Equality Issues Racism continues to plague reality TV The current season of Real Housewives of Orange County took a dark turn in recent episodes after the show’s only non-white cast member became the target of one of the most obvious pile-ons we’ve seen in Bravo history. And if you’ve got even the slightest By Stephanie • Sep 09, 2025 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy in Sacrifice The last few years have seen a glut of “eat the rich” films—and TV shows—and Romain Gavras’s Sacrifice is another of the type. Co-written with Pulitzer-nominee Will Arbery, Sacrifice follows a clash of the rich and the idealistic, perhaps at the end of the world. By Sarah • Sep 09, 2025 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jacob Elordi is unsingle, just in time Exactly a month ago, I posted about Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade Giannulli’s breakup after PEOPLE reported it exclusively. The title of that post was “Jacob Elordi is single, just in time”. In time of course for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and, in a few months, Emerald Fennell’ By Lainey • Sep 09, 2025 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wake Up Dead Man is the creepy one As I write this, it is my final night in Toronto for TIFF and Wake Up Dead Man did not fit into my schedule. I am bereft, I am bothered, I am bemused, I am bereaved(?), I am exhausted and running out of b-synonyms. The teaser for Wake Up By Sarah • Sep 09, 2025 10:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, There are a handful of directors who are events unto themselves. Christopher Nolan, for example, is enough to sell a movie. All you need to see is his name in the credits and people are out here buying tickets a year in advance for hundreds of dollars. And By Lainey • Sep 09, 2025 09:47 am
Gorgessity Tessa Thompson was first In one of his VMAs wrap-up posts today, MC posted about how many people showed up in red at the VMAs. That was on Sunday but on Saturday, Tessa Thompson set the red standard, in my opinion anyway. Tessa is at TIFF to promote Nia DaCosta’s Hedda – the By Lainey • Sep 08, 2025 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 8, 2025 Rita Ora and Taika Waititi are reportedly working on a musical about Fyre Festival. This could legitimately be great with the right sense of humour, look how well the documentary was received. PEOPLE ran an update on Dave Grohl and Jordyn Blum, with sources saying they are “very happy” and By Maria • Sep 08, 2025 03:16 pm
Style A Very “Red” VMA Carpet The VMAs are the one award show where dressing campy and out of the box is not only the norm, it is very much encouraged. This year’s red carpet saw tons of looks but there was one colour that stood out simply due to the sheer volume of guests By MC • Sep 08, 2025 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Angelina Jolie in Couture Alice Winocour is an idiosyncratic filmmaker who has yet to work in the same genre twice. Her latest film, Couture, is an anthological drama set during Paris Fashion Week following several different women through their journeys during couture’s most important week. Written and directed by Winocour, Couture is also By Sarah • Sep 08, 2025 12:53 pm
Music Lady Gaga’s New York Minute Smack in the middle of her sold out world tour, Lady Gaga made a stop at last night’s VMAs to collect an award, and remind us all that she is still that bitch. It’s been a huge year for her after the release of her platinum-selling album By MC • Sep 08, 2025 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Sydney Sweeney in Christy TW for domestic violence Christy Salters, known for much of her career by her married name, Christy Martin, put women’s boxing on the map, and was the first “lady fighter” to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated and compete in a Pay-Per-View match. She was a champion By Sarah • Sep 08, 2025 11:45 am
Music Sabrina, Tate and MTV’s New Showgirls Similar to last year’s ceremony and almost every other award show in recent times, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards were carried by the women. From gymnastic splits to dancing with the queens, all the ladies who hit the stage at last night’s show each brought their own By MC • Sep 08, 2025 10:54 am
BFFs Mariah + Ariana: A VMA Story After 35 years in the music industry, Mariah Carey has finally won a VMA. Actually, she won two in what one could only assume is MTV’s way of apologizing for playing in her face for decades. The elusive butterfly took home VMAs for Best R&B Video for By MC • Sep 08, 2025 09:37 am
TV Updates Intro for September 8, 2025 Dear Gossips, The Creative Arts Emmys happened over a busy weekend in film, television, and music with the MTV VMAs last night, the Venice Film Festival wrapping up, the first few days of TIFF, and so much more. The Emmys are now six days away so much of the focus By Lainey • Sep 08, 2025 08:51 am
What Else Pamela Anderson gives a speech! Pamela Anderson was in Deauville today to receive the Talent Award from the festival and she gave one of the best acceptance speeches of at least the last decade, at any event. Please, if you have five minutes, watch it for yourself because she is brilliant. And she made a By Lainey • Sep 05, 2025 04:50 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 5, 2025 The Stella McCartney fall collection is called “Laptop to LapDance” with a campaign starring Eva Mendes. The show notes explained that it aimed to “explore the duality of the modern working woman—balancing structure with seduction” and the presentation was set in an office with computers and poles. It’s By Maria • Sep 05, 2025 03:02 pm
