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
Top Reads IP monsters sue plagiarism machine Today in The Lawyers Are Being Fed news, Disney and NBCUniversal launched a joint lawsuit against Midjourney, a generative AI company that specializes in image and video slop. The suit comes from two of the most powerful holders of intellectual property in the entertainment industry and is in part being By Sarah • Jun 12, 2025 10:22 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, I just bought my tickets for Materialists, seeing it on Saturday and there are layers to my excitement. First of all, I will always sign up for a summer rom-com and if you’ve been following this site for the last few months, you’re probably aware that By Lainey • Jun 12, 2025 09:32 am
Maple Leaf Pedro Pascal prefers Canada Materialists comes out on Friday and earlier this week, Vogue released an “off the cuff” interview with Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal promoting the movie – the whole thing was really cute, their chemistry is fun, the way it’s fun when two friends, who are super comfortable with each other, By Lainey • Jun 11, 2025 04:12 pm
