Shinan Govani

Shinan Govani is Canada’s best-known social columnist, and currently pens the ‘Last Word’ page in Hello! Canada magazine. Previously, he was a columnist with the National Post for 12 years. The author of the novel Boldface Names, he has also written for such publications as Vanity Fair.

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The ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Scandal Is Brangelina for a New Age

How the Tom Sandoval cheating fiasco brought Bravo gossip once reserved for reality-TV superfans and obscure corners of the internet to a new level of mainstream attention.

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A Real Housewife Gets Divorced. This Lawyer Is Obsessed.

The lawyer Ronald Richards has a lot to say about “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne and Tom Girardi’s divorce, which he is feverishly relaying to fans on Twitter.

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Image Conscious

Diane Arbus Saw People Deeply. Just Ask Anderson Cooper.

Diane Arbus photographed the world around her with unflinching honesty, as a new exhibit of over 500 her pictures at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto reveals.

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Suits Them

Canada Prepares to Greet Harry and Meghan—But Who’s Paying?

Meghan Markle has returned to Canada to reunite with baby Archie, with the expectation that Prince Harry will join her. They can expect a warm welcome, and some pointed questions.

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POINT SCORING

I’m a Canadian Person of Color, Conflicted About Trudeau

The author says the outrage over the Canadian PM’s use of blackface has turned out to be a Rorschach test to validate the way most people already think about Trudeau.

Shinan Govani

Shinan Govani

The ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Scandal Is Brangelina for a New Age

A Real Housewife Gets Divorced. This Lawyer Is Obsessed.

Diane Arbus Saw People Deeply. Just Ask Anderson Cooper.

Canada Prepares to Greet Harry and Meghan—But Who’s Paying?

I’m a Canadian Person of Color, Conflicted About Trudeau

The Profound, Unexpected Cultural Punch of ‘Shahs of Sunset’

Ivanka, Tinsley, and Lauren: A Tale of Three NYC Socialites

How Architect Geoffrey Bawa Improved His Corner of Paradise

The ‘Real Housewives’ Land in Toronto

Drake Moves to Canada’s Beverly Hills