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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

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

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

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

Anya continues the Canadian trend

Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya continues the Canadian trend

The trend is Canadian authors and their books being adapted into successful streaming series. It hasn’t even been a year and already there are three high-profile shows that have taken up a lot of cultural space. Of course the loudest among them is Heated Rivalry, which premiered last

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 12:08 pm

“Break free and leave us in ruins”

Margaret Qualley

“Break free and leave us in ruins”

If you gather together all the rumours about Jack Antonoff, the reputational portrait that can be pieced together by Lena Dunham’s anecdotes and, of course, the social media projections that have infested our timelines, Taylor Swift’s “tolerate it” from the evermore album might work as the soundtrack for

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 10:54 am

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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

From Lilith to Daisy: Olivia Takes the Torch

From Lilith to Daisy: Olivia Takes the Torch

Olivia Rodrigo announced yesterday the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Festival, set to take place on August 29th in Irvine, CA and the roster of artists on deck is stacked with both legends and future icons spanning multiple genres. The best part? It is entirely female. Some of the bigger names

By MC • Jun 23, 2026 10:37 am

“Break free and leave us in ruins”

Margaret Qualley

“Break free and leave us in ruins”

If you gather together all the rumours about Jack Antonoff, the reputational portrait that can be pieced together by Lena Dunham’s anecdotes and, of course, the social media projections that have infested our timelines, Taylor Swift’s “tolerate it” from the evermore album might work as the soundtrack for

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 10:54 am

Is Robert Pattinson trying to make us forget Twilight

Movie Reviews and Previews

Is Robert Pattinson trying to make us forget Twilight

We continue toward the “Dunesday” apocalypse absolutely no one asked for, with Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday opening on the same day in December. I feel intense dread about this. You know me, I want to check the f-ck out in December, not deal with two of the

By Sarah • Jul 09, 2026 10:01 am

Intro for July 9, 2026

BTS

Intro for July 9, 2026

Dear Gossips, It won’t just be Madonna, Shakira, BTS, and Justin Bieber on stage for the first-ever FIFA World Cup halftime show. They will also be joined by Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel, the PS 22 Chorus featuring Coldplay …and the Muppets. Also the performance is supposed to be

By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 09:23 am

Rihanna and all the babies

Rihanna and all the babies

I know we should never talk about Rihanna in terms of “just like us” but seeing these pictures of her heading to CVS with all three of her babies in New York when she could have totally asked a member of her team to go get whatever it was that

By Lainey • Jul 08, 2026 04:18 pm

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Emmy Nominations = Our Summer Homework

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Emmy Nominations = Our Summer Homework

I’ve been following the Emmys since I can remember and writing about them for almost as long. But I have to say this is the first year I, a Canadian who is not a Television Academy voter, have felt like there’s really some impact we can have on

By Duana • Jul 08, 2026 03:13 pm

The Tower of Zendaya

Zendaya Coleman

The Tower of Zendaya

I don’t know how much more we’ll be able to handle from Zendaya and Law Roach on The Odyssey press tour. It’s only been two stops – London and Paris – and our necks are completely flattened, it feels impossible to recover, and there is barely any time between

By Lainey • Jul 08, 2026 01:36 pm

Madonna’s Studio Albums, Ranked

Madonna

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

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