Gemma Chan Gossip

I’m exaggerating here. It’s two magazine covers, that hardly qualifies as a month conquered. At the same time, it feels like a big deal to me. One day, maybe it won’t feel like anything at all because it won’t be unusual. For now, though, it’s something to highlight.  Lana Condor covered the March 2019 issue of Cosmopolitan Full Story

A quick aside before we get to Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan’s red carpet looks – remember all that business about fighting over presenters and the Academy telling people that if they presented at any other award shows, they wouldn’t be able to come to the Oscars? One of those people was supposed to be Margot Robbie Full Story

Crazy Rich Asians was not nominated for Oscar last week so the SAGs was the last awards season stop for the cast, at least until the sequel comes out. Which won’t be for a while since director Jon M Chu is working with Lin-Manual Miranda on the film adaptation of In the Heights and that doesn’t go into production until later this year. Full Story

As Sandra Oh pointed out, this year’s Golden Globes – while still overwhelmingly Caucasian – had exponentially more Asian representation than ever before, due in part to the cast of Crazy Rich Asians, who really didn’t get enough play, but came out hard in the fashion game nonetheless. Full Story

Mary, Queen of Scots is getting mixed reviews. Here’s why I’m seeing it: for the performances from the entire cast, led by Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, but also because the case includes Gemma Chan. An Asian woman in a British historical period piece! Big ups to director Josie Rourke for no-big-dealing it too. Full Story

I posted earlier this week about Gemma Chan and Dominic Cooper on holiday with their friends of Formentera. To me, the Photo Assumption was pretty conclusive. Yesterday they were photographed packing up at their resort and loading the car, presumably ending the trip, or extending the trip to go somewhere else. Full Story

Since Crazy Rich Asians took the top spot at the box office this weekend, some of you have joined the Gemma Chan is our Girl Crush support group now, right? She’s exquisite. And… she may have a new boyfriend?  The Sun Full Story