TV Updates Emilia Clarke is Marvel’s latest fabulous lady Marvel is keeping the fabulous lady train rolling by bringing the mother of dragons herself, Emilia Clarke, into the MCU. She is joining the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion on the heels of Olivia Colman. Naturally, no one has any idea who she’s playing. I gotta be honest, I By Sarah • Apr 21, 2021 12:42 pm
Top Reads Gemma Chan calls out The Sunday Times Back on Monday, in my post about Prince Philip’s funeral, I ended it with a mention of an article on the front page of The Sunday Times that included a passage referencing Prince Philip’s comment about Asian people having “slitty eyes”. Here’s the passage in question: This By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 12:03 pm
Equality Issues What is the Future of the Golden Globes? Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation that oversees the Golden Globes, one of the most high profile and popular award shows of the season. The HFPA is a group of between 80-90 journalists from around the world who By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 11:06 am
Equality Issues Intro for April 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, This is the tweet that I’ve been thinking about since Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd yesterday: https://twitter.com/britrican/status/1384613052507594754 The immediate reaction from many people in the Black community was relief. But that relief was preceded by anxiety and a By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 10:00 am
What Else What Else for April 20, 2021 Lady Danbury will not stand for all these people trying to come for the Duke of Hasting’s character. Let Regé-Jean Page live! (Cele|bitchy) When you yourself are “very rich” and “very connected”, how “very rich” and “very connected” does someone have to be to impress you? In Jennifer By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 04:02 pm
TV Updates Marvel is hiring all the fabulous ladies They’ve been at it for a while, having previously featured Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki (who, recognizing her tall majesty, they fully painted gold) in their villain ranks, but this year alone we’ve seen Kathryn Hahn and Julia Louis-Dreyfus join the Marvel villain ranks, and now Olivia Colman By Sarah • Apr 20, 2021 03:30 pm
TV Updates HBO’s Asian Push? For a couple of years now I’ve been posting often about Netflix’s Asian library. They have steadily been increasing investment in South Asian and particularly East Asian content. And their Korean programming is especially successful. It seems like there’s a new series out of Korea premiering on By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 03:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 20, 2021 Demi Lovato continued to feud with froyo yesterday, first posting a story in which she wrote “don’t mess with me” and “the customer is always right” in a DM exchange (she since deleted, here is the link), then posting a video that defended her messaging and passion for standing By Maria • Apr 20, 2021 02:31 pm
Award Season Campaigning Riz and Sir Anthony Hopkins’ night before ‘Twas the night before Oscar voting closes… and Best Actor contenders Riz Ahmed and Sir Anthony Hopkins both flexed their last-minute campaign hustle on two separate late night talk shows. Sir Anthony Hopkins popped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside his The Father director, Florian Zeller, while a By Joanna • Apr 20, 2021 01:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Does Billie Have a Man??? When Lainey sent me this link, I was shook. Billie Eilish tends to keep her love life private, which is why a lot of people were surprised by how open she was about her ex Brandon “Q” Adams in her recent documentary. But now, she’s opening up even more By Anastasia • Apr 20, 2021 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert & Suki: A Spring 2021 Update Robert Pattinson spent much of last year, when quarantine wasn’t in effect, shooting The Batman. It’s now been almost two years since RP was officially confirmed as Bruce Wayne, and we’re now inside a year until we see him as Bruce Wayne; The Batman is currently scheduled By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 11:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise’s Never-ending Mission Tom Cruise is back on set for Mission: Impossible 7. At first I was like… they’re already working on a new one? And then I realised it’s the one he’s been working on since last year and was paused so many times because of the pandemic. It’ By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 10:23 am
Intro for April 20, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Oscars are now five days away, with voting concluding EOD today. I’m excited about the tight races, like I’m looking at the ballot and… I don’t know if I believe, even though we’ve been told time and again, that Nomadland is a frontrunner By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 09:16 am
What Else What Else? Here’s Carrie Underwood in Iris Van Herpen at the 2021 Latin American Music Awards last week. I know it’s an Iris Van Herpen. And the pattern is there, of course. But it also doesn’t look have the Iris Van Herpen …mood, you know? I do like what By Lainey • Apr 19, 2021 04:23 pm
Music Taylor’s Latest Flex Well this has to be all kinds of history. Last week I posted about Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and how it would perform on the charts, predicting that it would be a win. And… indeed… it is. More than 12 years after #Fearless topped the chart, @TaylorSwift13 By Lainey • Apr 19, 2021 03:19 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 19, 2021 Demi Lovato took to her Instagram stories to complain about a froyo shop perpetuating diet culture with its snack options. Demi is no stranger to social media skirmishes and honestly? This is not her best work. This relatively small shop had about 5k followers and she has the Lovatics. She By Maria • Apr 19, 2021 02:47 pm
