What Else Tracee Ellis Ross’s perfect blunt pony Tracee Ellis Ross is having the best summer. For her 40th birthday in 2012, she performed a one-woman show that she arranged herself, booking out stages in NYC and LA for her friends – that’s how much she wanted to be in a one-woman show. And now she’ By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 04:12 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 23, 2026 Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat were out for dinner at Giorgio Baldi last night. Their movie, The Wrong Girls, directed by KStew’s wife, Dylan Meyer, is coming out August 14 so we should be getting seeing a promotional push for that soon. Here’s some unofficial promotion though – a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 02:06 pm
Katie Holmes Katie Holmes and not Joshua Jackson Fourteen years ago this summer, the scandal that had the gossip ecosystem in a chokehold was the Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise divorce. It was a bombshell – not just on the public but, reportedly, on him too, because she exited herself out of his life with the stealth of a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 01:13 pm
Jennifer Garner 13 Going on 2027 It’s been known for a while that Netflix is doing a remake of 13 Going on 30 with Emily Bader and Logan Lerman in the lead roles originally played by Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. Yesterday however they made additional casting confirmations. I haven’t watched the movie in By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2026: Dorkrooms Comic-Con begins today. I knew it was coming but at the same time, it took me a little bit by surprise, in part because it seems like July has just flown by, but also because the run up to Comic-Con feels…muted, compared to what it was a By Sarah • Jul 23, 2026 10:57 am
Hudson Williams Intro for July 23, 2026 Dear Gossips, Hudson Williams has been on holiday in Greece with a group of friends and his girlfriend, Katelyn Rose Larson, living his best life. As we’ve seen since he became famous, not even a year ago, Hudson loves to party, and there are all kinds of videos that By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 09:59 am
What Else Erling Haaland’s birthday upgrade The World Cup has been over for three days. Some people are happy they don’t have to hear about football anymore, and some people are in withdrawal that there’s no more wall-to-wall football coverage. No matter how you feel about all that football though, it’s By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 04:04 pm
Travis Scott Travis Scott’s Odyssean ambitions There are so many storylines related to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey – within the film itself and orbiting the film if you expand the conversation to include its cast, and the gossip, whether it’s about the box office or Tomdaya or award season chances. Probably not surprising given the By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 02:58 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 22, 2026 In an interview with Evan Ross Katz, Jennifer Garner talks about her experience with the paparazzi. It’s really interesting because Jennifer Garner rose to fame while traditional media dominated, then she was married to Ben Affleck (a paparazzi heatscore) during the peak blog era, and she transitioned very smoothly By Maria • Jul 22, 2026 01:40 pm
David Beckham Beckham yacht time The Beckhams are always on a yacht in the summer, it’s basically a tradition. This year their yacht time was delayed a bit, because of the World Cup, of course, but they will eventually find their way onto the yacht and now here they are, floating in the waters By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 12:52 pm
Tom Holland Tom Holland on his wife and his tenure Before we get to the ooey gooey, let’s talk about where Tom Holland is right now, metaphorically. As Telemachus in The Odyssey, he’s just given the best we’ve seen of his career so far. Which means I vehemently disagree with Variety’s cast and character ranking of By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 12:04 pm
Shout-Outs Shout-Outs for July 22, 2026 Jacquie! PhD Jacquie! YOU! Congratulations on this achievement – while raising two children! Grace shared the news with me and I’m thrilled for you, and also so inspired by you. Only you know what the work was, what you poured into it when it was the hardest, when there was By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 10:14 am
Cardi B Intro for July 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, Celebrity advertisements, or sponcon I guess in today’s vocabulary, is usually met with derision. It’s people who already have a lot of money grabbing more money – and there’s often not much creativity or brand synergy. Once in a while, though, the creative and the celebrity By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 09:40 am
What Else Javier Everywhere How many of Spain’s World Cup matches did Javier Bardem attend? Was it all of them? It felt like all of them to me because … he was at so many! And it’s not like they all happened in the same place. The matches were played in various cities By Lainey • Jul 21, 2026 04:03 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 21, 2026 All this talk about The Odyssey but let’s not forget that probably the first real Oscar contender to come out this year was Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling. And he too is in play for another Best Actor Oscar nomination. Ryan’s not thinking about that right now, By Lainey • Jul 21, 2026 03:18 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE – The Art of Patience When music becomes disposable it loses its value in the minds of its consumers in ways that most people do not even realize. We’re a culture that’s obsessed with “what’s next” and pushing for the next best thing means musical projects can come and go without the By MC • Jul 21, 2026 02:54 pm
