BFFs 1989 (Taylor’s Version): A Birthday Taylor Swift’s album, 1989, was released in October 2014, just before her 25th birthday. You’ll recall, that album cycle was all about New York and friends and parties. There was a big birthday party, in New York, and the reason it’s so memorable, at least to some By Lainey • Dec 14, 2023 03:10 pm
BFFs Charlie, Garrett, and Rachel Two of my old celebrity crushes, Charlie Hunnam and Garrett Hedlund, were on the same red carpet last night. They’re friends, they’ve worked together before, and last night they were both at the Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire premiere. The film premieres on Friday on By Lainey • Dec 14, 2023 01:20 pm
BFFs Taylor Swift’s New York (pre)Birthday Not sure how many Taylor Swift posts there will be today because, you know, we could get a rom-com drop at any moment since it’s her birthday but for now, we’ll talk about last night. She was in New York and spent her bday eve with Selena Gomez By Lainey • Dec 13, 2023 11:40 am
Relationship Assumption TNT: The #1 Rom-Com and the Post-Game Bonus Sorry, but let me just make it about me for a second. You know how Swifties are always looking for Easter eggs? Well… is this an Easter egg? It was a Squawker called Raquel (hi Raquel!) who brought this to my attention in the comments on our most recent mailbag By Lainey • Dec 12, 2023 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Swift: Sunday loss, Monday gold On Friday Taylor Swift was seen in New York with her girlfriends – Selena Gomez, Zoë Kravitz, Cara Delevingne, and a new face to the squad, Anya Taylor Joy. Apparently they went to see Ramy Youssef perform in Brooklyn before heading out for drinks. Sunday, however, Taylor was in Kansas City By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 10:24 am
Media Manipulation Adele being Adele At The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment event yesterday, Adele received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award for her career achievements and for her advocacy. Much of Adele’s philanthropic work is not publicised, by choice, but per THR, she “has been associated with organizations including Grenfell Foundation; Sands, By Lainey • Dec 08, 2023 10:03 am
Photo Assumption Josh & Lupita: The Friends to Lovers Trope If you’re a regular here at LaineyGossip, you probably know I love a romance, to the point where I pretty much study romance. There are formulas to romance in storytelling, and of course there are tropes. The Friends to Loves trope isn’t my favourite. I am convinced that By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 09:34 am
Music Taylor Swift: The TIME Person of the Year What a f-cking year it’s been for Taylor Swift. It’s just been triumph after triumph after triumph, and now, a week before her birthday, another stomping victory: TIME has just named her their Person of the Year. Which means a cover a story and the most in-depth interview By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 11:29 am
Top Reads Angelina’s Hyphens The post previous to this one was about Jennifer Lopez who, back in the early 2000s, was the entertainer most closely associated with a very 2000s word – multihyphenate. She was singing and dancing and acting and she had a clothing line and, and, and, and, and. Everyone is a multihyphenate By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 10:17 am
Gorgessity JLo: The Icon x 5 Every night! There’s a red carpet – or at least three – every night right now because, as we keep saying, the entertainment industry is on a push to wrap it all up for the holiday break. And the fashion, OMG… They were restrained for several months because of the strike. By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 09:45 am
Quiveration Charles Melton’s Plus One We’re about to turn this site into a Charles Melton fan club because we love him so much, and by we, I do mean both Sarah and me, because it’s not often that we totally align on an actor but we are totally and beautifully in sync with By Lainey • Dec 05, 2023 02:04 pm
Gorgessity Gwyneth and Annie for Mr Valentino So many year end red carpets! The Fashion Awards took place in London last night with a pretty notable guest list. Among the attendees – two Oscar winners, Gwyneth Paltrow and Anne Hathaway, both of them present for the same reason: to honour Valentino Garavani who won the Outstanding Achievement Award. By Lainey • Dec 05, 2023 09:45 am
Gorgessity The Actresses and The Fashion As I said earlier… the looks from last night’s Academy Museum Gala, if this is any indication of what we’re going to see when the awards really start up on January, they are going for it, making up for lost time in the most glamourous way. And especially By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 03:28 pm
Sports TNT’s First Loss I didn’t think she would but Taylor Swift was indeed in Wisconsin to watch Travis Kelce and Kansas City play Green Bay yesterday… and it was the first time she was in attendance for a loss. Which, for our rom-com purposes, is not a bad thing. If you are By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 01:09 pm
BFFs Tay returns the favor Last night was the London premiere of RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé. Once again, Beyoncé did not walk her own premiere carpet, once again she posted her official photos to her own website, once again Michelle Williams was there, but this time, some things were different. Firstly, Beyoncé had two By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 12:15 pm
Assy Style LVers in Hong Kong It was a Louis Vuitton takeover last night here in Hong Kong as Pharrell presented his first pre-Fall menswear collection with a travel-themed collection, from Hong Kong to Hawaii. It was sailors and surfers and so many classic LV accessories and monograms reimagined and tweaked to the theme, with a By Lainey • Dec 01, 2023 11:47 am
