Movie Reviews and Previews Bill & Ted being excellent It’s HERE! It’s REAL! After DECADES of teasing and “maybes”, Bill & Ted Face the Music is a REAL MOVIE that ACTUALLY EXISTS. Now if only it wasn’t being released in the middle of a GODDAMN PANDEMIC. Today is 6/9, aka Bill & Ted Day (because By Sarah • Jun 09, 2020 11:43 am
Legal issues Team Andrew on the Unfair Treatment of Prince Andrew I mean, let’s just all go ahead and get the LOLs out of the way. LOLOLOLOLOLOL. These are bitter LOLs though. You’ll learn why soon. Prince Andrew was reportedly ordered by US authorities to provide testimony in the ongoing investigation into the crimes of his friend, the dead By Lainey • Jun 09, 2020 10:02 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, Ava DuVernay’s tweet yesterday illuminated for me that I’ve been doing it wrong in not naming George Floyd’s murderers, referring to them only as police officers, even though by now you probably know their names: Derek Chauvin is the one who held Floyd down with By Lainey • Jun 09, 2020 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Madonna hasn’t always gotten it right the last few months, during the double pandemic of ‘rona and racism. But she showed up on crutches to the London protest in support of Black Lives Matter and there’s nothing wrong here. Which goes to show… when she’s around regular By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 05:15 pm
Music BTS and the Avengers I’m sure you’ve seen it but there was a clip that went viral the other day after Jemele Hill tweeted it and many of you sent it to me because it checks all my boxes. As you know, I’m super into the Avengers. Not too long ago, By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 04:45 pm
Equality Issues Michael B Jordan at the protest Here’s Michael B Jordan in LA at a protest in support of Black Lives Matter. We are now approaching two weeks of sustained demonstration, in major cities across the United States and around the world. Even here in Canada, thousands (thousands!) gathered in St John’s, Newfoundland in solidarity By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 03:10 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 8, 2020 Yesterday was Prince’s 62nd birthday. I love looking at old photos of Prince because they are so glamorous and intense, but he is completely unbothered. This one with Salma Hayek is different because he seems relaxed and comfortable, the way he’s lounging and listening intently to what she By Maria • Jun 08, 2020 02:40 pm
Dumbass JK Rowling isn’t just Transphobic – she’s a Troll Let me raise my hand as one of those who was shocked by JK Rowling’s tweets on Saturday evening. Not because of her transphobic views, which erase, diminish, and harm the trans community – though it’s important to be clear that they do, especially since Rowling has such an By Duana • Jun 08, 2020 01:56 pm
Michelle Obama Ranking the speeches of Youtube’s “Dear Class of 2020” Recently, I ranked some virtual commencement speeches given by celebrities to the class of 2020 as they miss out on their traditional commencements during quarantine. Then, on Sunday, Youtube hosted (another) online commencement, “Dear Class of 2020”, for the class of 2020 which brings us a whole new crop of By Sarah • Jun 08, 2020 01:07 pm
Equality Issues What about the other Pop Justin? There have been a lot of problematic celebrities during the COVID-19 lockdown and in the aftermath of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery joining the long list of Black people dying because of anti-Black racism. Tell me if I’m out of line here but… you By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 12:15 pm
Equality Issues Second City’s systemic race problem Second City, the Chicago comedy institution known as a breeding ground for SNL talent/tourist trap, was rocked last week by news that company Executive Producer and co-owner Andrew Alexander will be stepping down. In his statement, published on Second City’s website, Alexander acknowledges failures on the part of By Sarah • Jun 08, 2020 11:41 am
Douchebags Mark Wahlberg, Black Lives Matter, allyship, and forgiveness On June 4th, superstar actor and producer Mark Wahlberg tweeted in support of Black Lives Matter against the murder of George Floyd: The murder of George Floyd is heartbreaking. We must all work together to fix this problem. I'm praying for all of us. God bless. #blacklivesmatter ❤🙏❤ pic. By Melayna • Jun 08, 2020 10:35 am
Top Reads The (Paid) Royal Leaks? Many months ago, as far back as October 2019, I wrote about an interesting item that appeared in the Popbitch newsletter about the Sun’s Dan Wootton and his relationship with a member of Prince William and Catherine’s communications team. The item read as follows: “It was curious seeing By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 10:02 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 8, 2020 Dear Gossips, As Black Lives Matter protests continued across the United States and in many cities around the world this weekend, including Canada, defunding the police has become a major talking point and on Last Week Tonight last night, John Oliver and his team broke down the history of anti-Black By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 08:49 am
What Else What Else? This is an excellent post by Emily at Dlisted about how Rachel Griffiths f-cked up on social media with her post about her manicure and her subsequent apology because it addresses the issue respectfully but also maintains the tone of the Dlisted brand with the bit at the end which By Lainey • Jun 05, 2020 04:15 pm
Ana de Armas Even when they don’t show up… I just saw something that made me laugh so, maybe, it’ll make you laugh too. This is short and quick and doesn’t require heavy lifting. And if it doesn’t do it for you, skip it and head to the next post. As I’ve been saying over By Lainey • Jun 05, 2020 03:45 pm
