TV Updates Kate campaigns We used to talk about Kate Hudson a lot in the early days of this site. She was an award show regular, a red carpet regular. And it’s not that she doesn’t show up at events anymore, but it has been a while since she’s been a By Lainey • Jun 03, 2025 11:46 am
Style Mindy Kaling: Met Gala 2025 Best Dressed (Sarah) I don’t think I’ve ever picked Mindy Kaling for anything, but here she is, my best dressed of the Met Gala 2025. She obviously loved her look, too. She wore custom Harbison Studio, referencing late 18th/early 19th century military style. The sash, the buttons, the lapels, it’ By Sarah • May 06, 2025 01:40 pm
Oscars 2025 Shiny happy ladies It is late! I am tired! I have about twenty minutes until this gummy kicks in and knocks me the f-ck out! So let’s get to it and talk about all the ladies who showed up in shiny dresses at the Oscars, because there were a lot! First up By Sarah • Mar 03, 2025 09:31 am
TV Updates Mindy has a star Mindy Kaling was honoured with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Her dad, Avu Chokalingam was with her, and there’s a lump in my throat right now thinking about how proud he must have been to see this moment. Mindy was born when he and By Lainey • Feb 19, 2025 01:06 pm
Met Gala 2024 Met Gala Becomes One With The Earth Here’s a take I didn’t know I had until just now: I kind of like it when the themes are amorphous and mean everything and nothing. Yes, it’s fun to screech “dress on THEME” at people when they get it wrong, but some people are going to By Duana • May 07, 2024 08:51 am
As Seen on Social Media As Seen on Social Media: Mindy Kaling’s sneakers and Emilia Clarke’s head scarf Mindy Kaling’s Bougie Sneakers I know I’ve floated the controversial opinion that designer sneakers are often fugly and tacky (and not in an ironic way) but what about expensive “tasteful” sneakers? These Rothys are just that – knit (which is not meant to stand up to the elements) and By Maria • Aug 02, 2023 01:09 pm
Style All the Oscar Silver-Whites There were a lot of white dresses, or white-silver dresses, on the Oscar carpet last night. My favourite was Michelle Williams, who’s now gone back to her pixie cut, after keeping her hair chin length-ish for a while now. It’s perfect with this sheer caped Chanel, the silk By Lainey • Mar 13, 2023 03:49 pm
TV Updates Intro for August 10, 2022 Dear Gossips, What’s on the watch list this weekend – if you’re not at the club, that is? My club is the golf course but when I’m not golfing, this weekend will most likely belong to Devi Vishwakumar and season three of Never Have I Ever. I can’ By Lainey • Aug 10, 2022 09:30 am
Met Gala 2022 Great gowns… beautiful gowns: the Peltz-Beckhams and Mindy Kaling My title is a tribute to the glamorous queen Aretha Franklin, a woman who showed up and showed out at events. What would she do with these girls…. First up is young love and little effort from the Peltz-Beckhams. Brooklyn is in a white suit with sneakers and Nicola’s By Maria • May 03, 2022 10:05 am
TV Updates Intro for July 16, 2021 Dear Gossips, The second season of Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever is now streaming on Netflix which means, for some people, they’ve already finished, or will be finished by tonight, or before the weekend is over, which means I have to work harder than usual to avoid By Lainey • Jul 16, 2021 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Legally Blonde: A Reunion and a New Chapter There’s a reunion around every corner! That’s how we’re trying to get through the pandemic, I guess. With nostalgia – and all kinds of cast reunions. The latest: Legally Blonde, which turns 20 next year which means this year is the 20th anniversary of when the movie was By Lainey • Oct 21, 2020 10:40 am
TV Updates All Eyes on Mindy’s Never Have I Ever It’s been over a year since we first learned about Mindy Kaling’s new project, a TV show loosely based on her life as a rebellious teenager, and even before it aired, it was already subverting expectations left and right. Just making a coming of age show about a By Prem • May 04, 2020 10:55 am
Top Reads Mindy Kaling Teaches Bullsh-t Detection Yes, I intentionally styled that title to look like a new offering from MasterClass. I would take this class. We all should. Yesterday, while everyone was focused on a certain other celebrity profile, Elle dropped their cover story with Mindy Kaling. It focuses, like many of her interviews tend to By Duana • Oct 10, 2019 04:22 pm
TV Updates Mindy Kaling Beats Everyone, Again I mean, at this point it shouldn’t really be news. Mindy Kaling has made an entire career out of subverting expectations, doing what couldn’t be done, and arching an eyebrow at you when she’s asked “how she did it”, before coldly asking “why would you think I By Duana • Jul 10, 2019 03:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mindy Kaling dreams it, does it In 2011, Mindy Kaling wrote an essay that was published in The New Yorker that, all these years later, has kind of defined her work and career. I remember at the time, we all sent it around to each other – read this! so true! love it! she nails it! She By Lainey • May 31, 2019 11:36 am
Met Gala 2019 Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson: MET heist in real life There was a lot of gold on the red carpet, so much so that at one point I started making a list and then promptly gave up. I think some people used gold and pink as a shortcut to camp, and that’s what I think Mindy Kaling did with By Maria • May 07, 2019 04:15 am
