Brandi Carlile Intro for September 25, 2026 Dear Gossips, Today is a holiday in many parts of East Asia. Chinese people call it Mid-Autumn Festival, the North American equivalent would be Thanksgiving. It’s a time of gratitude and appreciation – for the harvest, for the bounty if we’re lucky, for life and what feeds us. By Lainey • Sep 25, 2026 10:11 am
What Else Verity, but no Annie The Verity premiere happened tonight in London but without Anne Hathaway who was photographed around the same time in New York. Annie would never skip out on promotion if she could help it… and there’s an obvious explanation. Air travel is typically not recommended in the final weeks of By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 04:01 pm
Taylor Swift From Taymerica to Taylorwood Taylor Swift’s new new deluxe deluxe album, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, drops tonight with four new tracks including “Patient Zero”, the lead single. The full video for “Patient Zero” will premiere at the MTV VMAs on Sunday where she will also receive the inaugural Artist Director By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 24, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that a new Gremlins movie, Gremlins 3, has been pushed back to October 2028, almost a year later than the original release date which was supposed to be November 2027. But Warner Bros did drop a teaser. It’s short, but instantly recognisable for By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 09:30 am
What Else JLo: Fellini Feline Jennifer Lopez was part of Vogue World: Milano last night, representing Dolce & Gabbana, one of the biggest Italian fashion houses. She’s been tight with D&G for years and she’s a slamdunk choice to walk a runway, particularly this runway, which was meant to be a By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 05:04 pm
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: Encore Deluxe In my post yesterday about Taylor Swift’s announcement that a new single called “Patient Zero” is incoming, I wondered whether or not the track would be “a bonus single from whatever new new deluxe deluxe version of a previous album she might be issuing”. Deluxes and variants are so By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 03:21 pm
Dolly Parton Dolly wouldn’t want this drama Obviously I didn’t know Dolly Parton. But I don’t think anyone had to have known or even met her to understand that what’s playing out in public is not what she would have wanted. And it’s such a dramatic departure from how things were handled in By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 02:21 pm
Top Reads Tom Cruise: A Royal Exception Alejandro González Iñárritu, Tom Cruise, and the cast of Digger were in London last night for the film’s world premiere. The full review embargo hasn’t yet been lifted but critics are now able to share their first reactions and that’s been one of the stories about the By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 12:37 pm
Models Intro for September 23, 2026 Dear Gossips, Anna Wintour was coming off a loss heading into Vogue World 2026: Milano which took place last night. Three weeks ago John Galliano stepped down from being the featured designer at the Costume Institute and Met Gala next year. Anna had been championing the exhibit for years and By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 10:32 am
What Else Taylor Swift’s Encore and CBK Style? There was some easter egging that came into my feed yesterday – something about a third page added when previously there were only two and Swifties were anticipating an announcement, possibly about the 20th anniversary of her debut album and/or other theories. 👀| The letter on Taylor Swift’s website now By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 04:10 pm
Sarah Pidgeon Sarah Pidgeon: Gossip, Hair, and CBK Style Sarah Pidgeon was in the gossip a few days ago when Joe Alwyn was seen hanging out in NYC with Mary Beth Barone. They went to a few bars, no actual evidence that it was more than friendly, except at one point when she was seen wearing his ballcap which By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 03:08 pm
Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence: Sunrise is coming It’s been a couple of weeks since Jennifer Lawrence decided on a random Tuesday during back-to-school week to join Instagram after saying for years that she would never – at least not publicly. It was the most JLaw way to launch JLaw on IG: sarcastic but not mean- By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, Oscar speculation about The Odyssey began the moment it opened in theatres, if not before. But the film’s box office, which has now exceeded $1.7 billion, an astonishing number for an R-rated movie, has made it Universal’s highest grossing film ever, and is definitely By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 09:22 am
What Else Timmy on a bike Timothée Chalamet was not at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening gala the other night in Los Angeles, attended by so many celebrities it seemed like it was a major award season stop, like the Oscar Academy’s Governors Awards. I’m talking about the Oscars because there’s By Lainey • Sep 21, 2026 04:03 pm
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift’s husband scores a touchdown It’s basically the three year anniversary of TNT this week – flashback to Sunday 24 September 2023, Taylor Swift showed up to watch Travis Kelce and Kansas City play against Chicago, confirming the rumours that they were dating. That was the beginning of phase one, a great gossip era, all By Lainey • Sep 21, 2026 01:26 pm
Brad Pitt Brad and Quentin double down If you’ve been reading this site over the years, from at least before the pandemic, you might remember our reaction to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood when it came out. Sarah’s review is here and it’s only gotten better over time. This paragraph By Lainey • Sep 21, 2026 11:29 am
