Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 18, 2026 Dakota Johnson is a nepo baby on both sides and rose to internet popularity by scorching Ellen. She’s kind of fussed over for being kooky and iconic but let’s have a real conversation here: can Dakota Johnson carry a film? Can she…act? If we put her up By Maria • Sep 18, 2026 02:05 pm
Reality TV Mary Cosby brings grace and catharsis to the Bravoverse When cameras picked back up for the latest season of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, which premiered this week, producers had their work cut out for them. The audience wondered how the show would dive in to the unfinished business between the castmates and all that has transpired since By Stephanie • Sep 18, 2026 01:08 pm
TIFF 2026 coverage TIFF Review: Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror Anna Biller’s 2016 film The Love Witch has ascended to cult status over the last decade, and now she is back with a new, extremely aesthetic film, this time set in medieval England and done in the style of Technicolor schlock horror (think of all those Edgar Allen Poe By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 11:30 am
Sienna Miller Sienna Miller is at WAR Never heard about this series until yesterday but now that I know, I’m in. Also, it’s HBO Max, and George Kay (Lupin etc) is the showrunner so it’s giving prestige…but with a healthy amount of trash. And it should be a little trashy considering the subject By Lainey • Sep 18, 2026 10:28 am
TIFF 2026 coverage Hudson Williams at TIFF TIFF has a television section called “Primetime” (I will keep my opinion about TV shows playing at film festivals to myself but I will also mention that television festivals DO exist), and the highlight of this year’s Primetime program is Yaga, the Crave series starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 09:49 am
Mariska Hargitay Intro for September 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, I could write about the latest billionaire shenanigans threatening Hollywood (read here and here if you want), but you know what? It’s Friday. It’s my first few days back in the office after the respite of TIFF—as crazy as TIFF is, it’s better than By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 09:11 am
Royals A Royal Haunting One of the most anticipated Midnight Madness world premieres at TIFF this year was Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror. Anna Biller’s The Love Witch, released a decade ago, is now a cult classic. She is a thrilling filmmaker, an auteur in every sense, with her own signature By Lainey • Sep 17, 2026 04:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 17, 2026 Karla Welch is taking the best possible approach to styling Shailene Woodley in that outfit. And if you look at the elements, each piece is totally fine on its own, it’s mashing it all together that is the issue. But ultimately, a great week for Shailene and the outfit By Maria • Sep 17, 2026 03:30 pm
TIFF 2026 coverage TIFF Review: Mahershala Ali in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Mahershala Ali and filmmaker Bassam Tariq were supposed to make a Blade reboot for Marvel, but that project eventually fell apart. What emerges instead is Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, an original action-drama starring Ali and written and directed by Tariq. It is unquestionably a far better movie By Sarah • Sep 17, 2026 02:25 pm
Michael B Jordan Michael B Jordan: Same quote, a different way Most of us probably agree that the September 2026 issue of American Vogue was a flop, right? The cover stars were Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere to promote The Shards – and this isn’t a personal criticism, not directed towards their performances, not a judgement about them as actors or By Lainey • Sep 17, 2026 01:34 pm
TIFF 2026 coverage TIFF Review: Andrew Scott in Elsinore Andrew Scott is a very fine actor, no one doubts this. He has in Elsinore, a quasi-biopic of Scottish actor Ian Charleson, what should be the role of a lifetime. Certainly, Scott pours his heart and talent into his performance, but the film around him is so unimaginative and By Sarah • Sep 17, 2026 11:37 am
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise: Greatest stunt choreo incoming As Sarah wrote in yesterday’s site open, Tom Cruise’s greatest role is that of “Tom Cruise”. She is right in saying that his GQ cover story, both in print and on video, is for all the gossip hounds. Pretty sure we’re all still screaming about it. Tom, By Lainey • Sep 17, 2026 11:07 am
TV Updates Intro for September 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, A couple of weeks ago, I posted in this space about The Early Spring, the Chinese drama available in international markets on Netflix that was blowing up around the world. After almost a month, The Early Spring remains at #2 on the Netflix non-English chart, where it By Lainey • Sep 17, 2026 09:17 am
What Else TIFF rolls on We’re approaching the final days of TIFF, but premieres are going strong. For instance, Danny Boyle’s Ink, about Larry Lamb and Rupert Murdoch revamping The Sun. The premiere was yesterday, with Boyle and stars Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell. Lainey has developed a real Jack O’Connell By Sarah • Sep 16, 2026 04:01 pm
TIFF 2026 coverage TIFF Review: Rosalind Eleazar in Misty Green There is a real theme at TIFF this year of actors giving tremendous central performances only for the film around them to fall flat. Chris Rock’s latest directorial foray, Misty Green, is one such instance. The film, which Rock also wrote, follows down-on-her-luck actress Misty Green By Sarah • Sep 16, 2026 03:20 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 16, 2026 Amanda Seyfried’s divorce was dropped on a post-Emmys Tuesday and as of right now, is pretty much a non-story. She even posted a story about him yesterday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amanda Seyfried💛 (@mingey) Lena Dunham and Luis Felber are new parents By Maria • Sep 16, 2026 02:46 pm
