Style Angelina: Maria and TIFF The Venice Film Festival kicks off tomorrow and one of the most highly anticipated premieres is happening on Thursday – Pablo Larraín’s Maria, starring Angelina Jolie, will screen there before Telluride, and for months people have been saying that Angelina’s performance in the film could be nominated for an By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 01:26 pm
Break Ups Ben Affleck: Kick or No Kick? As noted yesterday in my post about the changing Bennifer narrative, Page Six first broke the story on the weekend that Ben Affleck has been spending time with Kick Kennedy and they may have been hanging out since June. Which would suggest that he had no interest in making it By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 12:00 pm
Relationship Assumption Meryl & Marty: Holding Hands…but no sleepover As Sarah wrote last week, we are all shipping Meryl Streep and Martin Short. That was in her post on Friday with photos of them at the premiere, and Marty and Meryl both have said they are just friends, not dating, even though we’ve all been speculating about it By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 11:25 am
Kamala Harris Intro for August 27, 2024 Dear Gossips, In my TV colleagues group chat last Thursday, the final night of the Democratic National Convention, most of the messages my friends and I were sending back and forth were about whether or not Beyoncé would show up. As we saw, in the end, what showed up was By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 09:09 am
What Else What Else? Media isn’t easy for celebrities. Some are better at it than others, and some try hard but flop because, well, either the music isn’t good or the movie isn’t good or the message isn’t good and/or all of the above. See, for example, Katy Perry. By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 04:27 pm
Jenna Ortega A “Taste” of Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet came out last week, like a lot of other people, I had it in rotation all weekend, and it’s expected to contend for #1 on the album charts next week, right before Labour Day weekend, an end of summer vibe, no skips. By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 03:04 pm
Break Ups The Un-Bennifering Up until quite recently, the unravelling of Bennifer V2.0 has been excruciatingly slow, but also, for the most part, relatively civil. At least on Jennifer Lopez’s part. The reporting about her, and what a pain in the ass it was to be married to her, was no doubt By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 02:35 pm
Ryan Reynolds Taylor and all her friends Taylor Swift wrapped up the European leg of her tour in London last week and that led to all kinds of frenzied speculation about whether or not she and/or Beyoncé would show up at the Democratic National Convention. In the end, we were all clowns. Taylor returned home to By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 12:35 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for August 26, 2024 Dear Gossips, Back in February, around Lunar New Year, I wrote a post at The Squawk about the Year of the Dragon and Red String Theory. This particular Year of the Dragon is also known in Chinese culture as a Widow Year (it has to do with calendar math and By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 09:11 am
TV Updates Anya Taylor-Joy’s killer return Here’s Anya Taylor-Joy out for lunch with a friend yesterday in LA. It’s a perfect summer lunch outfit – striped belted shirt over shorts and flats, Dior tote, and headphones. Proper headphones. It makes me happy to see others who prefer headphones over earbuds because as I’ve said By Lainey • Aug 23, 2024 11:21 am
What Else What Else? So tonight is the night – Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention will conclude with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s nomination for president, it’s what the entire week has been building towards. And there’s been all kinds of speculation about who will show up. My By Lainey • Aug 22, 2024 04:02 pm
BFFs Everybody at the bar with Zoë There was another Blink Twice screening in New York last night ahead of its premiere on Friday. Reviews are starting to come out now and they’re solid (Sarah’s will be posted tomorrow) – like no one’s calling it a masterpiece but most are saying that Zoë Kravitz’s By Lainey • Aug 22, 2024 12:05 pm
Sports Intro for August 22, 2024 Dear Gossips, Formula 1 has been on mid-season break the last few weeks. Lewis Hamilton spent part of that time in Africa – relaxing, of course, but also learning. He shared some of those experiences on Instagram recently. And now it’s back to work. Lewis is on some good momentum By Lainey • Aug 22, 2024 09:22 am
What Else What Else? The Academy is still looking for a host for the Oscars. It’s August, they don’t need to rush, but at the same time, I’m sure the production team would like to know who they’re working with. And now a volunteer has emerged: RuPaul would like the By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 04:11 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Home and Rest Taylor Swift wrapped up the European leg of The Eras tour last night with her eighth and last show at Wembley. It’s the first time a solo artist has played the venue that many times on a single tour. And, of course, it was a record with sales, not By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 01:24 pm
Break Ups The Official End of Bennifer 2.0 After almost an entire summer of divorce speculation, yesterday’s confirmation that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s marriage is officially over couldn’t have been a surprise. If you’re a regular visitor here at LaineyGossip, you know that we’ve been bracing for it every weekend, wondering if By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 10:57 am
