Amandla Stenberg Gossip

The first trailer for The Hate U Give dropped during the BET Awards last night. If you’ve been reading this site, you know how I feel about Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. You know how Lainey feels about it. We’ve haven’t been subtle about how much we were moved by the story of Starr Carter and her best friend Khalil. Full Story

In February, when the Parkland students were first mobilizing in their fight for gun control, a bunch of pieces like this one for Mashable titled “Of course the 'Hunger Games' generation knows how to use the media in the fight against guns, Full Story

If you’ve read anything I’ve written about Riverdale, you know that I’m basically still a teenage girl. Everything, Everything is the movie I wish I had when I was actually going through those awkward, hormonal and formative years. Full Story

Tuesday was Valentine’s Day. Tuesday was also the day I wrote about the announcement that Rachel Lindsay will be the first black Bachelorette. I stressed the importance of seeing black love on screen and how we’re starving for more black leads in romantic comedies. Full Story

Hunger Games casting update! A release was just sent out. They’ve announced the tributes from District 11. Which means Rue! Her name is Amandla Stenberg. And Thresh, also from 11, is Dayo Okeniyi. Both newcomers. There’s now actually a Facebook page for casting confirmations. Looks like they may be going in reverse chronological order of districts. Full Story