Legal issues Taylor Swift is the Main Character In the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, in which she is accusing him of sexual harassment and reputational sabotage and he is counter-accusing her of sabotaging his reputation and taking over his movie, a main character has emerged…and it’s neither of them. The main By Lainey • May 15, 2025 12:51 pm
BFFs TNT break cover Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have kept a low profile since the Super Bowl. It’s been two months since they were seen together in public and even then it wasn’t like their pap walks in New York last year. The shots weren’t great because Taylor seemed determined By Lainey • May 12, 2025 10:42 am
Break Ups Teyana Taylor won't be sabotaged Teyana Taylor and NBA star Iman Shumpert may have settled their divorce, but their legal battle is far from over. This week, Teyana filed court documents against Iman, alleging that he leaked sealed documents to the public after it became well-known that she left the divorce with $1 million in By Stephanie • Mar 20, 2025 12:37 pm
Equality Issues A$AP Rocky won Rihanna certainly has a lot more to celebrate than just her birthday today. Mostly, the freedom of A$AP Rocky, her partner and the father of her two children, who, up until this week, was facing more than 20 years in prison, though the prosecution said they were only seeking By Stephanie • Feb 20, 2025 01:34 pm
Legal issues Intro for January 31, 2025 Dear Gossips, Lainey emailed me last night that there are new photos of Ryan Reynolds in New York, attending an event at the Paley Center, and Lainey, who is on vacation, was basically like, hot potato. So here I am, holding the hot potato. On the one hand, there is By Sarah • Jan 31, 2025 09:25 am
Douchebags Blake v Justin: The Video Assumption move In my post last week, after Justin Baldoni formally filed his lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, I called it a “Lawsuit for Gossip” and here’s how I ended that article – sorry to quote myself: “… prior to the Depp-Heard trial, audio recordings were leaked online that were then By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 11:35 am
Royals Intro for January 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, A win today for Prince Harry today as it was announced that he’s agreed to a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers in his lawsuit accusing them of information hacking and invasion of privacy. There has been speculation about a settlement over the last few By Lainey • Jan 22, 2025 09:42 am
Douchebags A Lawsuit for Gossip Justin Baldoni, his partners, and associates have filed a countersuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds accusing them of civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy. Justin and his cohort are seeking $400 million in damages; this is in addition to the $250 million they’re suing The New York By Lainey • Jan 17, 2025 12:07 pm
Equality Issues Justin Timberlake: Pleading and Privileged Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential debate, and Taylor Swift have dominated the western news cycle this week. Also the VMAs and Shannon Sharpe, LOL. There have been two celebrity beneficiaries of all of these headlines: Dave Grohl (who Maria posted about yesterday) and also Justin Timberlake. White man privilege By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 02:12 pm
Legal issues Reality Recap: Sandoval's fishy, recanted lawsuit, Ariana's sandwich legal trouble This week, the fallout from Bethenny Frankel’s racist ass comments about the population of the Hamptons continued. The Traitors beat out Survivor for an Emmy nomination. And during an appearance on the My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast, Vicki Gunvalson and Teresa Giudice find out just how much they By Stephanie • Jul 19, 2024 11:30 am
Legal issues Alec Baldwin’s shocking dismissal We’ve been on tenterhooks for weeks waiting for a Friday afternoon news dump in re: Bennifer, but this past Friday the news we got came from another direction and was shocking: the case against Alec Baldwin in the 2021 on-set death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was dismissed with By Sarah • Jul 15, 2024 02:25 pm
Media Manipulation Justin Timberlake: Back in New York A week ago yesterday Justin Timberlake was the big headline when news broke out of the Hamptons that he was arrested under suspicion of DWI. He then pleaded not guilty to the charges, with his lawyer saying that he would “vigorously” fight the charges and in the days since, there’ By Lainey • Jun 26, 2024 11:35 am
Dumbass Justin Timberlake’s mainstream clowning I just came back to my laptop after a meeting, checked in with PEOPLE.com to see if I’ve missed anything, and was surprised to see this headline at the top of their page, freshly posted at 1135am ET. We covered the Justin Timberlake social media clowning yesterday which By Lainey • Jun 20, 2024 12:55 pm
Douchebags RHONJ’s Teresa is in it again Long-standing rumours that Luis Ruelas may be in financial ruin have been coming to a head in recent weeks. In the explosive trailer for this season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, there’s a clip of Margaret Josephs saying that Luis ‘pissed’ Teresa Giudice's money away, By Stephanie • Jun 20, 2024 11:47 am
Top Reads Justin Timberlake’s “do you know my name” My post yesterday about Justin Timberlake’s arrest for drinking and driving ended with a mention of Reese Witherspoon’s arrest for disorderly conduct back in 2013 (!) when she said to the officer “do you know my name?”. Sarah was editing yesterday and because she’s brilliant, she was the By Lainey • Jun 19, 2024 11:43 am
TV Updates Intro for June 7, 2024 Dear Gossips, Baby Reindeer is one of the breakout series of the year (so far) and is expected to be a top contender in the limited series category at the Emmys. Stephanie wrote about the series’ “radical empathy” and the reason it has touched so many people though it is By Sarah • Jun 07, 2024 09:21 am
