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
Baby and Bump Obsession Mimi Time: Teens and Dolls Mariah Carey performed at Brighton Pride this weekend and she’s still in England, seen today heading to a promotional engagement in London. Mimi has always been a 2SLGBTQ+ ally and she put that support on her body this weekend, wearing a custom “Protect The Dolls” jacket and promising that By Lainey • Aug 06, 2025 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal in the random collaboration Jake Gyllenhaal was photographed in Bristol, Rhode Island yesterday on the set of M Night Shyamalan’s new film Remain. More on this in a moment, but first let’s talk about Jake because he’s just been nominated for his first Emmy for his performance in Presumed Innocent. I’ By Lainey • Aug 06, 2025 12:07 pm
Relationship Assumption Intro for August 6, 2025 Dear Gossips, Last week’s surprise, come out of nowhere, possible summer romance was Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau who went for a walk and dinner and drinks in Montreal, and then the next day he showed up at her concert. Katy performed in Toronto last night, the first of By Lainey • Aug 06, 2025 09:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jeremy Allen White poses hard Jeremy Allen White was in New York yesterday for a photo shoot and it definitely wasn’t low-key. They had him blocked off by metal barricades in the middle of Times Square, presumably posing for a magazine ahead of the release of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere which opens on By Lainey • Aug 05, 2025 10:07 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna: Soon but not yet It’ll be a big story when Rihanna gives birth to her third child. And since she’s been so visible during all three of her pregnancies, and it seems like she’s getting close, whenever she’s not seen for a few days, people wonder if the baby has By Lainey • Aug 01, 2025 12:04 pm
Style Jude Law before the festival Jude Law was photographed in London on Wednesday after a meeting and it’s been a while since Jude was on the contact sheets, though it used to be a regular occurrence. But we might be seeing a lot more of Jude in the coming weeks and months because he’ By Lainey • Aug 01, 2025 10:08 am