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Timothée: Villain but not father

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Timothée: Villain but not father

Timothée Chalamet was papped at breakfast in LA this weekend and I appreciate it because he was all over my timeline this weekend and now I have photos to go along with the story. Every month where Timmy and Kylie Jenner are concerned, they’re either getting married or they’

By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 05:18 pm

Intro for July 13, 2026

Intro for July 13, 2026

Dear Gossips, This weekend marked the 25th anniversary of the release of one of the most iconic films in Hong Kong cinematic history and a comedy that’s well-known around the world. Probably most people who play soccer know this movie: Shaolin Soccer, directed by and starring Stephen Chow.

By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 09:19 am

The TNT Puppy?

Taylor Swift

The TNT Puppy?

Forget the wedding, the most exciting TNT development of the year is that they have a dog, confirming what Swifties have been speculating about for months. Apparently, back in March, Taylor Swift was seen in the car with a white dog and then, from leaked footage of the wedding at

By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 03:40 pm

Celebrity Social Media, July 13, 2026

Celebrity Social Media, July 13, 2026

Is this Jennifer Lopez’s first time at Wimbledon? Maybe while she’s in London, she’s also visiting a “friend.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Netflix US (@netflix) Loser behaviour to post this

By Maria • Jul 13, 2026 02:30 pm

Zendaya is the Teacher’s Pet

Zendaya Coleman

Zendaya is the Teacher’s Pet

Do the kids still use this expression? If not, the teacher’s pet is the teacher’s favourite, a label assigned to one student by the other students who believe that the teacher’s pet can do no wrong in the teacher’s eyes. Back in my day, we’d

By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 12:20 pm

Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage

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Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage

Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event. But let’s start

By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am

Rihanna at night forever

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Rihanna at night forever

One of the most consistent celebrity trends of the last twenty years is that Rihanna is a night owl and no amount of settling down or babies has changed that. Like if we ever find out that vampires are real, Keanu Reeves will not be my go-to evidence, it

By Sarah • Jul 10, 2026 03:00 pm

Kristen Stewart’s wife movie

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Kristen Stewart’s wife movie

Kristen Stewart married Dylan Meyer in 2025, but now they’re REALLY committed, because they made a whole movie together and they DIDN’T break up. The “couples who make a movie together and then break up” pipeline is real. (Sh-t, I hope I didn’t just curse them.

By Sarah • Jul 10, 2026 02:24 pm

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Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage

Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage

Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event. But let’s start

By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am

Cardi B: The Best Kind of Heatwave

Cardi B: The Best Kind of Heatwave

The heat has been an issue during Paris Fashion Week but here’s a heat story that has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with gossip… good gossip. The gossip that’s been lighting up so many timelines and algorithms has to do with Cardi B

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 03:14 pm

Madonna’s Studio Albums, Ranked

Madonna’s Studio Albums, Ranked

Madonna has been a pillar in pop music for more than 43 years, creating timeless hits and opening doors for countless performers that have followed the path she laid out for them. We’ve known her as “queen of pop” but we should remember that a title like that is

By MC • Jul 08, 2026 11:37 am

Prince Harry loses the case

Prince Harry loses the case

Prince Harry and six other claimants, including other celebrities like Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, and Sadie Frost, have lost their case against the tabloid the Daily Mail. The claimants were accusing the publication of obtaining information illegally and the high court has ruled that they did not prove the Daily

By Lainey • Jul 07, 2026 12:21 pm

Zendaya: Famous Among the Gods

Zendaya: Famous Among the Gods

It is one of the lines I’ll always remember from my Greek mythology course in universe – said by Athena but also often used to describe Athena: that she is famous among the gods for her wisdom but also for her cunning, which is why she was partial to Odysseus,

By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 02:58 pm

Not just a sleepover at dad’s

Not just a sleepover at dad’s

I went to bed much later than I intended to last night because I was too wired after that wild World Cup match between England and Mexico. Everything about it was entertaining, from the dramatics on the pitch to what was happening before the game to Scotland hilariously entering the

By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 01:17 pm

The Wedding Industrial Complex: The Return of Taymerica

The Wedding Industrial Complex: The Return of Taymerica

PROGRAMMING NOTE IS NEAR THE END OF THIS POST: Everyone thinks or is hoping that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will get married very soon – while also hedging that perhaps they’re already secretly married but will host a huge wedding celebration this week – in New York City, probably but

By Lainey • Jun 30, 2026 03:41 pm

The TNT Wedding Industrial Complex

The TNT Wedding Industrial Complex

Entertainment media outlets, for months how, have been reporting on – or making up stories about – Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. As the reported date approaches, the coverage has only intensified. But it was the story in The New York Times earlier this week that took it to the

By Lainey • Jun 26, 2026 12:29 pm

Olivia Wilde’s summer reset

Olivia Wilde’s summer reset

At this time four summers ago in 2022, our gossip preoccupation was Don’t Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde, starring Florence Pugh and also Olivia’s then-boyfriend Harry Styles. Florence wasn’t f-cking with the movie, all kinds of rumours were flying around about what went down

By Lainey • Jun 25, 2026 11:31 am

Madonna now and forever

Madonna now and forever

Madonna’s been in Paris for Fashion Week. As we saw yesterday she was seated front row between Charli XCX and Connor Storrie at Saint Laurent, the pop culture mother of all the cool kids. Who still considers herself one of the cool kids – both an icon to them but

By Lainey • Jun 24, 2026 12:06 pm

Summer House is going to the cottage

Maple Leaf

Summer House is going to the cottage

Just as Summer House is entering the filming phase for the follow-up to what can only be described as the most chaotic season the show has ever seen, announcements are dropping left, right and centre about what is to come of the cast – and where the show is headed

By Stephanie • Jul 10, 2026 11:22 am

Witches!

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Witches!

It’s time to play another round of How Long Can I Watch Ryan Murphy’s New TV Show?! This time, the show is American Horror Story’s (un)lucky thirteenth season, which has a working title of Penthouse. This season has everything: witches, penthouses, Sarah Paulson, that thing where

By Sarah • Jul 10, 2026 10:21 am

Everyone is in Paris (ft. Hudson and JLo)

Hudson Williams

Everyone is in Paris (ft. Hudson and JLo)

Paris Fashion Week continues, as do press tours and the ceaseless spinning of our pale blue dot through the cold and unfeeling cosmos. Hudson Williams is still in Paris, and hanging out with model Yasmin Wijnaldum, who walked in the DSquared2 show with him earlier this year. I’m sure

By Sarah • Jul 10, 2026 09:38 am

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Intro for July 10, 2026

Intro for July 10, 2026

Dear Gossips, You know an entertainment story broke containment when my octogenarian father calls me to read a news article to me over the phone. That happened this week with Bloomberg’s report about Netflix’s season-two problem. The report identifies a trend in which viewers “abandon” Netflix shows,

By Sarah • Jul 10, 2026 08:43 am

Forever Melanie C

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Forever Melanie C

This one goes out to our site manager, Emily, who I’m sure has already seen these photos of Melanie C aka Sporty Spice, in London tonight at the Nordoff and Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards looking healthy and happy and fit as f-ck forever. Which she humble-flexed

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 04:03 pm

Cardi B: The Best Kind of Heatwave

Cardi B

Cardi B: The Best Kind of Heatwave

The heat has been an issue during Paris Fashion Week but here’s a heat story that has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with gossip… good gossip. The gossip that’s been lighting up so many timelines and algorithms has to do with Cardi B

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 03:14 pm

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