Music SELPINK IN YOUR AREA It was confirmed a couple of weeks ago that BLACKPINK’s new single would feature Selena Gomez. Now we know the name of the track: “Ice Cream”, which was pretty obvious given the artwork that’s already been released. “Ice Cream” comes out August 28, so late Thursday night, early By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Batman gets Goth and weird Matt Reeves’ The Batman was only filming for a couple months at the beginning of this year before it was shut down (and Robert Pattinson devoted his quarantine to nightmare-inducing Italian bakes), but that did not stop Reeves from debuting a trailer during DC’s Fandome event. The first look By Sarah • Aug 24, 2020 11:10 am
Douchebags Meghan Markle criticised for supporting democracy Meghan Markle has recently participated in video chats in America to amplify the message, ahead of the upcoming US election, that everyone should engage in the democratic process and register to vote, and plan ahead to vote – beyond registering, it’s finding out how you can vote, where to vote, By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman’s wishful thinking Here is the DC movie I am most excited to see, Wonder Woman 1984 dropped a new trailer during the DC Fandome event this weekend. It’s such a good time! Diana lassoing lightning? Awesome! Cheetah’s punk style? Cool! Steve Trevor doing a 1980s fashion montage? Fun! Wonder Woman By Sarah • Aug 24, 2020 09:53 am
Shout-Outs August 24, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Carrie! Happy Birthday! Your plans are NOT cancelled – because I know you’re reading today and that’s why Sam Heughan’s face is staring back at you! Happy to hear that it was a good first week of class. Hope that energy stays through the entire school year – and By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 09:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2020 Dear Gossips, It’s film festival season soon, most of them happening virtually. Venice begins on September 2 followed by Telluride a couple of days later. Then it’s TIFF on September 10 and the New York Film Festival kicks off September 23. After that the London Film Festival is By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 08:50 am
What Else What Else? I’m going to have a lot to say about BTS’s “Dynamite” but unfortunately, since they ate up my whole night and I have to shoot today, it’ll have to wait until Monday – which only gives me more opportunity to watch the video 50 more times. And you By Lainey • Aug 21, 2020 04:26 pm
TV Updates ‘Writer’s Mutiny’ but CBS Showrunner Still Has A Job Another week, another headline – but this time, something’s missing. Spot the differences: In June, I wrote this piece about writer Craig Gore, who had been a writer on S.W.A.T and Chicago P.D. and was fired (and dropped from his agency) from an upcoming Law & By Duana • Aug 21, 2020 04:12 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 21, 2020 Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli are finally being sentenced for the college admissions scandal. This story was a punchline for months but interest has definitely waned, right? With everything going on, I don’t know if they are worth much more than a scan. James Charles (if that By Maria • Aug 21, 2020 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ethan Hawke in Tesla The problem with depicting genius in film is that we don’t understand genius. We don’t know where it comes from, why it varies in degree, or why it sometimes, inexplicably, leaves. Genius is a part of the human condition that we understand even less than love. Most films By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 02:59 pm
Sasha Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Home Nail Care While most people in Canada are living their best Stage 3 lives, I'm in Stage 1 and will be until this all blows over. Dudes, we're in this for the long haul so this means I'm gonna have to start learning some new trades. By Sasha • Aug 21, 2020 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kenneth Branagh is back with his ferret-face The first trailer for Death on the Nile, the sequel to Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express, dropped this week, so you know what that means…it’s the return of Kenneth Branagh’s ludicrous Hercule Poirot mustache! In Orient Express, Branagh’s first turn as Poirot, I By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 01:30 pm
Douchebags Justice League is under investigation Last month, actor Ray Fisher, who portrayed Cyborg in Justice League, alleged that Joss Whedon’s treatment of cast and crew during reshoots of Justice League was “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable”. Now WarnerMedia has opened an investigation into the Whedon-led part of the production: https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/ By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 12:22 pm
Top Reads Meg Thee Stallion confirms Tory Lanez shot her Last night Megan Thee Stallion said she’d had enough. A day after posting photos of her gun shot wounds, because apparently there are still people online who have nothing better to do than tweet about how they think she’s lying about the whole incident, the Megan went on By Cody • Aug 21, 2020 11:14 am
Relationship Assumption Ben-Ana’s back, alright! It doesn’t work nearly as well as “Batfleck’s back, alright!” the way Sarah did it in her previous post about Ben Affleck becoming Batman again but I wanted to keep the Backstreet going, ha. While Sarah’s musing about Ben putting on the batsuit again, I’m over By Lainey • Aug 21, 2020 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck’s back, alright! The news that Ben Affleck will, after retiring from the role, return as Batman in an upcoming DC movie is a huge surprise, BUT ALSO, it perfectly scans with the melody of “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”. It’s not the most important detail to discuss about this news, but I By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 10:00 am
