Top Reads Intro for May 16, 2025 Dear Gossips, Scarlett Johansson covers the new issue of Vanity Fair. The timing works for several projects. She’ll be in Cannes next week for her feature directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, starring June Squibb. Jurassic World Rebirth opens on July 2, expected to be an Independence Day blockbuster. And By Lainey • May 16, 2025 09:32 am
Top Reads Tom Cruise: Teacher and Student The Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning bonanza is now in Cannes. Director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise were joined by Angela Bassett, Hannah Waddingham, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Simon Pegg today for the photo call ahead of tonight’s spectacle at the Palais. Tom won’t be staying long By Lainey • May 14, 2025 10:20 am
Top Reads Halle Berry’s travel item Halle Berry is on the Cannes jury this year and she arrived a few days ago. Here she is at the Hotel Martinez yesterday, one of the festival hotspots and where jury members often stay because of its location on the Croisette and its proximity to the Palais where they By Lainey • May 13, 2025 11:22 am
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
Drama Battle of the Beckhams You know what I learned this week? Going to the media to say how much you want to reconcile with a parent while also talking about how toxic the relationship is really doesn’t seem to work for British families. Yesterday afternoon, TMZ shot a de facto cannon through Brand By Maria • May 07, 2025 12:14 pm
Douchebags Walton Goggins’ “off the rails” interview Walton Goggins is in the fourth decade of his career, and thank to The White Lotus, he’s finally a full-blown celebrity. As observed, he’s been enjoying his newfound fame, a “that guy” no longer, but with this kind of scrutiny comes speculation. Chiefly, speculation around his relationship with By Sarah • May 02, 2025 11:52 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé’s Generations Los Angeles, you are blessed. And after what you’ve been through this year, with the wildfires and all, you need the blessings. The Queen of All Culture has blessed you by kicking off the COWBOY CARTER tour in LA and night two featured her generations, one more generation from By Lainey • May 02, 2025 10:47 am
Sports Timmy, Kylie, Lily: Exes at the Lakers Game The Lakers were knocked out of the play-offs last night by the Timberwolves and now LeBron James’s future is uncertain as he would not answer questions about whether or not he’ll return next season. How is the man supposed to know just minutes after a game he fully By Lainey • May 01, 2025 12:34 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna & Rocky: Countdown to the Met Gala The biggest event that’s looming on the celebrity calendar is the Met Gala on Monday. Guarantee you the tweaks have been happening for weeks in preparation, and I’m not just talking about the garments although, of course, planning will have been underway in some cases for months and By Lainey • Apr 30, 2025 01:39 pm
Sports Blake and Ryan: Friends, Favours, and the Championship Wrexham FC has been the story for a few weeks now ever since they were able to come down the home stretch in control of their own destiny. We’re talking about English football today, though, because the team is owned by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds and the run By Lainey • Apr 28, 2025 12:25 pm
TV Updates Scarjo and Walton: The Closers I was just saying in the last post of the day yesterday that Saturday Night Live had yet to announce its final two guest hosts for season 50 and then they posted it… Walton Goggins, what did I tell you. It was two weeks ago today when I wrote that By Lainey • Apr 25, 2025 10:36 am
TV Updates Walton Goggins: Beef and Bulge I wrote a couple of weeks ago about Walton Goggins, the Celebrity - he’s been a working and successful actor for decades, but this year he became a Celebrity because of The White Lotus season three. And up to this point he kinda seems to be enjoying it in By Lainey • Apr 24, 2025 11:49 am
Top Reads Gimme Gimme Moore Demi Moore covers PEOPLE’s World’s Most Beautiful issue, which is the equivalent to Sexiest Man Alive without the campy reveal and endless debate. We also don’t track it like we do the SMA – last year it was Sofia Vergara and before that, Helen Mirren. Solid choices we By Maria • Apr 23, 2025 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan: Leading Man While we’ve been watching Sebastian Stan a long time (shoutout Carter Baizen!), in the last few years, he has really levelled up. He was early on the Marvel train, getting in the door during Phase 1 playing Captain America’s childhood pal turned brainwashed super-assassin, and in between franchise By Sarah • Apr 23, 2025 10:19 am
Gorgessity Annie and her ponytail While the Hacks scene that I posted about in today’s open that bore resemblance to Reese Witherspoon’s arrest was not going viral, people have over the last few days been obsessing over Anne Hathaway’s face following her appearance at the Ralph Lauren show the other day. She By Lainey • Apr 22, 2025 11:23 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben Affleck makes a point The Accountant 2 premiere happened last night, the movie opens next Friday and Sarah will be posting her review next week. Ben Affleck, of course, was the big draw on the carpet and he’s making headlines today for who joined him there – no photos, not that I can see, By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 02:03 pm
