Shout-Outs Shout-Outs for July 20, 2026 Carolina! Happy Birthday from Paula who tells me your “latest crush” is Josh O’Connor… girl, same. You’ve just given me an excuse to post some more photos of him and his fits from the Disclosure Day press tour because I wasn’t able to get it while it By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 20, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was a weekend for the pop culture gods. The World Cup, of course, is the Olympus of sport – and since the final was set in the United States, the event brought together global superstars from almost every entertainment stream, from football to music to movies and television By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 09:08 am
Shout-Outs for July 17, 2026 Happy Birthday MacKenzie! It’s a milestone and for me it’s been so fun, so I’m wishing the same for you. Heather tells me that as best friends the two of you have been talking sh-t together here for 15 years. So this one is from our By Lainey • Jul 17, 2026 09:30 am
What Else Adele: Movies, Fashion, and Football Adele was photographed the other day in Sardinia, hanging out with Tom Ford. She’s been spending a lot of time with him lately, not only because they are friends but because, for a while there, he was also her boss. Tom’s next film is Cry to Heaven, based By Lainey • Jul 14, 2026 04:03 pm
Christopher Nolan Odyssey Colour Coordination Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, and Tom Holland were all seen coordinating but separately yesterday in New York on various press commitments to promote The Odyssey, opening this coming Friday. The film has already broken IMAX sales records. I saw it in IMAX and loved it in IMAX – I mean it’ll By Lainey • Jul 14, 2026 11:42 am
BTS BTS is “good enough” About a month ago, Duana sent me a text asking me, “Have you heard about du bist gut genug?” I tapped back a question mark, huh? Her reply: “The new hit with the kids. German.” With a video of an impossibly catchy and borderline annoying beat. “Du bist gut genug” By Lainey • Jul 14, 2026 10:33 am
Ariana Grande Intro for July 14, 2026 Dear Gossips, Ariana Grande played the first of five shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn last night and while there was a brief audio issue, the most gossip-notable moment from the concert happened during “thank u, next”. You’ll recall, this is the song where she lists off all By Lainey • Jul 14, 2026 09:08 am
What Else Timothée: Villain but not father Timothée Chalamet was papped at breakfast in LA this weekend and I appreciate it because he was all over my timeline this weekend and now I have photos to go along with the story. Every month where Timmy and Kylie Jenner are concerned, they’re either getting married or they’ By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 05:18 pm
Taylor Swift The TNT Puppy? Forget the wedding, the most exciting TNT development of the year is that they have a dog, confirming what Swifties have been speculating about for months. Apparently, back in March, Taylor Swift was seen in the car with a white dog and then, from leaked footage of the wedding at By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 03:40 pm
Zendaya Coleman Zendaya is the Teacher’s Pet Do the kids still use this expression? If not, the teacher’s pet is the teacher’s favourite, a label assigned to one student by the other students who believe that the teacher’s pet can do no wrong in the teacher’s eyes. Back in my day, we’d By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 12:20 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event. But let’s start By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 13, 2026 Dear Gossips, This weekend marked the 25th anniversary of the release of one of the most iconic films in Hong Kong cinematic history and a comedy that’s well-known around the world. Probably most people who play soccer know this movie: Shaolin Soccer, directed by and starring Stephen Chow. By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 09:19 am
What Else Forever Melanie C This one goes out to our site manager, Emily, who I’m sure has already seen these photos of Melanie C aka Sporty Spice, in London tonight at the Nordoff and Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards looking healthy and happy and fit as f-ck forever. Which she humble-flexed By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 04:03 pm
Cardi B Cardi B: The Best Kind of Heatwave The heat has been an issue during Paris Fashion Week but here’s a heat story that has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with gossip… good gossip. The gossip that’s been lighting up so many timelines and algorithms has to do with Cardi B By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 03:14 pm
Anya Taylor-Joy Anya continues the Canadian trend The trend is Canadian authors and their books being adapted into successful streaming series. It hasn’t even been a year and already there are three high-profile shows that have taken up a lot of cultural space. Of course the loudest among them is Heated Rivalry, which premiered last By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 12:08 pm
Margaret Qualley “Break free and leave us in ruins” If you gather together all the rumours about Jack Antonoff, the reputational portrait that can be pieced together by Lena Dunham’s anecdotes and, of course, the social media projections that have infested our timelines, Taylor Swift’s “tolerate it” from the evermore album might work as the soundtrack for By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 10:54 am
