Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, Last week, when I posted about Gemma Chan, The First Eternal, I wrote that it was thrilling to me that the MCU’s next two movies, expected to be blockbusters, were led by two East Asian performers. While Marvel’s Eternals, premiering in November, is an ensemble, Kevin By Lainey • Aug 18, 2021 09:50 am
Equality Issues Simu Liu’s World Premiere Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has been making headlines the last few days for his Instagram post in response to Disney chief Bob Chapek’s comments about the movie being an “interesting experiment”. Sarah will cover that story later, after By Lainey • Aug 17, 2021 09:50 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Toronto International Film Festival 2021 edition kicks off three weeks from this Thursday and the lineup this year looks amazing. Everyone has their own list of which movies they’re most excited about. There are those who are jacked about the opening night film, Dear Evan Hansen. By Lainey • Aug 17, 2021 08:53 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, Last week belonged to the unshowered. This the week the showered among us are stepping forward and crusading for the shower. As I posted yesterday, Jodie Turner-Smith and Dwayne The Rock Johnson planted their flags on the shower side. And now it’s Jason Momoa who’s letting By Lainey • Aug 10, 2021 09:27 am
Equality Issues The Rock and Jodie: Celebrities and Showers Just last Friday, in What Else?, I commented on the trend in celebrity shower talk and all these famous people talking about bathing or not bathing their children and/or themselves: Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, and also Jake Gyllenhaal. They’re the anti-shower demo. By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gemma Chan: The First Eternal It has already been a Marvel-heavy year, with WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Black Widow, whatever else I’ve left off this list, and with less than six months to go before the end of 2021, there are still two major Marvel releases yet to come – and By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 10:42 am
Models Come on, Vogue The September Issue of American Vogue is the hottest cover of the year and with the Met Gala moved to September and some Covid-19 restrictions lifting (at least when these editorials were being planned weeks or months ago), this season is being positioned as a fashion comeback. Setting the photo By Maria • Aug 05, 2021 01:05 pm
Equality Issues Kris Wu and #MeToo in China There’s a huge celebrity scandal happening in the east. After several weeks of online allegations of sexual assault, superstar Kris Wu has been detained in China. He denied the accusations but he’s been dropped by sponsors and over the weekend was brought in by the police on suspicion By Lainey • Aug 04, 2021 10:20 am
Sports Lewis Hamilton speaks up for 2SLGBTQ+ rights The Hungarian Grand Prix is happening this weekend, the first race since the controversy at Silverstone and the crash between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, who are battling for the drivers championship, resulting on Max’s being taken to hospital. Max and the Red Bull team were adamant that Lewis By Lainey • Jul 29, 2021 02:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon, The Inscrutable Everyman When I was figuring out the lineup for today’s content yesterday, I was originally planning to use these new photos of Matt Damon in New York promoting Stillwater to talk about his thoughts on Bennifer. When asked at the Stillwater premiere about Bennifer 2021, Matt told Extra (via PEOPLE) By Lainey • Jul 28, 2021 10:27 am
TV Updates Top Chef Season 18: The Discomfort of My Comfort TV Like many people, much of my comfort TV revolves around food. The Great British Baking Show helped me cope with the 2016 election. The Chef Show got my kids to try (and for my son to love) oysters. And Top Chef inspired me to always travel with a food itinerary, By Violeta • Jul 20, 2021 01:13 pm
Equality Issues Tom Cruise’s Need for Speed It was a sporty weekend for the second weekend in a row for Tom Cruise. Last week he was at Wimbledon and the Euro final, this weekend he was at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix, the home for Formula 1. Which of course those of us who are now By Lainey • Jul 19, 2021 10:10 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 15, 2021 Dear Gossips, Disney and Pixar this week presented Canada a gift in the form of a trailer for a new animated feature film set in Toronto. What are the images and ideas stereotypically associated with Canada? Hockey, maple syrup, mounties, beer… That’s not what we’re seeing in this By Lainey • Jul 15, 2021 09:05 am
TV Updates Mj Rodriguez’s Emmy Nom is Already a Win With yesterday’s Emmy nominations announcement, Mj Rodriguez made history as the first out trans woman to be nominated for a major acting honour for her role as Blanca, on FX’s ballroom culture period drama Pose. It’s progress from the often-stagnant Television Academy, seven years after Laverne Cox By Cody • Jul 14, 2021 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou North American Asians have been underrepresented in pop culture, like so many other artists and creatives from non-white backgrounds, and the excuse that has often been used is that, you know, they just can’t find the talent. Which is bullsh-t. The talent is there, has always been there. In By Lainey • Jul 14, 2021 10:51 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 12, 2021 Dear Gossips, No matter who you’re rooting for, the only decent reaction (and decent is the bare minimum) to seeing a 19-year-old player miss his penalty shot, the biggest shot so far of his career, is to feel for the kid. Bukayo Saka has a promising future ahead of By Lainey • Jul 12, 2021 09:02 am
