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
Top Reads Tracee Ellis Ross on choice and singledom Tracee Ellis Ross was a guest on the IMO podcast hosted by Michelle Obama and her older brother Craig. During the conversation, Tracee spoke about the “fascinating adventure” of dating and the nuanced grief she experiences at times moving through life without a partner or children of her own. And By Stephanie • Apr 17, 2025 11:55 am
Media Manipulation Blake Lively makes TIME TIME released its list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025 today… and there was a surprise on the list, at least to me: Blake Lively. The last 8 or 9 months or so have been the lowest of Blake’s career. Since the It Ends With Us press tour By Lainey • Apr 16, 2025 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Flo is a world record holder Thunderbolts* is coming out in two weeks this Friday and Marvel has big hopes for this one, expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year. That means that from now until release date, we’ll be seeing the ensemble everywhere. Thunderbolts* is an ensemble but the truth By Lainey • Apr 15, 2025 12:16 pm
Music Gaga Mayhem at Coachella: The 5 Highlights Lady Gaga doesn’t have anything to prove at this point of her career, but just in case someone out there thought she did, this past weekend’s Coachella performance ought to put a stop to any doubt that she is in fact one of the greatest performers of our By MC • Apr 14, 2025 11:42 am
Top Reads At long last, an Oscar for stunts A year after announcing the addition of a new Oscar category to honor casting directors, the Academy has announced they are, finally, adding a category to recognize stunts. The category will officially recognize “stunt design” at the 100th Academy Awards to be held in 2028, honoring the films of 2027. By Sarah • Apr 11, 2025 09:53 am
Top Reads Walton Goggins, the celebrity In my post about Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood yesterday, I mentioned – or proxy-bragged – that Sarah’s been all about Walton Goggins forever on this site. I’m talking over a decade, almost 15 years, and I mention this because I wonder if she could have predicted, when she By Lainey • Apr 10, 2025 12:49 pm
TV Updates Intro for April 10, 2025 Dear Gossips, Netflix is working on a series adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Deadline reported last fall that the scripts were written (by Dolly Alderton) but noted that the project had not yet been greenlit at the time and “may not make it to screen”. Seems like it’s heading By Lainey • Apr 10, 2025 09:36 am
TV Updates Jon Hamm and Tina Fey: One Good Joke Jon Hamm looked great last night at the premiere of Jonathan Tropper’s Your Friends & Neighbours, premiering on Apple TV+ on Friday. It’s about a successful hedge fund manager who gets fired and ends up stealing from people in his neighbourhood. Amanda Peet plays his wife and his By Lainey • Apr 09, 2025 01:13 pm
Top Reads The Business of Hating Hailey Bieber (and others) As Maria has said many times in her Celebrity Social Media posts, if for whatever reason you’d like to feel even more terrible about the state of the world, cruise through the comments on Hailey Bieber’s social media accounts. The hatred that has been directed at her, for By Lainey • Apr 08, 2025 11:06 am
Amazingness Aimee Lou Wood, the astrologer There’s been a breakout star every season on The White Lotus. In season one it was Murray Bartlett, season two Simona Tabasco, and season three, Aimee Lou Wood, who plays the endearing Chelsea. And the internet is obsessed with everything from her teeth to her hilarious reactions to her By Lainey • Apr 04, 2025 11:41 am
Top Reads Amber Ruffin was cancelled The White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner is later this month and as has been the tradition since 1983, the post-dinner entertainment was to be provided by a comedian. This year, it was supposed to be Amber Ruffin, writer and star of The Amber Ruffin Show and Late Night By Sarah • Apr 03, 2025 01:10 pm