We have barely posted about Michael B. Jordan this year, because that’s how MBJ prefers to manage his celebrity. Which tells you how into Lori Harvey he was, since he was never more outside than he was when they were together. And after she quit their relationship, he went back to his low-key ways. 

 

Part of that, of course, has to do with the fact that MBJ is busy, one of the busiest, most in-demand actors of his generation. So please don’t forget, in this season of Glen Powell, that Michael B. Jordan has been in the movie star game for a minute now, he just has a different style. 

For the last few months, MBJ has been working again with Ryan Coogler on an untitled “supernatural thriller” set for release next March. Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the DP on the film, who frequently collaborates with Ryan, posted on Instagram a couple of weeks ago suggesting that they’d wrapped principal photography, so MBJ may have a little down time right now… which is perhaps why he was at the opening of a new club last night called Keys in LA. These aren’t great shots of him so let me show you some better ones. 

 

Michael is an investor in AFC Bournemouth and had a hand in designing their new special edition kits for this season. I LOVE the high collar and the cherry print – I don’t know why Cherries aren’t wearing cherries all the time, it’s so cute! 

God is he so stupidly hot. 

 

Anyway, you know who else was at Keys last night? Leah Kateb, from Love Island, aka the buzziest show of summer 2024. Leah, Serena Page, and JaNa Craig aka PPG (Powerpuff Girls) have emerged as the most popular cast members, as all three have now exceeded one million followers on Instagram, with Leah currently actually at 2.5 million. TikTok is obsessed with PPG – in fact, fans of Love Island are probably more invested in this friendship between these three girls than any romances on the show. 

 

And it’s not just fans, it’s celebrities. Leah confirmed the other day that so many celebrities have been sliding into her DMs. Also, athletes. 

“The amount of NBA players that are bothering me at the moment is like, stay away from me,” Kateb said, making an “X” with her fingers. “Gracie Abrams hit me up. We’re now besties.”

 

LOLOLOLOLOL, if you don’t watch Love Island, that quote is obnoxious. If you watch Love Island, you understand that obnoxious is why we are here! Leah is bonkers, all drama and emotion and temper but also sweet with her friends and willing to take accountability (later) when she’s been an asshole. She is GREAT TV, and it’s why she’s become so famous, even among the famous. Like Kim Kardashian is all over her right now. I’m telling you, PPG are going to star in a SKIMS campaign. 

Anyway, seeing Leah getting papped and mobbed at the club last night, and MBJ trying to head inside all undercover made me want to Gossip Genie this situation, don’t yell at me, Kathleen, I said what I said. Give us a Creed x Love Island crossover! Are you into it? Let's Squawk! (app link here)