Music Chance took the Grammys to church In January, I wrote about how Chance The Rapper was leaning hard into his good guy persona. I also wrote about how having “Grammy-award winning” in front of your name means ultimate validation for artists and how much I wanted that for Chance. Well, Chance The Rapper was validated 3 By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 07:44 am
Migos’s first misstep WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU! You know the Tyra GIF. I don’t need to explain that moment in Tyra Banks history. Tyra, standing on a pedestal and screaming, “I was rooting for you!” is the first thing that came to mind when I read the seemingly homophobic comments By Kathleen • Feb 09, 2017 03:16 pm
Award Season Campaigning Justin Timberlake is still campaigning As I was scrolling through the photos attached to The Hollywood Reporter feature on Justin Timberlake, I stopped at the cover image. My colleague Brian looked over my shoulder and asked, “But WHY is he on the cover? What is he promoting?” The only answer to that question is, “Because, By Kathleen • Feb 08, 2017 01:13 pm
Sit DOWN George Lopez goes off Yesterday, Sasha sent me a video of George Lopez berating a female fan after he tells a racist joke and asked me to write about it. Sasha never does this so I know it really pissed her off. I also know this because she called him George F-cking Lopez. Here’ By Kathleen • Feb 08, 2017 09:51 am
Break Ups Drake and Nicki make up A few hours before nothing else on earth mattered but the #Beybies, Nicki Minaj posted a photo on Instagram that we probably would have cared about for a lot longer if Beyoncé didn’t change all of our days/lives/the world with her own Instagram gift. Since every post By Kathleen • Feb 02, 2017 03:47 pm
Music Lauryn Hill’s habitual lateness Before I write anything about Lauryn Hill, I have to disclose that she means so much to me. She is my favourite artist of all time. To me, her music is healing. Literally. I listen to her when I’m sad and/or sniffling. She is my Buckley’s. The By Kathleen • Feb 02, 2017 11:10 am
Dumbass Rihanna vs. a troll If Azealia Banks didn’t have social media as an outlet for her obnoxious rants, would she even exist? It’s the internet troll version of “if a tree falls in a forest…” The reason we are even acknowledging Banks’ existence today is because she crawled out from under the By Kathleen • Jan 31, 2017 11:40 am
Top Reads Stand with Jessica Williams, Sit DOWN Salma Hayek Most people know Jessica Williams as a former correspondent for The Daily Show. She also co-hosts a hysterical podcast called 2 Dope Queens. Jessica Williams is funny, brilliant, and on the verge of becoming known as more than just that girl who used to be on The Daily Show. Sundance By Kathleen • Jan 30, 2017 12:51 pm
SAG Awards 2017 Gina’s SAG date If you obsessively follow Gina Rodriguez on social media like I do, you already know that she has a super cute boyfriend she gushes about often. Case in point: Our first Christmas together and your love has been the greatest gift. A photo posted by Gina Rodriguez (@hereisgina) onDec 25, By Kathleen • Jan 30, 2017 09:44 am
Music Missy is back and “better” The Super Bowl is next weekend. It will mark the two-year anniversary of that time Katy Perry headlined the half-time show but the only things we remember are Left Shark and Missy Elliott saving the goddamn day. After Missy reminded the world that she is Missy F-cking Misdemeanor Elliott and By Kathleen • Jan 27, 2017 03:51 pm
Hair Zendaya on extensions, weaves and wigs There comes a time in almost every young black girl’s life when someone sits them down – usually an older, wiser black woman—and explains to them the difference between extensions, weaves and wigs. For me, it was my cousin Sandra after I had just seen a photo of Tyra By Kathleen • Jan 26, 2017 11:17 am
Hook Ups Mary J Blige gets her groove back As of last month, Mary J. Blige and her ex-husband Martin “Kendu” Isaacs were still going through a messy divorce. They split after 13 years of marriage. In December, they were fighting because he was asking for an exorbitant amount of money from her and wouldn’t give back her By Kathleen • Jan 26, 2017 09:31 am
TV Updates Britney’s unauthorized biopic The one thing I ask of an unauthorized Britney Spears biopic is that it accurately captures how much Brit’s hair is an indicator of her state of being. Of course, there’s the head-shaving incident but aside from that pivotal moment in pop culture history, Britney’s hair has By Kathleen • Jan 24, 2017 10:26 am
Sports “Fame can change things” The Rodgers Rogue Relatives™ are at it again. The last time I wrote about Aaron Rodgers, Olivia Munn and their family drama, I was calling out Aaron’s younger brother Jordan aka the winner of The Bachelorette season 1,453 for talking sh-t about my QB1 on reality television. He By Kathleen • Jan 18, 2017 12:15 pm
Amazingness Jaden Smith and the DMV Jaden Smith went through a major life trauma on Friday and, like a good millennial, documented his subsequent melodramatic breakdown on Instagram. That “major life trauma” was maybe, probably, failing his driver’s test. While sitting in a car at the DMV, Jaden livestreamed himself slowly unravelling, presumably after getting By Kathleen • Jan 16, 2017 07:57 am
Girlcrushes Janelle Monae x GQ In December, GQ called 2016 Janelle Monae’s “best year ever.” I’ve been a fan since her 2010 album The ArchAndroid so part of me wants to yell at anyone who is just discovering how weird and wonderful Janelle Monae is but even I can’t argue with the By Kathleen • Jan 13, 2017 02:00 pm
