Style Ariana Grande: Pink is back There’s been an ongoing conversation over at our Substack, The Squawk, about how quiet Wicked: For Good has been, seemingly. At least in comparison to the overload of Wickeding last year. I wrote about this in our latest mailbag newsletter – that it’s been smart of the studio to By Lainey • Oct 28, 2025 11:14 am
Sports Intro for October 28, 2025 Dear Gossips, The New York Times/Athletic yesterday published an article about World Series viewership in Canada. The Toronto Blue Jays are setting records this post season. “In a country of 41 million people, here is an astonishing statistic that highlights a shared viewing experience: Game 1 of the 2025 By Lainey • Oct 28, 2025 09:05 am
Maple Leaf Maitreyi gets a degree Shout out to our beloved Toronto girly Maitreyi Ramakrishnan who is having a time! And for you sticklers out there – yes, she’s from Mississauga… which is the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). Maitreyi posted last week that she’d graduated from York University, majoring in Human Rights and Equity Studies. By Lainey • Oct 27, 2025 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hugh and Kate hype train gets going Song Sung Blue, directed by Craig Brewer and starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute band, opens in theatres Christmas Day, the kind of tear-jerker, crowd-pleaser that’s perfect for that time of year. The film premiered at AFI Fest last night, finally. And I By Lainey • Oct 27, 2025 02:52 pm
Gorgessity Satine and her underwhelming double It was no surprise that Nicole Kidman, Ayo Edebiri, and Greta Lee walked the runway at Vogue World Hollywood last night at Paramount Studios. All three cover the current issue of American Vogue released in anticipation of the event. And all three are freshly confirmed major fashion house ambassadors – Nicole By Lainey • Oct 27, 2025 01:38 pm
Maple Leaf KP + JT: A Corn and Cheese Birthday Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are playing out basically like fanfic at this point – and I’m not mad at it, LOL. It’s just that these are the most obvious and derivative plot beats and somehow that fits these two perfectly too. Which is why, from the jump, I’ By Lainey • Oct 27, 2025 12:37 pm
Style A Saja Boy at the Fashion Show During Paris Fashion Week this past summer, at the Celine show in July, Anna Wintour made a point of asking V (aka Kim Taehyung, aka Tae), within earshot of everyone, to attend Vogue World Hollywood, knowing the impact of an appearance by any member of BTS on any event they By Lainey • Oct 27, 2025 10:42 am
Anna Wintour Intro for October 27, 2025 Dear Gossips, One of the reasons Anna Wintour stepped down as editor-in-chief of American Vogue was to focus on Vogue World, which has become a major priority for her after the Met Gala. After events in New York, London, and Paris, Vogue World took over the Paramount Studios yesterday for By Lainey • Oct 27, 2025 09:19 am
Sports JB is not at home The World Series starts tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays, with the better record, are hosting game one against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Fall Classic is a sports spectacle, so before the show, there’s going to be a show. But it’s now obvious that Major League Baseball By Lainey • Oct 24, 2025 11:34 am
Sports The Jays and the Stays You didn’t think I could go a whole day without mentioning the Toronto Blue Jays, did you? The World Series is starting in 24 hours, basically two blocks away from where I’m writing this post. My home team is in it - as the heavy underdogs, which is By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 04:02 pm
TV Updates Greta Lee’s A.I. Double This post contains spoilers for season four of The Morning Show… Greta Lee is currently starring in a movie, Tron: Ares, in which she, a human, interacts with an A.I., played by Jared Leto, who is gaining sentience and does not become malevolent. Greta Lee is also currently starring By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 11:28 am
Music Intro for October 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, All 12 of Taylor Swift’s songs from The Life of a Showgirl charted in the top 12 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in the first week of release, lead by “The Fate of Ophelia”. This is no surprise. However, in 13th position that week, right behind By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 09:15 am
Books Brie Larson is a party person Brie Larson is currently on a book tour. She and her best friend, who is also a chef and food stylist, Courtney McBroom, co-wrote a cookbook together called Party People which is out now. It’s basically recipes for every kind of party, from large gatherings to a party of By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 04:12 pm
Style Emma and Jesse: Campaigns and conspiracies Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest, Bugonia, opens in limited release this weekend and wide the following. It’s Yorgos and it’s Emma which means that there’s some expectation that this film and its performances will contend for Oscars. But also, it’s Yorgos and it’s Emma which means By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 02:54 pm
TV Updates All’s Fair …and snatched The cast of Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair was in Paris last night for the premiere and in all the group shots on their multiple red carpets thus far, it’s been Kim Kardashian who is centered…because she is the main character. And as I wrote on Substack By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 12:01 pm
Sports Intro for October 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, The jokes about Drake and Kendrick Lamar started the minute the Jays won game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night. Drake, of course, is from Toronto and Kendrick is from LA and their feud has, at this point, become monoculture. If we’re talking about musicians and By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 10:25 am
