Intro for April 26, 2021

Dear Gossips, These were the COVID Oscars – and we have a LOT to talk about, including the ending, which we’ll get to for sure. But let’s start with the look of it all, because as I wrote last week, fashion was expected to make a comeback at the Oscars after over a year of no red carpets. This, real...

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora might be dealing with each other and What Else for April 23, 2021

Wait…what? Huh? People online are rumouring that Taika Waititi and Rita Ora might be dealing with each other. And that it’s possible she has a role in Thor: Love and Thunder. Which, as Sarah has taught us, might be an issue for Marvel because they’re all about keeping things secret and she’s out her...

Celebrity Social Media, April 23, 2021

Olivia Wilde posted a throwback photo of herself and mentioned this was taken at a wedding. Judging by the outfit, it doesn’t look like the wedding she attended with Harry Styles because at that one, she was wearing a pink Gucci headband wrap. Is this her go-to wedding hairstyle? This led me to Goog...

Outfit of the Week: Leslie Jones in muted mint green at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards

Leslie Jones presented at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood event last night and the outfit she wore may be my favourite of all the outfits she’s ever worn. This is a GREAT suit. The colour is great on her, this muted mint green, so fresh, so pretty. Also the white trim is so sharp and there’s ju...

Ranking the various friendships of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ahead of today's finale

The finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier drops today, which means we’re finally going to find out whether or not Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes will become super best friends or if they’ll keep their friend-dating casual. (FYI people have been spoiling the finale all over Twitter but we will not...

Louis Vuitton confirms BTS are their new House Ambassadors

Earlier this week, McDonald’s announced a global partnership with BTS. To end the week, Louis Vuitton has just confirmed their new House Ambassadors:  This is BTS + LV. But also BTS + Virgil Abloh, LV’s Men’s Artistic Director. I’m excited to see what the Bangtan and Virgil collaboration will look l...

Page Six releases new exclusive photos of Meghan Markle and Archie in jeans as the Cambridges celebrate Louis' Third birthday

Meghan Markle was papped yesterday with Archie. Page Six has the exclusives, which you can check out on their website and their Twitter. As we’ve seen, Meghan, Harry, and especially Archie are not papped very often. This is the first time Archie’s been photographed by the paparazzi in LA, actually. ...

Intro for April 23, 2021

Dear Gossips, It’s Oscar weekend. And the Oscars will not be Zoomed. This is a live event, people are showing up, people will be dressed. The whole thing will feel like a movie, on television – a television movie? – in real time, so kinda sorta like a play too. And the actors will be playing themsel...

The Weekend's new remix of “Save Your Tears” with Ariana Grande is just as amazing as expected

I was SO excited when I heard that The Weeknd was dropping a remix of “Save Your Tears” with Ariana Grande. The song came out early this morning and just as expected, it is amazing. Here’s the music video!  The original “Save Your Tears” from his album After Hours was already a great song. So if it ...

What Else for April 22, 2021

This is a couple of days old but it went viral earlier this week because, well, Stacey Abrams is a badass. And she made this man look like a fool. Which is so satisfying because he thought he was clever as sh-t and she ended up owning his ass. Because he, clearly, was not as prepared as she was. And...

Celebrity Social Media, April 22, 2021

To be quite honest, I only know about Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin because they spoke very openly about his cheating and their relationship was constantly making headlines. They’ve kind of branded themselves as marriage survivors, so I wonder how she will pivot that to a divorce. Irina Shayk and Bra...

What’s Your Drama: Vaccines the New Dress Code? & Friend Zoning Someone You Like

Before we get into your drama Lainey would like to talk to you about her urinary issues. It's too long to get into it here so just take a listen and please feel free let us know about your own stream. Then it's time to get to your letters and we kick things off with "Julia" who is in an on-again off...

There is a method to the madness in my predictions for this year's Oscar winners

Last month, I did my first full slate of Oscar nomination predictions and I didn’t do too bad, nailing 77 out of 105 predictions (73% is good enough, as I used to tell my math teachers). But now I am here to predict the WINNERS, which is actually easier, I think, because the pool of options is small...

Matt Damon in Sydney with wife Luciana after Thor: Love and Thunder co-star Chris Hemsworth jokingly posts band photo on Instagram

The Thor crew has been in Australia for months working on Thor: Love and Thunder due out next year, led by director Taika Waititi. Did you see that shot Chris Hemsworth posted on Instagram the other day with Taika and Matt Damon? It’s very, very, VERY good.  Chris is joking that they’re a band, and ...

Jennifer Lawrence in a timeless pretty green dress and oxfords in New York

Jennifer Lawrence has been photographed a couple of times this week in New York I guess as things are now opening up – as of this week bars can stay open until midnight and theatre and museum capacities are going up next week. We haven’t seen much of her since she was working on Adam McKay’s Don’t L...

Channing Tatum does lunges in Santa Monica ahead of release of children's book, The One and Only Sparkella, in May

Channing Tatum wrote a children’s book called The One and Only Sparkella which comes out May 4. It’s the story of a dad and his daughter.  I imagine there’ll be a book tour to promote? If that’s the case, we should be seeing more of him on the press circuit. He’s been pretty quiet during the pandemi...

Intro for April 22, 2021

Dear Gossips, All signs point to the fact that fashion will be a conversation at the Oscars. Keep your eye on Regina King. So far through award season Regina King, styled by Wayman + Micah, has been dominating. And by the way, we haven’t talked enough about her look at the Critics Choice Awards. Loo...

Joshua Jackson steps out in the rain with his daughter as Jodie Turner-Smith tells PEOPLE they did a great job choosing each other

Everybody’s favourite Joshua Jackson stepped out with his daughter yesterday in the rain in New York, like a true Vancouver boy. That’s what we do in Vancouver since it rains so much – we get on with it, as you see Josh doing here.  He also went out with Jodie Turner-Smith’s mother, Hilda, at some p...

What Else for April 21, 2021

We’re all basically over Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, right? Like I’ve always said about JLo, she loves love, but when her love is over, that love doesn’t stick to her. Which is why the reports she had trust issues with ARod are, sure, totally believable. But they’re also barely newsworthy. Sh...

Celebrity Social Media, April 21, 2021

I’ve been mildly concerned about Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey but it was all for naught – he is in LOVE love. First he announced it on social media for the youth and now they took it to PEOPLE for the rest of us. It’s a fitting spot for the reigning Sexiest Man Alive. Chet Hanx had a momentary ...

Ted Lasso will return in July just in time to serve as a mid-year spirit booster

One of the (few) joys of 2020 was Ted Lasso, the Apple TV+ series co-created by Jason Sudeikis and Scrubs’ creator Bill Lawrence. They took a jokey character Sudeikis did for a series of sports commercials and turned him into the heart and soul of one of the kindest shows on television. And now, lik...

Prince Harry has returned to LA after attending Prince Philip's funeral as Will and Kate visit Air Training Corps in London

Prince Harry has returned to LA. For days there’s been all kinds of speculation about how much time he would spend in the UK and how he would spend it, with people nefariously hoping that his visit back to London without Meghan Markle would result in a reconciliation – the implication being that Meg...

Emilia Clarke, Marvel’s latest fabulous lady, joins cast of Disney+ series Secret Invasion

Marvel is keeping the fabulous lady train rolling by bringing the mother of dragons herself, Emilia Clarke, into the MCU. She is joining the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion on the heels of Olivia Colman. Naturally, no one has any idea who she’s playing. I gotta be honest, I was so-so on Secr...

Gemma Chan calls out The Sunday Times for printing racist line about Prince Philip's "gaffes about slitty eyes"

Back on Monday, in my post about Prince Philip’s funeral, I ended it with a mention of an article on the front page of The Sunday Times that included a passage referencing Prince Philip’s comment about Asian people having “slitty eyes”. Here’s the passage in question: Passage in the Sunday Times ref...

Golden Globes facing another scandal as former president caught sending anti-BLM email and their advisors recently quit

Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation that oversees the Golden Globes, one of the most high profile and popular award shows of the season. The HFPA is a group of between 80-90 journalists from around the world who have the reputa...

Intro for April 21, 2021

Dear Gossips,This is the tweet that I’ve been thinking about since Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd yesterday:  The immediate reaction from many people in the Black community was relief. But that relief was preceded by anxiety and a tempering of expectations, for some it was ...

What Else for April 20, 2021

Lady Danbury will not stand for all these people trying to come for the Duke of Hasting’s character. Let Regé-Jean Page live! (Cele|bitchy)When you yourself are “very rich” and “very connected”, how “very rich” and “very connected” does someone have to be to impress you? In Jennifer Lopez’s case, I ...

Olivia Colman is in talks to join Marvel's Secret Invasion as Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes debut on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

They’ve been at it for a while, having previously featured Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki (who, recognizing her tall majesty, they fully painted gold) in their villain ranks, but this year alone we’ve seen Kathryn Hahn and Julia Louis-Dreyfus join the Marvel villain ranks, and now Olivia Colma...

HBO Asia acquires two new original series following Netflix's successful investment in South and East Asian content

For a couple of years now I’ve been posting often about Netflix’s Asian library. They have steadily been increasing investment in South Asian and particularly East Asian content. And their Korean programming is especially successful. It seems like there’s a new series out of Korea premiering on Netf...

Celebrity Social Media, April 20, 2021

Demi Lovato continued to feud with froyo yesterday, first posting a story in which she wrote “don’t mess with me” and “the customer is always right” in a DM exchange (she since deleted, here is the link), then posting a video that defended her messaging and passion for standing up for people with ea...

Riz Ahmed and Anthony Hopkins make late night talk show campaign stops the night before Oscar voting closes

‘Twas the night before Oscar voting closes… and Best Actor contenders Riz Ahmed and Sir Anthony Hopkins both flexed their last-minute campaign hustle on two separate late night talk shows. Sir Anthony Hopkins popped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside his The Father director, Florian Zel...

Billie Eilish photographed getting close to actor Matthew Tyler Vorce in Santa Barbara leading to dating speculation

When Lainey sent me this link, I was shook. Billie Eilish tends to keep her love life private, which is why a lot of people were surprised by how open she was about her ex Brandon “Q” Adams in her recent documentary. But now, she’s opening up even more by being all cute with this dude Matthew Tyler ...

A spring 2021 update on Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse as they are seen holding hands in Notting Hill

Robert Pattinson spent much of last year, when quarantine wasn’t in effect, shooting The Batman. It’s now been almost two years since RP was officially confirmed as Bruce Wayne, and we’re now inside a year until we see him as Bruce Wayne; The Batman is currently scheduled for release March 4, 2022. ...

Tom Cruise back on set of Mission: Impossible 7 a year after he originally started filming

Tom Cruise is back on set for Mission: Impossible 7. At first I was like… they’re already working on a new one? And then I realised it’s the one he’s been working on since last year and was paused so many times because of the pandemic. It’s hard to keep track of sequels and their numbers. And also T...

Intro for April 20, 2021

Dear Gossips, The Oscars are now five days away, with voting concluding EOD today. I’m excited about the tight races, like I’m looking at the ballot and… I don’t know if I believe, even though we’ve been told time and again, that Nomadland is a frontrunner the way past Oscar winners have been frontr...

What Else for April 19, 2021

Here’s Carrie Underwood in Iris Van Herpen at the 2021 Latin American Music Awards last week. I know it’s an Iris Van Herpen. And the pattern is there, of course. But it also doesn’t look have the Iris Van Herpen …mood, you know? I do like what Carrie’s doing with her hair though. Normally her hair ...

In her latest major flex, Taylor Swift's Fearless (Taylor’s Version) topped the Billboard 200 chart 12 years after the original

Well this has to be all kinds of history. Last week I posted about Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and how it would perform on the charts, predicting that it would be a win. And… indeed… it is.  This is a major flex. Because remember, most of the songs on this album have already been rele...

Celebrity Social Media, April 19, 2021

Demi Lovato took to her Instagram stories to complain about a froyo shop perpetuating diet culture with its snack options. Demi is no stranger to social media skirmishes and honestly? This is not her best work. This relatively small shop had about 5k followers and she has the Lovatics. She said she ...

Jessica Biel promotes new show she produced called Cruel Summer on Ellen, tapping into the never-ending popularity of true crime

This morning, Lainey sent me a clip of Jessica Biel on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and before I watched it, I told myself I was going to write this post without mentioning Justin Timberlake. I thought that with so much emphasis on him, all the time, why not shine a light on her career regeneration? But...

Simu Liu has fists of fury as Shang-Chi in first teaser for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

The teaser trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is here and it is a short, beautiful pastiche of homages to classic Asian cinema ranging from Bruce Lee to Keanu. This is our first glimpse of Simu Liu in action as Shang-Chi and I am an even 50/50 on this teaser. There is a LOT that I...

Zoe Kravitz hints that she might be dating Taylour Paige, calling it "a thing" on Instagram

Well, if this is true… it’s excellent. Because it means everyone was wrong. Zoe Kravitz started 2021 by filing for divorce from Karl Glusman. It was unexpected, at least publicly. And since I admittedly was obsessed with them, I felt the disappointment. It’s amazing what perspective, however, can do...

Prince Philip's funeral was reportedly "the funeral he wanted" and led to speculation that William and Harry are on the path to healing

Due to the circumstances of the times, the British royal family announced last week that Prince Philip’s funeral would be a “scaled-back” situation, which is how it is widely being described. “Scaled-back”, by royal standards, though, is still quite a spectacle. I mean, just look at these pictures. ...

Intro for April 19, 2021

Dear Gossips, Seems like any time Mickey Guyton is at an award show she makes history. She did it again last night at the Academy of Country Music Awards when she hosted. And, as award show hosts do, there were several outfit changes. My personal favourite of all of them is this one – white, one sho...

What Else for April 16, 2021

Supposedly Kanye West would like to date an artist next. I’m not about to start making suggestions. But there are some that would say that parts of his marriage was a performance. So if his next relationship is with an artist… what will that even look like? (Dlisted)  Sloths are the kind of animals ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 16, 2021

John Stamos was on WWHL and you know messy boots Andy Cohen was going to ask about the Olsen twins, who did not appear on the Fuller House reboot (obviously). Apparently Lori Loughlin was the voice of reason as he told Andy, “I remember Lori [Loughlin] saying to me, ‘They won two or three CFDA Award...

#HotTig starts trending on social media after Tig Notaro shows up in Army of the Dead trailer looking even foxier than usual

This week, Netflix released a trailer for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, a heist movie set in the middle of a zombie apocalypse except the zombies are Mad Max extras. Army of the Dead originally co-starred comedian Chris D’Elia, but after he got accused of sexually harassing underage girls (accusat...

Sasha Finds: Fog-Free Wipes

Four-eye fog. If you know, then you know.  There are a whole lot of piss-offs about this pandemic, but getting fogged up glasses is pretty damn high on the list. Now first things first, if your glasses are getting cloudy that means that your mask game is not strong. You need to have that sucker seal...

Buckingham Palace dismisses any "drama" surrounding procession order for Prince Philip's funeral this weekend

Earlier in the week, the dominant headline about Prince Philip’s funeral was about what Prince Andrew was “demanding” to wear – he wanted to show up on Saturday as Admiral Andy, which would have been an issue for the British royal family because why is Admiral Andy allowed to retain his military ent...

Carey Mulligan to co-star in The Spaceman starring Adam Sandler, which is thankfully not one of his comedies

Don’t worry, it’s not an ADAM SANDLER movie, it’s an Adam Sandler MOVIE. Carey Mulligan will play Sandler’s wife in The Spaceman, an adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfar’s novel directed by Johan Renck, the director of Chernobyl. So, no, Carey Mulligan is not co-starring in one of Adam Sandler’s comedies, ...

Intro for April 16, 2021

Dear Gossips, According to my inbox and my social media, there doesn’t seem to be the “Noooooo! Love is over!” reaction to the news that Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are over. Kathleen even texted me to say that “I’m proud of her”, LOL.  A couple of years ago, on an episode of Show Your Work, D...

Drake seen at Delilah in West Hollywood for mask-less party with Kendall and Kylie Jenner

There were several celebrities partying at Delilah in West Hollywood last night which… I guess clubbing has been reinstated in LA? Must be. And mask-less clubbing too? OK, then. I mean, who am I to side-eye? It is f-cked up now where I live. They’re about to release the new modelling for the few wee...

What Else for April 15, 2021

Never mind the hair, this is a GREAT outfit on Heidi Klum – and another example of what I’ve always said about her street style vs her red carpet style. The red carpet choices are often…not it. But her casual wear, like this off-white jumpsuit is often excellent. Everything about this look is excell...

Celebrity Social Media, April 15, 2021

Kyra Sedgwick was on The Drew Barrymore Show and pulled out a great anecdote about Tom Cruise, a star-studded dinner party, and a panic button (starts around the 2 minute mark). This is my favourite kind of pre-planned talk show segment, when one celebrity talks about another, more-famous celebrity....

Show Your Work: Amanda Gorman & The Pressures of Perfection

The Amanda Gorman spread in the May issue of Vogue, complete with two different covers, is, of course, stunning – not surprising, maybe, based on Gorman’s style (and the fact that she signed with IMG not long after her performance at the Presidential Inauguration launched her into the celebrity stra...

Alex Rodriguez's tribute to Jennifer Lopez on Instagram stories after announcement of their split is an instant mood changer

LOOOOOLLLLLOOOOLOLOLOLOLOLI am having a f-ck of a day – one dog is limping, both dogs are yelling at maintenance workers outside, tech issues messing up my shoots, stressing about some homework I have to get to later today, deadlines looming… And then I saw Alex Rodriguez’s Instagram story. Instant ...

ITV reports that no one from the royal family will be in military dress for Prince Philip's funeral

Earlier this week, the Daily Mail reported that Prince Andrew was “demanding” to dress in military uniform, along with other members of the royal family, at Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday. This is the kind of information that could only have come from inside the palace – and as we know, for wha...

Ranking the hottest people on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Hello, it is I, Real Science Person Doing Real Science, here to tell you in highly scientific fashion who are the hottest people on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Tests were carried out in the strictest laboratory conditions, aided by my faithful lab assistant, Midnight Wine. This is a difficult...

Ben Affleck and George Clooney hug on set of The Tender Bar on Ben's last day of shooting

George Clooney has been in the Boston area the last several weeks directing The Tender Bar. Ben Affleck has been flying in to shoot mostly on weekdays and then seen back in LA on the weekends to be with his kids. Seems like Ben is now wrapped as the two were seen hugging each other warmly on set the...

Intro for April 15, 2021

Dear Gossips, The Oscars are exactly ten days away and today is the first voting day for Academy members. The voting window closes on Tuesday, April 20 and then, of course, we’ll know on Sunday, April 25 who the winners are.  With this in mind, here’s the cover of the new issue of The Hollywood Repo...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez officially end their engagement

It’s official. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have ended their engagement. They released a joint statement to The Today Show – via PEOPLE: "We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses...

What Else for April 14, 2021

Madonna had some words for a Karen on social media but that is not what my takeaway is from this story. I had never seen that Bath & Bodyworks video before and now that I’ve seen it… have you seen it? It’s from a few weeks ago, a fight broke out. And it goes on for a minute which sounds short but wh...

Former Bachelor, Colton Underwood, came out as gay on Good Morning America this morning and there is a lot to unpack

Former Bachelor, Colton Underwood, came out as gay during an interview on Good Morning America today. Between him being the lead on one of the most heteronormative shows on TV, people tweeting that they “knew all along”, and his relationship from the show which ended in a restraining order, there is...

Anya Taylor-Joy shoots Tiffany & Co. campaign in New York with beautiful Alton Mason

Anya Taylor-Joy is one of pop culture’s biggest sensations so, of course, it makes sense that she’s being offered brand ambassadorships. Here she is in New York yesterday shooting a campaign with Alton Mason for Tiffany & Co. Can we just talk about Alton Mason? Because, my GOD, he is beautiful.  Alt...

Celebrity Social Media, April 14, 2021

There’s conscious uncoupling and then there’s Miranda Kerr and Katy Perry getting together on Instagram Live to promote Miranda Kerr’s skin line, Kora Organics. This is a big show of support and driven completely by their relationship because it’s not like Katy has a stake in whether or not Miranda’...

Kourtney Kardashian and Addison Rae's friendship had a lot of people scratching their heads after last week's episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Last week’s episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians gave us a closer look at Kourtney and Addison Rae’s friendship, and it had a lot of people scratching their heads (including the other Kardashians) asking: how could a 20-year-old be besties with a 42-year-old mother of three? If you take out th...

Ryan Reynolds is back in first trailer for The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard after 2017 breakout hit The Hitman’s Bodyguard

The Hitman’s Bodyguard was one of 2017’s success stories: an original, Black Listed script that survived a last-minute genre change—from drama to action comedy—to become a breakout hit, amassing over $176 million against a $30 million budget, and it helped cement Ryan Reynolds’ as an action star bey...

Lady Gaga thanks fans after they push her eight-year-old album, ARTPOP, to #1 on iTunes

Fandoms have become a powerful force in the entertainment industry. Just last month we saw the results of a multi-year campaign to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut and any given week you can log onto Twitter and find music stans calculating exactly how many times each of them has to stream their fave’s new sing...

Prince Andrew is reportedly "demanding" to wear his military uniform at his father, Prince Philip's funeral

Prince Andrew, who has kept a low profile for a year and a half now, following his shambolic interview on BBC Newsnight about his friendship with the dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is now back out in public because of the death of his father, Prince Philip. He stepped out to speak with the media th...

Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick release date pushed because he reportedly wants to do a full world press tour

Last Friday, Paramount shuffled their release dates again, including pushing Top Gun: Maverick from the patriotic and military-movie friendly July 4 weekend to November 19. Now, we are learning the reason for that move, or at least one of them, is that Tom Cruise wants to do a full world press tour ...

Intro for April 14, 2021

Dear Gossips, What are you doing on June 18? I already know. Because I live in Toronto, where we are six days into (another) 28 day stay-at-home order, which means that even if the situation improves, it won’t be better in eight weeks to the point where I’ll actually have real plans that weekend oth...

What Else for April 13, 2021

I tried not to read any shade in Prince William’s tribute to Prince Philip yesterday but a lot of people did, including some royal experts who say that his comment at the end was a “strong obvious sting” against his brother, Prince Harry. I mean…sure, if that’s how you want to see it, don’t let me g...

Celebrity Social Media, April 13, 2021

Lucy Liu has signed onto the Shazam! sequel as a villain, alongside Helen Mirren. Obviously she will make an excellent villian and Shazam! is overdue for a sequel – no it’s not dark and mysterious and tortured, but it was an enjoyable superhero movie. The casting announcement dropped at the same tim...

First slate of Oscars presenters announced in a trailer made to feel like a movie

The Academy yesterday announced its first slate of presenters. The Oscars this year, as we know, is not going to be the show we’re used to seeing. There will be no audience. Nominees are limited to one guest. Not even sure if presenters are allowed to bring guests. Apparently it’ll be more like a co...

Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua pull production of upcoming movie, Emancipation, from Georgia over regressive voting laws

So, obviously, Joe Biden becoming President of the United States did not fix every problem in the world. In fact, based on the events of the last few weeks, it is very much a case of “same song, different verse”. Following a historic election in Georgia that saw the red state turn blue for the first...

The BBC reportedly received 100,000 complaints over their coverage of Prince Philip after his death on Friday

The BBC reported on the BBC today, citing a story from the Sun…what? No wonder people need information hygiene. Because how does this makes sense? This is how the article posted by the BBC reads: “The BBC has received 100,000 complaints from members of the public over its coverage of the Duke of Edi...

Friends Chris Hemsworth and Isla Fisher meet up for coffee in Sydney

Celebrity friends, Australian edition. Chris Hemsworth and Isla Fisher met up for coffee in Sydney today. They’ve known each other a long time as both were on the Australian long-running soap opera Home and Away. Home and Away, I’ve just learned, has kicked off the careers of many stars: Russell Cro...

Body positive Lizzo stops and poses for the cameras after dinner in LA

I would like to appreciate Lizzo today. Because while there are certainly celebrities, many of them, who can’t stand the paparazzi, and they have valid reasons for it, there are other celebrities who aren’t bothered by the paps. And don’t bother pretending they don’t like the attention. Here’s Lizzo...

Intro for April 13, 2021

Dear Gossips, A GoFundMe page for the family of Daunte Wright has been set up to help his family with funeral arrangements and to help his girlfriend and their baby. If you are able to make a donation, or if you’d like to leave a comment, please see below: Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a poli...

What Else for April 12, 2021

Leslie Odom Jr has been killing it all award season. His many shades of green outfit at the SAGs was a standout. And at the BAFTAs he went with two looks and I can’t decide which I like more. Mayyyyyybe the turtleneck because I’m having a men in turtlenecks moment right now after this winter of Asia...

Power couple Rihanna and A$AP Rocky together in leather in LA

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were together last week in New York when she celebrated her ma’s birthday and now they’re in LA, photographed leaving Delilah’s last night after 3am. Pre-pandemic, celebrity schedules didn’t often align with their love lives. For Rihanna, a fashion mogul, she was flying from P...

Priyanka Chopra styled by Law Roach was my favourite look at last night's BAFTAs

The BAFTA red carpet was closer to the kind of red carpet we’ve seen in the past but by no means the spectacle it used to be. Still, they actually had one, and there was a good turnout, and the fashion kind of reflected these hybrid times too – one foot still in the pandemic, the other trying desper...

Disney tries to win us over by casting everyone’s favorite imaginary best friend, Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Indiana Jones and the Long Goodbye

More than anything, I love Indiana Jones. And more than any disappointing pop culture thing that has happened so far in the 2000s, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom the Crystal Skull broke me. Games of Thrones had a disappointing finale? I made my peace with it. New New Star Wars sh-t the bed? Whatever,...

Celebrity Social Media, April 12, 2021

I’m as skeptical as others about “ring watch” but when Jennifer Lopez doesn’t wear her engagement ring, I take note because it’s the combination of things that have happened: the messy breakup and makeup, the InStyle tribute that was missing a contribution from Alex Rodriguez (even though two of her...

Carey Mulligan goes for Oscar nomination with SNL hosting gig

Carey Mulligan was nominated for an Oscar over a decade ago for her performance in An Education, still a movie I adore, like a beloved book. She was an underdog back then, as that the year Sandra Bullock won for The Blind Side, but she’s definitely not an underdog now with Promising Young Woman. Not...

Liam Payne makes history with hologram performance at the 2021 BAFTAs

Liam Payne created quite the buzz for his holographic performance at the BAFTAs last night. This means we’re in the future right?  Before he took the BAFTA stage, an augmented reality experience was broadcast to fans through a mobile app called The Round where Liam’s movements were transformed into ...

Paramount shuffles release calendar again, not willing to risk Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 and 8

On Friday Paramount shuffled their release calendar (again), making continual adjustments to the schedule based on ever-evolving COVID situations around the world. Right now, it seems that by summer some places will be fairly well recovered and back to normal business while other places will remain ...

Prince William and Prince Harry release separate statements lovingly honouring their late grandfather, Prince Philip

Prince Philip died at the age of 99 on Friday and for the last few days, the royal family has been preparing for his funeral which is happening on Saturday. Today Prince William and Prince Harry released statements honouring their grandfather. William’s was first:  Harry’s statement followed a short...

Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung win Best Supporting Actor and Actress at last night's BAFTAs

The BAFTAs are the final major pre-Oscar award show and can sometimes shape how the Oscars shake out; Oscar voting begins this week, so the BAFTAs certainly help a campaign. This award season has been wide open and unpredictable and the BAFTAs have definitely added to that. Sir Anthony Hopkins was n...

Intro for April 12, 2021

Dear Gossips, Before this weekend, Hideki Matsuyama was already a big deal in Japan, already a legend, the best male golfer the nation, which is golf-obsessed, has ever produced. Last week Tsubasa Kajitani won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. And yesterday Hideki became the first Japanese man t...

What Else for April 9, 2021

Sorry for the bummer ahead of the weekend but this is a PSA for those of us in Canada because our COVID situation here is… really bad, like coming close to the worst it’s ever been. Where I live, in Ontario, we just posted a 30% increase in new cases in JUST ONE DAY. And it’s not just in this provin...

Celebrity Social Media, April 9, 2021

Not that any of us are looking for parenting advice from Kristen Cavallari, but there was an US Weekly headline so regressive it caught my eye: “Kristen Cavallari Says It Is Harder Raising Girls Than Boys: It’s A Lot of Drama.” Her daughter is 5. Um, WTF, is this still a thing? Again, I’m not lookin...

Lin-Manuel Miranda details the challenges of turning Broadway hit, In The Heights, into a film in Variety cover feature

I have tried to stay away from any In the Heights content because I want to be surprised when I finally see it on my screen, but when Lainey sent me this Variety piece detailing the challenges of turning this Broadway hit into a film, I couldn’t help myself. The article had me from the hook: “When L...

Doja Cat drops sugary, disco-inspired new single, “Kiss Me More”, featuring SZA

Last night, Doja Cat dropped a sugary, disco-inspired new track, “Kiss Me More”, featuring SZA. It’s the first single from her third studio album, Planet HER, due out this summer. She’s delivered verses on a few tracks in 2021, including Ariana Grande’s “34+35 (Remix)” and Saweetie’s “Best Friend”, ...

First look at Alaqua Cox on set as Maya Lopez, aka Echo, in Hawkeye

Filming for Hawkeye is under way in Georgia, bringing us our first clear shots of Alaqua Cox on set as Maya Lopez, aka Echo. (Interestingly, there was an industry-wide outcry in 2019 when the Georgia state legislature attempted to severely restrict reproductive rights, but in the wake of Georgia’s d...

First look at Jodie Turner-Smith in motion as Anne Boleyn as it's announced she will no longer star in The Witcher prequel

Anne Boleyn, starring Jodie Turner-Smith, is expected to air on the UK’s Channel 5 later this year. Previously, we saw a still photo of JTS as the erstwhile queen, and now we have a shot of her in motion, walking down a hall: Variety also has a new image of JTS as Anne and Mark Stanley as Henry VIII...

Gwen Stefani recruits Saweetie for "Slow Clap" remix after lackluster response to the original

When’s the last time somebody asked you, “Have you heard that new Gwen Stefani song?” Just like Ciara, Kelly Rowland, Mandy Moore (and perhaps Kelly Clarkson, depending on who you ask), we’re not really checking for new music, even though we still love following them as personalities. But surprising...

Sasha Finds: Bohème Goods

If you’re a vintage lover you should know about Bohème Goods. If you’re not a vintage lover then you should still know about Bohème Goods. Now, I’ll be honest, I’ve kind of been a selfish twat over the years because I’ve never really wanted to tell you about the site. It was my little secret. But th...

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers photographed at the beach in Malibu as Aaron wraps his first week hosting Jeopardy

Aaron Rodgers is wrapping up the first week of his two week residency hosting Jeopardy today. This week he and fiancée Shailene Woodley went Instagram official. And here they are on the beach enjoying the sunset with their dog in Malibu. Coincidence or conspiracy?  So far Aaron’s performance on Jeop...

Jared Leto is a balding Paolo Gucci on set of House of Gucci with Lady Gaga and Adam Driver

Lady Gaga and Adam Driver have been in Rome working on House of Gucci for several weeks now. You’ve seen many of those photos. What’s new here (at least this is the first time I’m posting about it) is that they are now joined by Jared Leto who is playing Paolo Gucci.  As you can see, Paolo’s costume...

Intro for April 9, 2021

Dear Gossips, Duana f-cked up one of our group chats last night. We were just minding our own business and suddenly she dropped a bombshell and it’s been all I’ve been thinking about since. I even dreamed about it. And obsessively googled tangents.  But we weren’t the only ones. Duana was sharing so...

What Else for April 8, 2021

I know this outfit on Tanya Tucker is dated and most people would never. But I like it a lot more than the body-con various-shades-of-nude spandex sh-t that’s gotten so tired on Kardashian Instagram accounts. I would wear this for sure over a sheer panel dress. I would rather wear this than the wide...

The Hollywood Reporter exposes producer Scott Rudin as an abusive and toxic boss

And “toxic” is putting it lightly. A new expose in The Hollywood Reporter goes HAM on Scott Rudin, the EGOT-winning power producer behind such films as Clueless, The Social Network, Doubt, Fences, the Addams Family duology, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, and he’s a frequent producer for Wes Anders...

The British royal family, who can't deny their association with Piers Morgan, has another week of interesting headlines

Some interesting headlines this week related to the British royal family. Let’s start with the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. In the before times, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were the two heads of the QCT. When it was confirmed recently that they would not be resuming their roles as senior members o...

Celebrity Social Media, April 8, 2021

Karlie Kloss is not returning to Project Runway in a full-time host role but it has nothing to do with that “Kushner” comment that went viral. It’s because she had a baby and prefers a guest role (she’s a producer on the show), as well as juggling her other projects (her Adidas line, Kode With Kloss...

What’s Your Drama: Taking an Instagram Lover & Ball Dropping Friends

Welcome back to What’s Your Drama. I'm sorry we were a little light last month on podcasts but life happened. Hopefully today's longer podcast makes up for it.Up first we hear from "Lisa". Lisa is half Asian living in a predominantly white small town and feels like she's been abandoned by a lot of h...

Netflix acquires the rights to Kanye West's documentary for $30 million from producers Coodie and Chike

While we really haven’t heard much from him directly in a while, Kanye West seems to be having a great year, at least professionally. He was recently named the wealthiest Black man in American history with an alleged net worth of $6.6 billion and now it’s been reported that Netflix has acquired the ...

Emilia Clarke walks arm in arm with an unidentified man in London leading to speculation she has a new boyfriend

Do you know what happened ten years ago next Saturday? The very first episode of Game of Thrones premiered on HBO. I remember reading a feature story on the series in Entertainment Weekly, having known nothing about the books, and deciding to watch based on that but also wondering if I’d actually ge...

Lady Gaga is a Gucci bride on the set of House of Gucci in Rome

Lady Gaga continues to serve all the looks while shooting House of Gucci in Rome. This time it’s wedding style. We have two outfits here. Might as well start with the wedding dress. Definitely not a wedding dress I’d expect on the real Lady Gaga but, certainly, suited to the era and, I guess, her ch...

Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp are possibly back together after being spotted in New York

Timothée Chalamet was photographed out in New York the other day. On the same day, Lily-Rose Depp was also papped in NYC, although they weren’t near each other, and the sightings weren’t connected. But fans on Twitter started speculating that since they’re in the same city around the same time…maybe...

Intro for April 8, 2021

Dear Gossips, Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version), the first of six re-recorded albums, is dropping tomorrow – or tonight, if you’re counting from midnight. For the last several days she’s been building excitement for the release, dropping a digital puzzle for her fans to decode the “from the...

What Else for April 7, 2021

Here’s an example of when a word doesn’t match up to an action. When you think of the verb “snatch”, it’s a quick motion right? Swift. Efficient. Surprising. This Sri Lankan beauty pageant scandal is being described as a “crown snatching” but… there’s nothing snatchy about it. This is a prolonged re...

Jimmy Fallon has the original creators of viral TikTok dances on The Tonight Show in response to backlash over Addison Rae segment

In my piece on Addison Rae last week, I wrote about how disappointing it was to see her perform TikTok dances without any recognition of the original dance creators, many of those creators being Black. This perpetuates the problematic patterns of BIPOC creatives not getting the credit they deserve. ...

Celebrity Social Media, April 7, 2021

When I hear Giorgio Baldi, I think of Rihanna. Do you think other celebrities go there hoping to spot her? This would be a solid plan.  Yesterday Lainey wrote about Jennifer Lopez for InStyle and her friendship with Charlize Theron. Someone else stuck out for me: Judy Greer, who is best friends with...

The second trailer for Cruella starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson is delicious eye candy

A second trailer for Cruella has arrived, now that we know this movie is coming out, for sure, on May 28 (in theaters and on Disney+ for a surcharge). I am rooting for this movie, I hope it’s good, because the aesthetic is ENTIRELY my sh-t and I’m going to be so bummed if this delicious eye candy is...

Angelina Jolie is back in action mode in Those Who Wish Me Dead trailer

Oh, right. It’s summer movie season soon. Which is why there are so many trailers. I just haven’t been in that mindset because I’ve spent over a year in lockdown so the usual markers of time aren’t a thing for me anymore. But here we are, approaching summer 2021 as studios are now rolling out promot...

Andrew Garfield gives a bonkers performance in Mainstream trailer and appears to be in the Nic Cage phase of his career

Andrew Garfield’s last movie was 2018’s Under the Silver Lake, a deliberately confounding film that some people love and some people hate. His new movie is Mainstream, a film that appears, on the surface, aimed at the YouTube generation of creators and performers and in it, Garfield is giving anothe...

Prince Harry will appear on camera in first Netflix series to be released out of Archewell Productions called Heart of Invictus

It was announced yesterday as part of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new deal with Netflix that the first series to be released out of Archewell Productions will be Heart of Invictus, co-produced with Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara who won an Oscar for The White Helmets in 2016. These...

Cardi B on knowing her worth and finding strength in her femininity in XXL cover feature

Yesterday marked three years since Cardi B released her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. I still love that title, especially for a debut. The album made history when she became the first solo female hip-hop artist to win Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards and Invasion also launched two Billbo...

Intro for April 7, 2021

Dear Gossips, Oscar voting this year begins a week tomorrow as Academy members will have five days to make their selections – and as we’ve been saying, in most of the major categories, the races are totally unpredictable. The way I see it, there are only two Oscars that seem locked at this point: Ch...

What Else for April 6, 2021

While I do get the occasional headache – I have one today from not sleeping last night – I have never suffered from migraines. However, I am close to several people who do, including Jacek, my husband. And also Emily, our site manager. They’re debilitating. For some people, it’s a lifelong mission: ...

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is struggling halfway through the series

We are now halfway through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and man can you feel the gears grinding on this one. WandaVision took a second to get going, but once it got there, it took off and hit some really interesting and heady highs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Falcon, on the other hand, is...

Diplo randomly and hilariously shares photo of Angelina Jolie at a casual BBQ on social media

Imagine if we wrote the name of every romantically unattached celebrity and threw it into a hat. Then imagine we chose two names. What is the most random pairing could we pull?Angelina Jolie and Diplo would be pretty high on the list, right? DeuxMoi posted this screenshot from Diplo’s story in which...

Celebrity Social Media, April 6, 2021

Many of us who lived through Girls know that Lena Dunham has her own media cycle: an announcement with some splashy press and a whole lot of criticism (some genuine, some thoughtful, some sexist, some trolling) on social media. The story this time is her new plus-size clothing line collaboration wit...

British Vogue cover star Thandiwe Newton reclaims the original spelling of her name

The May issue of British Vogue features an interview with cover star Thandiwe Newton – and the entire piece is framed by that once-omitted ‘w’, and the correct pronunciation, ‘Tan-DI-we’. The explanation in the piece is that it was ‘carelessly missed out’ from her first credit, which seems both over...

Olivia Rodrigo generates a lot of buzz with new single "deja vu"

Olivia Rodrigo’s song “deja vu” was released last Thursday. Does she have the potential to become a household name? Despite dropping at the same time as Demi Lovato’s long-awaited album Dancing With The Devil: the Art of Starting Over and “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X, she was still ...

Jennifer Lopez covers InStyle with contributions from ex Ben Affleck and friend Charlize Theron

Jennifer Lopez covers the May 2021 issue of InStyle and I really like what they’ve done with this feature – “in her own words (and everyone else’s)” so we’re getting JLo on JLo but we’re also getting dozens of other celebrities and dignitaries, like Michelle Obama, Matthew McConaughey and Leah Remin...

Timothee Chalamet out in New York in two-tone joggers

A couple of months ago, when all that Armie Hammer f-cksh-t was breaking, there was a collective screech on Twitter over the news that Luca Guadagnino, who directed Armie and Timothee Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name, would once again work with Timmy and Taylor Russell on the film adaptation of Cami...

Intro for April 6, 2021

Dear Gossips, Do you think it’s at all possible that Aaron Rodgers will end up being the permanent host of Jeopardy? He started his two-week residency yesterday and already there’s been a viral moment (which he predicted). During Final Jeopardy, the champion Scott Shewfelt didn’t know the answer so ...

Rihanna shows up at the Stop Asian Hate rally in New York, doubling down on her support for the cause

There was a Stop Asian Hate march in New York on Sunday, just a few days after a 65-year-old Filipino woman was attacked outside an apartment building while bystanders did nothing. Rihanna has used her social media over the last few weeks to raise awareness about anti-Asian racism:   And this weeken...

What Else for April 5, 2021

Here are some SAG looks from the cast of The Crown. I think the most controversial hit here is on Emma Corrin – and I love it, I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Any time combat boots happen at an award show it’s a good thing. And the energy she’s giving me here is … Star Wars. As in Rey. Doesn’t this have a Skywal...

Kerry Washington, styled by Law Roach, was Best Dressed at this year's SAGs

Oh surprise. Law Roach is the image architect behind my favourite look at the SAGs last night. To be clear, it’s never a surprise. It’s always @luxurylaw. And this time, it’s Kerry Washington. She wore a custom Etro dress, with a matching headpiece, and nails too. And then she jumped in the pool. Wh...

HYBE, home to BTS's label Big Hit, announces acquisition of Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings

First, a quick recap on BTS-related business affairs over the last six months or so before we get into this major music industry news. Last fall, just weeks after BTS earned their first and second #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Dynamite” and the “Savage Love” remix, their company, Big Hit Entert...

Celebrity Social Media, April 5, 2021

Was Easter a little extra this year? I don’t mean this as a complaint at all – it seemed a little more celebratory than last year. The kids especially look adorable because Easter is a good accessories holiday, like the ears on Kate Hudson’s daughter Rani and the bunny tail on Khai’s (Gigi and Zayn’...

Daniel Kaluuya wins Best Supporting Actor SAG while Minari’s Youn Yuh-jung is named Best Supporting Actress

All four major film acting categories were won by people of colour at the SAG Awards last night. As established, Chadwick Boseman is the only slamdunk among the categories, every other race is unpredictable, although Daniel Kaluuya is getting closer. Hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend didn’t h...

First trailer for Marvel's Loki starring Tom Hiddleston promises a lot of action

 A new trailer for Loki, the next-in-line series from Marvel on Disney+, dropped this morning and YES, THIS IS EXTREMELY MY SH-T. I mostly liked WandaVision, and am so-so on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but Loki is the Marvel show I am most interested in and excited for. It’s not just that I l...

Penelope Cruz wears bootcut jeans on the set of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film Madres Paralelas

There was a big generational debate a few weeks ago over jeans between Millennials and Gen Z. According to Gen Z, it’s middle parts and bootcut jeans over side parts and skinny jeans. Millennials took exception to this. Not my generational fight but I’ve always been middle part for life, so on that ...

Regé-Jean Page will not return for Bridgerton season 2 leaving many people heartbroken

Big Bridgerton news dropped on Friday: Regé-Jean Page, the breakout star of season one, will not return for season two. The duke is done. Many people are heartbroken, even though I previously mentioned that Simon and Daphne are not main players in the second book, which features Anthony as the roman...

Viola Davis looked unbelievable in neon as she won Best Actress at the SAG Awards last night

As I mentioned in today’s open, this year’s Oscar race is one of the most wide open we’ve seen in a long time, especially in the Best Actress category. Last night at the SAG Awards, Viola Davis was the actors’ choice, which seemed like it was a surprise to her – and perhaps to those trying to get a ...

Intro for April 5, 2021

Dear Gossips, Over the last year we have seen award shows try to innovate and not innovate at all (ahem, the Golden Globes) during the pandemic. Weeks ago the Screen Actors Guild announced that they were not going to bother with a facsimile of what the SAGs typically look like – and instead broadcas...

What Else for April 1, 2021

Quick reminder again – we are dark tomorrow for the Easter long weekend in Canada. We’ll be back on Monday after the SAG Awards on Sunday. Stay safe, everyone! Speaking of the SAG Awards, here’s what Julia Roberts wore in 2014. She definitely has the height for how the legs on this jumpsuit have bee...

Celebrity Social Media, April 1, 2021

If you watch Vanderpump Rules you are familiar with “Rand” and even if you don’t you are probably familiar with the phrase, “I’m sorry Fofty.” This Vulture deep-dive on producer Randall Emmett goes so beyond that and is one of my favourite reads of the year so far. From “geezer teasers” to dodgy fin...

Review: Godzilla vs. Kong starring Alexander Skarsgard and Rebecca Hall is so stupid it’s impressive

SpoilersTwo years ago I wrote about Godzilla: King of the Monsters and said that I wasn’t sure there is a way to make Godzilla work as a Hollywood (re)invention. Godzilla is not our cultural myth, and America’s unwillingness to face the moral reckoning of the atomic bomb means we’re never even going...

Natalie Portman in Sydney wearing perfect denim shorts

Here’s Natalie Portman in Sydney. Cute Ghostbusters t-shirt but I’m looking at her denim shorts. Many of us live in denim shorts in the summer, right? We aren’t at denim shorts weather yet where I live and we probably won’t be there for a few weeks but my mind is there, especially seeing Natalie in ...

Sasha Finds: Homme Femme

I’m not done talking about loungewear and I know the majority of you feel the same way.  In fact, I have a group chat with Kathleen and our buddy Liz Trinnear that is exclusively about the sweat sets and jumpsuits that we want and need in our lives. Oh and how’s my bank account, you ask? Well, this ...

Netflix buys Knives Out sequels for $450 million in crushing blow to movie theatres

In 2019 Knives Out was not just one of the best films of the year, but also an original idea that turned into a legitimate blockbuster, earning over $311 million against a $40 million budget. Those kinds of mid-budget success stories almost don’t happen anymore, and sequel talk began almost immediat...

Intro for April 1, 2021

Dear Gossips, Beyoncé decided to bless the timeline yesterday. First, she put herself up as the appetiser, clearly feeling her fit. The denim jacket over the denim skirt, a lot of gold jewellery, and a Chanel pouch.  This doesn’t happen too often, but it does happen – Beyoncé knows that once in a wh...

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...