What Else 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
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
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 17, 2026 The fact that Kristen Stewart doesn’t have a publicist who bans questions about Twilight is one of the coolest things about her. Like Robert Pattinson, she doesn’t shy away from or lean into Twilight, she just lets it play out. I’m not a Robsten truther but I By Maria • Aug 17, 2026 02:27 pm
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
Top Reads 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
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
What Else Hot Lantern men Yesterday Lainey mentioned that the five-minute preview of Lanterns was working for her, in no small part because it is extremely well cast. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre are both HOT, and they have GREAT chemistry as, essentially, a wildcard space cap duo. The premiere for Lanterns was last By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 04:19 pm
TV Updates Are you watching The Shards? I guess today’s inadvertent theme is “outside”, because Kaia Gerber is also outside, though on the west coast. Here she is sporting athleisure in LA (photos attached below as well as photos of Kaia with Lewis Pullman in LA yesterday). Why did I have to live in LA during By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 02:44 pm
Zoe Kravitz Celebrity Social Media, August 14, 2026 Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles haven’t publicly confirmed their engagement, but Zoë is in a new campaign for Jessica McCormack, who is widely reported as their ring designer. So I think this is confirmation enough. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jessica McCormack (@jessica_mccormack) Ryan By Maria • Aug 14, 2026 01:25 pm
Top Reads 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 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 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
Michael B Jordan 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 Holland 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
A$AP Rocky Rocky & Rihanna: Walgreens and Walmart A$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
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
Hudson Williams 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
Tom Holland Tomdaya’s new record I saw Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Friday afternoon, loved it so much. Loved it so much I behaved like Duana, a theatre kid, in the theatre during certain key moments – gasping (I am not usually a gasper) and sighing audibly and also deep breathing at parts, plus at By Lainey • Aug 04, 2026 12:44 pm
Bradley Cooper Bradley and Gigi: Matching rings, matching everything Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid have been in Paris together the last few days. And quite visible, as the paps have photographed them several times walking around together, including when they were walking back from the gym, with matching water bottles… and also rings. Rings on the gossip finger, which By Lainey • Aug 04, 2026 11:11 am
Zoe Kravitz Celebrity Social Media, August 14, 2026 Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles haven’t publicly confirmed their engagement, but Zoë is in a new campaign for Jessica McCormack, who is widely reported as their ring designer. So I think this is confirmation enough. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jessica McCormack (@jessica_mccormack) Ryan By Maria • Aug 14, 2026 01:25 pm
Emma Stone Emma Stone: The Catch & Carryover Denim As I wrote back in June when Ashley Padilla was named to the cast, I am 100% all in on The Catch, an upcoming rom-com starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine. Like, I can declare confidently, even though it just started production a couple of weeks ago, that for By Lainey • Aug 14, 2026 12:14 pm
Julia Roberts Julia Roberts’ quiet year It was a busy celebrity day in NYC, as Julia Roberts joined Kristen Stewart outside. She’s not promoting anything, though, she’s just Being Famous Outside. It’s been a quiet year for Julia, with no new projects, but she has a new film with Sam Esmail coming in By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 10:56 am
Kristen Stewart KStew’s stoner last stand Kristen Stewart has been busy the last couple weeks promoting her new film, The Wrong Girls. But the film hits theaters today, so here she is in New York, outside one last time for the film. As Lainey said, the film is a celebration of friendship but also grown ass By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 09:56 am
Shout-Outs Shout-Outs for August 14, 2026 Mark! Happy Birthday! Roo tells us that you’re the “best dad” and that applies to both your girls and your two Boston Terriers. And that you’re the “best wife” which says to me that you are the goodest man. Thank you for all you do for your family, By Lainey • Aug 14, 2026 09:21 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 14, 2026 Dear Gossips, After several straight years of mostly bad box office news, this year is mostly good box office news. A welcome change! 2026 continues on pace to be the biggest box office year since 2019, most recently bolstered by the twin billion-dollar successes of The Odyssey and Spider- By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 09:08 am
What Else Lanterns and late nights Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler were at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on back-to-back days this week and I take this personally, the two of them doing promotion for the same show, representing my range. As in… yes to Aaron Pierre but also yes to Kyle Chandler. Lanterns premieres on By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 04:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 13, 2026 Katie Holmes re-posted photos from of her rumoured boyfriend Jason Bard Yarmosky in her stories, which I think counts as a hard launch and Instagram official. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katie Holmes (@katieholmes) Amy Schumer is trying to make a tour with author Belle By Maria • Aug 13, 2026 01:12 pm
