Equality Issues Intro for February 1, 2021 Dear Gossips, When Shamier Anderson and Stephan James announced the launch of The Black Academy back in December, they shared that the initiative was about recognising and celebrating Black talent in arts and culture in Canada, and about measuring success on your own terms, reframing the benchmark of success in By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 08:53 am
Equality Issues Intro for December 4, 2020 Dear Gossips, For a few years now at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, the B.L.A.C.K. Ball has been one of the most anticipated events on the schedule. B.L.A.C.K. stands for “Building a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 08:52 am
TV Updates Homecoming Is For Right Now Every time I’m on a Zoom call, in an effort to counteract the general awkwardness that is people who are often having their only human interaction for the week, there’s some small talk about what people are watching – that happens regardless of whether it’s a TV industry By Duana • Jun 26, 2020 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chadwick Boseman in 21 Bridges 21 Bridges is a standard police thriller, the type that comes chock-a-block full of recognizable character actors and used to do middling business at the theater and then find a long, healthy second life on cable. It’s what I call a “weekend afternoon movie”, the sort of thing you By Sarah • Nov 27, 2019 04:05 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for August 7, 2019 Dear Gossips, Variety released its Power of Young Hollywood issue this week with three covers: Camila Cabello, Cole Sprouse, and Stephan James. What a year it’s been for Stephan James. Twelve months ago he was getting ready to premiere If Beale Street Could Talk and Homecoming at TIFF, in By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 09:06 am
Award Season Campaigning Let Billy Porter host a truth-telling roundtable Award season roundtable roulette continues, and this time, it’s the drama dudes up to bat. The roundtable features Stephan James (Homecoming), Diego Luna (Narcos), Richard Madden (Bodyguard), Billy Porter (Pose), Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal), and Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon). That’s a solid group, and just as By Sarah • Jun 07, 2019 12:32 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for April 1, 2019 Dear Gossips, There won’t be any April fooling on this site today, partly because I’m not clever enough to run a prank but also because I’ve never associated foolishness with the date. April 1st has always been good to me: my parents were married on April 1st, By Lainey • Apr 01, 2019 08:37 am
Oscars 2019 Stephan James’ Awards Season Hustle In October, I wrote “if you don’t already know Stephan James, you will soon.” He was weeks away from the release of Homecoming and If Beale Street Could Talk, his two breakout roles of 2018. A whole awards season later and Stephan James is definitely a name you know. By Kathleen • Feb 25, 2019 09:45 am
Award Season Campaigning Bradley Cooper: scruff’s coming in Roma won Best Picture and Best Director last night at the Critics’ Choice Awards but that doesn’t mean it’s the Oscar favourite. The Critics do not speak for the Oscars when it comes to Netflix. And the Oscars have a complicated relationship with Netflix. What will be interesting By Lainey • Jan 14, 2019 02:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews When Regina King Talks That was my poor attempt at a play on If Beale Street Could Talk, but seriously, no one talks like Regina King. In an award season that refuses to give us a break from insufferable, worse-than-Hathaway twee speeches from Lady Gaga (I like Gaga but can she DO LESS please? By Kathleen • Jan 14, 2019 01:42 pm
Lana Condor THR’s next gen Every year, The Hollywood Reporter releases their “Next Gen” list – the actors under 35 that make up Hollywood’s next generation. This issue always makes me happy. In 2016, the issue featuring Zendaya on its cover gave me hope for the future on the day after America chose a pretty By Kathleen • Nov 09, 2018 01:07 pm
Maple Leaf Big sister Julia Julia Roberts was at the premiere of her Amazon series Homecoming last night holding hands with co-star, and Canadian, Stephan James. As Kathleen posted earlier this month, Stephan James is about to break out. Homecoming premieres on November 2 and then, later in the month, Barry Jenkins’s If Beale By Lainey • Oct 25, 2018 12:33 pm
Maple Leaf Get to know Stephan James If you don’t already know Stephan James, you will soon. He’s at the point in his career I like to call the Oprah Burn. You know the Oprah quote. The one she says Quincy Jones said first but no one remembers that. “Your future is so bright it By Kathleen • Oct 12, 2018 03:01 pm
