BTS Intro for January 19, 2026 Dear Gossips, Welcome to a new week which, for some people in show business, is Oscar nomination week. Nominations will be announced the morning of Thursday 22 January and the Academy confirmed a few days ago that Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman will be presenting. View this post on Instagram By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 09:53 am
What Else Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York A$AP Rocky just dropped his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. I haven’t listened all the way through yet so I’ll leave it to MC to address it next week in his music column, but for now, we’ll just gossip. Because there’s always gossip in By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 04:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 16, 2026 You’re a little late to the party but WELCOME, Charlie Puth. Enjoy the tuna melt. (And you know he posted on Twitter because it gets way more Heated Rivalry engagement compared to Instagram.) pic.twitter.com/UtLA3hRmdk — Charlie Puth (@charlieputh) January 16, 2026 The White Lotus wasn’t really By Maria • Jan 16, 2026 03:03 pm
Kai Cenat Kai Cenat’s new direction One month after the harsh online reaction to his video about mental health and desire to create, livestreaming sensation Kai Cenat has broken his silence on social media. This time, he shared another video that seems to suggest he is quitting streaming for good - and that he’s setting By Stephanie • Jan 16, 2026 02:39 pm
Style Charlize Theron: Carol Burnett and Trousers The Palm Royale season two finale event was a tribute to Carol Burnett and there were some surprise dignitary and celebrity appearances in her honour. Michelle Obama sent a video message, Bernadette Peters, Rhea Seehorn, and Vince Gilligan were there. And Charlize Theron was in the audience too, at one By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 02:01 pm
Connor Storrie Fashion Week Hollanov The Hollywood Reporter yesterday published a report on the media impact value of celebrities and brands at the Golden Globes on Sunday, ranking which stars generated the most social media impressions related to their clothing and accessories, a way for fashion and jewellery houses to measure the marketing value of By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 12:25 pm
TV Updates Sophie Turner flexes as Lara Croft Four months ago Sophie Turner was announced as the latest actress to play video game heroine Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider series developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Yesterday, Prime Video, which is producing the new adaptation as a series, dropped a first-look photo of Turner done up as Lara, By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 11:34 am
Business of Hollywood Kathleen Kennedy quit the Star War It’s official, after first being reported eleven months ago, Kathleen Kennedy has stepped down as the president of Lucasfilm. As was previously speculated, she is being replaced by not one but two people, with George Lucas’s protégé, Dave Filoni, moving up to president and chief creative officer (he By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 10:38 am
Bad Bunny Intro for January 16, 2026 Dear Gossips, We are now just over three weeks away from the Benito Bowl on Sunday 8 February in Santa Clara, California so it’s right on time for a promo. And a new one dropped yesterday. It’s short, but it doesn’t have to be extensive to fuel By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 10:15 am
BTS ARIRANG BTS already broke the internet earlier this week when they announced the dates for their upcoming tour. ARMY is in full meltdown again today because pre-order information is now available for the new album, which means we now have the album title: ARIRANG I know I’m biased but, like, By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 04:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 15, 2026 JLo’s vibes were off at the Golden Globes; Lainey wrote about it and I mentioned it yesterday. Here’s a video of her doing the Glambot and if you have watched these before, you know that Cole is a celebrity in his own right. Everyone stops to greet him By Maria • Jan 15, 2026 02:40 pm
Name Nerd “Kate” Madden Calls The Shots This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm
Award Season Campaigning RDJ shows up for Timmy As mentioned several times today, it is Oscar nominations voting week, as Academy members decide on which artists will be nominated for the Oscars, happening on March 15. The nominations will be announced a week today, next Thursday. So the contenders and their various studios are doing what they can By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 12:31 pm
TV Updates Spinning the Ryan Murphy wheel again Oh boy, it’s time for another round of my favorite game, How Long Can I Watch Ryan Murphy’s New TV Show?! The last time I played I made it through four episodes of All’s Fair, and now it’s time to try Ryan Murphy’s latest series, By Sarah • Jan 15, 2026 11:53 am
Jacob Elordi Jacob and Olivia… again and again Back in the summer, it was reported that Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade Giannulli had broken up. Then she showed up with him at the TIFF premiere of Frankenstein, a whole heatscore in white, and it was obvious that their split was brief. A few weeks after that, it was By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 11:24 am
Leonardo DiCaprio Intro for January 15, 2026 Dear Gossips, We are now exactly two months away from the Oscars, which are happening on March 15, and it’s also nomination campaigning week, as Academy members are currently voting on the nominations, scheduled to be announced a week today on January 22. This means contenders are out there By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 10:12 am
