Met Gala 2018 Shawn Mendes & Hailey Baldwin: Met Official Go off, Shawn Mendes. He’s been on a roll. First, there were the shockingly great new singles. Then, there was the mature and introspective music video. Now, Shawn has made it red-carpet official with Hailey Baldwin and at the biggest red carpet event of the year. This kid is By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 08:47 am
Met Gala 2018 Cardi B: Met’s best new player This is Cardi B’s first Met Gala. Aren’t you sad now that we haven’t had years of Cardi x the Met? Cardi came out swinging. LOOK AT HER. There’s no coasting on a basic body-con dress because a) she’s pregnant or b) it’s her By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 07:29 am
Met Gala 2018 Letitia Wright: Met’s little sister That feels unfair. Letitia Wright is 24 years old. She’s older than both Gigi and Bella Hadid and yet, she still feels like a little sister always. I was shipping Letitia Wright and Sebastian Stan for a hot second until Sarah yelled at me, as she does often, for By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 05:50 am
Met Gala 2018 Lena Waithe: Best Met statement Last September, Lena Waithe gave one of the all-time best Emmy speeches. I remember pausing the show right after Lena’s speech and transcribing every word she said to accept her Emmy as the first black woman to win for comedy writing on a note in my phone. That note By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 05:03 am
Quiveration LMM and MBJ on GMA Lin-Manuel Miranda and Michael Bae Jordan were both on Good Morning America this morning. Typing out full names is a lot less fun than acronyms. They did interviews separately but when I saw the photo set of them each arriving at the studio, I started to think about how these By Kathleen • May 07, 2018 03:06 pm
TV Updates Donald Glover’s America Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend. He also served as the musical guest as Childish Gambino. I assumed we would be talking about Donald/Childish’s SNL appearance today. Halfway through the episode, when every single skit was making me laugh – which never happens – I was certain the By Kathleen • May 07, 2018 09:54 am
Gabrielle Union Gabrielle and Jada reconcile Gabrielle Union and Jada Pinkett Smith have been in a feud for 17 years. Usually, if a celebrity feud lasts that long, we know about it. There are public jabs or whispers about who can't be in the same room or sit beside each other at award shows. By Kathleen • May 04, 2018 09:52 am
Music Christina Aguilera’s new era Christina Aguilera covered Paper magazine in March with the promise of a transformation. The word “transformation” was literally written under her bare face. The stripped down look of the cover and the implied promise of a new era of Xtina had me asking the question: “Ballads or bangers?” I cared By Kathleen • May 03, 2018 04:31 pm
Amazingness Sliding into MBJ's DMs Y'all are trying to ruin my life. My relationship is in jeopardy. In the past 24 hours, six people have sent me this story about a fan who slid into Michael Bae Jordan's DMs and it actually WORKED. Now that I know that sliding into MBJ& By Kathleen • May 03, 2018 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gabrielle Union breaks in Gabrielle Union has a movie coming out next week. Did you know this? I’ve been excited about Breaking In since the trailer dropped and it looked like Panic Room meets Taken about a mom who would do anything to protect her kids, coming out Mother’s Day weekend. Brilliant. By Kathleen • May 02, 2018 03:31 pm
Danai Gurira Black Panther: MCU’s best romance Black Panther is a gift that has not stopped giving since February 16th, 2018. I saw it for the seventh time last weekend and it just keeps giving. Every time, I appreciate something else. The last couple times I watched Black Panther, I’ve walked out of the theatre thinking By Kathleen • May 02, 2018 11:11 am
Hook Ups Tom spends the night Zomdaya lives! If you’ve been reading this site, you know that I have an obsession with Tom Holland and Zendaya that I should be more embarrassed about. You also know that their portmanteau is Zomdaya. Don’t @ me, Sarah. After my last post about Zomdaya, I officially decided that By Kathleen • May 02, 2018 09:49 am
Douchebags It’s Gonna Be May I’m sorry. I had to. *NSYNC reunited yesterday and this gif has never been more relevant. Anyway, Justin Timberlake almost made it. He almost made it a full day without hijacking *NSYNC's moment. The boy band was given their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and By Kathleen • May 01, 2018 02:05 pm
Break Ups Zayn and Gigi are back on "As for the future, whatever's meant to be will always be.” That was the last line of Gigi Hadid’s statement after she and Zayn Malik broke up. Then, Zayn released an embarrassing video that Lainey loves and I hope I never have to watch again starring By Kathleen • May 01, 2018 11:18 am
Assy Style JC Chasez, NSYNC’s rightful frontman? Earlier this month, Billboard posted an article called “In Defense of JC Chasez” *NSYNC's Underappreciated Boy Band Frontman.” In January of last year, a Buzzfeed post argued that “JC was actually the best member of *NSYNC.” JC Chasez is having an Internet moment and I am HERE for By Kathleen • Apr 30, 2018 03:33 pm
Music Bey and Jay's On The Run II rollout Beyoncé and Jay-Z are a little over a month away from the first tour date of their On The Run II tour. Billboard is already predicting that it will double the gross of the first On The Run tour in 2014. After Beychella, it's not like Beyoncé and By Kathleen • Apr 30, 2018 11:21 am
