Oscars 2021 Daniel Kaluuya, a Bad Question, and a Royal Connection Oscar night was a great night for Daniel Kaluuya. He won an Oscar for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah, people LOVED his acceptance speech, and there was a party afterwards and I hope he had a great time and didn’t think much about what we’re By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 12:24 pm
Top Reads Gemma Chan calls out The Sunday Times Back on Monday, in my post about Prince Philip’s funeral, I ended it with a mention of an article on the front page of The Sunday Times that included a passage referencing Prince Philip’s comment about Asian people having “slitty eyes”. Here’s the passage in question: This By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 12:03 pm
Equality Issues What is the Future of the Golden Globes? Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation that oversees the Golden Globes, one of the most high profile and popular award shows of the season. The HFPA is a group of between 80-90 journalists from around the world who By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 11:06 am
Equality Issues Intro for April 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, This is the tweet that I’ve been thinking about since Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd yesterday: https://twitter.com/britrican/status/1384613052507594754 The immediate reaction from many people in the Black community was relief. But that relief was preceded by anxiety and a By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 10:00 am
Equality Issues Intro for April 19, 2021 Dear Gossips, Seems like any time Mickey Guyton is at an award show she makes history. She did it again last night at the Academy of Country Music Awards when she hosted. And, as award show hosts do, there were several outfit changes. My personal favourite of all of them By Lainey • Apr 19, 2021 08:58 am
TV Updates Colton Underwood Comes Out As Gay Former Bachelor, Colton Underwood, came out as gay during an interview on Good Morning America today. Between him being the lead on one of the most heteronormative shows on TV, people tweeting that they “knew all along”, and his relationship from the show which ended in a restraining order, there By Anastasia • Apr 14, 2021 04:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua abandon Georgia So, obviously, Joe Biden becoming President of the United States did not fix every problem in the world. In fact, based on the events of the last few weeks, it is very much a case of “same song, different verse”. Following a historic election in Georgia that saw the red By Sarah • Apr 13, 2021 01:11 pm
Equality Issues The Tonight Show TikTok Dance Controversy In my piece on Addison Rae last week, I wrote about how disappointing it was to see her perform TikTok dances without any recognition of the original dance creators, many of those creators being Black. This perpetuates the problematic patterns of BIPOC creatives not getting the credit they deserve. Thanks By Anastasia • Apr 07, 2021 03:30 pm
Name Nerd Her Name Is Thandiwe The May issue of British Vogue features an interview with cover star Thandiwe Newton – and the entire piece is framed by that once-omitted ‘w’, and the correct pronunciation, ‘Tan-DI-we’. The explanation in the piece is that it was ‘carelessly missed out’ from her first credit, which seems both overly generous By Duana • Apr 06, 2021 01:18 pm
Top Reads Rihanna at the Rally! There was a Stop Asian Hate march in New York on Sunday, just a few days after a 65-year-old Filipino woman was attacked outside an apartment building while bystanders did nothing. Rihanna has used her social media over the last few weeks to raise awareness about anti-Asian racism: And this By Lainey • Apr 06, 2021 10:19 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 31, 2021 Dear Gossips, I got an email yesterday with the sender including a link to the video of the 65-year-old East Asian woman who was beaten in New York City while walking past an apartment building and told that “you don’t belong here”, while the people in the lobby, including By Lainey • Mar 31, 2021 10:04 am
Equality Issues BTS Supports #StopAsianHate This past weekend, there were anti-Asian racism protests in several major cities across Canada and the United States. In Los Angeles, a youth group performed towards the end of the rally to BTS’s “Dynamite”. For some time now, BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have By Lainey • Mar 30, 2021 02:45 pm
Top Reads Viola Davis: “We’re dope” Viola Davis was a double winner at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, recognised for her performances in How To Get Away With Murder and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which she’s been nominated for an Oscar, becoming the most-nominated Black woman in Academy history. This factored into By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 11:52 am
Equality Issues Issa Rae’s Awards Perspective The NAACP Image Awards took place this weekend, hosted by Anthony Anderson. Issa Rae won her first NAACP Image Award for lead actress in a comedy. She was nominated alongside Regina Hall, Folake Olowofoyeku, Yara Shahidi, and Tracee Ellis Ross. And she hilariously shouted out Tracee in her acceptance speech. By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 10:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jodie and Joshua’s Badass Baby Stroller No better way to start the week – here are Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson in New York this weekend out for a walk with their baby who is almost a year old now?! Howwwwww….? I know, I know we’ve all been talking about how it’s been a year By Lainey • Mar 29, 2021 09:43 am
Equality Issues Lil Nas X Confesses Queer Sins Lil Nas X loves introducing new characters in his music videos and today we’re blessed with “Stripper Nas”. Last night he dropped his new track, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, along with its accompanying music video — which is sinfully delicious. The track’s title is a combination of By Cody • Mar 26, 2021 02:46 pm
