What's Your Drama Podcast What’s Your Drama: When Kevin won’t STFU Welcome back to What's Your Drama. Before we dip into the latest drama we got an update from last week's "Driving for D". And not just an update but… like… photo evidence. Then it's time to get into your questions! Our first By Sasha • Jun 18, 2020 01:27 pm
Xenu Leah Remini Brings #MeToo to Scientology’s Altar Taking on a religious institution is a Herculean feat because if there is something rotten, there are so many levels of layers of status and power to help cover up crimes and protect perpetrators (see: Catholic priests and long-term child abuse). I’m hardly a theologian or religious (though I By Maria • Jun 18, 2020 01:03 pm
TV Updates Love, Victor Switches Up the Formula Back when the trailer came out for Love, Victor, the spinoff TV show from Love, Simon, I wondered how the show’s creators planned to differentiate the show from the movie. Yesterday, the first season of the show was released on Hulu, and it’s not what I was expecting. By Prem • Jun 18, 2020 12:04 pm
Top Reads Lonnie Chavis: Growing up Black Lonnie Chavis is one of the stars of This Is Us, he plays the young version of Sterling K Brown’s character, Randall. He has written an essay about the experience of growing up Black, and please, particularly if you are not Black or Indigneous, please read it because right By Lainey • Jun 18, 2020 11:23 am
Dumbass Nia DaCosta gives us a taste of Candyman Candyman was supposed to come out this month, but has been, like every other movie, rescheduled to later in the year (supposedly September 25, but we’ll see). In lieu of seeing the actual movie, director Nia DaCosta dropped a two-minute short “prequel” on Twitter, telling the story of the By Sarah • Jun 18, 2020 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Princess Diana and Kristen Stewart: Social Media Freaks Out Sarah wrote yesterday about the news that Kristen Stewart has been cast to play Princess Diana in an upcoming biopic. Following the announcement by director Pablo Larraín Twitter freaked, as it does. Some people could see it and supported it. Others were like… WTF? Few people imagined it, that’s By Lainey • Jun 18, 2020 10:10 am
Books Intro for June 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was announced earlier this week that Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro’s next book will be released next year. Klara and the Sun tells the story of “an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behaviour of those By Lainey • Jun 18, 2020 08:55 am
What Else What Else? Just in case you were thinking of adding Aunt Jemima to your grocery list, there are so many other good syrup options. Since I’m Canadian, I recommend a Canadian maple syrup. By now you’ve probably heard about why Quaker Oats is making headlines – because all the racists in By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 04:05 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: We Need A Win Duana- HELP! I'm 35 weeks this weekend with our first baby girl and I'm second-guessing not so privately but definitely solo on our choice. My husband and I spoke before getting pregnant about loving the name Winnie. It took us a while to have a successful By Duana • Jun 17, 2020 03:53 pm
Royals Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana? Today in ??? News, Kristen Stewart has been tapped to play Princess Diana in an upcoming biopic titled Spencer. KStew is one of my favorite actresses who has, much like Robert Pattinson, used her post-Twilight years to craft an interesting and varied career. Even still, I’m having a little trouble By Sarah • Jun 17, 2020 02:16 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 17, 2020 PEOPLE has a new story up on Kelly Clarkson’s marriage and it’s a little contradictory. One source says, “It just came out of nowhere. The marriage was so strong.” But then another source (I think? It’s not very clear) says that quarantine in Montana “exacerbated any issues. By Maria • Jun 17, 2020 01:39 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Racism and the Barriers to Creativity After last week’s episode about workplace inequality pegged to Lea Michele and her behaviour on Glee (and on other projects), we received an email from a listener called Ashley who wondered whether or not, on top of the fact that Hollywood, like most industries, prioritises earnings above everything else, By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Staycation with Palm Springs Earlier this year, the biggest title at Sundance was Palm Springs, a Groundhog Day-esque rom-com starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. Not only was Palm Springs one of the best-received films to play at Sundance, but it also closed the biggest deal in Sundance history, selling to Hulu and By Sarah • Jun 17, 2020 12:21 pm
Break Ups Too Hot To Handle: A Storm is Brewing Lainey has been posting frequently about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s relationship during quarantine. They’re among the many who have developed new relationships amidst a global pandemic. But there have also been many break-ups, like Jessie J and Channing Tatum or Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock. Circumstances By Prem • Jun 17, 2020 11:18 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Megan & Brian: Old School Tit for Tat? Brian Austin Green confirmed a few weeks ago that he and Megan Fox have separated. She, as you know, is with Machine Gun Kelly although they’ve tried to be coy about their relationship status. The other day, Brian was papped hanging out with Courtney Stodden. I don’t know By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 10:26 am
TV Updates Lemon, It’s Wednesday My apology to the first person on Twitter pointed out that “Quibi is a 30 Rock joke come to life” but it been said so many times, over so many months, by so many people, that I can’t find the original post. As Quibi continues to take hits (on By Maria • Jun 17, 2020 09:47 am
