Hollywood Strike 2023 The Clooneys in Venice As mentioned yesterday, the Venice Film Festival opens tomorrow. George and Amal Clooney don’t have to go all that far to get to Venice. They spend their summers in Lake Como and when you can travel the way they do, it’s not a taxing trip. George, of course, By Lainey • Aug 29, 2023 11:22 am
Royals Intro for August 29, 2023 Dear Gossips, The British royals are carrying on the tradition set by Queen Elizabeth II and are currently in Scotland for the end of the summer. This is the first time that King Charles has been on holiday at Balmoral since he became monarch last year. Which is why, for By Lainey • Aug 29, 2023 09:30 am
What Else What Else? Did you see the video from Adele’s show in Vegas when she tells security to chill because they were trying to get one of her mega fans to sit down? Evidently the people behind the fan were complaining that they couldn’t see … and Adele was like, everybody relax, By Lainey • Aug 28, 2023 04:06 pm
Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth’s Grey Summer Gwyneth Paltrow was out for dinner last night at Mr Chow in Beverly Hills with family members, including Brad Falchuk and her son Moses, and also a group of friends. This is a classic GP dinner outfit – black low-cut tank over white belted wide-leg trousers, and sneakers. She looks chic By Lainey • Aug 28, 2023 02:20 pm
Leonardo DiCaprio Gigi, Hailey, Kendall: Models out for dinner Gigi Hadid, Hailey Bieber, and Kendall Jenner were papped out for dinner this weekend at Giorgio Baldi. Then they all hit up the Birds Streets Club, which is where Leonardo DiCaprio is known to frequent. No word if Leo was there on Saturday night but he was seen in LA By Lainey • Aug 28, 2023 12:15 pm
Kim Kardashian Bad Bunny’s Thirst Dump Bad Bunny must have thought the weekend was too boring yesterday when he decided to trend himself on social media. Because he posted an epic photo dump on IG stories and the internet woke right up. Let’s not pretend he didn’t know what he was doing. He had By Lainey • Aug 28, 2023 10:49 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 28, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Venice Film Festival will kick off this Wednesday – you’ll recall, they’d originally announced that the opening night film would be Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, starring Zendaya. Due to the Hollywood strike, Challengers was pulled from the festival and pushed back for release; it will now By Lainey • Aug 28, 2023 09:36 am
Music Miley Cyrus “Used To Be Young” As Miley Cyrus has shared recently, today, August 25, is a major anniversary for her personally and professionally. It was ten years ago on this day that she released “Wrecking Ball”, in my opinion it's her best song, and then she showed up on stage at the MTV By Lainey • Aug 25, 2023 12:30 pm
What Else What Else? I don’t hate Jennifer Lawrence’s wide leg pants but I agree with the Fug Girls that that’s not the right shoe choice. Like, I understand why she wanted some height because this style of pants is long… but the way they’ve been brought back now, it’ By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 04:01 pm
Music The Justin Timberlake Needs Nostalgia As mentioned the other day, there will reportedly be an *NSYNC reunion for the new Trolls movie as Justin’s bandmates will be making cameos in the movie and a single is on the way. There are also rumours that they might be putting together a one-time reunion concert though By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 12:03 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) The Best Chris Evans with the puppies Chris Evans is here to save your Thursday. I know the Best Chris debate is old by now and I’m not jumping in on that. But the best version of Chris Evans is when Chris Evans is with dogs. His dog, Dodger, is my favourite thing about him, the By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2023 Dear Gossips, We are getting closer and closer to festival season. The Venice Film Festival kicks off next Wednesday. The Toronto International Film Festival begins two weeks from today on September 7. It’ll be interesting to see which celebrities show up to support their films – with waivers, of course, By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 10:00 am
What Else What Else? Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the Britney-Madonna-Christina kiss at the MTV VMAs and several media outlets have published articles commemorating the anniversary. Rolling Stone, however, has the oral history from insiders who worked on the production. (Rolling Stone) We interviewed Sheryl Lee Ralph last week on The Social By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 04:00 pm
Douchebags Scooter Braun: A Gossip Mystery The Scooter Braun story is a mess… which is why I love it so much. And not for the same reason as the Swifties, who’ve been throwing a Scooter Braun is over party for days, but specifically because it’s so messy, because this gossip is so opaque, because By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 02:49 pm
Music The Return of Diddy After hinting at it for what seems like five years, Diddy announced yesterday that he’ll be releasing his first album since Press Play in 2006. The Love Album: Off the Grid will drop on September 15… with a LOT of features. We’ll get back to that in a By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 01:36 pm
BFFs Zendaya: In her erotic era In my post about Jennifer Aniston earlier this week and her profile in WSJ. Magazine ahead of the premiere of season three of The Morning Show, I mentioned how we’re starting to see the rollout of banked press opportunities during the strike. As noted in that interview, it was By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 11:44 am