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
Music Intro for June 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, The other day in What Else? I linked to a story about the band Lady Antebellum and their name change to Lady A. At the time, I said it was a good explanation, considering that the country music audience is so white and they would be alienating their By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 08:35 am
Dumbass Harry Potter and the 3,600-word Essay of Transphobia Part of me doesn’t even want to write this article. It’s not that I’m tired of writing about trans rights (I will always be thirsty for some Respect Trans People Juice), but because I’m not sure we should even be giving JK Rowling this much screen By Prem • Jun 11, 2020 10:33 am
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
Douchebags Lea Michele’s “apology” As you may have heard, Lea Michele tweeted a message of support for Black Lives Matter the other day and then got exposed by Samantha Marie Ware for her bullying. Several of Lea’s other former colleagues also piped up to share similar experiences or to confirm (through likes) that By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 11:17 am
Dumbass Katherine & Chris and the comedy of pregnancy headlines Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt are expecting their first child (his second) together. This is not surprising – they met, started dating, got engaged, and got married quickly. It was almost expected that she’d be pregnant before their first anniversary. And of course it’s an exciting time for them, By Lainey • May 04, 2020 03:25 pm
Dumbass Gwyneth Paltrow: drive-by birthdays and the wealth of wellness Gwyneth Paltrow’s son, Moses, is now 14. Since LA is on lockdown, his friends came by the house with their parents, and wished him happy birthday. The Range Rovers circled G’s driveway and made signs and the kids hollered out the windows – she posted it on her Instagram By Lainey • Apr 09, 2020 01:22 pm
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
Dumbass Gwyneth’s bad timing On Friday, the goop Instagram account posted the following photo about Gwyneth Paltrow’s outfit, retailing for about US$1000 with the caption: “Most days you’ll find GP wearing G.Label with a pair of sneakers—which is one reason we make it an annual tradition to put together By Lainey • Mar 16, 2020 12:20 pm
Douchebags Like Trump has even seen Parasite Last night, Donald Trump held one of his creepy f-cking rallies in Colorado. During his speech, he took a shot at the Oscars and Parasite because, you know, they gave the top prize to a movie not in English, made by furriners, and that you have to READ on top By Sarah • Feb 21, 2020 11:19 am
Royals Prince Andrew: angry and bewildered Earlier this week, at a news conference in New York, US Attorney Geoffrey Berman who’s been investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case, said publicly that they’ve had “zero cooperation” from Prince Andrew who had previously said he’d be happy to cooperate with authorities about his friendship with the By Lainey • Jan 29, 2020 11:26 am
TV Updates The Goop Lab is mercenary and cynical snake oil I walked away from Gwyneth Paltrow’s first In Goop Health summit thinking it was a borderline snake oil convention, mostly harmless on the surface but with some predatory, potentially damaging undertones. The Goop Lab, however, is In Goop Health times a thousand. In Goop Health, it turns out, was By Sarah • Jan 28, 2020 01:45 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Channing Tatum and Jessie J’s Grammys weekend A couple of weeks ago, we heard about how Channing Tatum and Jessie J were spending time together again after breaking up late last year. Last week it was official: they’re back on. As I noted in both of those previous posts, it never seemed like their split was By Lainey • Jan 27, 2020 12:17 pm
Dumbass #RoseTicoDeservedBetter The last week of the year is a liminal space. It is the abandoned shopping mall of time: It once was, it is not yet. Nothing happens in the last week of the year, when post-holiday blues and pre-New Year’s Eve nerves set in. And everything happens in the By Sarah • Jan 08, 2020 12:35 pm
Douchebags Justin Timberlake’s promotional apology No but seriously, is this an apology? Or an advance promotional opportunity for his film, Palmer? Because it starts as an apology…and ends as a plug. Isn’t that what we all want out of an apology? For someone to say sorry and then pivot to them telling you By Lainey • Dec 05, 2019 10:21 am
Douchebags Prince Andrew’s curious email The Virginia Roberts Giuffre interview aired last night on BBC Panorama and, even though she repeated the claims she’s been making consistently for years now, being that this was her first broadcast interview in the UK, home of Prince Andrew, she made headlines – as she should. Finally. According to By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 10:36 am
