Dumbass Justin Timberlake was #Inspired by Jesse Williams As Lainey already discussed, Jesse Williams gave the wokest speech in the history of speeches at the BET Awards last night. It was a speech that made me cry, shout, cheer and throw sh-t at my television. It induced urgency, frustration and a call to arms. It was soaked By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2016 12:16 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Alicia’s no makeup BETs Alicia Keys declared in Lenny last month that she’d decided to go without makeup to promote her new album. She performed without makeup on Saturday Night Live. She showed up at the BET Awards in a black jumpsuit with no makeup under a headscarf. And I love it. I By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:53 am
Amazingness The Real Magic of Jesse Williams Jesse Williams was honoured last night with the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards for his work with the Black Lives Matter movement. And then Justin Timberlake tried to make it about himself. And got slapped for it. That post is coming up in a minute. For now, we spotlight By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:31 am
Quiveration Michael B Jordan, A$AP Rocky, and Robert Pattinson Michael B Jordan won Best Actor last night at the BET Awards. He was not there because he spent the weekend in Paris for Fashion Week. On Saturday MBJ was looking fine at the Dior show. Also looking fine - A$AP Rocky who is SO beautiful. When he was still By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:09 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: All of Tracee’s BET looks Not quite as many changes as Carrie Underwood whenever she hosts the CMAs because who has the time but still there was a lot of style variety from Tracee Ellis Ross last night. My least favourite was the carpet dress – python print and slicked back hair. The all purple sequin By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:24 am
Music Beyoncé & Kendrick’s opening Freedom Beyoncé was not announced to perform at the BET Awards last night. As we’ve seen, surprise is her thing. And the song she chose to surprise with to open the show was Freedom. If you’ve been to the Formation tour, you know this performance. It comes near the By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:04 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 6.10: Winter is here, and so are the women Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10 recap SPOILERS This season has seen women seize power across Westeros, and in the finale, Cersei herself takes the Iron Throne. It cost her everything to achieve, but in the end, she is in charge once again. The writers hinted all season at By Sarah • Jun 27, 2016 09:34 am
EJ Johnson Intro for June 27, 2016 Dear Gossips, Almost exactly five years ago, I opened this blog with a post about how much I loved the documentary Bill Cunningham New York. Bill Cunningham passed away on Saturday in New York, just before the start of the final week of Pride Month and Sunday’s Pride Parade By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 09:05 am
Book Review Smutty Book Roundup - June 24, 2016 A deep dive to recommend if you haven’t already: Barry Avrich is a Canadian filmmaker who was trying a few years ago to put together an unauthorised documentary about Harvey Weinstein. According to Barry, Harvey Weinstein wasn’t exactly supportive. Barry details the experience in his new book Moguls, By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 03:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How Unique Do I Need To Go? Hi Duana, I have a unique name: Siobhan. Luckily I live in the UK so most people know how to pronounce it but I grew up in Australia where they didn't. Few can spell it but I've gotten so used to it that I don' By Duana • Jun 24, 2016 03:03 pm
Smutty Tingles Smutty Social Media, June 24, 2016 Credit where it is due: I couldn’t quite put my finger on Blake’s look, but she answered my question without me even needing to ask. Full Jessie Spano A photo posted by Blake Lively (@blakelively) onJun 24, 2016 at 6:51am PDT Who will think of the celebrities By Maria • Jun 24, 2016 02:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Elle Fanning in The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn is a filmmaker who lives on the line between art and trash, and his new film, The Neon Demon, is built firmly on that line. A horror movie in the giallo tradition, The Neon Demon is equal parts art film and B-movie schlock, with the dreamlike By Sarah • Jun 24, 2016 01:57 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Stronger on the bike Hey Hayley, I have been following this blog for years and you since the beginning. I was so stoked a couple years ago when you got into mountain biking and now skate skiing, two of my faves. The question I have for you is around speed in climbing on a By Hayley • Jun 24, 2016 01:33 pm
Equality Issues Channing Tatum recognises Channing Tatum was in Cannes this week because he’s launching his own vodka label, Born and Bred. During a Facebook interview with Cosmpolitan, he was asked about sex and how he and his wife, Jenna Dewan, keep it fresh. What’s more interesting is what he had to say By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ewan McGregor’s Pastoral passion The first trailer for Ewan McGregor’s adaptation of American Pastoral is here, giving us our first look at the film McGregor heroically rescued by deciding to just direct the damn thing himself. It actually doesn’t look that bad. There’s some really nice imagery in the trailer, and By Sarah • Jun 24, 2016 12:47 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Celine's deluxe pyjamas A pantsuit. But also comfortable like pyjamas. And super super deluxe. Every inch of this outfit looks expensive. Also the earrings. The earrings are kinda perfect with this outfit. By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 12:30 pm
