Music “March March” with The Chicks The artists who used to go by The Dixie Chicks announced a name change yesterday and released a new song. They are now “The Chicks”. The reason being that the word “dixie” is, like “antebellum”, associated with a time in the South when Black people were oppressed. It romanticises an By Lainey • Jun 26, 2020 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet blinked again With COVID-19 cases on the rise in the US, Tenet has once again delayed its release, moving off its second date of July 31 for a mid-week drop on Wednesday, August 12. When I wrote about the first date change, I said it was “probably the first in By Sarah • Jun 26, 2020 09:44 am
Shout-Outs June 26, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Please join me for Covenant House Toronto’s first-ever Stay in + Sleep Out Virtual Sleep Out in support of youth who are homeless and trafficked. During COVID-19, Covenant House remains open 24-7 serving more than 300 youth a day. Their frontline staff are working around the clock By Lainey • Jun 26, 2020 09:12 am
Music Intro for June 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, “BLACKPINK in your area!” It’s the day Blinks have been waiting for – BLACKPINK summer has officially begun! Stage one of the comeback has kicked off. For those of you still getting familiar with K-pop after fan activism has made mainstream headlines for disrupting white supremacist attempts By Lainey • Jun 26, 2020 08:51 am
What Else What Else? Maria has mentioned Britney Spears a couple of times this week in Celebrity Social Media, writing that at least on Instagram, Britney is “thriving in quarantine”, pointing to her recent post honouring Pride and her LGBTQ+ fans. But now the Beyhive is mad at her. There is no way Britney By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 04:00 pm
TV Updates Sandra & Sharon fangirl each other One of the unexpected stars to emerge from this past award season which culminated with Parasite’s win for Best Picture at the Oscars was Sharon Choi, Director Bong Joon-ho’s interpreter. We all fell in love with her. And she was on stage with the Parasite team multiple By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 02:59 pm
What's Your Drama Podcast What’s Your Drama: An Unwanted Meat Stick Welcome back to What's Your Drama! We kick off this episode with unpacking audio as Lainey is only shopping for star-print clothing these days. We are also talking about blood baths AKA our periods. Come on, we haven't talked about our periods in at least By Sasha • Jun 25, 2020 02:10 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 25, 2020 A woman named Raina made a modest proposal video for John Boyega (asking him to marry her, fair request). Now Twitter can be tricky because of fake accounts, so a person changed their profile to mimic John’s current profile and initiated contact. The internet went wild. Only, it wasn’ By Maria • Jun 25, 2020 01:51 pm
TV Updates Love Is Blind: Lauren & Cameron vs. Mark & Jessica This week, Ellen Digital Network announced a new reality competition series, Game Night, which will feature the show’s hosts, Love Is Blind alums Cameron Hamilton and Lauren Speed Hamilton pitted against famous couples in a series of virtual games. This is the second time the Ellen DeGeneres content house By Cody • Jun 25, 2020 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to the Blackfeet Boxing Club Earlier this summer, ESPN dominated quarantine viewing with The Last Dance, a docuseries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Their next big sports documentary is about an all-women boxing club…on a Native American reservation. Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible tells the story of the Blackfeet Boxing Club, founded By Sarah • Jun 25, 2020 11:29 am
TV Updates Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell give up their seat You’d be hard pressed to find somebody in my age group who doesn’t love Big Mouth or has at least sampled the Netflix hit since it entered the cultural zeitgeist on arrival in 2017 — because it’s hilarious. The animated series, which follows 7th graders as they navigate By Cody • Jun 25, 2020 11:06 am
TV Updates Savannah Guthrie’s Hair and Makeup Even though restrictions are lifting after months of pandemic lockdown – and many would say they shouldn’t be lifting at all considering the outbreaks and surges and an anticipated second wave – many people are still working from home, including broadcasters. I’m still working from home and there are no By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 10:05 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for June 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Netflix released the first trailer for a new animated film called Over The Moon. The film is inspired by Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or Harvest Moon Festival or what I like to call Chinese Thanksgiving. Many of our cultural holidays originate from mythology. The myth By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Rolling Stone talked to several musicians about the industry and coronavirus. Here in Toronto we are slowly relaxing restrictions but everybody’s talking about the second wave. And in the US, even though things are reopening, there are spikes and surges happening everywhere. One musician, however, is willing to put By Lainey • Jun 24, 2020 04:13 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Sometimes More Is More Duana, Please, please help us! I have a c section scheduled one month from today, and we cannot figure out a name. We already have a daughter, Margot, and we think her name is absolutely perfect. We had several other beautiful girl names picked out but of course we are By Duana • Jun 24, 2020 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 24, 2020 Dennis Quaid’s elopement is the top story on PEOPLE.com today and it has me wondering, who is checking on Dennis Quaid? It’s his fourth time on the merry-go-round and he has name recognition, for sure, but I didn’t think his marriage would get such By Maria • Jun 24, 2020 02:35 pm
