Movie Reviews and Previews Vibe checking Verity Anne Hathaway’s big year continues with Verity, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel of the same name. It’s a psychological thriller starring Annie, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, and it’s coming in October. Makes sense, the teaser, which dropped this week, is giving big Rebecca, By Sarah • Apr 29, 2026 10:48 am
Rhea Seehorn A weird mishmash of Hollywood people The Time 100 Gala brought out more than the Beckhams, it also brought out Keke Palmer. Keke is about to be on the press circuit for Boots Riley’s new film, I Love Boosters. I love Boots Riley and cannot wait to see this: But the Time 100 Gala is By Sarah • Apr 24, 2026 02:23 pm
Style The most powerful women (minus Gwyneth) The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment is out now. Lainey will have more on THR cover star Gwyneth Paltrow in a bit, but the gala was yesterday and a bunch of people showed up for it. It’s always interesting to compare who’ By Sarah • Dec 04, 2025 09:58 am
Music Dakota Johnson, Director I was mid on Materialists, but it had a moment over the summer, instigating conversations about money, class, romance, and Hollywood’s “broke man propaganda”. It also cracked $100 million at the box office, which as much as people say doesn’t matter, when film as an industry is struggling By Sarah • Oct 22, 2025 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota Johnson: Splitsville… on and offscreen Dakota Johnson and the cast and crew of Splitsville, which includes Adria Arjona, Michael Angelo Covino, who also directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Kyle Marvin, and Nicholas Braun, were at the premiere and after-party last night in LA. The movie is about a man who finds out his wife By Lainey • Aug 20, 2025 01:29 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
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
Movie Reviews and Previews How Chris Evans proposed At the Materialists premiere the other night where Pedro Pascal was a no-show so Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans held up a cutout of his face instead and periodically kissed and posed with it on the carpet. Likely a scheduling issue, it’s not like Pedro would skip this event By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for June 6, 2025 Dear Gossips, Dakota Johnson is still in New York promoting Materialists, but as part of the press push, she and Celine Song gave a joint interview to the Los Angeles Times which paints a portrait of two artists finding instant understanding and a desire to make a rom-com, but like, By Sarah • Jun 06, 2025 09:13 am
Break Ups Dakota and Chris are over…? PEOPLE with the exclusive yesterday citing multiple sources who say that Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin have ended their engagement and their relationship. They’ve been together for eight years. The last time there were reports that they were over was last summer, August 2024. And it was the Daily By Lainey • Jun 05, 2025 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews JLaw & Dakota: matching hairstyles out for dinner Jennifer Lawrence and Dakota Johnson were papped in New York last night and, as you can see, they’re currently matching hairstyles. This is the way Dakota consistently styles her hair – fringe and layers, and it really does work for her; some people just look better with a bang, her By Lainey • Jun 02, 2025 01:14 pm
BFFs The Master of Self is Back Outside It was a different kind of Friday gossip dump last week when Taylor Swift announced that she’d bought back her masters. Usually when celebrity news breaks on a Friday it’s meant to be buried. In Taylor’s case, nothing she ever does on any day at any time By Lainey • Jun 02, 2025 09:43 am
Cannes 2025 Dakota Johnson: A Fashion Statement? One of the topics of conversation heading into Cannes this year was about the dress code and the festival’s policy on the naked dress, effectively banning it from the red carpets at the Palais, along with gowns that are too big. We haven’t seen too many so-called violations By Lainey • May 20, 2025 02:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Love Triangle of the Summer If this is a trend, I like it: a pop culture love triangle every summer. At the movies. Last year it was Tashi, Art, and Patrick in Challengers, played by Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor. This year it’s Lucy, Harry, and John played by Dakota Johnson, Pedro By Lainey • May 09, 2025 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans vs Pedro Pascal Celine Song’s Past Lives is a heartbreaker of a film, at once dreamy and romantic, and pragmatic about the realities of life, of the way people ebb and flow from our lives, and how love changes shape, or doesn’t, over time. Her follow-up film, Materialists, seems cut from By Sarah • Mar 19, 2025 09:51 am
Style Stars in NYC A couple weeks ago, Lainey wrote about Anne Hathaway filming Verity, the newest Colleen Hoover adaptation being thrust upon us, noting how “glamorous and elegant” Annie looks in character. Well, Dakota Johnson was seen filming a scene for Verity, and she looks distinctly less glamorous and elegant, mainly because of By Sarah • Mar 13, 2025 09:55 am
