Movie Reviews and Previews What are we in for with Mother Mary As we are approaching the end of 2025, it is time to turn our eyes toward 2026, a new time over a new horizon pressing ever toward us (I blame the sun). One of my topmost anticipated films of 2026 is Mother Mary, David Lowery’s new film starring Anne By Sarah • Dec 03, 2025 11:34 am
TV Updates Michaela Coel’s “Hard Launch”? Michaela Coel was the recipient of the Pandora Leader of Change Award at the Fashion Awards last night in London. She was honoured for her courage in storytelling, and how through her series, I May Destroy You, sharing her experience with sexual assault, she was able to connect to so By Lainey • Dec 05, 2023 10:39 am
Gorgessity Michaela, Marisa, and Issa: Weekend Fashion Highlights We haven’t seen too much of Michaela Coel this year so the sight of her on a red carpet is always welcome. Especially when the fit is this good. I LOVE the asymmetry of her look with the different lengths and the different materials – like if you see her By Lainey • Oct 16, 2023 01:46 pm
Met Gala 2023 Intro for May 2, 2023 Dear Gossips, The theme of the Met Gala last night felt like Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball in 1966. Even with the cats that showed up. Did you know that Oscar De La Renta and Francoise de Langlade actually wore furry cat masks to the Black and White By Lainey • May 02, 2023 07:12 am
Penelope Cruz The Co-Chairs at Dinner Anna Wintour hosts a pre-Met Gala dinner every year with the event’s co-chairs. The co-chairs this year are Michaela Coel, Penelope Cruz, Dua Lipa, and Roger Federer. Anna’s favourite sport is tennis; her favourite player is Roger. As for Penelope, given that the theme this year is Karl By Lainey • May 01, 2023 12:46 pm
Style Outfits of the Week: Wakanda Forever in London A week from today, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be the biggest movie in the world. Sarah’s review is coming next week and while I’m not here to drop spoilers, let me repeat what I’ve already said: be ready for the tears, your own tears and everyone By Lainey • Nov 04, 2022 10:47 am
Style Outfits of the Week: Kerry, Michaela, and Olivia Kerry Washington stepped out in New York yesterday wearing one of the best belted blazers of the year. Look at this beauty – the strong shoulders, the tailoring, the length of it stopping mid-thigh. And worn over a pair of tight leather pants in moto-style… it’s just SO good. I By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 01:56 pm
Gorgessity Michaela Coel covers Vogue Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opens exactly five weeks from today on November 11. Sarah posted the trailer earlier this week, and promotion for the film is now underway with Michaela Coel on the cover of the November issue of Vogue. Michaela is new to the MCU. She plays Aneka, captain By Lainey • Oct 07, 2022 11:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wakanda Forever in all white The full trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is here, and just like the Comic-Con trailer, it is tugging heart strings while setting up the next chapter in Wakanda’s story, one that will not include T’Challa. Chadwick Boseman’s death hangs over this movie, but it does look By Sarah • Oct 04, 2022 11:58 am
Style Emmys Best Dressed (Duana): Writer Michaela Coel I’m going to be as plain as I know how. The reason it felt as though I May Destroy You deserved to win the other three Emmys it was nominated for is that it, and Michaela Coel, are better than the things that did win. I know how that By Duana • Sep 20, 2021 02:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michaela Coel joins Wakanda Forever Yesterday, Variety broke the news that Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You multi-hyphenate Michaela Coel has joined the cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She is apparently already in Atlanta and on set, as filming for the sequel began last month. As is typical with Marvel these days, we By Sarah • Jul 22, 2021 12:24 pm
TV Updates The BAFTAS of Michaela Coel This year’s BAFTA TV Awards belonged to Michaela Coel and I May Destroy You. As we already know, it was one of if not the best series of 2020 and Michaela and the series won in the Writing, Directing, Miniseries, and Acting categories. In her speech, Michaela opened by By Lainey • Jun 07, 2021 02:27 pm
TV Updates Intro for February 4, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Screen Actors Guild will announce their nominations later today and while there may be a couple of surprises, it will not be the giant bowl of f-cksh-t that the Golden Globes served up yesterday. Like, I’m pretty sure we won’t be hearing Jared Leto’s By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 08:59 am
TV Updates The Golden Globes TV Nominations Are Embarrassing Look, the most generous-to-neutral observation that I can make about these nominations is that there are an awful lot of nominees whose names start with C. The category for Best Actress in a Drama includes Colman, Comer, and Corrin. You know who it doesn’t have? Coel. Yeah, I know By Duana • Feb 03, 2021 11:09 am
TV Updates Intro for December 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday marked the deadline for this year’s Golden Globe submissions. Although the eligibility period for television runs until December 31 and for film it’s February 28, programs and movies that want to be in contention must have submitted by now. Typically, by now, in a non-pandemic By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 08:58 am
TV Updates Dream Duo: Michaela Coel & Donald Glover Looking across the current TV landscape, Michaela Coel and Donald Glover are two of the most prolific and exciting showrunners working right now. Donald is the Emmy, Golden Globe, and Grammy-winning multi-hyphenate who rocked the TV world with Atlanta in 2016. Four years later, we’re eagerly awaiting Seasons 3 By Cody • Sep 30, 2020 09:37 am
