What Else Rihanna and Tomdaya: More Lore Rihanna’s been at home in Barbados for over two weeks now, and it’s been a full schedule. She’s been seen at state events, she was at Crop Over, she went to the club, there was a birthday party for Riot (we’ll get back to that in By Lainey • Aug 11, 2026 04:10 pm
Intro for August 11, 2026 Dear Gossips, The world is healing! I mean, of course, I know it’s not. But that’s precisely why we need more “world is healing” content. A few days ago, Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee were featured in Interview Magazine to promote their new film Late Fame. I love By Lainey • Aug 11, 2026 09:16 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 11, 2026 This tweet asks the right question – what is Brad Pitt getting at with this press run? He doesn’t need to submit to in-depth profiles, very few actors do. He could do the hot wings circuit and be fine, but he chooses this route instead. Why? He has an By Maria • Aug 11, 2026 03:03 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Karol G Has No Regrets It’s been a great year to be KAROL G. She’s already headlined Coachella, won the International Artist Award of Excellence at the AMAs, is in the midst of headlining a stadium tour and now has released her sixth studio album. No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto comes just By MC • Aug 11, 2026 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJo’s comedy crime wig We are weeks away from the Venice Film Festival kicking off fall festival season, and one of the big question marks this year is “is it finally James Gray’s time?”. James Gray, an American filmmaker who is more appreciated in Europe than he is at home (two Cesar nominations By Sarah • Aug 11, 2026 12:17 pm
Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway: A Menace to Makeup Dennis the Menace is an old person’s reference and nobody under 30 knows what this is, but it’s the nickname our makeup artist, Shaby, has given to me and Liz Trinnear at ETALK because we are the two faces who cannot be trusted to protect her work once By Lainey • Aug 11, 2026 11:48 am
Kristen Stewart KStew BBQ The Wrong Girls, directed by Dylan Meyer, and starring her wife Kristen Stewart alongside Alia Shawkat, opens this Friday. It’s about two women, firmly in their 30s, who are firmly stoned all the time and therefore find themselves in a whole ass mess. As Dylan said, there are not By Lainey • Aug 11, 2026 10:59 am
What Else Michael Bay at the Gifting Suite Jennifer Klein’s Annual Day of Indulgence is a Hollywood tradition. It’s supposed to be an afternoon of relaxation for all kinds of celebrities (and the exclusivity factor over the years has definitely been diluted) but is mostly known for its reputation of Jennifer turning her house into a By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 10, 2026 This summer, there was a lot of chatter about Lizzo’s new album, Bitch, flopping. I think this tweet sums up why one-hit or one-album wonders are so overly-analyzed – early fandoms and social media. The tweet mentions the 2000s but the 80s and 90s were rife with By Maria • Aug 10, 2026 01:41 pm
Michael B Jordan MBJ and RAYE?! Even their letters look good together. If ever there was a possible new celebrity couple alert that lived up to the expression “the world is healing”, it would be this: Michael B Jordan and RAYE were seen together at Six Flags in California and while there isn’t official confirmation By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 11:23 am
Tom Holland Tom and Zendaya’s good timing In case you forgot, Tom Holland and Zendaya got married secretly. And that’s literally all we know. It’s truly a secret. No one can specify a time or a place, and the only reason we started talking about it is because Law Roach was strategically sent out to By Lainey • Aug 06, 2026 02:45 pm
A$AP Rocky Rocky & Rihanna: Walgreens and Walmart A$AP Rocky’s interview with Jason Lee was posted yesterday. It’s almost two hours long, I’m still making my way through it, but it’s a great freewheeling conversation about Rocky’s life and upbringing, his career, and his relationships. One part that’s going viral is By Lainey • Aug 06, 2026 01:28 pm
Aaron Pierre The “insatiable curiosity” for Aaron Pierre That’s the polite way of saying it: “insatiable curiosity”, a euphemism for the, um, drip that materialises whenever Aaron Pierre shows up. He can be the classy one, I’ll be over here in the gutter. The expression is his own, “insatiable curiosity” is how he’s chosen to By Lainey • Aug 05, 2026 12:54 pm
Hudson Williams The Hudson (Skin) Factor We probably all knew it was only a matter of time. Last December, just as Heated Rivalry was blowing up, and became the present that everyone opened for the holidays in 2025, Hudson Williams did an interview with The Cut about his skincare routine that went viral immediately – credit to By Lainey • Aug 05, 2026 11:46 am
Tom Holland Tomdaya’s new record I saw Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Friday afternoon, loved it so much. Loved it so much I behaved like Duana, a theatre kid, in the theatre during certain key moments – gasping (I am not usually a gasper) and sighing audibly and also deep breathing at parts, plus at By Lainey • Aug 04, 2026 12:44 pm
Bradley Cooper Bradley and Gigi: Matching rings, matching everything Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid have been in Paris together the last few days. And quite visible, as the paps have photographed them several times walking around together, including when they were walking back from the gym, with matching water bottles… and also rings. Rings on the gossip finger, which By Lainey • Aug 04, 2026 11:11 am
Zendaya Coleman Tomdaya: at home at last? My bad, I was wrong, I’m the problem… when I said that the LA premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day would be the last because I actually thought they were already in London, and they were, but for The Odyssey, three weeks ago. There have been so many By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 03:54 pm
BTS BTS Transcends The Recording Academy introduced several new Grammy categories last month – among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, better known as the BTS Grammy. Let’s not pretend that the award wasn’t created for BTS, because as I wrote at the time, even in the description of the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 01:13 pm
Top Reads Tom and Zendaya’s Last Stop (for now) Tom Holland and Zendaya have been on a full-time press tour for a couple of months now with both The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Last night’s LA premiere was the last red carpet and they can head back inside soon… for now. Because for her By Lainey • Jul 28, 2026 12:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 10, 2026 This summer, there was a lot of chatter about Lizzo’s new album, Bitch, flopping. I think this tweet sums up why one-hit or one-album wonders are so overly-analyzed – early fandoms and social media. The tweet mentions the 2000s but the 80s and 90s were rife with By Maria • Aug 10, 2026 01:41 pm
Gigi Hadid Weekend Couples Update The (possible) celebrity couple gossip that preoccupied us this weekend was Michael B Jordan and RAYE. Last weekend it was Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper in Paris and their Boucheron rings and whether that means they secretly got married. Nothing official but those rings are officially wedding bands… Bradley is By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 01:00 pm
Michael B Jordan MBJ and RAYE?! Even their letters look good together. If ever there was a possible new celebrity couple alert that lived up to the expression “the world is healing”, it would be this: Michael B Jordan and RAYE were seen together at Six Flags in California and while there isn’t official confirmation By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 11:23 am
Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway’s Fourth of Five Anne Hathaway is currently starring in The Odyssey which just became the highest-grossing film of Christopher Nolan’s career, an impressive achievement considering he’s directed three Batman movies. Then again, as he’s trying to establish with this adaptation, most if not all superhero stories can be traced By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 10:42 am
Usher Raymond Intro for August 10, 2026 Dear Gossips, Is Usher really Usher? This is the story I’ve been LOLing all weekend, coming out of his show at MetLife Stadium. And even though he brought out surprise guests like Mary J Blige, Ashanti, Method Man, 50 Cent, and more, all of that has been drowned out By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 09:40 am
What Else Ted Lasso with bonus Heated Rivalry news Ted Lasso returned this week. I’m waiting for the finale before reviewing, because while the first season of Ted Lasso is nearly perfect, the third season proved you have to wait to see how it all ends before rendering final judgment. The third season of Ted Lasso, at the By Sarah • Aug 07, 2026 04:06 pm
Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson’s generational run continues In May we saw the teaser for Primetime, the film in which Robert Pattinson stars as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. Now, as the film readies for a Venice launch, we have a full trailer, and holy HELL, RPattz is on a crazy run right now. Every performance By Sarah • Aug 07, 2026 03:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 7, 2026 Jessica Alba for Fendi is new. Over the years, she hasn’t done a lot of fashion work, presumably because she was too focused on her own brand. Stepping away from The Honest Company seems to be working for her, it must be nice to be free from constantly marketing By Maria • Aug 07, 2026 01:56 pm
