What Else Greta and the Fleece In her Celebrity Social Media column today, Maria mentioned Rihanna’s reaction to Jonathan Anderson’s first haute couture collection as creative director for Dior. And it’s not just Rihanna, the fashion community is losing its mind, as they should. I know I’m partial to Jonathan Anderson but By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 04:03 pm
Heated Rivalry Hudson Williams: Wonderland with Sophie I’m sorry, I know I already posted about Heated Rivalry today, but this is just how it is now. Every few hours there’s another update because the show is so BIG and Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie are experiencing the kind of instant stardom that doesn’t seem By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 03:11 pm
Style Kate plus Diane and Norman Kate Hudson has now been nominated in the best actress category for a SAG, BAFTA, and Oscar for her performance in Song Sung Blue. She is not a favourite to win – right now Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner and if there’s a dark horse in the race it would By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 01:34 pm
TV Updates Alex, Marcello, and the SNL cast Alexander Skarsgård is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend for the first time and it’s the 1000th episode. The show commemorates seasons but not usually episode counts so it’s a standard Saturday but maybe they’ll give it a little something extra. Alex has been on an unhinged By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 12:47 pm
Style Heated Rivalry Saint Laurent Connor Storrie was wearing Saint Laurent when he presented with Hudson Williams at the Golden Globes a few weeks ago. And he was in Paris last night at the Saint Laurent show. Wearing the f-ckingggg sh-tttt out of this tan suit and the yellow blouse and the sleeves rolled up By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 11:11 am
Music Intro for January 28, 2026 Dear Gossips, The Grammy Awards are happening on Sunday and Alex Cooper has released a special two-hour podcast episode, “Alex Cooper Presents: A Grammys Special (ft. Rosé)”, that just dropped today. Rosie takes Alex to several places in Asia, from Tokyo to Seoul, where her recording studio was turned into By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 09:41 am
What Else The Princess Braid Kate Middleton often makes headlines for nothingburger fashion stories advanced by the British media because they’re constantly trying to pump her up so they can put Meghan Sussex down. She’ll step out in a new coat and they’ll be all like, Princess Kate inspires new trench coat By Lainey • Jan 27, 2026 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth is not the story My favourite post from Sarah last week, because we need to find the laughs where we can, was about the new trailer for the He-Man movie that’s trying not to be the He-Man movie, Masters of the Universe, which looks so f-cking goofy, I’m actually into it. And By Lainey • Jan 27, 2026 12:14 pm
Nicole Kidman Will Nicole Kidman run wild? It was last fall when news broke that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban had broken up. According to most of the reporting, Keith was the one who wanted out, Nicole had been trying to work on their relationship, and she was also the one spending the most time with their By Lainey • Jan 27, 2026 11:17 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 27, 2026 Dear Gossips, The BAFTA nominations were announced this morning, hosted by David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood. There is overlap between the British Academy and the Oscar Academy, so not only are the BAFTAs themselves considered prestigious, the BAFTAs can be useful for predicting how the Oscars might swing. Not By Lainey • Jan 27, 2026 09:22 am
What Else The Love Stories in February Heated Rivalry is the love story that has dominated pop culture for weeks, from before the holidays, through the holidays, and now a month into 2026. Next month, February, is themed around Valentine’s Day and we have multiple contenders trying to take the romance crown from the horny gay By Lainey • Jan 26, 2026 04:07 pm
Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde: A double sex comeback Olivia Wilde’s feature directorial debut, Booksmart, was a warmly received comedy back in 2019. She took a swing, opening it wide in the summer, and it did not pay off at the box office but the people who saw the movie loved the movie. And it was a promising By Lainey • Jan 26, 2026 02:26 pm
Victoria Beckham The Beckhams, as usual Exactly a week ago today, Brooklyn Beckham made his case to the public, with a multi-frame post on Instagram stories explaining why his relationship with his parents has been fractured, blaming them for everything, from his mental health issues related to his upbringing, accusing them of putting brand before parenting, By Lainey • Jan 26, 2026 12:24 pm
Heated Rivalry The Horniest Olympians New week, same thirst… You didn’t actually think the Heated Rivalry hype was over, did you? Canada is actually the main character right now – in politics, in climate (hello snow), in pop culture, as Crave’s original series continues to be a conversation. I just read an article over By Lainey • Jan 26, 2026 10:24 am
Kelly Marie Tran Intro for January 26, 2026 Dear Gossips, Hello from Toronto, currently the snow capital of Canada, where our record-breaking snowfall yesterday made headlines beyond our borders. I shoveled for three hours yesterday and at one point, after getting through a section of the sidewalk, I looked back 15 minutes later to see that at least By Lainey • Jan 26, 2026 09:44 am
Award Season Campaigning Teyana Taylor: Host, Nominee, and “Bernadine” Teyana Taylor received her first Oscar nomination yesterday for her performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills in One Battle After Another. She’s contending for Best Supporting Actress, and this is looking like an actual race between Teyana and Amy Madigan when, just before the holidays, it was thought that Teyana By Lainey • Jan 23, 2026 01:18 pm