Intro for August 12, 2026

Dear Gossips,GQ published a great piece yesterday, written by Tyler Chin, about BTS ARMY Boyfriends. Excellent pitch, such a good story idea, and from his own POV because Tyler is, himself, an ARMY boyfriend. That is – a companion to a fan of BTS who supports their partner’s devotion to the band. And they are not anomalies. ARMY boyfriends and sons and brothers are everywhere.
When I was at one of the Paris concerts a few weeks ago in July, I saw several men wearing t-shirts that rea

Elias Pettersson is talented.
He didn't rack up 508 points in his first 545 NHL games by accident: we're talking about a guy who has real talent and who has proven he can excel at the highest level of hockey on the planet.
Except…
But the last two years have been tougher for him, and now people are talking about him as a player who's (really) struggling to find his footing on the ice. And that partly explains why his name has been popping up in a ton of trade rumors since the start of the

The 2026–27 NHL season is fast approaching.
The various teams are gearing up for the season… and so are the National Hockey League's arenas.
In Vegas, they've decided to try something new at center ice. And judging by the result, it's clearly a very clever idea.
Basically, it's simple: the center of the ice in Vegas is now painted to resemble a roulette wheel. We know there are plenty of casinos in Vegas, and it's no wonder they call it the city that never sleeps. 
Here's what

Next Game at the Field of Dreams
It will be on August 12 between Boston and Kansas City.
MLB wastes no time and announces that the Field of Dreams game is returning on Aug. 12, 2027, with the Kansas City Royals facing the Boston Red Sox.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) August 14, 2026
The Mets linked to Teruaki Sato
The Yankees, Phillies, and Dodgers are also interested in Japan's 2025 MVP.
According to @JonHeyman, the Mets are “scouting and considering” Japanese infielder Te

Yesterday Lainey mentioned that the five-minute preview of Lanterns was working for her, in no small part because it is extremely well cast. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre are both HOT, and they have GREAT chemistry as, essentially, a wildcard space cap duo.
The premiere for Lanterns was last night, and it seems like that chemistry carries over into real life. Kyle Chandler is not someone I think of as a goof, but here he is, goofing off with Aaron Pierre:Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre attend th

As we know, NHL players are seen as heroes by young people.
Jacob Fowler took advantage of his popularity to bring some joy to kids at a hockey camp in Montreal over the past few days, and it made for some great moments.
The kids had a blast, after all. And so did the goalie!
A video of Fowler and the kids was posted on X, showing the American playing as a forward to make the young campers laugh and have a good time.
The goalie signed autographs, showed off his skills in a shootout, and admitted

Martin St-Louis will be making his debut in NHL 27’s Ultimate Team mode… but in a rather special way.
The Montreal Canadiens' head coach will get his own coach card, which players can use in their Ultimate Team lineups.
This new feature is sure to bring a smile to Habs fans' faces, but it could also have a tangible impact on team building. That's because St-Louis's card will provide bonuses to Canadiens players included in the user's lineup.
In other words, fans who build a team fea

I guess today’s inadvertent theme is “outside”, because Kaia Gerber is also outside, though on the west coast. Here she is sporting athleisure in LA (photos attached below as well as photos of Kaia with Lewis Pullman in LA yesterday). Why did I have to live in LA during the era of Millennial Outfits? Why couldn’t I be there for the athleisure revolution? So unfair.Kaia is, of course, starring in The Shards, which is airing now on FX/Hulu. I haven’t started it yet. I

Last night, Major League Baseball aired the “Field of Dreams” game. The footage was really beautiful—let’s just say that.
It always makes you dream.
Chills as these Hall of Famers arrive at MLB's Field of Dreams pic.twitter.com/FreI1VzjFY
— Netflix (@netflix) August 13, 2026
That said, people who don't have Netflix (and who want to watch sports legally) weren't able to watch the game. It was an exclusive on the platform.
I know, I know: lots of people have Netflix.

The Tennessee Titans will have to start the upcoming season without Nazeeh Johnson on their active roster.The NFL announced Friday that the 28-year-old cornerback will be suspended for the first six games of the regular season after violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
The suspension will take effect on August 30, and Johnson will be eligible to return to the Titans on October 19. This suspension is a major setback for the veteran, who had just joined the Tennessee

There has been a special culture in Montreal ever since Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes arrived.
Players are open to the idea of leaving money on the table to help the team improve, which is why people say the Canadiens now have one of the best salary structures in the National Hockey League.
Good players are signed at very reasonable prices compared to the rest of the market… and will remain so for a long time to come: 
(Credit: Screenshot / PuckPedia)
What explains this phenomenon?
It'

Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles haven’t publicly confirmed their engagement, but Zoë is in a new campaign for Jessica McCormack, who is widely reported as their ring designer. So I think this is confirmation enough.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jessica McCormack (@jessica_mccormack)
Ryan Seacrest doing sponcon for a casino – sir you have 483 jobs, is this necessary.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ryan Seacrest (@ryanseacrest)
In another example of &ld

The Atlanta Falcons will have to make do without one of their most promising young defensive players for much of the upcoming season.The NFL announced Friday the suspension of James Pearce Jr., who will miss the first eight games of the regular season.
This penalty stems from a violation of the league's personal conduct policy. The suspension will officially take effect on August 30, when teams must have reduced their rosters to 53 players.
At just 22 years old, Pearce will therefore be able to

At the end of May, the Detroit Tigers had just lost four straight games, had a record of 22 wins and 38 losses, and were 11½ games behind the leader in the American League Central Division.
Then, from July 25 to 29, the Tigers lost four of their five games and fell six games behind the division lead, despite having staged a strong climb up the standings.
Playoff hopes had evaporated by then, and President of Baseball Operations Scott Harris was heading toward a fire sale at the trade dead

As I wrote back in June when Ashley Padilla was named to the cast, I am 100% all in on The Catch, an upcoming rom-com starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine. Like, I can declare confidently, even though it just started production a couple of weeks ago, that for me, the movie is at least a lead-off double. The casting is perfect – Emma Stone and Chris Pine? That is correct. The premise is perfect – Emma plays the “most hated woman in baseball”, something about f-cking up a bas

The Laval Rocket recently announced its coaching staff.
Basically, aside from the fact that Daniel Jacob is becoming head coach and David Urquhart is taking his place as an assistant, the staff remains the same as it was at the end of last season.
Ilia Ejov will therefore remain as goaltending coach.Our coaching staff for next seasonDetails at https://t.co/yCJzKJaxqp
Our coaching staff for next seasonDetails at https://t.co/yCJzKJaxqp pic.twitter.com/LoQRVVekAT
— Laval Rocket (@RocketLaval

There’s a new development in the Terrion Arnold situation in the NFL.The 23-year-old cornerback has reportedly chosen to continue his career with the Seattle Seahawks after being released by the Detroit Lions earlier this summer.
According to reports from multiple sources at ESPN and the NFL Network, Arnold is expected to sign a one-year deal with Seattle. The team had already shown interest by having him try out last Sunday.
This decision comes as the player still faces serious criminal c

In 2021–22, Auston Matthews scored 60 goals in the regular season.
Two years later, he did even better: 69 goals.
Since then, however, things have been tougher for the Maple Leafs forward. He scored 33 goals in 2024–25, then just 27 in 2025–26. And he missed about 40 games during that span…
In November 2024, Matthews went to see a doctor in Germany who specializes in back pain. We've known ever since that Matthews has a sensitive back, though he hasn't had surgery to cor

It was a busy celebrity day in NYC, as Julia Roberts joined Kristen Stewart outside. She’s not promoting anything, though, she’s just Being Famous Outside. It’s been a quiet year for Julia, with no new projects, but she has a new film with Sam Esmail coming in February. It’s called Panic Carefully, and it co-stars Eddie Redmayne and Brian Tyree Henry.Julia previously worked with Esmail on the Prime Video series Homecoming, and Netflix’s Leave the World Behind, and i

The Canadian women's and men's teams successfully advanced from the group stage of the Flag Football World Championships.While the men's team suffered a loss to Japan, the women's team had a perfect run with three wins in as many games.
In the men's division, Canada faced Japan with the goal of finishing at the top of the group. However, the Japanese came out on top with a 37-28 victory, thanks in large part to a remarkable performance by Kody, who scored three touchdowns.
The game was close for

To NO ONE'S surprise, the New York Mets have struggled in every way with their starting rotation this season, having failed to address their biggest weakness this past offseason. Let's hope for Mets fans—if there are any left—that the team's president of baseball operations, David Stearns, will have learned from his mistakes during the upcoming offseason.
It's not often you get a second chance to get it right, but the executive can take advantage of this opportunity. Indeed, although

This summer, the Florida Panthers lost Sergei Bobrovsky.
Since the new Maple Leafs player (who joined the team a few weeks ago) wasn't traded by Florida by the 2026 deadline, this tells us one thing: the Panthers were hoping to keep him this summer.
But that didn't happen.
While it was thought that money was at the heart of the issue throughout the negotiations between the goaltender and the Florida club, it seems the stakes shifted along the way.
Why do I say that?
Because, in fact, the Panther

In 1978, AC/DC released its first live album. Titled If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It), the record cover was a gory photo of lead guitarist Angus Young impaled on his guitar with the band’s first singer, Bon Scott, leering over his shoulder.The image perfectly described the performance captured on the vinyl.It was raw, raunchy, rock n’ roll by a rowdy band that built its reputation on Australia’s hardscrabble live music bar circuit.It’s fitting that the band is ope

Kristen Stewart has been busy the last couple weeks promoting her new film, The Wrong Girls. But the film hits theaters today, so here she is in New York, outside one last time for the film. As Lainey said, the film is a celebration of friendship but also grown ass losers. I was thinking about this after reading Lainey’s post yesterday, about a lack of deadbeat representation these days, and I realized we don’t really get stoner comedies like we used to. It all seems part of the same

Mark! Happy Birthday! Roo tells us that you’re the “best dad” and that applies to both your girls and your two Boston Terriers. And that you’re the “best wife” which says to me that you are the goodest man. Thank you for all you do for your family, and congratulations on completing the cycle. In Chinese culture, 60 is a full life, a true achievement. And now your next cycle, a new life, begins. Wishing you so much health and happiness. Please know that you are

Dear Gossips,After several straight years of mostly bad box office news, this year is mostly good box office news. A welcome change! 2026 continues on pace to be the biggest box office year since 2019, most recently bolstered by the twin billion-dollar successes of The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. It’s Spider-Man I want to talk about, though, as the film continues to set records and hit milestones, most recently joining the 700 Club—films that have earned $700 million domes

Everyone agrees that the duo of Ivan Demidov and Lane Hutson will be the driving force behind the Canadiens for many years to come.
Together, these guys will terrorize opposing defenses on the power play.
And in an ideal scenario, they'll be able—along with the rest of the core group—to bring the Stanley Cup back to Montreal for the 25th time in the coming years.
Why are we talking about them in particular this morning?
Because their friendship—which is quite strong—has b

TV and film production designer Laurin Kelsey’s career started like a Hollywood story.The Salt Spring Island native, whose most recent credits include the hit series Elle and Stick , began her TV/film career at age 16 when a high school counsellor at Gulf Islands Secondary School got her a job experience internship working in the props department for the Vancouver-shot hit sci-fi show Stargate SG-1.“Most people would go with their mom as a dental hygienist or … whatever their

Starting Line: The Team Joshua Story When and where: Premiering on CBC Gem Aug. 14 and airing on CBC Television at 8 p.m. in B.C. and Alberta Aug. 15When Josh Gentis Hall was growing up, he didn’t want to hang back and watch his friends and classmates play sports: He wanted to be in the middle of the action.Sitting in his wheelchair, he put on the goalie equipment while the other children prepared to play an after-school game of floor hockey. But when the game began, Josh’s mother Mi

Last night, the Phillies beat the Twins 7-1. Aaron Nola earned the win, allowing just one run over five innings.
But that's not what stands out.
What stands out most is that this game was played in Iowa as part of the famous “Field of Dreams” game that has been taking place for several years now.
Based on the movie Field of Dreams, Major League Baseball built a baseball stadium in a cornfield. And it once again produced some magnificent images.
Home runs into the corn will NEVER get