Movie Reviews and Previews Black women and Nate Parker Yesterday, The Atlantic posted an article called, “Why the Debate Over Nate Parker Is So Complex.” outlining how, for black women especially, the conversation surrounding Nate Parker’s rape allegations and the future of The Birth of a Nation is really f-cking complicated. As a black woman, I will say By Kathleen • Aug 22, 2016 09:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman is here for female directors Last night, Natalie told Charlie Rose that before she started directing A Tale of Love and Darkness, “[she] wasn’t used to expressing [her] opinion in a clear way” or “expressing what [she] wanted.” She credits Transparent’s Jill Soloway with capturing what makes it so challenging for female directors By Joanna • Aug 16, 2016 02:40 pm
Equality Issues Kerry Washington won’t be your token The last time we talked about Kerry Washington on a magazine cover, it was because they f-cked up her face, yet again. This time, for InStyle’s September issue, it actually looks like Kerry Washington on the cover of a magazine so instead of obsessing over her skin tone or By Kathleen • Aug 10, 2016 10:33 am
Top Reads The celebrity dick-off Nine months after the world met Justin Bieber’s dick, we were introduced to Orlando Bloom’s last week. Thank you paparazzi. Let’s come back to the paps in a minute. For now, it’s the celebrity dick-off. And since Orly and JB have history, JB decided to respond By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 03:21 pm
Sports Intro for August 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, Two fashion magazines were making headlines yesterday about feminism. Let’s start with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of Marie Claire. Last year SJP told Cosmopolitan that she prefers to call herself a “humanist” and not a feminist. This time, in Marie Claire, she declares that: " By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 09:43 am
Equality Issues Jennifer Aniston talks to the youth Jennifer Aniston was in Italy this weekend to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Giffoni Film Festival which is Europe’s largest film festival for children. Youth from all over Europe were invited to participate in a Q&A session with her on Saturday. One of the first By Lainey • Jul 25, 2016 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 25, 2016 Dear Gossips, I’m not finished talking about Ghostbusters yet. My friend Lorella and her husband took their two sons, 12 and 8, to the movies this weekend. It was between The Secret Life Of Pets and Ghostbusters. When it was time for Lorella to vote, she told her kids By Lainey • Jul 25, 2016 06:59 am
Douchebags The Old Boys’ Club is dying In November of 2014, comedian Hannibal Buress told a joke during a set, calling out the decades of rape allegations made against Bill Cosby. At the time, though a lot of people were glad to see the wheels of justice finally turning in favor of the victims, many lamented that By Sarah • Jul 22, 2016 10:59 am
Douchebags No Gossip Christmas for Leslie Jones While most of us on social media were opening the gossip gift that Kanye West’s wife dropped on us yesterday, it was not Gossip Christmas for Leslie Jones. For Leslie Jones, it was actually hell. Here’s an actor who’s enjoying the best year of her career, with By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 08:14 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, Sarah saw Ghostbusters last night. Her review will be posted later this morning. Coincidentally when she was texting me her immediate impressions, I happened to be reading an article over at Salon about critical response to the movie. Female critics are rating Ghostbusters higher than their male counterparts. By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 10:00 am
Equality Issues Margot Robbie: the “throwback” girl next door There is so much nonsense in this Vanity Fair cover story about Margot Robbie, so much derisive, condescending, misogynistic language that it is easy to pinpoint where it goes wrong. It goes wrong from the first sentence: “America is so far gone, we have to go to Australia to find By Maria • Jul 06, 2016 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bridget Jones’s Face It’s been a relatively slow long weekend on social media, which was bad news for Owen Gleiberman, author of the ridiculously misogynistic Variety article about Renee Zellweger's face in the new Bridget Jones trailer. I really thought about whether or not using that word was hyperbole, but By Duana • Jul 04, 2016 02:52 pm
Equality Issues Leslie Jones and the “sample size” Yesterday I posted about Leslie Jones and how she tweeted that no designers were willing to style her for the Ghostbusters premiere, only one of the most anticipated movies of the year, if not the most anticipated movie of the year. Booth Moore for The Hollywood Reporter reached out to By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 11:30 am
Equality Issues Channing Tatum recognises Channing Tatum was in Cannes this week because he’s launching his own vodka label, Born and Bred. During a Facebook interview with Cosmpolitan, he was asked about sex and how he and his wife, Jenna Dewan, keep it fresh. What’s more interesting is what he had to say By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 01:06 pm
TV Updates To Be Awkward, Insecure and Black If you don't know Issa Rae's name, you should. If you don't know her name, you probably will this fall when Issa's first TV show Insecure debuts on HBO. For fans of actress, writer and my imaginary BFF Issa Rae, the show By Kathleen • Jun 24, 2016 11:19 am
Break Ups Amber & Johnny: pre-hearing update Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are due in court on Friday for a restraining order hearing. Late last week it was reported that Laura Wasser, Johnny’s lawyer, wanted to depose Amber and her witness ahead of the court date. Amber’s team said they were out of town for By Lainey • Jun 14, 2016 02:34 pm
