Movie Reviews and Previews Leonardo DiCaprio’s spirit age As noted in the open about Emma Stone’s Vogue cover profile and also a couple of weeks ago in my essay about the 20th anniversary of Jennifer Aniston’s Vanity Fair cover story in September 2005 and how we will never see an interview like that again, the cultural By Lainey • Aug 14, 2025 01:58 pm
Music A TNT Marathon There was so much anticipation going into the latest episode of the New Heights podcast featuring, of course, Taylor Swift. And my curiosity yesterday about the timing of it was answered because it ended up kinda being like a livestream, albeit a pre-taped one. Which totally tracks with how Taylor By Lainey • Aug 14, 2025 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 14, 2025 Dear Gossips, A few weeks ago I speculated about who would cover the September 2025 issue of American Vogue. September in magazine publishing is the all-important issue, usually the biggest issue, though obviously not as big as before when you’d go to the newsstand and it would feel almost By Lainey • Aug 14, 2025 09:35 am
TV Updates Jack goes for groceries Jack Lowden was seen in London shopping at Sainsbury’s with his reusable grocery bag. This man looks… tired. And it could be for a couple of reasons. First, as Sarah wrote in her post from a couple of weeks ago, production has started on Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice, By Lainey • Aug 13, 2025 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 13, 2025 JLo has wrapped her summer tour, a successful run of shows. If there’s one thing JLo is going to do it is get up and work! She’s not a moper. It’s a Taylor Swift takeover and her appearance on a podcast reminded me of a story about By Maria • Aug 13, 2025 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy Ping Pong in a Safdie Crash Out (Sports) Drama Since the Safdie Brothers broke up as co-directors, Josh Safdie has kept a comparatively low profile. Where Benny Safdie has acted consistently in projects like Licorice Pizza, Oppenheimer, and the upcoming The Odyssey, as well as co-creating and starring in The Curse, Josh Safdie has done a little voice work, By Sarah • Aug 13, 2025 02:03 pm
TV Updates SMG’s telltale accessory on the Buffy set Something I’ve noticed as pieces of news about the Buffy reboot trickle out is the tiptoeing. By tiptoeing, I mean that every single fan of this show, and half the people who didn’t watch it originally but have been browbeaten into it by friends and family in the By Duana • Aug 13, 2025 12:43 pm
Jock Smut Taylor Swift’s favourite podcast The most important event on the Swiftie calendar this week is the new episode of Jason and Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast which comes out at 7pm ET tonight (Wednesday). I don’t listen to this show regularly but I do know that I typically see clips from it By Lainey • Aug 13, 2025 11:41 am
TV Updates Timothy Olyphant’s chaotic streak continues Alien: Earth premiered last night—will I review it? Who can ever be sure!—which means Timothy Olyphant is back on TV screens once again. And yes, even with his character’s strong look—neon white hair and bleached brows, very Nineties Euro raver—he is still Very Handsome. My By Sarah • Aug 13, 2025 10:55 am
Only Murders In The Building Intro for August 13, 2025 Dear Gossips, The trailer for Only Murders in the Building season five was released yesterday featuring of course our favourite podcasting trio – Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez – and several Arconia residents, plus a lot of Oscar winners. Double and triple Oscar winners, actually. Meryl Streep has three of By Lainey • Aug 13, 2025 09:30 am
Relationship Assumption Jessica and Danny aren’t hiding Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez are part of the Celebrity Summer of Love 2025, two famous and very attractive people who decided to turn up the heat, together. Since they were papped returning from holiday in Mexico, and Danny subsequently identified, they’ve been photographed a couple of times here By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 04:15 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 12, 2025 Saw the photos of Joshua Jackson and Simone Ashley and immediately ran to see if they follow each other on Instagram and they do not (at the time of writing). Which kind of makes me think they are even more of a thing than we are seeing. Have you seen By Maria • Aug 12, 2025 03:51 pm
Quiveration Zoë and Austin: Sexy, incoming Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler were both seen in New York yesterday, separately, ahead of the release of Caught Stealing on August 29. I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on the box office considering that’s Labour Day weekend, traditionally not exactly a promising time By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 03:16 pm
Style Ariana Madix and the best hair clips Ariana Madix is making the rounds in New York right now and so are most of the cast members from Love Island USA S7 because they’re filming the reunion episode this week which will then air on Peacock and Crave in Canada on August 25. And considering how f-cking By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 01:53 pm
Music TNT Tuesday Those clues yesterday did actually lead to something for Taylor Swift. But it turns out, August 12 isn’t just about her. Not only did she confirm that she’s releasing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Travis Kelce’s podcast, he covers the September issue of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 12:28 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Double Albums In a time when streaming has made full-length albums somewhat disposable to the casual music listener, there’s always appreciation for the artists who still put in the time and effort to sequence an entire body of work in a traditional album format. Bryson Tiller is taking that chance with By MC • Aug 12, 2025 11:11 am
