Music Pulitzer Kenny Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is on the cover of the August issue of Vanity Fair. We are still in the early days of new editor-in-chief Radhika Jones’s tenure. You may remember Radhika from her fox-print tights and this episode of Show Your Work. In her editor’s By Kathleen • Jun 29, 2018 10:31 am
Music Gwen and Blake in Vegas It’s not surprising to me that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are still together. These two could fit into my ‘random celeb couples’ category because a few years ago, they would have made absolutely no sense on paper. In 2018, when everything is backwards and nothing is logical, Gwen By Kathleen • Jun 28, 2018 02:29 pm
Quiveration Chris Pine has BDE This is what you’ve been doing all day too. Don’t lie. I promise I won’t tell HR. Offices around the world are being divided –or united – over the discussion of the day: what is Big Dick Energy and who has it? The LG offices are right there By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2018 03:57 pm
Sports Can Serena have it all? The term “having it all” is generally loathed now, right? We’ve accepted that expecting women to be the perfect mother, wife, friend, employee, boss, sister, aunt, daughter and super human all at the same time is antiquated and unfair, right? Thanks in large part to essays like this one By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2018 10:21 am
Equality Issues Strong Black Lead By now, you’ve probably seen Netflix’s Strong Black Lead short film. The spot is a recreation of the iconic 1958 photo “A Great Day in Harlem” but instead of legendary jazz musicians, Netflix brought together 47 black directors, producers, writers and actors. The promo has been dubbed “A By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2018 02:54 pm
Photo Assumption Camila Cabello and her random Celebrity couples can be random. See: Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden. That last one still kills me. There are certain couples that will always cause me to stop scrolling and say “huh?” every time I see them. Camila Cabello and By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2018 11:46 am
Sam Smith Sam and Brandon’s separate Pride Sam Smith and Brandon Flynn spent Pride weekend apart. PEOPLE is reporting that Sam was in Boston “having a good time” and dancing all night at a club called Candibar on Sunday while Brandon was at the Pride parade in New York with his 13 Reasons Why co-stars. When Lainey By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2018 09:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Your Monday cry The first trailer for The Hate U Give dropped during the BET Awards last night. If you’ve been reading this site, you know how I feel about Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. You know how Lainey feels about it. We’ve haven’t been subtle about By Kathleen • Jun 25, 2018 03:00 pm
Dumbass Ryan Coogler saves BET Jamie Foxx did a lot of things wrong last night but his worst offence was a Black Panther parody skit called “Wanda in Wakanda” featuring Michael Blackson. After the atrocity that is this sketch, the only Michael I recognize is Bae Jordan. Jamie Foxx plays Wanda, a warrior enlisted to By Kathleen • Jun 25, 2018 10:59 am
Donald Glover Donald Glover’s BET awkward It wasn’t his fault. Donald Glover was involved in one of the most awkward moments of the BET Awards last night but the person responsible for the discomfort was unequivocally Jamie Foxx. If Jamie had a script, he wasn’t reading it. A few times throughout the night, he By Kathleen • Jun 25, 2018 10:20 am
Girlcrushes Janelle’s BET vagina monologue Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer is one of the best albums of 2018. Janelle Monae has become one of the most influential artists of the year not only because of the strength of her work but also because she came out as a queer woman in Rolling Stone in April. By Kathleen • Jun 25, 2018 09:44 am
Music Janet’s happiness Janet Jackson is headlining the ESSENCE music festival in July. If you weren’t already familiar with ESSENCE Fest, Girl’s Trip made sure that you know: it’s America’s “biggest celebration of black women” held in New Orleans every year. ESSENCE is a magazine that celebrates black women By Kathleen • Jun 21, 2018 11:15 am
Lakeith Stanfield Lakeith and Tessa: MTV Best Red Yesterday in What Else, Lainey mentioned the red outfit Tessa Thompson wore to the MTV Movie and TV Awards. I love it too. A lot. I love it even more after seeing it paired with Lakeith Stanfield’s matching red suit. As the kids would say, where were you when By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2018 03:23 pm
Lena Waithe MTV Trailblazers: Lena Waithe and Keiynan Lonsdale Lena Waithe won the official MTV Trailblazer award in last night’s broadcast but it was Keiynan Lonsdale who proved why the trail she’s blazing is so important. Keiynan was a trailblazer in his own right while accepting Best Kiss solo, proudly in a dress, flawlessly without his co-star By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2018 11:23 am
Winston Duke The Black Panther cast: MTV’s big winners I miss the Black Panther press tour. I didn’t realize how much I missed it until last night when Chadwick Boseman, Michael Bae Jordan and Winston Duke were reunited to represent the film at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. Look, a colourful array of snacks! A beleza do By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2018 10:22 am
Tiffany Haddish Tiffany Haddish: MTV Ready It is no surprise that Tiffany Haddish was the best thing about the MTV Movie and TV Awards. She stays ready. Since Girl’s Trip but especially since Tiffany and Maya Rudolph stole the Oscars, my stance has been this: let Tiffany Haddish host everything. After last night, I don’ By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2018 09:38 am
