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Intro for August 19, 2026

Intro for August 19, 2026

Dear Gossips, Emmys voting is now underway and will continue until next Wednesday 26 August. In the Best Supporting Actor category, comedy, the nominees are Colman Domingo, Paul W Downs, Nick Offerman, Stephen Root, Michael Urie, and Tyler James Williams. Oh yeah, and also Harrison Ford. This is Harrison’s

By Lainey • Aug 19, 2026 10:04 am

Agentic Gwyneth in the Hamptons

Gwyneth Paltrow

Agentic Gwyneth in the Hamptons

Yesterday, an invite leaked for a dinner Goop is hosting for OpenAI (aka ChatGPT) founder Sam Altman. I’ve tried to trace who broke the story, the first published story I could find was on Puck News. The dinner is off-the-record (wink wink) and al fresco, which is

By Maria • Aug 19, 2026 01:20 pm

A Fast Furious Family Forever Finale?

A Fast Furious Family Forever Finale?

This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Fast and the Furious, the first movie that would eventually become a franchise, released in 2001. Since then there have been nine more, for a total of ten at the moment, with a planned eleventh installment called Fast Forever. Last night there

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 04:04 pm

MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Melancholy Weekend

Music

MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Melancholy Weekend

It’s been six long years since Phoebe Bridgers last released a full-length studio album, and the result of that wait is a melancholic collection of songs that will have you crying as much as you are vibing. Lost Weekend is an album about grief, but the kind that

By MC • Aug 18, 2026 01:38 pm

La Casita goes home

Bad Bunny

La Casita goes home

Big announcement from Bad Bunny yesterday – after weeks of rumours that he’ll be closing out the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour at home in Puerto Rico, following a year of touring around the world, it was finally confirmed that Benito will indeed perform two final shows there this

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 12:21 pm

The Miracle of Céline Dion

Celine Dion

The Miracle of Céline Dion

Céline Dion will soon return to the stage – she’s playing 16 shows in Paris through September and October and those tickets sold out so fast she added ten more dates next May. Which is why she’s doing some promotion right now, covering the new issue of Harper’s

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 11:20 am

Margot Robbie in a onesie

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie in a onesie

Margot Robbie will only be in one film this year and it’s happened already. We saw in January and February when she was promoting Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” and then, as she does, and she did after Barbie, she went back underground, keeping a low profile. Not unlike

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 09:57 am

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Agentic Gwyneth in the Hamptons

Agentic Gwyneth in the Hamptons

Yesterday, an invite leaked for a dinner Goop is hosting for OpenAI (aka ChatGPT) founder Sam Altman. I’ve tried to trace who broke the story, the first published story I could find was on Puck News. The dinner is off-the-record (wink wink) and al fresco, which is

By Maria • Aug 19, 2026 01:20 pm

The Miracle of Céline Dion

The Miracle of Céline Dion

Céline Dion will soon return to the stage – she’s playing 16 shows in Paris through September and October and those tickets sold out so fast she added ten more dates next May. Which is why she’s doing some promotion right now, covering the new issue of Harper’s

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 11:20 am

Taylor Swift: Bangs and Lilac

Taylor Swift: Bangs and Lilac

When you’re as famous as Taylor Swift, with your own metaverse populated by millions of fans who can at this point self-generate content, every small detail becomes a big headline. She’s also been relatively under-the-radar since the wedding, so it was always going to be

By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 11:49 am

Nicole Kidman at the club

Nicole Kidman at the club

All the magazines are releasing their September issues this week. The reaction that I’ve seen online, in response to American Vogue’s cover story featuring Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere, has been mostly underwhelmed, to put it generously. They are the stars of The Shards, a series with a

By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 11:58 am

Jeremy Strong won’t change

Jeremy Strong won’t change

It’s been almost five years since Michael Schulman profiled Jeremy Strong in The New Yorker. We were all still mostly stuck at home during COVID. And that may have had something to do with the chaos that ensued over that piece. The internet devoured it. And that followed him

By Lainey • Aug 12, 2026 01:37 pm

MBJ and RAYE?!

MBJ and RAYE?!

Even their letters look good together. If ever there was a possible new celebrity couple alert that lived up to the expression “the world is healing”, it would be this: Michael B Jordan and RAYE were seen together at Six Flags in California and while there isn’t official confirmation

By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 11:23 am

Tom and Zendaya’s good timing

Tom and Zendaya’s good timing

In case you forgot, Tom Holland and Zendaya got married secretly. And that’s literally all we know. It’s truly a secret. No one can specify a time or a place, and the only reason we started talking about it is because Law Roach was strategically sent out to

By Lainey • Aug 06, 2026 02:45 pm

Rocky & Rihanna: Walgreens and Walmart

Rocky & Rihanna: Walgreens and Walmart

A$AP Rocky’s interview with Jason Lee was posted yesterday. It’s almost two hours long, I’m still making my way through it, but it’s a great freewheeling conversation about Rocky’s life and upbringing, his career, and his relationships. One part that’s going viral is

By Lainey • Aug 06, 2026 01:28 pm

The “insatiable curiosity” for Aaron Pierre

The “insatiable curiosity” for Aaron Pierre

That’s the polite way of saying it: “insatiable curiosity”, a euphemism for the, um, drip that materialises whenever Aaron Pierre shows up. He can be the classy one, I’ll be over here in the gutter. The expression is his own, “insatiable curiosity” is how he’s chosen to

By Lainey • Aug 05, 2026 12:54 pm

The Hudson (Skin) Factor

The Hudson (Skin) Factor

We probably all knew it was only a matter of time. Last December, just as Heated Rivalry was blowing up, and became the present that everyone opened for the holidays in 2025, Hudson Williams did an interview with The Cut about his skincare routine that went viral immediately – credit to

By Lainey • Aug 05, 2026 11:46 am

Margot Robbie in a onesie

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie in a onesie

Margot Robbie will only be in one film this year and it’s happened already. We saw in January and February when she was promoting Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” and then, as she does, and she did after Barbie, she went back underground, keeping a low profile. Not unlike

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 09:57 am

Intro for August 18, 2026

TV Updates

Intro for August 18, 2026

Dear Gossips, Fall TV season isn’t what it used to be since streamers release great series year round but for the series that do typically come out in the fall, there is still some anticipation. Netflix dropped several new trailers for returning and new series yesterday and if you

By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 09:12 am

Sydney Sweeney’s Scooter Summer

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Sydney Sweeney’s Scooter Summer

Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun have now been together for about a year. It was official last September when they were first photographed together holding hands, but the relationship probably started around the time of the Bozos wedding in June 2025. Officially, then, at least on the gossip books, this

By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 04:00 pm

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Anne Hathaway: Legendary Weekend at Disney

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway: Legendary Weekend at Disney

Sarah posted earlier about all the MCU and superhero business at D23 this weekend, which is Disney’s major fan event, and Disney is about more than superheroes and Star Wars etc. Disney also makes princesses, and Anne Hathaway is now an official Disney princess. Well, actually, she’s been

By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 01:39 pm

Taylor Swift: Bangs and Lilac

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Taylor Swift: Bangs and Lilac

When you’re as famous as Taylor Swift, with your own metaverse populated by millions of fans who can at this point self-generate content, every small detail becomes a big headline. She’s also been relatively under-the-radar since the wedding, so it was always going to be

By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 11:49 am

More Marvel news (ft. the X-Men)

Movie Reviews and Previews

More Marvel news (ft. the X-Men)

Two weeks after their star-studded presentation at Comic Con, Marvel doubled down at Disney’s in-house fan convention, D23, continuing to tease Avengers: Doomsday, introducing VisionQuest, and announcing the first round of new, MCU-branded X-Men casting. Let’s start with Doomsday. They dropped a “special look”

By Sarah • Aug 17, 2026 10:53 am

Intro for August 17, 2026

Movie Reviews and Previews

Intro for August 17, 2026

Dear Gossips, Sarah posted on Friday in this space about how 2026 has been, so far, a strong year at the box office, bolstered by the success this summer of The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day back-to-back. But also Obsession and Backrooms. And The Devil Wears

By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 09:18 am

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