Break Ups Ben Affleck: Kick or No Kick? As noted yesterday in my post about the changing Bennifer narrative, Page Six first broke the story on the weekend that Ben Affleck has been spending time with Kick Kennedy and they may have been hanging out since June. Which would suggest that he had no interest in making it By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 12:00 pm
Relationship Assumption Meryl & Marty: Holding Hands…but no sleepover As Sarah wrote last week, we are all shipping Meryl Streep and Martin Short. That was in her post on Friday with photos of them at the premiere, and Marty and Meryl both have said they are just friends, not dating, even though we’ve all been speculating about it By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 11:25 am
TV Updates Even more murders this time! Over three seasons, Only Murders in the Building has been mostly consistent. It started good, wobbled a little in its sophomore season, and then hit the right combination of cozy mystery, outstanding ensemble acting, and stellar outerwear that have come to define the show. Season four feels like an even By Sarah • Aug 27, 2024 10:43 am
Kamala Harris Intro for August 27, 2024 Dear Gossips, In my TV colleagues group chat last Thursday, the final night of the Democratic National Convention, most of the messages my friends and I were sending back and forth were about whether or not Beyoncé would show up. As we saw, in the end, what showed up was By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 09:09 am
What Else What Else? Media isn’t easy for celebrities. Some are better at it than others, and some try hard but flop because, well, either the music isn’t good or the movie isn’t good or the message isn’t good and/or all of the above. See, for example, Katy Perry. By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 04:27 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 26, 2024 I SAID MAYBEEEEEEE….. Oasis has teased us pretty heavily once before but could this really be it??? The fact that Liam has been relatively quiet on Twitter makes me think that is a real possibility. But they also might get in a fistfight tonight and the whole thing is off. By Maria • Aug 26, 2024 03:44 pm
Jenna Ortega A “Taste” of Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet came out last week, like a lot of other people, I had it in rotation all weekend, and it’s expected to contend for #1 on the album charts next week, right before Labour Day weekend, an end of summer vibe, no skips. By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 03:04 pm
Break Ups The Un-Bennifering Up until quite recently, the unravelling of Bennifer V2.0 has been excruciatingly slow, but also, for the most part, relatively civil. At least on Jennifer Lopez’s part. The reporting about her, and what a pain in the ass it was to be married to her, was no doubt By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 02:35 pm
Ryan Reynolds Taylor and all her friends Taylor Swift wrapped up the European leg of her tour in London last week and that led to all kinds of frenzied speculation about whether or not she and/or Beyoncé would show up at the Democratic National Convention. In the end, we were all clowns. Taylor returned home to By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thanks, I Hate It: The new The Crow The Crow began life as a comic book by James O’Barr, then it became a cult classic film from 1994, starring the late Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, and Ernie Hudson, which was directed by Alex Proyas and was successful enough to spawn three sequels and a TV By Sarah • Aug 26, 2024 10:46 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for August 26, 2024 Dear Gossips, Back in February, around Lunar New Year, I wrote a post at The Squawk about the Year of the Dragon and Red String Theory. This particular Year of the Dragon is also known in Chinese culture as a Widow Year (it has to do with calendar math and By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 09:11 am
What Else What Else? FKA Twigs, making some interesting shoe choices. (Go Fug Yourself) I read this philosophical essay once that life is so inherently chaotic and random and overwhelming that humans look for meaning in coincidence in order to give order and importance to the events in our lives. Like saying “what a By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 04:00 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: A traitor, a text, a tease The Bravo kids are headed off to college, and for fans that have essentially watched them grow up, it’s oddly emotional. Porsha Williams is not happy about her photos being leaked. Vicki Gunvalson appeared on a podcast and talked about why Tamra Judge is such a mean girl. And By Stephanie • Aug 23, 2024 03:20 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 23, 2024 Dennis Quaid said he wants his son Jack to “reverse nepo” him, which is pretty funny. Clearly he’s joking but this must come up for parents whose children have now met and exceeded their career heights. I wonder if there’s any parents nudging their kids to get them By Maria • Aug 23, 2024 02:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Rudd and Jack Black sign up for slithering Today in Let The Past Die news, Paul Rudd and Jack Black are in talks to star in a remake of the 1997 film Anaconda which was Owen Wilson’s first big Hollywood role, and Jennifer Lopez’s follow up to Selena (look, it can take time for a movie By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 01:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice Get Out introduced us to a new sub-genre of horror, the “social thriller” which uses the style and themes of the horror/thriller genre(s) for social critique. Get Out took on racism and how white supremacy is built on the literal exploitation of Black bodies. Nope takes aim at By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 12:12 pm
