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
Music Intro for August 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, Started the day yesterday talking about “Golden”, from the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack and whether or not it could reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ended the day with the confirmation: “Golden” has indeed topped the chart, adding to the movie’s ever-growing list of surprise achievements. By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 09:45 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Rocky’s plus one Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright, opens in theatres this Friday before streaming on Apple TV+. The cast is doing some press right now ahead of the theatrical release and there will also be a red carpet premiere in New York. This, presumably, is By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 11, 2025 Reasonable Doubt is adding Lori Harvey to the cast, and at least one new viewer. (It’s Jacek.) The Beckhams are on their annual yacht vacation, minus a few members. That doesn’t seem to be slowing down the festivities or the family photos. Meanwhile, the Peltz-Beckhams couldn’t wait By Maria • Aug 11, 2025 03:34 pm
Music Taylor Swift: What’s Orange? The Taylor Swift metaverse is not a quiet space. Even when Taylor’s silent, her fans are reading into whatever invisible signals they perceive that she’s sending out into the universe. And when she does post, or step out wearing a certain shoe or jacket, Swifties obsessively analyse whether By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 03:07 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Jennifer Aniston: A New Vanity Fair My last essay at The Squawk two weeks ago was about the 20th anniversary of Jennifer Aniston’s Vanity Fair cover story for the September 2005 issue which has become mythological for its place in gossip history. I have a thing about milestones, particularly gossip milestones, and I’m pretty By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 02:14 pm
Music Sydney Sweeney & MGK’s non-answer Back in the spring, Sydney Sweeney’s love life was making headlines because she did not end up getting married in May and instead was seen in Vegas flirting with Machine Gun Kelly whose relationship issues are even messier. He and Megan Fox have been on and off for years By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 12:38 pm
Music This Is Real, This Is Demi + Joe The Jonas Brothers kicked off their 52-city Greetings from Your Hometown tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last night and pulled out all the stops you could think of. Jesse McCartney even came out halfway through for a rendition of “Beautiful Soul”. With a rich setlist of 30+ songs By MC • Aug 11, 2025 11:19 am
