Julia Roberts Julia Roberts’ quiet year It was a busy celebrity day in NYC, as Julia Roberts joined Kristen Stewart outside. She’s not promoting anything, though, she’s just Being Famous Outside. It’s been a quiet year for Julia, with no new projects, but she has a new film with Sam Esmail coming in By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 10:56 am
Kristen Stewart KStew’s stoner last stand Kristen Stewart has been busy the last couple weeks promoting her new film, The Wrong Girls. But the film hits theaters today, so here she is in New York, outside one last time for the film. As Lainey said, the film is a celebration of friendship but also grown ass By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 09:56 am
Shout-Outs Shout-Outs for August 14, 2026 Mark! Happy Birthday! Roo tells us that you’re the “best dad” and that applies to both your girls and your two Boston Terriers. And that you’re the “best wife” which says to me that you are the goodest man. Thank you for all you do for your family, By Lainey • Aug 14, 2026 09:21 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 14, 2026 Dear Gossips, After several straight years of mostly bad box office news, this year is mostly good box office news. A welcome change! 2026 continues on pace to be the biggest box office year since 2019, most recently bolstered by the twin billion-dollar successes of The Odyssey and Spider- By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 09:08 am
What Else Lanterns and late nights Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler were at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on back-to-back days this week and I take this personally, the two of them doing promotion for the same show, representing my range. As in… yes to Aaron Pierre but also yes to Kyle Chandler. Lanterns premieres on By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 04:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 13, 2026 Katie Holmes re-posted photos from of her rumoured boyfriend Jason Bard Yarmosky in her stories, which I think counts as a hard launch and Instagram official. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katie Holmes (@katieholmes) Amy Schumer is trying to make a tour with author Belle By Maria • Aug 13, 2026 01:12 pm
Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman at the club All the magazines are releasing their September issues this week. The reaction that I’ve seen online, in response to American Vogue’s cover story featuring Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere, has been mostly underwhelmed, to put it generously. They are the stars of The Shards, a series with a By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 11:58 am
Annabelle Wallis Annabelle is back to work It was reported just last week that Annabelle Wallis and Sebastian Stan are now parents. The pregnancy was pretty low-key, just like the baby’s arrival, at least in terms of publicity. They were papped in April and then they were together in Cannes a month later. And then By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 11:00 am
Ben Affleck Netflix loves Ben Affleck It feels like Ben Affleck has been really busy as a director, but Air, the last film he directed, came out in 2023. How has it already been three years since the time Ben Affleck made a biopic for a shoe? In other areas, he has stayed busy, acting in By Sarah • Aug 13, 2026 10:05 am
Keri Russell Intro for August 13, 2026 Dear Gossips, For Variety, it’s a huge get – to have both Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the cover of the latest issue, joint photo shoot, joint interview, and it’s Emmy season. They have five nominations between them, repping The Diplomat, The Beast in Me, and of course By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 09:28 am
What Else Halle Berry: Multiple 60th Holidays Halle Berry will be 60 years old on Friday. In Chinese culture, the 60th is a big deal, like back in the old old olden days, they didn’t celebrate birthdays until the 60th birthday. As in… 25? Nobody cares. If you make it to 60, everybody cares, the whole By Lainey • Aug 12, 2026 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 12, 2026 OK, a lot has been said about this Vogue cover (Lainey touched on it in What Else?) so let’s get into it. It’s Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere (yes, their parents were married) and yes, it’s aesthetically dull. Chloe Malle is being blamed but let’s not By Maria • Aug 12, 2026 02:41 pm
Jeremy Strong Jeremy Strong won’t change It’s been almost five years since Michael Schulman profiled Jeremy Strong in The New Yorker. We were all still mostly stuck at home during COVID. And that may have had something to do with the chaos that ensued over that piece. The internet devoured it. And that followed him By Lainey • Aug 12, 2026 01:37 pm
Justin Trudeau Katy Perry and the KatyCat Boyfriend Today’s site open was about the BTS Boyfriend, and Tyler Chin’s piece for GQ about being the partner of an ARMY and the other BTS boyfriends who have been accompanying their girlfriends and wives to see the band. Rather than mocking his girlfriend’s devotion to RM, Jin, By Lainey • Aug 12, 2026 11:41 am
Michael B Jordan MBJ and RAYE’s mixed signals Michael B Jordan and RAYE were seen at Six Flags the other day with some friends and we all assumed, happily, that they are dating. Yesterday, however, there were some mixed signals about whether or not that’s actually true. First PEOPLE reported that their day at the park wasn’ By Emily Huffman • Aug 12, 2026 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Verity a secret comedy? We are two-thirds of the way through Anne Hathaway’s Big Year. Her penultimate film of 2026, The End of Oak Street, opens this Friday, and in October comes her final film, Verity, Michael Showalter’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name. A new trailer By Sarah • Aug 12, 2026 10:03 am
