Equality Issues Lupita Nyong’o reflects on her post-Oscar career In a recent interview with CNN’s Inside Africa, Lupita Nyong’o opened up about her career after her 2014 Best Supporting Actress Oscar win for her role in 12 Years a Slave. Despite initially assuming that the Oscar would land her a wide range of roles, she said instead, By Stephanie • Nov 24, 2025 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cynthia’s Victory Lap In addition to Beyoncé, Cynthia Erivo was also in Las Vegas on Saturday for the Grand Prix, which is fitting because, well, you could say it was a victory lap. Wicked: For Good opened to big numbers this weekend, surpassing the first movie’s first weekend, with $150 million domestic By Lainey • Nov 24, 2025 10:49 am
Music The Grammys’ Afro-Caribbean flub Every year, there’s at least one song that takes the world by storm. It’s the earworm you just can’t get away from. This year, it was Moliy and Silent Addy’s smash hit entitled “Shake it to the Max”. You likely heard it while scrolling through social By Stephanie • Nov 21, 2025 01:20 pm
Equality Issues Pharrell’s “non- partisan” fantasy People were left scratching their heads after recent remarks Pharrell made during his 5th Annual Black Ambition Demo Day. The event was held in Miami over the weekend, and while speaking on a panel, he addressed his feelings about the current political climate, expressing his disdain for politics. “It’s By Stephanie • Nov 19, 2025 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 18, 2025 Dear Gossips, Chloe Zhao was out for the second night in a row on Monday. She was at the Governors Awards on Sunday along with almost every other Oscar contender this season and last night attended the ELLE Women in Hollywood event. Chloe won Best Director in 2021, she is By Lainey • Nov 18, 2025 09:51 am
Equality Issues Selling Sunset’s continuing fallout It’s been exactly one week since the reunion of Selling Sunset aired on Netflix – but the conversation and fallout hasn’t stopped, and bombshells continue to drop. I can’t recall the last time we had this much of an explosive reunion in the world of reality TV, except By Stephanie • Nov 12, 2025 12:04 pm
Quiveration Jonathan Bailey is the Sexiest Man Alive! On one of their multiple covers for their 2025 Sexiest Man Alive issue, PEOPLE boasts in the lower corner that, “We know, we nailed it”. And they did, they really f-cking did. Which means their editorial team can be as puffy as it wants in this situation. Because this is By Lainey • Nov 04, 2025 09:53 am
Music RM: The Modern Cultural Diplomat The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit begins tomorrow in South Korea. The forum represents “40 per cent of the world’s population and more than half of global goods trade”. Ahead of the formal start of the summit is the APEC CEO Summit, a gathering of global business leaders. It By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 01:50 pm
Equality Issues Racism and Reality TV Villains Love Island’s Olandria Carthen is speaking out in response to a clip featuring another Love Island alum, Huda Mustafa, and her partner Louis Russell, laughing in response to someone hurling the n-word at her during a livestream. In a response that many social media users agree was inappropriate, the By Stephanie • Oct 30, 2025 11:39 am
TV Updates Keke Palmer’s KeyTV misfire Keke Palmer and her digital network, KeyTV, are at the centre of what has become an increasingly heated discourse online after the release of a show called Southern Fried Rice. The show, which Keke described as a ‘coming-of-age dramedy’, follows protagonist Koko Johnson, a Korean-American woman who was adopted into By Stephanie • Oct 27, 2025 11:28 am
Books Gucci Mane’s “radical accountability” Gucci Mane recently released his 17th studio album and is gearing up for a tour starting in November. If that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he also just published his third book, Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man. Naturally, he and his wife, Keyshia Ka’oir, By Stephanie • Oct 22, 2025 12:50 pm
Equality Issues Tyler, the Creator's problematic digital past When Tyler, The Creator paid homage to R&B singer D’Angelo after his recent passing, he probably didn’t do it to result in controversy. pic.twitter.com/PXzwxp7DbN — T (@tylerthecreator) October 14, 2025 In a series of subsequent tweets, he shared links to D’Angelo’s music, By Stephanie • Oct 20, 2025 12:45 pm
Equality Issues Julia Fox’s intersectional fail Julia Fox is catching heat over a display of what internet users are calling ‘white feminism’. This came after a clip of an interview she did recently with the co-stars of her latest film, Him, gained traction online. Julia, her on-screen husband Marlon Wayans, and their co-star Tyriq Withers appeared By Stephanie • Oct 15, 2025 12:20 pm
Gorgessity Greta Lee: Famous and Unfamous Greta Lee is one of three women with their own American Vogue covers this month for Anna Wintour’s Vogue World issue. As I mentioned in the Nicole Kidman post earlier today, Vogue World is a huge priority for Anna, she’s trying to make it as influential as the By Lainey • Oct 08, 2025 02:39 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ayesha Curry's delayed reaction Over the weekend, Ayesha Curry’s August appearance on Call Her Daddy seems to have picked up steam. Despite the fact that it’s been over a month since she sat down with Alex Cooper to talk about her marriage to NBA superstar Steph Curry, motherhood and how different her By Stephanie • Oct 06, 2025 02:05 pm
Sports The Bad Bunny Super Bowl In December 2024, near the end of the 2024 NFL regular season, NPR published a piece by Alan Chazaro with the title: “Latinos are the fastest-growing fanbase in the NFL. What's the league's playbook?” The article is an excellent report on the NFL’s gradual internationalisation By Lainey • Sep 29, 2025 10:22 am
