Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media for January 24, 2025 Substack is social media, right? Today is mailbag day over on our Substack, The Squawk. And I write about a situation we might be sleeping on related to the Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Justin Baldoni mess. Sorry to be that person but it’s juicy. The mailbag is free By Lainey • Jan 24, 2025 02:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mikey Madison, an Oscar mystery Mikey Madison was making the press rounds in New York yesterday just after it was announced that she was nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her performance in Anora. This, too, is part of campaign strategy – make sure to get the candidate right out there, front and centre, By Lainey • Jan 24, 2025 11:04 am
What Else What Else? Really enjoying how Michelle Yeoh is playing with hair these days, experimenting with colour and wigs. I love the latest – a severe look on her with the blunt cut and those bangs, it works with the dress and the eye makeup. And as the Fug Girls say, makes her look By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 23, 2025 Sarah covered the Oscar nominations earlier today and as mentioned Emilia Pérez leads with the most. I don’t love the film either….but two things can be true: the film might not be your favourite and it’s amazing that Karla Sofía Gascón is now the first trans actress By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 03:40 pm
Books Naomi Watts dares to say it There was a time, not too long ago, when women would try to talk to the media about menopause and nobody would pick up the phone, answer the email, check their DMs, whatever. This is why there’s been so much confusion and fear, and also shame and embarrassment, about By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 01:54 pm
TV Updates Are all the Timmys coming too? This post was written before the Oscar nominations and by the time you read it, Timothée Chalamet will likely have received his second Oscar nom for his work in A Complete Unknown. He will then have the opportunity to get right in Oscar voters’ faces this week as the host By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 09:37 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, Already bracing for whatever surprises and possible snubs that are coming later this morning when the Oscar nominations are announced. Every year there are shifts in momentum but this year’s swings seem more pronounced. Like at the beginning of the month, which was only three weeks ago, By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 09:13 am
What Else What Else? Totally agree with the Fug Girls here – a French buddy comedy starring Isabelle Huppert and Marion Cotillard? Yes. Please. Make it. Now. Also I love her in this Chanel dress. (Go Fug Yourself) People are sharing life hacks online – I think I’ve already shared mine about the wet paper By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 22, 2025 Taking over for Maria today… New year, and can we get through it without rumours about Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade? She posted about his birthday a few days ago and then yesterday another video tribute to him. With a shot of them kissing. Nothing to see here! Blinks were By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling at Lightspeed This is a post about an upcoming Star Wars movie and, ordinarily, that checks two of Sarah’s boxes: movies, in general, and Star Wars specifically. Sarah, however, is busy, so I get to do the Star Wars business but it’s not really Star Wars business here, it’s By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 02:48 pm
Style Streetwear and Stars at Louis Vuitton The Louis Vuitton show kicked off Paris Fashion Week yesterday as Pharrell Williams partnered with his longtime friend, Nigo, for the new collection. You may not recognise Nigo, the name or the face, but you know the brand he founded over 30 years ago: Bape, aka A Bathing Ape. And By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 01:45 pm
Douchebags Blake v Justin: The Video Assumption move In my post last week, after Justin Baldoni formally filed his lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, I called it a “Lawsuit for Gossip” and here’s how I ended that article – sorry to quote myself: “… prior to the Depp-Heard trial, audio recordings were leaked online that were then By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 11:35 am
Royals Intro for January 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, A win today for Prince Harry today as it was announced that he’s agreed to a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers in his lawsuit accusing them of information hacking and invasion of privacy. There has been speculation about a settlement over the last few By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 09:42 am
What Else What Else? I did not watch the hell that happened yesterday in Washington, DC, though I’ve read enough about it to know all the f-cksh-t that was said and done, including deplorable hand gestures. The celebrity angle here? Well, one of them is Carrie Underwood and I’m not sure why By Lainey • Jan 21, 2025 04:06 pm
TV Updates Kristen Stewart: Blonde Vampire? Kristen Stewart was papped for the first time this year the other day with fiancée (maybe wife now? She’s so low-key that if they got married, quietly, no one would know) Dylan Meyer. She and Dylan aren’t just partnered in their personal life, they’re also business partners. By Lainey • Jan 21, 2025 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland: What “the lead” means Tom Holland was trending on socials yesterday after some accounts picked up a story about him being “the lead” in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, The Odyssey. The assumption was that he would be playing Odysseus, and from there the ensuing reaction ranged from complaining to confusion. Let’s back By Lainey • Jan 21, 2025 02:30 pm
