TV Updates Intro for March 15, 2022 Dear Gossips, We started watching Drive to Survive on Netflix it just over a year ago, ahead of the release of season three during yet another lockdown, after the series popped up on Jacek’s algorithm and I read Kevin Clark’s amazing piece, “The Formula Won”, about the show By Lainey • Mar 15, 2022 09:08 am
What Else What Else? The Fug Girls highlight the red on the red carpet at the Critics Choice Awards starting with Elisabeth Olsen in red velvet. My favourite red look, however, was on Selena Gomez – it was her first CCAs, just like it was her first SAGs a couple of weeks ago, and she’ By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 14, 2022 Maria’s on break which means I’m taking over this space for a week and you know what that means! As much BTS content as I can manage! But first… Dolly Parton is trending right now, don’t worry…it’s for a good reason. Or at least not By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 03:11 pm
Equality Issues Amber Ruffin rips into Marvel and Disney Over the weekend, a clip from last week’s The Amber Ruffin show made the rounds online from a segment she calls “How Did We Get Here?”. In it, she details an appearance by Matoaka, or Matoax, better known as Pocahontas, in an issue of King Conan from February (written By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 02:48 pm
Gorgessity Jodie calls it what it is When I first saw the shots of Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson at the Critics Choice Awards last night I thought today’s post about them would just be straight screaming over this queen and this man who is fortunate to be spending his life with her. And how glorious By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 02:04 pm
Style Emma Watson is “here for ALL the witches” It was about a year ago that the Daily Mail reported that Emma Watson was retiring from acting. It was a big story at the time and then it wasn’t because it turns out that it wasn’t true. Not really all that surprising considering the source. Emma presented By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 01:27 pm
TV Updates Alan Kim + Squid Game Remember the star of award season 2021? Award season is all about stars but last year, one little star made the biggest impression: Minari’s Alan Kim. Alan won the Critics Choice Award for Young Actor last year and… well… it’s been a minute since you’ve seen this By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 12:24 pm
Top Reads Will Smith continues his streak Will Smith clocked two more wins this weekend, picking up Best Actor trophies at the BAFTAs and the Critics’ Choice Awards (full disclosure: I am a voting member of the CCA). He seems fairly unstoppable at this point, that “it’s his time” energy coalescing right as final balloting for By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 11:48 am
Lady Gaga Lady Gaga: Two Award Shows and a Date Lady Gaga was nominated in the Best Actress category at the BAFTAs and at the Critics Choice Awards last night. Instead of staying home in LA, she chose to head to London for the BAFTAs and attend the CCAs via the London outpost like so many other nominees. The last By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 11:19 am
Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart keeps hustling Best Actress chaos continues, thanks largely to the BAFTAs, where none of the Oscar nominees were cross-nominated, leaving the Brits free to make a choice unburdened by Oscar hopes and dreams. They rewarded Joanna Scanlan for After Love, and then the Critics’ Choice Awards broke for Jessica Chastain (full disclosure: By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 11:00 am
Top Reads Daniel Kaluuya’s Bold BAFTA Look and the “Life Strategist” Rumours Daniel Kaluuya arrived on the red carpet at Sunday’s BAFTAs, leading the way in terms of elevated menswear. His navy blue overcoat, grabbed fresh from Prada’s A/W 2022 men’s collection, features bands of cobalt blue fur around the elbows and the bottom of the jacket. Daniel’ By Cody • Mar 14, 2022 10:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A big weekend for awards season It was a big weekend for awards season, with a number of awards shows, including the BAFTAs in London and the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles (with a London outpost for the BAFTA crowd) on Sunday, and the Directors’ Guild Awards and Annie Awards (for animation) on Saturday. Let By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 10:07 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, Halle Berry received the SeeHer Award last night at the Critics Choice Awards. During her acceptance speech, she talked about starring in and directing Bruised, and asking someone she knew about what he thought of the film afterwards, honestly. He told her that he felt uncomfortable “seeing a By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 08:57 am
What Else What Else Cardi B pulled out of a movie called Assisted Living at basically the last minute, saying she is “overextended” right now. Film shoots don’t come out of nowhere, so I wonder why no one on the production side thought, “maybe this isn’t the best moment for filming to By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Phases of Matter: A day in the life of a hospital Turkish filmmaker Deniz Tortum spent three years haunting the halls of the hospital where he was born and where his father works a doctor with a camera, capturing life in Istanbul’s Cerrahpaşa Hospital. It’s a teaching hospital, but it’s also threatened with closure, and so Tortum’s By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 03:19 pm
TV Updates Ramy Youssef mogulizes Have you gotten around to watching Ramy yet? If not, why? It’s on Hulu, there are only two seasons, twenty episodes total, each about thirty minutes. It’s an easy binge! The series was co-created by and stars Ramy Youssef, a surprise winner at the 2020 Golden Globes, one By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 02:28 pm
