# LaineyGossip
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## Posts
- [Le Septembre de Céline](https://www.laineygossip.com/the-most-organic-and-delightfully-wholesome-pop-culture-moments-of-september-belong-to-celine-dion.md) - It’s not yet the end of the month, but the most organic and delightfully wholesome pop culture moments belong to one person: Céline Dion. Her hotel departures and returns have become twice daily events unto themselves, on top of the concerts she’s performing during this residency. The fans gather r…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 25, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/this-is-how-i-know-that-riz-ahmed-and-emma-darcy-are-on-tom-cruises-coconut-cake-list.md) - You know how I know Riz Ahmed and Emma D’Arcy are absolutely on the coconut cake list this year? Tom Cruise can choose to do press with his co-stars or go it alone, there is no “forcing” Tom Cruise to do a junket. He is choosing to do it with them. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Digge…
- [Madonna’s Top 5 VMA Moments, Ranked](https://www.laineygossip.com/ranking-madonnas-top-5-mtv-vma-moments.md) - Madonna is set to make her return to the VMA stage this Sunday where she is the most nominated artist of the evening, with 13 nominations, and is scheduled to open the show and perform songs from her latest hit album Confessions II. This is the fifth time she will open the VMAs and the first time t…
- [Law Roach's master class in shade](https://www.laineygossip.com/law-roach-gives-master-class-in-shade-when-speaking-about-rumoured-feud-with-tyra-banks.md) - Law Roach is once again reminding us why no one quite does it like him when it comes to shade, and that not everyone is on his level when it comes to fashion. That includes Tyra Banks. Appearing on TS Madison’s Outlaws podcast, Law was addressing a viral clip of him and Tyra in a heated exchange on…
- [Robert Pattinson in Primetime](https://www.laineygossip.com/review-lance-oppenheims-primetime-sleazily-cinematic-film-that-crawls-across-your-skin-leaves-you-wishing-desperately-for-a-shower.md) - Documentarian Lance Oppenheim makes the leap to narrative feature film with Primetime, a psychological thriller/horror movie about Chris Hansen and the 2000s TV show, To Catch a Predator (Primetime is adapted by Ajon Singh from Luke Dittrich’s book, Tonight on ‘Dateline’ This Man Will Die). Primeti…
- [Intro for September 25, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/being-thankful-for-our-emily-and-her-idol-brandi-carlile.md) - Dear Gossips, Today is a holiday in many parts of East Asia. Chinese people call it Mid-Autumn Festival, the North American equivalent would be Thanksgiving. It’s a time of gratitude and appreciation – for the harvest, for the bounty if we’re lucky, for life and what feeds us. In the spirit of the…
- [Verity, but no Annie](https://www.laineygossip.com/dakota-johnson-josh-hartnett-hold-it-down-on-verity-uk-red-carpet-without-anne-hathaway.md) - The Verity premiere happened tonight in London but without Anne Hathaway who was photographed around the same time in New York. Annie would never skip out on promotion if she could help it… and there’s an obvious explanation. Air travel is typically not recommended in the final weeks of pregnancy a…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 24, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/the-family-stone-sequel-best-idea-for-sequel-ever-especially-now-that-jean-smart-has-signed-on.md) - Just a few days ago I was grousing about The Family Stone and now that Jean Smart has signed on? Brilliant, best idea for a sequel ever, I have no idea what everyone is talking about I’ve been behind this since day one. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @hannaheinbinder Ryan Murphy has c…
- [From Taymerica to Taylorwood](https://www.laineygossip.com/has-taylor-swifts-taymerica-become-taylor-swifts-hollywood-or-taylorwood.md) - Taylor Swift’s new new deluxe deluxe album, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, drops tonight with four new tracks including “Patient Zero”, the lead single. The full video for “Patient Zero” will premiere at the MTV VMAs on Sunday where she will also receive the inaugural Artist Director Award so…
- [Can You Can See Everything break the Oscar doc curse?](https://www.laineygossip.com/can-nathan-fielder-lance-oppenheims-you-can-see-everything-break-the-oscar-doc-curse.md) - As we approach October and the trophy machine clicks into high gear, I don’t think there is a film I am more excited for than You Can See Everything, the Elizabeth Holmes documentary made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. We saw the first trailer last month, and now there is a new trailer, and…
- [Intro for September 24, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-will-gremlins-3-address-blatant-racism-in-original-film.md) - Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that a new Gremlins movie, Gremlins 3, has been pushed back to October 2028, almost a year later than the original release date which was supposed to be November 2027. But Warner Bros did drop a teaser. It’s short, but instantly recognisable for those who kn…
- [JLo: Fellini Feline](https://www.laineygossip.com/no-one-needed-to-worry-about-jennifer-lopez-delivering-on-last-nights-vogue-world-milano-catwalk.md) - Jennifer Lopez was part of Vogue World: Milano last night, representing Dolce & Gabbana, one of the biggest Italian fashion houses. She’s been tight with D&G for years and she’s a slamdunk choice to walk a runway, particularly this runway, which was meant to be a Production. Nobody needs to worry a…
- [Taylor Swift: Encore Deluxe](https://www.laineygossip.com/will-taylor-swift-break-record-for-highest-selling-deluxe-album-with-the-life-of-a-showgirl-the-encore.md) - In my post yesterday about Taylor Swift’s announcement that a new single called “Patient Zero” is incoming, I wondered whether or not the track would be “a bonus single from whatever new new deluxe deluxe version of a previous album she might be issuing”. Deluxes and variants are so confusing to me…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 23, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/did-taylor-swift-play-matchmaker-for-dakota-johnson-machine-gun-kelly.md) - Machine Gun Kelly walked the runway at Vogue World and Dakota Johnson is also in Milan for the event. A source told PEOPLE just last week that they are seeing each other, it’s early and they are “smitten”. They hit it off at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding and then were photographed after s…
- [Dolly wouldn’t want this drama](https://www.laineygossip.com/is-dolly-partons-nephew-bodyguard-bryan-seaver-now-the-drama.md) - Obviously I didn’t know Dolly Parton. But I don’t think anyone had to have known or even met her to understand that what’s playing out in public is not what she would have wanted. And it’s such a dramatic departure from how things were handled in the immediate aftermath of her death. As noted at th…
- [Tom Cruise: A Royal Exception](https://www.laineygossip.com/where-is-tom-cruise-in-best-actor-race-as-digger-premieres-in-london-leaves-critics-polarised.md) - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Tom Cruise, and the cast of Digger were in London last night for the film’s world premiere. The full review embargo hasn’t yet been lifted but critics are now able to share their first reactions and that’s been one of the stories about the movie – starting from a few da…
- [Intro for September 23, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-robots-on-anna-wintours-vogue-world-runway-betrayed-point-of-the-event.md) - Dear Gossips, Anna Wintour was coming off a loss heading into Vogue World 2026: Milano which took place last night. Three weeks ago John Galliano stepped down from being the featured designer at the Costume Institute and Met Gala next year. Anna had been championing the exhibit for years and was cl…
- [Taylor Swift’s Encore and CBK Style?](https://www.laineygossip.com/is-taylor-swifts-newly-announced-single-patient-zero-a-standalone-single-or-attached-to-a-new-album.md) - There was some easter egging that came into my feed yesterday – something about a third page added when previously there were only two and Swifties were anticipating an announcement, possibly about the 20th anniversary of her debut album and/or other theories. 👀| The letter on Taylor Swift’s websi…
- [Sarah Pidgeon: Gossip, Hair, and CBK Style](https://www.laineygossip.com/will-sarah-pidgeon-go-back-go-dark-hair-once-her-awards-run-for-love-story-is-over.md) - Sarah Pidgeon was in the gossip a few days ago when Joe Alwyn was seen hanging out in NYC with Mary Beth Barone. They went to a few bars, no actual evidence that it was more than friendly, except at one point when she was seen wearing his ballcap which is kinda flirty, IMO, because I’m not putting…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 22, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/is-colleen-hoover-being-purposefully-omitted-from-verity-promo.md) - Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett are promoting Verity, which comes out in early October. Author Colleen Hoover has been promoting it quite enthusiastically on her feed but she hasn’t really been part of any official promo like she was for It Ends With Us. This could be my recency bi…
- [MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Music Inferno](https://www.laineygossip.com/mcs-music-lounge-troye-sivans-party-is-sure-to-be-embraced-on-queer-dance-floors-globally.md) - Furthering the complete chokehold that Madonna has had on the gay club-scene all summer long, we have the latest release from Troye Sivan. “Party” heavily samples “Music” by Madonna, so much so that the entire song is basically built around the sample. It brings an instant recognition to the song,…
- [Jennifer Lawrence: Sunrise is coming](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-much-of-jennifer-lawrence-will-we-see-on-press-tour-for-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md) - It’s been a couple of weeks since Jennifer Lawrence decided on a random Tuesday during back-to-school week to join Instagram after saying for years that she would never – at least not publicly. It was the most JLaw way to launch JLaw on IG: sarcastic but not mean-spirited, over it but funny. And, n…
- [ParaSky WarnerDance is here](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-many-people-will-lose-jobs-as-result-of-paramount-skydance-warner-bros-discovery-merger.md) - After months of lawsuits and posturing in the media, it is all but over, and the Paramount/Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger will go through. Yesterday, following a weekend of talks, and pressure from California governor Gavin Newsom, the multi-state anti-trust lawsuit against Paramount Skydan…
- [Intro for September 22, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/will-anne-hathaways-verity-beat-tom-cruises-digger-at-the-box-office-on-opening-weekend.md) - Dear Gossips, Oscar speculation about The Odyssey began the moment it opened in theatres, if not before. But the film’s box office, which has now exceeded $1.7 billion, an astonishing number for an R-rated movie, has made it Universal’s highest grossing film ever, and is definitely a factor where O…
- [Timmy on a bike](https://www.laineygossip.com/has-there-ever-been-a-celebrity-as-a-list-as-timothee-chalamet-to-self-engineer-fall-from-grace-so-as-to-set-up-eventual-comeback.md) - Timothée Chalamet was not at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening gala the other night in Los Angeles, attended by so many celebrities it seemed like it was a major award season stop, like the Oscar Academy’s Governors Awards. I’m talking about the Oscars because there’s a lot of jockeying for…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 21, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/kim-kardashian-law-roach-missed-with-kims-shoes-opening-of-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-and-celebrity-social-media-for-september-21-2026.md) - Law Roach styled Kim Kardashian in a 2004 YSL piece for the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. The gown, fine, but the gold shoes are a miss. When you compare it to the runway look, the black strappy heel is much stronger. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazin…
- [Taylor Swift’s husband scores a touchdown](https://www.laineygossip.com/taylor-swift-and-husband-travis-kelce-take-us-back-to-early-days-of-their-relationship.md) - It’s basically the three year anniversary of TNT this week – flashback to Sunday 24 September 2023, Taylor Swift showed up to watch Travis Kelce and Kansas City play against Chicago, confirming the rumours that they were dating. That was the beginning of phase one, a great gossip era, all of us wer…
- [Giggly Squad laughs their way to the bank](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-much-did-hannah-berner-paige-desorbos-time-on-reality-tv-help-kickstart-success-theyve-seen-with-giggly-squad-podcast.md) - Former Summer House castmates Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo have just landed a major multi-year deal with SiriusXM for their podcast, Giggly Squad. The four-year deal, estimated to be worth $160 million, was reached after what’s being called a ‘competitive bidding process’ in headlines covering t…
- [Brad and Quentin double down](https://www.laineygossip.com/could-brad-pitt-quentin-tarantino-not-have-just-left-bruce-lee-out-of-the-further-mis-adventures-of-cliff-booth.md) - If you’ve been reading this site over the years, from at least before the pandemic, you might remember our reaction to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood when it came out. Sarah’s review is here and it’s only gotten better over time. This paragraph in particular: “[Once Upon a Time…
- [Intro for September 21, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/why-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencer-feels-gaslit-by-king-charles-as-he-promotes-new-book-swan-song.md) - Dear Gossips, Charles Spencer’s book, Swan Song, about his sister Princess Diana, releases tomorrow and as you may have seen, he’s been doing a series of interviews to promote it. Much of what’s been shared so far in the book has not been flattering towards King Charles and, by extension, Consort C…
- [Celine’s joy](https://www.laineygossip.com/celine-dions-joy-is-so-visceral-because-we-know-what-she-put-in-to-get-back-here.md) - I have declared it Friday Funday and we will go out on a high note! A very long, sustained high note with crystalline tone and richest vibrato! A high note as only Celine Dion can deliver it! La Diva! I am enjoying this era of Celine so much. Her joy is palpable, tangible across oceans and audience…
- [TIFF Review: Our Lady Peace honors fans with Gail](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-our-lady-peace-band-documentary-gail-gail-reminder-that-parasocial-fans-have-always-existed.md) - Band documentaries can be as insipid as band biopics, glossy and polished and cutting away all the rough spots in favor of presenting a favorable, often self-aggrandizing view of the musicians. Not so in Gail, a documentary that is, ostensibly, about the 30th anniversary tour of Canadian rock band…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 18, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/is-there-an-audience-seeking-out-dakota-johnson-movies.md) - Dakota Johnson is a nepo baby on both sides and rose to internet popularity by scorching Ellen. She’s kind of fussed over for being kooky and iconic but let’s have a real conversation here: can Dakota Johnson carry a film? Can she…act? If we put her up against her contemporaries, is there an audien…
- [Mary Cosby brings grace and catharsis to the Bravoverse](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-producers-balanced-storyline-of-major-tragedy-unfinished-business-between-castmates.md) - When cameras picked back up for the latest season of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, which premiered this week, producers had their work cut out for them. The audience wondered how the show would dive in to the unfinished business between the castmates and all that has transpired since the reuni…
- [TIFF Review: Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-anna-billers-the-face-of-horror-delicious-treat-for-those-with-patience-to-unpack-it.md) - Anna Biller’s 2016 film The Love Witch has ascended to cult status over the last decade, and now she is back with a new, extremely aesthetic film, this time set in medieval England and done in the style of Technicolor schlock horror (think of all those Edgar Allen Poe movies Roger Corman made in th…
- [Sienna Miller is at WAR](https://www.laineygossip.com/sienna-millers-new-hbo-max-series-war-giving-prestige-with-healthy-amount-of-trash.md) - Never heard about this series until yesterday but now that I know, I’m in. Also, it’s HBO Max, and George Kay (Lupin etc) is the showrunner so it’s giving prestige…but with a healthy amount of trash. And it should be a little trashy considering the subject matter. WAR is about a tech billionaire an…
- [Hudson Williams at TIFF](https://www.laineygossip.com/hudson-williamss-outfit-at-tiff-premiere-yaga-would-have-really-popped-against-emmys-horrible-blue-carpet.md) - TIFF has a television section called “Primetime” (I will keep my opinion about TV shows playing at film festivals to myself but I will also mention that television festivals DO exist), and the highlight of this year’s Primetime program is Yaga, the Crave series starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid,…
- [Intro for September 18, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/who-will-jalen-brunson-be-playing-in-upcoming-episode-law-order-svu.md) - Dear Gossips, I could write about the latest billionaire shenanigans threatening Hollywood (read here and here if you want), but you know what? It’s Friday. It’s my first few days back in the office after the respite of TIFF—as crazy as TIFF is, it’s better than f-cking work—let’s go into the weeke…
- [A Royal Haunting](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-king-charles-is-being-haunted-by-princess-diana-in-this-life-and-the-next-through-charles-spencers-new-book-swan-song.md) - One of the most anticipated Midnight Madness world premieres at TIFF this year was Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror. Anna Biller’s The Love Witch, released a decade ago, is now a cult classic. She is a thrilling filmmaker, an auteur in every sense, with her own signature style and a feminist throug…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 17, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/karla-welch-taking-best-possible-approach-to-styling-shailene-woodley-in-that-outfit-at-the-emmys.md) - Karla Welch is taking the best possible approach to styling Shailene Woodley in that outfit. And if you look at the elements, each piece is totally fine on its own, it’s mashing it all together that is the issue. But ultimately, a great week for Shailene and the outfit is kind of the cherry on top.…
- [TIFF Review: Mahershala Ali in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-bassam-tariqs-your-mother-your-mother-your-mother-unlike-any-action-movie-youll-see-this-year.md) - Mahershala Ali and filmmaker Bassam Tariq were supposed to make a Blade reboot for Marvel, but that project eventually fell apart. What emerges instead is Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, an original action-drama starring Ali and written and directed by Tariq. It is unquestionably a far better…
- [Michael B Jordan: Same quote, a different way](https://www.laineygossip.com/michael-b-jordan-should-have-been-vogues-september-issue-cover-star.md) - Most of us probably agree that the September 2026 issue of American Vogue was a flop, right? The cover stars were Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere to promote The Shards – and this isn’t a personal criticism, not directed towards their performances, not a judgement about them as actors or celebrities or m…
- [TIFF Review: Andrew Scott in Elsinore](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-simon-stones-elsinore-so-unimaginative-exploitative-it-sucks-verve-out-of-andrew-scotts-performance.md) - Andrew Scott is a very fine actor, no one doubts this. He has in Elsinore, a quasi-biopic of Scottish actor Ian Charleson, what should be the role of a lifetime. Certainly, Scott pours his heart and talent into his performance, but the film around him is so unimaginative and worse, borderline explo…
- [Tom Cruise: Greatest stunt choreo incoming](https://www.laineygossip.com/will-tom-cruise-hire-a-stunt-coordinator-for-jennifer-hudsons-spirit-tunnel.md) - As Sarah wrote in yesterday’s site open, Tom Cruise’s greatest role is that of “Tom Cruise”. She is right in saying that his GQ cover story, both in print and on video, is for all the gossip hounds. Pretty sure we’re all still screaming about it. Tom, as we know, is promoting Digger, opening on Oct…
- [Intro for September 17, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/the-early-springs-jing-boran-isnt-hiding-hes-in-a-relationship-with-supermodel-liu-wen-internet-trolls-dont-know-how-to-act-right.md) - Dear Gossips, A couple of weeks ago, I posted in this space about The Early Spring, the Chinese drama available in international markets on Netflix that was blowing up around the world. After almost a month, The Early Spring remains at #2 on the Netflix non-English chart, where it debuted, which wa…
- [TIFF rolls on](https://www.laineygossip.com/a-roundup-of-tiff-premieres-i-was-bummed-to-miss-including-danny-boyles-ink.md) - We’re approaching the final days of TIFF, but premieres are going strong. For instance, Danny Boyle’s Ink, about Larry Lamb and Rupert Murdoch revamping The Sun. The premiere was yesterday, with Boyle and stars Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell. Lainey has developed a real Jack O’Connell problem lately…
- [TIFF Review: Rosalind Eleazar in Misty Green](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-rosalind-eleazar-gives-tremendous-performance-in-chris-rocks-misty-green-otherwise-falls-flat.md) - There is a real theme at TIFF this year of actors giving tremendous central performances only for the film around them to fall flat. Chris Rock’s latest directorial foray, Misty Green, is one such instance. The film, which Rock also wrote, follows down-on-her-luck actress Misty Green (Slow Horses’…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 16, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/amanda-seyfrieds-post-emmys-divorce-news-is-pretty-much-a-non-story.md) - Amanda Seyfried’s divorce was dropped on a post-Emmys Tuesday and as of right now, is pretty much a non-story. She even posted a story about him yesterday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amanda Seyfried💛 (@mingey) Lena Dunham and Luis Felber are new parents and it’s not an Instagram…
- [TIFF Review: Josephine is a shattering experience](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-josephine-is-a-shattering-experience.md) - There are certain films that will stick with you forever, once seen, they can never be forgotten. Beth de Araújo’s Josephine is such a film, an emotionally harrowing cinematic experience that is as tender as it is brutal. Josephine won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance earlier this year, and it’s no…
- [MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Higher Frequency](https://www.laineygossip.com/mcs-music-lounge-how-victoria-monet-using-her-power-to-make-difference-as-she-prepares-to-release-sophomore-album-frequency-of-love.md) - Three years after her debut full-length studio album Jaguar II and winning three Grammy awards, Victoria Monét is ready to launch her sophomore project Frequency of Love on October 2nd. This week is a big one for her with the release of a new single and the announcement of a headlining tour across…
- [Sydney Sweeney did it again](https://www.laineygossip.com/when-will-we-stop-falling-for-sydney-sweeneys-rage-bait.md) - Sydney Sweeney and a new ad she stars in are at the centre of a controversy in the world of sports. The ad, which promotes a sports trading app called Novig, features Sydney, who appears completely nude for most of it, save for the coverage of sports gear – footballs, a helmet, a soccer ball, cleet…
- [TIFF Review: John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in Wild Horse Nine](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-martin-mcdonagh-back-to-challenge-our-media-literacy-with-wild-horse-nine.md) - Playwright-cum-filmmaker Martin McDonagh is back to challenge everyone’s media literacy with his latest film, Wild Horse Nine. Like his feature film debut, In Bruges, it’s a two-hander centered on bad men contemplating their bad deeds and wondering what is left at the end of it all. Wild Horse Nine…
- [All the celebrities in NYC](https://www.laineygossip.com/are-anne-hathaway-dakota-johnson-doing-advance-press-for-verity-in-new-york.md) - The Emmys were Monday night in Los Angeles, but everyone is in New York City. Verity stars Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway (in custom Alémais) were both out and about in the big apple yesterday; I wonder if they’re doing advance press for Verity? That press tour has to be starting soon, the film o…
- [Intro for September 16, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/tom-cruises-gq-cover-interview-is-entertaining-in-the-way-that-only-tom-cruise-can-be.md) - Dear Gossips, Can you hear that sound? It’s the sound of a million gossip hounds howling with delight as Tom Cruise gave an interview to GQ, his first cover profile with that magazine in twenty years, and it is a SCREAM. It’s entertaining in the way that only Tom Cruise is, which is to say—this man…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 15, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/shailene-woodley-karla-welch-not-in-fact-doing-great-work-together.md) - I was just saying that Shailene Woodley and Karla Welch were doing great work together and then this happened. Celebrities, they make fools of us all. View this post on Instagram A post shared by shailene woodley (@shailenewoodley) Nicola Peltz-Beckham attended the Premio Kineo to receive the Risin…
- [Lainey's Best Dressed - Claire Danes as Juliet in 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/laineys-best-dressed-claire-danes-as-juliet-in-2026.md) - My first view of Claire Danes on the Emmys red carpet last night was from the side. Kinda like this photo below, except she was moving, it wasn’t a still shot… and immediately, with the shape of that shoulder, which I didn’t know at the time was just one shoulder, my mind went to… well… I’ll get in…
- [Duana’s Best Dressed – Chase Infiniti](https://www.laineygossip.com/chase-infiniti-is-duanas-2026-emmys-best-dressed.md) - If I’m honest with myself, I never stood a chance. There are always a few dresses, right when a carpet begins, that make you despair for any fashion to come. They’re usually not really that bad, of course, only pedestrian; the kind of looks worn by people who are invited to come to a carpet very ea…
- [Sarah’s Best Dressed – Julianna Margulies](https://www.laineygossip.com/julianna-margulies-sarahs-2026-emmys-best-dressed.md) - I was not blown away by the fashion at the Emmys—the sheer amount of satin is a recession indicator—aside from an obvious style star like Zendaya. But then Julianna Margulies came out to present Michael J. Fox with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, and I sat up a little bit. She wore this two-toned…
- [Shailene Woodley - Stirring the Algorithmic Pot?](https://www.laineygossip.com/was-shailene-woodley-stirring-the-algorithmic-pot-at-the-emmys.md) - And now, a conspiracy theory. You may join me in my speculation or you may dismiss my delusion – either is acceptable. Suppose you’re Shailene Woodley, and things are going, honestly, really well. You continue to be an acclaimed actress, and your recurring role on Season 2 of the extremely popular…
- [Zendaya & Taylor & Two Toms](https://www.laineygossip.com/zendaya-at-emmys-taylor-swift-not-and-a-couple-of-toms.md) - If you’re new to this site, please know that we know that whenever Zendaya shows up anywhere, she will be best dressed. Which is why she’s no longer eligible – it’s just not fair to anybody else. She showed up at the Emmys last night in custom Prada and Mikimoto pearls and a pixie and… well… at thi…
- [Buffy And Angel In The Hollywood Hellmouth](https://www.laineygossip.com/sarah-michelle-gellars-buffy-zinger-at-emmys-was-a-high-five-for-fans.md) - I would love to have been around for the pitch meetings where producers were discussing hypothetical presenters. It’s late June, early July maybe – plans are still relatively casual and not in full panic mode just yet, but someone complains “It’s going to be the same old same old people! I wish the…
- [Pluribus Pluburius](https://www.laineygossip.com/pluribuss-rhea-seehorn-and-vince-gilligans-big-night.md) - Pluribus—which Duana called “Pluburius”, and I will never not think about that now—premiered in November 2025, making it one of the new shows on the block for this year’s Emmys. It came out of the gate fairly strong for its first round of Emmy nominations, bagging six wins total, including Rhea See…
- [Flo and Julia: Two Madonnas](https://www.laineygossip.com/florence-pugh-julia-garner-were-two-madonnas-at-the-2026-emmys.md) - Last night was the first time Florence Pugh has been to the Emmys. We have, of course, seen her on award show red carpets before, but always in a film capacity. And we will see her again on the red carpet in a film capacity before the end of the year because she’s in the holiday box office spectacl…
- [Jean Smart Made Sure We Got Hacked](https://www.laineygossip.com/jean-smart-made-sure-we-got-hacked-at-the-2026-emmys.md) - The beautiful thing about Hacks is that over five seasons, it knew what it was and stayed what it was. It began as a two-hander starring two very unsentimental broads and stayed a two-hander betwe– okay, well, hang on. (tap to view stories) Yes, Hacks is, and was always meant to be a cross-generati…
- [The Pitt Supremacy is Here](https://www.laineygossip.com/the-pitt-reigned-supreme-at-2026-emmys-in-spite-of-fewer-wins.md) - Last year, The Pitt made a clean sweep of awards season, winning every major drama series award at every major awards show. This year, The Pitt still won a lot—six total Emmys for its second season—but it wasn’t QUITE as dominant as last year. In a sign that Emmy voters can, in fact, keep up with n…
- [Mariska Hargitay: Ten Dresses and All the Sincerity](https://www.laineygossip.com/mariska-hargitay-charmed-us-at-the-2026-emmys.md) - Mariska Hargitay won two Emmys last week for My Mom Jayne, the documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, at the Creative Arts Emmys. Last night she hosted the Primetime Emmys on NBC, the network that’s been airing her show, Law & Order: SVU, for 27-soon-to-be-28 seasons. Did every joke land? N…
- [Intro for September 15, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/widows-bay-and-a-matthew-rhys-chill-up-our-spine-on-emmy-night.md) - Dear Gossips, The 78th Emmys were tight, if not sharp, with an overwhelming story of triumph for freshman comedy-thriller Widow’s Bay. Star Matthew Rhys had a historic double win for acting in two categories, a surprise that made the Widow’s Bay sweep all the sweeter. …or did it? Did we really see…
- [There’s Something About Them…](https://www.laineygossip.com/what-is-it-about-keri-russell-and-matthew-rhys.md) - …our job today, and of course, tonight, is to figure out what it is. Obviously that headline is imperfect and if I were doing the homage to There’s Something About Mary properly, it would read ‘There’s Something about Keri.’ But – even though Keri Russell has had an incredible second act to her car…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 14, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/celebrity-social-media-september-14-2026.md) - Meghan Sussex has dropped her first UK post since moving and it’s exactly what you’d expect, a bucolic background and casual frolicking. Despite how effortless it looks, Harry and Meghan have managed to avoid being photographed (and trust, the UK tabloids are frothing at the mouth to get a candid s…
- [TIFF Review: The Maras in Bucking Fastard](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-werner-herzogs-bucking-fastard-window-into-true-eccentricity-made-by-truly-eccentric-filmmaker.md) - Werner Herzog makes a return to narrative feature filmmaking after a decade-long absence—he’s been busy with documentaries—with Bucking Fastard, a film inspired by real-life Adult Twins Freda and Greta Chaplin. In the 1980s, the Chaplins became objects of public interest when their neighbor hit the…
- [Emma Stone’s Professional Personal Relationship](https://www.laineygossip.com/does-emma-stones-new-film-the-catch-directed-by-her-husband-dave-mccary-have-intimacy-coordinator.md) - There are pictures over the weekend of Emma Stone and Chris Pine shooting The Catch, an upcoming feature directed by her husband, Dave McCary. It’s due out next May and has been shooting all summer, with an all-star cast including Ashley Padilla, clearly beloved by literally everyone, Tim Robbins,…
- [TIFF Review: Chase Infiniti in The Julia Set](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-chase-infinitis-undeniable-star-power-cant-rescue-niki-byrnes-the-julia-set-from-an-undercooked-concept.md) - Chase Infiniti follows her breakout performance in One Battle After Another with a starring role in The Julia Set, which is basically Good Will Hunting for girls. Infiniti stars as Julia, a brilliant math student at a fake college dubbed GCU. Her mother (Carmen Ejogo) is obsessed with Julia transfe…
- [TIFF Review: Julianne Moore shines in The Debut](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-jesse-eisenberg-gives-theater-nerds-their-due-in-the-debut.md) - Jesse Eisenberg rose to fame playing awkward nerds, and now as a filmmaker he is giving a specific kind of nerd their due: theater nerds. His third feature film as a writer-director is The Debut, a comedy that borders on farce, set in the world of community theater. Eisenberg writes and directs and…
- [Learning from Céline](https://www.laineygossip.com/takeawy-from-celine-dions-first-performance-in-paris-is-everything-but-one-imperfect-note.md) - At some point on Friday or Saturday, during the chaos of TIFF and running from interview to interview and prepping in between, I saw an article pop up on my feed about Céline Dion, ahead of her first show in Paris…something something about how she would require a backing track or some kind of vocal…
- [Intro for September 14, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/the-point-of-events-like-tiff-isnt-necessarily-entertainment-but-the-friends-we-made-along-the-way.md) - Dear Gossips, It’s been another incredibly busy weekend at TIFF, and I’m delighted to say I was able to be out in it this year for the first time in a long time. As exciting as it is to have the festival in our city, the irony is that lots of film & TV professionals who are working during the festi…
- [Saoirse In Venice Brings Out the Soapbox In Me](https://www.laineygossip.com/why-saoirse-ronans-description-of-directorial-debut-paper-plane-making-me-emotional.md) - I can plead ignorance or busyness as much as anyone else, but honestly when I read that Saoirse Ronan was at the Venice Film Festival for Orrizonti, I assumed it was an Italian film and went on to obsess over her outfit. But as usual with Saoirse, the truth is way more interesting, and I feel bad f…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 11, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/why-did-aaron-rodgers-bring-up-that-shailene-woodley-wanted-to-sleep-with-someone-else-before-they-got-married.md) - The universe is giving us a lesson today: people can surprise you. Leave space in your heart for whimsy. Who knew that Aaron Rogers would appear on the Not Just Football podcast and, completely unprompted, say (in regards to his engagement to Shailene Woodley), “But not a couple of days after that,…
- [TIFF Review: Naomi Watts in The Housewife](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-ben-shirinians-the-housewife-almost-interesting-but-in-the-end-settles-for-mediocrity.md) - Back in 2016, Alyssa Hill’s post-Holocaust script, The Housewife, about the discovery and extradition of Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan from America to West Germany for war crimes, landed on the Blacklist. Ten years later, it has finally been made into a feature film, with Canadian filmmaker Ben Shirini…
- [The Wrap celebrates the Emmys](https://www.laineygossip.com/did-the-women-at-the-wraps-emmys-celebration-get-a-tipoff-about-pink-backdrop-carpet-at-the-event.md) - All the love here over the past couple of days has been wonderful, but wondering how much goodwill I’m going to burn if I lean into my word-based curmudgeonism? Because I love that The Wrap did an Emmy Season event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TheWrap (@thewrap) I love that it focu…
- [Sandra Bullock’s Parenting Reality Gets Very Real](https://www.laineygossip.com/sandra-bullock-gets-candid-about-reality-of-raising-black-children-in-todays-world.md) - Sandra Bullock is consistently open and candid in interviews, but took it to a new level in a TODAY show interview this week with Hoda Kotb, while promoting Practical Magic 2 with Nicole Kidman, when she revealed she’s ‘uber paranoid’ about her kids when they leave home, for depressingly obvious re…
- [Julia Roberts Always Commits](https://www.laineygossip.com/julia-roberts-dazzles-in-glittery-puffer-coat-on-balmy-september-evening-in-new-york.md) - Lainey and I have lots and lots in common – both as people and in our pop culture interests. But arguably what makes us both better are the parts that belong to only one of us, like musical theatre or the K-pop oeuvre. We learn by osmosis from each other, and something she explained to me that’s th…
- [TIFF Review: Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve in Fjord](https://www.laineygossip.com/tiff-review-cristian-mungius-fjord-deliberately-frustrating-film-that-will-leave-you-with-a-lot-of-questions.md) - Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu collaborates with Romanian-born, American-raised actor Sebastian Stan for the first time in the film Fjord, which interrogates one experience of Romanian men living abroad in the generation following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, an experience of xenoph…
- [Intro for September 11, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/cole-escola-lights-up-screen-in-promo-for-hbo-maxs-live-capture-of-oh-mary.md) - Dear Gossips, You know how things sometimes (not always) happen for a reason? I had a ball yesterday editing the site, cosplaying Lainey and/or Sarah, guided by the capable (Emily) and patient (lol, Jacek) artists behind the scenes, and scanning the pop culture landscape as a whole, as much as that…
- [High School Girls Are Complex Again, Huzzah](https://www.laineygossip.com/what-is-the-first-thing-you-notice-in-trailer-for-prime-videos-series-remake-of-carrie.md) - I didn’t know Prime was remaking Carrie as a miniseries. That is, maybe I read a headline about it somewhere or other, but first of all, we all know a headline like ‘Amazon Prime to adapt Stephen King’s Carrie’ happens five times a day. Sometimes, something awesome comes out of an acquisition like…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 10, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/jennifer-lawrences-first-instagram-post-is-perfect.md) - Jennifer Lawrence goes Instagram official (with herself), and you just know she already had a finsta. She is way too nosey not to have social media. This is the perfect first video, because her ‘following’ list is already getting picked apart on the hellscape known as Twitter. But let’s not let tha…
- [Anne Hathaway Raises Questions At Bvlgari](https://www.laineygossip.com/anne-hathaways-outfit-at-nyfw-bvlgari-serpentino-event-raises-number-of-questions.md) - New York and Toronto don’t always have similar weather. But last night in Toronto was particularly gorgeous – one of those balmy, breezy nights that feels almost tropical and laughs in the face of ever needing a jacket. It was amazing and felt like you would have the energy to walk all night and st…
- [All the Jonathan Andersons](https://www.laineygossip.com/jonathan-anderson-is-main-character-in-short-film-announcing-diors-partnership-with-a24.md) - It is officially fashion month in the industry. New York Fashion Week begins today, the fashion people head over to London next week, then Milan the week after, culminating in Paris at the end of the month, which is where Jonathan Anderson’s next collection for Dior spring/summer 2027 will be prese…
- [Jimmy Kimmel’s Huge Week Isn’t Even Over](https://www.laineygossip.com/jimmy-kimmel-didnt-pull-any-punches-on-first-night-back-after-two-months-off.md) - I think we’ve all known that since his brief suspension last year and this spring’s Strike Force Five reunion in support of Stephen Colbert, and just… life in general, that Jimmy Kimmel was going to face down any kind of opposition with relish and zeal and absolute banger jokes for as long as he’s…
- [Intro for September 10, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/the-more-the-world-perceives-canada-the-more-it-becomes-obvious-that-weve-been-doing-things-our-way-for-a-long-time.md) - Dear Gossips, Last night was the eTalk TIFF kickoff party, celebrating the 25th season. I arrived pretty late, as in, I missed Sarah altogether and only briefly got to see Jacek in *party attire* – but the feeling in the room was, incredibly, almost the same as it was back in the very beginning, wh…
- [Maitreyi Ramakrishnan: The Best of Everything](https://www.laineygossip.com/maitreyi-ramakrishnan-making-one-of-her-dreams-come-true-with-new-movie-best-of-the-best.md) - Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is in New York today making the talk show rounds to promote her new Netflix movie Best of the Best. It’s a dance movie… and right on time, because it’s been a while, we were overdue. This is Step Up and Pitch Perfect and Bring It On and maybe Sister Act II with a little bit of…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 9, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-quinta-brunson-locking-in-for-abbott-elementarys-sixth-season.md) - Quinta Brunson is locking in for Abbott Elementary’s sixth season, saying the fifth season meandered a bit and had some filler. Of course she holds herself to a high standard, but some filler is expected of a network sitcom that runs for years and years. Friends had filler, Modern Family had filler…
- [Billionaires suck in bad sweaters](https://www.laineygossip.com/will-alejandro-g-inarritus-digger-starring-tom-cruise-find-its-audience.md) - Since “billionaires suck” is a theme at the movies, I guess it’s a theme on the site today too. Because it’s a theme in real life – all around us billionaires and their billionaire decisions have had an impact on our communities, how we live and how we work. And pop culture has always been a reflec…
- [Luca Guadagnino has entered the awards chat](https://www.laineygossip.com/luca-guadagnino-has-entered-awards-chat-with-teaser-for-artificial-about-openai-ceo-sam-altman.md) - Just yesterday I mentioned Luca Gudagnino’s upcoming film Artificial, about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and lo, we have a teaser. This film is apparently critical of Altman, and coming from Guadagnino, a director who likes to push buttons, and writer Simon Rich, who finds the sublime in the ridiculous,…
- [Intro for September 9, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-will-billionaires-respond-to-revival-of-evil-billionaire-trope-on-film-festival-circuit.md) - Dear Gossips, From Anne Hathaway to Zendaya and Florence Pugh to Robert Pattinson, there are several actors this year with multiple high-profile prestige and/or blockbuster films that have already been released or have yet to be released. Add Penelope Cruz to that list. La Bola Negra, directed by J…
- [Céline’s team is working hard](https://www.laineygossip.com/how-celine-dions-bodyguards-stay-vigilant-about-her-safety-while-giving-her-freedom-to-connect-with-fans.md) - Before anyone gets mad and misconstrues my words, because reading comprehension is at an all-time low and nobody understands nuance (and the schools happen to be open today!), I’m not saying that Céline Dion’s team has anything to complain about. For them, no doubt, it’s wonderful to see that Célin…
- [Chris Rock is no longer hosting](https://www.laineygossip.com/is-chris-rocks-misty-green-a-longshot-for-an-oscar-nomination.md) - As Sarah wrote earlier today, Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything, the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, bulldozed its way into the festival conversation by surprise, taking the wind a bit out of Venice and claiming the spotlight for Telluride. Award season is taking shape…
- [MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Miley Wants To Dance](https://www.laineygossip.com/mcs-music-lounge-miley-cyrus-delivers-glam-and-joy-with-new-single-bass-persuades.md) - Miley’s already had a major year with the 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana, her own Barbie doll, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is her ascent into legend territory, and she’s marking the occasion with a new album, a new record deal, and a re-invented sound. The lead single “Bass P…
- [Celebrity Social Media, September 8, 2026](https://www.laineygossip.com/could-king-charless-letter-to-the-press-clarifying-that-harry-and-meghan-have-no-royal-role-not-have-been-a-text.md) - Apparently, the Sussexes surprised the British royal family with their move to the UK so now the royal family (via King Charles) has surprised the Sussexes with his letter to the press, clarifying that Harry and Meghan have no royal role. Do any of these people know how to text? View this post on I…
- [Taylor Swift: Winning and Losing](https://www.laineygossip.com/will-taylor-swift-focus-campaign-efforts-on-grammys-oscars-now-that-creative-arts-emmys-are-over.md) - Taylor Swift has been under the radar since getting married but behind the scenes, we do know that she’s been campaigning. She attended at least one Emmys for your consideration event and at least one Grammys event for her The Eras Tour concert film and The Life of a Showgirl. No official Oscar FYC…
- [The documentarians are coming for the billionaires](https://www.laineygossip.com/nathan-fielder-lance-oppenheims-elizabeth-holmes-documentary-you-can-see-everything-looks-appropriately-bonkers.md) - A conspiracy theory I have is that social media started driving billionaires insane, and the pandemic finished the job. Social media allowed the proletariat to talk directly at the richest people in the world, and where they expected to be met with ass kissing similar to that which they receive in…

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