Music Intro for June 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” has topped the Billboard Hot 100 in its first week, after days of controversy and debate about the images released to promote her upcoming new album, Man’s Best Friend, due out in August – and with the lead single making this much of an By Lainey • Jun 17, 2025 09:11 am
Music Sabrina Carpenter is calling the shots Summer 2024 was the Summer of Sabrina Carpenter, as she ascended to pop diva status with Short ’n Sweet and its breakout single, “Espresso”. Now, she’s coming back with a new album, Man’s Best Friend, due in August, and has already dropped the lead single, the cheeky curse-that-man By Sarah • Jun 13, 2025 12:40 pm
Music Sabrina’s Lesson in Men She begged him to do right, seriously she begged him. The boy everyone believes to be at the centre of this conversation is Barry Keoghan, but after listening to Sabrina Carpenter’s new single “Manchild”, which just dropped last night, it seems that the song is a f-ck you to By MC • Jun 06, 2025 11:00 am
What Else Sabrina Carpenter’s new dog? Sabrina Carpenter is currently on break from touring until she plays two shows in London in July before breaking again until the fall when she’ll hit several cities in North America before finally wrapping up Short n’ Sweet just before American Thanksgiving. Here she is hanging at a park By Lainey • May 22, 2025 04:07 pm
Met Gala 2025 Oxblood, Sweat, and Relatively Few Tears We’re going to do proper Best Dressed anointments later in the day, but for my money, the people in this piece are the ones who really collectively killed it. I didn’t start out thinking the oxblood would be the key colour of the night, and I have to By Duana • May 06, 2025 01:22 pm
Music Vogueing, Popping, and Punning with Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter covers the new issue of Vogue, not a surprise. She’s had a massive year, and just won two Grammys, has leaned in hard to a certain look – and Vogue is all about looks. This look, however, is familiar but also fresh. Sabrina is the pinup for the By Lainey • Feb 12, 2025 02:06 pm
BFFs The Girls are OK Sometimes the gossip that comes out of an award show is beefy. Two stars refusing to sit next to each other. Actors avoiding each other on the red carpet. Exes and their currents awkwardly walking past. Girl sh-t and boy sh-t and mess. Sometimes, however, the gossip that comes out By Lainey • Feb 05, 2025 11:15 am
Music Grammys 2025: Year of the Rookie "Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you – but do you got us?” - Chappell Roan, 2025 Grammy Awards. It was the year of the “new” artist at this year’s Grammy Awards. Every By MC • Feb 03, 2025 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sabrina’s Nonsense Christmas Sabrina Carpenter is single and everyone is Gossip Genie’ing her with a new man. Lainey has the definitive answer in the mailbag today, so check your inboxes this afternoon for that. In the meantime, let’s talk about Sabrina’s business. As in, her business business. Because she is By Sarah • Dec 06, 2024 10:01 am
Break Ups Sabrina & Barry: A TikTok Breakup? There’s been speculation about Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan’s relationship since her final shows in LA (before she resumes her tour in Europe next March) because of his absence. She instead was flirting with Marcello Hernandez aka “Domingo”. A few days ago, DeuxMoi posted a rumour about a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2024 12:00 pm
Music Intro for November 19, 2024 Dear Gossips, Last summer Marcello Hernandez was featured as one of the stars in Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue alongside, among others, Sabrina Carpenter. I wrote about it at the time, calling him “my beloved” after a breakout season on SNL last year, hoping that he wouldn’t By Lainey • Nov 19, 2024 09:07 am
Style Dream casting the Britney movie We know that the film adaptation of Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman in Me, is going to be made by Jon M. Chu and will be released by Universal. At some point in time, there will be a Britney movie. Which means someone needs to play Britney. Sydney Sweeney seems By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 10:04 am
Style Fashion at the TIME Next The TIME Next Gala happened last night in New York as the magazine recognised an incoming class of changemakers. And we’ll start with my girl Anna Sawai who, in her toast, called herself the “first Asian actress to win an Emmy in my category and the first Japanese actress By Lainey • Oct 10, 2024 12:36 pm
Music Sabrina Carpenter: Petty, Productive, and Professional Sabrina Carpenter was just named to the TIME100 Next list for 2024. Her entry was written by another short blonde, Christina Aguilera. And that’s not their only similarity. Like Christina, Sabrina also came up through Disney. But the artist who’s been mentioned most often alongside Sabrina this year By Lainey • Oct 04, 2024 10:31 am
Music The Pop Girl Rookies of the VMAs I’m not entirely sure if the MTV VMAs are the cultural force that they used to be. Final numbers haven’t been released yet but early word is that viewership was down by a significant margin. It’s my job to know what happens at the VMAs and I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 10:43 am
Jenna Ortega A “Taste” of Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet came out last week, like a lot of other people, I had it in rotation all weekend, and it’s expected to contend for #1 on the album charts next week, right before Labour Day weekend, an end of summer vibe, no skips. By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 03:04 pm
