Royals TNT: The London Invasion Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour stop in London for three days, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, was always circled in red on the pop culture calendar. London is a major hub, and there’s the celebrity factor, but also London is where she lived during her relationship with Joe Alwyn, By Lainey • Jun 24, 2024 11:33 am
Intro for June 24, 2024 Dear Gossips, Last Friday in What Else?, linking to a story I saw at Pajiba, the game question was what film you would play on opening night if you owned your dream theatre. Over at The Squawk, the suggestions ranged from Singing in the Rain to Speed to Indiana Jones By Lainey • Jun 24, 2024 09:12 am
What Else What Else? OK this is a fun game, I love this game. Sarah! Let’s play this game! If you owned a theatre, what movie would you show on opening night? I know my answer but I’m not going to share it just yet because I want Sarah to tell me By Lainey • Jun 21, 2024 04:05 pm
Gorgessity EMMA-ly Stone, a K-pop dancer A few weeks ago, I think it was a joint interview with Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, campaigning for the Emmys for The Curse, when Nathan called her Emily or something and then everyone remembered that her real name is in fact Emily but she had to change it because By Lainey • Jun 21, 2024 01:58 pm
Relationship Assumption Bennifer in different places Jennifer Lopez was seen in Italy earlier this week while Ben Affleck was photographed in LA with his kids, adding to the speculation that a divorce announcement is imminent. We’ve been talking about this for a month now – whether or not Bennifer is over. So I’m not sure By Lainey • Jun 21, 2024 12:03 pm
Music Intro for June 21, 2024 Dear Gossips, My current favourite song has been my favourite song for less than 12 hours. But I will not be listening to anything else for days, at least. And right now, if I had a vote, it would be the Song of the Summer. I am so obsessed I By Lainey • Jun 21, 2024 09:24 am
What Else What Else? Has everyone finished Bridgerton S3 yet? Can we talk about the end and… the voice? The voice change? Whatever, I’m going for it, because it’s not like we don’t know who Whistledown is and how that was the big question mark about this season, particularly the second By Lainey • Jun 20, 2024 04:14 pm
Break Ups Jodie Turner-Smith: Single mom in a pink suit I linked to E Alex Jung’s piece on Jodie Turner-Smith for The Cut last week in What Else?, and this is where I want to start, because there’s a lot of gossip but also a lot of film and television industry insight that applies to any business, any By Lainey • Jun 20, 2024 03:23 pm
Dumbass Justin Timberlake’s mainstream clowning I just came back to my laptop after a meeting, checked in with PEOPLE.com to see if I’ve missed anything, and was surprised to see this headline at the top of their page, freshly posted at 1135am ET. We covered the Justin Timberlake social media clowning yesterday which By Lainey • Jun 20, 2024 12:55 pm
TV Updates Intro for June 20, 2024 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week Thailand’s legislature voted in favour of the marriage equity bill. It now has to go through Senate review followed by the King’s assent before it becomes law. This is basically a formality so for all intents and purposes, Thailand is the first county By Lainey • Jun 20, 2024 10:32 am
What Else What Else? TIFF announced its first slate of films for this year’s festival and Nightbitch is coming to Toronto. With just one press release, Amy Adams Oscar buzz is beginning. It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Amy Adams, but I also feel like every time Amy Adams is By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 04:49 pm
Quiveration Two Korean Kings The scream that came out of my mouth when I saw this photo of Steven Yeun and Gong Yoo in Paris at Pharrell’s latest LV presentation … It was feral. And I have no shame in saying this because these are two kings of Korean descent, both of them acclaimed By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 03:52 pm
Style Pharrell’s Olympic Collection It has been exactly a year since Pharrell’s debut collection for Louis Vuitton menswear was presented with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Zendaya, among others, in attendance. Pharrell succeeded a true fashion visionary, Virgil Abloh, in the role and since his appointment, LVMH, the parent company, has gotten what it By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 01:29 pm
Top Reads Justin Timberlake’s “do you know my name” My post yesterday about Justin Timberlake’s arrest for drinking and driving ended with a mention of Reese Witherspoon’s arrest for disorderly conduct back in 2013 (!) when she said to the officer “do you know my name?”. Sarah was editing yesterday and because she’s brilliant, she was the By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 11:43 am
Shoes Annie, at last Anne Hathaway was papped in New York yesterday, just as she was having a viral moment for her latest TikTok video. She’s only been on TikTok for a month and so far hasn’t been heavy with the content, but the three TikToks she has posted have been excellent. By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 10:25 am
Music Intro for June 19, 2024 Dear Gossips, K-pop is how we’re starting the day today. First… she’s been teasing a new single for a few days now but yesterday, Lisa gave us the date: the new single, “Rockstar”, is dropping on June 27. The comeback was made obvious earlier this month when she By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 09:27 am
