Books Intro for February 12, 2026 Dear Gossips, Today in “please make it stop” news, an AI-generated video went viral this week featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop over Jeffrey Epstein, prompting warnings from Hollywood creatives that this will jeopardise opportunities for actual human beings. I know that’s the most pressing By Lainey • Feb 12, 2026 09:48 am
What Else New Gossip Genie? Michael B Jordan is enjoying the experience of his first Oscar nomination this award season for his performance as both Smoke and Stack in Sinners. It’s still shocking to me that he’s not one of the frontrunners – because, like, it’s a towering achievement, two towering achievements, actually. By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 04:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 11, 2026 Oh I meant to post this clip of Kaley Cuoco on WWHL commenting on Ashley Tisdale’s mom group drama. Kaley is clearly not having it with Ashley and lives in LA, so I want to know what she knows. She immediately shakes her head. (Fun fact: Ashley is married By Maria • Feb 11, 2026 03:30 pm
Timothee Chalamet Timmy plays favourites American Cinematheque this week is running a Timothée Chalamet Retrospective, which is wild to me, LOL. He’s 30 years old, like freshly 30. Their rationale, however, is that he has four Oscar nominations, to date, and if you consider that of the eight films that are screening during this By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 03:09 pm
Hudson Williams Hudson Williams: A Birthday Valentine After going quiet for a little over a week – which for him must have been a welcome break after the non-stop attention he’s been getting for two straight months – Hudson Williams resurfaced in New York last night. He went to the Knicks game, and he wasn’t alone. Hudson By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 01:16 pm
Style Court Clothing: Coincidence and Conspiracy There is a hearing happening right now in New York between Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and their respective legal teams. Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave is presiding over discussions in an attempt to get the two to begin settlement discussions and avoid going to trial, currently set to begin in By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 11:37 am
Award Season Campaigning Jacob Elordi’s big boost The Oscar nominees luncheon happened yesterday – and this year’s edition of the annual tradition was a bit more special because the luncheon was cancelled in 2025 due to the wildfires. Right now, as we enter the final stretch of award season, it’s actually looking quite competitive in three By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 10:48 am
Sports Intro for February 11, 2026 Dear Gossips, If you were to have asked me ahead of the Olympics to predict which sport would give us the messiest romance gossip, I would have said figure skating – pretty sure many if not most others would say the same. Biathlon though? A mega longshot, not on the bingo By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 09:44 am
What Else That’s his voice right? There are some people who are Not OK about Lewis Hamilton and Kim Kardashian and to those people I say… sorry, but you’ll have to deal with more. More as in more than just the Cotswolds and Paris and being together at the Benito Bowl. Now it might be, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 04:01 pm
Rihanna Rihanna goes for groceries Rihanna’s commitment to doing her own grocery and drug store runs remains unchanged. But first, she went viral without lifting a damn finger the other day because of Celine Dion’s recent post about what songs she listens to. First of all, Celine is unhinged in this video – and By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 02:23 pm
Gorgessity Angelina in couture for Couture Angelina Jolie stepped out for her first red carpet of 2026 last night Paris for the premiere of Couture and, fittingly, she was in Givenchy by Sarah Burton; this is one of the more notable looks we’ve seen from her in a while. By her standards, going by recent By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 01:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 10, 2026 If you are absolutely sick of celebrities showing off their pristine, slate grey homes, this is the cottage for you. Scout Willis’s home in Architectural Digest is so cozy and whimsical – the overgrown garden, the reading nook! View this post on Instagram A post shared by ☆ Scout Willis ☆ (@scoutlaruewillis) By Maria • Feb 10, 2026 01:13 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: J. Cole’s Final Act With the exception of Kendrick Lamar, it’s been a rough year commercially for hip-hop, at least in terms of the lack of hits that have been produced in the genre. Last fall, Billboard reported that for the first time in 35 years, there were no hip-hop songs charting within By MC • Feb 10, 2026 12:16 pm
Marc Anthony Marc Anthony says enough Marc Anthony kicks off his Vegas residency, Vegas… My Way!, this coming Friday. It’s a fitting title for his show, considering that the phrase “My Way” in pop culture is typically associated with Frank Sinatra who of course was the king of Las Vegas in his prime – and Marc By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 11:22 am
Music Intro for February 10, 2026 Dear Gossips, I had two alarms set on Sunday night. The first was at 759pm so that I wouldn’t miss the start of the Benito Bowl. The second was an hour later, 859pm, so that I could jump on Weverse at 9pm to buy the new BTS light stick, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 09:47 am
What Else Clooney and the Beauty Omega is the official timekeeper of the Olympics so there was a whole partnership event this weekend in Italy as the brand brought in several of its ambassadors to maximise their presence at the Games. George Clooney has been affiliated with Omega for years and, of course’s he’s By Lainey • Feb 09, 2026 04:07 pm
