What Else What Else? Are clocks magic? Is time magic? No. It’s just math. For some, though, me included, math is like magic. I’m not actually bad at math. I’m just bad at remembering math – there is nothing mathematical that I can retain unless it’s gambling related. As soon as By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 04:09 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Working While Black For many Black people in Hollywood, much of the work they’ve been doing over the last week is defending their right to exist with dignity and protesting police anti-Black racism and violence. As Kendrick Sampson (Insecure) told The Hollywood Reporter, “Most of the organizers that I know have had By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 02:56 pm
Books Ben-Ana at the protest Let’s catch up with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. It’s been a few days. And yesterday they stepped out in Venice to support Black Lives Matter and those protesting the demolition of First Baptist Church. March for #GeorgeFloyd in #Venice today. Blessed to have @BenAffleck express awareness By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 01:22 pm
Top Reads John Boyega marches in London John Boyega has not been quiet this past week after the murder of George Floyd. He shut down commenters last week when he tweeted that he hates racists which, I dunno, seems like a pretty uncontroversial statement, non? And people still had to get into his mentions with some all By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 12:16 pm
Douchebags Lea Michele’s “apology” As you may have heard, Lea Michele tweeted a message of support for Black Lives Matter the other day and then got exposed by Samantha Marie Ware for her bullying. Several of Lea’s other former colleagues also piped up to share similar experiences or to confirm (through likes) that By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 11:17 am
Keke Palmer Intro for June 3, 2020 Dear Gossips, Have you seen the video of Keke Palmer pleading with members of the National Guard yesterday at a demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles yesterday? As the caption reads, please watch. https://twitter.com/GadiNBC/status/1267945648705298433?s=20 Yesterday Kathleen was on The By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 09:03 am
What Else What Else? Seth Rogen is trying to be a better ally. He has donated in support of Black Lives Matter and bailout programs. He is using his platform to support why people are protesting and seems to be – at least from what I’ve seen – thinking about how he can change and By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 04:06 pm
Equality Issues Gwyneth Paltrow and the “blindspot of white privilege” As I mentioned in the Tracee Ellis Ross post earlier today, as a member of the “model minority” who has benefitted from white proximity, it’s up to me to engage in conversations about anti-Black racism and identify bias and privilege in my own community among Asians and white people By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 02:57 pm
Equality Issues Tracee & Tyler A few days ago on CNN, Don Lemon called out a list of celebrities who hadn’t spoken out about the murder of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. Among them was Tracee Ellis Ross. As a non-Black person, I don’t feel like I have a By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 11:56 am
Equality Issues Abel, Drake, and Showing the Receipts When we think of the expression, “show the receipts”, especially online, it often refers to gossip evidence. This week it’s taken on a different meaning. A better meaning. While some celebrities have been called out for the amount of their donations to Black Lives Matter related organisations, including bail-out By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 09:49 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi because Trayvon Martin was murdered but justice was not served. Today is Blackout Tuesday, an initiative conceived by Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, two Black women in music, calling for the music industry By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 09:00 am
What Else What Else? I know coyotes aren’t usually the most comforting animals and I’m sorry if this triggers you at all but this is a baby coyote (I think) who’s really into a golf ball and watching it play with the golf ball, for some, as Adam notes here, might By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 04:10 pm
TV Live Blog Issa celebrates Black life On Sundays we watch Insecure, a show that celebrates Black life, Black love, and Black excellence. But if you’re Issa Rae, and Black people are on the streets protesting injustice, protesting racism, fighting for their lives, how do you promote your television show while honouring and respecting the cause? By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 01:25 pm
Equality Issues Blake Lively’s “bias, blindness”, and donation As I wrote in today’s open, in order to end racism and push for a more just and equal society, white people and non-black people of colour have to pull up. We can begin by acknowledging our mistakes and understanding that we’ve been shaped by institutionalised and systemic By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 10:35 am
Equality Issues Beyoncé & Jay-Z call for action Beyoncé posted a video on Instagram this weekend encouraging her followers to sign one or all of the petitions being circulated demanding justice for George Floyd. The petitions can be accessed through her website. Beyoncé, as we know, has been supporting front line workers during the pandemic and has donated By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 10:02 am
Intro for June 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was a week ago this morning that Christian Cooper, while bird watching, encountered Amy Cooper (no relation) in Central Park and asked her to put her dog on leash so as to stop disturbing the wildlife. Christian’s life was then put in danger when Amy called By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 08:50 am
