Shout-Outs October 7, 2024 – Shout-Outs I got an email the other day from a longtime reader called Ashley who is based in Asheville, North Carolina, a town that has like so many other towns in Western North Carolina been devastated by Hurricane Helene. Search and rescue continues, they’re only just starting to assess the By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am
Kamala Harris Intro for October 7, 2024 Dear Gossips, One of the biggest stories out of the weekend, at least on my feeds, is that Vice President Kamala Harris was on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. Alex explained that while this is not typically the kind of content that the pod is known for, “… at By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 09:57 am
What Else What Else Speaking of toxic fans! Racist incidents are on the rise in the WNBA fandom, and even as someone who barely pays attention to professional basketball, I can hear the tone policing going on within the media coverage of women’s basketball. It’s like some people expect “the girls” to By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 04:00 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Shrooms, business, friends Olivia Flowers finally found her Prince Charming and got engaged in New York City. I hope that Austen Kroll is feeling especially salty about losing one of the best things that ever happened to him (besides our girl Ciara, of course). Jax is setting the record straight on him and By Stephanie • Oct 04, 2024 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun Addiction narratives can be bleak, and the waters of the North Atlantic can be bleak, but somehow, together, The Outrun finds great beauty in bleak circumstances. Director Nora Fingscheidt adapts Amy Liptrot’s memoir, The Outrun, with Liptrot co-writing the screenplay. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Liptrot’s avatar, By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 02:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 4, 2024 Glamour made an excellent choice with this cover – the mothers mothering etc. I wonder how this exact group was chosen – Mama Tina and Donna Kelce have pretty big pop culture profiles themselves, and both had careers outside of entertainment (Donna was a commercial banker, Ms. Tina owned a salon). Three By Maria • Oct 04, 2024 01:41 pm
TV Updates One last turn in the Shadows What We Do in the Shadows is one of my favorite films of the 2010s, and the TV series spin-off of the same name has become one of my favorite shows of the 2020s. Since 2019, What We Do in the Shadows has been one of the most consistently funny By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 01:18 pm
Music Free Kesha After a decade locked in a battle for her music and her very self, Kesha is finally free. Her onerous contract with Dr. Luke was fulfilled with 2023’s Gag Order, the last lawsuit with Dr. Luke was settled that same year. Now, Kesha is coming back with a new By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to Todd Phillips's billion-dollar and Oscar winning 2019 hit, Joker. Much of the first film’s creative team has returned, with Phillips once again directing and co-writing with Scott Silver, and cinematographer Lawrence Sher, editor Jeff Growth, and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 11:16 am
Music Sabrina Carpenter: Petty, Productive, and Professional Sabrina Carpenter was just named to the TIME100 Next list for 2024. Her entry was written by another short blonde, Christina Aguilera. And that’s not their only similarity. Like Christina, Sabrina also came up through Disney. But the artist who’s been mentioned most often alongside Sabrina this year By Lainey • Oct 04, 2024 10:31 am
Girl Sh-t Rihanna at night It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in with Rihanna—since Natalie Portman was talking about her—so here she is, living her night owl life in New York in a cow-print coat over what looks to me like bed rotting clothes—an undershirt and underpants. It’s By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 10:05 am
Intro for October 4, 2024 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, Variety published a feature on how movie studios are responding to the rise of “toxic fandom”, the phenomenon of fans attacking films and TV series for reasons often described as “relentlessly negative, often bigoted online campaign[s]”. It’s an interesting read, with some unnamed sources in By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 09:15 am
What Else What Else? We’re basically getting five straight months of Saoirse Ronan, no complaints, because she’s currently promoting The Outrun and then will pretty much go straight into promotion for Steve McQueen’s Blitz, which everyone has been leaving room for in the Oscar race. Early word is she’ll be By Lainey • Oct 03, 2024 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 3, 2024 Lupita Nyong’o is a consistent “moment” on the red carpet. She recently announced a partnership with Chanel, which means that they will be her house-of-choice going forward. As we’ve seen, that can be limiting (like Jennifer Lawrence with Dior). But it doesn’t need to be – maybe there By Maria • Oct 03, 2024 03:11 pm
Faux Gossip Party Angelina The post previous to this one today was about Jennifer Aniston and her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, during which she and Jimmy joked about some of the crazy sh-t that’s been reported about her, including a cover story in In Touch Weekly about her allegedly making the moves By Lainey • Oct 03, 2024 01:43 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Jennifer Aniston gets upstaged Jennifer Aniston’s book, Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life, was released this Tuesday. She’s also been working on The Morning Show season four so there hasn’t been an extensive press tour, at least not yet. Last night, though, she was on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a familiar By Lainey • Oct 03, 2024 12:08 pm
