Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 12, 2025 Saw the photos of Joshua Jackson and Simone Ashley and immediately ran to see if they follow each other on Instagram and they do not (at the time of writing). Which kind of makes me think they are even more of a thing than we are seeing. Have you seen By Maria • Aug 12, 2025 03:51 pm
Quiveration Zoë and Austin: Sexy, incoming Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler were both seen in New York yesterday, separately, ahead of the release of Caught Stealing on August 29. I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on the box office considering that’s Labour Day weekend, traditionally not exactly a promising time By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 03:16 pm
Style Ariana Madix and the best hair clips Ariana Madix is making the rounds in New York right now and so are most of the cast members from Love Island USA S7 because they’re filming the reunion episode this week which will then air on Peacock and Crave in Canada on August 25. And considering how f- By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 01:53 pm
Music TNT Tuesday Those clues yesterday did actually lead to something for Taylor Swift. But it turns out, August 12 isn’t just about her. Not only did she confirm that she’s releasing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Travis Kelce’s podcast, he covers the September issue of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 12:28 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Double Albums In a time when streaming has made full-length albums somewhat disposable to the casual music listener, there’s always appreciation for the artists who still put in the time and effort to sequence an entire body of work in a traditional album format. Bryson Tiller is taking that chance By MC • Aug 12, 2025 11:11 am
Music Intro for August 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, Started the day yesterday talking about “Golden”, from the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack and whether or not it could reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ended the day with the confirmation: “Golden” has indeed topped the chart, adding to the movie’s ever-growing list of surprise By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 09:45 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Rocky’s plus one Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright, opens in theatres this Friday before streaming on Apple TV+. The cast is doing some press right now ahead of the theatrical release and there will also be a red carpet premiere in New York. This, presumably, is By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 11, 2025 Reasonable Doubt is adding Lori Harvey to the cast, and at least one new viewer. (It’s Jacek.) The Beckhams are on their annual yacht vacation, minus a few members. That doesn’t seem to be slowing down the festivities or the family photos. Meanwhile, the Peltz-Beckhams couldn’t By Maria • Aug 11, 2025 03:34 pm
Music Taylor Swift: What’s Orange? The Taylor Swift metaverse is not a quiet space. Even when Taylor’s silent, her fans are reading into whatever invisible signals they perceive that she’s sending out into the universe. And when she does post, or step out wearing a certain shoe or jacket, Swifties obsessively analyse whether By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 03:07 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Jennifer Aniston: A New Vanity Fair My last essay at The Squawk two weeks ago was about the 20th anniversary of Jennifer Aniston’s Vanity Fair cover story for the September 2005 issue which has become mythological for its place in gossip history. I have a thing about milestones, particularly gossip milestones, and I’m pretty By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 02:14 pm
Music Sydney Sweeney & MGK’s non-answer Back in the spring, Sydney Sweeney’s love life was making headlines because she did not end up getting married in May and instead was seen in Vegas flirting with Machine Gun Kelly whose relationship issues are even messier. He and Megan Fox have been on and off for years By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 12:38 pm
Music This Is Real, This Is Demi + Joe The Jonas Brothers kicked off their 52-city Greetings from Your Hometown tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last night and pulled out all the stops you could think of. Jesse McCartney even came out halfway through for a rendition of “Beautiful Soul”. With a rich setlist of 30+ By MC • Aug 11, 2025 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia Garner in Weapons In 2022 Zach Cregger, alum of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kid U’Know, wrote and directed Barbarian, a horror film with a Big Twist that became a sleeper hit and set the bar for Cregger as not just a comedy guy, but a genre director Of Note. Now he’ By Sarah • Aug 11, 2025 10:28 am
Music Intro for August 11, 2025 Dear Gossips, New week, new check-in on the question I’ve been asking rhetorically for almost two months now: has Kpop Demon Hunters peaked yet? The answer is no, not even close. The movie Netflix’s biggest animated original film of all time. The soundtrack is holding at #2 By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 09:21 am
What Else Conan O’Brien goes For as famous as he is, and as easily spotted, Conan O’Brien doesn’t get papped much. But he was photographed at LAX today, the photos are labelled in part, “Conan O’Brien channels Indiana Jones” because of the leather jacket/hat combo. I am confused about the weather By Sarah • Aug 08, 2025 04:04 pm
TV Updates Wednesday gets a deeper mystery and a bigger cast After an almost three-year hiatus, Wednesday is back with the further adventures of Wednesday Addams at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters Nevermore Academy. The first season has plenty of style and Jenna Ortega’s outstanding performance as Wednesday, but, well, it never really beats the allegations of creative By Sarah • Aug 08, 2025 03:41 pm
