Business of Hollywood Disney’s surprise shake-up Late yesterday afternoon, Disney dropped a bombshell when it was announced that CEO Bob Iger is stepping down immediately and will be replaced by Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, as the new CEO. First of all, this is real-life Sucession and the HEAD OF PARKS got the CEO By Sarah • Feb 26, 2020 09:44 am
Sports Intro for February 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, I can’t help it. I love Drake. And not just because he’s from Toronto but because… what else do you want in an entertainer? The Milwaukee Bucks played the Raptors in Toronto last night. The Bucks have been doing a kind of WWE-inspired pre-game By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 09:20 am
What Else What Else? There are so many things I love about this post. First of all, the Golden Girls reference. And then the part where there was a high demand of interested participants but couldn’t get the link to work. Sorry, sorry. It’s just that my parents are around that age By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 04:54 pm
Music BTS on The Tonight Show BTS took over The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night and also Twitter. They were trending before the show started and then as soon as the show began, several hashtags related to their appearance dominated on the platform, including #JungkookEnglish because at one point, during Jimmy’s interview with By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 04:17 pm
TV Updates Danai Gurira runs the show Danai Gurira joined The Walking Dead in its third season, before its particular brand of brutality grew tiresome. In the time since she joined the show, The Walking Dead’s popularity has peaked and waned, she’s gone on to be a fan-favorite character in the MCU, and she’ By Sarah • Feb 25, 2020 02:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 25, 2020 I haven’t listened to the Pete Davidson interview with Charlamagne tha God, choosing instead to read the recaps and there are two things I want to touch on. First up is his work life at SNL. He says, “I personally think I should be done with that show because By Maria • Feb 25, 2020 01:58 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé: no photos at Kobe and Gianna tribute Back in 2013, when Beyoncé headlined the Super Bowl halftime show (the first time), Buzzfeed heard from her publicist demanding that “unflattering” photos of her be taken down. It was the beginning of Beyoncé’s press shutdown, when she stopped giving interviews, stopped engaging with the media. At the time, By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans’ villain streak continues Ever since leaving Captain America behind, Chris Evans seems determined to shed the mantle of superhero by playing villains. His first role post-Cap was in Knives Out; sometime this year he has an Apple TV show about a dad whose son maybe killed a classmate, which isn’t exactly By Sarah • Feb 25, 2020 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu and Alexandra in San Francisco Keanu Reeves has been in San Francisco the last few weeks working on Matrix 4. Not much is known about the next movie in the franchise, only that Neo and Trinity are back, and Neo looks more like John Wick, but we don’t know the timeline. Some are speculating By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 10:00 am
Amazingness Intro for February 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Did you see that tweet a couple of weeks ago, a marked-up Tom and Jerry essay that looked like it had been posted by an English professor and went viral? Super viral. Teaching my first English course this semester has been rewarding but I don’t know By Lainey • Feb 25, 2020 09:20 am
What Else What Else? Lil Nas X crashed a Disney wedding this weekend and he was super cute about it and I would have been like the lady to the right all, “WHAT THE F-CK IS HAPPENING?” too so it’s a good moment all around but here’s one of my favourite By Lainey • Feb 24, 2020 05:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Harrison Ford in The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild is another movie Disney inherited when they bought Fox, but this one they threw some effort into releasing. A family-friendly revision of Jack London’s novel fits The Call of the Wild into Disney’s wheelhouse, so they did not treat this movie like By Sarah • Feb 24, 2020 03:54 pm
BFFs Beyoncé’s “XO” for Kobe The Kobe Bryant memorial is happening right now and Beyoncé opened. Not much is known about the relationship between the Bryants and the Carters but it was evident today during B’s performance that they were close – and that’s not a surprise; Vanessa Bryant, even before Kobe’s passing, By Lainey • Feb 24, 2020 03:39 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 24, 2020 Last week, Leonardo DiCaprio’s stardom was being debated on Twitter because of this article in Slate, “Was Leonardo DiCaprio Already A Star Before Titanic?” There seems to be a generational fault line here. I, a Gen Xer, think he was absolutely famous – he built his buzz on Basketball Diaries By Maria • Feb 24, 2020 02:20 pm
Relationship Assumption Zendaya and Jacob are inseparable I don’t know that they’re actually inseparable since it’s not like I have access to their daily schedules. But Zendaya and Jacob Elordi do seem to have been spending a LOT of time together the last few months. He’s hung out with her and her family By Lainey • Feb 24, 2020 01:06 pm
Gorgessity Rihanna: “tell your friends to pull up” Rihanna was honoured with the President’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards this weekend for philanthropic and social justice efforts. She made her speech all about what others are doing and what others can do – and the way she put it, it’s not complicated. “Tell your friends to By Lainey • Feb 24, 2020 12:22 pm
