Dakota Johnson Dakota’s Birthday Weekend Dakota Johnson’s birthday was yesterday. She celebrated in New York, hosting Saturday Night Live, and also topping the box office with Verity. And last night there was a party. Let’s start with SNL and the predictable Taylor Swift cameo but the unpredictable monologue, during which Dakota put her By Lainey • Oct 05, 2026 02:29 pm
Taylor Swift From Taymerica to Taylorwood Taylor Swift’s new new deluxe deluxe album, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, drops tonight with four new tracks including “Patient Zero”, the lead single. The full video for “Patient Zero” will premiere at the MTV VMAs on Sunday where she will also receive the inaugural Artist Director By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 12:00 pm
Top Reads Tom Cruise: A Royal Exception Alejandro González Iñárritu, Tom Cruise, and the cast of Digger were in London last night for the film’s world premiere. The full review embargo hasn’t yet been lifted but critics are now able to share their first reactions and that’s been one of the stories about the By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 12:37 pm
Michael B Jordan Intro for July 28 , 2026 Dear Gossips, We’ll get to Tomdaya at the Spider-Man: Brand New Day premiere last night since they’re almost always the main character whenever they show up together. But when Michael B Jordan makes a surprise appearance, everyone has to make room. He is the reigning Best Actor By Lainey • Jul 28, 2026 09:36 am
Top Reads The Double Date they (and/or we?) deserve In the celebrity ecosystem, celebrity friendship and celebrity double dates have been foundational throughout gossip history. We love when celebrities are friends, and we love when those celebrity friends go on double dates. Few people understand this better than Taylor Swift, by the way, as evidenced by the way she By Lainey • May 19, 2026 12:17 pm
Stephen Colbert Strike Force for Stephen The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air next Thursday 21 May, not because Stephen wants to get out of late night, but because CBS wants to get deeper into Donald Trump’s a--. Everybody knows what a f-cking scam this situation is, and in By Lainey • May 12, 2026 11:43 am
Megan Thee Stallion Intro for May 4, 2026 Dear Gossips, A week ago at this time we were talking about Megan Thee Stallion, after she revealed that she and Klay Thompson had broken up and put him on blast for being a f-ckass loser. It was later announced that she would be leaving Moulin Rouge! The Musical By Lainey • May 04, 2026 09:31 am
BFFs Demi and Selena: Spring Healing Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez have been friends since they were kids, were seven years old when they first met on the set of Barney & Friends, remaining close through childhood and early adolescence. As teenagers, they both had their own Disney shows. For a whole generation of North American By Lainey • Apr 14, 2026 11:18 am
BFFs The Girls are OK According to the internet, Paul McCartney’s distinction, for a younger generation of gossips, at least, is that he’s a pacifier, a bridge, a healer. Yes, of course, he’s a legendary musician, a member of one of the greatest bands in history…but today, his accomplishment is Feud By Lainey • Mar 30, 2026 12:10 pm
What Else Ben Affleck but, really, Michael B Jordan Ben Affleck was in New York last night, taking his child Fin to a performance of Every Brilliant Thing, starring Daniel Radcliffe. I’ve been waiting for new photos of Ben to come up because I haven’t had a chance to post the video below. Please let me explain. By Lainey • Mar 26, 2026 04:22 pm
Marc Anthony Marc Anthony says enough Marc Anthony kicks off his Vegas residency, Vegas… My Way!, this coming Friday. It’s a fitting title for his show, considering that the phrase “My Way” in pop culture is typically associated with Frank Sinatra who of course was the king of Las Vegas in his prime – and Marc By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 11:22 am
BFFs Celebrity bingo with Lily and Austin Sundance is happening this week, the last Sundance to occur in its long-time home of Park City, Utah, but I feel like all the celebrities are in Paris for fashion week, instead. Case in point, here’s a totally random celebrity pairing, Lily Allen and Austin Butler went shopping By Sarah • Jan 29, 2026 10:18 am
Style Heated Rivalry Saint Laurent Connor Storrie was wearing Saint Laurent when he presented with Hudson Williams at the Golden Globes a few weeks ago. And he was in Paris last night at the Saint Laurent show. Wearing the f-ckingggg sh-tttt out of this tan suit and the yellow blouse and the sleeves By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 11:11 am
TV Updates Taylor Swift: Release and Birthday Week The first two episodes of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour docuseries will be released this Friday on Disney+. The next two are coming next Friday 19 December and the final two on Friday 26 December. So for some of us, especially if we’re very online, it’ll be By Lainey • Dec 10, 2025 02:53 pm
Sports Taylor plus two in the suite Taylor Swift was back in the suite at Arrowhead yesterday for the Kansas City game against Houston. My algorithm has been different since I’ve been in Brazil – it’s not serving me the usual, which means I was late on this news about Taylor and what actually showed up By Lainey • Dec 08, 2025 10:15 am
BFFs Gwyneth aims to please Gwyneth Paltrow is on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter’s annual 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment issue as this year’s recipient of the publication’s Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. GP was also at a morning event yesterday celebrating the women who’ve been recognised by the trade. By Lainey • Dec 04, 2025 11:09 am
