Courtney Stodden’s Next Act(ivist) In 2011, Courtney Stodden rocketed to tabloid infamy as the child bride of actor (“actor”) Doug Hutchinson, best known for playing stretchy serial killer Tooms in the first season of The X-Files. 2011 doesn’t seem like THAT long ago, and when we talk about pop culture history, we By Sarah • Jul 24, 2026 03:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media for July 24, 2026 Promotion for a film usually stops abruptly as soon as it opens. Going into its second weekend, though, there is still so much about The Odyssey it feels like it hasn’t premiered yet; not just because certain cast members continue to make appearances and do interviews, but also because By Lainey • Jul 24, 2026 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Comic Con Clayface surprise with bonus vampires In my Comic Con preview, I mentioned that DC Studios is not doing a big Hall H presentation, but they still snuck in a San Diego surprise on day one of Comic Con. Tom Rhys Harries, the star of Clayface, dropped into the “DC’s Jim Lee and Friends” panel By Sarah • Jul 24, 2026 11:49 am
Dua Lipa Dua back at work A month after marrying Callum Turner in Italy, Dua Lipa is back at work. She’s been in and out of Electric Lady Studios in New York, including yesterday, popping up in a polka dot dress and tall boots. I presume she’s working on new music, two years after By Sarah • Jul 24, 2026 10:21 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 24, 2026 Dear Gossips, As we sprint toward August for no reason that makes sense except somehow it must be the sun’s fault, lineups for the fall film festivals are being unveiled. Venice’s lineup is out, and similar to Cannes earlier this year, it has almost no films from Hollywood By Sarah • Jul 24, 2026 09:27 am
What Else Tracee Ellis Ross’s perfect blunt pony Tracee Ellis Ross is having the best summer. For her 40th birthday in 2012, she performed a one-woman show that she arranged herself, booking out stages in NYC and LA for her friends – that’s how much she wanted to be in a one-woman show. And now she’ By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 04:12 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 23, 2026 Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat were out for dinner at Giorgio Baldi last night. Their movie, The Wrong Girls, directed by KStew’s wife, Dylan Meyer, is coming out August 14 so we should be getting seeing a promotional push for that soon. Here’s some unofficial promotion though – a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 02:06 pm
Katie Holmes Katie Holmes and not Joshua Jackson Fourteen years ago this summer, the scandal that had the gossip ecosystem in a chokehold was the Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise divorce. It was a bombshell – not just on the public but, reportedly, on him too, because she exited herself out of his life with the stealth of a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 01:13 pm
Jennifer Garner 13 Going on 2027 It’s been known for a while that Netflix is doing a remake of 13 Going on 30 with Emily Bader and Logan Lerman in the lead roles originally played by Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. Yesterday however they made additional casting confirmations. I haven’t watched the movie in By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2026: Dorkrooms Comic-Con begins today. I knew it was coming but at the same time, it took me a little bit by surprise, in part because it seems like July has just flown by, but also because the run up to Comic-Con feels…muted, compared to what it was a By Sarah • Jul 23, 2026 10:57 am
Hudson Williams Intro for July 23, 2026 Dear Gossips, Hudson Williams has been on holiday in Greece with a group of friends and his girlfriend, Katelyn Rose Larson, living his best life. As we’ve seen since he became famous, not even a year ago, Hudson loves to party, and there are all kinds of videos that By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 09:59 am
What Else Erling Haaland’s birthday upgrade The World Cup has been over for three days. Some people are happy they don’t have to hear about football anymore, and some people are in withdrawal that there’s no more wall-to-wall football coverage. No matter how you feel about all that football though, it’s By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 04:04 pm
Travis Scott Travis Scott’s Odyssean ambitions There are so many storylines related to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey – within the film itself and orbiting the film if you expand the conversation to include its cast, and the gossip, whether it’s about the box office or Tomdaya or award season chances. Probably not surprising given the By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 02:58 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 22, 2026 In an interview with Evan Ross Katz, Jennifer Garner talks about her experience with the paparazzi. It’s really interesting because Jennifer Garner rose to fame while traditional media dominated, then she was married to Ben Affleck (a paparazzi heatscore) during the peak blog era, and she transitioned very smoothly By Maria • Jul 22, 2026 01:40 pm
David Beckham Beckham yacht time The Beckhams are always on a yacht in the summer, it’s basically a tradition. This year their yacht time was delayed a bit, because of the World Cup, of course, but they will eventually find their way onto the yacht and now here they are, floating in the waters By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 12:52 pm
Tom Holland Tom Holland on his wife and his tenure Before we get to the ooey gooey, let’s talk about where Tom Holland is right now, metaphorically. As Telemachus in The Odyssey, he’s just given the best we’ve seen of his career so far. Which means I vehemently disagree with Variety’s cast and character ranking of By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 12:04 pm
