Relationship Assumption Katy Perry: Exes and Trudeaus Come on. That was a good pun, right? I suck at puns, it’s like a 16-year comet cycle when I can come up with one. And it works with Katy Perry’s most recent Instagram post. It’s a much better start to 2026 for Katy than it was By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 02:42 pm
Maple Leaf Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts It was impossible to know and/or predict what Heated Rivalry would become – and is still becoming. A Canadian production, made on muuuucchhh less money than an American counterpart would have done, starring two unknown actors in a gay hockey romance, as smutty as its source material is THE pop By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 01:24 pm
Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner was the phoenix all along Jennifer Garner recently sat down with Marie Claire UK and did something she doesn’t really do – talk about her 2015 separation from Ben Affleck, which ultimately led to their divorce in 2018. Since their split, Jen has remained pretty tight-lipped about the nature of it all, save for that By Stephanie • Jan 08, 2026 11:52 am
Award Season Campaigning Everyone is at the Chateau At various points in its near-hundred-year history, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont has been a hip celebrity hangout. It had one of its many revival periods in the 90s when the Gen Xers liked hanging out there—some loyalists, like Keanu Reeves, are still frequent visitors. But then it kind By Sarah • Jan 08, 2026 11:06 am
Spike Lee Intro for January 8, 2026 Dear Gossips, Variety is releasing its Directors on Directors series and the one I was most interested in was Spike Lee with Ryan Coogler – mostly because of their work, of course, and the way they have consistently challenged audiences at the movies – but also because it’s Variety, a publication By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 10:22 am
What Else The SAGs are Unsentimental The Screen Actors Guild Awards, formerly known as the SAGs, are now The Actor Awards although everyone I know who works in Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general, is still saying “SAGs”. I wonder how long it will take to catch on. Anyway, the nominations happened today, announced by By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 04:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 7, 2026 You know how I know Kim Kardashian is slipping? She didn’t book Hudson and Connor for a SKIMS campaign. Her team is usually right on top of it. Now that it’s blown up there will be bids – could be Fenty, could be Calvin Klein. I hope their rate By Maria • Jan 07, 2026 03:45 pm
Break Ups Ali and Bill: the year’s first breakup Remember how it went in 2025? The first half of the year was all celebrity splits, which then turned into the summer of celebrity love. Wonder if 2026 will be a repeat because we’re starting with a breakup: PEOPLE has the exclusive today that Ali Wong and Bill Hader By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 02:58 pm
Award Season Campaigning Jennifer and Emma: Globes, chats, and Miss Piggy Who do you think is in Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone’s mom group chat? To be fair, theirs isn’t technically a mom group because they were friends well before they became mothers. But just as a comparison to the self-inflicted mom group scandal that Ashley Tisdale started, who By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 01:32 pm
Drama The dads enter the toxic mom chat The first gossip scandal of 2026 keeps giving and we’re currently on day three, and a dad has entered the chat. To recap, briefly: Ashley Tisdale wrote a piece for The Cut about how she quit her toxic mom group. She did not name names, but the internet immediately By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 12:53 pm
Maple Leaf Hollanov Supreme Heated Rivalry is basically Everybody Wants Some because… well… everybody does. It is by far the most popular and most viral series of the moment, arguably even more than the final installment of the final season of Stranger Things. Which is why award season wants a piece of it. Of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 11:03 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 7, 2026 Dear Gossips, Even though Timothée Chalamet was the Critics Choice for best actor the other night, prognosticators don’t seem convinced that he’s the favourite for the Oscar. As Sarah noted in her post about Timmy’s win, the Academy has been reluctant to award younger actors in this By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 09:40 am
What Else Sydney Sweeney: a good end and a better beginning Last year was up and down for Sydney Sweeney. Started off great, ended her engagement, then controversy in the summer, with a string of flops at the box office, but then a rebound at the end of the year with The Housemaid which did very good business during the holidays. By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 04:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 6, 2026 Yesterday we didn’t get a chance to talk about the holiday Beckham messiness, which is the “unfollowing” that, according to Cruz Beckham, was actually a block by Brooklyn. Prior to the block, Victoria had been liking Brooklyn’s posts. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝓃𝒾𝒸𝑜𝓁𝒶 (@nicolaannepeltzbeckham) By Maria • Jan 06, 2026 02:56 pm
Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart’s directorial confidence Kristen Stewart was on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night to promote her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, in select theatres now. One of the things I clocked that she said during the interview was when they were talking about the holidays and New Year’s Eve and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 01:30 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heart & Soul The new year has arrived and new music is rolling out in full force including the comeback of an R&B giant. Jill Scott first burst onto the scene in 2000 with her iconic album Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 which helped usher in a By MC • Jan 06, 2026 12:34 pm
