Jock Smut JLo & Lewis: The Gossip Genie delivers In a post about Lewis Hamilton last month, I ended on a wish for the Gossip Genie. A member of The Squawk, our Substack community, had mentioned that Lewis talked about shooting his shot with Jennifer Lopez at the Met Gala once, telling her he’d been in love with By Lainey • Apr 21, 2025 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B. Jordan in Sinners Growing up in the American South, something I find missing in most Southern-flavored media is the heaviness of the air. It is challenging to communicate in removed mediums like cinema because the viewer can never physically feel the weight of the air pressing down on them, so the burden is By Sarah • Apr 21, 2025 09:48 am
Weddings Intro for April 21, 2025 Dear Gossips, Was it a wedding wrap? A wrap wedding? Kristen Stewart are Dylan Meyer are married! The wedding happened yesterday at their home in LA – TMZ has the photos. Looked like an intimate gathering, an afternoon backyard party on a Sunday, super chill and very much to their vibes. By Lainey • Apr 21, 2025 09:04 am
TV Updates More PPG! Season six of Love Island USA last summer was the first non-UK instalment of the franchise that outperformed the British version. It was a huge hit for Peacock … because of its cast. These people were dramatic AF and everyone signed up for the f-ckery. It was a big win for By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 17, 2025 Yesterday I wrote about Jimmy Fallon’s new advertising show and his co-host is Bozoma Saint John, who was the CMO at Netflix and is currently a diamond holder on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I think a first-season Housewife should get a lot of leeway because it’s not By Maria • Apr 17, 2025 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hijinks and tomfoolery in The Wedding Banquet Ang Lee’s classic romantic dramedy The Wedding Banquet is now 32 years old, and besides being old enough for a mortgage, the film also straddles a significant cultural divide—the legalization of gay marriage. Lee’s 1993 rom-dramedy of manners centers on a queer couple who must hide their By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 02:38 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben Affleck makes a point The Accountant 2 premiere happened last night, the movie opens next Friday and Sarah will be posting her review next week. Ben Affleck, of course, was the big draw on the carpet and he’s making headlines today for who joined him there – no photos, not that I can see, By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 02:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Roses at war (again) When a remake of The War of the Roses, Danny DeVito’s pitch black 1989 divorce “comedy”—quotes because the film is emotionally and literally violent—was announced last year, I thought why. I mean, besides the fact that you almost can’t get a script greenlit without it stemming By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 12:56 pm
Top Reads Tracee Ellis Ross on choice and singledom Tracee Ellis Ross was a guest on the IMO podcast hosted by Michelle Obama and her older brother Craig. During the conversation, Tracee spoke about the “fascinating adventure” of dating and the nuanced grief she experiences at times moving through life without a partner or children of her own. And By Stephanie • Apr 17, 2025 11:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hardy: Big Havoc in Wales In her post about Timothy Olyphant preceding this one, Sarah wrote of Timothy Olyphant that “he works in more things than he shows up for at this point in his career” and we have a good example of this right now as he did show up for #1 Happy Family By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 11:11 am
TV Updates Timothy Olyphant turned up for Ramy One of the central principles of LaineyGossip is that if Timothy Olyphant emerges, I must write about him, so behold, here is Timothy at the premiere of the new Prime Video animated show, #1 Happy Family USA, which is from comedian Ramy Youssef. Olyphant voices a character in the show, By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 10:11 am
Jock Smut Intro for April 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, From the very beginning of her career, when she was just a teenager, Serena Williams has been underestimated, misunderstood, disrespected – by tennis insiders, tennis commentators, tennis players, tennis fans, the media. As an athlete, she’s a lot smarter and more strategic than they ever gave her credit By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 09:35 am
TV Updates Diego: Andor and TIME Diego Luna is among those on the TIME 100 list, in the Artists category, with an endorsement written by his best friend, Gael Garcia Bernal. Theirs is a decades-long friendship – we met them of course in Y tu mamá también, a f-cking classic, and they recently starred together in Hulu’ By Lainey • Apr 16, 2025 04:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 16, 2025 Did Orlando Bloom post about the space daycation? He’s liked some of Katy Perry’s posts and maybe he posted in stories and I missed it. Here he is with Drew Barrymore promoting a really big cruise ship. Below that is a post from Orlando about a documentary about By Maria • Apr 16, 2025 03:25 pm
Amazingness Ben Affleck’s new cover Ben Affleck covers the new issue of Us Weekly and the cover itself, like the photo, is the initial reason why I added this to today’s site coverage because LOL FOREVER, the shot selection here is… well… look at it. This is the kind of shot that’s meant By Lainey • Apr 16, 2025 02:11 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen on Social Media: Oprah's denim, Amy Poehler’s mystery sweatshirt Oprah’s MOTHER moment I was happy to get this request because it lines up with a new purchase that I hate to admit I love: Mother Denim. These jeans are everywhere right now, the same way Current/Elliot, JBrand, 7s, Citizens of Humanity, Frame and Slvrlake have all had By Maria • Apr 16, 2025 01:37 pm
