Taylor Kitsch Riggins forever There are certain celebrities who I will always refer to by the names of the characters they played on TV. The entire cast of Friday Night Lights falls into this category. Tim Riggins will forever be Tim Riggins – even when he doesn’t look that much like Tim Riggins anymore. By Kathleen • Sep 07, 2017 12:48 pm
Quiveration Catching feelings for Harry Styles We haven’t played the Lainey Hotness Litmus Test™ in a while. If you’re a long time reader, you know this test as the Picture Him On Top Of You game. Usually, we don’t have to play this game with someone like Harry Styles. Usually, it’s reserved By Kathleen • Aug 31, 2017 03:30 pm
TV Updates Bughead’s Jen Lindley That headline might mean nothing to you. If you’re young enough to know what ‘Bughead’ is, you’re probably too young to remember Jen Lindley and if you’re old enough to remember Jen, you’re probably wondering what the f-ck a Bughead is. Let me explain. Riverdale’s By Kathleen • Aug 31, 2017 10:55 am
Amazingness Gossip Girl for black kids Gossip Girl is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Vanity Fair honoured the milestone with a retrospective feature that everyone is talking about today, mainly for the behind-the-scenes dirt and a weird AF anecdote about how Blake Lively would send Leonardo DiCaprio photos of dolls when they were dating. Wait, what? I By Kathleen • Aug 30, 2017 04:12 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Pink: VMAs best speech The last time I wrote about Pink, I made it very clear that I didn’t think she deserved to win MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, especially when music video visionary Missy Elliott has yet to receive this honour. Even though our site manager Emily (she stans for By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2017 10:35 am
Music Kendrick so Lit The VMAs opened with Kendrick Lamar. For the first hour of the show, the literal flames in Kendrick’s performance were the only light in a sea of cringeworthy moments and secondhand embarrassment. Kendrick delivered. But was there any doubt that Kendrick would deliver? This is the guy who consistently By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2017 09:54 am
Music Katy Perry’s air ball Katy Perry dropped the official video for Swish Swish this morning. In about 12 hours, Taylor Swift ushers in a new era. As much as I would like to, I can’t pretend that I don’t care about Taylor’s Reputation. Even if the cover art made me roll By Kathleen • Aug 24, 2017 01:34 pm
Boy Sh-t Jay and Kanye’s family feud Nobody wins when the family feuds That line, from Family Feud on 4:44, is the first thing that came to mind when I read the latest update on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s boy sh-t. Boy sh-t usually brings me joy. Usually, I’m entertained. Usually, I live for By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2017 03:25 pm
Music What Pink deserves For the past five years, MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award has gone to the following artists: Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. I want you to keep the music video catalogue of each of those stars in mind when we talk about who this year’ By Kathleen • Aug 17, 2017 11:43 am
Top Reads Kendrick on Drake… and Team Taylor Swift Kendrick Lamar is undeniably the best rapper of his generation. You won’t find many hip-hop heads or music critics who would disagree with that statement. On this month’s cover of Rolling Stone, they call him the “greatest rapper alive.” Even after Jay’s 4:44 or considering Kanye’ By Kathleen • Aug 10, 2017 11:50 am
TV Updates The Bachelorette’s bad decision Rachel Lindsay’s journey to find love finally came to an end last night. My expectations for this season were naively high. They came crashing down when the show cast a racist sociopath to date a black woman while living in a house with black men and subsequently had no By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 11:34 am
Music Jay-Z’s Black Friends In Jay-Z’s extensive, 30 plus year music video catalogue, there aren’t many “holy-sh*t-I’m-never-going-to-forget-the-first-time-I-saw-this” classics. Well, Jay has been releasing new music videos and video extras from 4:44 steadily over the past few weeks that have easily become some of his best work. They’ve ranged By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Williams in The Incredible Jessica James There is only one romantic comedy on Netflix (Canada) that I have yet to watch. It’s called Christian Mingle. I’ve been relegated to my couch with a busted-up Achilles and a bad mood lately so binge-watching is at an all-time high. I’ve found myself in the bowels By Kathleen • Aug 02, 2017 11:42 am
Quiveration New Reggie > Old Reggie No disrespect to Ross Butler, Riverdale’s OG Reggie, but he’s been replaced by Charles Melton for season two and, well, allow me to introduce Charles Melton: Worked at hollister. Wore flip flops. Spiked my hair. Sprayed cologne on clothes. 10 years later. In Hawaii. Shooting their campaign on By Kathleen • Aug 01, 2017 10:28 am
Baby and Bump Obsession (IF) Chris Pine is the father of Mindy Kaling’s baby DISCLAIMER: Chris Pine is probably not the father of Mindy Kaling’s baby. Mindy Kaling has not announced that she is having a baby with The Best Chris. Once more for the people in the back, there has been no confirmation from either of their camps that Chris and Mindy By Kathleen • Jul 19, 2017 10:49 am
Hook Ups Are Zendaya and Tom Holland dating? At around 5pm eastern standard time yesterday, PEOPLE reported that Spider-Man: Homecoming co-stars Zendaya and Tom Holland are dating. At around 6pm eastern standard time yesterday, Lainey sent me a link to this news and when I read it, I dropped my phone out of my hands (it didn’t By Kathleen • Jul 14, 2017 12:28 pm