Top Reads Crazy Rich Chinamaxxing It was announced yesterday that the Crazy Rich Asians sequel has been greenlit as a series on HBO. The film came out in 2018, becoming the highest-grossing rom-com of its decade, opening at #1 at the box office with around $30 million domestically, and ending up at almost By Lainey • Oct 09, 2026 12:47 pm
Equality Issues Sebastian Maniscalco and the Sirius comedy mess Sebastian Maniscalco is setting the record straight after fellow comedians caused an uproar following his takeover of SiriusXM’s Raw Comedy channel, formerly known as channel 99. When dozens of comedians found themselves axed from the station’s rotation of bits, from which they earned royalties, many of them took By Stephanie • Oct 08, 2026 10:59 am
Music Stray Kids rejects the Grammys too To recap – back in June, the Recording Academy announced several new categories, among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance Grammy, controversial from the jump. Critics of the new category, including me, felt that the creation of the new Asian category would be a way for the Recording Academy to By Lainey • Oct 02, 2026 12:38 pm
Florence Pugh Intro for October 2, 2026 Dear Gossips, It’s been a busy week for Florence Pugh, but now that East of Eden is officially streaming, she can relax. For a minute, before Dunesday kicks off in a couple months. And she did relax, hanging out in New York with some friends and her boyfriend, Finn By Sarah • Oct 02, 2026 09:17 am
Connor Storrie Hudson and Connor’s New York surprise Trigger warning for sexual assault The team from Heated Rivalry made a surprise appearance in New York City yesterday at the Global Summit for Women’s Mental Health. Representing the series: Rachel Reid, who wrote the books, showrunner Jacob Tierney and his producing partner Brendan Brady (in an excellent red By Lainey • Oct 01, 2026 12:53 pm
Florence Pugh Intro for October 1, 2026 Dear Gossips, Trigger warning for sexual assault. All seven episodes of East of Eden are now available to stream on Netflix which is probably what some of us will be bingeing this weekend – and we can talk about it some more next week. I’ve glanced at a few reviews By Lainey • Oct 01, 2026 09:59 am
Equality Issues Intro for September 30, 2026 Dear Gossips, Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day in Canada. The day is federally observed in Canada, established on June 3, 2021, to honour Residential School Survivors, the families and communities. It is a day of education and conversation, acknowledging the impact of By Lainey • Sep 30, 2026 10:01 am
Florence Pugh Intro for September 29, 2026 Dear Gossips, Trigger warning for sexual assault. Jane Doe’s lawsuit against Cornell University and the men now known as the Cornell 7, who allegedly drugged and raped her for several hours in a frat house, and were in the group chats bragging about it and encouraging others to participate, By Lainey • Sep 29, 2026 09:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 24, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that a new Gremlins movie, Gremlins 3, has been pushed back to October 2028, almost a year later than the original release date which was supposed to be November 2027. But Warner Bros did drop a teaser. It’s short, but instantly recognisable for By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 09:30 am
Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock’s Parenting Reality Gets Very Real Sandra Bullock is consistently open and candid in interviews, but took it to a new level in a TODAY show interview this week with Hoda Kotb, while promoting Practical Magic 2 with Nicole Kidman, when she revealed she’s ‘uber paranoid’ about her kids when they leave home, for depressingly By Stephanie • Sep 11, 2026 12:54 pm
Tracee Ellis Ross Tracee Ellis Ross questions why Girlfriends was ignored Tracee Ellis Ross was a recent guest on Trevor Noah’s What Now? podcast. While the pair had a fascinating conversation that covered everything from the pressure women face in society to the reality of aging, it was Tracee’s pointed question about the late night snub of her hit By Stephanie • Aug 24, 2026 02:57 pm
Hudson Williams The Hudson (Skin) Factor We probably all knew it was only a matter of time. Last December, just as Heated Rivalry was blowing up, and became the present that everyone opened for the holidays in 2025, Hudson Williams did an interview with The Cut about his skincare routine that went viral immediately – credit to By Lainey • Aug 05, 2026 11:46 am
BTS BTS Transcends The Recording Academy introduced several new Grammy categories last month – among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, better known as the BTS Grammy. Let’s not pretend that the award wasn’t created for BTS, because as I wrote at the time, even in the description of the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 01:13 pm
Bowen Yang Intro for June 29, 2026 Dear Gossips, Bowen Yang was the Grand Marshal at NYC Pride yesterday and, well, he looked like he had the best gay time encouraging others to have their best gay time. Bowen wore a white tee under his rainbow sash, with two Chinese characters printed across his chest: 同志. In By Lainey • Jun 29, 2026 10:52 am
Madonna Madonna now and forever Madonna’s been in Paris for Fashion Week. As we saw yesterday she was seated front row between Charli XCX and Connor Storrie at Saint Laurent, the pop culture mother of all the cool kids. Who still considers herself one of the cool kids – both an icon to them but By Lainey • Jun 24, 2026 12:06 pm
Equality Issues The ethics of influencer accountability Makeup artist and beauty product founder Patrick Ta recently sat down with Emma Grede on her podcast, Aspire with Emma, to address the controversy that’s been surrounding him and his brand for the last several weeks. In an episode called The Accountability Conversation, Patrick reflected on the situation that’ By Stephanie • Jun 17, 2026 12:23 pm
