Amazingness Hugh Grant’s glorious misery It was six years ago, during the Golden Globes, that LaineyGossip became a Hugh Grant fansite. Duana was the one who wrote the post back in 2018 during our Globes coverage – Hugh was there as a presenter, his job was to introduce Dunkirk, one of that year’s nominees, after By Lainey • Nov 25, 2024 12:57 pm
Music Intro for November 19, 2024 Dear Gossips, Last summer Marcello Hernandez was featured as one of the stars in Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue alongside, among others, Sabrina Carpenter. I wrote about it at the time, calling him “my beloved” after a breakout season on SNL last year, hoping that he wouldn’t By Lainey • Nov 19, 2024 09:07 am
BFFs Celine and JLo: Alive and Survive! I can hear my husband upstairs laughing uncontrollably right now as I’m writing this… through tears. That’s what he’s hearing: my sobs. Sobbing through Celine Dion’s performance at the Elie Saab show in Riyadh last night. But if you love her as I do, and I By Lainey • Nov 14, 2024 10:55 am
Amazingness Paul Mescal in Dublin (and grumpy Ridley Scott) When I was in Dublin last year, I stayed just down the street from Trinity College and met several people who were quick off the cuff to tell me they went to school with Paul Mescal. The local pride in Mescal for making it big was palpable, and yesterday he By Sarah • Nov 08, 2024 11:03 am
Amazingness Wicked… Live! There’s a conversation that’s been happening over on our Substack, The Squawk, about the Wicked marketing campaign. Some feel that it’s been too much, especially because they started so early. As I wrote in my weekly mailbag column on Friday, though, these days, and with a movie By Lainey • Oct 28, 2024 03:07 pm
Music Queen Feelings x 2 Did you see what happened the other night in Vegas? It was a supernova of FEELINGS when Adele greeted Celine Dion during her show. “Let me photograph you in this light In case it is the last time That we might be exactly like we were Before we realized We By Lainey • Oct 28, 2024 11:17 am
Amazingness Intro for October 28, 2024 Dear Gossips, There was a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York yesterday in Washington Square Park. Several hundred people were in attendance after the event was promoted on flyers posted all over the city. They were competing for a prize of $50, LOOOOLLLLL. And, as you’ve probably heard, By Lainey • Oct 28, 2024 08:49 am
Jock Smut Shannon Sharpe’s live stream freak Right when I thought I was doing too much unplugging my cat cam until I left the house and covering up my laptop camera until my eyebrows were filled in, Shannon Sharpe reminded us all of the importance of double, maybe even triple checking your devices. Yesterday, he started trending By Stephanie • Sep 12, 2024 01:50 pm
Amazingness Tom Cruise’s Mission: Olympics It’s not like it was a surprise – at the midway point of the Olympics, TMZ had already broken the news that Tom Cruise was planning some kind of stunt for the Closing Ceremony and pretty much described what was about to happen. They hedged a bet about whether or By Lainey • Aug 12, 2024 02:10 pm
Amazingness Chef de Mission: Tom Cruise COME ON. I’m pretty proud of myself for that title. I’ve been googling, nobody else has thought about this yet, it’s mine! Sorry, sorry, sorry, this isn’t about my ego, but since I’m writing about someone with such a huge ego, might as well borrow By Lainey • Aug 02, 2024 01:06 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for July 29, 2024 Dear Gossips, I know you know the moment without me having to describe it. High above Paris, glittering in custom Dior atop the Eiffel Tower, awash with sparkles tumbling like lava from the sky, after singing the lyrics… “Dans le ciel, plus de problems Mon amour crois-tu qu’on s’ By Lainey • Jul 29, 2024 10:09 am
BFFs A Turd in the Baccarat Crystal Punchbowl When Lainey and I were texting about me writing this story, I said I would do it in the voice of Lady Whistledown but honestly, who has time for this sh-t? And I truly mean “sh-t”! About three weeks ago, I received a letter from a dearest gentle reader that By Maria • Jul 04, 2024 11:53 am
Music Rihanna in the DMs Most of us, I think, at least most of you who visit here regularly, can agree on Rihanna, even if she’s not your fave (really?!): she’s hilarious and she’s adorable. And what we see of her in public, in celebrity mode, might be not all that different By Lainey • Jul 03, 2024 01:54 pm
Amazingness Travis wanted the ball The biggest moment from Taylor Swift’s first run at Wembley on The Eras Tour happened on the last night, of course, when Travis Kelce joined her on stage at the start of “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart”. Now, on the season two finale of the New By Lainey • Jul 03, 2024 11:25 am
BFFs Big body… but is it a crime? Every time Taylor Swift performs on The Eras tour, there is something that goes viral. Swifties, as we know, are intense. And of course there’s the whole TNT factor so when Travis Kelce is in the stadium, whether it’s a kiss or a look or whatever, people will By Lainey • Jul 02, 2024 12:52 pm
Royals TNT: The London Invasion Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour stop in London for three days, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, was always circled in red on the pop culture calendar. London is a major hub, and there’s the celebrity factor, but also London is where she lived during her relationship with Joe Alwyn, By Lainey • Jun 24, 2024 11:33 am
