TV Updates Selena Gomez is remaking Sixteen Candles for Gen Z It has happened, people who grew up in the Eighties. Enough time has passed that the Youths are reimagining the cultural objects of YOUR youth. Selena Gomez, along with playwright Tanya Saracho and writer/producer Gabriela Revilla Lugo, is reimagining the John Hughes coming of age classic Sixteen Candles as By Sarah • Mar 16, 2022 10:18 am
Equality Issues Amber Ruffin rips into Marvel and Disney Over the weekend, a clip from last week’s The Amber Ruffin show made the rounds online from a segment she calls “How Did We Get Here?”. In it, she details an appearance by Matoaka, or Matoax, better known as Pocahontas, in an issue of King Conan from February (written By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 02:48 pm
Style Emma Watson is “here for ALL the witches” It was about a year ago that the Daily Mail reported that Emma Watson was retiring from acting. It was a big story at the time and then it wasn’t because it turns out that it wasn’t true. Not really all that surprising considering the source. Emma presented By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 01:27 pm
Equality Issues Intro for March 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, Halle Berry received the SeeHer Award last night at the Critics Choice Awards. During her acceptance speech, she talked about starring in and directing Bruised, and asking someone she knew about what he thought of the film afterwards, honestly. He told her that he felt uncomfortable “seeing a By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 08:57 am
Equality Issues Ariana DeBose: A Leading Lady …who dances and sings Ariana DeBose was just profiled in Vanity Fair for their Oscar package. She is, of course, nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Anita in West Side Story and currently the presumed frontrunner. Articles like this will reach Oscar voters, it’s all part of campaign By Lainey • Mar 10, 2022 01:13 pm
Top Reads Everything gets worse for Disney Over the last 24 hours, everything has gotten worse for Disney and its now-embattled CEO, Bob II. Following his mealy, both-sides memo addressed to Disney employees about the company’s stance re: Florida’s “don’t say gay” law, he is now facing backlash on multiple fronts. Let’s start By Sarah • Mar 10, 2022 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 10, 2022 Dear Gossips, Oscar winner Domee Shi’s new film, Turning Red, about a Chinese Canadian girl going through puberty is based in Toronto. So the premiere, fittingly, was in Toronto on Tuesday night. Domee was there along with cast members Sandra Oh, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Rosalie Chiang. Domee won the By Lainey • Mar 10, 2022 09:32 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 9, 2022 Dear Gossips, I’ve had “everything is awful” set to the tune of “Everything Is Awesome” stuck in my head for days, and all the anti-LGBTQIA legislation going on in the US right now isn’t helping. For a split second there, it felt like we were making some strides By Sarah • Mar 09, 2022 09:11 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 4, 2022 Dear Gossips, Ahead of International Women’s Day next week, TIME has released its Women of the Year 2022 package featuring 12 “extraordinary leaders [who] are working toward a more equal world”. Among them is Zahra Joya, who started a news agency, Rukshana Media, in Afghanistan less than two years By Lainey • Mar 04, 2022 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose: The surprising and historic supporting actors Easily the biggest “wow” moments of the SAG Awards came from CODA’s two surprise wins, both historic. Troy Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win an individual acting award (for Best Supporting Actor), and he became a two-time winner as part of the predominately deaf cast for Best By Sarah • Feb 28, 2022 11:07 am
Top Reads Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the NAACP Image Awards As mentioned last week, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended their first major American award show this weekend when they received the President’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. Easily embeddable video of their full acceptance speech has been tricky to find but here’s video of By Lainey • Feb 28, 2022 09:47 am
Business of Hollywood Aziz Ansari, moving on and moving up Four years after having a #MeToo scandal of his own, Aziz Ansari is doing just fine. He has continued touring as a top-selling stand-up comedian, and he has a new stand-up special on Netflix, Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian, his second post-scandal, plus he dropped a new season of Master of By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 11:54 am
Equality Issues Yalitza Aparicio, at last It has been four years since Yalitza Aparicio made her acting debut in Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-winning film, Roma. But despite being a Best Actress nominee in 2019, Aparicio has not appeared in a feature film or television series since. She hasn’t been completely idle, having appeared in a By Sarah • Feb 18, 2022 01:12 pm
TV Updates Kevin Costner’s Indigenous documentary Kevin Costner is riding high on the success of Yellowstone, one of the most popular shows on television with Game of Thrones-level ratings, when everyone thought those numbers would be impossible to reach post-Thrones. So, what is Costner doing with his new hot streak? Is he subjecting us to more By Sarah • Feb 11, 2022 12:53 pm
Top Reads Angelina speaks emotionally for VAWA It was announced yesterday in Washington, DC that a deal had been reached to reauthorise the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) after a bipartisan team of lawmakers and activists worked together for years to modernise the landmark legislation. Angelina Jolie, who has been a part of that effort, was invited By Lainey • Feb 10, 2022 09:57 am
Top Reads Bennifer’s First 2022 Red Carpet I’d been wondering about it for weeks – would Ben Affleck show up on the Marry Me red carpet with Jennifer Lopez the way she showed up for him on The Last Duel and The Tender Bar red carpets? The answer is yes. He didn’t just show up, they By Lainey • Feb 09, 2022 11:10 am
