What Else What Else? You may have seen this trending on Twitter all day – there’s a rumour going around that My Obsession, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are no more. There is NOTHING to substantiate this. Twitter seems to be going wild without anything solid to base it on. And much of the reaction By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 04:05 pm
Oscars 2021 Daniel Kaluuya, a Bad Question, and a Royal Connection Oscar night was a great night for Daniel Kaluuya. He won an Oscar for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah, people LOVED his acceptance speech, and there was a party afterwards and I hope he had a great time and didn’t think much about what we’re By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 12:24 pm
TV Updates Sussexes > Oscars Early Oscar ratings have been revealed and while there may be a slight bump up when the final numbers are released today, it’s not like there’s going to be a dramatic increase. Last year the Oscars brought in 23.6 million viewers, which at the time was an By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 10:39 am
Music Intro for April 27, 2021 Dear Gossips, I don’t think it’s news that with the way algorithms work on social media, sometimes our feeds can make us believe that the thing we care about is the thing that everyone else cares about. Yesterday I heard someone say that the Oscar producers’ decision to By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 09:02 am
Style Regina King: Oscar Best Everything EVERYTHING! So let’s back it up a couple of months, maybe longer, when Oscar show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh conceive the show open – they want it to feel cinematic, they want it to feel like a one-shot, a scene that celebrates the best of film, By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 01:54 pm
Oscars 2021 The Devil’s Own Oscar Presenters We were told that the actors presenting in the Oscar movie would be playing themselves, and as I wrote last week, this would require more of a lift than in years past when they’d show up and read from a prompter and open the envelope. We saw several presenters By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 12:08 pm
Oscars 2021 The Oscar Couple: Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza If you were watching the Oscar pre-show on E!, I think you know what I’m talking about, right? Riz Ahmed and his wife, Fatima Farheen Mirza, at the arrivals wall making their red carpet debut. In case you missed it, Riz and Fatima were quietly married last year. He By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 11:42 am
Oscars 2021 The Oscars needed more Alan Kim We are not going to yell at each other about this one because it’s a truth for all: Alan Kim was the delight of this award season and we could have used more of him during the show. It looked promising at the beginning, well before Alan even showed By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 11:13 am
Oscars 2021 Youn Yuh-jung: The Oscar Asian Mom At this point it wasn’t going to be a surprise that Youn Yuh-jung, if given the chance, would give one of the best acceptance speeches of the night. This is the woman who told British people they were “very snobbish” after they gave her a BAFTA. If you missed By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 09:57 am
Oscars 2021 Viola Davis asked for McQueen Here’s the complicated thing about that frequently-repeated stat about Viola Davis and all her Oscar nominations. In case you hadn’t heard, she is the most-nominated Black actress in history, with four. And as she has shared, and I’m paraphrasing, if she’s getting nominated all the time, By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 07:22 am
Oscars 2021 Chloe Zhao: Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar Successor The hope, of course, is that one day we won’t have to mention the how remarkable it is – for a woman to win Best Director at the Oscars. And that she’s a woman of colour. But that day has yet to come. So it’s history: Chloe Zhao By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 06:26 am
Oscars 2021 The Oscars: A Movie Review In the weeks leading up the Oscars, we were promised that the show would feel like a film, on live television, with the actors playing themselves. And that was part of the intrigue – what would that look like, and how would they pull it off? I mean… I think they By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 04:58 am
Oscars 2021 Intro for April 26, 2021 Dear Gossips, These were the COVID Oscars – and we have a LOT to talk about, including the ending, which we’ll get to for sure. But let’s start with the look of it all, because as I wrote last week, fashion was expected to make a comeback at the By Lainey • Apr 26, 2021 03:33 am
What Else What Else? Wait…what? Huh? People online are rumouring that Taika Waititi and Rita Ora might be dealing with each other. And that it’s possible she has a role in Thor: Love and Thunder. Which, as Sarah has taught us, might be an issue for Marvel because they’re all about By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 04:28 pm
Gorgessity Outfit of the Week: Leslie Jones Leslie Jones presented at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood event last night and the outfit she wore may be my favourite of all the outfits she’s ever worn. This is a GREAT suit. The colour is great on her, this muted mint green, so fresh, so pretty. Also By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 02:41 pm
Style BTS + LV Earlier this week, McDonald’s announced a global partnership with BTS. To end the week, Louis Vuitton has just confirmed their new House Ambassadors: This is BTS + LV. But also BTS + Virgil Abloh, LV’s Men’s Artistic Director. I’m excited to see what the Bangtan and Virgil collaboration By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 01:09 pm
