Equality Issues Intro for July 15, 2021 Dear Gossips, Disney and Pixar this week presented Canada a gift in the form of a trailer for a new animated feature film set in Toronto. What are the images and ideas stereotypically associated with Canada? Hockey, maple syrup, mounties, beer… That’s not what we’re seeing in this By Lainey • Jul 15, 2021 09:05 am
TV Updates Mj Rodriguez’s Emmy Nom is Already a Win With yesterday’s Emmy nominations announcement, Mj Rodriguez made history as the first out trans woman to be nominated for a major acting honour for her role as Blanca, on FX’s ballroom culture period drama Pose. It’s progress from the often-stagnant Television Academy, seven years after Laverne Cox By Cody • Jul 14, 2021 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou North American Asians have been underrepresented in pop culture, like so many other artists and creatives from non-white backgrounds, and the excuse that has often been used is that, you know, they just can’t find the talent. Which is bullsh-t. The talent is there, has always been there. In By Lainey • Jul 14, 2021 10:51 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 12, 2021 Dear Gossips, No matter who you’re rooting for, the only decent reaction (and decent is the bare minimum) to seeing a 19-year-old player miss his penalty shot, the biggest shot so far of his career, is to feel for the kid. Bukayo Saka has a promising future ahead of By Lainey • Jul 12, 2021 09:02 am
Top Reads Simu Liu: Shang-Chi and Good Will Hunting When I saw that Simu Liu was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly this morning, I felt as emotional as I did when Constance Wu and Henry Golding were on the cover for Crazy Rich Asians. As a pop culture junkie, I’ve been reading EW for a long time. By Lainey • Jul 07, 2021 11:49 am
Style Sandra and Nora go shopping We’re taking a break from the couples updates to spotlight a couple of a different kind. Sandra Oh and Awkwafina aren’t romantically involved but this might be the couple I’m most excited about today. Sandra and Awkwafina! Together in London! It was announced last year that Sandra By Lainey • Jul 05, 2021 11:19 am
Equality Issues Rachel Lindsay Speaks Out Rachel Lindsay’s first person story, “Rachel Lindsay Has No Roses Left to Burn,” (as told to Allison P. Davis) in New York Magazine details the racism, toxicity, and hateful experiences she went through during her time in the Bachelor Franchise. To those who aren’t familiar, Rachel was the By Anastasia • Jun 23, 2021 12:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie’s post-trip dinner and essay Angelina Jolie stepped out for dinner the other night in LA with two of her children, Pax and Zahara. The last time I posted about her she was in New York for her birthday with all of her kids and was seen at Jonny Lee Miller’s. Since then, there By Lainey • Jun 23, 2021 11:35 am
Equality Issues In The Heights: The Conversation Continues As Cody just wrote, In The Heights has been criticized (and rightfully so) for its casting of light-skinned actors to portray the leads in a show about Washington Heights. He mentioned Felice León’s interview with Jon M. Chu and the cast for The Root and it’s worth nothing By Violeta • Jun 17, 2021 02:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews In The Heights Colourism and Rita Moreno’s Foot-in-Mouth Defence (Lainey: please note, this is the first of two back-to-back posts about In The Heights and the colourism conversation that’s been happening about representation in the film. Cody will start and Violeta’s perspective will follow.) The highly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical, In The By Cody • Jun 17, 2021 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew and Alexandra flirt for Boom The first trailer for tick, tick…Boom! came out last week – read Duana’s post about it here – and despite the fact that the film is scheduled for release later this year (how is half the year over already?!), it looks like Lin-Manuel Miranda (who is directing) and the cast By Lainey • Jun 16, 2021 01:14 pm
TV Updates The Bachelor Franchise Does Not Need Chris Harrison Last night was the premiere of the new season of The Bachelorette, and one thing that it proved was that the franchise does not need Chris Harrison. This morning’s news about Chris leaving the franchise for good is an effective move the show needed to take in order to By Anastasia • Jun 08, 2021 12:29 pm
Equality Issues Ellie Kemper, cotillions, and romanticizing the antebellum South Last week, the internet lit up when a tweet about Ellie Kemper, alum of The Office, Bridesmaids, and best known as Kimmy Schmidt, told everyone about the time she was crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet Ball, held by the Veiled Prophet Organization, in St. By Sarah • Jun 08, 2021 11:00 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 7, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Juno Awards are considered the top music prizes in Canada, last night was the 50th anniversary. The top headline here in Canada, however, is still the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation’s discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school By Lainey • Jun 07, 2021 09:41 am
Top Reads Simu Liu’s Big Day There was a lot of Simu Liu in the headlines yesterday. Here’s how it started – with a Facebook post, ahead of the release of season five of Kim’s Convenience on Netflix, which of course as we all know now is the show’s final season, and not because By Lainey • Jun 03, 2021 10:52 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Emma Roberts: New Mom, Back at Work Here’s Emma Roberts arriving in Boston this week likely to begin work on About Fate, reuniting her with Tiffany Paulsen who wrote Holidate, the holiday rom-com that came out last year on Netflix. I never saw it, but the thing about holiday rom-coms and Netflix is that you can By Lainey • Jun 01, 2021 12:45 pm
