Top Reads Fo-shiz, Fo-shiz: The Documentary Variety had the exclusive yesterday - a four-part “tell-all” docuseries about Justin Timberlake is coming to Apple TV in December and apparently Janet Jackson will be part of it and also he supposedly talks about Britney Spears. There is only one person that this project will serve, and it’ By Lainey • Nov 03, 2026 12:38 pm
Intro for November 3, 2026 Dear Gossips, A couple of interesting Matt Damon sightings this week – more notable than usual because Matt Damon, when he isn’t on an active press tour, doesn’t really do the circuit. But he is one of the frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar this season, the lead and By Lainey • Nov 03, 2026 10:00 am
What Else Heated Rivalry Halloween It was fully expected that Heated Rivalry would be popular at Halloween since the show premiered last November making this its first Halloween. I stayed inside my house all weekend so I have no idea how much HR there was at the parties and on the streets but I was By Lainey • Nov 02, 2026 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 2, 2026 Gigi Hadid’s Guest in Residence opened its first store on the Upper East Side in New York and this year’s fall collection is excellent, especially the plaid skirt which I believe is sold out. The growth of the brand hasn’t been super slow but not aggressive either, By Maria • Nov 02, 2026 02:23 pm
Jack Lowden Jack Lowden was the first choice Perhaps the most predictable assumption about what that title is referring to is that Jack Lowden was the first choice to play James Bond, considering that he’s supposedly on the very short list of candidates who’ve have been in final screen tests for the role. Jack, naturally, will By Lainey • Nov 02, 2026 12:36 pm
Top Reads Martha Stewart lost Halloween In these times, and we all do it, everything is talked about in terms of winning or losing – culturally, beyond sporting events, it applies to more than just awards and music charts; red carpets are won and lost, major and minor events, the concert industry, from the actual touring artist By Lainey • Nov 02, 2026 11:47 am
Mariah Carey Intro for November 2, 2026 Dear Gossips, Back in 1995, Mariah Carey secretly recorded a grunge album, Someone’s Ugly Daughter, under the band name Chick. At the time, her label would not let her release it and she spent the next 20 years hinting at its existence, finally confirming many of the details in By Lainey • Nov 02, 2026 09:51 am
What Else Still more galas! The Night of the Galas continues, as there was yet another gala in New York last night, this one for the American Ballet Theater’s “Angels and Demons” Gala honoring Cynthia Erivo. What was in the air last night that there was a gala on every block in New York By Sarah • Oct 30, 2026 04:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cunk is back In keeping with Friday Funday, Philomena Cunk is BACK. Cunk is the clueless creation of comedian Diane Morgan, originally featured in Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe on the BBC before getting her own spin-off series, Cunk on Britain (which is available on Youtube). Philomena Cunk is earnest and miseducated By Sarah • Oct 30, 2026 03:06 pm
Top Reads Fo-shiz, Fo-shiz: The Documentary Variety had the exclusive yesterday - a four-part “tell-all” docuseries about Justin Timberlake is coming to Apple TV in December and apparently Janet Jackson will be part of it and also he supposedly talks about Britney Spears. There is only one person that this project will serve, and it’ By Lainey • Nov 03, 2026 12:38 pm
Top Reads Martha Stewart lost Halloween In these times, and we all do it, everything is talked about in terms of winning or losing – culturally, beyond sporting events, it applies to more than just awards and music charts; red carpets are won and lost, major and minor events, the concert industry, from the actual touring artist By Lainey • Nov 02, 2026 11:47 am
Top Reads Collin Gosselin, Unlikely Icon Trigger warning for child and domestic abuse Collin Gosselin is one of 8 children in the Gosselin family – a set of twins and a set of sextuplets, including Collin, and their parents. The family starred on TLC’s Jon & Kate + 8 from the time Collin and the rest of By Duana • Oct 29, 2026 11:11 am
Top Reads A Sexy Good Hang This post is not about Noah Wyle being named the 2026 PEOPLE Magazine Sexiest Man Alive which, as already noted in today’s site open, is a pretty safe, predictable choice that frankly is a bit of a letdown after the way they nailed it last year with Jonathan Bailey. By Lainey • Oct 27, 2026 12:11 pm
Callum Turner More Bonds, Actually I put the finishing touches on the post preceding this one about the James Bond casting, focusing on Jack Lowden and Jacob Elordi and Jeff Sneider’s reports. And then The Hollywood Reporter came out with their update. While Jeff was saying earlier this week that testing for Bond has By Lainey • Oct 22, 2026 12:17 pm
Top Reads Jack and Jacob: The Two Final Bonds? Possible spoilers for Slow Horses season six ahead All year there’s been speculation about the new James Bond, with Denis Villeneuve taking over the franchise. Some of that speculation has been bullsh-t, or strategically leaked and/or placed information in the game of chess between those who are By Lainey • Oct 22, 2026 11:56 am
Top Reads Taylor woos the Academy As Sarah just wrote in today’s site intro, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything opened big at the box office this weekend, strengthening its case for the Oscars. A24 is campaigning this film to become the first documentary ever to receive a Best Picture nomination; By Lainey • Oct 19, 2026 10:55 am
What Else Damson Idris on set as Miles Davis Let’s check in with Damson Idris, who is in Paris filming Miles & Juliette, in which Idris stars as legendary jazz musician Miles Davis. That is a really great piece of casting. Idris is on set with Romanian-born French actress Anamaria Vartolomei, who stars as French actress and By Sarah • Oct 16, 2026 04:05 pm
Top Reads Jenna, but no Twigs Following the photocall in which Twigs Ortega stole the show, Jenna Ortega, sans Twigs, glammed up for the BFI London Film Festival’s gala premiere of Klara and the Sun. Ortega looks stunning, the dress is so good I don’t even mind the unnecessary hat. The dress is custom By Sarah • Oct 16, 2026 10:00 am
Brendan Fraser Rick and Evie O’Connell are back in action Wake up, losers, there’s a new Mummy movie filming and Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser are back on set! While I am deeply skeptical that we need another Mummy movie—the 1999 The Mummy is nearly perfect and every sequel was a case of diminishing returns—thanks to Brendan By Sarah • Oct 15, 2026 09:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cunk is back In keeping with Friday Funday, Philomena Cunk is BACK. Cunk is the clueless creation of comedian Diane Morgan, originally featured in Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe on the BBC before getting her own spin-off series, Cunk on Britain (which is available on Youtube). Philomena Cunk is earnest and miseducated By Sarah • Oct 30, 2026 03:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 30, 2026 Jennifer Lawrence’s new hair care line has been getting some criticism from beauty influencers and positive press from traditional media. OK, very hot take here that might get me in trouble but I think a lot of the Instagram and TikTok beauty influencers are salty because they haven’t By Maria • Oct 30, 2026 02:18 pm
Break Ups The Year of the Tower is taking its toll It seems like 2026 has been quite the year of…endings, at least so far. And with there still being two months left in the year and an already seemingly full graveyard of high-profile relationships, the collapse of institutions and the cultural eras that came to an end, whether By Stephanie • Oct 30, 2026 01:52 pm
Dua Lipa Dua Lipa: Studio, Books, Chanel MC just wrote yesterday about Dua Lipa and the anticipation for her fourth album, expected in 2027. Shortly after she posted a photo dump, and there was another shot of the recording studio in the carousel (slide 8), so it’s not a secret that she’s been working on By Lainey • Oct 30, 2026 01:27 pm
A$AP Rocky New York Galas, continued Meanwhile, also in New York last night, the second of the double-header galas happened at the WSJ Innovator Awards. Sometimes I feel like these gala names are just word salad. You wanted to have a party! That’s okay! I will applaud the first group to name their gala By Sarah • Oct 30, 2026 12:19 pm
Yerin Ha The youths came out for the Time100 Next Gala We’re moving into the last months of the year, which means it’s gala season. Everyone will have their year-end fetes over the next six-ish weeks, and it started last night in New York with the first of double-header galas: the Time100 Next Gala. There were By Sarah • Oct 30, 2026 11:15 am
Intro for October 30, 2026 Dear Gossips, It’s the Friday before Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve Eve, so in the spirit of the closing of spooky season but also Friday Funday, here’s a recommendation for you: Abigail’s Divine Comedy from Joe Hegyes, a short-form web series that reimagines The Crucible in By Sarah • Oct 30, 2026 10:52 am
Big Stars at the New Gala The first ever Airbnb.org Gala hosted by Airbnb took place last night in LA and has been a surprise to a lot of people, including me, because of how well attended it was. Jimmy Kimmel hosted, Charli XCX performed, Oscar winners Charlize Theron, Zoë Saldaña, and Matthew McConaughey were By Lainey • Oct 29, 2026 04:04 pm
