Donald Glover Rihanna and Donald Glover’s Guava Island Rihanna’s fourth annual Diamond Ball will be hosted by Issa Rae and Donald Glover will make an appearance as Childish Gambino to perform. If you need me on September 13th, I’ll be the one trying to scam my way inside a fancy gala. The Diamond Ball host and By Kathleen • Aug 16, 2018 10:41 am
Models Liam moves on That was quick. Last month, Liam Payne and Cheryl (good thing she never changed her last name to Payne) broke up after two and a half years and one baby named Bear. Photos have now surfaced of Liam and 20-year-old model Cairo Dwek holding hands in Italy last week. If By Kathleen • Aug 16, 2018 10:06 am
Sports Serena x Virgil Serena Williams will be wearing designs by Virgil Abloh for Nike at the US Open this month. Serena lost in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters yesterday but she seems to be improving with every match going into the US Open and she’s going to look like a By Kathleen • Aug 15, 2018 11:00 am
Drama Messy Nicki Yesterday, I wrote about Nicki Minaj’s album Queen. I mentioned that the rollout has been messy. Part of that mess included Nicki’s Twitter habits. Nicki’s sloppy social media tendencies continued yesterday when she came for her ex Safaree Samuels in a series of tweets that are so By Kathleen • Aug 15, 2018 09:45 am
Gross Ryan Reynolds plays Drinko It took me 20 minutes to psych myself up to watch Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. It took me that long because the Huffpo headline about Ryan’s appearance reads “Try Not To Puke Watching Ryan Reynolds Drink A Truly Disgusting Cocktail". Ryan was promoting By Kathleen • Aug 14, 2018 10:51 am
Music A contested Nicki Nicki Minaj’s potential has been long evaluated and dissected. Since Nicki bulldozed her way into hip-hop’s popular consciousness with an exciting, spine-tingling and truly impeccable verse on “Monster,” there are many rap critics and fans who have been waiting for Nicki’s “MOTHERF-CKING MONSTA” to manifest itself in By Kathleen • Aug 14, 2018 09:37 am
TV Updates Insecure is back Lawrence who? That’s the only thing I’m going to say about Lawrence for the rest of this post about the Insecure Season 3 premiere. Like I’ve BEEN saying, this show does not need Lawrence. There was nothing lacking about the premiere without Issa’s wasteman ex-boyfriend. LAWRENCE By Kathleen • Aug 13, 2018 12:09 pm
TV Updates Choice Hottie This is still a category that exists at the Teen Choice Awards. I learned that and so many other important things while watching the show last night. I learned that the teens’ Best Chris may be Pratt – or at least he’s the one who shows up for them (Chris By Kathleen • Aug 13, 2018 10:09 am
Girlcrushes Gabrielle steps back Gabrielle Union is one of our favourites here at LG. She is one of our faves because she is unfiltered but thoughtful and candid but careful. Gabrielle Union was at the Blogher Creators Summit and she proved once again why she’s a fave. Gabrielle revealed that she turned down By Kathleen • Aug 09, 2018 02:04 pm
Maple Leaf Justin gets a haircut Yesterday, Maria wrote about these photos of Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin crying while riding bikes. These two need to do less. I’m an emotional mess 75% of my life and even I reserve moments like this with my partner for the privacy of our home. I don’t By Kathleen • Aug 09, 2018 12:07 pm
TV Updates Issa’s endgame When I write about Insecure, I make a point to focus on Issa and Molly’s friendship and how well the show depicts black female relationships. To me, that is Insecure’s strength. The romantic pairings are secondary but that doesn’t mean I’m not invested. There are many By Kathleen • Aug 09, 2018 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Yara is also a star I can’t believe I forgot. I forgot that Yara Shahidi is starring in the big-screen adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star, a YA book about teenagers falling in love so you already know how I feel about it. Yara is starring opposite Charles Melton By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2018 03:32 pm
Equality Issues Zendaya’s September Issue If this month of magazine covers were a song, it would be Earth, Wind and Fire’s “September,” the only acceptable version of “September” – not the Taylor Swift one, NEVER the Taylor Swift one. So many of the September Issues of the biggest magazines feature black women that Black Twitter By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2018 11:46 am
TV Updates The Kelly Show There may be a new Kelly coming to daytime. As part of her talent deal with NBCUniversal, Kelly Clarkson has started filming a pilot for her own syndicated daytime talk show. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the show is looking at a fall 2019 premiere date. If you’ By Kathleen • Aug 07, 2018 11:06 am
Top Reads The Beyoncé Issue The 2018 September issue of American Vogue is here. As we know, Beyoncé is its cover star. She was shot by Tyler Mitchell, the first black photographer to ever shoot a Vogue cover. Last week, Lainey wrote about the reports that Beyoncé was given “unprecedented control” over the issue, including By Kathleen • Aug 07, 2018 09:57 am
Music Even JLo knows Jennifer Lopez will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 20th at the VMAs. If you were paying attention last year when Pink was awarded this honour, you know that I was not impressed. I am still not impressed. I will not rest until MTV puts some respect By Kathleen • Aug 01, 2018 01:08 pm
