Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 7, 2026 Dear Gossips, Even though Timothée Chalamet was the Critics Choice for best actor the other night, prognosticators don’t seem convinced that he’s the favourite for the Oscar. As Sarah noted in her post about Timmy’s win, the Academy has been reluctant to award younger actors in this By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 09:40 am
What Else Sydney Sweeney: a good end and a better beginning Last year was up and down for Sydney Sweeney. Started off great, ended her engagement, then controversy in the summer, with a string of flops at the box office, but then a rebound at the end of the year with The Housemaid which did very good business during the holidays. By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 04:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 6, 2026 Yesterday we didn’t get a chance to talk about the holiday Beckham messiness, which is the “unfollowing” that, according to Cruz Beckham, was actually a block by Brooklyn. Prior to the block, Victoria had been liking Brooklyn’s posts. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝓃𝒾𝒸𝑜𝓁𝒶 (@nicolaannepeltzbeckham) By Maria • Jan 06, 2026 02:56 pm
Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart’s directorial confidence Kristen Stewart was on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night to promote her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, in select theatres now. One of the things I clocked that she said during the interview was when they were talking about the holidays and New Year’s Eve and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 01:30 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heart & Soul The new year has arrived and new music is rolling out in full force including the comeback of an R&B giant. Jill Scott first burst onto the scene in 2000 with her iconic album Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 which helped usher in a By MC • Jan 06, 2026 12:34 pm
Top Reads Ben and Matt in January A trailer for Joe Carnahan’s The Rip, premiering on Netflix next week, was released yesterday. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and Teyana Taylor and as Sarah noted back in September, it’s a cool looking action heist (this combination of talent generally can be counted By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 11:40 am
Music Intro for January 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, Six days into the year and we have our first sort of unexpected mashup of two celebrities you wouldn’t have predicted to collaborate: Winona Ryder and A$AP Rocky. She co-stars with him in the new video he just dropped for a track called “Punk Rocky” and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 09:47 am
What Else BTS 2026 On the first full posting day of 2026, we must begin with the biggest music story of the year so far and nothing’s really happened yet. But just the announcements have set off expectations for what will be a massive story over the next 12 months, guaranteed. And it By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 5, 2026 Ooooh Ashley Tisdale dropped a little nugget for The Cut, writing about breaking up with her “toxic” mom group. In December of 2024, PEOPLE ran a story about Hilary Duff’s mom group which included Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor and… Ashley Tisdale. Early 2026 tea involving legacy teen-to-adult stars, this By Maria • Jan 05, 2026 03:02 pm
TV Updates Stranger Things: Watchable Nostalgia Bait The final season of Netflix's Stranger Things is still watchable despite its empty narrative and excruciating exposition-driven plot By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 02:00 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Pitt crew at the CCAs Let The Pitt’s reign begin, after winning multiple Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series, The Pitt picked up more trophies at the Critics Choice Awards. Noah Wyle won Best Actor in a Drama Series, Katherine LaNasa won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and the show itself won Best By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 12:44 pm
Relationship Assumption Tom Brady: QB1 to cliché Is there any single celebrity man who is more DIVORCED than Tom Brady? And has anyone ever been more fun to be embarrassed for than Tom Brady? Embarrassment, typically, isn’t an enjoyable emotion. But being embarrassed for Tom Brady kinda feels… good. Here’s a recap of Tom Brady’ By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 12:01 pm
Keri Russell Date night at the CCAs Something I’ve always wondered about is how bad or good an awards show is as a date night. For us regular degulars, we get to really dress up maybe a few times in life—prom, weddings, maybe a work event depending on careers. But actors get to dress up By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 11:12 am
Award Season Campaigning The Critics Choice Awards set the tone Welcome back from the liminal space, everything is a nightmare, let’s talk about awards shows! The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, the first heavyweight awards show on the trophy trail. The big winners were Sinners and One Battle After Another, with The By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 10:22 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 5, 2026 Dear Gossips, Happy New Year! This is our first official gossip post of 2026 but you may have noticed… we did what celebrities do during the break: we tweaked our face. And some other backend body parts. The swelling has mostly gone down, we think, but there may be some By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 09:19 am
Top Reads New Year, New Look - LaineyGossip Relaunch! You may have noticed… Things look a bit different this morning, right? It’s because we’ve moved the site to a new platform. If you’re interested, we’ll get into the Show Your Work of it in an upcoming Squawk newsletter, but the idea behind the change, aside By Lainey • Jan 02, 2026 11:11 am
