TV Updates Iman Vellani is an instant star in Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel is a series with split personality, at least for the first two episodes premiering this Wednesday on Disney+. On one hand, it is shameless nostalgia on behalf of Marvel Studios, celebrating their own decade-plus of films in the MCU, and there is no denying that there's By Sarah • Jun 07, 2022 02:19 pm
Top Reads Like Johnny, Like Brad? And we were juuuuust talking about DARVO in Melayna’s previous post today about the Johnny Depp Amber Heard verdict. Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender – it worked in court for Johnny Depp and now another lawsuit featuring two superstars is making headlines as, somehow, Brad Pitt’s accusations against By Lainey • Jun 07, 2022 10:52 am
Top Reads Amber Heard's legal defeat is an enormous loss for victims Last week, Johnny Depp won his defamation civil lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. It was a highly publicized and publicly consumed trial that played out live for weeks on the internet, resulting in a verdict that legal experts called strange and unexpected. “She’s begging for total global humiliation. By Melayna • Jun 07, 2022 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 31, 2022 Dear Gossips, Today marks the end of Asian Heritage Month in Canada and AAPI Heritage Month in the United States. BTS will be meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House this afternoon. And at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend, Song Kang-ho was named Best Actor for By Lainey • May 31, 2022 09:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Billy Eichner’s Bros Rom-coms are in full blown revival mode, but unlike the rom-com trends of the past, queer people—and/or queer-coded people—are no longer relegated to the sidelines. The gay rom-com is here, from Fire Island, Joel Kim Booster's contemporary queer take on Pride & Prejudice, starring Booster By Sarah • May 19, 2022 01:53 pm
TV Updates Intro for May 19, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s Thursday, which means that I’ve gone almost a whole week without talking about Heartstopper, so let’s fix that. If you haven’t watched it yet, you’re missing out on the sweetest television show to premiere this year. Heartstopper was released on Netflix exactly By Lainey • May 19, 2022 09:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Riley Keough made a Native movie and got a fancy explainer about it Riley Keough is making her directorial debut at Cannes, with a film she co-directed with her business partner, Gina Gammell. They’re premiering War Pony in the Un Certain Regard section of the film festival, a film they made about young men growing up on the Pine Ridge reservation in By Sarah • May 18, 2022 03:12 pm
Maple Leaf Simu Liu: acting, singing, hosting, dancing, writing I’m travelling this week so I wasn’t able to watch Simu Liu host the Juno Awards from Toronto on Sunday. I have however watched online clips of his opening monologue and one part where he sings. Let’s start with the monologue which starts with a sketch before By Lainey • May 17, 2022 01:10 pm
Equality Issues Jesse Williams: Nominated and Viral I don’t know about your feed but mine has been blowing up over Jesse Williams the last 12 hours or so. The reason – nude photos and video of him have leaked from his performance on Broadway in Take Me Out in which he plays a baseball player who is By Lainey • May 10, 2022 01:16 pm
Equality Issues Kendrick Lamar: “The Heart Part 5” On May 13th, Kendrick Lamar will release his first full-length studio album in five years, Mr Morale & The Big Steppers. Kendrick’s last album, DAMN., came out April 2017 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music so, needless to say, anticipation for what we’re about to hear By Lainey • May 09, 2022 11:06 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 4, 2022 Dear Gossips, Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal were at the Met Gala together on Monday night. It was their red carpet debut. There are rumours that they’re engaged after she supposedly referred to him as her “fiancé” at Coachella. The Met Gala was also a Normal People reunion and By Lainey • May 04, 2022 09:58 am
Equality Issues Why Megan Thee Stallion Has to Keep Defending Herself Megan Thee Stallion’s interview with Gayle King aired yesterday on CBS. While the interview began with Megan outlining her childhood dreams of being a rapper and close relationship with her parents, the focus and bulk of it was focused on the 2020 shooting incident between her and Canadian rapper, By Melayna • Apr 26, 2022 12:36 pm
Equality Issues The Final Slap After moving up their meeting regarding Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars which feels like 14 years ago, the Academy leadership (“leadership”) has taken the step of banning Smith, who has already resigned his membership from the Academy, from the Oscars and all Academy events for By Sarah • Apr 11, 2022 09:37 am
Maple Leaf Intro for April 11, 2022 Dear Gossips, Canadian Screen Week concluded last night – it was a week-long celebration of Canadian film and television, and a showcase for the range of storytellers creating and working in Canada. Scarborough was named Best Motion Picture, with directors Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson also winning in their category, and By Lainey • Apr 11, 2022 09:01 am
Top Reads Jared Leto’s Artistic Disability If I seem sensitive about this story, it’s because I am. My ma has a physical disability. Since 2010/11 she’s been living with a rare disorder called POEMS which is tricky to diagnose. Since it took so long for them to figure out what was wrong, they By Lainey • Apr 05, 2022 11:22 am
Equality Issues Our Flag Means Death is a shot across the bow of queerbaiting Spoilers Our Flag Means Death is a Kiwi-quirky romp through pirate history, full of deliberate anachronisms and a mellower, more melancholic tone than one might expect of a “silly pirate show”. But it is also a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a show that starts as one thing, and becomes By Sarah • Apr 01, 2022 01:29 pm
