Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton: Supportive, confident, and teased Formula 1 is in Bahrain for pre-season testing this week and we’ll get back to that in a minute but first let’s talk about Lewis Hamilton and his most recent social media activity. It was sports related, but not his own sport. Instead Lewis’s mind was on By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 12:19 pm
Bridgerton Bridgerton now and next Part two of season four of Bridgerton premieres on Netflix next Thursday 26 February so the cast has pretty much just been on a non-stop press tour for a month. Last night there was a masquerade ball in Madrid and it was also Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) so, naturally, By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Mandalorian and Grogu puts spectacle before character Rather than debut a new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, Disney/Lucasfilm’s great hope for summer 2026, during the Super Bowl, Disney opted to do a riff on Budweiser commercials, which did not move the needle at all. Now, though, they have dropped the official trailer, giving us By Sarah • Feb 18, 2026 10:05 am
Stephen Colbert Intro for February 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, I believe Stephen Colbert when he said last night that “I really don’t want an adversarial relationship with the network. I’ve never had one”. Stephen was addressing the situation over his interview with James Talarico from earlier this week, posted on The Late Show’s YouTube By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 09:32 am
What Else Zendaya and Rob are not The Drama Zendaya and Robert Pattinson will appear in three films together this year: The Drama, The Odyssey, and Dune 3. The Drama opens on April 3 and they’ve just done their first interview together to promote the film, covering the new issue of Interview. The accompanying photo shoot for the By Lainey • Feb 17, 2026 01:58 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 17, 2026 It’s a holiday for my people so we’re keeping it light today but not light in this post because here’s where I’m also including quick hits on some of the gossip from the long weekend. We call it Asian efficiency. Efficient, however, is not how I By Lainey • Feb 17, 2026 12:21 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: It’s Bebe’s Turn It’s been a long journey for Bebe Rexha. She’s gone from songwriter behind the scenes, to charting hits as a main act. Through it all, however, she’s never gotten the success that she is due. It’s always felt like her hits are more famous than she By MC • Feb 17, 2026 10:41 am
Jackie Chan Intro for February 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, 新年快樂! Happy New Year! May the Year of the Horse bring happiness and good health, and do I ever need it. My ma was sick last weekend, I’ve been sick this past weekend, so the most apt Lunar New Year greeting for me right now is… 龍馬精神! By Lainey • Feb 17, 2026 09:42 am
What Else Michelle Yeoh got a friend-shaped trophy Programming note: We will be dark on Monday in observance of Family Day. We’ll be back on Tuesday, February 17, with our regularly scheduled gossip. The Berlin International Film Festival is happening, and Michelle Yeoh was honored with an honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The statue is very By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sam Rockwell in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Among the many ways to classify films, they can be sorted into two groups: films in which Sam Rockwell dances, and films in which Sam Rockwell does not dance. Note that a film in which Sam Rockwell dances does not actually have to contain Sam Rockwell dancing, it can just By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 03:23 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 13, 2026 At the Olympics, just a few days ahead of Lunar New Year, it was an Asian sweep in women’s snowboard halfpipe yesterday and, perhaps, a passing of the torch. Chloe Kim, as we know, has been the queen of the halfpipe since Pyeongchang in 2018, repeating four years later By Lainey • Feb 13, 2026 02:38 pm
TV Updates Nicolas Cage in (live) action as Spider-Noir As questions about the future of superhero franchises continue to permeate the pop culture consciousness, one franchise that just keeps trucking is the Spider-Verse, the vividly animated films featuring Shameik Moore as the voice of Miles Morales, an alternate universe Spider-Man. The first film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, won an By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 01:54 pm
BTS So BTS: Return of the Kings It’s been reported that ahead of their live comeback show in Seoul on March 21, one day after the release of ARIRANG, their highly anticipated comeback album, BTS will make their way to the stage via what’s called the King’s Road, a historic path that was used By Lainey • Feb 13, 2026 12:35 pm
Hudson Williams Heated Rivalry x Bridgerton x TSITP x Bowen: An Epic LNY Crossover I last posted about Hudson Williams on Wednesday, after he was seen in New York at the Knicks game with his mom. In that post I talked about Hudson’s birthday, which is today, and Valentine’s Day, and Lunar New Year, which is next Tuesday and wondered if the By Lainey • Feb 13, 2026 11:21 am
Style Celebrities in and out of coats New York Fashion Week is happening now, because “fashion week” is really a jet-setting month, and last night was the 45th anniversary Michael Kors show. It was held at Lincoln Center in New York and brought out a lot of celebrities. Given that it’s a fall/winter show, Kors By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 10:32 am
Zayn Malik Intro for February 13, 2026 Dear Gossips, Happy Friday the 13th to all who celebrate! It’s been a f-cker of a week so let’s indulge in some frivolity! Zayn Malik went on Call Her Daddy and said he doesn’t “know if he was ever IN love with” Gigi Hadid (emphasis mine), the By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 09:07 am
