Quiveration Zoë and Austin: Sexy, incoming Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler were both seen in New York yesterday, separately, ahead of the release of Caught Stealing on August 29. I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on the box office considering that’s Labour Day weekend, traditionally not exactly a promising time By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 03:16 pm
Style Ariana Madix and the best hair clips Ariana Madix is making the rounds in New York right now and so are most of the cast members from Love Island USA S7 because they’re filming the reunion episode this week which will then air on Peacock and Crave in Canada on August 25. And considering how f-cking By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 01:53 pm
Music TNT Tuesday Those clues yesterday did actually lead to something for Taylor Swift. But it turns out, August 12 isn’t just about her. Not only did she confirm that she’s releasing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Travis Kelce’s podcast, he covers the September issue of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 12:28 pm
Music Intro for August 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, Started the day yesterday talking about “Golden”, from the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack and whether or not it could reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ended the day with the confirmation: “Golden” has indeed topped the chart, adding to the movie’s ever-growing list of surprise achievements. By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 09:45 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Rocky’s plus one Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright, opens in theatres this Friday before streaming on Apple TV+. The cast is doing some press right now ahead of the theatrical release and there will also be a red carpet premiere in New York. This, presumably, is By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 04:09 pm
Music Taylor Swift: What’s Orange? The Taylor Swift metaverse is not a quiet space. Even when Taylor’s silent, her fans are reading into whatever invisible signals they perceive that she’s sending out into the universe. And when she does post, or step out wearing a certain shoe or jacket, Swifties obsessively analyse whether By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 03:07 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Jennifer Aniston: A New Vanity Fair My last essay at The Squawk two weeks ago was about the 20th anniversary of Jennifer Aniston’s Vanity Fair cover story for the September 2005 issue which has become mythological for its place in gossip history. I have a thing about milestones, particularly gossip milestones, and I’m pretty By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 02:14 pm
Music Sydney Sweeney & MGK’s non-answer Back in the spring, Sydney Sweeney’s love life was making headlines because she did not end up getting married in May and instead was seen in Vegas flirting with Machine Gun Kelly whose relationship issues are even messier. He and Megan Fox have been on and off for years By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 12:38 pm
Music Intro for August 11, 2025 Dear Gossips, New week, new check-in on the question I’ve been asking rhetorically for almost two months now: has Kpop Demon Hunters peaked yet? The answer is no, not even close. The movie Netflix’s biggest animated original film of all time. The soundtrack is holding at #2 on By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 09:21 am
Break Ups Jacob Elordi is single, just in time There’s been some speculation the last few weeks about the status of Jacob Elordi’s relationship with Olivia Jade Giannulli, who’ve been together, on and off, since 2021. Then yesterday, PEOPLE with the exclusive that they recently broke up which isn’t all that surprising. She’s 25, By Lainey • Aug 08, 2025 11:30 am
Shout-Outs August 8, 2025 - Shout-Outs In Chinese culture, today is the luckiest day of the year – the 8th day of the 8th month – so with all that luck in mind, I’m sending it to you, Andrew, as you prepare for the fifth time (!) to #RideForSickKids. You show up for the hospital year after year By Lainey • Aug 08, 2025 09:45 am
What Else Nicola is “hiding” These shots of Nicola Peltz-Beckham hiding her face from the paps made me laugh because… well… since when? A few days ago, we were all treated to the news that she and Brooklyn had renewed their vows, after three long ass years of marriage, when PEOPLE reported “exclusively” on the By Lainey • Aug 07, 2025 04:06 pm
Style Katie, Joshua, Constance, and peplum The pap shots almost every day from the set of Katie Holmes’s Happy Hours, in which she’s directing and co-starring with Joshua Jackson, make it seem like this film is entirely exteriors. Here are some more pictures of Katie and Josh in a scene with Constance Wu the By Lainey • Aug 07, 2025 02:07 pm
BFFs Jen and Jim keep doubling Jennifer Aniston’s relationship with Jim Curtis, the hypnotist, has been public for almost a month now, after they were seen on holiday in Mallorca with Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka. This week they’ve been in New York, and when I say “they”, I mean all of them – Jen, By Lainey • Aug 07, 2025 11:36 am
Amazingness Intro for August 7, 2025 Dear Gossips, It’s not unusual for celebrities to spend part of the summer, sometimes all summer, on a yacht in the Mediterranean. This year, however, it was noteworthy how many celebrities were on one particular yacht: the Luminara. That was when all the gossip about Sofia Vergara and Tom By Lainey • Aug 07, 2025 09:31 am
What Else This is Julia I had no idea that these were pictures of Julia Fox when I first saw them. Initially, in thumbnail, I thought maybe Lana Del Rey? Then I looked at the caption and read “Julia Fox” and I was like… no, for real? For real. This is Julia Fox and of By Lainey • Aug 06, 2025 04:02 pm
