What Else Ben and Matt make good Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited for a Netflix movie called The Rip. It’s pretty good! Just a solid action flick, the kind of movie that used to make a reliable $100 million in theaters but now goes straight to Netflix. I bring up The Rip because it was By Sarah • Jan 23, 2026 04:06 pm
What Else Elle’s Excellent Follow-up Elle Fanning went to the Oscars for the first time last March. She wasn’t nominated but she was part of the team in attendance for A Complete Unknown. The film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Elle will be returning to the Oscars this March and it’ By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 04:08 pm
What Else Pharrell’s new collection: Monogram, Neutrals, and Gong Yoo Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton is a multi-stream experience, has been from the very beginning. So when he presents a new collection, it’s never just a fashion show, it’s often also a concert and/or listening party, or a dance party, and an art gallery, and this season By Lainey • Jan 21, 2026 04:14 pm
What Else Red Bottom Jaden Jaden Smith was named menswear creative director of Christian Louboutin last year. I get it, but with reservations. He is stylish, no doubt, but personal style doesn’t necessarily translate to being able to design for and style others so there was a lot of interest in Jaden’s first By Lainey • Jan 20, 2026 04:00 pm
What Else Prada minus one Believe it or not, there were other shows happening at men’s fashion week in Milan even though Hudson Williams didn’t attend them. Prada is always a celebrity draw and this season Nicholas Hoult, Rauw Alejandro, Troye Sivan, and Maya and Levon Hawke were among the celebrity guests. Maya, By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 04:48 pm
What Else Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York A$AP Rocky just dropped his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. I haven’t listened all the way through yet so I’ll leave it to MC to address it next week in his music column, but for now, we’ll just gossip. Because there’s always gossip in By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 04:11 pm
BTS ARIRANG BTS already broke the internet earlier this week when they announced the dates for their upcoming tour. ARMY is in full meltdown again today because pre-order information is now available for the new album, which means we now have the album title: ARIRANG I know I’m biased but, like, By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 04:06 pm
What Else Bridgerton begins Bridgerton season four premieres on January 29 with the first installment, followed by the second on February 26, as Netflix hopes to win back some of the horny women demographic from Heated Rivalry. Sarah is our resident Bridgerton expert since she knows the books so well so we’ll leave By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 04:13 pm
What Else Cillian Murphy is not thrilled to be here Here’s something I completely disposed of while suspended in the year-end liminal space, the sequel to 28 Years Later, itself a late entry into the 28 Days Later franchise, opens this week. The premiere for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was held in London tonight/this afternoon (time By Sarah • Jan 13, 2026 04:06 pm
What Else I am Jay Kelly’s #1 hater Let’s call this awards week, and it is continuing with the AFI Awards honoring the ten best movies and TV shows of 2025, plus It Was Just An Accident received the AFI Special Award. You can see the full list of honorees here, but I have to say, including By Sarah • Jan 09, 2026 04:07 pm
What Else The Globes of Rivalry A clever person would find a way to connect the Globes, as in the award show, to the ass, as in the hockey butts of Heated Rivalry. I’m tapped out of puns today, but I just wanted to tell you I’ll never tap out on all the bum By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 04:31 pm
What Else The SAGs are Unsentimental The Screen Actors Guild Awards, formerly known as the SAGs, are now The Actor Awards although everyone I know who works in Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general, is still saying “SAGs”. I wonder how long it will take to catch on. Anyway, the nominations happened today, announced by By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 04:22 pm
What Else Sydney Sweeney: a good end and a better beginning Last year was up and down for Sydney Sweeney. Started off great, ended her engagement, then controversy in the summer, with a string of flops at the box office, but then a rebound at the end of the year with The Housemaid which did very good business during the holidays. By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 04:06 pm
What Else BTS 2026 On the first full posting day of 2026, we must begin with the biggest music story of the year so far and nothing’s really happened yet. But just the announcements have set off expectations for what will be a massive story over the next 12 months, guaranteed. And it By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 04:02 pm
What Else Friday Funday with Jack and Paul Programming note: We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on Monday, January 5, 2026, with our coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. In between, daily chats at The Squawk will be open for holiday hangs. Off to the liminal space! To wrap up LG’s 2025 By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 04:00 pm
What Else Jack Black is theme dressing too Not exactly the celebrity who’d come to mind first if you’re thinking about the stars theme dressing for appearances during a movie press tour but it does make sense that Jack Black would do it, because he’s never been against a stunt, and there’s not that By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 04:03 pm
