Style Ingenues grown up The Variety Power of Women event happened last night, honouring Jamie Lee Curtis, Wanda Sykes, Aly Raisman, Nicole Scherzinger, Kate Hudson, and Sydney Sweeney. What stood out to me was the group shot – and specifically the way they’ve been positioned. Sydney in the middle, and Kate on one end. By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 03:22 pm
Music RM: The Modern Cultural Diplomat The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit begins tomorrow in South Korea. The forum represents “40 per cent of the world’s population and more than half of global goods trade”. Ahead of the formal start of the summit is the APEC CEO Summit, a gathering of global business leaders. It By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 01:50 pm
Sports Prince Harry actually doesn’t know her It’s been almost two weeks since Just Andrew and Buckingham Palace announced that he can keep his titles but has agreed not to use them which… is that kinda like owning a car but promising not to drive it? You still own the f-cking car – it’s the most By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 12:43 pm
Sports Intro for October 30, 2025 Dear Gossips, According to the ratings report, an average of 14% of Canadians watched Game 3 of the World Series when the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays went 18 innings. For so many of us in Canada right now, supporting the Jays is a full-time job, LOL. By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 10:05 am
What Else Sombr calls Selena If you know anyone under 20, or if you have friends who have kids under 20, chances are you’re rolling your eyes at 6-7 and “glazing” and also, you’ve heard of Sombr. Sombr has made me quite happy the last couple of days because it’s an opportunity By Lainey • Oct 29, 2025 04:01 pm
Break Ups Jacob Elordi is unsingle-ish To recap – it was reported in the summer that Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade Giannulli broke up. After Labour Day, Olivia was seen with Glen Powell in New York. Days later at the TIFF premiere of Frankenstein, Olivia arrived with Jacob wearing white, totally incognito. Since then, though, it’s By Lainey • Oct 29, 2025 01:42 pm
Sports Romantic…or horny? There is a line from the film Moneyball that comes up a lot, duh, when we’re talking about baseball: “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” Moneyball is (in part) about using data to build a baseball team, relying on analytics to find unvalued and overlooked players by By Lainey • Oct 29, 2025 12:43 pm
Style Anne Hathaway 2003 Valentino Garavani and his longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti were celebrated for their contribution to fashion last night at the WWD Honors event in New York. Valentino is now 93 years old and does not step out in public anymore so Giancarlo was there with Anne Hathaway, a longtime friend of By Lainey • Oct 29, 2025 11:45 am
Mariah Carey Intro for October 29, 2025 Dear Gossips, We are two days from October 31 and as far as I’m concerned, the only thing happening on October 31 is that there will be a World Series game played in Toronto. Whatever else is associated with that day is irrelevant to me. Given the circumstances, though, By Lainey • Oct 29, 2025 10:12 am
Celebrity Lifestyle Brands Meghan sells candles Meghan Markle revealed the As Ever 2025 holiday collection today. In addition to the jams, there are some new products, like signature scent candles that have been named after special dates in her life. Like her wedding to Prince Harry and her birthday. Thank you, Meghan, for giving me an By Lainey • Oct 28, 2025 04:27 pm
Style Jennifer Lawrence’s best profile Jennifer Lawrence is back in the Oscar mix this year after the world premiere of Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love in Cannes back in May, where she was praised for her performance as a new mother navigating rage and desire and boredom and Robert Pattinson. That was early in By Lainey • Oct 28, 2025 01:27 pm
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
