Style The most powerful women (minus Gwyneth) The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment is out now. Lainey will have more on THR cover star Gwyneth Paltrow in a bit, but the gala was yesterday and a bunch of people showed up for it. It’s always interesting to compare who’ By Sarah • Dec 04, 2025 09:58 am
Music Dakota Johnson, Director I was mid on Materialists, but it had a moment over the summer, instigating conversations about money, class, romance, and Hollywood’s “broke man propaganda”. It also cracked $100 million at the box office, which as much as people say doesn’t matter, when film as an industry is struggling By Sarah • Oct 22, 2025 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota Johnson: Splitsville… on and offscreen Dakota Johnson and the cast and crew of Splitsville, which includes Adria Arjona, Michael Angelo Covino, who also directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Kyle Marvin, and Nicholas Braun, were at the premiere and after-party last night in LA. The movie is about a man who finds out his wife By Lainey • Aug 20, 2025 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Celine Song’s Materialists Celine Song follows up her Oscar-nominated debut feature film, Past Lives, with another meditative look at modern romance. This time it’s Materialists, which takes the trappings of a romantic comedy and gently drops them into something almost like reality, where, specifically, financial reality is a critical part of everyone’ By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 01:35 pm
BFFs Dakota Johnson’s Taylor Swift dreams We often talk about how Robert Pattinson gives unhinged interviews and he’s always good on a press tour for at least once insane interview where he’s probably lying because he’s bored but the answer is so chaotic the internet is in shambles as a result. But, like, By Lainey • Jun 12, 2025 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews How Chris Evans proposed At the Materialists premiere the other night where Pedro Pascal was a no-show so Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans held up a cutout of his face instead and periodically kissed and posed with it on the carpet. Likely a scheduling issue, it’s not like Pedro would skip this event By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for June 6, 2025 Dear Gossips, Dakota Johnson is still in New York promoting Materialists, but as part of the press push, she and Celine Song gave a joint interview to the Los Angeles Times which paints a portrait of two artists finding instant understanding and a desire to make a rom-com, but like, By Sarah • Jun 06, 2025 09:13 am
Break Ups Dakota and Chris are over…? PEOPLE with the exclusive yesterday citing multiple sources who say that Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin have ended their engagement and their relationship. They’ve been together for eight years. The last time there were reports that they were over was last summer, August 2024. And it was the Daily By Lainey • Jun 05, 2025 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews JLaw & Dakota: matching hairstyles out for dinner Jennifer Lawrence and Dakota Johnson were papped in New York last night and, as you can see, they’re currently matching hairstyles. This is the way Dakota consistently styles her hair – fringe and layers, and it really does work for her; some people just look better with a bang, her By Lainey • Jun 02, 2025 01:14 pm
BFFs The Master of Self is Back Outside It was a different kind of Friday gossip dump last week when Taylor Swift announced that she’d bought back her masters. Usually when celebrity news breaks on a Friday it’s meant to be buried. In Taylor’s case, nothing she ever does on any day at any time By Lainey • Jun 02, 2025 09:43 am
Cannes 2025 Dakota Johnson: A Fashion Statement? One of the topics of conversation heading into Cannes this year was about the dress code and the festival’s policy on the naked dress, effectively banning it from the red carpets at the Palais, along with gowns that are too big. We haven’t seen too many so-called violations By Lainey • May 20, 2025 02:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Love Triangle of the Summer If this is a trend, I like it: a pop culture love triangle every summer. At the movies. Last year it was Tashi, Art, and Patrick in Challengers, played by Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor. This year it’s Lucy, Harry, and John played by Dakota Johnson, Pedro By Lainey • May 09, 2025 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans vs Pedro Pascal Celine Song’s Past Lives is a heartbreaker of a film, at once dreamy and romantic, and pragmatic about the realities of life, of the way people ebb and flow from our lives, and how love changes shape, or doesn’t, over time. Her follow-up film, Materialists, seems cut from By Sarah • Mar 19, 2025 09:51 am
Style Stars in NYC A couple weeks ago, Lainey wrote about Anne Hathaway filming Verity, the newest Colleen Hoover adaptation being thrust upon us, noting how “glamorous and elegant” Annie looks in character. Well, Dakota Johnson was seen filming a scene for Verity, and she looks distinctly less glamorous and elegant, mainly because of By Sarah • Mar 13, 2025 09:55 am
Faux Gossip Dakota and Chris: A Non-Story Why am I posting about a non-story? We’ve been conditioned to be skeptical of celebrities when they’re perceived to be protesting too much and over at The Squawk there have been some questions about the latest pap shots of Dakota Johnson that were taken shortly after those reports By Lainey • Aug 19, 2024 11:23 am
Style Dakota back in Ralphcore At this point, yes, I am just trolling Maria by setting her up for requests for “As Seen On Social Media”. Dakota Johnson is back on the set of Materialists in New York, rocking new outfits for Maria to source. One should be easy, it’s just classic jeans and By Sarah • Jun 06, 2024 12:28 pm
