Maple Leaf Heated Rivalry at all the parties Hollywood is now fully operational, back to business in the first week of January, and it’s award season with the Golden Globes happening on Sunday, which every year means that almost everyone is in town, because even if they’re not contending for awards, they’re there to network, By Lainey • Jan 09, 2026 11:22 am
Award Season Campaigning New York Three Way Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. I could be referring to the dish in which you combine spaghetti, chili, and cheese! I’m not, though. I’m actually referring to Rose Byrne, Maya Hawke, and Arden Cho, all of whom stepped out yesterday in New York City. Rose By Sarah • Jan 09, 2026 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 9, 2026 Dear Gossips, This year will see the return of Star Wars to cinemas, the first time since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, with The Mandalorian and Grogu. But we’re in for back-to-back doses as next summer sees Ryan Gosling headlining Star Wars: Starfighter. Shawn Levy is the director By Sarah • Jan 09, 2026 09:08 am
What Else The Globes of Rivalry A clever person would find a way to connect the Globes, as in the award show, to the ass, as in the hockey butts of Heated Rivalry. I’m tapped out of puns today, but I just wanted to tell you I’ll never tap out on all the bum By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 04:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 8, 2026 During the days of yesteryear (the 90s), TV had very distinct seasons and pickups and cancellations were not constantly announced. Obviously, streaming changed all that – it’s just a constant fire hose of new shows and renewals and cancellations. And there are also a lot of shows that are announced By Maria • Jan 08, 2026 03:56 pm
Noah Wyle The Pitt swaggers back into action If the first season of The Pitt came out of nowhere to become one of the biggest dramas on TV, the second season is swaggering through the saloon doors with all the confidence of a gunslinger who’s never lost a draw. A show that was already confident in its By Sarah • Jan 08, 2026 03:28 pm
Relationship Assumption Katy Perry: Exes and Trudeaus Come on. That was a good pun, right? I suck at puns, it’s like a 16-year comet cycle when I can come up with one. And it works with Katy Perry’s most recent Instagram post. It’s a much better start to 2026 for Katy than it was By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 02:42 pm
Maple Leaf Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts It was impossible to know and/or predict what Heated Rivalry would become – and is still becoming. A Canadian production, made on muuuucchhh less money than an American counterpart would have done, starring two unknown actors in a gay hockey romance, as smutty as its source material is THE pop By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 01:24 pm
Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner was the phoenix all along Jennifer Garner recently sat down with Marie Claire UK and did something she doesn’t really do – talk about her 2015 separation from Ben Affleck, which ultimately led to their divorce in 2018. Since their split, Jen has remained pretty tight-lipped about the nature of it all, save for that By Stephanie • Jan 08, 2026 11:52 am
Award Season Campaigning Everyone is at the Chateau At various points in its near-hundred-year history, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont has been a hip celebrity hangout. It had one of its many revival periods in the 90s when the Gen Xers liked hanging out there—some loyalists, like Keanu Reeves, are still frequent visitors. But then it kind By Sarah • Jan 08, 2026 11:06 am
Spike Lee Intro for January 8, 2026 Dear Gossips, Variety is releasing its Directors on Directors series and the one I was most interested in was Spike Lee with Ryan Coogler – mostly because of their work, of course, and the way they have consistently challenged audiences at the movies – but also because it’s Variety, a publication By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 10:22 am
What Else The SAGs are Unsentimental The Screen Actors Guild Awards, formerly known as the SAGs, are now The Actor Awards although everyone I know who works in Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general, is still saying “SAGs”. I wonder how long it will take to catch on. Anyway, the nominations happened today, announced by By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 04:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 7, 2026 You know how I know Kim Kardashian is slipping? She didn’t book Hudson and Connor for a SKIMS campaign. Her team is usually right on top of it. Now that it’s blown up there will be bids – could be Fenty, could be Calvin Klein. I hope their rate By Maria • Jan 07, 2026 03:45 pm
Break Ups Ali and Bill: the year’s first breakup Remember how it went in 2025? The first half of the year was all celebrity splits, which then turned into the summer of celebrity love. Wonder if 2026 will be a repeat because we’re starting with a breakup: PEOPLE has the exclusive today that Ali Wong and Bill Hader By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 02:58 pm
Award Season Campaigning Jennifer and Emma: Globes, chats, and Miss Piggy Who do you think is in Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone’s mom group chat? To be fair, theirs isn’t technically a mom group because they were friends well before they became mothers. But just as a comparison to the self-inflicted mom group scandal that Ashley Tisdale started, who By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 01:32 pm
Drama The dads enter the toxic mom chat The first gossip scandal of 2026 keeps giving and we’re currently on day three, and a dad has entered the chat. To recap, briefly: Ashley Tisdale wrote a piece for The Cut about how she quit her toxic mom group. She did not name names, but the internet immediately By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 12:53 pm
