Dear Gossips,
It’s Friday, and it has been a f-cking WEEK. So we’re going to kick the weekend off right… with Keke Palmer! Actually not just Keke but Keke, SZA, and Issa Rae because they’ve spent the last few days working hard promoting their movie, One of Them Days, opening today and this is definitely on the agenda between now and Monday morning. My ma is still in the hospital but I will find time for self care by spending two hours with these women.
Everyone involved in this project is magic and funny. Issa (who produces) and Keke we know, but SZA? I can’t wait to see her expand her range. But also there’s Janelle James and I know you know what Janelle can bring because you watch Abbott Elementary. Kat Williams, obviously. And the “Rel” in Lil Rel Howery stands for “reliable”, always.
Back to Keke though and the way she keeps it moving. If you haven’t already, read E.J. Dickson’s excellent new profile of Keke in The Cut to begin to appreciate how all of it is coming together by Keke’s own design. And for those who might think that Keke’s still leveling up, Duana will tell you, and has been telling you here on this site for over a decade (!) that it’s everyone else’s problem that they’ve been sleeping on Keke, not hers.
One of Them Days is currently sitting at 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, after debuting at a perfect 100%. And Keke has been all over the place, talk shows, junkets, catwalking on the streets of New York, bringing pure joy to our lives. It’s the way she does impressions, it’s the way she tells a story, it’s her quickness, her reactions, her expressions…
Here she is talking about meeting Chris Hemsworth at the Met Gala.
And it’s not really the celebrity namechecks here, she could be talking about what she bought at the grocery store and I’d be just as riveted.
Keke on a press tour is its own show. And when she’s with Issa and SZA? Never stop, please never end. Give them allll the games to play!
Attached – a selection of Keke’s looks through the week. And if you haven’t already, the trailer for One of Them Days. We’re all going to need more of this, more laughter and more friendship, for what’s coming next week.
Yours in gossip,
Lainey