Top Reads Tom and Zendaya’s Last Stop (for now) Tom Holland and Zendaya have been on a full-time press tour for a couple of months now with both The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Last night’s LA premiere was the last red carpet and they can head back inside soon… for now. Because for her By Lainey • Jul 28, 2026 12:31 pm
Zendaya Coleman Tomdaya: almost there Tonight is the Hollywood red carpet premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the final red carpet stop on what’s been a worldwide press tour. And for Tom Holland and Zendaya, it’s between two press tours, happening concurrently, since they’re also in The Odyssey, currently the #1 By Lainey • Jul 27, 2026 10:54 am
David Jonsson Marvel bounces back with good news Marvel’s Hall H presentation happened Saturday night, and though Kevin Feige was focused on the future of the MCU, it felt like a blast from the past, with stunts and a huge assemblage of famous people to promote upcoming films. Kayleigh Donaldson called it a “recession indicator” in the By Sarah • Jul 27, 2026 10:19 am
Katie Holmes Katie Holmes and not Joshua Jackson Fourteen years ago this summer, the scandal that had the gossip ecosystem in a chokehold was the Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise divorce. It was a bombshell – not just on the public but, reportedly, on him too, because she exited herself out of his life with the stealth of a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 01:13 pm
Travis Scott Travis Scott’s Odyssean ambitions There are so many storylines related to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey – within the film itself and orbiting the film if you expand the conversation to include its cast, and the gossip, whether it’s about the box office or Tomdaya or award season chances. Probably not surprising given the By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 02:58 pm
Tom Holland Tom Holland on his wife and his tenure Before we get to the ooey gooey, let’s talk about where Tom Holland is right now, metaphorically. As Telemachus in The Odyssey, he’s just given the best we’ve seen of his career so far. Which means I vehemently disagree with Variety’s cast and character ranking of By Lainey • Jul 22, 2026 12:04 pm
Tom Holland Tomdaya: Will it be a record? The Odyssey just opened, it continues to be the talk of the film industry, with Matt Belloni noting in his latest Puck newsletter that “45% of American moviegoers this weekend saw The Odyssey in Imax or another premium format when the usual share for a film on opening weekend is By Lainey • Jul 21, 2026 11:38 am
Top Reads BTS, Bieber, and Speed Many of the football purists hated the existence of the first ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show and the performance itself didn’t change their mind. On the other side of that conversation, there are people who watched the event just for halftime. And still others who argue that By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Living wives in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey No one in modern cinema loves a dead wife more than Christopher Nolan, whose oeuvre is littered with dead women, haunting their men, sometimes literally, from the beyond. These spectral spouses—in the case of Oppenheimer, it is a dead mistress—drive Nolan’s protagonists through his timey-wimey narratives By Sarah • Jul 17, 2026 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dine out on my Batman conspiracy theory I really, really liked Matt Reeves’ The Batman when it came out in 2022, since then, it has only risen in my estimation. I think it’s one of the best superhero movies ever made, and arguably the best Batman movie ever made. The film, released into the only-just- By Sarah • Jul 16, 2026 12:10 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event. But let’s start By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am
Cardi B Cardi B: The Best Kind of Heatwave The heat has been an issue during Paris Fashion Week but here’s a heat story that has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with gossip… good gossip. The gossip that’s been lighting up so many timelines and algorithms has to do with Cardi B By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 03:14 pm
Madonna Madonna’s Studio Albums, Ranked Madonna has been a pillar in pop music for more than 43 years, creating timeless hits and opening doors for countless performers that have followed the path she laid out for them. We’ve known her as “queen of pop” but we should remember that a title like that is By MC • Jul 08, 2026 11:37 am
Harry Windsor Prince Harry loses the case Prince Harry and six other claimants, including other celebrities like Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, and Sadie Frost, have lost their case against the tabloid the Daily Mail. The claimants were accusing the publication of obtaining information illegally and the high court has ruled that they did not prove the Daily By Lainey • Jul 07, 2026 12:21 pm
Zendaya Coleman Zendaya: Famous Among the Gods It is one of the lines I’ll always remember from my Greek mythology course in universe – said by Athena but also often used to describe Athena: that she is famous among the gods for her wisdom but also for her cunning, which is why she was partial to Odysseus, By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 02:58 pm
Royals Not just a sleepover at dad’s I went to bed much later than I intended to last night because I was too wired after that wild World Cup match between England and Mexico. Everything about it was entertaining, from the dramatics on the pitch to what was happening before the game to Scotland hilariously entering the By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 01:17 pm
