Intro for September 11, 2026

Dear Gossips,You know how things sometimes (not always) happen for a reason?I had a ball yesterday editing the site, cosplaying Lainey and/or Sarah, guided by the capable (Emily) and patient (lol, Jacek) artists behind the scenes, and scanning the pop culture landscape as a whole, as much as that’s possible – which it isn’t.But it’s okay! Because I truly believe that if I’d seen and fully processed yesterday’s headline that a pro-shot (or 'live capture') of Oh

Sandra Bullock is consistently open and candid in interviews, but took it to a new level in a TODAY show interview this week with Hoda Kotb, while promoting Practical Magic 2 with Nicole Kidman, when she revealed she’s ‘uber paranoid’ about her kids when they leave home, for depressingly obvious reasons. “I’m uber paranoid, and they will tell you. They’re like, ‘Mom, it’s gonna be fine.’ I’m like, ‘It’s not fine. It&rsq

The 2026 season has been anything but easy for the Toronto Blue Jays, with injuries and underperformance derailing a campaign that had started out so promising.
But despite all these ups and downs, the Blue Jays can still hope to make the postseason. And the path to the playoffs is fairly straightforward: the Jays need to win one more game than their rivals in the standings.
Toronto enters the final 15 games of the regular season with a record of 73 wins and 74 losses, which puts the team one ga

The coming weeks will be important for David Reinbacher.
The Canadiens defenseman will have to work hard to try to earn a spot on the team at training camp. The Canadiens want to see him succeed this fall, but…
But if he doesn't earn his spot, he'll be sent down.
Everyone has an opinion on the matter, and just about everyone with the Canadiens has been touting his case to the media in recent weeks.
But since it's the results on the ice that will count, we're going to focus more on what we

Lainey and I have lots and lots in common – both as people and in our pop culture interests. But arguably what makes us both better are the parts that belong to only one of us, like musical theatre or the K-pop oeuvre. We learn by osmosis from each other, and something she explained to me that’s thoroughly outside my daily purview is the concept of a ‘bias’, which I love, both for the way it inverts the word and because it’s frankly very real.I’m not sure if i

Yesterday, the Canadiens announced their lineups for today’s intra-squad game.
We've said it before and we'll say it again: take it with a grain of salt. Training camp hasn't even started yet, and Martin St-Louis isn't even on the ice with his teammates just yet.
But we're still allowed to talk about it and analyze it a little bit—as long as we don't take it all at face value.
Yesterday, for example, Kirby Dach was at center on the second line, alongside Ivan Demidov and Alex Newhook

Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu collaborates with Romanian-born, American-raised actor Sebastian Stan for the first time in the film Fjord, which interrogates one experience of Romanian men living abroad in the generation following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, an experience of xenophobia and persecution that isn’t as cut and dry as it sounds.Mungiu writes and directs, and Stan stars as Mihai Gheorghiu, a Romanian man who moves with his Norwegian wife, Lisbet (Renate Reinsve)

The 2026 Major League Baseball season isn't over yet, but in two months, the free-agent market will open ahead of a potential—and likely—lockout. By then, the hot topic will be where ace pitcher Tarik Skubal will end up and how much he'll sign for on his next contract.
And just yesterday, Jeff Passan of ESPN shared insights on the upcoming free-agent market, and one thing that stands out is that if there is no salary cap (and there won't be), an MLB team could be willing to pay Skuba

The influence of star players has been the talk of the NHL.
I've always said this: players have the right to request a trade, but teams have the right to ignore players' requests if it doesn't suit them.
And if they're willing to live with the discomfort that comes with it.
One of the biggest talking points this summer has been the Dylan Larkin situation. I've always maintained that the team had the right to keep him (and even strip him of his captain's “C”) to show him who's boss.
O

To say that Kent Hughes had a quiet summer is an understatement.
At the end of June, the Canadiens' GM had expressed confidence that he would complete a trade or bring a big name to Montreal over the summer. I've been feeling it every night for the past week: the summer is coming to an end.
Two weeks ago, Louis Jean reported that the Canadiens' front office had done everything it could to trade Samuel Montembeault but had been unable to find a taker.
In short, Kent Hughes tried to inject some ta

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump floating the idea of increasing TV and film production federal tax credits for American-made features, the industry is still thriving in Hollywood North .The TV and film production business that, in 2024, put $3.1 billion into the provincial economy and employed more than 42,000 full-time workers, has a steady stream of projects on the books this fall.Here are some notable productions that are up and running in B.C. (This isn’t an exhaustive list of eve

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Weezer has released seven records in the band’s three decades of making music that take their name from the colour of the album cover. The latest of these is 2026s The Gold Album.Working with producer Kenny Beats in a live-off-the-floor format, the band has never sounded louder and less produced over the course of its entire career.This works wonders for the alt-rock vetera

Zachary Bolduc doesn’t yet have a contract lined up for next season. Neither does Arber Xhekaj.
If things continue this way, there's a real risk that he'll miss the start of the Canadiens' training camp, which wouldn't be good news for anyone.
The Habs don't need any more distractions right now.
I'm not saying the Quebec native should sign an offer he isn't happy with just for the sake of signing a contract. But the longer he waits, the more trouble he gets himself into.
And the Habs need

Recently, George Lombard Jr. took the shortstop position from Anthony Volpe, who was forced to return to Triple-A.
It wasn't easy for the young man, who also agreed to switch positions to give himself a chance to work his way back up, but he kept working hard.
The guy who looked like Barry Bonds in the minors (as Jasson Dominguez put it) was finally called up following Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s injury.
And last night, in his first start at second base in the majors, Anthony Volpe looked just like Barr

The Atlanta Falcons may have to rethink their plans just a few days before their season opener.
Tua Tagovailoa,
recently named the team's starting quarterback, left Thursday's practice early after feeling pain in his obliques.
The incident occurred during a media-open drill. After throwing a pass during an exercise, Tagovailoa immediately put a hand to his lower back before sitting down on the field. The veteran, however, got back up quickly and was able to jog off the field.
The 28-year-old qua

The Columbus Blue Jackets are trying to limit the damage from a disastrous summer.
After unsuccessfully attempting to trade his best defenseman to Dallas, GM Don Waddell has spent the summer dealing with rumors surrounding Kirill Marchenko.
But that can't be his priority right now: he has a big-name player (Adam Fantilli) who is a free agent and will complicate the team's salary cap situation when he signs.
Of course, in Montreal, the most important issue (regarding Columbus) is Marchenko. We kn

David Savard has decided to retire at the end of the 2024–25 season. The defenseman, who spent the last four years of his career with the Habs, helped the club through its rebuilding process.
He was a key leader in the city and was (truly) well-liked in the locker room.
So it made sense, when he hung up his skates, to see him as a candidate for a role with the Canadiens. Except that so far, Savard hasn't accepted anything. He's enjoying his retirement, which is his right.
But despite all t

Since yesterday, Chris Kreider has been a hot topic around town. The power forward had his contract bought out by the Anaheim Ducks and is now a free agent.
And since he's the kind of player who would fill a need in Montreal—a big, physical forward who can score—it's got people talking… especially since he has ties to Jeff Gorton.
You'd think that for fans—who've hated Kreider for 12 years—seeing him in a Habs uniform would be weird. But there's one Habs player for

After a superb playoff run and a new contract, it's only natural that expectations for Jakub Dobes will be higher this season.
Barring a major turnaround, he'll be the Canadiens' No. 1 goaltender to start the season, and his workload will be much heavier than in recent seasons.
The pressure will be immense for Dobes. José Théodore, however, believes we shouldn't expect to see the same Dobes we saw during the playoffs. That's what he explained on 98.5 Sports on Thursday.“It wo

After so many injuries and a rather slow development, it's time for David Reinbacher to claim his spot in the NHL. It all starts now with the Canadiens' training camps.
The good news for Reinbacher is that he has the full confidence of the Canadiens organization.
Among those who have great confidence in him is Rocket assistant coach Martin Laperrière, who didn't hold back in praising him on Thursday.Full quote:
“He's been somewhat unlucky with injuries and such, but I think in the l

Matvei Michkov arrived at the Flyers' training camp last season in very poor physical condition. He faced criticism not only from Philadelphia fans and the media but also from his own teammates.
His performances on the ice were disappointing, and it was clear that something was wrong. After losing confidence in one of their best young players, the Flyers decided to provide Michkov with intensive coaching.
In an interview in a YouTube video titled “Michkov's Vacation,” the young Russi

In just over two weeks, the regular season will come to an end. And, of course, several teams will be working hard to make the playoffs.
Which (realistic) races should we keep an eye on? Here they are.
9. Who will finish at the top of the National League?
The Dodgers are currently one and a half games behind the Brewers. Unless the Braves (five games back) or another team steps up, it'll come down to Milwaukee and L.A.
8. Who will win the American League Central?
The White Sox are two games ahea

Just imagine: Zdeno Chara with the Montreal Canadiens.
We can all agree… that would have been quite a story.
That said, Renaud Lavoie shared a rather unique story involving the former Bruins defenseman and former Canadiens general manager, Marc Bergevin. During the pandemic, when the free-agent market was completely out of the ordinary, Bergevin had tried to lure Chara to Montreal.
The problem?
Chara wanted to prioritize his family, since it was easier for him to stay in the U.S. because

I didn’t know Prime was remaking Carrie as a miniseries.That is, maybe I read a headline about it somewhere or other, but first of all, we all know a headline like ‘Amazon Prime to adapt Stephen King’s Carrie’ happens five times a day. Sometimes, something awesome comes out of an acquisition like this, sometimes it’s something mundane, and, more and more often these days, nothing happens at all, and some wizened Internet Auntie reminds us that  ‘developme

Kaiden Guhle underwent surgery this summer.
Our colleague Maxime Truman actually published an article yesterday with the latest updates on the story.
Did you miss it? No problem! Just click on the link below to read Max's article:BREAKING NEWS! New concerns regarding the (injury-prone) Montreal defenseman → https://t.co/nb9EU2VGhR
— DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) September 9, 2026Of course, the news has sparked some concern. Because when it comes to Kaiden Guhle, “injury-prone&

Brett Bateman Dominates
Aside from Tarik Skubal, no player traded at the deadline has had as much of an impact as he has.
fWAR leaders since the Aug. 3 trade deadline among players who were traded 1
. Tarik Skubal, LAD: 1.4
2. Brett Bateman, TOR: 1.3
3. Liam Hicks, TB: 1.1
4. Tyler Mahle, ATL: 1.0
5. Tyrone Taylor, CHC: 0.9 pic.twitter.com/YYcD4uIIU7
— Brandon Wile (@Brandon_N_Wile) September 10, 2026
Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Comeback
He's redeemed his season.
“When he believes he's one

Jennifer Lawrence goes Instagram official (with herself), and you just know she already had a finsta. She is way too nosey not to have social media.
This is the perfect first video, because her ‘following’ list is already getting picked apart on the hellscape known as Twitter. But let’s not let that ruin the fun – she’ll be great on Instagram, until she gets tired of it. One thing I really think she will excel at is the comment section, she’ll be all up in eve

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Squeeze is mounting one of its biggest North American tours in support of the band’s debut album. Yes, the same Squeeze that attained cult status on these shores through 15 previous records and such enduring hit singles as Tempted and Cool For Cats.The album is called Trixies. It is both the band’s first and its 16th release.The first new music from the venerable Engl

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The New England Patriots may have to play without their top offensive receiver in their next game.
A.J. Brown, who
was playing his first official game with his new team on Wednesday, left the game against the Seattle Seahawks due to an injury to his right ankle.
According to reports by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the wide receiver appears to have suffered a sprain. Initial examinations are reassuring, however, as X-rays revealed no fractures.
The exact severity of the injury, however, remai