What Else ZLH 520 Today is or was the unofficial Valentine’s Day in China because it’s May 20th. In Mandarin 5-2-0 is pronounced “wǔ èr líng” which sounds like “wǒ ài nǐ”, pinyin for 我爱你, “I love you”. So this is code, like on socials or Whatsapp or chats for telling someone By Lainey • May 20, 2026 05:10 pm
Intro for May 20, 2026 Dear Gossips, The American Music Awards are happening next Monday 25 May in Las Vegas. I wasn’t planning on watching the show since MC is going to watch and post about the event the following day for this site. That has now changed, turns out I have to tune By • May 20, 2026 10:18 am
Tessa Thompson The Stars and all the Peplum Earlier this week Tessa Thompson attended an event at Lincoln Centre in honour of Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey. This is such a good dress on her – it looks light and breezy and the pockets are fun and convenient for a steezy pose, and it’s not necessarily a By Lainey • May 20, 2026 04:25 pm
Celebrity Social Media, May 20, 2026 I just saw Manny Jacinto on the The Mandalorian and Grogu red carpet and went straight to his Instagram but like a true hottie he only posts about work. He knows the face card is too lethal for the grid. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manny By Maria • May 20, 2026 01:54 pm
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt shows up for a car Mercedes held an event in LA last night to premiere a new car. I am not really a car person, I’ll drive a car until it can’t be driven anymore, but I do I insist on driving stick, and since fewer and fewer car manufacturers are offering models By Lainey • May 20, 2026 01:07 pm
Timothee Chalamet Timothée Chalamet: The Comeback Haircut Like many people who play sports and follow sports, I have sports superstition. It’s like Crash Davis said to Annie in Bull Durham, “A ballplayer on a streak has to respect the streak! They don't happen very often. You know how hard this game is? If you By Lainey • May 20, 2026 11:34 am
What Else Charles Melton: Hell but Heaven We end the day in hell and heaven both. A human manifestation of temptation from the devil, but also living proof of the divine: Charles Melton. These are my gifts to you at dusk: Charles Melton by day, his shirt unbuttoned halfway as he greets fans in Cannes. And Charles By Lainey • May 19, 2026 05:03 pm
Tom Cruise Pam and Tommy C? We should start with an important disclaimer. There is nothing remotely reliable out there to suggest that Pamela Anderson and Tom Cruise are a real thing… or are even on their way to being a real thing. The primary outlets trying to make them a thing are The National Enquirer By Lainey • May 19, 2026 04:16 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Becky G Breaks the Ice The evolution of Becky G’s career from YouTube cover singer to platinum-selling performer has been one for the books. She’s had some serious career peaks and some total flops, but it’s her ability to reclaim relevance through quality music that has kept her name in the conversation By MC • May 19, 2026 03:29 pm
Top Reads 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
Top Reads 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
Youn Yuh-jung 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 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
Top Reads 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
Met Gala 2026 Blake and Barbie 'met' boring again Let me try to avoid landmines and mess in this post, LOL. The fact that I’m pairing Blake Lively and Margot Robbie, though, probably isn’t helping. But I have editorial and narrative justification for it, so can we ignore the internet conspiracy theories and just focus on the By Lainey • May 05, 2026 12:06 pm
Met Gala 2026 Intro for May 5, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was the screaming that gave it away that Beyoncé had arrived at the Met Gala last night – and she made us wait. Not way past the wrap, unlike Rihanna LOL (as usual), but late enough to be near the end… which is not usually how it works By Lainey • May 05, 2026 06:55 am
Connor Storrie HudCon to the Met Gala Exactly a year ago at this time, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie were in Toronto, having just secured their leading roles in a small Canadian-produced drama with a tiny budget, and no one had ever really heard of them before. Now, a year later, they’re invited to everything, including By Lainey • May 04, 2026 12:05 pm
Style EJAE, Audrey, and Rei: The Women of the Year Billboard’s Women in Music event was last night in LA and their “Golden” streak continues, because EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami were there to receive the Women of the Year honour which, honestly, not that it’s about me but I’ve been emotional about this since it By Lainey • Apr 30, 2026 11:10 am
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: Song notes and striped dresses She’s been quiet but there’s been all kinds of Taylor Swift news today – starting with the work. The New York Times just published a feature on The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters, an unranked list chosen by over “250 music insiders and six New York Times critics”. I By Lainey • Apr 28, 2026 04:25 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Becky G Breaks the Ice The evolution of Becky G’s career from YouTube cover singer to platinum-selling performer has been one for the books. She’s had some serious career peaks and some total flops, but it’s her ability to reclaim relevance through quality music that has kept her name in the conversation By MC • May 19, 2026 03:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 19, 2026 Hayden Panettiere's memoir is making headlines with a focus on a famous bad man. The usual chorus of “name him” is playing out online but that feels like armchair activism. It would be pretty dangerous for Hayden to name him. She’s famous but not powerful in Hollywood By Maria • May 19, 2026 02:35 pm
Cannes 2026 Fashion regulars in Cannes The Hollywood studios don’t have much of a presence in Cannes, which was one of the storylines percolating ahead of this year’s festival. Still, some of the regulars who seem to be in Cannes often were present and accounted for, including Kristen Stewart, who was there to promote By Lainey • May 19, 2026 01:56 pm
Top Reads 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
TV Updates Intro for May 19, 2026 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to those of us in Canada after the long weekend. I was probably as offline as I’ll ever be these last few days, restricting screen time for long stretches so now that I’m just getting back into it, making a feeble attempt to get By Lainey • May 19, 2026 10:34 am
What Else Beautiful ladies + John Travolta at Cannes Please note, we are are dark on Monday for the Victoria Day long weekend. We'll return to regular posting on Tuesday. Have a great weekend! Cannes never lets up once it gets going, so here are a few more beautiful women in beautiful dresses…and John Travolta. Let’ By Sarah • May 15, 2026 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to Wildwood, Laika’s latest whimsy On the list of things that used to annoy me but now bother me much less, sitting near the top is the state of Laika, the stop-motion animation production company that has made films including Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings. Laika began life as Will Vinton Studios, By Sarah • May 15, 2026 03:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 15, 2026 Demi Moore spoke about the inevitability of AI and was there a meeting at Reese Witherspoon’s house or something? Reese, Sandra Bullock and now Demi, it’s odd. And I would implore these women to watch season 3 of The Comeback, which so perfectly balanced the craven greed of By Maria • May 15, 2026 02:33 pm
