Intro for August 21, 2026

Dear Gossips,Earlier this week, Maria wrote about Gwyneth Paltrow’s private dinner for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at her Hamptons home. That event was “off the record”, which seemed like a weird phrase for a summer dinner party, even one hosted by a contentious celebrity for a contentious CEO. Then, yesterday, Richard Rushfield’s The Ankler published an article titled, “First Look: Hollywood’s Secret AI Talks Go Public. Here’s the Plan”, about a years-l