Top Reads Can I keep loving Timothee Chalamet? My love for Timothee Chalamet started at TIFF after seeing Call Me By Your Name. I think, at the time, I called him my “new obsession”. On that note, have you seen #CMBYN yet? Would you? It’s a gorgeous film. It’ll stay with you for a long time. By Lainey • Jan 16, 2018 11:01 am
Top Reads Eliza Dushku’s story Over the weekend, Eliza Dushku shared on Facebook that she was molested by Joel Kramer, the stunt coordinator, when she was working on True Lies. She was 12. When she told an adult about what happened, she was subsequently injured on set, the implication being that this was Joel Kramer’ By Lainey • Jan 16, 2018 10:04 am
Top Reads This is a conversation about consent Over the weekend, a story about Aziz Ansari was published, in which a woman referred to as “Grace” recounted her date with Ansari, which ended in his apartment and a moment far too many women know: A round of touch-roulette where you try to decide the least awful places and By Sarah • Jan 16, 2018 09:41 am
Ava DuVernay Intro for January 16, 2018 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, on Martin Luther King Day in America, Ava DuVernay was named Entertainer of the Year at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. Three years ago, Ava’s film, Selma, was released to critical acclaim. In his review of the film, Wesley Morris wrote in Grantland that: By Lainey • Jan 16, 2018 09:01 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The Written Word Edition There was never any doubt that we would discuss the 1.5 million dollar pay disparity between Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg, but in a development that *never* happens, the longer we put off talking about it, the better the story got. The USA Today article with all the details By Duana • Jan 15, 2018 03:25 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, January 15, 2018 I once worked for someone who, inspired by a trend in Silicon Valley, encouraged everyone to come up with their own job title. I can’t remember what I used, I think it was a pretty basic description of my job, like “copy editor” or something. I did not have By Maria • Jan 15, 2018 02:37 pm
TV Updates The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 The wait in between Game of Thrones seasons is LONG. GoT won’t be back until 2019. By the time we see the final season; we will have been waiting well over a year. I’m OK with the wait. I need a year to emotionally prepare for the fact By Kathleen • Jan 15, 2018 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taraji P Henson’s opening weekend Last week I wrote about Taraji P. Henson’s movie Proud Mary, and how it deserved better promotion. My plans changed this weekend so I wasn’t able to see Proud Mary in theatres but I bought a few tickets anyway to support Taraji and because I was worried about By Kathleen • Jan 15, 2018 11:15 am
Girlcrushes Tiffany saves the Super Bowl Remember when Left Shark and Missy Elliott were the most memorable things about Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show? Or when Coldplay was supposed to be the headliner and instead they were just the glorified openers for Beyoncé? Well, this year, Tiffany Haddish is going to hijack the Super By Kathleen • Jan 15, 2018 10:35 am
Intro for January 15, 2018 Dear Gossips, Is there a cold going around where you are? Is it the same one that’s going around where I am? That cold has now ended up at my house. Do you work when you’re sick? You’re not supposed to because it gets other people sick. By Lainey • Jan 15, 2018 10:02 am
What Else What Else? Did you see Emma Roberts at the Critics’ Choice Awards? I’m not mad that she’s trying to do something different with her hair. I would rather different than what Angelina Jolie did with her hair last night. But I could not remember what it is, or who it By Lainey • Jan 12, 2018 05:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Happy New Name Updates! What, you’ve never made a bad pun when you’re titling something? Look, sometimes it’s just how it is, OK? But we get to revisit a few titles as I have a great backlog of updates. First up, an update on the family dilemma presented in SOCCERSTAR! Hi By Duana • Jan 12, 2018 04:58 pm
Maple Leaf Celine for the weekend This story came out earlier in the week but I’ve been saving it for today because I had a feeling I’d need to go into the weekend with Celine Dion. It is currently snow-icing here in Toronto. My car door almost didn’t open about an hour ago By Lainey • Jan 12, 2018 04:45 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Peel and oil I reallllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy don’t want to get old, but if I have to I wanna look damn good! And now that I’m knockin’ on 40 I’m pushing heavy on the gas pedal to make sure my face stays as youthful as humanly possible. One of my latest beauty By Sasha • Jan 12, 2018 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Liam Neeson(s) in The Commuter Last summer, director Jaume Collet-Serra scored with the sleeper hit The Shallows, the Blake Lively vs. A Shark movie that is ridiculous, but in that fun, schlocky way that is entirely watchable. That movie was a nice break from the Liam Neeson Revenge Man movies he had been making to By Sarah • Jan 12, 2018 04:15 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, January 12, 2018 Seal came for Oprah. It’s never a good time to come for Oprah, but this week is especially bad timing on his part. So he backtracked, saying that it’s not Oprah he has a problem with, but Hollywood hypocrisy as it pertains to men like Harvey Weinstein. Seal By Maria • Jan 12, 2018 02:55 pm
