Music Lizzo & Cardi B Confirm the Rumors In 2019, Lizzo was championed by the internet as a frontrunner to play Ursula in Disney’s live-action adaption of Little Mermaid, but that role ended up going to Melissa McCarthy. Then in 2020, reports emerged that Disney was eyeing a live-action Hercules and Twitter said please cast Lizzo as By Cody • Aug 13, 2021 10:42 am
BFFs The Return of Kanye West We’ve heard a lot about Kanye this year, from his high profile split from Kim Kardashian to a new romance with Irina Shayk and Netflix reportedly paying $30 million for the rights to a documentary full of 21 years worth of unseen footage, but we haven’t heard from By Cody • Jul 23, 2021 11:17 am
Music Normani Shows Her “Wild Side”, finally It’s been two years since Normani released “Motivation”, with an eye-catching nostalgic music video and splashy live performance at the MTV VMAs. We all thought it was her first single from her debut solo album, but then there was no follow-up single and subsequently no album. Basically just crickets. By Cody • Jul 16, 2021 10:45 am
Style Olivia Rodrigo’s White House Mission…and Outfit In the US, the Biden administration is trying to reach the young and unvaccinated, so who better to help spread the message than the current reigning queen of teen angst, Olivia Rodrigo. Yesterday, she joined President Biden and Dr. Fauci to record videos encouraging young people to get their shot; By Cody • Jul 15, 2021 10:20 am
TV Updates Mj Rodriguez’s Emmy Nom is Already a Win With yesterday’s Emmy nominations announcement, Mj Rodriguez made history as the first out trans woman to be nominated for a major acting honour for her role as Blanca, on FX’s ballroom culture period drama Pose. It’s progress from the often-stagnant Television Academy, seven years after Laverne Cox By Cody • Jul 14, 2021 12:43 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Cardi B’s Baby Bump Reveal #2 Cardi B is expecting her second child with Offset. She revealed the news on Instagram last night, just as she hit the stage to perform with her husband’s group Migos at the BET Awards. The Instagram pic shows Cardi in a custom white breast plate by Pakistani artist Misha By Cody • Jun 28, 2021 11:14 am
Michael B Jordan MBJ Apologizes for Cultural Appropriation Michael B Jordan has been open about how strategic he is when planning his career and because of that he rarely makes a wrong move and tries his best to stay out of trouble. We might see him courtside with Drake and he’s certainly in the headlines more since By Cody • Jun 23, 2021 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews In The Heights Colourism and Rita Moreno’s Foot-in-Mouth Defence (Lainey: please note, this is the first of two back-to-back posts about In The Heights and the colourism conversation that’s been happening about representation in the film. Cody will start and Violeta’s perspective will follow.) The highly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical, In The By Cody • Jun 17, 2021 01:20 pm
Music H.E.R. Wants Her EGOT The name H.E.R. keeps popping up, right? At the Super Bowl, Grammys, Oscars, with her long black tousled curls and signature shades. I feel like she is steadily carving out a space for herself in the mainstream consciousness. Sort of like Janelle Monáe did a few years ago By Cody • Jun 17, 2021 10:48 am
Music Meg Thee Stallion’s ‘Thotty’ Message As we emerge from months of isolation and distancing, the world is at peak horniness and for this moment in time Megan Thee Stallion’s providing the soundtrack. It’s summer, many are vaccinated or will be soon and we are ready to throw some ass to her new song, By Cody • Jun 11, 2021 10:16 am
TV Updates Billy Porter Shares HIV-Positive Status Billy Porter has opened up about a secret he’s been keeping from almost everyone in his life for the last 14 years. In 2007, he was diagnosed HIV-positive. He’s telling his story for the first time to The Hollywood Reporter because he wants everyone to know, “This is By Cody • May 20, 2021 10:04 am
Style Issa Rae: How to Dress While Building an Empire Issa Rae rarely turns a bad look. She’s styled for the June issue of Vanity Fair by Shiona Turini, the costume designer on Insecure, Issa’s HBO show in which she appears equality well dressed — all the time. I’m not crazy about the belt she’s wearing on By Cody • May 19, 2021 03:09 pm
Weddings Ariana Grande is Married!!!? Ariana Grande pulled off a secret wedding. She married Dalton Gomez over the weekend, during an uber-private gathering at her home in Montecito. TMZ is reporting that there was actually no real ceremony, with the couple saying their “I dos” in an informal way in front of just 20 guests By Cody • May 18, 2021 09:20 am
Music Nicki & Drake: Hip-Hop’s Siblings Reunite Last night Nicki Minaj hopped on Instagram Live shortly before midnight to introduce the new music she’s been teasing all week. I was expecting the release of a new single, but she actually announced that she’d be making her critically acclaimed 2009 mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, available By Cody • May 14, 2021 09:58 am
Music A New (Better) Nicki Minaj is Coming Imagine my delight Monday when Nicki Minaj signaled the end of what’s felt like the longest off-season of her career. It was just a couple pictures from a COVID-era, around the house photoshoot posted to Instagram. The caption read “FRIDAY”, which could have meant anything but we know means By Cody • May 12, 2021 10:40 am
Music Justice for Gaga’s ARTPOP Fandoms have become a powerful force in the entertainment industry. Just last month we saw the results of a multi-year campaign to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut and any given week you can log onto Twitter and find music stans calculating exactly how many times each of them has to stream their fave’s By Cody • Apr 14, 2021 11:13 am
