Cheating Loins Jesse Williams’ bad timing For a hot second this morning, I was feeling bad for Jesse Williams. In Jay Z’s newly released 4:44 footnote video I wrote about earlier, Williams addressed the rumours that he left his wife for Minka Kelly. Those rumours inspired a lot of conversation and speculation about the By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 04:10 pm
Music Jay Z and friends talk love and infidelity Jay Z’s 4:44 is an album that requires dissection. It’s a striking, emotional and vulnerable piece of art that is deserving of all the praise and analysis it has received. It’s got layers on layers of sh-t to process. I’ve listened to it multiple times By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 03:35 pm
Relationship Assumption Tupac's letter to Madonna "Tupac Broke Up With Madonna Because She's White!" That's the headline many outlets are going with to describe a recently unearthed letter written by Tupac to Madonna in 1995 about their breakup. While that statement may be accurate in theory, it's a By Kathleen • Jul 06, 2017 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kumail Nanjiani in The Big Sick F-ck, I love romantic comedies. The Big Sick is a great romantic comedy that reminds even the most pessimistic viewer that rom-coms are not dead and when done right, they're just, you know, comedies that are also romantic. The Big Sick is funny as f-ck and romantic as By Kathleen • Jun 29, 2017 02:13 pm
TV Updates The Bachelorette: are we still having fun? I have repeatedly referred to my devotion to The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise (never Bachelor in Paradise) as a guilty pleasure. I feel guilty because these shows have always been full of f-cked up, anti-feminist rhetoric, “the marriage plot”, and a significant lack of diversity. Plus, it’s a show where By Kathleen • Jun 28, 2017 05:15 pm
Hook Ups Rihanna’s new man Robyn Rihanna Fenty is living her best life. After photos surfaced yesterday of RiRi poolside in Spain, multi-tasking like a champ with a glass of champagne in one hand, a smoke in the other, and all while making out with a hot mystery dude, it became very clear that Rihanna By Kathleen • Jun 28, 2017 10:56 am
Music Chance shines at the BET Awards There are a few Oprah Winfrey quotes that will forever be embedded in my brain. Last night, while watching Chance The Rapper win Best New Artist and the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards, the one Oprah quote (via Quincy Jones) that I couldn’t get out of my head By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2017 01:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews All Eyez On Me review In April, I said a prayer to Blue Ivy, our dear sweet lamb of Beyoncé, that All Eyez on Me would be good. Every piece I've written leading up to the release of the biopic about Tupac Shakur's life and legacy has essentially been a fingers-crossed, By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2017 03:07 pm
Girlcrushes Zendaya covers Vogue Not all Vogue cover stars are created equal. We've written multiple times on this site that to be on the cover of Vogue, if you are black, you have to be a billionaire or the First Lady or an Academy Award Winner or Beyoncé. You have to be By Kathleen • Jun 15, 2017 04:25 pm
Top Reads Katy Perry's "performative wokeness" In support of her new album Witness and its upcoming tour, Katy Perry is doing a lot of talking. She talked about her exes. She talked about Taylor Swift. She talked about religion and sex and cooking and oh yeah, she talked about a few of the times she put By Kathleen • Jun 13, 2017 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther: the first trailer It has been approximately 72 hours since the Black Panther teaser trailer was released and I have yet to find anything resembling chill when it comes to this 1 minute and 54 second preview. I screamed out loud three times during my first watch. The second time, I teared up By Kathleen • Jun 12, 2017 02:50 pm
Quiveration Chris Pine is the best Chris Is this still a debate? I don’t love the Chris contest because a) it’s always been Pine for me and b) I’m not super into fighting over which white dude with lots of opportunities in Hollywood should get more opportunities in Hollywood. I am, however, very much By Kathleen • Jun 07, 2017 11:47 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Blue Ivy dances into her destiny Blue Ivy Carter is the first descendant of our Queen. Since the day she was born, the expectations have been high. Since the day she was born, her parents have been giving us snippets of her life, through concert videos, edited Instagram posts or red carpet appearances. The Blue Ivy By Kathleen • Jun 07, 2017 10:04 am
TV Updates Dating on TV, while black The Right Reasons™ is a term that has become so ubiquitous in The Bachelor universe, it's a punchline. On Monday night, we found out that DeMario was not on the show for The Right Reasons™ because he was f-cking some girl who thought she was his girlfriend days By Kathleen • Jun 01, 2017 12:24 pm
TV Updates FELICITY AND BEN, OMG Or Keri Russell and Scott Speedman, OMG. Keri Russell was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday but the only thing anyone cares about is BEN AND FELICITY. REUNITED. OMG. How many OMGs can I fit into this post? If you’ve been reading my writing By Kathleen • May 31, 2017 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews IT’S HAPPENING The Rihanna/ Lupita/ Ava/ Issa movie of Twitter’s dreams is officially happening. When I wrote about the project last month, it was still just a whisper and a sliver of hope in the hearts of anyone with a pulse and a brain. Even though I essentially laid out the By Kathleen • May 24, 2017 11:33 am
