Mary Blige Gossip

One of the most underrated red carpets of the year is the BET Black Girls Rock! red carpet. Every year, I forget it’s happening and every year, it delivers some of my favourite looks. This year’s honourees included Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige Full Story

On the latest episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I talk about Hollywood style and the business behind celebrity style strategy. The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Power Stylists list is mentioned several times. Full Story

I’m mad about Mudbound. I just decided how mad I’m going to be about Mudbound and that’s very. Very mad. There wasn’t much else to get fired up over this year so I’m going to pour all of my frustrations over missed nominations and people who went home empty-handed who shouldn’t have (ahem, MARY J. Full Story

Mary J Blige is a two-time Oscar nominee… in the same year. She is the first woman to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. She made history. So no matter what happens this weekend (Allison Janney will win Best Supporting Actress), Mary J Blige’s Oscar weekend will be a big deal. Full Story

The first part of the Oscar nominations this morning, when they announced many of the technical categories, featured vignettes to highlight the work that goes into editing and sound and costuming and cinematography etc. Each vignette was fronted by a woman, a diverse range of women beginning with Gal Gadot and also including Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana, Priyanka Chopra, Rebel Wilson, Molly Shannon, Michelle Rodriguez, Michelle Yeoh, and Rosario Dawson. Full Story

One of my favourite side stories during award season is watching to see which major movie stars throw their support behind which films and which performers. Julia Roberts comes up a lot in this discussion. She campaigned for Javier Bardem Full Story

The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala happened last night. This is always an important stop on the award season circuit since so many Oscar voters show up at the event. Which is why so many Oscar hopefuls show up at the event. The voting period for Oscar nominations opens this Friday and closes on January 12. Full Story

TWO! Mary J. Blige was nominated for two Golden Globes this morning. I was expecting the nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Last month, after she attended a party for75th anniversary of the Golden Globes, I wrote that Mary J. was working the award season circuit Full Story

Yesterday was Tiffany Haddish’s birthday. On Saturday night she was hanging out with Mary J Blige at DJ Khaled’s birthday party which I think was also a promotional event for The Four, the new talent competition show starring Khaled, Diddy, Meghan Trainor, and Fergie.  Mary, as we’ve seen recently, has been working the award circuit in support of Mudbound and her own Oscar campaign for Best Supporting Actress which continues to build momentum. Full Story

Mudbound opens with two men racing to dig a hole to bury their father before imminent rain makes it impossible. While digging, they discover a set of shackles and a skull with a bullet hole. “A slave grave,” one man says. “Pappy would hate that.” That scene sets the tone for Mudbound, adapted from Hillary Jordan’s novel by director Dee Rees Full Story