Matt Damon Intro for November 3, 2026 Dear Gossips, A couple of interesting Matt Damon sightings this week – more notable than usual because Matt Damon, when he isn’t on an active press tour, doesn’t really do the circuit. But he is one of the frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar this season, the lead and By Lainey • Nov 03, 2026 10:00 am
Gemma Chan Gemma Chan is a contender Gemma Chan was at the Newport Beach Film Festival yesterday where she was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement in Acting award for her performance in Josephine. Josephine had its world premiere at the beginning of the year at Sundance where it won the Grand Jury Prize. It’s been making By Lainey • Oct 21, 2026 12:36 pm
Nathan Fielder Intro for October 21, 2026 Dear Gossips, I posted yesterday about the state of the Oscar race and how much fun the award season discourse is right now, especially the David and Goliath situation that’s emerging between The Odyssey and You Can See Everything. Or, more succinctly, Nathan vs Nolan. You Can See Everything, By Lainey • Oct 21, 2026 09:18 am
Award Season Campaigning Andrew Scott is your co-leader As an award season nerd, I am living right now for all the Oscar conversations that are happening online. It’s October, we still have five months to go, maybe it’s too much too soon and the fatigue will set in even sooner but right now, it’s fun. By Lainey • Oct 20, 2026 11:10 am
Top Reads Taylor woos the Academy As Sarah just wrote in today’s site intro, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything opened big at the box office this weekend, strengthening its case for the Oscars. A24 is campaigning this film to become the first documentary ever to receive a Best Picture nomination; By Lainey • Oct 19, 2026 10:55 am
Chris Rock Chris Rock is no longer hosting As Sarah wrote earlier today, Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything, the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, bulldozed its way into the festival conversation by surprise, taking the wind a bit out of Venice and claiming the spotlight for Telluride. Award season is taking shape now after By Lainey • Sep 08, 2026 03:37 pm
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: Winning and Losing Taylor Swift has been under the radar since getting married but behind the scenes, we do know that she’s been campaigning. She attended at least one Emmys for your consideration event and at least one Grammys event for her The Eras Tour concert film and The Life of a By Lainey • Sep 08, 2026 11:56 am
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: Campaigns and Symbols Something might be happening to do with Taylor Swift – which is basically every day for her fans who are constantly chasing clues. But it’s been popping up on social media since at least this morning which is when I saw it… A green symbol, seemingly her initials, showing up By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 04:03 pm
Harrison Ford Intro for August 19, 2026 Dear Gossips, Emmys voting is now underway and will continue until next Wednesday 26 August. In the Best Supporting Actor category, comedy, the nominees are Colman Domingo, Paul W Downs, Nick Offerman, Stephen Root, Michael Urie, and Tyler James Williams. Oh yeah, and also Harrison Ford. This is Harrison’s By Lainey • Aug 19, 2026 10:04 am
Keri Russell Intro for August 13, 2026 Dear Gossips, For Variety, it’s a huge get – to have both Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the cover of the latest issue, joint photo shoot, joint interview, and it’s Emmy season. They have five nominations between them, repping The Diplomat, The Beast in Me, and of course By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 09:28 am
Elliot Page Intro for August 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, The press tour for The Odyssey is still not over – another advantage to a large ensemble cast, beyond their obvious talents, of course. But there’s even more justification for this since there are still a lot of people who’ve yet to see the film, preferring to By Lainey • Aug 06, 2026 10:51 am
Colman Domingo Colman does it all Jimmy Kimmel is on holiday for the summer so there are celebrity guest hosts filling in for him during the break and this week it’s Colman Domingo. Here is an incomplete list of why Colman is the ultimate guest host. -He’s using this opportunity as a victory lap. By Lainey • Jul 21, 2026 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 20, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was a weekend for the pop culture gods. The World Cup, of course, is the Olympus of sport – and since the final was set in the United States, the event brought together global superstars from almost every entertainment stream, from football to music to movies and television By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 09:08 am
Award Season Campaigning Emmy Nominations = Our Summer Homework I’ve been following the Emmys since I can remember and writing about them for almost as long. But I have to say this is the first year I, a Canadian who is not a Television Academy voter, have felt like there’s really some impact we can have on By Duana • Jul 08, 2026 03:13 pm
Noah Wyle Intro for June 15, 2026 Dear Gossips, As I mentioned on Friday, we are in the Emmy nominating period which means all the “for your consideration” events and Q&As are happening right now. To that end, The Pitt had a season two “for your consideration” discussion panel last week that has gone viral By Sarah • Jun 15, 2026 09:13 am
David Harbour Intro for June 12, 2026 Dear Gossips, The nominating round for the Emmys opened yesterday. Nominations will be announced on July 8. We are now in the weeds on the television trophy trail. As we approach nominations, I hope everyone remembers that Heated Rivalry is not eligible—though I am sure the Emmy producers will By Sarah • Jun 12, 2026 09:11 am
