Business of Hollywood Intro for October 24, 2025 Dear Gossips, All week I’ve been watching the headlines and the developing story about Warner Bros. Discovery’s potential sale to another studio. The news came Tuesday morning with “multiple parties circl[ing]” the studio, followed just hours later with reports that WBD’s stock hit a three-year high By Sarah • Oct 24, 2025 09:18 am
Jock Smut The Jays and the Stays You didn’t think I could go a whole day without mentioning the Toronto Blue Jays, did you? The World Series is starting in 24 hours, basically two blocks away from where I’m writing this post. My home team is in it - as the heavy underdogs, which is By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 23, 2025 Nikki Glaser and Judd Apatow are working together on a rom-com and it got me thinking about Judd’s partnerships over the years, particularly for his most successful films. Katherine Heigl, Amy Schumer, and his wife Leslie Mann come to mind, as does Catherine Keener in The 40-year-old Virgin (the By Maria • Oct 23, 2025 02:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jeremy Allen White in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Scott Cooper made his feature film debut as a director with 2009’s country music-themed Crazy Heart, and since then he’s built a body of work that is united not by genre but by theme. Cooper addresses American masculinity in many forms and tropes, from Westerns to crime dramas By Sarah • Oct 23, 2025 01:30 pm
TV Updates Greta Lee’s A.I. Double This post contains spoilers for season four of The Morning Show… Greta Lee is currently starring in a movie, Tron: Ares, in which she, a human, interacts with an A.I., played by Jared Leto, who is gaining sentience and does not become malevolent. Greta Lee is also currently starring By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 11:28 am
Kristen Bell Kristen Bell’s premiere week stumble Today marks the release of the second season of Kristen Bell and Adam Brody’s Netflix hit Nobody Wants This. But with the fallout over Kristen’s controversial post celebrating her and Dax Shepard’s 12th anniversary not slowing down at all, things have been playing out much differently than By Stephanie • Oct 23, 2025 11:03 am
Music Intro for October 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, All 12 of Taylor Swift’s songs from The Life of a Showgirl charted in the top 12 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in the first week of release, lead by “The Fate of Ophelia”. This is no surprise. However, in 13th position that week, right behind By Lainey • Oct 23, 2025 09:15 am
Books Brie Larson is a party person Brie Larson is currently on a book tour. She and her best friend, who is also a chef and food stylist, Courtney McBroom, co-wrote a cookbook together called Party People which is out now. It’s basically recipes for every kind of party, from large gatherings to a party of By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 04:12 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 22, 2025 There are some new photos of Kendall Jenner and Mary-Kate Olsen at Sushi Park – there must be only one way in and out of that restaurant because that balcony sees some traffic. Hailey Bieber explained her love of Sushi Park to Harper’s BAZAAR and it’s understandable. I don’ By Maria • Oct 22, 2025 03:27 pm
Style Emma and Jesse: Campaigns and conspiracies Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest, Bugonia, opens in limited release this weekend and wide the following. It’s Yorgos and it’s Emma which means that there’s some expectation that this film and its performances will contend for Oscars. But also, it’s Yorgos and it’s Emma which means By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 02:54 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Jodie's green bag, Jennifer Aniston, the QUEEN of tees Jodie Turner-Smith’s slouchy green tote A week back I mentioned Jodie Turner-Smith, who is a slay on the red carpet. On her way to being one of the greatest red carpet dressers of her generation. But I’ve been sleeping on her street style, which you can see here. By Maria • Oct 22, 2025 01:59 pm
Books Gucci Mane’s “radical accountability” Gucci Mane recently released his 17th studio album and is gearing up for a tour starting in November. If that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he also just published his third book, Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man. Naturally, he and his wife, Keyshia Ka’oir, By Stephanie • Oct 22, 2025 12:50 pm
TV Updates All’s Fair …and snatched The cast of Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair was in Paris last night for the premiere and in all the group shots on their multiple red carpets thus far, it’s been Kim Kardashian who is centered…because she is the main character. And as I wrote on Substack By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 12:01 pm
Music Dakota Johnson, Director I was mid on Materialists, but it had a moment over the summer, instigating conversations about money, class, romance, and Hollywood’s “broke man propaganda”. It also cracked $100 million at the box office, which as much as people say doesn’t matter, when film as an industry is struggling By Sarah • Oct 22, 2025 11:05 am
Jock Smut Intro for October 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, The jokes about Drake and Kendrick Lamar started the minute the Jays won game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night. Drake, of course, is from Toronto and Kendrick is from LA and their feud has, at this point, become monoculture. If we’re talking about musicians and By Lainey • Oct 22, 2025 10:25 am
Style Grace Wales Bonner’s luxurious rise Major news in fashion today – Grace Wales Bonner has been named the new creative director of menswear at Hermès, succeeding Véronique Nichanian who has held the post since 1988. Grace’s first Hermès collection will debut in January 2027, over a year to wait, but still… this is historic. She By Lainey • Oct 21, 2025 04:26 pm
