TV Updates What should Keke Palmer do next? Page Six is reporting Keke’s Palmer’s latest gig as co-host of Strahan, Sara & Keke has come to an end. Sources say ABC has no plans to resume production on the Good Morning America spinoff, after it was put on hiatus to make room for pandemic news programming By Cody • Jul 10, 2020 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sexy Tesla Look, I am here for any and all Tesla content. I will watch, read, listen to, consume anything relating even tangentially to Nikola Tesla. He is one of the greatest minds the world has ever known, and we are only just beginning to scratch the surface of thinking about maybe By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 01:32 pm
Sasha Lifestyle Sasha Finds: #OWNYOURTONE #OWNYOURTONE - that’s the hashtag behind Canada’s first Black-owned skin tone intimates for POCs. Chantal Carter Taylor launched the brand after being frustrated over and over again with the concept of “nude”. Nude to whom? Ummm exactly. Yet another big ass blind spot the fashion industry continues to By Sasha • Jul 10, 2020 01:02 pm
Charlize Theron Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne in The Old Guard Netflix’s original movies have come a long way in a short amount of time. We’re just two and a half years removed from the total waste of Bright, and now with The Old Guard Netflix proves they can pick a decent project to back. More than decent, actually, By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 12:22 pm
TV Updates Oscar and Michelle’s Marriage Story There is going to be SO MUCH breakup media coming out of this pandemic. And there will be some romantic stories to be told, but I predict the vibe of post-pandemic storytelling will be overwhelmingly about the meltdown, not the meet cute. Case in point: Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 11:29 am
Douchebags 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and the misogyny in rap Last weekend, a clip began to circulate of 50 Cent on Lil Wayne’s radio show where he was ranting about Black women’s reaction to him dating “exotic women”, which kicked off a stream of consciousness that is very difficult to follow. Here’s some of what he said: By Melayna • Jul 10, 2020 10:39 am
Music Is Reese Witherspoon’s son the next Calvin Harris? There’s nothing quite like your first time. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s son, Deacon, has released his debut single “Long Run”, featuring Scottish singer-songwriter, Nina Nesbitt. Knowing Reese, and taking one look at Deacon, I thought it would be a country/pop power duet — think Bebe Rexha/Florida By Cody • Jul 10, 2020 09:46 am
Books Intro for July 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is The Meaning of Mariah Carey? That’s what Mimi’s calling her memoir and she announced this week that it’s coming out September 29. You can read it or you can listen to it because there will also be an audiobook and, obviously, Mimi’s By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 09:16 am
What Else What Else? I’m going to pitch this to Duana for Show Your Work because this is WORK! Zendaya wanted to work during quarantine. So she made a call. And then they made it happen, by observing quarantine rules and getting creative with the space and the lighting and even the air By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 9, 2020 Maria is away for the rest of the week so I’m filling for her in this space until she’s back. I will use this time to ensure that BTS is properly represented since, you know, they don’t show up on Twitter at all, LOL. But let’s By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 03:18 pm
Douchebags Lady Antebellum sues Lady A A few weeks ago, as protests were happening around the world in support of Black Lives Matter after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many more, Lady Antebellum announced that it was changing its band name to Lady A because they no longer wanted to By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 01:41 pm
Top Reads Thandie Newton: A career shaped by pain When we analyze an actor’s career, we often look at what common threads can be found among the projects they’ve been a part of and what does it say about that artist. This week we learned that the common thread of Thandie Newton’s career is pain. E. By Cody • Jul 09, 2020 12:43 pm
Relationship Assumption Chris & Lily: Ice Cream in the Park We received a (possible) New Hollywood Romance alert earlier this week when Chris Evans and Lily James were seen in London leaving a private members’ club and heading back to his hotel. After that, I posted about the timeline of their situation considering quarantine requirements for overseas travel. That situation By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 12:13 pm
Equality Issues Reframing Cancel Culture (This is the latest installment in our Long Read series. For previous entries, please visit the Long Reads archive.) Yesterday morning, Harper’s Magazine published a letter written and signed by 50 public figures including J.K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, Gloria Steinem, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and so many more. By Prem • Jul 09, 2020 11:20 am
Sports Intro for July 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, July 8, 2020, marked the tenth anniversary of The Decision, when LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The NBA’s best player was “exercising his right to free agency”. In the decade since then, LeBron has won multiple titles, By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 10:14 am
What Else What Else? Oh well maybe Us Weekly’s Jennifer Aniston story from earlier today makes more sense now because PEOPLE has their own exclusive about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Apparently they’re getting along much better now after a lot of family therapy. Brad was even seen leaving Angie’s home By Lainey • Jul 08, 2020 04:08 pm
