Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman in The Roses Warren Adler’s divorce-themed novel, The War of the Roses, was published in 1981, born of the era in which the introduction of no-fault divorce led to a huge spike in divorces. In 1989, Danny DeVito—an underappreciated director of comedy—adapted Adler’s novel into the similarly titled The By Sarah • Aug 27, 2025 02:55 pm
Style Julia in Venice! There’s an exclamation point in the title here because I’m old and I still get excited about Julia Roberts. Julia is one of the many stars arriving in Venice today for the start of the Venice Film Festival. She is there for the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino’ By Lainey • Aug 27, 2025 02:04 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Pants! Pants! Pants! I know it’s technically summer but I also know it’s unofficially fall because everyone has pants on the brain. Wide leg denim, pleated black trousers, cargo pants (which are back… AGAIN). We are embracing the cool breeze. Any day now. Katie Holmes in pleated pants People are shipping By Maria • Aug 27, 2025 12:02 pm
Weddings TNT: The Spokesperson and the Sponcon Travis Kelce’s father, Ed Kelce, wasted no time yesterday after Taylor and Travis’s joint announcement on Instagram confirming their engagement. Ed did an interview with a local Cleveland news station providing answers to some of the pressing questions about the proposal. Cleveland of course is the Kelces’ hometown. By Lainey • Aug 27, 2025 10:36 am
Weddings Intro for August 27, 2025 Dear Gossips, A member of our Substack community, The Squawk, dropped a link in the daily chat yesterday to an article at The Guardian about how everyone from brands to politicians yesterday leveraged Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement to promote themselves or their products. During what was supposed By Lainey • Aug 27, 2025 09:05 am
Style Cardi goes to court Taylor Swift is engaged and she’s sucking up the pop culture oxygen right now which, as I already said in my post about the proposal, would be a good opportunity for any celebrities who have anything to reveal and don’t want people to pay attention. Then there’s By Lainey • Aug 26, 2025 04:10 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 26, 2025 A rebrand is in the works at the vagina candle headquarters. Before we look forward, let’s look at the past and present: struggling skin care that is moving into Ulta (which Puck News called a “Hail Mary”), a makeup line, luxury fashion, a Netflix series, brick and mortar stores, By Maria • Aug 26, 2025 03:17 pm
Weddings A Very TNT Engagement Everyone knows this by now because I saw the news on Instagram literally five minutes after she posted and when I checked by eight minutes later (haha that adds up to 13) there were 1.3 million likes. At this rate she might break an Instagram record. It’s Taylor By Lainey • Aug 26, 2025 01:44 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Back to The 80s After a rebellious musical period that saw her wanting to stray away from the pop hits that helped solidify her career during COVID, Doja Cat is coming home and this time she’s taking it all the way back to the wondrous sounds and aesthetics of the 1980s. From the By MC • Aug 26, 2025 01:36 pm
Style Venice arrivals: George, Emma, Naomi, and Billy Arrivals are picking up in Venice now ahead of the festival’s opening night tomorrow. George and Amal Clooney were seen in Lake Como last night for dinner with some celebrity friends, including Shailene Woodley, before heading to the Lido today to promote Jay Kelly. With Noah Baumbach directing and By Lainey • Aug 26, 2025 12:54 pm
BFFs Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett’s Oscar comedy gamble As mentioned, the fall festivals are coming—Venice starts this week—and that means the 2025 trophy season is now open. Frankenstein had its moment, and now we have a glossy Vanity Fair profile of Bradley Cooper’s latest film, Is This Thing On?, about a man who finds success By Sarah • Aug 26, 2025 11:44 am
Jock Smut V takes over baseball Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers had a very obvious motive when they invited BTS’s V, aka Kim Taehyung, to throw out the first pitch at the game last night. There has always been a relationship between sports and entertainment. Sports is entertainment. Athletes, musicians, actors, models, By Lainey • Aug 26, 2025 10:46 am
Reality TV Intro for August 26, 2025 Dear Gossips, The Love Island USA season seven reunion episode was a flop. For multiple reasons, starting with production decisions that simply didn’t work. That set was too big, too spread out, with Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen sitting in the middle and islanders placed on either side of By Lainey • Aug 26, 2025 09:35 am
TV Updates A Kiss for Adam Scott Adam Scott was at the farmer’s market this weekend with his wife Naomi in their cute matching khakis. Both outfits are kinda coordinated. Like not super matchy-matchy but definitely a similar vibe. Did not know Adam Scott had this street style game. His pants are excellent. Adam, by the By Lainey • Aug 25, 2025 04:19 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 25, 2025 Tonight is the night Love Island USA viewers have been waiting weeks for – the season seven reunion episode! Quick announcement for our Squawk community: we will be LIVE CHATTING the reunion starting at 9pm ET on Substack. Please watch for the dedicated piece that will be posted a few minutes By Lainey • Aug 25, 2025 02:13 pm
TV Updates Saoirse, Stella, and Jack go for a walk A couple of weeks ago I posted some photos of Jack Lowden heading to the grocery store looking tired and I wondered whether it was work fatigue or newborn fatigue. We now have an answer. Jack and Saoirse Ronan went for a walk in London this weekend with their dog, By Lainey • Aug 25, 2025 12:17 pm
