TV Updates Echo’s trial run a little Marvel exclusive Marvel currently has a lot of problems, which Variety detailed last week. I am of the opinion that they can recover—are already taking the right steps in that direction—but the big question is really if audiences will hang in long enough, at least another year after an already By Sarah • Nov 07, 2023 01:05 pm
Equality Issues Taraji celebrates room for everyone Taraji P. Henson is touting the success of the swath of recent Black women celebrities that have become owners of Black haircare and beauty lines. Back in 2020, she launched her own haircare line, TPH by Taraji. She was inspired by wanting wash day to be less of a chore By Stephanie • Nov 03, 2023 03:24 pm
Hook Ups Sophie in Matrescence? Stephanie has been posting a lot about matrescence these last few months and it happened to be in relation to three women, Keke Palmer, Ciara, and Maren Morris, who either recently or a few years back had left their romantic partners (and the fathers of their first child) and went By Lainey • Nov 01, 2023 12:33 pm
TV Updates The Housewives bombshell is here “If you go to the whorehouse, you’re gonna get f---ed.” That was one of the quotes Vanity Fair writer Anna Peele included from her interview with a Real Housewife who requested anonymity in the magazine’s piece about the "Reckoning Rocking Bravo". Upon reading this sentence, I By Stephanie • Oct 31, 2023 03:38 pm
Equality Issues Hasan speaks up Hasan Minhaj has responded to the September New Yorker article about his “emotional truth” in comedy. He does a really good job laying out the three biggest “charges” in the article, that he made up incidents involving racism, racial profiling, and personal threats against his family. He has audio and By Sarah • Oct 27, 2023 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Flower Moon discourse has arrived And I am already exhausted. Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, star of Reservation Dogs, took to the platform formerly known as Twitter on Monday to share her reaction to Killers of the Flower Moon. It was not positive. Particularly, she highlights how “underwritten” the Indigenous characters are compared to the white men By Sarah • Oct 25, 2023 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese has long been interested in crime, America, and the intersections of greed, entitlement, and the American dream. In David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon he has a perfect subject, the conspiracy of the Osage Murders that occurred in Oklahoma in the early 20th By Sarah • Oct 23, 2023 02:43 pm
TV Updates Intro for October 17, 2023 Dear Gossips, Ken Jeong is developing a talk show to launch next year; the plan is for him to host and executive produce. I have to admit… I was surprised when I read the headline. And I’m not sure if I should be embarrassed for being surprised. But the By Lainey • Oct 17, 2023 09:45 am
TV Updates The Real Housewives double standard After being away from Real Housewives of Orange County for two seasons, veteran cast member Tamra Judge made a bold re-entry to the show and ended the season with a bang at this week’s reunion, at one point telling Andy Cohen to “f-ck off” and instructing him to “be By Stephanie • Oct 13, 2023 11:29 am
Break Ups Kayla Nicole is just trying to live Kayla Nicole, the model and sports broadcaster that dated Travis Kelce from 2017 through 2022, recently published a video with an encouraging message for Black women. The video comes after enduring weeks of online bullying and harassment after news broke about Travis’s situationship with Taylor Swift. In the video, By Stephanie • Oct 11, 2023 11:47 am
Sports Taylor Swift: The Dude Bros are mad I get why some people don’t love the expression “making someone their bitch” but considering that that’s exactly the expression that the people who are big mad about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce would respond to, I’m going to use it here to say that… The dude By Lainey • Oct 03, 2023 12:37 pm
Books Kerry Washington shares her abortion story Kerry Washington is currently promoting her memoir, Thicker Than Water, which came out today. Excerpts and other details have been making headlines over the last few days but I want to talk about her abortion story. Of the decision to include this in the book, Kerry tells PEOPLE: "I By Lainey • Sep 25, 2023 01:12 pm
TV Updates Vanna secured her bag (for now) Just two months after securing a lawyer amid her fight for fair compensation for her long-standing role on Wheel of Fortune, Vanna White has officially inked a deal to remain on the show through the summer of 2026. Last week, the show returned for its latest season as Vanna demanded By Stephanie • Sep 20, 2023 11:27 am
Music Maren Morris is making moves Maren Morris released two new songs on Friday. She also made the announcement that she is leaving the country music scene for good. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, she revealed that moving forward, she’d be releasing music through Columbia Records instead of Columbia Nashville. This comes By Stephanie • Sep 18, 2023 11:20 am
Break Ups Joe and Sophie’s “united decision” There were fans who refused to believe it this past weekend when TMZ broke the news that Joe Jonas had engaged divorce lawyers. But as I wrote yesterday, if it’s TMZ reporting it, there had to have been something to the story. And late yesterday it was confirmed, with By Lainey • Sep 06, 2023 02:01 pm
Music Ciara remains Ciara recently clapped back at a critic who insinuated that the quality of her music has decreased, and that at this point in her career, she is now making “TikTok music”. The criticism was directed at one of the songs featured on CiCi, an EP she recently released. And the By Stephanie • Aug 24, 2023 01:04 pm
