Music Rihanna: reluctant “role model” In the previous post, Kathleen mentioned the Black Girls Rock event that aired last night. Rihanna was presented with the Rock Star Award. During her acceptance speech, she made a sassy comment about how “You know, role model is not the… title they like to give me, you know”. And, By Lainey • Apr 06, 2016 11:06 am
Amazingness Who’s laughing now Back in 2012, I wrote about Elizabeth Banks’s website praising it for its design and content, and also for what it isn’t: a way to brand her family or sell perfume. Since then her website has grown and added more features (like pinned content), but all of the By Maria • Apr 05, 2016 01:11 pm
Books Cameron for Longevity Cameron Diaz’s new book, The Longevity Book, was released today. Hey, you know what? So was Duana’s first book, The Name Therapist. Cam’s in New York today for promotion. I’ve attached below her interview with Good Morning America. They had her with a live audience, taking By Lainey • Apr 05, 2016 12:22 pm
TV Updates Gina’s rising star and #MovementMondays Gina Rodriguez is set to receive the CinemaCon Female Star of Tomorrow Award in Vegas next month . It’s a recognition that Shailene Woodley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Britt Robertson have all held. This year, CinemaCon decided to break out of their pretty, white blondes streak and reward By Kathleen • Mar 30, 2016 01:10 pm
Music Nicki in Nylon Nicki Minaj is the cover feature in the new issue of Nylon. I read the article this morning. It’s not the most insightful celebrity profile I’ve ever read, but there are some notable quotes. Nicki is promoting Barbershop: The Next Cut. She’s also been working on a By Lainey • Mar 17, 2016 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde was “too old” Olivia Wilde was on Howard Stern this week. She’s promoting Vinyl, which I haven’t started watching yet, and I should, but again – there is SO MUCH GOOD TV! Anyway, she starts talking about working with Martin Scorsese (he’s producing Vinyl) and reveals that she auditioned for Wolf By Lainey • Mar 16, 2016 04:12 pm
Relationship Assumption Miley Cyrus, “housewife” How do you know you’re a narcissist? When you think everything is about you. When Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth got back together, I was hot for about 5 minutes. Then they started selling it to me like a piece a of sh-t on the lid of a trash By Lainey • Mar 08, 2016 11:04 am
Harry Potter Intro for March 8, 2016 Dear Gossips, I can’t wait until tonight. JK Rowling’s giving us a bedtime story tonight. By the time you read this, it will be past 2pm GMT and the first installment of the History of Magic in North America – basically a study guide ahead of the November release By Lainey • Mar 08, 2016 09:27 am
Style Thandie Newton #SayHerName It’s a badass outfit without the message. But the message… Here’s Thandie Newton at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood event yesterday in a message tee that reads off the top: Black women are killed by police too And then a list of names. At the bottom: Can By Lainey • Feb 26, 2016 12:46 pm
Business of Hollywood Mindy Kaling: artist and activist Ahead of the Oscars, the New York Times has just published a piece called What It’s Really Like To Work In Hollywood (if you’re not a straight white man) featuring commentary from 27 industry players sharing their experiences in their own words. Queen Latifah is there. Julia Roberts By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 01:48 pm
Equality Issues Danai & Lupita make history After a successful run off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed began previews on Broadway at the Golden Theatre last night. It’s the first time in Broadway history that the cast, director, and writer are all women. Eclipsed is the third play that Danai has written in By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 08:58 am
Business of Hollywood Rooney Mara is wishy-washy on whitewashing It is not my preference to go after actors in the ongoing #OscarsSoWhite and the Hollywood diversity crisis. (Want to be depressed? Read this super sad and regressive study of diversity within industry ranks from the studio C-suites on down.) But actors are usually the most visible people connecting a By Sarah • Feb 23, 2016 01:12 pm
Music Taylor Swift on the First Monday In May It’s a little early to be talking about the MET Gala but we haven’t yet mentioned this year’s theme or the celebrity co-chairs. Joining Anna Wintour this year for the event will be Nicolas Ghesquiere, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, Idris Elba, Jonathan Ive, and, yes, Taylor Swift. By Lainey • Feb 23, 2016 10:13 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 15, 2016 Dear Gossips, Sports Illustrated announced this weekend that for the first time in the history of the Swimsuit Edition, there are three different covers featuring three different women: Ronda Rousey, Ashley Graham, and Hailey Clauson. This was revealed at some kind of live event, where all three women were brought By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 06:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar nominees talk about the importance of their nominations Award season roundtables are all the rage now, and Vulture is getting in on the action with a roundtable discussion featuring eight Oscar nominees, including Alicia Vikander, Bryan Cranston, and screenwriting nominees Phyllis Nagy (Carol) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton). During the discussion, the importance of nominations came up, By Sarah • Feb 10, 2016 10:00 am
Music Beyonce’s Formation Everything that needed to be said has already been said – on Twitter, in the New York Times, and Sarah Silverman: Think about that. Releasing a brand new song just hours before performing live on that stage, the most watched televised event of the year, and it’s already familiar. And By Lainey • Feb 08, 2016 11:01 am
