What Else The Viking Baby Mochi There’s a lot of synergy happening between BTS and the World Cup on the European leg of their Arirang World Tour. The tour kicked off a couple of weeks ago in Madrid, when Spain was playing Uruguay. The following week they were in Brussels performing when Belgium played that By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 04:18 pm
Intro for July 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, The celebrity I thought about the most this weekend was the one coming through my headphones, in her FIFTH DECADE of coming through my headphones – in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and now it’s 2026 … and what’s coming through my headphones aren’t her old bops By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 09:05 am
Zendaya Coleman 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
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 6, 2026 I kind of like that the TNT wedding has kicked up some conversation around weddings in general because there’s such a wide range of opinions. The guest list is massive but I’ve been to multiple weddings with 500 guests and a few with 700-800 guests. I’ve By Maria • Jul 06, 2026 01:49 pm
Royals 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
Jennifer Lopez JLo: From Wedding to Paris I admittedly wasn’t following the TNT wedding as closely as I could have been this weekend so I did not see any pap shots of Jennifer Lopez either on her way to Madison Square Garden or leaving after the event, and if you have, please let me know. The By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 11:47 am
Bad Bunny Benito: History and Philanthropy Bad Bunny was not at the TNT wedding this weekend in New York, because he’s on tour and was performing in France over the weekend and continuing to make history on the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour. At nearly every stop he’s broken records for ticket sales By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 10:16 am
What Else 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
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 30, 2026 It’s a slow holiday week and PEOPLE has a headline story on polyamory, which got me thinking: has there been a public polyamorous celebrity relationship? I don’t think there’s been a throuple or quad or such configuration. Ne-Yo has multiple girlfriends and Akon has said he’ By Maria • Jun 30, 2026 01:20 pm
Zendaya Coleman 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
Royals 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
What Else 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
Taylor Swift 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 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 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
Olivia Rodrigo 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
Top Reads The Newlyweds and their matching hairstyles The Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour continues for Tom Holland and Zendaya – today they were at a photo call in Berlin which, even though it’s work, must be so fun for them, that they get to do the work together, back-to-back, because they will likely By Lainey • Jun 22, 2026 10:54 am
Top Reads Andy and Flo before Annette? Andy Samberg and Florence Pugh were photographed in Brooklyn yesterday and according to the paps, they’re working on a film called 42.6 Years. This project has been in development for years and is finally going into production, with some casting changes. It’s a sci-fi romantic comedy By Lainey • Jun 19, 2026 10:19 am
Top Reads The BTS Grammy The Recording Academy announced yesterday that five new categories will be presented for the first time next year, so in the current Grammy cycle. The category I want to focus on in this post is Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, described by the Recording Academy as follows: “This Category By Lainey • Jun 17, 2026 11:08 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 30, 2026 It’s a slow holiday week and PEOPLE has a headline story on polyamory, which got me thinking: has there been a public polyamorous celebrity relationship? I don’t think there’s been a throuple or quad or such configuration. Ne-Yo has multiple girlfriends and Akon has said he’ By Maria • Jun 30, 2026 01:20 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE – Little Miss Twain Shania Twain is back with new music and a new album that drops at the end of July. Little Miss Twain is Shania going back to her Timmins, Ontario roots. She’s going back to singing the bluesy country music that she grew up listening to with her late mother; By MC • Jun 30, 2026 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Eggers and the cinema of stink In 2024, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu became a surprise holiday hit (this after Eggers steadily built a devoted audience, beginning with 2015’s The VVitch). His next film is Werwulf, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp, and as Lainey mentioned, given the Christmastime success of Nosferatu, Werwulf is slated By Sarah • Jun 30, 2026 10:44 am
David Beckham David Beckham’s three anniversaries The World Cup is the major story in sport around the world right now and, as one of England’s most famous footballers who also played in the United States and is an MLS team owner, of course David Beckham has been super visible over the last two weeks since By Lainey • Jun 30, 2026 09:53 am
Naomi Osaka Intro for June 30, 2026 Dear Gossips, Earlier this year, to kick off the tennis season, Naomi Osaka served one of the most high fashion looks through the tunnel at the Australian Open, in a custom collaboration design by Robert Wun x Nike. As I wrote at the time, she was doing the tournament a By Lainey • Jun 30, 2026 09:12 am
What Else JLo at Obsessed Fest Prime Video is in the business of romance. You might say that romance is their main business, considering how well romance series perform on the platform. Most of the romances are young adult stories, attracting young adult viewers who then blow it all up on socials but the fact of By Lainey • Jun 29, 2026 04:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 29, 2026 Ariana Grande’s ex Ricky Alvarez was seen at her show in Austin and she made a slight lyric change to, “thank you, next” to reference their current relationship (“he still has my back”). She is typically not one to linger or repeat exes. They could actually be just friends, By Maria • Jun 29, 2026 02:37 pm
Olandria Carthen Islanders at the BET Awards All my fellow Love Island USA stans were fed well last night because there were so many alums from previous seasons at the BET Awards. In fact, with Megan Thee Stallion skipping the awards to appear on the current season of the show, it really did feel like both broadcasts By MC • Jun 29, 2026 01:23 pm
