Style Vogue brings back SJP At the end of my post about Lady Gaga’s British Vogue cover story last week, I wondered who would cover American Vogue, if it wasn’t Gaga, who is American, in the December issue. Would it be someone major? We found out yesterday – it’s Sarah Jessica Parker: This By Lainey • Nov 09, 2021 12:38 pm
Top Reads Cecily Strong’s Abortion Clown In this edition of Cecily Strong is amazing and underrated, her “Clown Abortion” segment on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. Blah, blah, blah there are some people who go on Twitter or Reddit or whatever every week to bitch the same basic bitch bitch: SNL isn’t funny anymore By Lainey • Nov 08, 2021 09:47 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 3, 2021 Dear Gossips, Following the breakout success of Framing Britney Spears, The New York Times Presents is debuting a new documentary on FX/Hulu on November 19 called Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson. We’ve seen a spate of documentaries focused on famous women of the aughts, from Britney By Sarah • Nov 03, 2021 08:58 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, How are we at the second last month of the year? Already?! Since it’s that time of year, the annual best and “…of the year” lists are now coming out. WSJ. Magazine has released its Innovators issue last week and hosted a celebration, with several of their By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Riz Ahmed, Cover Star Riz Ahmed had a huge 2020 with Sound of Metal, which earned him his first Oscar nomination—the first time a Muslim actor was nominated for Best Actor—and he’s back in 2021 for another potentially huge year. Thanks to pandemic delays, he has two movies doing the fall By Sarah • Oct 21, 2021 02:08 pm
Top Reads Billy Porter’s Problem with Harry Styles Billy Porter’s gender-bending looks have made him a red carpet fashion icon. That’s not up for debate. I guess what is up for debate is whether he deserved to be on the cover of Vogue showing off his gender-fluid fashion choices instead of Harry Styles, who became the By Cody • Oct 20, 2021 12:49 pm
TV Updates The Bachelorette...Again Last night was the season premiere of Michelle Young’s run as the Bachelorette, and as much as I love the franchise, I am EXHAUSTED. Bachelor nation going from Katie’s season directly into BIP with no break in between to having only a 2 week break before watching Michelle’ By Anastasia • Oct 20, 2021 12:11 pm
Equality Issues Intro for October 19, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Hollywood premiere of Marvel’s Eternals was last night – one of the biggest premieres we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic – and we’ll have coverage of that throughout the morning but let’s kick it off with Kumail Nanjiani who got an assist from By Lainey • Oct 19, 2021 09:38 am
Top Reads Netflix in the Battle of The Closer Warning: This article mentions transphobia and references transphobic comments. Just over a week ago, Sarah wrote about Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix Comedy Special, The Closer. Spoiler alert, it’s awful. I powered through ⅔ of it for this article, and I wanted to throw up the entire time. I ended By Prem • Oct 18, 2021 01:20 pm
Douchebags Dave Chappelle’s new special is unwatchable I have long been a fan of Dave Chappelle, but I could not make it even fifteen minutes into his new standup special, The Closer, his sixth and final special as part of his gargantuan Netflix deal. He’s always had his blind spots, but when he’s on, he’ By Sarah • Oct 08, 2021 10:22 am
TV Updates Squid Game: The Tonight Show and the Subtitle Debate Squid Game is the biggest show in the world, a surprise hit for Netflix, and an even bigger win for the South Korean entertainment system. For many, this is their introduction to the storytelling and production value happening in SK which is just as sophisticated as what they’re doing By Lainey • Oct 07, 2021 03:36 pm
Gorgessity Gemma Chan: The First Eternal at Fashion Week We are now just a month out from the release of Marvel’s Eternals, expected to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, a full year after its original intended release date. And with that extra year, we can now say that the movie is directed by the By Lainey • Oct 06, 2021 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey’s Black Girl Magic Disney World’s 50th Anniversary event took place on Friday, and it brought us a HEAVENLY performance by our next Ariel, Halle Bailey. Watching this performance made the little Black girl in me glow like she never got to when she was younger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXctZ7RRpWA By Anastasia • Oct 04, 2021 12:48 pm
BFFs Amy and Jennifer March for Women’s Rights “Simply put: we are witnessing the most dire threat to abortion access in our lifetime” – the Women’s March website. Given what happened in Texas recently, this is not an exaggeration. And it’s why tens of thousands of people protested at over 600 demonstrations across the United States this By Lainey • Oct 04, 2021 09:29 am
Equality Issues Intro for September 30, 2021 Dear Gossips, Today in Canada we are observing the first National Truth and Reconciliation Day, a new federal statutory holiday that was fast-tracked through Parliament in June after the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation confirmed the discovery of the remains of over 200 children at a former residential By Lainey • Sep 30, 2021 09:00 am
TV Updates A New Bachelor Host Is In Town Bachelor Nation has finally been given a permanent host. Former NFL quarterback, Jesse Palmer, will now be the face of the nation, and I don’t think it’s a face that accurately depicts the franchise’s promise for change. If I’m being honest, the NFL quarterback part doesn’ By Anastasia • Sep 29, 2021 10:20 am
