Shakira Ripoll Shakira is in her sexy mom era In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Shakira is opening up about the impact her marriage to Gerard Pique had on her professional life as a singer, saying that choosing to love him and be his partner came with “a lot of sacrifice”. “For a long time I put By Stephanie • Mar 18, 2024 02:48 pm
Equality Issues Regina King's reflections In an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, Regina King for the first time is talking about the loss of her 26-year-old son, Ian, who died by suicide in January 2022. Regina reflects on the impact of his death and describes the series of emotions she’s By Stephanie • Mar 15, 2024 10:09 am
Mel B Mel B's bounce back In an interview with the BBC, Spice Girl Mel B spoke at length about her experience leaving her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte, who she claims was physically, emotionally and financially abusive back in 2017. She says the experience made her feel “powerless”, and described leaving Los Angeles and moving back to By Stephanie • Mar 14, 2024 12:09 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Lily Allen's mom reality Lily Allen is opening up about how, despite loving being a mother, her two kids got in the way of her reaching her full potential as an artist. On yesterday’s episode of the Radio Times Podcast, she jokingly said: “My children ruined my career…I love them and they By Stephanie • Mar 13, 2024 12:28 pm
Drama Andy Cohen's legal woes continue The legal battles at Bravo are getting heated. Yesterday, Page Six revealed that Andy Cohen is calling the lawsuit levied against him by former Real Housewives of New York and Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip star Leah McSweeney a “shakedown”. It’s been a very active year on the legal By Stephanie • Mar 08, 2024 02:37 pm
Equality Issues What Rita, Mary J, and Wendy have in common Rita Moreno spoke at a panel in New York this week and reflected on the “big, deep lesson” she learned in her marriage to a “very controlling” Leonard Gordon and spilled some tea on her relationship with Marlon Brando. “Things began to get very tense. And if it were not By Stephanie • Mar 08, 2024 01:25 pm
TV Updates Dr. Phil is inflicting Chris Harrison on us again Just three years after his long stint as the host of ABC’s The Bachelor ended, Chris Harrison is coming back to TV. After the network cut ties with him over a problematic podcast episode, which Anastasia wrote about here, he and his wife Lauren Zima are getting not one By Stephanie • Mar 07, 2024 03:39 pm
TV Updates Jerrod Carmichael's quest for love and acceptance In a new teaser for a ground-breaking HBO unscripted series starring Jerrod Carmichael, the Black comedian is on a “tumultuous quest for love, sex and truth” and can be seen navigating through complicated dynamics with his family, mostly surrounding his decision to come out as gay. The reason the show, By Stephanie • Mar 07, 2024 01:46 pm
Dumbass “I Wish She Stopped Right There”: The Gwyneth Paltrow Story Last week, Gwyneth Paltrow attended The MAKERS Conference, and during a chat with Dr. Ella Bell, she spoke about the differences she sees when it comes to “incredible intrinsic self-honouring” and the sense of community that she sees existing between her Black women friends versus what she sees with her By Stephanie • Mar 04, 2024 01:13 pm
Legal issues Rachel's Scandoval lawsuit Nearly one year exactly after the news of Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss’ affair broke and subsequently became arguably one of the biggest - if not the biggest - reality TV scandals we’ve ever seen, the fallout over what we’ve all come to refer to as Scandoval, which By Stephanie • Mar 01, 2024 01:47 pm
Jock Smut Jimmy Butler's emo phase Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is the star of Fall Out Boy’s newest music video for their 2023 album’s title track, “So Much for Stardust”, playing the role of an emo cowboy. If you’re struggling to make the connection between a Black basketball player and the latest By Stephanie • Feb 29, 2024 11:21 am
TV Updates Real Housewives: Cocaine Chaos Details from the explosive and highly-anticipated lawsuit filed by former Real Housewives of New York and Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip castmate Leah McSweeney are making headlines, and it includes several revelations that could wreak major (and further) havoc on the already-embattled Bravo brand, as well as Andy Cohen himself. By Stephanie • Feb 28, 2024 02:15 pm
Douchebags Diddy's legal troubles aren't over Months after settling a hefty lawsuit launched by his ex-girlfriend of 11 years, Cassie, Diddy is facing another lawsuit, this time by Rodney Jones, otherwise known as Lil Rod, a former producer and videographer that worked for Diddy on his most recent album. Rodney is seeking $30 million in his By Stephanie • Feb 27, 2024 12:20 pm
TV Updates Kyle and Morgan are RHOBH official The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season finale aired this week and trying to find the right word for it is difficult, even for a writer like me whose specialty is reality TV. Between Erika Jayne’s comeback, dazzling in that outfit (it’s expensive to be meee-e-e-e-e-e-e!), Dorit making By Stephanie • Feb 23, 2024 02:52 pm
TV Updates Wendy Williams, in her own words An emotional teaser for an upcoming Lifetime documentary entitled Where Is Wendy Williams?, set to premiere this weekend, has been making the rounds on social media. The clip, like Wendy herself, is prompting some polarizing reactions to flow in from fans who sympathize with her current state of mind and By Stephanie • Feb 23, 2024 01:18 pm
Models The Influencer vs the Supermodel Elsa Majimbo, a Kenyan content creator who rose to international fame a few years ago over a schtick involving potato chips, sunglasses, a signature laugh and her witty commentary on everyday situations, recently detailed her falling out with supermodel Naomi Campbell. In a lengthy, now-deleted video still being widely circulated, By Stephanie • Feb 20, 2024 12:59 pm
