Seven Gossipy Sins of Coachella: Weekend One

Plus Martha Stewart has a dedicated basket house, and there are Mischa Barton Developments!

As you are very likely aware, Coachella — a two-weekend music festival known as much for its insane celebrity outfits and occasionally disastrous brand parties as it is for the tunes — kicked off last Friday. And while I’m sure many musical items of interest occurred, like the intel that Ciara has new music on the way in a collab with Jackson Wang, we are primarily here to spread gossip and speculate on the personal lives of rich people we’ve never met — many of whom converged on the desert to listen to music and definitely not take any hallucinogens. As we roll, pun intended, into Weekend Two, here are seven gossipy takeaways from the first weekend of Coachella, 2023:

1. Shockingly, Vanessa Hudgens, the Coachella Queen – a festival mascot, who once flirted with her own cancelation by bemoaning its Covid-prompted cancellation – did not attend. This is not because she’s somehow gone off the concept of wandering dusty fairgrounds in a flower wreath and crocheted chaps; rather, she’s busy…