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
What Else Elle’s Excellent Follow-up Elle Fanning went to the Oscars for the first time last March. She wasn’t nominated but she was part of the team in attendance for A Complete Unknown. The film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Elle will be returning to the Oscars this March and it’ By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 04:08 pm
Style Housewives and feathery furry sweaters If you were up on celebrity gossip in the 2000s, how do you feel about Rachel Zoe’s return? She was one of the first stylists who became a celebrity in her own right, by association to all the It girls of that era, and I will never not remember By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 01:43 pm
Hudson Williams Hudson in Paris and the Olympics The 2026 Winter Olympics begin two weeks tomorrow in Italy, which doesn’t seem real to me, what do you mean it’s already almost February and has it really been four years since the last time? But also it was still COVID last time, I don’t remember anything. By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 12:30 pm
Victoria Beckham The Beckhams keep it moving The Beckham family scandal has been the biggest gossip of the year so far after Brooklyn Peltz-Beckham called out his parents on Instagram stories on Monday. It was a gift to the British tabloids and the entire gossip ecosystem because this story has everything: two legacy celebrities, two nepo-babies, wedding By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 11:10 am
Rachel McAdams Intro for January 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, It’s Oscar nomination day, and we’ll have coverage about that later today. It is also BTS pre-sale day and I have been a mess about this all week. This open has been written in advance and probably by the time you read it I’ll be By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 10:01 am
