Austin Butler Austin Butler’s new co-star Joseph Kosinki’s Miami Vice ’85 is one of my most anticipated movies, like it can’t come soon enough…but it’s not coming soon at all. Originally, they had it slotted for August 2027, so just a year away. But they’ve moved it to May 2028, which By Lainey • Aug 21, 2026 10:08 am
What Else RAYE repeats her promise RAYE will be joining Bruno Mars on tour starting tomorrow in New Jersey at MetLife Stadium. While in the New York area, she was on TODAY this morning for an interview and a five-song performance. It should be illegal to sound this good in the morning and be so By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 04:37 pm
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: Campaigns and Symbols Something might be happening to do with Taylor Swift – which is basically every day for her fans who are constantly chasing clues. But it’s been popping up on social media since at least this morning which is when I saw it… A green symbol, seemingly her initials, showing up By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 04:03 pm
Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock, caregiver In celebrity reporting, the phrase “breaks their silence” is overused and often misapplied. They often refer to someone breaking their silence one day after a mega headline/situation. Or use it to describe someone who basically livestreams every day. But in Sandra Bullock’s case right now, everyone talking about By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 01:36 pm
Timothee Chalamet Timothée Chalamet: Duneman and movie concerts One of the prominent film headlines this week is about Dune: Part 3, opening in four months on December 18, because presales started the other day to see the movie in 70mm and there was so much demand that it crashed ticketing websites. Last summer it was The Odyssey selling By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 12:14 pm
Mikey Madison Intro for August 20, 2026 Dear Gossips, During the Oscar campaign for Anora, which culminated in a Best Picture win and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, we wrote about how Mikey, who was around 25 years old at the time, was moving on the award circuit the way you might expect for Gen Z – no By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 10:14 am
Harrison Ford 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
