Elaine Lui

Gossip Blogger and Reporter, eTalk

Self-proclaimed eTalk “gossip maven” Lainey is all about celebrating Hollywood while honouring Canadian talent at the same time. With an immensely popular website, www.laineygossip.com, Lainey has been breaking entertainment news with the help of credible sources in Hollywood and Canada. Seeing Lainey’s talent, CTV’s entertainment news show eTalk hired her on as a special correspondent in 2006, adding to its expanding team of experts.

What started as a simple mailing to her friends and colleagues, soon grew to a website with millions of subscribers from around the world. The site now receives an average of 500,000 unique visitors per week, making it a leading international celebrity gossip source. Her site was also selected as one of “Entertainment Weekly's” 100 Websites to Bookmark Now in 2006.

Lainey also regularly shares her gossip updates with CTV News Vancouver and 93.5 FLOW in Toronto.

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Lainey lives in Vancouver with her husband and beagle Marcus, and is a consultant for Covenant House, which offers shelter and services for people living on the street.