Movie Reviews and Previews Remember a Real President and Weep Good morning, I’m crying. Why? Because of the trailer for The Way I See It, a documentary about former White House photographer Pete Souza and his time working for two (very different) presidents: Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Based on Souza’s bestselling book of the same name, The By Sarah • Aug 04, 2020 12:14 pm
Hook Ups Tiffany Haddish Confirms She’s Dating Common Tiffany Haddish has finally confirmed she’s in a relationship with Common during an appearance on Steve-O’s podcast. They’ve been friends since co-starring in The Kitchen, but the dynamic changed when the world went into lockdown and now she admits she’s in love. Back in 2018, Lainey By Cody • Aug 04, 2020 11:48 am
Style Katie Holmes’s Secret Summer Sweater Katie Holmes has a movie out right now – I only found this out today. The Secret: Dare to Dream is on Premium VOD and is based on the book from like 15 years ago made wildly popular by Oprah Winfrey about, I think, manifesting your dreams and desires. Right? I By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 11:29 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Harry, Meghan, and Pula Sussex Finding Freedom, the book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, is coming out next week. One of the reasons why the book has generated so much interest is because the UK press in particular has taken very personally some of the book’ By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 10:51 am
Royals Prince Andrew: the unsealed documents and the pizza defence As expected, the unsealed documents that were released last week from the defamation suit between Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Roberts Giuffre have caused even more trouble for Prince Andrew and the other rich and powerful men allegedly connected to Prince Andrew’s friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 09:51 am
Royals Intro for August 4, 2020 Dear Gossips, Today is Meghan Markle’s birthday. A couple of weeks ago, when the British royal family was celebrating Big G’s birthday, I wondered whether or not they’d do social media posts for the next royal birthday. The question has been answered: all three senior British royal By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 08:58 am
What Else What Else? Programming note: Lainey’s stuck in pre-long-weekend work prep, so I’m filling in with all your Friday afternoon link needs! Which brings me to our next point – Monday is a civic holiday in Canada (I just found out it’s called ‘Regatta Day’ in Newfoundland!) so we’ll be By Duana • Jul 31, 2020 04:45 pm
TV Updates Netflix acquires Moesha, Girlfriends, Sister Sister, and other Black-led 90s sitcoms This week the internet was delighted by the announcement that Netflix has acquired the rights to several 90s-era Black sitcoms including Sister, Sister, Girlfriends, Moesha and several others, which will drop throughout September. I share in the internet’s delight for many reasons. I consumed these shows rabidly when I By Duana • Jul 31, 2020 04:27 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 31, 2020 PEOPLE is capitalizing on Finding Freedom with a special Charles/Diana/Camilla love triangle cover. The headline promises “the untold story” but I can’t imagine what that would be. We’ve all read the transcript about the tampon. A friend of mine just developed a deep crush on Chris By Maria • Jul 31, 2020 04:03 pm
Sasha Lifestyle Sasha Finds: MUMGRY I know I've never written about snacks or food and while I admit it's a bit off brand for this column....Oh well? But stay with me for a sec because the reason why I have to tell you about MUMGRY is because a) it' By Sasha • Jul 31, 2020 03:05 pm
Music The value in Black is King By now you know Beyoncé dropped her stunning visual album BLACK IS KING overnight to the delight of Beyoncé fans around the world. It’s a stunning piece of film, in a way that surpasses her previous two visual albums, but I think Beyoncé knows the real value in this By Cody • Jul 31, 2020 02:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Singing teen Lady Macbeth Between Hamilton and Six, the musical that imagines Henry VIII’s wives as a girl group, historical revisionism with songs is having a moment. Now, that moment is stretching into previously existing historical revisionism, in this case, Macbeth (already revisionist thanks to Shakespeare). Channing Tatum and Scooter Braun are partnering By Sarah • Jul 31, 2020 01:26 pm
Equality Issues Black and Latinx Emmy Inclusion (and lack thereof) This week the Emmy nominations were released and there was a lot of Black talent recognized. Regina King is going for a possible 4th win in 6 years. Zendaya scored her first nomination. Insecure’s Yvonne Orji got some long overdue love. And Yahya Abdul-Mateen II scooped up his first By Cody • Jul 31, 2020 11:59 am
Music BLACK IS KING: A Beyoncé Solar System The MTV VMA nominations were announced yesterday. A few hours later, Beyoncé released the visual album, BLACK IS KING, on Disney+, and ….well. Not that we needed one but it was yet another reminder that there is one game, and then there is another universe that belongs to Beyoncé, so By Lainey • Jul 31, 2020 10:21 am
Douchebags Ellen DeGeneres responds Almost five months ago, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Ellen DeGeneres was called out in a Twitter thread about how in real life, she is supposedly the opposite of “Be Kind”, which has become her slogan. For years now, these rumours have been circulating in the entertainment industry By Lainey • Jul 31, 2020 09:30 am
Beyoncé Intro for July 31, 2020 Dear Gossips, “She says less as she has more power.”– Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University I don’t think I need to tell you who Professor Lindsey is talking about. Beyoncé doesn’t have to speak and some people are getting By Lainey • Jul 31, 2020 08:51 am
