Christopher Nolan The Odyssey in China Earlier this week, I posted about Christopher Nolan’s popularity in China. Even though his films often feature an ensemble of A-listers, including The Odyssey, for a large segment of the Chinese audience, he’s the actual superstar. Which is why almost all IMAX screens in China will be By Lainey • Jul 31, 2026 11:30 am
What Else Spider-Man Epikase I mentioned last week all the press that Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon have been doing to promote Spider-Man: Brand New Day – and that one of those interviews was with Epik High, aka Tablo, Mithra, and Tukutz. The full video just dropped today…and it’s hilarious. In By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 04:03 pm
Sandra Bullock Sandy in the City This is very exciting for those of us, and it’s not just a few, who can’t wait for Practical Magic 2. Not that we need September to be here any sooner than it needs to be, but the release of the movie in September, just after Labour Day, By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 03:04 pm
Rami Malek Rami Malek and striped shorts There were parts of the internet that were obsessed last week with photos of Rami Malek and his twin brother Sami walking around London. It’s the twin thing. People have always been fascinated by twins, especially identical twins. Duana, for example, has an unofficial PhD in twins, like she By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 12:29 pm
Scarlett Johansson Scarjo’s UK summer There was a joke going around social media after Comic-Con last weekend about Avengers: Doomsday and how big the cast is but also the OG Avengers who are coming back, like Chris Evans and Hemsworth at Steve Rogers and Thor respectively. Many jokes, actually. One of them being that By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 12:00 pm
Zoe Saldana Nicole and Zoe: Lioness 3 Lioness season three premieres next week on Paramount. This is a Taylor Sheridan show, and Taylor Sheridan is big business. And Paramount’s television business is basically Taylor Sheridan, so it’s not surprising that there are now three seasons of this series even though I’m not sure it’ By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 11:10 am
Zendaya Coleman Intro for July 30, 2026 Dear Gossips, I can’t be alone in this – like still not over Zendaya’s makeup in London last night for the final Spider-Man: Brand New Day red carpet. As I said in my post yesterday, how much more of this can we handle? It’s been relentless, it’ By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 09:45 am
What Else What’s on the playlist? Julia Roberts was in Idaho for Emma Roberts’s wedding the other day and has since been seen a few times in New York, which is also where she was before the wedding. It’s been weeks, actually. She has a home there but we don’t typically associate Julia By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 04:42 pm
Zendaya Coleman Tomdaya: at home at last? My bad, I was wrong, I’m the problem… when I said that the LA premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day would be the last because I actually thought they were already in London, and they were, but for The Odyssey, three weeks ago. There have been so many By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 03:54 pm
BTS BTS Transcends The Recording Academy introduced several new Grammy categories last month – among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, better known as the BTS Grammy. Let’s not pretend that the award wasn’t created for BTS, because as I wrote at the time, even in the description of the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 01:13 pm
Zac Efron Zac Efron’s celebrity storyline(s) Zac Efron was on holiday in Sardinia recently, seen by the pool, and it’s been a while. For someone as famous as he was in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Zac has kept a much lower profile over the last decade. But he is making interesting performance choices, By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 11:32 am
Shout-Outs Shout-Outs for July 29, 2026 Paula! It’s time! Happy Birthday from Carolina and Pedro Pascal (unofficially) but his very existence continues to be a gift. There’s also a request for Bad Bunny, and perhaps a birthday wish? For your birthday, I really do hope he eventually brings the tour to Canada. Like a By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 10:52 am
Zendaya Coleman Intro for July 29, 2026 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, in the last post of the day, I mentioned that our Kathleen, who will always be our Kathleen, and is now the Senior Content Director of Entertainment for Refinery29, has been a Tomdaya day one – relevant now because every Tomdaya fan has been feasting for weeks, first By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 10:10 am
What Else Jennifer Lopez: Holiday before college Jennifer Lopez celebrated her birthday last Friday, she’s now 57 years old. And she seems to be in a really good place. It’s a corny thing to say but it definitely applies to her – that Carrie Bradshaw quote at the end of Sex and the City: “the most By Lainey • Jul 28, 2026 04:10 pm
Kaia Gerber The Old Gossip of The Shards The Shards is a new series streaming next week on FX/Hulu/Disney+ (depending on the territory) based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel of the same name and created and produced by Ryan Murphy. Both Ryan and Bret are messy, petty bitches so it’s a perfect creative partnership. By Lainey • Jul 28, 2026 01:37 pm
Top Reads Tom and Zendaya’s Last Stop (for now) Tom Holland and Zendaya have been on a full-time press tour for a couple of months now with both The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Last night’s LA premiere was the last red carpet and they can head back inside soon… for now. Because for her By Lainey • Jul 28, 2026 12:31 pm
