Top Reads Ben and Matt in January A trailer for Joe Carnahan’s The Rip, premiering on Netflix next week, was released yesterday. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and Teyana Taylor and as Sarah noted back in September, it’s a cool looking action heist (this combination of talent generally can be counted By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 11:40 am
Music Intro for January 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, Six days into the year and we have our first sort of unexpected mashup of two celebrities you wouldn’t have predicted to collaborate: Winona Ryder and A$AP Rocky. She co-stars with him in the new video he just dropped for a track called “Punk Rocky” and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 09:47 am
What Else BTS 2026 On the first full posting day of 2026, we must begin with the biggest music story of the year so far and nothing’s really happened yet. But just the announcements have set off expectations for what will be a massive story over the next 12 months, guaranteed. And it By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 04:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Tom Brady: QB1 to cliché Is there any single celebrity man who is more DIVORCED than Tom Brady? And has anyone ever been more fun to be embarrassed for than Tom Brady? Embarrassment, typically, isn’t an enjoyable emotion. But being embarrassed for Tom Brady kinda feels… good. Here’s a recap of Tom Brady’ By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 12:01 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 5, 2026 Dear Gossips, Happy New Year! This is our first official gossip post of 2026 but you may have noticed… we did what celebrities do during the break: we tweaked our face. And some other backend body parts. The swelling has mostly gone down, we think, but there may be some By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 09:19 am
Top Reads New Year, New Look - LaineyGossip Relaunch! You may have noticed… Things look a bit different this morning, right? It’s because we’ve moved the site to a new platform. If you’re interested, we’ll get into the Show Your Work of it in an upcoming Squawk newsletter, but the idea behind the change, aside By Lainey • Jan 02, 2026 11:11 am
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise: A dark comedy, but still stunting Ever since it was revealed that Tom Cruise was starring Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film, there have been Expectations. I’ve been saying since at least back in May, well before the title of the film or even a release date had been announced, that there would be an By Lainey • Dec 19, 2025 10:59 am
What Else Jack Black is theme dressing too Not exactly the celebrity who’d come to mind first if you’re thinking about the stars theme dressing for appearances during a movie press tour but it does make sense that Jack Black would do it, because he’s never been against a stunt, and there’s not that By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 04:03 pm
Mariah Carey The #1 Queen of Christmas We say it every year during the holidays: Mariah Carey is immortal. If humanity and our planet can keep existing, Mimi will continue to exist too – in the form of her most famous song, the song that will be played in December for all the Decembers to come, long after By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 11:46 am
TV Updates Intro for December 18, 2025 Dear Gossips, I don’t want to sound smug or anything – but actually I do – but for the last few weeks, and several times already this week, I’ve been posting about how Heated Rivalry has yet to peak. One reason is because there are still people who haven’t By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 09:31 am
What Else Sabrina Carpenter has a great laugh It’s not that I hadn’t heard Sabrina Carpenter’s laugh before, but I just watched over 16 minutes of her laughing and I’m kind of in love with it. Hers is a laugh-giggle, and it’s a laugh you’d describe as “bubbly”, like it gurgles and By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 04:30 pm
Cardi B Cardi and Stefon: Yoga and a Photoshoot Cardi B and Stefon Diggs have been together for just over a year now and it’s not like it hasn’t been without drama. Model Aileen Lopera aka Lord Gisselle gave birth to daughter Charliee in April so the baby was likely conceived just before or around-ish Cardi and By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 03:09 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Gwyneth, Apple, and Emma There was another premiere in New York for Marty Supreme last night and Gwyneth Paltrow showed up in a black velvet custom Valentino and it’s luxurious and understated, which is not usually Alessandro Michele’s vibe, and I like it. This, however, is not the most interesting black dress By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 01:56 pm
Equality Issues Hudson knows skincare The Heated Rivalry comms teams are working hard, even as everyone else is slowing down for the holiday break. I can’t imagine that there’s much resentment here, though, for either the HBO publicists or the Crave publicists here in Canada because it’s not often that a show By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 12:27 pm
Rihanna Would you yell at Rihanna? Rihanna was at Mariah Carey’s show in Vegas last night. It’s not the first time RiRi has fangirled Mimi. In fact, it could be becoming an annual tradition. Because in 2024, exactly a year ago, RiRi was front row for Mimi’s show in Brooklyn and could not By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 11:02 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, The Academy announced the shortlists for nominations in 12 categories yesterday, including for the inaugural casting Oscar. Of the ten films eligible to be nominated in the casting category, nine feature female casting directors, a great start for its debut. The two films that came out with the By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 10:06 am
