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Hannah and Poppy after the finale

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Hannah and Poppy after the finale

The Hacks series finale aired last night on HBO. It’s already being hailed as “sublime” and a perfect ending for the show. Every time an HBO series lands the finale plane, the folks at the network have to feel good, after the disaster of Game of Thrones. Today, the

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 04:39 pm

Intro for May 29, 2026

Intro for May 29, 2026

Dear Gossips, This week The Wrap published an op-ed from Tobias Queisser, the co-founder and CEO of The Cinelytic Group, a “provider of decision intelligence solutions” aimed at Hollywood. In his op-ed, Tobias Queisser argues that the problems facing Hollywood—mega-mergers, mass lay-offs, uneven box office results, all the uncertainty

By • May 29, 2026 09:34 am

Robert Pattinson catches predators

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Robert Pattinson catches predators

Today in What In The Mandela Effect Hell, Robert Pattinson is starring in a new film from director Lance Oppenheim about To Catch a Predator and its host, Chris Hansen. This is a series of things I am VERY interested in, but we also have a mystery to solve. First,

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 03:43 pm

Cheering for Constance Wu

Constance Wu

Cheering for Constance Wu

Mindy Kaling is thoroughly in her creator era, for better (Never Have I Ever) or for worse (Velma). Her latest series is Not Suitable For Work, a comedy about a group of twenty-somethings starting their careers in the Big City. It looks like Industry but for softies (compliment). Super cute,

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 01:29 pm

Backrooms is Kane Parsons’s bold horror debut

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Backrooms is Kane Parsons’s bold horror debut

In 2022 Kane Parsons, posting as Kane Pixels, turned the “backrooms” creepypasta into a web series about an interdimensional liminal space that looks like empty offices, as designed by someone who only has a vague notion of “office”. Now, Kane Parsons, at the tender age of 20, has turned his

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 12:19 pm

Greta and Joan in London

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Greta and Joan in London

I forgot Toy Story 5 is coming out in a few weeks until seeing photos from the film’s premiere in London. That fits with the general themes of aging, the passage of time, and this franchise’s longevity surrounding the film. A Toy Story film is always notable, but

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 11:41 am

Timmy Cee in NYCee

Timothee Chalamet

Timmy Cee in NYCee

Timothée Chalamet is in the lull between his Marty Supreme Oscar run and Dune: Part Three coming out in December. It’s a good time to be off work for him, a Famous New Yorker and Basketball Fan, as the New York Knicks are going to the NBA finals (opponent

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 10:50 am

May 29, 2026 - Shout-Outs

Shout-Outs

May 29, 2026 - Shout-Outs

This is for our beloved longtime reader, Kathryn, and so many others who have been affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). World MS Day is tomorrow and there are walks across Canada on May 31st. In Canada, there are around 90,000 people living with this disease, which is one of

By Lainey • May 29, 2026 10:15 am

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JLo and Her Biggest Fan

JLo and Her Biggest Fan

They’ll never admit it but it must be exhausting for the Jennifer Lopez haters on TikTok who persist on trying disappear her that she has been able to rebound so often from her lows. Two years ago at this time the headlines about her were that Ben Affleck had

By Lainey • May 27, 2026 12:01 pm

Lewis Hamilton’s good luck charm

Lewis Hamilton’s good luck charm

The 2026 Formula 1 season is now five races deep, and while the biggest non-race related gossip in the paddock continues to be Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with Kim Kardashian, we’ve yet to see her in the Ferrari garage. Depending on how you feel about the Kardashian-Jenners, Kim is

By Lainey • May 25, 2026 11:34 am

The women of The Odyssey

The women of The Odyssey

The Odyssey has rendered my inbox a disaster, and it will not be getting any better because ELLE magazine has a big new feature on the women of The Odyssey featuring Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, and Lupita Nyong’o. As we already knew, Anne Hathaway is starring as Penelope,

By Sarah • May 22, 2026 11:35 am

…and everyone else

…and everyone else

This is part two, continuing from the post previous to this one which was only Zendaya, and now it’s everyone else at the Louis Vuitton show yesterday in New York. There were the usual other ambassadors and then some surprises. We’ll start with Chase Infiniti, she wore a

By Lainey • May 21, 2026 02:31 pm

Zendaya...

Zendaya...

It’s a quality so rare and special, I don’t think I’ll be able to adequately describe it. But if there’s a limited supply of it in the cosmos, Zendaya possesses almost all of it: the ability to be everywhere… but still be missed, so that when

By Lainey • May 21, 2026 01:26 pm

The Double Date they (and/or we?) deserve

The Double Date they (and/or we?) deserve

In the celebrity ecosystem, celebrity friendship and celebrity double dates have been foundational throughout gossip history. We love when celebrities are friends, and we love when those celebrity friends go on double dates. Few people understand this better than Taylor Swift, by the way, as evidenced by the way she

By Lainey • May 19, 2026 12:17 pm

JLo & Brett: Give me the glow-up

JLo & Brett: Give me the glow-up

Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein were at the Netflix Upfront last night, the first of what will likely be multiple red carpet appearances in the coming weeks ahead of the release of their movie, Office Romance, in June. Maria was just saying in Celebrity Social Media yesterday that a JLo

By Lainey • May 14, 2026 11:22 am

Maggie Kang: The Ultimate Honour

Maggie Kang: The Ultimate Honour

I mentioned Gold House’s Gold Gala in today’s site open today recognising and celebrating AAPI talent and, of course, one of the artists who’s been the most prominent this year is Maggie Kang – she’s basically won every award, including the Oscar, and returned home to Toronto

By Lainey • May 11, 2026 03:22 pm

BTS Loves Mexico

BTS Loves Mexico

As we saw last week, 50,000 people showed up outside the National Palace in Mexico City to catch a glimpse of BTS on the balcony when President Claudia Sheinbaum welcomed RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook to the country ahead of their three sold-out shows. Demand for

By Lainey • May 11, 2026 12:41 pm

TNT: A Day in London and the Fictional Predictions

TNT: A Day in London and the Fictional Predictions

Taylor Swift has resurfaced with Travis Kelce in London. This is happening five weeks before one of her rumoured wedding dates – June 13, because it’s a Saturday and 13 is her favourite number – and eight weeks before her other rumoured wedding date, July 4, because it’s Independence Day

By Lainey • May 08, 2026 03:07 pm

Intro for May 29, 2026

Business of Hollywood

Intro for May 29, 2026

Dear Gossips, This week The Wrap published an op-ed from Tobias Queisser, the co-founder and CEO of The Cinelytic Group, a “provider of decision intelligence solutions” aimed at Hollywood. In his op-ed, Tobias Queisser argues that the problems facing Hollywood—mega-mergers, mass lay-offs, uneven box office results, all the uncertainty

By Sarah • May 29, 2026 09:34 am

Jennifer Lawrence: 15 Years

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Jennifer Lawrence: 15 Years

I’ve been waiting a couple of weeks for new Jennifer Lawrence photos and now we have some so I can talk about this anniversary. Fifteen years ago, in March 2011, it was confirmed that Jennifer Lawrence had been cast as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games movie adaptation(s)

By Lainey • May 28, 2026 04:07 pm

The Score will be the second

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The Score will be the second

I’m not sure anyone should be surprised that Off-Campus is Prime Video’s latest hit series. Not after the success of Jenny Han’s adaptations, especially The Summer I Turned Pretty series, which is also a Prime Video title, just like Off-Campus. And of course Heated Rivalry. All of

By Lainey • May 28, 2026 01:40 pm

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Jennifer Lopez’s biggest change

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez’s biggest change

Most of the gossip about Jennifer Lopez has to do with her love life – and right now it’s speculation about whether or not she and Brett Goldstein might be a thing or if they’re just promoting Office Romance. Let’s come back to this in a minute because

By Lainey • May 28, 2026 10:15 am

Intro for May 28, 2026

Reality TV

Intro for May 28, 2026

Dear Gossips, A summer tradition is about to begin… for some of us, but more and more of us. I have watched every season of Love Island USA, one of only two dating reality series on my roster (the other is Singles Inferno), and during the early series of the

By Lainey • May 28, 2026 09:21 am

Olivia and the Ballerinas

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Olivia and the Ballerinas

Olivia Rodrigo’s new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, drops June 12 and as MC wrote in his column this week, she’s always been heavily influenced by the 90s and now she’s leaning in hard to the 90s rock chick in her

By Lainey • May 27, 2026 04:14 pm

Lily, Nicole, and Summer Dots

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Lily, Nicole, and Summer Dots

Lily Collins is currently shooting the sixth and final season of Emily in Paris… in Greece. Production has been seen in Mykonos, and she was photographed a couple of days ago enjoying some down time in what looks to me like a very Emily in Paris (or any other European

By Lainey • May 27, 2026 03:39 pm

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