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
What Else Friday Funday with Jack and Paul Programming note: We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on Monday, January 5, 2026, with our coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. In between, daily chats at The Squawk will be open for holiday hangs. Off to the liminal space! To wrap up LG’s 2025 By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Arnett in Is This Thing On? Inspired by the dad-to-comic life story of British comedian John Bishop, Will Arnett and his writing partner, Mark Chappell, penned a film called Is This Thing On? about a sad dad turned stand-up comedian who gets his groove back on the stages of New York’s comedy scene. Director Bradley By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 03:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 19, 2025 I’ve been going on and on about it all month so why not one more post about the Tom Cruise coconut cake; yes, I have major gift envy. Truthfully, I despise white chocolate and am not crazy about coconut, I am not a dessert person really. It’s not By Maria • Dec 19, 2025 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue Hello, it’s me, back on my grinchy bullsh-t to review Song Sung Blue, a treacly jukebox musical about Neil Diamond and the power of love. Written and directed by Craig Brewer and based on Greg Kohs’ 2008 documentary of the same name, Song Sung Blue chronicles the lives of By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 12:02 pm
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise: A dark comedy, but still stunting Ever since it was revealed that Tom Cruise was starring Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film, there have been Expectations. I’ve been saying since at least back in May, well before the title of the film or even a release date had been announced, that there would be an By Lainey • Dec 19, 2025 10:59 am
Justin Bieber Pre-holiday date night How are people still going places and doing things? The only reason I’ve made it through this week is I work from home and don’t have to go anywhere or put on pants. But here are celebrities, going places, doing things, wearing pants, as per usual. First up By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:56 am
Barack Obama Intro for December 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, This will be the final day of posting on the site for 2025. We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on January 5, 2026, with coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. And since 2025 has been a rough year, and it seems determined to By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:07 am
What Else Jack Black is theme dressing too Not exactly the celebrity who’d come to mind first if you’re thinking about the stars theme dressing for appearances during a movie press tour but it does make sense that Jack Black would do it, because he’s never been against a stunt, and there’s not that By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 04:03 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 18, 2025 Lip injectors are having a moment because of the frightening Vanity Fair close-up portraits. Busy Philipps gives us her take and I believe she hasn’t tried lip filler. She’s not one to keep a secret. Tap the image below for the Reel. “What is the best Christmas song By Maria • Dec 18, 2025 02:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold, the Norwegian filmmaker best known for her creative collaborations with her husband, Brady Corbet, is back behind the camera for her third feature film, an ecstatic and somewhat eccentric biopic of the religious leader Ann Lee. The Testament of Ann Lee tells the story of the eponymous Ann By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 12:12 pm
Mariah Carey The #1 Queen of Christmas We say it every year during the holidays: Mariah Carey is immortal. If humanity and our planet can keep existing, Mimi will continue to exist too – in the form of her most famous song, the song that will be played in December for all the Decembers to come, long after By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 11:46 am
Ex Games Russell Simmons will not stop bothering Kimora Lee Simmons Nearly 20 years after their divorce, Kimora Lee Simmons has yet again found herself in the middle of an ugly public spectacle with her ex-husband, Russell Simmons. The latest activity comes after the premiere of her new show on E! called Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane. The show, as By Stephanie • Dec 18, 2025 10:57 am
Business of Hollywood The YouTube Oscars News broke yesterday that the Oscars will move online to YouTube in 2029. The Oscars will continue to run on ABC through 2028, which is its centenary year, and then will shift online in 2029 for a five-year deal with YouTube that includes access to the red carpet and the By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 10:00 am
TV Updates Intro for December 18, 2025 Dear Gossips, I don’t want to sound smug or anything – but actually I do – but for the last few weeks, and several times already this week, I’ve been posting about how Heated Rivalry has yet to peak. One reason is because there are still people who haven’t By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 09:31 am
