Music Mimi and Mr Beast Our Butterfly Queen was in London performing at Capital’s Summertime Ball. She looked great, she sounded stronger than she has in a long time and… if you haven’t seen it yet… let me show you something you might not believe. Like when I first saw it I thought By Lainey • Jun 16, 2025 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews How to Train Your Dragon soars (again) Live-action remakes of beloved animated films are a crapshoot that usually ends badly, but what happens when you 1) remake a movie that is already legitimately great, and 2) allow the original filmmaker to revisit their own work? It sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Why remake something that By Sarah • Jun 16, 2025 10:35 am
Shout-Outs June 16, 2025 - Shout-Outs Mary! Happy Birthday from Mandy! I’m told that your bias is the bias assassin himself, Min Yoongi. It was great seeing him on Friday at Hobi’s show and he seemed SO happy – not only to be giving and receiving to and from ARMY but also to be reunited By Lainey • Jun 16, 2025 10:14 am
Music Intro for June 16, 2025 Dear Gossips, You’re probably not wondering but I’ll tell you anyway – I am still not OK after the BTS events of last week when four members of the band were discharged from mandatory military service and then ALL of them attended j-hope’s show in Seoul on Friday By Lainey • Jun 16, 2025 09:46 am
TV Updates Activist Noah Wyle is back at it The Pitt season two is currently filming—July 4 chaos here we come!!—but producer-writer-star Noah Wyle took a break to go to Washington and urged Congress to act to better support healthcare workers in the US. He published an op-ed about it this week in USA Today. He’s By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 04:02 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Premiere, celebration, merch Porsha Williams is celebrating a major win in her prenup battle with her ex, Simon Guobadia, who was recently released from ICE custody and deported to Nigeria. Ralph Pittman deserves a peach for the mess he caused this week after he leaked text messages that appear to be from Drew’ By Stephanie • Jun 13, 2025 03:18 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 13, 2025 Kendrick Lamar wore an Oasis shirt on stage and before I even looked at his Twitter feed, I knew Liam (who grouses about everyone!) would approve. You know why? They are both generational haters, the kind of haters who elevate insults into an art form. That is a rare gift. By Maria • Jun 13, 2025 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Celine Song’s Materialists Celine Song follows up her Oscar-nominated debut feature film, Past Lives, with another meditative look at modern romance. This time it’s Materialists, which takes the trappings of a romantic comedy and gently drops them into something almost like reality, where, specifically, financial reality is a critical part of everyone’ By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 01:35 pm
Music Sabrina Carpenter is calling the shots Summer 2024 was the Summer of Sabrina Carpenter, as she ascended to pop diva status with Short ’n Sweet and its breakout single, “Espresso”. Now, she’s coming back with a new album, Man’s Best Friend, due in August, and has already dropped the lead single, the cheeky curse-that-man By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 12:40 pm
Sports Taylor Swift does that hockey For those who don’t understand the reference, “do that hockey” is a line from one of Chance the Rapper’s best sketches on Saturday Night Live in which he plays “Laszlo Holmes”, an NYC sports reporter who usually does the Knicks games but has to fill in when the By Lainey • Jun 13, 2025 11:14 am
TV Updates Squid Game begins to end Between Stranger Things and Squid Game, it’s a big year for Netflix ending their biggest TV shows. Squid Game’s third and final season debuts on June 27, just two weeks away. The cast and series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk were in London yesterday to kick off the press tour. By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for June 13, 2025 Dear Gossips, Mel Brooks is 98 years old—he turns 99 in a couple weeks—and he still knows what the people want: to f-ck around in space. Yesterday, Brooks announced he’s making a sequel to Spaceballs. I told you we’d be back — Mel Brooks (@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social) By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 09:14 am
Music Fast & Bangtan It is officially Friday 13 June in South Korea which means… it’s Festa! Happy 12th anniversary BTS! Festa celebrations are blowing up on social media as it’s already been a joyful week with RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook all discharged after completing their military service. And there’s By Lainey • Jun 12, 2025 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 12, 2025 Miley Cyrus is talking about jobs she lost because of pretty mild teen behaviour. She was fired from Hotel Transylvania because of a penis cake. Presumably, she was replaced by Selena Gomez and this is a perfect example of how child stars are both punished and kept in check. If By Maria • Jun 12, 2025 03:34 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Abby Elliott’s blue dress and Will Trent belt Is there a show more uneven than The Bear? Some episodes, like Feast of the Seven Fishes, are incredible. Other episodes fall flat with wedged-in side characters and a lot of “we’re the prestige show of the moment, and we know it” dialogue. One thing this show does consistently By Maria • Jun 12, 2025 01:32 pm
BFFs Dakota Johnson’s Taylor Swift dreams We often talk about how Robert Pattinson gives unhinged interviews and he’s always good on a press tour for at least once insane interview where he’s probably lying because he’s bored but the answer is so chaotic the internet is in shambles as a result. But, like, By Lainey • Jun 12, 2025 12:19 pm
