Equality Issues Shannon Sharpe’s belated message Former player and now broadcaster Shannon Sharpe got a bit deeper than just football on Fox NFL Sunday. During the broadcast, he revealed that back in 2016, he privately experienced a prostate cancer diagnosis, sharing the news that currently, he is cancer-free. In 2016, @ShannonSharpe privately battled prostate cancer. Today By Stephanie • Sep 19, 2022 12:17 pm
Gorgessity The Wades Bring Big Love Energy to TIFF If you want to talk about pride and basking in a celebratory moment at TIFF, look no further than Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, who brought a magnetic, and contagious, confident energy to the world premiere of The Inspection at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night. Dwyane and Gabrielle - By Joanna • Sep 09, 2022 12:34 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Most Candid Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence has been famous for about eleven years now, super famous for ten, which is when The Hunger Games came out in 2012 and made her a mega-star. We’re six months away from the ten year anniversary of her winning the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in By Lainey • Sep 07, 2022 10:15 am
Gorgessity Willow Smith's hair strength Willow Smith covers Glamour’s September issue. And the profile includes everything from seeing her mom navigate the metal scene with her former band, Wicked Wisdom, to how she stays true to herself. The interview was so thought-provoking and inspiring that while reading it, I forgot that Willow is just By Stephanie • Sep 06, 2022 01:30 pm
Top Reads Lizzo stays winning Washed-up comedian Aries Spears must be enjoying all the spotlight he received over the weekend after making disparaging comments about superstar Lizzo. Last night, Lizzo, nominated for four VMAs including Artist of the Year, shook the red carpet of the VMAs in a dark blue Jean Paul Gaultier dress that By Stephanie • Aug 29, 2022 12:13 pm
Equality Issues The Academy apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather Forty-nine years after she declined Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Oscar in 1973, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued a formal apology to Sacheen Littlefeather for her treatment during and after her speech, in which she spoke against negative stereotyping and representation of American Indians in By Sarah • Aug 19, 2022 03:24 pm
Equality Issues Tevin Campbell comes out This week, during a podcast with People, R&B singer Tevin Campbell confirmed what many people long suspected, that he identifies as a gay man. Suspicions began ages ago, dating back to the beginning of his career, when he was 12. For years, he remained tight-lipped about his sexuality, By Stephanie • Aug 19, 2022 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The time of their lives: Dirty Dancing at 35 Want to experience the crushing passage of time? Dirty Dancing was released thirty-five years ago, on August 21, 1987. It remains one of the most enduringly popular films of the 1980s, a foundational text in the contemporary romantic drama canon. But it’s also an artifact of 1980s nostalgia, as By Sarah • Aug 19, 2022 12:02 pm
Media Manipulation Himpathy for Brad Pitt Over the last few days, since Puck News reported an update on the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed anonymously by Jane Doe (aka Angelina Jolie) against the FBI, I’ve been wondering how the mainstream media and major entertainment outlets would handle the situation. Both Angelina and Brad Pitt By Lainey • Aug 18, 2022 11:53 am
Business of Hollywood Slightly less-worse Chris It is a truth universally acknowledged that Chris Pratt is the worst Hollywood Chris. Most recently entered into evidence was his Instagram story about how The Terminal List, his thoroughly joyless and mediocre Amazon Prime military-porn series, “defied woke critics’ scathing reviews” to become a hit. https://twitter.com/TheKavernacle/ By Sarah • Aug 16, 2022 12:38 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and the FBI Back in April, Politico reported (via TMZ) that a woman referred to as Jane Doe filed a Freedom of Information Act suit against the FBI to hand over documents related to a domestic violence investigation that happened when she and her children were travelling on a private plane in 2016. By Lainey • Aug 16, 2022 10:47 am
Dumbass Intro for August 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, an interview with Sean Bean was published in The Times that has sparked a debate about intimacy coordinators across the entertainment industry. Well, more specifically, it has sparked a bunch of actresses to speak out on why they like having intimacy coordinators on set. According By Sarah • Aug 12, 2022 09:03 am
Equality Issues Tyra Banks can't forget When it comes to Tyra Banks, Black Twitter never forgets. Because at least every other month, someone shares a throwback clip of some of the transgressions committed on America’s Next Top Model. Quick recap: The show, written by Ken Mok and executive produced and hosted by Tyra, aired from By Stephanie • Aug 09, 2022 03:03 pm
Jock Smut Lewis Hamilton: F1’s Top Gun This will likely be the headline – or maybe it’s already a headline as more and more people read the piece; Lewis Hamilton covers the new issue of Vanity Fair and reveals that he was almost in Top Gun: Maverick, the number one movie of 2022. Lewis tells writer Chris By Lainey • Aug 08, 2022 10:28 am
Jock Smut Brittney Griner's devastating sentence Yesterday, in a Russian courtroom, WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to 9 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, a shocking and devastating piece of the months-long saga of her detainment. Griner was arrested in February, and in March grainy images from the Sheremetyevo International Airport showed Brittney in By Melayna • Aug 05, 2022 12:55 pm
Music Kelis: Pharrell is not immune Earlier this week Beyoncé announced that she has pulled the sample of Kelis’ legendary anthem “Milkshake” from the end of her “Energy” track off her most recent studio album RENAISSANCE. According to Rolling Stone, Tidal and Apple have appeared to have “removed an interpolation of “Milkshake” that appeared at the By Melayna • Aug 04, 2022 12:22 pm
