Jodie Turner-Smith Gossip

With Queen & Slim director Melina Matsoukas jumps from music videos to feature films, and her background in visual media shows in the style and rhythm of her long-form work. Queen & Slim is strikingly visual and operates almost like a series of vignettes connected by musical interludes. Matsoukas’s staging of Queen & Slim is so good, it makes you wish Lena Waithe’s script held up a little better. Full Story

Queen & Slim premiered last night in Hollywood. The film is Melina Matsoukas’s feature film directorial debut, from a script written by Lena Waithe, starring Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in her first lead role – and there’s been Oscar buzz about it for months, building on positive reaction out of select screenings since the summer. Full Story

Melina Matsoukas’s debut feature film, Queen & Slim, from a screenplay written by Lena Waithe, doesn’t open until November 27 but, as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago Full Story

Last week Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson were seen maybe possibly getting a marriage licence. They’ve not yet confirmed or denied that they’re about to make it official, like in the legal sense. Full Story

Joshua Jackson was seen at LAX a couple of months ago, mid-June, kissing a woman who’s yet to be identified even though he and Jodie Turner-Smith, who he’s been dating since last fall, were together just before. Then he and Jodie stepped out holding hands last month Full Story

A notable absence from this year’s fall festival tour (so far) is Queen & Slim, the feature film debut of “Formation” director Melina Matsoukas. I’m a little surprised Universal, the distributor, isn’t looking to put a little festival polish on this movie. It has as good a pedigree as any Oscar hopeful: stars an Academy Award nominee (Daniel Kaluuya), comes from an award-winning writer (Lena Waithe), has a Beyoncé connection, and also “introducing Full Story

Here are Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith out in LA yesterday. They’re holding hands and at one point stop to kiss. Joshua and Jodie have been dating since at least last fall. Kathleen first posted about them back in November 2018 Full Story

It’s the beginning of 2019 – let’s check in on two Canadians and their love lives. Should we start with Joshua Jackson?  It was confirmed back in November Full Story

I didn’t know Jodie Turner-Smith’s name until yesterday. I wasn’t familiar with her work or her face. I learned Jodie’s name and face when photos surfaced of her walking hand-in-hand with Joshua Jackson. Pacey Witter strolling down the street holding hands with anyone is headline-worthy for me. Full Story