Music Taylor Swift’s first and only Taylor Swift performed in Austin at the F1 US Grand Prix on Saturday night. It was her first concert of 2016 and, apparently, her only show of 2016, to an audience of 80,000. On the weekend to commemorate her 10 years in the business. We’ll come back to By Lainey • Oct 24, 2016 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone corrects herself Emma Stone covers the November issue of VOGUE. She is, currently, the frontrunner for Best Actress Oscar for her performance in La La Land. La La Land opens in December but has already been screened in Venice, Telluride, and at TIFF and was overwhelmingly well-received. Sarah, who is generally anti-musical, By Lainey • Oct 14, 2016 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Blame black women for Nate Parker’s mediocrity The Birth of a Nation opened last weekend to OK numbers and less than favourable reviews. If you haven’t heard, black women are to blame for the mediocre opening of a mediocre movie. To recap, this is the film written by, directed by and starring alleged rapist Nate Parker. By Kathleen • Oct 14, 2016 09:59 am
Business of Hollywood The Hollywood wage gap The wage gap is real. It exists in every industry, at every level of industry, but in the film industry the wage gap isn’t just a product of gender/racial bias, it’s also the result of a scaled compensation system that rewards stars more than anyone else. Professional By Sarah • Oct 13, 2016 11:06 am
Equality Issues Lena Dunham visits The Breakfast Club My immediate reaction to The Breakfast Club’s tweet that Lena Dunham would be a guest on the famous hip-hop radio show yesterday was apprehension… and a bit of an eye roll. This is the same show Hillary Clinton visited and was subsequently accused of pandering to black people because By Kathleen • Oct 06, 2016 11:01 am
TV Updates A look at my favorite show of 2017 Ryan Murphy’s latest anthology series, Feud, is currently filming, which means set photos. Which means seeing Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange in costume as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, respectively. Super into how they look and the only way this could get better is if Judy Davis showed up By Sarah • Sep 30, 2016 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Conversation with Gabrielle Union Yesterday, Gabrielle Union tweeted out what she called, “One of [her] favorite interviews of [her] career.” She sat down with Zon D’Amour of xoNecole.com to talk about white privilege, sexuality, consent, The Birth of a Nation and her op-ed on the controversy surrounding her co-star alleged rapist Nate By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2016 09:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita Nyong’o covers Vogue There’s a quote in Lupita Nyong’o’s new Vogue feature I love so much I want to tattoo it on my body. Her roots are strong, which is why she flies. Lupita’s roots are in Kenya, where Vogue travelled with the star to shoot their October cover. By Kathleen • Sep 15, 2016 05:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nate Parker dodges, Gabrielle Union does the opposite Last week when I wrote about Gabrielle Union’s powerful op-ed for the LA Times where she addressed Nate Parker’s rape allegations, I noted that Gabrielle’s piece made it impossible for the topic to be avoided at TIFF. The cast of The Birth of a Nation did the By Kathleen • Sep 12, 2016 09:01 am
Equality Issues Intro for September 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, Last night I read an article that pissed me off. It’s about the obstacles that women face in the United States when they try to access better birth control, specifically the IUD. But it’s not just in America. I have a friend who went to a By Lainey • Sep 09, 2016 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gabrielle Union stands up On Friday, the LA Times released an op-ed written by Gabrielle Union. Its headline: 'Birth of a Nation' actress Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly. When I first saw this headline, I literally gasped out loud. What follows the headline is a stirring, emotional By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2016 11:35 am
Equality Issues Nate Parker apologizes We aren’t done talking about Nate Parker. In an exclusive in-depth interview with Ebony released over the weekend, Parker addressed, as Ebony calls it, the “growing firestorm surrounding his 1999 rape allegation.” Nate Parker spoke with senior editor Britni Danielle for 25 minutes about consent, toxic masculinity and male By Kathleen • Aug 31, 2016 09:23 am
Top Reads Beyoncé spent the money Where do you start? Where do you start?!? It was always a given that Beyoncé, with 11 nominations, would be attending the VMAs. They only confirmed that she would be performing the day before as the LA Times reported that “secret rehearsals” were taking place. And then everyone was calling By Lainey • Aug 29, 2016 11:01 am
Equality Issues Amy Schumer, Again It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Amy Schumer. Just as her first book, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, was being released, a writer on Inside Amy Schumer, Kurt Metzger, went off on social media about rape survivors and rape culture. Schumer, as Metzger’s high-profile By Sarah • Aug 26, 2016 01:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sarah Paulson is the 8th? Deadline reported yesterday that Sarah Paulson is in early talks to join the cast of Oceans 8. They’ve confirmed 7 so far. Production is scheduled to begin in October. Most of Sarah’s acclaimed work the last few years has been on television. But she was f-cking devastating in By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 10:38 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 24, 2016 Dear Gossips, On the latest Sasha Answers podcast, posted yesterday, we heard from “Lost Teenager” who is about to become a sophomore in high school. She liked a boy who liked her back, and this surprised her because he’s cool and popular and everyone likes him and she didn’ By Lainey • Aug 24, 2016 10:00 am
