Gossip Nostalgia Gwyneth, Apple, and Emma There was another premiere in New York for Marty Supreme last night and Gwyneth Paltrow showed up in a black velvet custom Valentino and it’s luxurious and understated, which is not usually Alessandro Michele’s vibe, and I like it. This, however, is not the most interesting black dress By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joey and Pacey: Almost a holiday rom-com Katie Holmes is directing herself and Joshua Jackson in a film called Happy Hours. Apparently, the hope is that it’s a trilogy…which sounds about right this time of year. The holidays are coming up, rom-coms are especially popular during the holidays, rom-coms that take place during the holidays By Lainey • Dec 05, 2025 10:19 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for September 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, Hi, it’s me. I’m still here because I have not been raptured. This is not a surprise – because I am not fit for wherever the rapture is supposed to take people. Or maybe it hasn’t happened yet since no one said that is has to By Lainey • Sep 23, 2025 09:30 am
TV Updates American Love Story: The Fight Paul Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon were photographed today on the New York set of Ryan Murphy’s American Love Story in their respective roles as John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette. The scene they were filming is infamous. Those of us who were/are still obsessed with John and By Lainey • Sep 02, 2025 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Carolyn’s Carpenter Jeans Sarah Pidgeon was photographed in New York yesterday as production continues on Ryan Murphy’s American Love Story. Sarah looks so pretty with her hair pulled back like this and her face made up to look like she’s barely wearing any. Though her hair is more honey blonde than By Lainey • Aug 14, 2025 03:02 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Jennifer Aniston: A New Vanity Fair My last essay at The Squawk two weeks ago was about the 20th anniversary of Jennifer Aniston’s Vanity Fair cover story for the September 2005 issue which has become mythological for its place in gossip history. I have a thing about milestones, particularly gossip milestones, and I’m pretty By Lainey • Aug 11, 2025 02:14 pm
Music This Is Real, This Is Demi + Joe The Jonas Brothers kicked off their 52-city Greetings from Your Hometown tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last night and pulled out all the stops you could think of. Jesse McCartney even came out halfway through for a rendition of “Beautiful Soul”. With a rich setlist of 30+ songs By MC • Aug 11, 2025 11:19 am
Shoes Jessica as always Jessica Simpson was in New York this week performing on The TODAY Show. She also did an interview with Jenna & Friends and was asked about dating and the qualities she’s looking for in a partner, which the Jenna IG account posted and she reposted to her followers. Like By Lainey • Jul 25, 2025 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Katie & Josh: One of the Xennials Not sure about you but the group chat was popping off yesterday over Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, Joey and Pacey, together again after all these years. Because while we do get the Dawson’s Creek reunions in one or two combinations here and there (most recently Josh was with By Lainey • Jul 22, 2025 11:43 am
Books Gwyneth Paltrow: Caviar and Rings It’s been 48 hours since PEOPLE Magazine revealed its cover story for the week featuring an exclusive excerpt from Amy Odell’s Gwyneth: The Biography, which comes out on Tuesday 29 July. Gossipy details from the excerpt about Gwyneth’s relationship with Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, and Madonna have By Lainey • Jul 18, 2025 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joaquin’s return to The Late Show Most people who follow celebrities are aware that Joaquin Phoenix does not do conventional promotion (unless he’s campaigning for an Oscar – that award season was, by his standards, thirsty). He’s not on social media, he doesn’t participate in the usual press games, and it’s very rare By Lainey • Jul 16, 2025 04:32 pm
Break Ups Gwyneth Paltrow gets the Anna Wintour treatment Gwyneth Paltrow is on the cover of the new issue of PEOPLE this week because the magazine has an exclusive excerpt of Amy Odell’s biography of her releasing on July 29. Amy’s previous book was Anna: The Biography, which came out in 2022 and this is worth noting By Lainey • Jul 16, 2025 11:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I Know What You Did Last Summer… and Carolyn Bessette I Know What You Did Last Summer came out in 1997, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Ryan Phillippe, four major names in pop culture for Gen X and early Millennials. And it was a hit. So now there’s a 2025 version which brings By Lainey • Jul 15, 2025 11:31 am
Music Brandy & Monica’s Journey to Tour This one’s for all my fellow millennials and 90s babies because the musical marriage of Brandy and Monica is alive, well and stronger than ever before. It’s been 27 years since they released their legendary duet “The Boy Is Mine” and now they are joining forces for a By MC • Jun 27, 2025 11:40 am
BFFs This is not Beyoncé and Taylor It’s been entertaining watching Brad Pitt on this press tour for his new movie, trying so hard, all this effort – because the image he’s crafted over these last three decades is the opposite of try. Brad Pitt’s whole brand is effortless cool, I wrote a whole essay By Lainey • Jun 24, 2025 11:57 am
Music 25 Years of 106 & Park In what has to be one of the greatest uses of nostalgia at an awards show in recent years, BET celebrated 25 years of 106 & Park the other night by bringing the famous music video countdown show back to life. Former hosts Free, Julissa Bermudez, Big Tigger, Terrence J By MC • Jun 11, 2025 10:57 am
