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Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York

A$AP Rocky

Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York

A$AP Rocky just dropped his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. I haven’t listened all the way through yet so I’ll leave it to MC to address it next week in his music column, but for now, we’ll just gossip. Because there’s always gossip in

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 04:11 pm

Intro for January 16, 2026

Intro for January 16, 2026

Dear Gossips, We are now just over three weeks away from the Benito Bowl on Sunday 8 February in Santa Clara, California so it’s right on time for a promo. And a new one dropped yesterday. It’s short, but it doesn’t have to be extensive to fuel

By • Jan 16, 2026 10:15 am

Kai Cenat’s new direction

Kai Cenat

Kai Cenat’s new direction

One month after the harsh online reaction to his video about mental health and desire to create, livestreaming sensation Kai Cenat has broken his silence on social media. This time, he shared another video that seems to suggest he is quitting streaming for good - and that he’s setting

By Stephanie • Jan 16, 2026 02:39 pm

Charlize Theron: Carol Burnett and Trousers

Style

Charlize Theron: Carol Burnett and Trousers

The Palm Royale season two finale event was a tribute to Carol Burnett and there were some surprise dignitary and celebrity appearances in her honour. Michelle Obama sent a video message, Bernadette Peters, Rhea Seehorn, and Vince Gilligan were there. And Charlize Theron was in the audience too, at one

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 02:01 pm

Fashion Week Hollanov

Connor Storrie

Fashion Week Hollanov

The Hollywood Reporter yesterday published a report on the media impact value of celebrities and brands at the Golden Globes on Sunday, ranking which stars generated the most social media impressions related to their clothing and accessories, a way for fashion and jewellery houses to measure the marketing value of

By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 12:25 pm

Sophie Turner flexes as Lara Croft

TV Updates

Sophie Turner flexes as Lara Croft

Four months ago Sophie Turner was announced as the latest actress to play video game heroine Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider series developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Yesterday, Prime Video, which is producing the new adaptation as a series, dropped a first-look photo of Turner done up as Lara,

By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 11:34 am

Kathleen Kennedy quit the Star War

Business of Hollywood

Kathleen Kennedy quit the Star War

It’s official, after first being reported eleven months ago, Kathleen Kennedy has stepped down as the president of Lucasfilm. As was previously speculated, she is being replaced by not one but two people, with George Lucas’s protégé, Dave Filoni, moving up to president and chief creative officer (he

By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 10:38 am

ARIRANG

BTS

ARIRANG

BTS already broke the internet earlier this week when they announced the dates for their upcoming tour. ARMY is in full meltdown again today because pre-order information is now available for the new album, which means we now have the album title: ARIRANG I know I’m biased but, like,

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 04:06 pm

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“Kate” Madden Calls The Shots

“Kate” Madden Calls The Shots

This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to

By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm

RDJ shows up for Timmy

RDJ shows up for Timmy

As mentioned several times today, it is Oscar nominations voting week, as Academy members decide on which artists will be nominated for the Oscars, happening on March 15. The nominations will be announced a week today, next Thursday. So the contenders and their various studios are doing what they can

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 12:31 pm

Teyana Time

Teyana Time

As Sarah noted in our post-Globes coverage about Teyana Taylor and the Best Supporting Actress race, up until Sunday night, it was Amy Madigan’s performance in Weapons who was considered the frontrunner in the category. And she still is, I think, but she’s also not running away with

By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 11:52 am

Connor’s first time

Connor’s first time

It’s been a seemingly endless series of first times for Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie of Heated Rivalry the last few weeks. They are celebrities now, they are more famous than they probably ever imagined. They just had their first award season experience during Golden Globe week. They just

By Lainey • Jan 13, 2026 12:07 pm

Podcasting at awards shows

Podcasting at awards shows

The Golden Globes handed out their first-ever Best Podcast award, a bizarre inclusion for an awards show about film and television. I previously wrote about this category and its suspicious, potentially payola marketing scheme, but in the end, the Globes picked the least offensive person to win their inaugural award,

By Sarah • Jan 12, 2026 12:45 pm

Heated Rivalry Cannot Be Cooled

Heated Rivalry Cannot Be Cooled

I won’t lie, I had very, very high expectations. After all the excitement and hype of the last month, and the last week, knowing that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie would appear at the Golden Globes, I anticipated big moments and much celebration. It’s not like it was

By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 07:19 am

Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts

Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts

It was impossible to know and/or predict what Heated Rivalry would become – and is still becoming. A Canadian production, made on muuuucchhh less money than an American counterpart would have done, starring two unknown actors in a gay hockey romance, as smutty as its source material is THE pop

By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 01:24 pm

Ben and Matt in January

Ben and Matt in January

A trailer for Joe Carnahan’s The Rip, premiering on Netflix next week, was released yesterday. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and Teyana Taylor and as Sarah noted back in September, it’s a cool looking action heist (this combination of talent generally can be counted

By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 11:40 am

New Year, New Look - LaineyGossip Relaunch!

New Year, New Look - LaineyGossip Relaunch!

You may have noticed… Things look a bit different this morning, right? It’s because we’ve moved the site to a new platform. If you’re interested, we’ll get into the Show Your Work of it in an upcoming Squawk newsletter, but the idea behind the change, aside

By Lainey • Jan 02, 2026 11:11 am

Taylor: A necklace and a dress

Taylor: A necklace and a dress

Taylor Swift was a four-segment guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, not a surprise. The way it used to work, and pretty much still does, on late night talk shows is that only the mega A-list stars take up three or four blocks, if they’re

By Lainey • Dec 11, 2025 11:24 am

ARIRANG

BTS

ARIRANG

BTS already broke the internet earlier this week when they announced the dates for their upcoming tour. ARMY is in full meltdown again today because pre-order information is now available for the new album, which means we now have the album title: ARIRANG I know I’m biased but, like,

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 04:06 pm

“Kate” Madden Calls The Shots

Name Nerd

“Kate” Madden Calls The Shots

This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to

By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm

RDJ shows up for Timmy

Award Season Campaigning

RDJ shows up for Timmy

As mentioned several times today, it is Oscar nominations voting week, as Academy members decide on which artists will be nominated for the Oscars, happening on March 15. The nominations will be announced a week today, next Thursday. So the contenders and their various studios are doing what they can

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 12:31 pm

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Spinning the Ryan Murphy wheel again

TV Updates

Spinning the Ryan Murphy wheel again

Oh boy, it’s time for another round of my favorite game, How Long Can I Watch Ryan Murphy’s New TV Show?! The last time I played I made it through four episodes of All’s Fair, and now it’s time to try Ryan Murphy’s latest series,

By Sarah • Jan 15, 2026 11:53 am

Jacob and Olivia… again and again

Jacob Elordi

Jacob and Olivia… again and again

Back in the summer, it was reported that Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade Giannulli had broken up. Then she showed up with him at the TIFF premiere of Frankenstein, a whole heatscore in white, and it was obvious that their split was brief. A few weeks after that, it was

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 11:24 am

Intro for January 15, 2026

Leonardo DiCaprio

Intro for January 15, 2026

Dear Gossips, We are now exactly two months away from the Oscars, which are happening on March 15, and it’s also nomination campaigning week, as Academy members are currently voting on the nominations, scheduled to be announced a week today on January 22. This means contenders are out there

By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 10:12 am

Bridgerton begins

What Else

Bridgerton begins

Bridgerton season four premieres on January 29 with the first installment, followed by the second on February 26, as Netflix hopes to win back some of the horny women demographic from Heated Rivalry. Sarah is our resident Bridgerton expert since she knows the books so well so we’ll leave

By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 04:13 pm

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