Equality Issues It’s Always the Quiet Ones The most curious article came across my desk this morning. It wasn’t an immediate slam dunk though, because it’s an article in response to an article in response to an article… a bit of unpicking. Leighton Meester is currently starring in Of Mice and Men on Broadway as By Duana • Jul 16, 2014 12:24 pm
TV Updates A female Thor, but not for the movies I don’t want to discount the importance of Marvel choosing to reimagine Thor as a woman for a new comic book run. It’s important that kids—any kid—looks at the characters we deem heroic and see themselves reflected back, and Marvel Comics has been diligent about diversifying By Sarah • Jul 16, 2014 11:35 am
TV Updates And Now It’s A Whole Thing With Jean Last night (former) SNL castmember Brooks Wheelan tweeted this funny and self-deprecating annoucement: Had a blast and loved every second of it. I'm totally honored to be able to make this next joke... FIRED FROM NEW YORK IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!— Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan) July 14, 2014 By Duana • Jul 15, 2014 11:59 am
Douchebags Mila Kunis’s worst interview A couple of weeks ago, Mila Kunis talked to MARIE CLAIRE about how Ashton Kutcher would not be looking at her “shredded” vag when she gives birth to their baby. Well now I can totally see her private/public line and I completely understand what she will and won’t By Lainey • Jun 25, 2014 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Women are not invited to the franchise table On Friday news broke that writer/director Rian Johnson, who previously made the most excellent Looper and Brick, would be writing and directing Star Wars Episode VIII and writing the treatment for Episode IX. He won’t actually direct IX — he probably won’t even write the final script—but By Sarah • Jun 24, 2014 10:51 am
TV Updates Intro for June 20, 2014 Dear Gossips, Today is the deadline for the members of the Television Academy to complete their ballots for the Emmy nominations which will be announced on July 10. This weekend also marks the end of the second season of Orphan Black. And last night Tatiana Maslany was named Best Actress By Lainey • Jun 20, 2014 09:33 am
TV Updates True Detectives? Ellen Page and Kate Mara went for a walk together in New York yesterday. Love the hang of Ellen’s jeans. Love Kate’s slip-on animal print kicks. Love that they’re close. Did David Fincher bring them together? Will they be working together? There were some rumours after the By Lainey • Jun 18, 2014 11:33 am
Royals Brange and a Royal Brange was back at the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict today in London. She wore peplum. He wore boots. And looked very trim in his suit. He was there to support the Jolie as she delivered the closing remarks for the event. You can read her speech By Lainey • Jun 13, 2014 09:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Mother & Pope Kerry Washington made her first public appearance since having a baby yesterday at the Crystal + Lucy Awards in LA yesterday with Shonda Rhimes, the mother of Olivia Pope. I wrote about Shonda earlier this week. About her wonderful commencement speech at Dartmouth. About her approach to the Work and her By Lainey • Jun 12, 2014 02:28 pm
BFFs Angelina & Stella Here’s Angelina Jolie on the second day of the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict. As you know, the summit started yesterday. And you know who showed up to support? No. Not a member of the royal family. Well, maybe rock royalty. Stella McCartney. She posted this By Lainey • Jun 11, 2014 10:09 am
Top Reads Movie Star Citizen Of The World The Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict kicked off today in London, hosted by Angelina Jolie and William Hague. Delegates representing over 140 countries are expected to attend and find ways to implement actionable solutions to prevent further atrocities. “Every year, 150 million girls and women are raped By Lainey • Jun 10, 2014 10:45 am
Equality Issues Emma Watson graduates Emma Watson graduated from Brown University this weekend. Here she is at the commencement ceremony yesterday in Rhode Island. I love that this is still… monumental. That having a degree – in her case English literature – is still a big deal. She may have been the only graduate with her own By Lainey • May 26, 2014 10:45 am
Judgy Moms Gwyneth Cozies Up to Mommies Mother’s Day is this weekend and as we scramble for last-minute reservations and stress out about the slim pickings in the drugstore greeting card aisle, Gwyneth, via GOOP is all about Ending the Mommy Wars. She starts off her newsletter with her usual personal note and mentions how a By Maria • May 09, 2014 10:09 am
Media Manipulation Rihanna in pink, off Instagram There’s been a lot of talk this week about Rihanna’s Instagram account. First they shut her down. Then they turned her back on. Now the account is gone again. And it appears she’s the one who pulled it. The issue is nudity. And censorship. She’s done By Lainey • May 08, 2014 11:38 am
Bad Style Shailene Woodley: the MET non-feminist Okay, so ostensibly we’re going to look at Shailene’s dress. Utterly ridiculous of course but, as we spend all our time here on the blog discussing, when you’re 22 is exactly when it’s time for utterly ridiculous. You want to be able to look back and By Duana • May 06, 2014 11:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Cameron Diaz: on aging, Botox, and children Cameron Diaz’s The Other Woman opens on Friday. I would see it this weekend if I wasn’t travelling. And while the reviews aren’t amazing, they’re actually a lot better than Johnny Depp’s Transcendence. So… Cam’s been giving a lot of candid interviews in support By Lainey • Apr 22, 2014 02:53 pm
