Movie Reviews and Previews Romeo Must Die turns 20 There was a time, in the mid to late 1990s, when I would watch anything even tangentially related to Romeo and Juliet. No, this was not inspired by Romeo + Juliet, it was inspired by reading Romeo and Juliet in middle school (though when the movie came out just one year By Sarah • Mar 19, 2020 10:42 am
Photo Assumption Ben and Ana: Photo Credits and Sally Rooney Can we just go with “Benana”? Can we put it to a vote? I apologise. It’s just too easy, low hanging fruit, and I can’t resist it. I’ve been SD-ing for days now, I haven’t seen anyone other than my husband and dogs, I’ve lost By Lainey • Mar 19, 2020 10:10 am
Shout-Outs March 19, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Emily! Happy Birthday! And Happy 10th Anniversary of this tradition! As for your obsession, if you’ve been visiting this site regularly over the last three months, you know it’s my obsession too but, girl, maybe I’m way behind you because I don’t know that I could By Lainey • Mar 19, 2020 09:21 am
Amazingness Intro for March 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, “Let’s go get ‘em.” Did you join the Beyoncé Homecoming viewing party last night? That’s what I was doing, along with a few friends on group chat, and hundreds of thousands others, if not more, on social media, which is why #Homecoming was trending worldwide for By Lainey • Mar 19, 2020 09:02 am
What Else What Else? Last year a court decided that Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” was ripped off of someone else. She filed and appeal and the court reversed the decision. “Dark Horse” is actually my favourite Katy Perry song. I love it. And now… not only because of the whole dispute, but also By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 04:07 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Back Home Voweler (with thanks to SNL) Dear Duana, Like many people that write to you, I’ve been reading your column for years. I always assumed that when I finally became pregnant, one of the first things I would do is write to you for help. However, my son’s name came to me in a By Duana • Mar 18, 2020 03:54 pm
Smutty Fitness For Your Fitness: A Social Distancing Workout at Home Wow. What a crazy time we are living in right now. I would be lying to you if I said that what is happening isn’t filling my mind up with anxiety but I am doing my best to meditate and exercise, two things which I know help me tremendously By Hayley • Mar 18, 2020 03:34 pm
Equality Issues Appreciating Amanda Seales In January, Amanda Seales made her debut as the 5th chair for the Emmy/NAACP award winning talk show, The Real. For those who follow Amanda, this was consistent with how we have seen her career blow up in the past few years. For fans of The Real, it seemed By Melayna • Mar 18, 2020 02:57 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 18, 2020 This morning, Prem covered the Vanessa Hudgens’s impromptu and regrettable press conference (catch up here). Chrissy Teigen used her position as the mayor of Twitter to make a case for Vanessa, arguing that social media pile-ons are out of control and harmful, we all make mistakes and say stupid By Maria • Mar 18, 2020 01:46 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your work: Live… in the time of Coronavirus Savannah Guthrie anchored The Today Show from her home today as she hasn’t been feeling well and is in self-isolation. But the work must go on. So this is what it looked like: Live... from my basement... this is TODAY. Big shoutout to my husband @feldmike who has turned By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 01:04 pm
TV Updates Zendaya during the delay Just six days ago, HBO’s Euphoria posted a photo from the season 2 table read featuring Zendaya and Angus Cloud, looking very much like their characters. View this post on Instagram A post shared by euphoria (@euphoria) on Mar 11, 2020 at 9:07am PDT I know I’m By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow gives up the ghost Of the spring/early summer film release, Black Widow was the last giant standing, but yesterday, Disney pulled the plug, shuffling Black Widow off its May 1 release date and making it, like everything else, TBD. There goes the summer kickoff. Disney has moved BLACK WIDOW from May 1, 2020 By Sarah • Mar 18, 2020 11:22 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ana by Ben Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck were on holiday together in Cuba and then Costa Rica last week. They’re now both in Los Angeles and will probably be for a while as authorities warn against travel to contain the coronavirus outbreak, although there are some people on the beach By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 10:59 am
Dumbass Vanessa Hudgens’s Experience of the Coronavirus Pandemic We live in such a weird time right now. Added to the list of headlines that no one could ever predict is “Vanessa Hudgens apologizes for insensitive remarks about the coronavirus pandemic.” Yesterday Vanessa Hudgens addressed a recording of her Instagram Live from the previous day in which she both By Prem • Mar 18, 2020 10:34 am
Shout-Outs March 18, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs For Mariale – Happy Birthday! And you SHOULD be proud of yourself, you being proud of you is the only pride that matters! Thanks for the update from Peru. Hope you all keep taking care of yourselves over there; stay safe and social distanced. And when this is all over (soon? By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 10:05 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, I haven’t stepped outside my home since Saturday. Maybe today I’ll go for a walk, while maintaining a three meters or six feet distance from the next person, with the exception of my husband and our dogs. This seems ridiculous, of course, in normal times. But By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 09:46 am
