TV Updates Anya Taylor-Joy’s killer return Here’s Anya Taylor-Joy out for lunch with a friend yesterday in LA. It’s a perfect summer lunch outfit – striped belted shirt over shorts and flats, Dior tote, and headphones. Proper headphones. It makes me happy to see others who prefer headphones over earbuds because as I’ve said By Lainey • Aug 23, 2024 11:21 am
Photo Assumption Only Murders photo assumption Only Murders in the Building returns next week on Hulu, and the premiere was yesterday in Los Angeles. The central trio of Steven Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez were there, joined by Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as new season stars Zach Galifianakis, By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 10:10 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 23, 2024 Dear Gossips, I WANTED to waste this opening making dumb jokes about Chick-fil-A’s streaming service—a few name suggestions: Chick-Film-A, Hatchling, Nugget—but then a conversation started amongst film critics that deserves a little attention. One year ago, I wrote about the New York Times’ bonkers article about “MovieTok” By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 09:23 am
What Else What Else? So tonight is the night – Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention will conclude with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s nomination for president, it’s what the entire week has been building towards. And there’s been all kinds of speculation about who will show up. My By Lainey • Aug 22, 2024 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 22, 2024 You know who’s shaken about the end of Bennifer 2.0? T.J. Holmes. I didn’t know him and he and Amy Robach don’t live together but he woke up and texted her about it first thing in the morning, which is a sign of top-level gossip By Maria • Aug 22, 2024 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Are the publicists okay Today in Has Anyone Checked On The Publicists Lately, Somebody Probably Should news, Lionsgate pulled the latest trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis because they got caught using fabricated quotes attributed to famous film critics in the trailer. Here’s what happened: Yesterday morning, Lionsgate, the US distributor for By Sarah • Aug 22, 2024 01:32 pm
BFFs Everybody at the bar with Zoë There was another Blink Twice screening in New York last night ahead of its premiere on Friday. Reviews are starting to come out now and they’re solid (Sarah’s will be posted tomorrow) – like no one’s calling it a masterpiece but most are saying that Zoë Kravitz’s By Lainey • Aug 22, 2024 12:05 pm
Music Sabrina Carpenter is a freak (manifester) In a cover story for PAPER magazine just days before the August 23 release date of her latest album, Short ’n Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter opened up about her success, and what it feels like to have finally achieved her goal of being a popstar, something she says she was ‘destined’ By Stephanie • Aug 22, 2024 11:13 am
TV Updates Sadly, this is not a Hit Man spin-off Coming off his big summer, in which HE is the star and not Tom Cruise, Glen Powell is already back at work on his next project, a football comedy series for Hulu called Chad Powers. While the show was co-created by Loki’s Michael Waldron and Powell, both of whom By Sarah • Aug 22, 2024 10:03 am
Sports Intro for August 22, 2024 Dear Gossips, Formula 1 has been on mid-season break the last few weeks. Lewis Hamilton spent part of that time in Africa – relaxing, of course, but also learning. He shared some of those experiences on Instagram recently. And now it’s back to work. Lewis is on some good momentum By Lainey • Aug 22, 2024 09:22 am
What Else What Else? The Academy is still looking for a host for the Oscars. It’s August, they don’t need to rush, but at the same time, I’m sure the production team would like to know who they’re working with. And now a volunteer has emerged: RuPaul would like the By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 04:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 21, 2024 This new Halle Berry interview in Variety is interesting because I had no idea her Bond character was supposed to get a spinoff, which died after the studio got cold feet. And her quotes about Pierce Brosnan – so wholesome! (I don’t know much about Bond producer Barbara Broccoli but By Maria • Aug 21, 2024 02:54 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Home and Rest Taylor Swift wrapped up the European leg of The Eras tour last night with her eighth and last show at Wembley. It’s the first time a solo artist has played the venue that many times on a single tour. And, of course, it was a record with sales, not By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 01:24 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Jennifer Garner’s striped tee, The Capsule Wardrobe Lie Jennifer Garner’s striped tee Jennifer Garner has had a busy week taking Violet to college and unfortunately for her, with the news of Bennifer 2.0, she will be an increased pap target for the next little while. One thing this woman has is patience. The t-shirt is Ralph By Maria • Aug 21, 2024 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Todd Phillips won’t call his musical murder clown movie a musical We’re two weeks out from Joker: Folie à Deux premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Given the billion-dollar, Oscar-winning success of the first film, the expectations are high for Folie à Deux. There’s really no reason to expect the sequel won’t deliver, I think Folie à Deux By Sarah • Aug 21, 2024 11:41 am
Break Ups The Official End of Bennifer 2.0 After almost an entire summer of divorce speculation, yesterday’s confirmation that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s marriage is officially over couldn’t have been a surprise. If you’re a regular visitor here at LaineyGossip, you know that we’ve been bracing for it every weekend, wondering if By Lainey • Aug 21, 2024 10:57 am
