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Prada minus one

Believe it or not, there were other shows happening at men’s fashion week in Milan even though Hudson Williams didn’t attend them. Prada is always a celebrity draw and this season Nicholas Hoult, Rauw Alejandro, Troye Sivan, and Maya and Levon Hawke were among the celebrity guests. Maya,

By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 04:48 pm

Intro for January 19, 2026

Intro for January 19, 2026

Dear Gossips, Welcome to a new week which, for some people in show business, is Oscar nomination week. Nominations will be announced the morning of Thursday 22 January and the Academy confirmed a few days ago that Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman will be presenting. View this post on Instagram

By • Jan 19, 2026 09:53 am

JLo … but not Sean Penn

Jennifer Lopez

JLo … but not Sean Penn

A couple of years ago, when Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marriage fell apart, even though he was the one who supposedly handled it like an asshole, and the media reporting it misogynistically, she was the one who was clowned on social media. TikTok was basically JLo hate central

By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 01:58 pm

Rocky should double

A$AP Rocky

Rocky should double

Finn Wolfhard did a good job for his first time hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend – and he had help, not only in the form of his Stranger Things co-stars Galen Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin but also Jason Momoa popping up in the Heated Rivalry Wizardry sketch (the most viral

By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 12:40 pm

Hudson takes Milan

Hudson Williams

Hudson takes Milan

A week ago yesterday, at the Golden Globes, Hudson Williams generated the most media impact value among all male celebrities on the red carpet. One weekend later, he seems to be doing the same for Milan Fashion Week with his debut appearance there. As expected on Friday, Hudson walked for

By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 12:02 pm

Is Keke in love with a streamer?

Keke Palmer

Is Keke in love with a streamer?

Keke Palmer has been raising some eyebrows lately. First, she invited Offset, who many turned their backs on after his poor treatment of Cardi B, onto her podcast, Baby, This is Keke Palmer. I wrote about that here. Then, she launched a show on KeyTV, her digital network, called Southern

By Stephanie • Jan 19, 2026 10:59 am

Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York

A$AP Rocky

Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York

A$AP Rocky just dropped his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. I haven’t listened all the way through yet so I’ll leave it to MC to address it next week in his music column, but for now, we’ll just gossip. Because there’s always gossip in

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 04:11 pm

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Hudson takes Milan

Hudson takes Milan

A week ago yesterday, at the Golden Globes, Hudson Williams generated the most media impact value among all male celebrities on the red carpet. One weekend later, he seems to be doing the same for Milan Fashion Week with his debut appearance there. As expected on Friday, Hudson walked for

By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 12:02 pm

“Kate” Madden Calls The Shots

“Kate” Madden Calls The Shots

This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to

By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm

RDJ shows up for Timmy

RDJ shows up for Timmy

As mentioned several times today, it is Oscar nominations voting week, as Academy members decide on which artists will be nominated for the Oscars, happening on March 15. The nominations will be announced a week today, next Thursday. So the contenders and their various studios are doing what they can

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 12:31 pm

Teyana Time

Teyana Time

As Sarah noted in our post-Globes coverage about Teyana Taylor and the Best Supporting Actress race, up until Sunday night, it was Amy Madigan’s performance in Weapons who was considered the frontrunner in the category. And she still is, I think, but she’s also not running away with

By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 11:52 am

Connor’s first time

Connor’s first time

It’s been a seemingly endless series of first times for Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie of Heated Rivalry the last few weeks. They are celebrities now, they are more famous than they probably ever imagined. They just had their first award season experience during Golden Globe week. They just

By Lainey • Jan 13, 2026 12:07 pm

Podcasting at awards shows

Podcasting at awards shows

The Golden Globes handed out their first-ever Best Podcast award, a bizarre inclusion for an awards show about film and television. I previously wrote about this category and its suspicious, potentially payola marketing scheme, but in the end, the Globes picked the least offensive person to win their inaugural award,

By Sarah • Jan 12, 2026 12:45 pm

Heated Rivalry Cannot Be Cooled

Heated Rivalry Cannot Be Cooled

I won’t lie, I had very, very high expectations. After all the excitement and hype of the last month, and the last week, knowing that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie would appear at the Golden Globes, I anticipated big moments and much celebration. It’s not like it was

By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 07:19 am

Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts

Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts

It was impossible to know and/or predict what Heated Rivalry would become – and is still becoming. A Canadian production, made on muuuucchhh less money than an American counterpart would have done, starring two unknown actors in a gay hockey romance, as smutty as its source material is THE pop

By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 01:24 pm

Ben and Matt in January

Ben and Matt in January

A trailer for Joe Carnahan’s The Rip, premiering on Netflix next week, was released yesterday. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and Teyana Taylor and as Sarah noted back in September, it’s a cool looking action heist (this combination of talent generally can be counted

By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 11:40 am

New Year, New Look - LaineyGossip Relaunch!

New Year, New Look - LaineyGossip Relaunch!

You may have noticed… Things look a bit different this morning, right? It’s because we’ve moved the site to a new platform. If you’re interested, we’ll get into the Show Your Work of it in an upcoming Squawk newsletter, but the idea behind the change, aside

By Lainey • Jan 02, 2026 11:11 am

Kai Cenat’s new direction

Kai Cenat

Kai Cenat’s new direction

One month after the harsh online reaction to his video about mental health and desire to create, livestreaming sensation Kai Cenat has broken his silence on social media. This time, he shared another video that seems to suggest he is quitting streaming for good - and that he’s setting

By Stephanie • Jan 16, 2026 02:39 pm

Charlize Theron: Carol Burnett and Trousers

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Charlize Theron: Carol Burnett and Trousers

The Palm Royale season two finale event was a tribute to Carol Burnett and there were some surprise dignitary and celebrity appearances in her honour. Michelle Obama sent a video message, Bernadette Peters, Rhea Seehorn, and Vince Gilligan were there. And Charlize Theron was in the audience too, at one

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 02:01 pm

Fashion Week Hollanov

Connor Storrie

Fashion Week Hollanov

The Hollywood Reporter yesterday published a report on the media impact value of celebrities and brands at the Golden Globes on Sunday, ranking which stars generated the most social media impressions related to their clothing and accessories, a way for fashion and jewellery houses to measure the marketing value of

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 12:25 pm

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Sophie Turner flexes as Lara Croft

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Sophie Turner flexes as Lara Croft

Four months ago Sophie Turner was announced as the latest actress to play video game heroine Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider series developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Yesterday, Prime Video, which is producing the new adaptation as a series, dropped a first-look photo of Turner done up as Lara,

By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 11:34 am

Kathleen Kennedy quit the Star War

Business of Hollywood

Kathleen Kennedy quit the Star War

It’s official, after first being reported eleven months ago, Kathleen Kennedy has stepped down as the president of Lucasfilm. As was previously speculated, she is being replaced by not one but two people, with George Lucas’s protégé, Dave Filoni, moving up to president and chief creative officer (he

By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 10:38 am

Intro for January 16, 2026

Bad Bunny

Intro for January 16, 2026

Dear Gossips, We are now just over three weeks away from the Benito Bowl on Sunday 8 February in Santa Clara, California so it’s right on time for a promo. And a new one dropped yesterday. It’s short, but it doesn’t have to be extensive to fuel

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 10:15 am

ARIRANG

BTS

ARIRANG

BTS already broke the internet earlier this week when they announced the dates for their upcoming tour. ARMY is in full meltdown again today because pre-order information is now available for the new album, which means we now have the album title: ARIRANG I know I’m biased but, like,

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 04:06 pm

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