit attendees are between 13 and 22. Click here to learn more about the summit and t...

Celebrity Social Media, July 14, 2020

Gabrielle Union is launching a hair care line with celebrity stylist Larry Sims called Flawless by GU. It’s specifically designed for textured hair and each of the 12 products will come in under $10. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it’s actually a relaunch – the line debuted in 2017 and afte...

Chris Pine gives off Steff from Pretty in Pink vibes as new Wonder Woman 1984 stills are released

Back in March, at the start of the pandemic in North America, Wonder Woman 1984 was pushed back from its original release date of June 5 to August 14, which would be a month from today. Then in June they delayed it even more – it's now scheduled to open on October 2, 2020 so just under three months....

Triple threat Michaela Coel deserves to be recognized in the same way as Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Like Cody, I had to work up to Michaela Coel’s new show, I May Destroy You. I loved her previous, two-series run of Chewing Gum, but I had seen a plot description of I May Destroy You and knew about the sexual assault plotline—based on Coel’s experience—and I just…had to get into the right frame of ...

Chance The Rapper roasted online for supporting Kanye West for President

I don’t think Chance The Rapper woke on Monday morning with the intent to become a trending topic on Twitter, but after being roasted online for endorsing Kanye West for President, life had different plans. Most people, me included, were confused as to how Kanye releasing a song paying tribute to hi...

Intro for July 14, 2020

Dear Gossips, Jimmy Fallon returned to the studio for The Tonight Show last night. They made a point of showing the audience the safety precautions they were taking to make this happen. Everyone first tested negative for COVID-19 and temperature checks were administered upon entering the building, o...

What Else for July 13, 2020

Disney World has reopened…even though Florida is breaking records in COVID-19 new infections. One of the reasons Disney is Disney is because they are so committed to the brand, so committed to the illusion, committed to the fantasy. If you’ve been to Disney World or Disneyland, pre-coronavirus, you’...

Review: Palm Springs starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti is a wacky existential rom-com for our times

SPOILERSStanley Kubrick once said, “However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” Palm Springs is a film concerned with that supply of light, and how we find meaning when life seems meaningless and every day the same. Directed by Max Barbakow, making his feature film debut, and written b...

Celebrity Social Media, July 13, 2020

Did you see the photo of Demi Moore working from her bathroom? It’s carpeted and has a couch and almost instantly, people were obsessed, but it’s Twitter’s voice of a generation Alexis Wilson who caught Demi’s attention.  Lainey wrote about Lady A(ppropriation) last week and I had a bit of catch up ...

Simone Biles covers Vogue and opens up about her career ambitions and mental health

Simone Biles covers the August 2020 issue of Vogue. She seems pretty excited about it – here’s what she shared on Instagram:  So now it’s a bit tricky, because as you may have heard, there are a lot of people who are thrilled, like Simone, that she’s being featured on the cover of what some people s...

After not being photographed together for a week, Ben Affleck appears in Portugal and Ana de Armas is probably with him

I mentioned last Friday in What Else? that it’s been a week since we’ve seen Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas stepped out together after weeks of stepping out together – walking dogs, getting donuts, spending time with his kids. Everything OK? Of course it is. I wondered in that post if they were out of...

HBO's Perry Mason can’t escape the black hole of a white savior complex

Perry Mason, HBO’s prestige prequel of the famous television attorney, is now at the halfway mark. With half the episodes in the can, two things have become very clear: one, Perry Mason isn’t just cynical, it is STEEPED in misery; and two, it is trying SO hard to overcome some of the inherent issues...

Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers announce split during Friday Dump

Does it seem like during this pandemic, gossip has gone so old school? For decades, one of the most well-known moves in celebrity PR was the Friday Dump. The idea is that you bury a story on a Friday afternoon, when people are checking out, in the hopes that people will be rushing to get their weeke...

David and Victoria Beckham's son Brooklyn announces engagement to Nicola Peltz

In today’s “feel old yet?” news, Brooklyn Beckham is engaged to Nicola Peltz. Victoria is going to be a mummy-in-law!In Celebrity Social Media, where I cover the Beckhams almost as religiously as Lainey covers BTS, I’ve often wondered if Brooklyn would marry young like his parents (they were 24 and ...

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith discuss Jada's "entanglement" with August Alsina on Red Table Talk

That was definitely the gossip word of the weekend: “entanglement” is how Jada Pinkett Smith characterised her relationship with August Alsina. This all started a couple of weeks ago when August confirmed in an interview with Angela Yee that he and Jada were indeed dating and that Will Smith gave hi...

Intro for July 13, 2020

Dear Gossips, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers have requested that she be released on US$5 million bail, because of COVID-19. Her legal team is promising that she would turn over her passports and be GPS-monitored while staying in New York at a private residence. They insist that she is not a flight risk...

What Else for July 10, 2020

I don’t know if this is the love feud you wanted but it’s the one you’re getting: Brian Austin Green hung out with Courtney Stodden. Then she shared a video of them in the hot tub together and he performed disappointment. Now she’s countering with her own disappointment and calling him a “womaniser”...

I am overjoyed about the way Netflix's The Baby-Sitters Club has turned out

Even though 2020 (and Twitter) keeps showing us that there are infinite ways to be an asshole online, a very grown woman saying, “I’m nervous about the upcoming Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club” was absolutely going to be a contender for the prize. So I didn’t. I waited anxiously, and annoyed th...

Celebrity Social Media, July 10, 2020

As mentioned yesterday, Maria is currently taking some time off. She’ll be back on Monday. In the meantime, you’re stuck with me and, well, I warned you yesterday so you should expect it today. I’m taking advantage of this opportunity to hit you with some BTS. This is not just for my benefit but you...

What should Keke Palmer do next now that her gig as co-host of Strahan, Sara & Keke has come to an end?

Page Six is reporting Keke’s Palmer’s latest gig as co-host of Strahan, Sara & Keke has come to an end. Sources say ABC has no plans to resume production on the Good Morning America spinoff, after it was put on hiatus to make room for pandemic news programming since March. Keke joined the series, pr...

Filmmaker Michael Almereyda envisions Nikola Tesla as some kind of seducer in first trailer for Tesla starring Ethan Hawke

Look, I am here for any and all Tesla content. I will watch, read, listen to, consume anything relating even tangentially to Nikola Tesla. He is one of the greatest minds the world has ever known, and we are only just beginning to scratch the surface of thinking about maybe someday fully appreciatin...

Sasha Finds: #OWNYOURTONE

#OWNYOURTONE - that’s the hashtag behind Canada’s first Black-owned skin tone intimates for POCs. Chantal Carter Taylor launched the brand after being frustrated over and over again with the concept of “nude”. Nude to whom? Ummm exactly. Yet another big ass blind spot the fashion industry continues ...

Review: The Old Guard starring Charlize Theron and Kiki Layne is a decidedly grown up superhero movie

Netflix’s original movies have come a long way in a short amount of time. We’re just two and a half years removed from the total waste of Bright, and now with The Old Guard Netflix proves they can pick a decent project to back. More than decent, actually, The Old Guard is the kind of film that does ...

Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams to star in adaptation of Scenes From a Marriage

There is going to be SO MUCH breakup media coming out of this pandemic. And there will be some romantic stories to be told, but I predict the vibe of post-pandemic storytelling will be overwhelmingly about the meltdown, not the meet cute. Case in point: Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are going to...

50 Cent and Lil Wayne face swift backlash for misogyny and slut shaming in recent conversation on Wayne's radio show

Last weekend, a clip began to circulate of 50 Cent on Lil Wayne’s radio show where he was ranting about Black women’s reaction to him dating “exotic women”, which kicked off a stream of consciousness that is very difficult to follow. Here’s some of what he said: “When I use the terminology “hoe” I m...

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s son, Deacon, releases first single called "Long Run" featuring Nina Nesbitt

There’s nothing quite like your first time.Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s son, Deacon, has released his debut single “Long Run”, featuring Scottish singer-songwriter, Nina Nesbitt. Knowing Reese, and taking one look at Deacon, I thought it would be a country/pop power duet — think Bebe Rexha...

Intro for July 10, 2020

Dear Gossips,What is The Meaning of Mariah Carey? That’s what Mimi’s calling her memoir and she announced this week that it’s coming out September 29. You can read it or you can listen to it because there will also be an audiobook and, obviously, Mimi’s not letting anyone else tell her story. I will...

What Else for July 9, 2020

I’m going to pitch this to Duana for Show Your Work because this is WORK! Zendaya wanted to work during quarantine. So she made a call. And then they made it happen, by observing quarantine rules and getting creative with the space and the lighting and even the air conditioning! This is a movie abou...

Celebrity Social Media, July 9, 2020

Maria is away for the rest of the week so I’m filling for her in this space until she’s back. I will use this time to ensure that BTS is properly represented since, you know, they don’t show up on Twitter at all, LOL. But let’s begin with Marsai Martin. The last time we posted about her she was wipi...

Lady Antebellum sues Lady A after attempting to steal her name

A few weeks ago, as protests were happening around the world in support of Black Lives Matter after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many more, Lady Antebellum announced that it was changing its band name to Lady A because they no longer wanted to contribute to the ...

Thandie Newton speaks to E. Alex Jung in stunning interview for Vulture

When we analyze an actor’s career, we often look at what common threads can be found among the projects they’ve been a part of and what does it say about that artist. This week we learned that the common thread of Thandie Newton’s career is pain. E. Alex Jung spoke Thandie for Vulture, in a stunning...

Chris Evans and Lily James have an ice cream date in the park

We received a (possible) New Hollywood Romance alert earlier this week when Chris Evans and Lily James were seen in London leaving a private members’ club and heading back to his hotel. After that, I posted about the timeline of their situation considering quarantine requirements for overseas travel...

Reframing cancel culture through the lens of celebrity gossip

(This is the latest installment in our Long Read series. For previous entries, please visit the Long Reads archive.)Yesterday morning, Harper’s Magazine published a letter written and signed by 50 public figures including J.K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, Gloria Steinem, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwoo...

Intro for July 9, 2020

Dear Gossips,Yesterday, July 8, 2020, marked the tenth anniversary of The Decision, when LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The NBA’s best player was “exercising his right to free agency”. In the decade since then, LeBron has won multiple titles, w...

What Else for July 8, 2020

Oh well maybe Us Weekly’s Jennifer Aniston story from earlier today makes more sense now because PEOPLE has their own exclusive about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Apparently they’re getting along much better now after a lot of family therapy. Brad was even seen leaving Angie’s home recently. This i...

Show Your Work: About Your Work

As promised last week, this new episode of Show Your Work is all about YOUR work. As we’ve seen from Hollywood work, many work issues are relatable across industries, whether you’re a production manager on a film or a project manager for the launch of a new product or supervising a unit in a researc...

Celebrity Social Media, July 8, 2020

Kanye West talked to Forbes about his Presidential run and it’s classic Ye – part troll, part freestyle, all egomaniac. The thing with Kanye is that he positions himself as a free thinker while he’s spouting off the same arguments you’d find in a certain kind of mom group on Facebook (vaccines are t...

BTS's V is the only artist to ever hit #1 in 105 countries with his song "Sweet Night"

Earlier this week in the site intro, I wrote about BTS’s latest record. Their song “Black Swan” hit #1 on iTunes in its 103rd country, the most of any song in history, breaking Adele’s five year record with “Hello”. Since then, “Black Swan” added another country to its #1 list, bringing its total to...

Was Eiza Gonzalez the "Elizabeth" Timothee Chalamet was looking for at the Vanity Fair Oscars party?

Apologies for beginning this post with some gushing. I don’t say this enough to the people who visit this site and reach out to me with insights, recommendations, or just to yell because I’m an asshole. I love how smart and resourceful and well gossip-researched you are. I love your gossip memories....

Us Weekly's story on how Jennifer Aniston has been spending her time in quarantine is lazy gossip

Us Weekly sent out a press release this morning because they have an exclusive. I saw the words “exclusive” and “Jennifer Aniston” pop up in my inbox and was interested immediately. Turns out it’s a make-a-story, and one that’s worth a discussion but not the discussion that the magazine was probably...

Trying to understand the motivation behind Terry Crews's trash behaviour

Yesterday, I wrote about Terry Crews’ commitment to fighting an imaginary threat to society known as “Black supremacy.” After submitting my piece, two things happened. Terry Crews started trending on Twitter after a late night interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, and a reader sent me this message:   Hi C...

Intro for July 8, 2020

Dear Gossips, My favourite non-controversial controversy this week is whether or not “irrregardless” is a word. LOL, my spellcheck evidently doesn’t consider it a word, because it just underlined it in red. But that’s been the debate the last few days because Merriam-Webster includes it in their dic...

What Else for July 7, 2020

Ahem. Let’s kick off today’s edition of What Else? with BTS. Maria has already written her Celebrity Social Media post for today which is why this Instagram post by Chrissy Teigen didn’t make her column but that works out better for me anyway because, well, BTS is my portfolio. Sasha actually was th...

Marvel’s dark and twisty smoulderer Sebastian Stan is dating Alejandra Onieva

Chris Evans isn’t the only member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be making the rounds on social media this week for his love life. In Chris’s case it’s a possible love life at this point since we don’t know for sure if he and Lily James are actually a thing. Sebastian Stan, though, definitely h...

How Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You gets the grey areas of sex right

(This post contains spoilers.)“It’s wholesome, uncomfortable, hilarious but terribly sad and then awkward … I’ve never felt so many emotions at once! Absolutely fantastic. Michaela Coel bloody SMASHED it.”That how Adele described Michaela Coel’s new series, I May Destroy You in a rare Instagram post...

Prince Andrew is apparently too stupid and spoiled to be guilty of sex crimes says a friend of Ghislaine Maxwell

LOLOLOLOLOLOL, this is rich. Now that Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested, people are wondering about a possible list of names, and who she’ll sell out to save herself. Did you watch Filthy Rich on Netflix? If you did, you’ll remember, in the last episode, it was strongly suggested that Jeffrey Epst...

Celebrity Social Media, July 7, 2020

Knives Out has its knives out and so does the best stan feed on the internet, Ana de Armas Updates which, if you recall, has already been blocked by Ana herself. Now, for reasons unknown, the Knives Out Twitter account blocked Updates. The movie was released in September of 2019 and it’s still enter...

More details on Chris Evans and Lily James's possible dating timeline

A possible new celebrity romance made headlines yesterday – Chris Evans and Lily James were seen leaving a private members’ club in London on Saturday and went back to his hotel together afterwards. As I wrote in my post about it, they were clearly not social distancing and since Americans entering ...

Three months into Quibi's existence, it's pretty much a disaster

Here’s a real question for us to ponder in the summer of nothing better to do: Which is going worse, the first months of Apple TV+ or the first months of Quibi? Both are enormously expensive streaming ventures, both had flashy launches touting impressive rosters of A List talent, both have totally f...

Terry Crews proves he's still trash with #blacklivesbetter tweet

Terry Crews is busy hosting summer’s number one television series, America’s Got Talent, but in between live tweeting the show every Tuesday night, he’s made the fight against “Black supremacy” his cross to bear. Although nobody asked.  At the beginning of June, Terry tweeted that defeating white su...

British media criticizes Prince Harry for his "attack" on the Commonwealth after he addresses racist history

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the President and Vice President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. “The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust is a growing network of young changemakers across the Commonwealth. A platform where smart ideas and insights are shared, to show that change can be brought about by...

Intro for July 7, 2020

Dear Gossips,The big celebrity story of the day and possibly for weeks to come is Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard. Technically it’s Johnny Depp vs The Sun but it’s really about Johnny and Amber, their toxic relationship and even uglier divorce. According to Amber, Johnny abused her and was especially vio...

What Else for July 6, 2020

I guess I haven’t been paying enough attention to Brian Austin Green’s post-Megan Fox love life because I had no idea there was a hot tub video of him and Courtney Stodden that her friend shared… or something. The details about how this went public aren’t important. The point here is that he’s hangi...

Chris Evans and Lily James photographed together in London and might be dating

Lily James is currently trending on Twitter. The reason? She may or may not be dating Chris Evans. They were seen together in London on Saturday night. After hanging out at a members’ club until after midnight, the two left together to go back to his hotel. The Daily Mail has the photos.  I mean… it...

Celebrity Social Media, July 6, 2020

I need new glasses and I like a specific kind from a specific store. This place is a ten minute drive from my house and restrictions are lifted where I live (restaurants, malls etc. are open) but we are still in a pandemic, so I called them to see if they are open (right now, it’s still by appointme...

The first trailer for Seth Rogen's An American Pickle is darker than expected

Earlier this year, Sony sold Seth Rogen’s new movie, An American Pickle, to HBO Max, offloading it from their theatrical release schedule when coronavirus shut down the world. I said at the time that “This sounds like exactly the kind of dumb premise Rogen and his producing partners Evan Goldberg an...

Catherine Zeta-Jones launching lifestyle brand called Casa Zeta-Jones

Around seven years ago when I joined LaineyGossip.com, the plan was that that I would focus on celebrity lifestyle brands because I have a background in that kind of media. I have occasionally written about other things (like TV) but I still skew towards lifestyle because it’s a massive industry. At...

Ray Fisher says Joss Whedon's behavior on set of Justice League was completely unacceptable

Amidst the wreckage of Justice League lies Cyborg, the part-man, part-robot character played by Ray Fisher. Cast by Zack Snyder in his first film role, Fisher by way of Cyborg was supposed to be Justice League’s break-out character, as Cyborg was not widely known to general audiences before the movi...

Page Six reports that Prince Andrew won't go on annual golf trip to Spain following Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest

According to Page Six, Prince Andrew won’t be going on his annual summer golf trip to Spain this year. Poor Andrew. Spending some time in the hot Spanish sun might have done some good for his defective sweat glands. You’ll recall, last year, after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal custody, s...

Intro for July 6, 2020

Dear Gossips, BTS broke another record yesterday. Their song “Black Swan” went to #1 on iTunes in its 103rd country, the most of any song in history, beating the record that Adele previously held for five years with “Hello”.  “Black Swan” came out in January, ahead of the release of Map of the Soul:...

Rewatching FNL and What Else for July 3, 2020

Kate Beckinsale married her cats. It’s funny and the look on the groom-cat’s face is hilarious. But… I have some questions about marrying pets. Like, even though these two aren’t connected biologically, aren’t they kinda like siblings? My dogs are like siblings. We call them brothers, because they a...

Celebrity Social Media, July 3, 2020

This is so f-cking dramatic and I love her for it! Jada it taking us to the Red Table. (Read Melayna’s piece on Jada and August Alsina’s complicated history here.) Weekend viewing: David Foster’s new documentary on Netflix. Not only is he a hit maker, but his love life is also pretty spectacular.  B...

What’s Your Drama: BLACKPINK Bias and a New COVID-BF

Welcome back to What's Your Drama. Before we dig into your dirt we talk about the sexiest accessory of our time: the COVID mask. Oh and at some point we also get off focus and talk about BLACKPINK because these days they are the only light at the end of the tunnel. Then it's time for YOUR drama!Our ...

TikTok Star Julian Bass VFXed his way into getting Disney's attention

You didn’t think I’d be able to do it, did you? You didn’t think I’d be able to post anything that wasn’t about Hamilton today. But you’d be wrong, because I am intensely focused on distracting myself until my family’s agreed-upon showtime tonight, and I’ve been engaging in all manner of procrastina...

Sasha Finds: Evio Mascara is the best clean mascara I've ever tried

You know what I respect? A brand that can admit they sh-t the bed. And that's exactly what clean beauty brand Evio did when they launched their first mascara a couple years back. It was a dud, they admitted it and went back to the drawing board.  Evio MascaraNow they're back with a new formula and I...

Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series Never Have I Ever officially gets Season 2 green light

Looks like that Team Paxton vs. Team Ben cliffhanger won’t go answered. Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series, Never Have I Ever officially got the green light for season 2. It’s no surprise, considering the teen dramedy became the most streamed title in many countries around the world almost as soon as it ...

Hollywood Reporter’s comedy actors roundtable stops just short of a meaningful discussion around different generations of comedy

Voting for Emmy nominations is now underway with the nominees expected to be announced on July 28. And that means everyone is campaigning. This year’s Hollywood Reporter’s comedy actors roundtable features Ricky Gervais, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Dan Levy – an interesting cr...

War of YouTubers Shane Dawson, Tati Westbrook, James Charles, Jeffree Star: Beauty Edition 2020

Hooo boy. I didn’t think that of all the stories to make headlines in 2020, it would again be the Tati Westbrook and James Charles feud. Back in 2019, I wrote about a developing story concerning Tati Westbrook and James Charles, two major names in the beauty guru YouTube space. You can read a full r...

Ghislaine Maxwell described as a snake as Prince Andrew continues to avoid investigation interview

Dear Gossips, Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested, as you know, in New Hampshire yesterday, after maintaining a very, very low profile for almost a year. According to FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney:"We learned she had slithered away to a gorgeous property in New Hampshire, cont...

What Else for July 2, 2020

Is there a celebrity couple that you really want to get back together? Earlier this year, a lot of people were Gossip Genie-ing Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt. I don’t understand why, if you’re a fan of Jennifer Aniston, you would want this for her. For a long, long time, people used to say Rachel M...

Celebrity Social Media, July 2, 2020

This is a social media feud I like because it involves The West Wing. Did you know Bradley Whitford has been dogging Rob Lowe on Twitter for about three years? What would President Josiah Bartlet say? Isla Fisher got a new dog called Maisy. That’s a wonderful name for a dog (and a human). Isla is ma...

Show Your Work: Hamilton: How They Told The Story

Ahead of the release of the Hamilton film on Disney+ tomorrow (this is pretty much why I’m subscribing), this week’s episode is about Hamilton, not only why it’s a modern masterpiece but the work that went into it behind the scenes to make it as iconic and representative OFFstage as well as onstage....

Lil Nas X celebrates one year since coming out with a follow-up tweet

Remember last June, Lil Nas X was in the middle of a 19 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his mega-smash “Old Town Road,” and on the very last day of Pride month he came out in a tweet? It was a cultural reset. At the time, he directed fans to listen closely to his song called ...

Canada’s Drag Race Week: Meet Four of Canada’s Best Queens

It’s here! Tonight is the premiere of Canada’s Drag Race. Canada’s Drag Race will be premiering tonight on Crave TV at 9pm EST! In case you missed it, I’ve been spotlighting the judges and the competition all week, and you can access all of that content and more from our Drag Race main page found he...

Jada Pinkett Smith denies August Alsina's claim that Will Smith gave blessing for affair

As if the Smiths weren’t already having the craziest week ever, after Jada Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith called out Youtuber Shane Dawson for sexualizing Willow Smith when she was 11, they’ve been hit with what seems to be confirmation of a long-standing rumour of an affair between Jada and singer A...

Court documents state Meghan Markle felt "unprotected" by royal family

There’s been an update in the lawsuit that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have filed against the Mail on Sunday. Apparently the Mail keeps asking Meghan’s legal team for more information. In a f-cked up way, this helps the Daily Mail generate more content. Because every time they get a response, the...

Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been arrested by the FBI

“Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and was later accused of involvement in his alleged sexual crimes, has been arrested by the FBI, two senior law enforcement sources tell News 4 New York.  She was arrested in New Hamp...

Intro for July 2, 2020

Dear Gossips,We were dark yesterday in observance of Canada Day. For those of you visiting from the United States, you’re about to head into your Fourth of July weekend, just as America set a new record for new coronavirus cases – 50,000 in a single day on Wednesday. Experts are worried that Indepen...

The Weeknd tells Variety that he's an approachable chatterbox

Many things come to mind when I think of The Weeknd: vocals… iconic hair… elusive… Canadian! I don’t, however, think of him as somebody who’d want to talk for hours. But apparently, I am mistaken.  The singer recently spoke to Variety for a piece they called The Weeknd Talks ‘American Dad,’ and What...