Blog Spotlight: An Interview with Lainey of LaineyGossip.com
Why rush out to the supermarket to pick up your daily dose of celebrity gossip? You can cut out rags like the National Enquirer from your weekly budget, and you can skip Page Six of your favorite New York newspaper. Lainey has arrived, and she has what you crave. And she posts it daily on her blog at LaineyGossip.com and it is one hundred percent free of charge. Whether you are looking for news on stars you love or celebrities you loathe, LaineyGossip delivers.
Calling all smuthounds! What is so special about Lainey of LaineyGossip.com (www.laineygossip.com)?
“Like my beagle, a very merry hound, my nose for trash is 2nd to none. And my extensive knowledge of celebrity history, scandal, and romance is the product of a life well wasted… endless hours of Entertainment Tonight, E! True Hollywood Story, and my own private stalking trips whenever my bank account allows.
In some circles, I’m known as the Chinese Gwyneth Paltrow. Minus the designer clothes, rail thin body, rock star husband, fruit inspired daughter, and Academy Award. Other than that, we are like the same person.”
Lainey likes “catfights, martinis, The O.C., Saturday Night Live, celebrity breakups, Susan Sarandon’s breasts, and all things Paltrow,” and dislikes “girl-on-girl porn, Hello Kitties & Kens, Uggs, small yappy dogs that have inferiority complexes, and all things Aniston.”
Lainey isn’t sure she would ever get her dream job of writing for US Weekly, but maybe, just maybe, she could become the sixth lady on The View.
Lainey’s Disclaimer best describes what LaineyGossip is all about:
Please note that LaineyGossip is a celebrity gossip site offering smutty rumours and conjecture in addition to reported facts from the world of entertainment. What you read on this site may or may not be true and Lainey Gossip does not guarantee or make any warranty as to the validity of any claims.”
If you are new to LaineyGossip, you will need to check out Lainey’s Gossip Guide (http://www.laineygossip.com/gossip.htm). In the guide, you will learn who to love: Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Madonna, Bridget Jones, Gwen Stefani, Nicole Kidman, Will & Jada Smith, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, and the Beckhams. You will learn who is a fraud: Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Jessica Alba, and Cameron Diaz. And who is a freak: Celine Dion and Sharon Stone.
Most importantly, you will discover who comprises The Hollywood Slut Brigade: Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, Lindsay Lohan, and Bijou Philips.
You may not agree with all of Lainey’s views or content, but you will agree that Lainey’s blog is well-written, fresh and fascinating. And dare I say, addictive? Lainey features such a wide variety of celebrities, it is difficult to tear yourself away. Her headlines grab you, the photos pull you in, and the fabulous writing won’t let you go. In a time when celebrities are modern-day royalty, it is great to take a break from the daily grind to learn about the bizarre and truly absurd world of fame and infamy.
Will future generations treat their celebrities the way we treat ours? Hopefully not. But if this is just a fad, it is a pretty damn long one. For those of you love it and who would miss it, well, you will always have Paris.
Lainey was kind enough to set aside her smut sniffing long enough to grant me an interview. Here is what this queen of celebrity gossip had to say:
Jack: Thanks for taking the time to chat with me, Lainey! What sets your blog apart from other blogs?
Lainey: I would like to think it’s the writing. I don’t post up photos and write one or two words like “what a whore!”. What i do is call that person a “whore” by drawing it out with snarky, grammatically correct language. My readers are pretty erudite, the appreciate the snark served up smart. I’m also never wishy washy. It’s pointless to me to have a blog and not a strong opinion. And by opinion, I mean a point of view that is DEFENDED.
Lainey: January 2005. I was sending an email newsletter out to subscribers editorializing the day’s entertainment headlines. Pretty soon, the subscriber base grew to the point where it was crashing my mail server…so I started the site.
Jack: What do you do when you are not blogging?
Lainey: I’m also a reporter for eTalk, Canada’s #1 news entertainment show. So when I’m not working or writing, I’m reading and sleeping and walking my dog!
Lainey: I love blogging…I honestly don’t have any complaints about working on my own blog.
Jack: What do you feel is the key to a successful blog?
Lainey: Develop your own voice…have something to SAY. Anyone can get photos anywhere else. Like any product, you create brand loyalty by being able to establish an identity independent from the rest. Brand loyalty, blog loyalty, it’s all the same.
Jack: Thanks again for the interview, Lainey, and best wishes for the continued success of LaineyGossip.com.
Now that you have read the interview, check out the blog at www.laineygossip.com.
Here is Lainey’s Glossary of Terms, so that you can jump right into the fun:
“Some commonly used phrases and made up words that make frequent appearances:
Gorgessity: the state of being gorgeous. i.e. The gorgessity of Gwyneth Paltrow can never be adequately described.
Getto tits: a very bad boob job. The kind where each breast was likely done at different times because the trashy whore recipient didn’t have enough money to pay for them both at once. See Tara Reid.
Hermaphrodite: an animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs. See Cameron Diaz.
Tranny: short for transvestite. A person and especially a male who adopts the dress and often the behavior typical of the opposite sex especially for purposes of emotional or sexual gratification. See Celine Dion.
low classy: my mother’s way of saying white trash/redneck/or trailer park. For example: Could it get any more low classy than Britney Spears and her sewer rat husband????”
