Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh: An Empress gets her star So much of my curiosity about Chinese culture and symbolism started when I was a kid growing up in Canada watching Chinese dramas with my elders. Chinese people love costume dramas, throwing it back to the mysticism of the ancient martial arts masters or to the dynastic times, with royal By Lainey • Feb 19, 2026 01:17 pm
Royals Give us the mugshot! Biggest headline of the day for royal watchers and pop culture gossips – months after dropping his royal title, Just Andrew has been arrested in England. And he doesn’t even get a name anymore as the police confirmed that, "…we have today (19/2) arrested a man in his By Lainey • Feb 19, 2026 11:28 am
Sports Intro for February 19, 2026 Dear Gossips, It’s truly a clash of the titans tonight at the Olympics. The gold medal game in hockey, Canada vs the United States. This is the date many of us had circled on the calendar going in, the marquee matchup in the sport. Or, as Hailey Salvian noted By Lainey • Feb 19, 2026 10:13 am
What Else Amanda Seyfried: layering and producing Let’s start with Amanda Seyfried’s outfit yesterday in Paris for the premiere of The Testament of Ann Lee and I’m so obsessed with how it’s all been layered. The crop jacket over the long flared shirt over cigarette pants is suuuuchhhh good styling, credit to Elizabeth By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 04:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 18, 2026 Is this The Bear’s last season? Jamie Lee Curtis’s post implies that and five seasons would make sense. Three seasons would have been much tighter storytelling, it lost its punchiness. The real legacy of this show will be the actors: Jeremy Allen White, who went from a working By Maria • Feb 18, 2026 03:21 pm
Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman: was single, is single, and an airport coat The leading candidate for nothingburger story of the year so far goes to TMZ with their report earlier this week that there’s a wealthy man who wants to date Nicole Kidman. I’m sure there are many rich dudes who want to date Nicole Kidman, how is this news? By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 02:19 pm
Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton: Supportive, confident, and teased Formula 1 is in Bahrain for pre-season testing this week and we’ll get back to that in a minute but first let’s talk about Lewis Hamilton and his most recent social media activity. It was sports related, but not his own sport. Instead Lewis’s mind was on By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 12:19 pm
Bridgerton Bridgerton now and next Part two of season four of Bridgerton premieres on Netflix next Thursday 26 February so the cast has pretty much just been on a non-stop press tour for a month. Last night there was a masquerade ball in Madrid and it was also Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) so, naturally, By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Mandalorian and Grogu puts spectacle before character Rather than debut a new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, Disney/Lucasfilm’s great hope for summer 2026, during the Super Bowl, Disney opted to do a riff on Budweiser commercials, which did not move the needle at all. Now, though, they have dropped the official trailer, giving us By Sarah • Feb 18, 2026 10:05 am
Stephen Colbert Intro for February 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, I believe Stephen Colbert when he said last night that “I really don’t want an adversarial relationship with the network. I’ve never had one”. Stephen was addressing the situation over his interview with James Talarico from earlier this week, posted on The Late Show’s YouTube By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 09:32 am
What Else Zendaya and Rob are not The Drama Zendaya and Robert Pattinson will appear in three films together this year: The Drama, The Odyssey, and Dune 3. The Drama opens on April 3 and they’ve just done their first interview together to promote the film, covering the new issue of Interview. The accompanying photo shoot for the By Lainey • Feb 17, 2026 01:58 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 17, 2026 It’s a holiday for my people so we’re keeping it light today but not light in this post because here’s where I’m also including quick hits on some of the gossip from the long weekend. We call it Asian efficiency. Efficient, however, is not how I By Lainey • Feb 17, 2026 12:21 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: It’s Bebe’s Turn It’s been a long journey for Bebe Rexha. She’s gone from songwriter behind the scenes, to charting hits as a main act. Through it all, however, she’s never gotten the success that she is due. It’s always felt like her hits are more famous than she By MC • Feb 17, 2026 10:41 am
Jackie Chan Intro for February 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, 新年快樂! Happy New Year! May the Year of the Horse bring happiness and good health, and do I ever need it. My ma was sick last weekend, I’ve been sick this past weekend, so the most apt Lunar New Year greeting for me right now is… 龍馬精神! By Lainey • Feb 17, 2026 09:42 am
What Else Michelle Yeoh got a friend-shaped trophy Programming note: We will be dark on Monday in observance of Family Day. We’ll be back on Tuesday, February 17, with our regularly scheduled gossip. The Berlin International Film Festival is happening, and Michelle Yeoh was honored with an honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The statue is very By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sam Rockwell in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Among the many ways to classify films, they can be sorted into two groups: films in which Sam Rockwell dances, and films in which Sam Rockwell does not dance. Note that a film in which Sam Rockwell dances does not actually have to contain Sam Rockwell dancing, it can just By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 03:23 pm
