Top Reads #VeniceStrong Well it’s finally happening. The wedding of the year? This isn’t even the wedding of the weekend. There’s been a steady stream of breathless reporting around Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos, two glasses of curdled milk, but nothing substantive has leaked so I’m making a few By Maria • Jun 26, 2025 11:45 am
Equality Issues Keke muses on power, money, and love Keke Palmer recently drew attention to a double standard that exists for women with wealth and power, which doesn’t appear to exist for the male counterparts of those women. During a conversation with Bevy Smith on Sirius XM, Keke pointed out that there is a sense of pressure placed By Stephanie • Jun 25, 2025 12:35 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen on Social Media: Oprah's denim, Amy Poehler’s mystery sweatshirt Oprah’s MOTHER moment I was happy to get this request because it lines up with a new purchase that I hate to admit I love: Mother Denim. These jeans are everywhere right now, the same way Current/Elliot, JBrand, 7s, Citizens of Humanity, Frame and Slvrlake have all had By Maria • Apr 16, 2025 01:37 pm
Royals Intro for December 5, 2024 Dear Gossips, Prince Harry was in New York yesterday at The New York Times' 2024 DealBook Summit in conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin. The big headline today is what he said when asked about the British tabloids making it a big issue lately that he and Meghan Markle are By Lainey • Dec 05, 2024 10:22 am
Oprah Winfrey Intro for September 20, 2024 Dear Gossips, Every American presidential election cycle is the most consequential election of our lifetimes, and also a chance for people to insist that celebrity endorsements don’t matter, and yet politicians keep trotting out celebrities who support them. Case in point: last night Kamala Harris held a rally in By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 09:19 am
Oprah Winfrey Intro for September 18, 2024 Dear Gossips, Oprah made a surprise appearance last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It was National Voter Registration Day and Oprah was there to encourage Americans to exercise the “privilege and power” of their vote. One week ago today we were talking about Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President By Lainey • Sep 18, 2024 09:14 am
Gorgessity Oprah Ultraviolets at the Golden Globes Okay, here’s a thought experiment: We’re always told that A-listers (or really, their stylists) confer with fashion houses before the major awards shows, securing looks their clients can wear at the myriad events awards season brings – and as we know, there’s a scramble to make sure the By Duana • Jan 08, 2024 01:56 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Color Purple Fashion The big Hollywood premiere of The Color Purple happened last night and… the fashion that this cast and Oprah have been throwing down, my GOD. Let’s start with the Mighty O because we saw her kill it in purple at the Academy Museum Gala last weekend and she was By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 02:34 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 4, 2023 Dear Gossips, Well it’s crunch time now. About two weeks to go before Hollywood wraps it up for the year and everything slows down for the holidays and there’s so much to make up for after the strike and it’s award season and it’s suuuuuch a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 09:00 am
Business of Hollywood The Movie Star Donations Dwayne The Rock Johnson made headlines last week for his “historic” seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation which, understandably, is especially in need right now during the work stoppage. Courtney B Vance, the Foundation’s president, told Variety this week that: “…the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 By Lainey • Aug 04, 2023 10:37 am
TV Updates Quinta Brunson: The Anointing That’s what Duana called it over text last night when she messaged me about this. She used all-caps. And then followed up with, “It is an anointing!” Duana was referring to the announcement yesterday that … well… I mean the post says it all: Quinta is getting her own Oprah By Lainey • Nov 15, 2022 12:19 pm
TIFF 2022 Coverage Intro for September 13, 2022 Dear Gossips, So the Emmys last night… Not sure about you but it was a weird one and maybe some of that had to do with the timing? They happened a week earlier than usual this year, and on a Monday, and basically at the same time as everything else. By Lainey • Sep 13, 2022 04:48 am
Top Reads Adele’s One Night Only… Emmy? Adele already has an Oscar for Best Song. She has multiple Grammys. So she’s halfway to EGOT, and by this time next year, she could also be an Emmy winner, because she co-executive produced her primetime special Adele One Night Only which aired last night and she should submit By Lainey • Nov 15, 2021 09:54 am
Top Reads Adele and Oprah Adele was courtside at the Lakers game with Rich Paul on Tuesday night. It’s not the first time they’ve been seen at a basketball game. It was a big story back in the summer when she and Rich showed up during the playoffs and confirmed their relationship. Adele By Lainey • Oct 21, 2021 01:21 pm
Top Reads Prince Harry and the Success of The Me You Can’t See Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry’s Apple TV+ docuseries, The Me You Can’t See, premiered last week and since then there’s been headline after headline about how Harry talks about his past, about his family, and about breaking the cycle of silence with respect to mental health. Critics By Lainey • May 26, 2021 12:56 pm
Royals Prince Harry on Armchair Expert Thanks for all your emails last week about Prince Harry’s appearance on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s podcast Armchair Expert. It was over an hour and a half so I banked it for the weekend and probably it was the same for others, so now that people have By Lainey • May 17, 2021 02:17 pm
