What Else for March 31, 2021

A lot of people have a lot of feelings about Michael Strahan’s teeth. But Ben at Dlisted comes up with an interesting possibility: is this an April Fool’s thing? I’m already dreading tomorrow and all the f-cksh-t headlines that will be shared. (Dlisted)  Jennifer Lawrence at the SAG Awards ten years...

Rachel Bilson says that high school friend Rami Malek asked her to remove throwback photo from Instagram when he was campaigning for Oscar in 2019

Rachel Bilson was on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast on Monday and told a story about Rami Malek that’s been making the rounds. So Rachel and Rami went to high school together and they were friends, they did plays together, they hung out with the same friends.  During award season in 2019, whe...

Celebrity Social Media, March 31, 2021

Gwyneth Paltrow did a 12-minute beauty video for Vogue and it is exactly what you would expect from her, lots of vague wellness promises. But would it be GP without a little bit of trolling? She mentions sunscreen and makes some interesting claims and dabbles some very judiciously, pretty much the o...

First trailer for Zola starring Riley Keough and Taylour Paige is a reminder that we need more messy Twitter bitches in our lives

Last year at Sundance—the last major film festival before COVID shut everything down for one (1) solid year—Zola was the big divisive hit of the fest. Zola is adapted from that wild Twitter thread about how “me and this bitch here fell out”, which is basically the last time Twitter was fun. Oh sure,...

Video of physical altercation between Saweetie and Quavo in an elevator set the internet ablaze

The internet was set ablaze yesterday after TMZ dropped video footage of Saweetie and Quavo having an altercation in an elevator that reportedly happened last year. They just broke up two weeks ago, after a whirlwind interview with Justin LaBoy and Justin Combs (and rumours of a physical altercation...

The announcement that Ariana Grande will join The Voice as judge has people intrigued and confused

It was announced yesterday that Ariana Grande will be joining season 21 of The Voice as a coach and I don’t think anyone saw this one coming.  Ariana will be replacing Nick Jonas, joining Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Blake Shelton on her own fun spinny chair. On one hand, her loyal fan base is e...

Forever stylish Gwen Stefani visits a friend in dormcore plaid and Vans and promotes new single "Slow Clap" on Good Morning America

Gwen Stefani was on Good Morning America today promoting her new single “Slow Clap”. It’s the second single off her upcoming album – and that was my first question: when is this album coming out? They haven’t announced yet…because she’s actually still working on it. And she talked about this during ...

The Oscars will now be providing "hubs" for nominees in London and Paris while still encouraging those who can make it to attend LA Oscars cocktail party

An Oscars meeting took place yesterday between the show’s producers, Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins, and Stacey Sher, and the nominees after many of the nominees raised concerns about not being able to be in Los Angeles on April 25 as COVID cases are surging in many places around the world and tra...

Intro for March 31, 2021

Dear Gossips, I got an email yesterday with the sender including a link to the video of the 65-year-old East Asian woman who was beaten in New York City while walking past an apartment building and told that “you don’t belong here”, while the people in the lobby, including a security guard, did noth...

What Else for March 30, 2021

Lady Gaga’s birthday was a couple of days ago and she received a huge basket of roses from her boyfriend. It’s huge. And beautiful. But my mind immediately went to clean up. Like when they’re not fresh anymore, that will be a pain in the ass to take down. What a crusty bitch I am, sorry. (Cele|bitch...

Rihanna is all confidence as she steps out for groceries in LA looking cute in a tropical shirt

I haven’t been to a grocery store in a long time. I do, however, try to make it to the butcher every weekend and when I do… this is not what I look like. I actually don’t look at what I look like because it’s a real bummer: hair stuck to my sweaty forehead, face drawn and pale, probably crust in my ...

BTS releases statement condemning anti-Asian hate and standing again racial discrimination in support of the #StopAsianHate movement

This past weekend, there were anti-Asian racism protests in several major cities across Canada and the United States. In Los Angeles, a youth group performed towards the end of the rally to BTS’s “Dynamite”. For some time now, BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have been the m...

Celebrity Social Media, March 30, 2021

Gisele Bundchen covers Vogue Hong Kong for April – she has been the “green supermodel” for a long time. Looking back, she’s done several of these kind of jungle-esque covers for Vogue, like this one (July 2018) and this one  and this one and this one and, all the way back in 2001, this one. Beyond t...

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello seen on set of a music video shoot after their house was broken into

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were spotted arriving at a music video shoot yesterday in LA. Shawn’s back to his signature hair style after cutting that quarantine mane last month and Camila’s in super casual in ripped denim overalls (I can’t wait for overalls season to start) and a Friends tee. Th...

Two NHS "spin doctors" have reportedly been hired to oversee Prince William, Catherine, and Prince Charles's communications

It was reported a couple of days ago that the British senior royals have hired new staff – specifically communications staff. Which is interesting because for the last few weeks, much of my posts about them have been about their piss poor comms strategy and their need for effective crisis management...

Amanda Seyfried has been tapped to play Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu's The Dropout with a boost from her recent Oscar nomination

Amanda Seyfried scored her first Oscar nomination this year for Mank (she is the least objectionable part of that film, and gives a legit great performance amidst the wankery), and she is not wasting time cashing in that Oscar bump for buzzy new projects. Seyfried has been tapped to take over Hulu’s...

Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne look close during a shopping trip to FOREVER 21

Angelina Jolie was out yesterday with Vivienne. They went to FOREVER 21 which… yeah… of course they did. Vivienne is 12 years old. And even though she’s the child of celebrities, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t share common ground with other kids her age. FOREVER 21 went through a rough time a couple of...

Intro for March 30, 2021

Dear Gossips, The Canadian Screen Award nominations were announced this morning. The full list can be accessed here. The CSAs celebrate the best in Canadian film and television and on the film side, Tracey Deer’s Beans, which I profiled during TIFF last September, received five nominations. Beans is...

What Else for March 29, 2021

I posted earlier about Viola Davis and Issa Rae and what the NAACP Image Awards means to the Black community. They expressed that sentiment through words… and fashion. The looks at this event were show-stopping, the best we’ve seen through award season. Because that’s how you show up for something w...

TikTok star Addison Rae aims for mainstream stardom using the platform to her advantage

Over the last year, TikTok star Addison Rae has been steadily crossing over into traditional media. I know lots of people have their opinions about whether or not social media stars can get their names on the A-list, but Addison is the latest who is coming for that space. She’s currently working on ...

Noah Centineo got the internet talking after showing off his superhero transformation on Instagram

Did you see everyone talking about Noah Centineo a few days ago? That was the intention all along when he and his trainer posted videos and photos of him in the gym and how he’s transformed his body. Noah has been getting into superhero shape. And, well, he’s pretty much there.  I appreciate him for...

Celebrity Social Media, March 29, 2021

“It’s about to be a white boy summer.” What did we do to deserve Chet Hanx? Now you can take that as a negative (“it’s what we deserve”) or a positive (“how did we get so lucky?”), but I want you to know this is a safe space. I’ve seen the, um, inner conflict people are going through for Tom and Rit...

Jennifer Lopez shows up on Alex Rodriguez's Instagram in an ad for supplements while he remains absent from hers

Last week I posted about how Alex Rodriguez was in the Dominican Republic to spend time with Jennifer Lopez while she shoots her new rom-com but that they’d both not shared pictures of themselves together since the reports that they had ended their engagement and their subsequent statement that they...

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn is a major highlight in first trailer for The Suicide Squad sequel-reboot

The first trailer for The Suicide Squad the sort-of sequel, mostly reboot of Suicide Squad, is here in all its red-band glory to try this whole villain team-up thing all over again. Some of the characters featured in David Ayer’s dismal movie are back, such as Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kin...

Viola Davis on what the NAACP Image Awards mean to her considering Hollywood's history of excluding Black talent

Viola Davis was a double winner at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, recognised for her performances in How To Get Away With Murder and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which she’s been nominated for an Oscar, becoming the most-nominated Black woman in Academy history.  This factored into Kathleen’s ...

Issa Rae talks about the significance of the NAACP Image Awards as she wins her first for lead actress in a comedy

The NAACP Image Awards took place this weekend, hosted by Anthony Anderson. Issa Rae won her first NAACP Image Award for lead actress in a comedy. She was nominated alongside Regina Hall, Folake Olowofoyeku, Yara Shahidi, and Tracee Ellis Ross. And she hilariously shouted out Tracee in her acceptanc...

Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson out with their baby and her badass stroller in New York

No better way to start the week – here are Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson in New York this weekend out for a walk with their baby who is almost a year old now?! Howwwwww….?  I know, I know we’ve all been talking about how it’s been a year of time suspension and I’m sorry for repeating it but ...

Intro for March 29, 2021

Dear Gossips,What do you think Beyoncé thinks of Maya Rudolph’s impressions of her on Saturday Night Live? Not that I can claim to know the mind of the Queen, but I can’t imagine she’d be bothered. Maya is one of the greatest SNL talents. Here’s her latest tribute to Beysus:  Sean Evans clearly appr...

What Else for March 26, 2021

Rihanna’s Navy is constantly on her about new music, and it’s been five years since ANTI came out so they’re well past impatient. So she teased them the other day…and then mitigated their expectations. Excellent fan management. (Dlisted)  Andrew Sanford calls Maya Rudolph a genius here – and this is...

Sasha Finds: Loope Swimwear

Is it too early to talk about swimwear? Well, I’m gonna go for it anyway because I recently found a super cool company that I need to hype. It’s by a one woman show out of Vancouver called Loope and after stalking the entire site, I can’t wait for the warmer weather to hit. Now what makes this line ...

Lil Nas X confesses queer sins in new single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and accompanying music video

Lil Nas X loves introducing new characters in his music videos and today we’re blessed with “Stripper Nas”. Last night he dropped his new track, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, along with its accompanying music video — which is sinfully delicious. The track’s title is a combination of Lil Nas’ bir...

Celebrity Social Media, March 26, 2021

If you have a crush on Steve Yeun and think a video of him singing O-Town will kill it, I’m happy to inform you that you are safe. He has a decent voice!  I skimmed the caption to this and thought “Oh NCIS ending” and then checked how long it’s been on the air – almost 20 years. But I misread and it...

Michael B Jordan and Chanté Adams are back on set of Journal for Jordan but Denzel Washington is the real star

Michael B Jordan and Chanté Adams continued to shoot Journal for Jordan yesterday in New York– but it doesn’t seem like they were main the attraction. Denzel Washington, two-time Oscar winner and all-round acting legend is directing. So as you can see, the crowds have gathered. Which feels… Does it ...

Should Meghan McCain leave The View after being called out by John Oliver for past Trump-associated anti-Asian comments?

Meghan McCain has been trending all week, but she lives rent free in my head for other reasons too. I’ve been watching the show every day for the past three years and I am here to admit that I am an anti-racist and anti-conservative liberal who loves Meghan McCain on The View. I had no idea it was s...

Review: Netflix’s Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal blames the pressure to get into a top college for the 2019 scandal

When I was in high school and applying to college more than twenty years ago (damn, I’m old!),  I was guaranteed a spot in any Texas public school of my choice due to the Top Ten Percent rule. When I learned my class rank, I felt as though my academic work had paid off. When I filled out the Texas C...

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik make rare appearance together with baby Khai in New York City

It has been a long time since Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik were photographed out together in public – I can’t even remember what I last saw them walking around in New York somewhere. Like those images are in my memory… I just can’t date them. Maybe 2019? Or even before that?  Gigi and Zayn got back tog...

An extremely scientific and detailed economic breakdown of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier features one of the best single scenes Marvel has ever put to film as Sam Wilson tries to get a loan to save his family business and home and is denied. Even though he is an Avenger, and famous enough that the banker wants a selfie with him, Sam...

Intro for March 26, 2021

Dear Gossips, Margaret Cho is on Vulture’s Good One podcast this week to promote her appearance in FX’s Hysterical, the upcoming documentary on women in comedy (trailer here). During the conversation she talked about the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and also her own regrets about her “non-acknowle...

What Else for March 25, 2021

I love how fresh and green and spring Saweetie’s Cosmo cover is. And the yellow really works too. This is also a good introductory profile on how she got her start and where she’s going in the industry. The styling for this whole shoot is amazing. She looks great in those green pants. And I love the...

Show Your Work: Asians in Media and the Almost Gossip Girl

Before we get into the main points of this week’s podcast, Duana’s sharing her playlist. As in her own vocal playlist. This is how she self-cares: by taking vocal lessons – she’s learning how to perform from a list of songs she curated. If you could learn how to sing any five songs, what would they ...

Celebrity Social Media, March 25, 2021

The big story in social media today is that Chrissy Teigen has left Twitter, seemingly for good. In her tweet thread and on Instagram, she wrote that it doesn’t serve her and she’s too invested in whether or not people like her. When someone says they are disappointed in her (which has been happenin...

Michael B Jordan and Chanté Adams look happy and in love on set of Denzel Washington's Journal for Jordan

Here are Michael B Jordan and Chanté Adams today in Central Park working on the film Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington based on the memoir by Dana Canedy about her relationship with US Army First Sergeant Charles Monroe King and the journals he left for their son who was just seven m...

There is so much great work in media mogul Issa Rae’s latest Variety cover story

Insecure season four, which premiered on April 12 last year, was one of the few highlights in the spring of 2020, during the early part of the pandemic in the west. It was also, for the Black community, a source of comfort midway through the season after the murder of George Floyd put racial injusti...

Miley Cyrus pays tribute to alter-ego Hannah Montana in letter on 15th anniversary of the show

Like many other Gen Z kids, I was very into Hannah Montana. I genuinely think it’s where I get my love for music (and being dramatic). When I mentioned to my mom that it was the show’s 15th anniversary yesterday, she looked at me with the same face she made years ago when I begged her for the overpr...

Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas in masks and face shields on the set of The Gray Man

Production on The Gray Man continued in LA yesterday as Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas were both seen, separately, on set. Ryan was masked, Ana was walking around with her face shield on and if what she’s wearing is part of her character’s costume, we might be getting some sense, with the combat boot...

Intro for March 25, 2021

Dear Gossips, History was made last night on TSN in Canada during the Toronto Raptors game as the broadcast featured an all-female crew: Kayla Grey, Meghan McPeak, Kia Nurse, Kate Beirness, and Amy Audibert.  And the Raptors ended a nine-game losing streak. It was a joy to watch, obviously for its s...

What Else for March 24, 2021

This Cinnamon Toast Crunch thing is all over my timeline and my group chats. This is a story of a man named Karp, a shrimp tale allegation, and Topanga. It has everything – a possible scandal, a conspiracy theory, cereal, and nostalgia. (Dlisted)  The Hunger Games is nine years old?! Yeah… I guess… ...

Celebrity Social Media, March 24, 2021

Jessica Simpson is on a virtual tour for the paperback edition of Open Book and, like the first time around, she’s pulling out some strong looks. I think the Prada is my favourite.  How do we feel about a square toe sandal? All the way in? Or is it the kitten heel of 2021? Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ...

Marvel is already developing Hawkeye spin-off featuring Echo, to be played by Alaqua Cox

Hawkeye, the Marvel series featuring nobody’s favorite Avenger, is due on Disney+ sometime later this year (it’s filming now). The show must already be generating some good vibes at Marvel HQ, though, because a spin-off featuring Echo is already in development. Echo, real name Maya Lopez, is played ...

Ben Affleck in costume in 70s style on set of The Tender Bar with George Clooney

Here are some new shots of Ben Affleck being directed by George Clooney on the Boston set of The Tender Bar. This is the first good look of Ben in costume from the era – JR Moehringer’s story takes place in the 70s and that’s definitely what we’re working with here. So that’s two film sets that are ...

Chrissy Teigen launches line of home cleaning products with Kris Jenner called Safely and kicks up a lot of conversation on Twitter

Over the last week or so, Chrissy Teigen has been teasing out a collaboration with Kris Jenner and yesterday revealed it is a line of home cleaning products called Safely. On the company’s Instagram page, it’s described as “plant-powered cleaning” which has kicked up a lot of conversation. First off...

Anya Taylor-Joy feels part and parcel of the New Celebrity in Vanity Fair cover interview

2020 was such a weird f-cking year for pop culture, but I feel like we can all agree Anya Taylor-Joy was one of the breakout stars of the year, yes? She began the year with Autumn de Wilde’s sexy, stylish adaptation, Emma., the last movie many people saw in theaters, and ended it with The Queen’s Ga...

Prince Harry is booked and busy as more is revealed about his position at BetterUp and another role at Aspen Institute is announced

It was announced yesterday that Prince Harry now has a job – he’s the new Chief Impact Officer at BetterUp, and he’s apparently been in the position for a couple of months as CEO Alex Robichaud told SkyNews that Harry’s role with the company began in January and that after getting to know each other...

Disney pushes back release dates for seven films including Black Widow which will debut day-and-date on Disney+

A year ago, we started the blockbuster shuffle when No Time to Die vacated April 2020 due to the then-burgeoning pandemic. Now, one year on, we have potentially, probably, our last step in the blockbuster shuffle. Disney has pushed a group of seven films out of spring/early summer, including Black W...

Intro for March 24, 2021

Dear Gossips, Did you see those shots of Lizzo in Malibu living her best life and joined by “mystery man” on the balcony? Photo Assumption suggests that there’s definitely some familiarity between them, to put it delicately, but before we go running away with it, Lizzo let us know that she’s… Or may...

What Else for March 23, 2021

The British royal family insists that they had plans to bring in a “diversity tsar” well before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Television Event of the Year. If that’s really the case, why is it that they’re calling it a “TSAR”, a piss-poor choice of words for someone whose job it will be to promot...

Prince Harry has a new job as Chief Impact Officer at a Silicon Valley startup called BetterUp

It was confirmed today that Prince Harry now has a job. He is the Chief Impact Officer at a Silicon Valley startup called BetterUp which provides “coaching and mental health services” to corporate clients. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news: Harry’s bio has already been added to the lea...

Emerald Fennell signs on to write a script for a Zatanna movie for DC Films and Bad Robot

It feels like a draft, doesn’t it? A filmmaker has an indie breakout hit, and then they get drafted by one of three teams: Marvel, DC, or Lucasfilm. The latest draftee is Emerald Fennell, fresh off her triple Oscar-nomination and Writers’ Guild Awards win for Promising Young Woman. She has signed on...

Celebrity Social Media, March 23, 2021

Reese Witherspoon got a ton of birthday love yesterday and here is some of it. Zoe Kravitz and Kate Hudson both did her right with their photo choices.  If you’ve ever wanted to watch Kevin Bacon serenade a goat with “I Want it That Way”, today is your day. Also, this looks like a llama to me but I ...

Katy Perry hints at Taylor Swift collaboration on American Idol and Selena Gomez drops an Easter egg for fans on Instagram

Swift Nation has been pretty active over the last 24 hours on social media and it has to do with Taylor’s upcoming album, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and her friendships. Let’s start with Katy Perry. She and Taylor are all good now and have been for a few years. Since then, both fandoms have been wo...

Demi Lovato is going all-in to reclaim her narrative with new album, Dancing With The Devil, and YouTube docuseries

Demi Lovato performed her title track “Dancing with the Devil” live for the first time last night at the drive-in premiere for her docuseries of the same name in LA. The song chronicles her relapse, near-fatal drug overdose, and subsequent recovery, with lines like “I told you I was OK, but I was ly...

Pete Davidson and Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor are reportedly "growing close" after meeting in New York

There are a lot of people who watched Bridgerton on Netflix over the holidays and then started shipping the Duke and Duchess of Hastings aka Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor in real life. This has not materialised, although I would love if you could let me know whether or not there are some Bridger...

WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff speaks to Variety about the Snyder Cut and the toxicity surrounding the film

As I have mentioned many times over the years, writing about DC Films and the Snyder Cut can be loaded, because it comes attached to a very toxic fandom. There were plenty of instances over the years where I passed on writing about some new wrinkle in the Snyder drama because I just didn’t have the ...

Intro for March 23, 2021

Dear Gossips, PEOPLE posted an exclusive the other day about how Alex Rodriguez flew back to the Dominican Republic to spend time with Jennifer Lopez as they continue to work through the issues in their relationship. He’d been sharing on Instagram that he was there so what’s exclusive here is that t...

Justin Bieber's new album, Justice, disappointingly reeks of performative wokeness

Let’s rewind to June 2020. The conversation around racial injustice and systemic oppression is at an all-time high. Celebrities are posting black squares and messages in support of Black Lives Matter, and artists like Justin Bieber are getting called out for being so vocal about racial injustices wh...

What Else for March 22, 2021

This is, indeed, a very cute dress on Robin Roberts. In fact, there are two cute dresses – and I think I prefer the second one. I like the colours better on the second one. And the collar. And how the stripes are all laid out and disconnected but connected at the same time. Wait no, it’s a top and a...

Celebrity Social Media, March 22, 2021

Phil Collins was trending on Twitter, which can be a bad thing for a celebrity but not this time. Everyone was just thinking about “In The Air” and some were realizing that Lily Collins is his daughter. Has Phil Collins watched Emily in Paris? Dodger had his second hip replacement and is recovering ...

The Latest on World War Brange is that pro-Brad Pitt sources suggest Angelina Jolie was behind recent leak of court documents

I’ve been sitting on this story for a few days now to see if it develops any further. And it’s interesting to me how it’s developed – or not developed. To recap: last week The Blast broke the news that Angelina Jolie had filed documents in court on March 12 that show she has “proof and authority in ...

Chris Pine walks his adopted dog, Wednesday Weld, with his shirt off in LA

Is that a lethal combination? If Chris Pine is your Best Chris, I had you at Chris Pine. But this is Chris Pine + Dog + he took his shirt off. So I can just cut out here and we’d be good, right? Well, for SEO purposes, I do have to write a little more, otherwise Google will think I’m a spammer. Ther...

The first episode of Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier gets off to a slow start, as with WandaVision

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the second Marvel show to come to Disney+ with the first episode, “New World Order”, introducing us to a more mundane aspect of the world after the Avengers brought everyone back from the blip. Set a few months down the line from the events of Endgame, and in no ...

Prince William uses friendship with Centrepoint's CEO Seyi Obakin in latest mortifying attempt to show he is not racist

If you are a public relations and/or crisis management specialist, and I know you’re out there because I’ve been hearing from a lot of you these days, heads up that you might want to, well, smash your head into your keyboard if you haven’t seen this yet – a story that came out about Prince William a...

Ana de Armas shuts down speculation she's reunited with Ben Affleck after wearing half heart necklace on Instagram

This feels nostalgic, to be posting about Ana de Armas, even though so much has changed. Last March though, seems like we were posting about her on a daily basis, when she and Ben Affleck were in lockdown together and going for dog walks and coffee runs.  That was 2020. Ana’s kept a much lower profi...

March 22, 2021 – Shout-Outs

Anna! Happy Birthday! I’m sorry you’re not able to celebrate this milestone with the blowout that you deserve so for the year ahead, I wish you: much more BTS and so much more great Korean entertainment content. Sounds like the dramas are getting you through a lot of f-cksh-t. Same, same. If you don...

Intro for March 22, 2021

Dear Gossips, Sandra Oh is currently in Pittsburgh shooting a new series. On Saturday she made as surprise appearance at the local Stop Asian Hate protest to lend her voice in raising awareness for the surge in anti-Asian violence that has been happening over the last year, resulting in last week’s ...

Armie Hammer was a nightmare for Elizabeth Chambers and What Else for March 19, 2021

Is it OK if I don’t want to be an expert in whatever the f-ck is happening with Armie Hammer because every update is worse than the one before and man, Elizabeth Chambers, I hope she had a really great support system because this is such a nightmare for her and their children. (Pajiba)   It’s not th...

Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero announce split

Pour one out for Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero. If you’ve been visiting this site over the last decade or so, you know they were once an obsession of mine. Their split was confirmed last week and then I got distracted by the Grammys and there have been other priorities this week so I haven’t give...

Celebrity Social Media round up for March 19, 2021

Like her mom, Kate Hudson is known to throw a great party (her Halloween bashes are a highlight every year). If I had to choose one celebrity birthday to attend, I think it would be hers. The guest list would be amazing and she would have lots of drinks and snacks, plus good music.   This woman is “...

Sasha Finds: Satya Organic

I typically like to test products out before I write about them but I couldn't help myself this time because I feel like I need to put Satya Organic on your radar STAT. I came across this proudly Indigenous-owned company a few weeks ago and after analysing all the reviews, I feel pretty confident th...

Ryan Gosling looks GOOD on the set of 'The Gray Man', which could become a franchise

Here we have what appears to be the first sighting of Ryan Gosling on the set of The Gray Man – and he looks GOOD. He’s behind a mask but you can tell, already, that at this stage for his character, he’ll be clean-shaven, hair properly styled, like Crazy Stupid Love vibes.  By the way, that movie ce...

The Sun denies knowing intel acquired on Meghan Markle was illegally obtained by a private investigator

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, as we know, have been relentlessly targeted by the UK tabloids, and they’ve been pushing back. They’ve sued the Sun and the Daily Mail and they spoke to Oprah during the Television Event of the Year about the British royals’ fear of the tabloid press and alluded to th...

Marvel machine promotes June 11 premiere of 'Loki' with new key art

With The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dropping on Disney+ today—review of episode one coming Monday—the Marvel machine now turns to promoting Loki, which will premiere on June 11. That seems a long way away, but the marketing department must be bored since they are holding off on promoting Black Wi...

Story of Atlanta hate crime victim Xiaojie Tan being told as authorities wait to release more identities of victims

Dear Gossips,  Authorities have still not released the identities of all eight of the victims of the shooting that happened in Atlanta this week. They’ve said they have to make sure they can contact family members who don’t live in the United States before they can share the information to the publi...

'Introducing, Selma Blair' is a fascinating portrait, and leaves you cheering on Selma for her next act

Selma Blair is the kind of exhilaratingly self-aware performer who will cartwheel weeks after a stem cell transplant, then curl up into a ball and laugh about how she wanted to stick the landing, only to lie on the floor dormant before saying, “I’m trying to look dead for a dramatic ending.” These p...

March 19, 2021 – Shout-Outs

Emily! Happy Birthday! I had to laugh about how your “fangirling crush criteria” has changed over the last decade. You’ve gone from Twilight to The Untamed – excellent progression! As for your loyalty to Keanu Reeves… well… he’s the security blanket we all need, non?  There aren’t a lot of options f...

What Else for March 18, 2021

Chrissy Teigen does look like a chic Jedi in this outfit and I’m not complaining. I love it. I love all the layering and the overall softness of this outfit, and the only thing I would change, if it were and not her is the boots. Almost anything would work here – sneakers, combats, even Uggs. Yeah, ...

Photos from the set of House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver feel more like a romance than movie about murder

I am currently quite worried that law enforcement is now monitoring my actions because of what I’ve just been googling which is “what is it called when you kill your husband” and “different kinds of homicide”. Because I wanted to get the word, a word I’ve just learned – mariticide is the killing of ...

Billie Eilish breaks Instagram record after revealing her new blonde hair online yesterday

Billie Eilish marked the end of an era by revealing her new blonde hair on Instagram yesterday. First, she posted this video of herself flipping her hair: And then broke the internet with this selfie:I saw the photo first, and I was instantly obsessed. Maybe I’m a little biased because I’m a HUGE Bi...

Celebrity Social Media, March 18, 2021

This photo has officially entered Lenny Kravitz canon alongside the scarf photo (which I won’t even link to, because that would be patronizing – we’ve all committed that photo to memory). Just Lenny and a coconut.  Is it me or does a young Jeremy Renner look a lot like Chad Michael Murray? Like wow....

Prince William and Catherine were able to operate on autopilot today while visiting an ambulance station in East London

The last time Prince William and Kate were out on an official engagement together, William was asked about his brother, Prince Harry, and about racism in his family. His response was embarrassingly bad. Because, as we have seen, the British royals’ and their comms team are embarrassingly bad at cris...

What's Your Drama: A Busy Body & Opposite Sex Friendships

This week has obviously been incredibly painful and tragic so if you need a time-out to get your mind off how f-cked humankind can be, let us distract you. Maybe a picture of Lainey taking a leak in my backyard will help? Maybe talking about how HOT Harry Styles is will help?  We got you.  Here's th...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are reportedly “still engaged” but “taking things slowly” as they're photographed kissing in the Dominican Republic

As Maria wrote earlier this week about Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, any possible breakup will be complicated, given that they’ve combined so much of their personal and professional lives. Whatever happened last week that resulted in the initial report that they’d ended their engagement clearly...

Timothy Olyphant may return as Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens in new FX series with creative team behind Justified

Justified has been off the air for six years next month, but I still talk about it constantly because it is my favorite TV show of all time and I MISS IT FOREVER. Even though Justified has been off the air for so long, it remains part of My Brand™️, so much so that when the news that Timothy Olyphan...

March 18, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Mariale! Happy 30th Birthday! And to adulting! But… also…take your time. Is it so bad to feel like an angsty teenager? It’s good to hear from you and to know that you’ve been able to get through the year – not without its challenges but it’s the resilience I’m talking about. I look forward to the 20...

Intro for March 18, 2021

Dear Gossips,Yesterday I posted about my concerns over how the media would be covering the Atlanta shooting and, well, as soon as we hit publish on that article, the reporting and the messaging about the crime and murderer was already a disappointment.  We still right now only know the names of four...

What Else for March 17, 2021

Steven Yeun was nominated for an Oscar this week. Now he and Ali Wong will be co-starring together in a ten-episode dramedy with Lee Sung Jin as the showrunner. Details about the show have not been revealed but… there appears to already be a bidding war. Which is pretty f-cking exciting. That conten...

Celebrity Social Media, March 17, 2021

Yesterday I wrote about Dua Lipa at the Grammys and wondered if she and Anwar Hadid had split because he hadn’t liked or commented on any of her posts. Instead of congratulating her online, he was doing it in real life with a post-Grammys party (a couple of their close friends and tons of balloons)....

Highlighting the importance of national coalition Stop AAPI Hate and the #StopAsianHate movement after Asian women were targeted and killed in Atlanta

Here are some photos of Olivia Munn out in LA yesterday, before she would have found out about the shooting in Atlanta. Eight people are now dead, six of them Asian women, as the murderer targeted multiple locations, all of them either spas or massage parlours. Authorities have not declared this a h...

Hailey Bieber makes her YouTube debut with new series and shows off adorable friendship with Kendall Jenner

Last week, Hailey Bieber made her debut in the YouTube space. One of the many reasons why YouTubers are so successful is because they do a great job at connecting with their audience on a personal level, so that’s why I find it so interesting to see A-listers try it out, their bid to show the world ...

Intro for March 17, 2021

Dear Gossips, In his first interview since disclosing that he is transgender, Elliot Page tells TIME that while he was expecting that the reaction would be a mix of “support and love and a massive amount of hatred and transphobia”, he did not think his news would be as big as it was, that it would b...

Review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a massive, unquestionable improvement to the theatrical cut

After all the sturm und drang to get to this point, Zack Snyder’s Justice League—the official name of the “Snyder Cut”—is here to give Zack Snyder a mulligan on Justice League after he had to leave the project in 2016 before completing it. One thing can be settled now that Snyder has completed his f...

What Else for March 16, 2021

Prince Charles apparently wanted to do a point-by-point rebuttal of the Television Event of the Year  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hosted by Oprah. Which… I mean, yes, who among us doesn’t want a sequel? But, as we’ve seen, the British royals aren’t exactly good at crisis management and they’ve be...

First trailer for Monday starring Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough is reminiscent of 80's romantic dramas

When did Hollywood stop making romantic dramas? I feel like that was a big part of the 80s for me. I was probably too young to be watching them but during that era, romantic dramas were regular cinematic features. And I’m not saying they had to be good, but they were available. It’s not like all mov...

Seeing groups of people dancing in the streets in the In The Heights Trailer is both painful and joyful

Can the trailer to a movie of a musical you haven’t seen or listened to evoke nostalgia and give you hope on the one-year anniversary of your world changing?I say yes.  Over the last few weeks, the only stories that my brain could hold had to do with The Television Event of the Year and all the arti...

Celebrity Social Media, March 16, 2021

Alex Rodriguez headed to the Dominican Republic to visit JLo as they continue to work things out. Looking at it from a privacy perspective, the Grammys, Oscar nominations, and royal family drama have been a gift to them. There’s some breathing room. And Madison LeCroy (the reality TV star that ARod ...

Drake is now the first artist ever to release three songs in the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100

Drake has just accomplished something that no other musical act has ever done – he is now the first artist ever to release three songs in the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100. “What’s Next” is #1, followed by “Wants and Needs” ft Lil Baby in the #2 position, and then “Lemon Pepper Freestyle”...

Gayle King gives us an update on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on CBS This Morning

If you’re CBS, on the downside, there’s the mess with The Talk. And the Grammys ratings. On the upside though, the ratings from the Television Event of the Year, Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are a huge win. And they’ve established themselves as the network with the most up-...

CBS Talk show The Talk unravels in real time after Sharon Osbourne used her platform to defend Piers Morgan

We are seeing talk show The Talk unravel in real time. It might not be a bad thing; I think it’s good for talk TV in general and good for the public to see what happens when white fragility is accepted, centered, and in this case, upheld. Of course, I’m talking about co-host Sharon Osbourne. Like so...

The Bachelor finale was further proof that the franchise wasn't ready for their first Black Bachelor, and it’s unacceptable

Leading up to the Bachelor finale, it was quite obvious that Rachael Kirkconnell would win, but the official results and the aftermath were still up in the air until last night. The episode shows that in its current form, the franchise wasn’t ready for their first Black Bachelor, and it’s unacceptab...

March 16, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Melanie and Snoopy who was curious, and naughty, and had so much personality – which is why he had his own photo shoot? Photo shoots?! These are like studio shots! Look at these shots! They are ART! And I’m looking at his little face, his eyes, all the love and sweetness there and I know, of cou...

Intro for March 16, 2021

Dear Gossips, The Oscar nominations yesterday revealed that the Academy still gets hard over movies like Mank (auteur, black and white, Old Hollywood) and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (film critic Rad Simonpillai told me yesterday on etalk that there could be a comparison here between Brokeback Mounta...

What Else for March 15, 2021

Doja Cat wins the 2021 JLo Grammy because inevitably at every Grammys since JLo did it with her Versace, someone comes through with a dress plunge, and this is our version this year. I actually quite like the “Kill Bill” on top of this look. The skirt part kinda falls apart for me because of the fea...

BTS disappointingly didn't win a Grammy last night but they delivered with their pre-taped performance

If you’ve been paying attention to the Grammys, especially this past week, as noise about the Grammys’ lack of transparency and glacial rate of change were dominating the headlines, it shouldn’t have been a shock that BTS did not win on their first Grammy nomination. For the Recording Academy, BTS’s...

Celebrity Social Media, March 15, 2021

Paris Hilton stars in the new Lanvin campaign and the photos have major “Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface” vibes (especially this one), which I mean as a compliment. The interesting thing about Paris’s work is that she is someone who is positioned as constantly on a comeback or showing us something new...

Taylor Swift wins her third Album of the Year award at the Grammys for folklore

Even though the Grammys tried to switch it up last night, announcing the Record of the Year category at the end of the show instead of Album of the Year, people still consider AOTY to be the most prestigious award in music – and it really shouldn’t have been a surprise that Taylor Swift won her thir...

Nomadland's Chloe Zhao makes history as first woman of color to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar

Infuriating snubs aside, there are some feel-good stories among this year’s Oscars nominees, and Chloe Zhao’s historic year is one of them. Zhao and Emerald Fennell mark the first time two women have been nominated at the same time for Best Director, and Zhao is the first woman of color and first As...

Spike Lee was once again snubbed and disrespected by the academy as Da 5 Bloods is left out of major Oscar nominations categories

I generally don’t like using the word “snub” to describe awards nominations because frequently it is not a case of willful exclusion but there being too many worthy films to include when there are a limited number of nominations to hand out. But THIS year? When MANK is the most nominated film of the...

David Fincher's Mank receives the most Oscar nominations, which is so on-the-nose for 2020 it feels satirical

The Oscar nominations for the weirdest year in cinema are here, and they are a Mank of Chicago 7s. There are some big inclusions worth noting—and we will—but the most nominated film of 2020 is MANK, which is so on-the-nose for 2020 it feels satirical. Mank bagged ten nominations, including Best Pict...

DaBaby's Grammys performance with choir of "DaBaby Boomers" was campy without being corny

I think the Grammy’s best performance of the night came as a surprise early in the evening, thanks to DaBaby. “Rockstar” ft Roddy Ricch spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 last year and went into this year’s Grammys with three nominations. The song’s almost a year old and he’s perf...

Beyoncé came through for her community at last night's Grammys and then left

Like I said in the open today, I thought the Grammys were well-produced and I appreciate that they put in the effort to make good TV. But like I also said in the open, that was a long ass show. And while I can happily binge eight hours of a Taiwanese drama, or a Korean drama, or Bridgerton, during t...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez deny reports that they broke up on Friday, clarifying that they are working through things

In a classic Friday news dump that made me legit scream, Page Six broke the news of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s breakup. On Friday night, I wrote the first version of this piece, which I subsequently had to scrap and rework several times over the weekend. Let’s start with the sourcing. Late ...

Megan Thee Stallion dominates her first Grammys, winning Best New Artist and more for "Savage Remix"

Megan Thee Stallion dominated the Grammys her first time out, performing two #1 hit songs, winning Best New Artist, and collecting two more awards for “Savage Remix”. Her first trophy came pre-telecast for Best Rap Performance, making her and her collaborator Beyoncé the first female artists to ever...

Intro for March 15, 2021

Dear Gossips, The people who produced the Grammys, as in the broadcast, are not the Recording Academy. They have to work with the Recording Academy, obviously, but they’re not responsible for how the Recording Academy manages the Grammys, like the actual awards. So you can have a conversation about ...

Lady Gaga arrived as an egg to the Grammys 10 years ago and What Else for March 12, 2021

Does it feel like it’s been ten years since Lady Gaga arrived at the Grammys as an egg? I remember, of course I do, and I’ll likely remember it forever, but I don’t feel like it was a decade ago. Just me? Katy Perry’s look, on the other hand, definitely looks like it was a decade ago. That whole vib...

Celebrity Social Media round-up for March 12, 2021

Lainey and I have been emailing and texting about the Armie Hammer piece in Vanity Fair. Have you read it? It’s a deep dive and very Vanity Fair in that there’s a Fabergé egg, art fraud, lawsuits by the dozen, and a sex chair of ill repute. It traces the Hammer’s journey from Russia (“The family’s f...

Lady Gaga continues her bomb fashion display on the set of House of Gucci

If you’ve been online this week, and if you’re here, you have, you cannot have missed all of Lady Gaga’s looks in Italy while shooting House of Gucci. Every day there’s been a new look, and I’ve either posted the previous ones or linked to them. This is a film about a fashion house, of course the cl...

Sasha Finds: Londre Bodywear loungewear made of sustainable materials

At the start of this pandemic, I went hard on loungewear. Then for some reason I kind of just stopped writing about it and to be honest, I’m not sure why because it’s not like my outfit choices have changed. I continue to exclusively wear elastic waist everythinggggg so unless you all have any objec...

Matt Damon and family take in Australia between Thor: Love and Thunder shoots

Matt Damon and his family have been in Australia because he’s shooting Thor: Love and Thunder. For him to have brought the whole crew over to stay for weeks, if not months, it would have to be more than just a cameo right? Which was the case in Thor: Ragnarok. It does seem like he’s reprising his ro...

Hoping Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak do “Leave the Door Open” at the Grammys

What’s the song you’ve been listening to the most lately? The one you hit on repeat? For many of us, since last Friday, it’s Silk’s Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open”, right? Silk Sonic is Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, a track that’s been steadily climbing over the last few days because it’s good but al...

Predicting the 2021 Oscar nominations

Somehow, amazingly, in my whole history at LaineyGossip, I’ve never done a full Oscars prognostication. Well, no more! In this, the weirdest of all years, here’s my extremely scientific prediction of the Oscars nominations, which are set to be announced Monday morning. I shall attempt to guess the n...

A cloud hangs over Grammy weekend for its history of overlooking Black artists

Dear Gossips,The Grammys are happening on Sunday and I’m excited about the show itself, about how they’re going to pull it off, or not. In all the promotion leading up to the event, show producers have gone out of their way to make it clear they’ve planned this to NOT be a virtual event – nothing is...

Melissa McCarthy covers InStyle and What Else for March 11, 2021

Oh well here’s a throwback – the premiere of Runaway Bride, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in a movie that wasn’t Pretty Woman. She arrived with Benjamin Bratt. Remember Julia and Benjamin?! A FINE looking couple, they were together for four years. They were together when she won her Oscar....

Today marks the one year would-be anniversary of Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas

Today is the one year anniversary of the World Health Organization officially declaring COVID a pandemic. Which means it’s been a year since life for most of changed and still hasn’t really changed back. Many of us are still working from home. Many of us are still not seeing our family and friends. ...

Katie Holmes is ready for Spring in NYC

Haven’t talked about Katie Holmes in a minute so maybe a quick update, which is really no update: she and Emilio Vitolo Jr seem to be same, same, walking around New York arm in arm, as you can see from these photographs taken earlier this week when it was a lot colder. Sightings of them are quite re...

Celebrity Social Media round up for March 11, 2021

You know I have a soft spot for Biebs and I really like this cover. With the leather jacket and white tank top, it’s like the heartthrob covers of history (by that I mean the 1990s). Lady Gaga posted this photo from the House of Gucci set and I think she knew what would happen, how popular it was go...

Harry Styles to open Grammys as Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudekis continue their drama free co-parenting

Before we get to the romance, first an update on the Grammys. It’s been confirmed that Harry Styles will be opening the show on Sunday. Earlier this week, it was revealed that all Grammys performances will happen in LA, at the same venue, although some will be pre-recorded and it’s up to the audienc...

On hair choices as Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Duplass and Julianna Margulies shoot 'The Morning Show' Season 2

How about a quick old-fashioned Hollywood post? The Morning Show is now in production on season two, with new cast-member Julianna Margulies, and here she is with season one regulars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Mark Duplass shooting night scenes yesterday in LA which is supposed to look...

Jennifer Garner's new profile in The Hollywood Reporter tells us she is back to business

Jennifer Garner has a big new profile in The Hollywood Reporter, the most deeply reported piece on her since the post-divorce Vanity Fair classic, Jennifer Garner on the Rebound!Jennifer Garner is one celebrity I have been wrong about many times. I took her earnestness and enthusiasm as a PR tactic,...

Prince William's responses to racism and Harry questions were weak and unprepared at school reopening event

Prince William and Kate of House Cambridge were in Stratford, London today for a visit to celebrate schools reopening. They met with teachers who shared their experiences with lockdown and the challenges faced over the last year. The visit also happened to be timed with the rollout of Mentally Healt...

The ripple effects of Oprah's Meghan and Harry interview continue to widen with examination of UK journalistic standards

Dear Gossips,At this point I don’t think you can overstate the impact that the Television Event of the Year is having – on the British royal family and the overall culture. And I’m not just talking about the fact that this was a monoculture moment at a time when monoculture was thought to be dead. F...

Were Drake and Kim Kardashian a thing and What Else for March 10, 2021

I can imagine that most actors would jump at the chance to work with Steven Spielberg so if he calls you up, and you’re Michelle Williams, and you’re invited to take on this role, which is so important to him, obviously, how do you even say no? There was no way she would say no, right? (Dlisted) The...

George Clooney and Ben Affleck on set of The Tender Bar which could be part of next year's Oscar conversation

George Clooney is currently directing Ben Affleck in the film adaptation of JR Moehringer’s The Tender Bar in Boston which they are pretending to be Long Island, if they’re staying true to the story told in the book about Moehringer’s affection and attachment to the neighbourhood pub as a child and ...

Celebrity Social Media, March 10, 2021

We don’t have to talk about Piers Morgan because attention is his oxygen but I do want to point out that his dramatic exit has historical context. It has been done many times over in a move pioneered by the Real Housewives reunion walk-off. The first time it happened was Ramona Singer in New York al...

Keanu Reeves quietly released his own comic book called BRZRKR funded by a Kickstarter campaign

Did you know that Keanu Reeves has just released his own comic book? It’s called BRZRKR and I wouldn’t have known about it if I didn’t google his name just now because there are new pap shots of him on his bike, which I’ll get into later, and this A.V. Club article came up. Which I read and have to ...

Beyoncé shows her support for Meghan Markle, thanking her for her courage and leadership on her website

It’s not like there haven’t been all kinds of celebrities lining up one after the other in support of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. But Beyoncé is THE celebrity whose support of Meghan Markle generates much more attention than the rest, even making headlines on CNN. Because, of course, Beyoncé is ...

First teaser for Lena Waithe and Little Marvin's Them featuring creepy neighbors looks promising

From WandaVision to Lovecraft Country to Us, nothing is hotter in cinema trends this spring than creepy neighbors! Yes, it’s creepy neighbors, all the rage as we sit in our homes for thirteen months in a row and stare out the back window like Jimmy Stewart ignoring Grace Kelly. Now, just in time for...

Meghan Markle's close friend Janina Gavankar implies Meghan has the receipts to back up her claims of racism within the royal institution

Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of the Queen yesterday addressing (inadequately) what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey about their mental health struggles and the racism they experienced as senior members of the British royal family. Basically they’re claiming they ...

Intro for March 10, 2021

Dear Gossips, The Directors Guild of America and the BAFTAs announced their nominations yesterday. Chloe Zhao, widely considered to be the frontrunner this season, and possibly a lock for Oscar, is now the first woman of colour to be nominated by the DGA. The name that really jumped out for me on th...

What Else for March 9, 2021

No surprise, Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas, is issuing ultimatums to her and Harry about them reaching out to him and his relationship with the press. I wonder if anyone in those newsrooms ever considers not taking his call? (Cele|bitchy)  I’m going to have nightmares about this. Imagine looking in...

Show Your Work: Harry, Meghan, and Oprah’s Master Class

What else were we going to talk about on this week’s episode? And this is also why we’ve done a quick edit, recording last night and turning it around to upload earlier than we normally do. I’ve been posting about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah, aka the Television Event of the...

Celebrity Social Media, March 9, 2021

Lea Michele slowly eased her way back onto social media after being called out for threatening to sh-t in Samantha Marie Ware’s wig on the set of Glee. Since then, a lot has happened to her personally (she had a baby) and a lot has happened to the Glee cast, which has been hit by multiple tragedies ...

Buckingham Palace releases short and insulting statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth addressing Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview

As I noted in my previous post about Prince Charles, there was word that Buckingham Palace could be coming out with a statement by EOD addressing what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said during their interview with Oprah Winfrey. Shortly after that article went live, a statement on behalf of the Que...

Prince Charles reportedly in good spirits while visiting vaccine clinic after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah special

It’s been two days since the Television Event of the Year, hosted by Oprah and starring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Prince Charles stepped out today in London to visit a vaccine clinic and was reportedly in good spirits. And the photo op was…interesting:  Not a surprise. But also this is the Bri...

Coming 2 America is not good but there is value in its cultural relevance

The highly anticipated Coming 2 America dropped on Amazon Prime to record numbers last Friday. While Sarah handled the review, I was intending to write about what a joyous occasion this movie release was, despite the pandemic. I wanted to paint a picture of what life would look like if we were allow...

Intro for March 9, 2021

Dear Gossips, There’s still more to stay about Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, aka the Television Event of the Year, and check here if you missed my last post of yesterday on how Harry turned his cameo into a leading role, but for now, let’s talk about the television e...

The Bachelor makes disappointing move by perpetuating “the Black father that is never there” stereotype in fantasy suite episode

This week was the long-awaited fantasy suite episode, and I was really interested to see how Matt’s relationships with the last three women were going to pan out. And then the show made a disappointing move. It started with Bri, Michelle, and Rachael talking about how excited they were to spend a ni...

What Else for March 8, 2021

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a phase of any relationship where I dressed like the other person. Unless a grey hoodie counts? I don’t know if it counts. Because a grey hoodie is a wardrobe staple and a thing you just throw on. Which has happened occasionally with me and Jacek but it’s never been l...

Celebrity Social Media, March 8, 2021

International Women’s Day can go a little sideways on social media but there’s something almost quaint about Lindsay Lohan celebrating it with a glamour shot of herself. Dannii Minogue commented “women supporting women” and I’m cracking up. Nothing says supporting other women like looking in the mir...

Review: Coming 2 America starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall doesn't deliver and is deeply misguided

Well poop. This one is disappointing guys. I guess it’s not surprising that a years-later sequel to a wildly beloved comedy doesn’t deliver—they rarely do—but it feels especially egregious with Coming 2 America because Eddie Murphy seems to be having SUCH a good time in it, and yet it it is SO bad a...

Prince Harry revealed the innermost workings of the British royal institution and its flaws during interview with Oprah Winfrey

That was… a very clever and deliberate misdirect, wasn’t? In the days leading up to Oprah’s special with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, most people, probably everyone, thought this was going to be Meghan going in hard on the British royals, that this would mostly be about Meghan, and that Harry wou...

WandaVision, Marvel's most satisfying story, closes out a strong first season and teases a second

SPOILERSWandaVision wrapped up on Friday night, closing out a strong season—series? They’re teasing a second season, but who really knows—and a solid debut for Marvel on Disney+. As a contained narrative, WandaVision is exceptional, giving Wanda Maximoff a story that not only makes her more interest...

Meghan Markle reveals to Oprah she faced racism within the royal family and that gross questions were raised about the colour of Archie's skin

Going into the broadcast, most of us were expecting a certain kind of tea, right? Maybe some sh-t about Prince William and his relationship with Harry, and yes, by extension Kate would come up too. She did come up. But as I mentioned, she came up EARLY. And I think we all know by now, since we’re so...

Oprah was as prepared, sharp, and curious as she's ever been for her sit down with Harry and Meghan and it showed

Dear Gossips,  Last week, I kept calling it the Television Event of the Year. And, well, that wasn’t an exaggeration, was it? Now that we’ve finally seen Oprah’s two-hour special with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, it was clear from the very first block that it would live up to the description – an...

Meghan's mental health struggle and the Palace's sinister refusal to help paints a broad and damaging picture of a Royal family with a history of mistreating women they don’t consider compliant

This post may be triggering for those suffering with mental health issues.One of the most disturbing revelations that came out of Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle was that Meghan’s mental health was so fragile during her pregnancy that she “didn’t want to be alive anymore” and that she went to “...

What Else for March 5, 2021

Jason Sudeikis was papped leaving Keeley Hazell’s place the other day in London. But supposedly it’s not serious. Which is code for… you know. Or it’s code for – Olivia did me dirty with Harry Styles and I stand by that narrative. Sure. Apparently he also zoomed from her flat during the Golden Globe...

Review: Crisis starring Evangeline Lilly and Gary Oldman

In the vein of Steven Soderbergh’s narcotics opus Traffic, Nicholas Jarecki’s Crisis follows three different storylines attacking the opioid epidemic from different angles: big pharma, law enforcement, and street user. Someday, someone will make a definitive film about the opioid epidemic in America...

Sasha Finds: Swimsuits and Sweatshirts

Guess what we are doing again this week? Yup. I’m doing another brand revisit and this time it’s all about Left on Friday. If you’re in the market for a staple swimsuit that plays hard and keeps you poolside pretty then you gotta cop yourself one of these. I have multiple styles in various colors an...

Celebrity Social Media, March 5, 2021

Gigi Hadid walked her first runway show (for Versace) since giving birth to her daughter. It’s been trending all morning on Twitter, both the videos and the still shots. She ate that sh-t up. Growing up with the original batch of supermodels has made me biased to that era but I have to give it up fo...

Oprah Asks Meghan Markle why now is the right time to speak out about her experience as part of the royal family

Are you ready for the television event of the year on Sunday? I was talking to someone yesterday who isn’t even into royal sh-t and she was like, I need to watch this interview, and I don’t have cable, I have to figure out how I can make it happen. She’s not the only one. Meghan Markle and Prince Ha...

First trailer for Netflix's Operation Varsity Blues about the college admissions scandal concerns itself mostly with wealth and celebrity

Doesn’t the college admissions scandal seem like it happened ages ago? Just me? Many of us are reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic and its subsequent shutdowns. In a week, it will be the one-year anniversary of my school closing for Spring Break, never to return in the same way. O...

Minari's eight-year-old Alan Kim has emerged the star of award season

Oscar nomination voting begins today and runs until March 10. The nominations will be announced March 15. Right now, if there’s a frontrunner, it’s probably Nomadland, off the strength of director Chloe Zhao’s lead in the director race and its universal acclaim. Heading into the Globes, Nomadland’s ...

Outfit of the Week: Kelly Marie Tran

Disney’s Raya and The Last Dragon is now available to stream on Disney+. Read Sarah’s review of the film here – spoiler alert: it’s GOOD. I loved it. I loved the story, I love the actors, I laughed, I cried more than I expected to, and it looks spectacular. Also… the costumes and the hair and makeup...

Intro for March 5, 2021

Dear Gossips, During an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music this week, Adam Levine remarked that “there aren’t any bands anymore”.“That’s the thing that makes me kind of sad, is that there were just bands. There’s no bands any more, and I feel like they’re a dying breed. And so I kind of, in a ...

What Else for March 4, 2021

Jenny Packham’s new collection is definitely red carpet, as the Fug Girls say, and it’s almost a wistful set of dresses, as if to say… let’s bring back these glittery, feathery dresses and sequins and prettiness. Not sure when we’re going to see this in play. This line is a favourite of Kate of Hous...

Friends Angelina Jolie and Ellen Pompeo have dinner together in LA with daughters Vivienne and Stella

Celebrity friendships are often just as interesting as celebrity romances, maybe more. And there’s a new celebrity friendship now that’s just emerged. It may not be new to them, obviously, but this is the first time they’ve been photographed together publicly – Angelina Jolie and Ellen Pompeo.  They...

Billie Eilish shows that she is one of us in stripped back documentary, The World's A Little Blurry

Directed by R.J. Cutler, the documentary Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, follows her during the creation and release of her album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and the subsequent tour. As a big fan of Billie’s, what I love about her is that she always does things completely ...

Celebrity Social Media, March 4, 2021

I’m obsessed with Anderson Cooper’s chunky monkey, Wyatt. Here’s Uncle Andy chasing Andy Cohen’s son, Ben (in his little man sweater!). Andy and Anderson are BFF and Ben and Wyatt will grow up together, two New York boys who will have the run of city.  There was recently an AITA (am I the asshole) p...

Review: Raya and the Last Dragon starring Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina transcends formulaic storytelling with its heart and eye-popping visuals

Disney’s latest animated adventure is Raya and the Last Dragon, a magic-laced quest picture in the vein of Frozen and Moana, but this time taking its cues from Southeast Asian culture and folklore. Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, is the first Southeast Asian heroine of an animated Disney film, and...

Kelly Marie Tran covers The Hollywood Reporter and discusses stepping away from the spotlight after racist and misogynistic bullying drove her off social media

On the eve of Raya and the Last Dragon hitting theaters/Disney+, star Kelly Marie Tran covers The Hollywood Reporter, discussing her period away from the spotlight after racist and misogynistic bullying drove her off social media in the wake of The Last Jedi, and her return as Disney’s first Southea...

Vanessa Bryant talks to PEOPLE about coping with the unimaginable loss of husband Kobe and daughter Gianna for cover feature

Vanessa Bryant covers PEOPLE Magazine’s Women Changing the World. She talks about coping with the unimaginable loss of her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant. Not only has Vanessa had to grieve publicly, but Kobe’s superstar status means she has had to accept tha...

Meghan Markle calls the royal family out directly for sabotaging her and Prince Harry in preview from interview with Oprah Winfrey

“Were you silent or were you silenced?” is the question that featured prominently in the first teaser for Oprah’s two-hour Prince Harry and Meghan Markle special that CBS released on Sunday. As we’ve now seen, it was enough to panic the British royal family who have now retaliated with leaks specifi...

Buckingham Palace hilariously releases statement saying they will be investigating themselves following The Times’s story about Meghan Markle's supposed bullying

For all the times that we’ve heard about the British royal family staying above the fray, and never complaining or explaining, the events of this week should shut that sh-t down forever, non? The British royals are out here doing the MOST right now, as we get closer and closer to Prince Harry and Me...

Intro for March 4, 2021

Dear Gossips, “Could this whole night have been an email” is what Tina Fey jokingly asked at one point during the Golden Globes the other night. In retrospect, probably quite a few people would have preferred the email?  The SAG Awards will not be an email. But by award show standards, it’ll practic...

March 4, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs

A few weeks ago, I posted about Ashley, a mother of two, whose home was destroyed in a fire. A home can be rebuilt. But other losses are forever. Ashley’s daughters, Kiersten (6) and Brooklyn (4) died that night. It’s been almost a month. Ashley is still in the hospital in Montreal and she expected ...

What Else for March 3, 2021

I am very, very into Rachel Brosnahan’s umbrella on the set of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. I love umbrellas like this. The ones that truly form a dome around you. And I’ve always loved a clear umbrella because I’m clumsy and never know where I’m going when I’m using an umbrella. What I appreciate extr...

Celebrity Social Media, March 3, 2021

Do you think, in a way, Lily Collins was glad the flop Golden Globes happened virtually this year? Emily In Paris has been a social media punchline but also a symbol of everything that’s wrong with the Globes, which puts the show in a weird position. How do you celebrate something everyone else is s...

First trailer for Without Remorse starring Michael B. Jordan and Jodie Turner-Smith looks appropriately tense

Military movies are not my jam. I don’t mean war movies, although the crossover is heavy, I mean the Tom Clancy-style paramilitary movies where the enemies are vaguely Russian or brown, depending on the era, and the tone of the piece is more about unchallenged unilateral violence with no considerati...

Review: The Mauritanian starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster is not a bad film but it's preaching to the choir

Originally brought in for questioning in November 2001, Mohamedou Ould Slahi was eventually renditioned to Jordan by the US government, and then ultimately imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for fourteen years without ever being charged with any crime. In 2015, Slahi published a book, Guantanamo Diary, wh...

I've got answers about the mysterious "alternate ending" to You've Got Mail

A couple weeks ago, Dustin Rowles from Pajiba wrote about an alternate ending to You’ve Got Mail, citing the Mandela effect (a collective false memory). Immediately after reading it, I started polling friends because I too remembered the “Shop Around the Corner inside Fox Books” ending that Dustin r...

As part of their smear campaign against Meghan Markle, The Times publishes misleading report on earrings she wore in 2018

If it wasn’t obvious that the new report in The Times, featuring information provided by royal aides, was part of a smear campaign against Meghan Markle, the story about the earrings, packaged in along with allegations that she bullied staff members, pretty much drives the point home. It has nothing...

Royal aides attack Meghan Markle's character in The Times ahead of Oprah's two-hour special this weekend

We are now just four days away from Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive two-hour special on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, featuring their first sit-down interview together since their engagement. And, if the previews are to be believed, Oprah is going there. “Were you silent or were you SILENCED?”  Not surp...

Intro for March 3, 2021

Dear Gossips, Oscar nomination voting begins this Friday, March 5 and runs until March 10. Nominations will then be announced on March 15, preceding the Oscars six weeks later on April 25. In a typical year, potential nominees who win at the Golden Globes would use that momentum for their Oscar nomi...

What Else for March 2, 2021

Do you know who the British Royal Magnificent Seven are? The word “magnificent” is a stretch here, apparently, because some people have pointed out that there doesn’t seem to be all that much excitement about the allegedly magnificent royal seven. And that’s an issue for the royal PR team. How will ...

Celebrity Social Media Round-Up for March 2, 2021

Yesterday I posted about Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s surprise baby announcement. It’s a surprise because Lucia (the new baby) and Edu (born in December 2020) are months apart. Katie Rosman interviewed Hilaria for the New York Times back in December (during the whole “how do you say cucumber in Englis...

Review: The United States vs. Billie Holiday starring Andra Day wants us to sympathize with the betrayer

Andra Day won the Best Drama Actress award at the Golden Globes the other night for her performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, directed by Lee Daniels and adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks from Johann Hari’s book, Chasing the Scream. The film depicts Billie Holiday’s years of conflict with t...

Michael B. Jordan rumoured to be in talks for upcoming Superman film written by Ta-Nehisi Coates

On Friday, news broke that Warner Brothers is setting up a new Superman film to be produced by JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot team and written by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The report from Shadow & Act notes that there is no director and a search for a new Superman has not yet begun, so it is VERY early days, b...

George Clooney and Julia Roberts bringing their combined A-list magnetism to new romantic comedy called Ticket To Paradise

Have you re-watched Ocean’s 11 recently? It TOTALLY holds up. Ocean’s 12 holds up, too. As far as I am concerned, there are only three Ocean’s movies, 8, 11, and 12, and I have re-watched them all (they were on Netflix, now they’re on HBO Max) during this pandemic year. The chemistry of George Cloon...

Intro for March 2, 2021

Dear Gossips,If you love books, if you’re looking for a new book, today is a good day. Today is the release of Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and The Sun, published by Penguin Random House, his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize. And we need it, we need it more than ever.  Obviously th...

The Bachelorette's Rachel Lindsay deletes Instagram account after being harassed and the women tell all

Just when I thought Bachelor Nation couldn’t get any crazier, it did. Before we get into “Women Tell All”, here’s a little catchup on all things Bachelor Nation...Shortly after my article about Rachael Kirkconnell’s video statement went up on Friday, I noticed some tweets saying former Bachelorette ...

What Else for March 1, 2021

Viola Davis’s dress was magnificent last night at the Globes. I was so curious about it because you could only see it from the chest up but they cut to her every chance they got – because she’s Viola but also because that dress really popped in her shot. One of the few good production decisions that...

Celebrity Social Media, March 1, 2021

JLo Beauty has been sending out skin care fridges and it certainly makes sense to send one to Drew Barrymore because, besides her talk show, she has been doing “Beauty Week” on her Instagram for years, sharing her favourite products that range from luxury to drug store brands. The video is typical e...

Rosamund Pike's Golden Globes win for I Care A Lot could set her up for an Oscar nomination

I am… a little bit afraid of Rosamund Pike. And I think that’s OK. I think it’s a compliment about her performances, how she can be subtly sinister. Rosamund doesn’t rely on predictable ways of conveying danger (ahem, Jared Leto); rather it’s the way she can turn an innocent word in something lethal...

Regina King stunned in silver and black Louis Vuitton at last night's Golden Globes

It is very late and lazy to be using “what can’t Regina King do?!” as a framework for a piece – I mean, late in the night, but especially late in her recent run of media domination, even if One Night in Miami didn’t get any recognition last night.  But I have a much more shallow angle, which is that...

Anya Taylor-Joy and Tiffany Haddish were beautifully styled by Law Roach at last night's Golden Globes

As mentioned in the open, I’m not sure there was that much fashion to talk about at last night’s Golden Globes, and definitely not in comparison to years past or even the Emmys. There were, of course, a few standouts. And two of them were produced by Law Roach, who is becoming a tradition unto himse...

Chloe Zhao makes history with Best Director Golden Globes win for Nomadland

Chloe Zhao made history last night at the Golden Globes. She’s now only the second woman to win Best Director after Barbra Streisand did it in 1983 – which means it’s been, do the math, 38 years between women – and the first woman of Asian descent to be given the award. Also this:  If we were talkin...

Jason Sudeikis's tie-dye hoodie was one of the unintentional joys of the 2021 Golden Globes

Once we all dispensed with the pretense that the Globes was going to be fun or glamorous or in any way functional, the unintentional joys appeared, mostly in wardrobe form (and yes, it was mostly men who felt entitled to not GAF) but neither Bill Murray’s cabana shirt nor Jeff Daniels’ flannel could...

Netflix's The Crown sweeps all of its nominated categories at the 2021 Golden Globes

Not the best night for the actual British royals was it? Before the Golden Globes started, CBS dropped their first teaser for Oprah’s exclusive with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle which is all they’re talking about in the media in England today, and then during the Globes, The Crown basically swept ...

Chadwick Boseman's Best Actor Golden Globe win for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was not surprising but very emotional

Last night, Chadwick Boseman took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, the fourth Black actor to do so in the award’s history. Of course, there is endless significance to this win. We are still dealing with the magnitude of his loss; it came as a shock to fans, colleagues...

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's flow as Golden Globes hosts was flawless during a glitchy and problematic show

Did you notice that the Globes kept calling them “Amy & Tina”? No last names, because at this point, they don’t need them. Not in showbiz generally, but not at the Golden Globes specifically, where they’ve had essentially a casual residency, shared with Ricky Gervais, over the past several years. Th...

The 2021 Golden Globes were the absolute worst production to air on broadcast in primetime

What’s the most common critique of the Golden Globes? I mean, the overarching one (not the one that occurred this weekend when it became clear they have zero Black members to the point where they all remember the last person who applied, and was rejected, somewhere in the 2010s.) It’s that they only...

Intro for March 1, 2021

Dear Gossips, Ordinarily in this space on Golden Globe Monday, we’d be leading with a note about the Globes to kick off our Globes package. That… is not what’s happening today. And it’s not just because the Globes were virtual-ish. After all, we had a whole Emmys package last September and that was ...

The Golden Globes and HFPA get the Time's Up treatment from celebrities for their lack of Black membership ahead of Sunday's broadcast

This is how Golden Globes weekend usually works – party after party leading up to the event, and excitement about who will show up and who they’ll be sitting with, or not sitting with, and what the red carpet will look like, and basically all kinds of distractions and hype. And on the day of the Glo...