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
Sports 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
Business of Hollywood The echoing frustrations of Taraji, Keke and Issa In a recent conversation with Teen Vogue, superstar Keke Palmer opened up about her possible retirement from Hollywood, saying it’s likely to happen sooner rather than later. “I don’t know. I think the timer has started,” she said. “I think it’s because I just haven’t felt By Stephanie • Feb 01, 2024 01:49 pm
TV Updates Pump People, Post Scandoval The season premiere of Vanderpump Rules aired last night on Bravo, packing just a portion of the punch the rest of the highly-anticipated season, which is bound to be full of drama, feuds and revelations. While what we saw for the most part was very unsurprising, like Scheana centering herself By Stephanie • Jan 31, 2024 02:59 pm
TV Updates Caroline Manzo: Another Housewife Lawsuit Disturbing details from the lawsuit launched by former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Caroline Manzo have been released. Caroline is suing Bravo and Shed Media over the experience she says she had while filming the latest installment of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco. Back in November, I By Stephanie • Jan 29, 2024 02:58 pm
Music Nicki's losing beef If you weren’t on social media over the weekend, you missed a lot of activity about the weekend’s most-talked about celebrity feud. It all started when Meg Thee Stallion released her new song, “Hiss”, last week, which Lainey mentioned here. But it’s safe to say that the By Stephanie • Jan 29, 2024 01:32 pm
TV Updates No Monica: Another Housewives Controversy Real Housewives fans are split in their reaction to the news that Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Monica Garcia, who had a breakout debut season, will not be returning to the show. Some people are relieved, while others are convinced the show will never be the same without By Stephanie • Jan 25, 2024 01:48 pm
Relationship Assumption JHud and Common finally confirm they’re dating After two years of speculation, Common and Jennifer Hudson have confirmed their relationship, and rather than post a cheeky photo or just say it outright, they did it in a very cute way. On a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Jennifer boldly posed the question to Common about By Stephanie • Jan 24, 2024 03:27 pm
Shannon Sharpe reacts to being in Katt's spotlight The ripple effect of Shannon Sharpe’s viral Club Shay Shay interview with Katt Williams is continuing, becoming a skit on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. Over the weekend, Shannon shared his thoughts on the spoof during a conversation with Chad Johnson which was shared on his YouTube By Stephanie • Jan 23, 2024 03:00 pm
