Movie Reviews and Previews In The Heights Colourism and Rita Moreno’s Foot-in-Mouth Defence (Lainey: please note, this is the first of two back-to-back posts about In The Heights and the colourism conversation that’s been happening about representation in the film. Cody will start and Violeta’s perspective will follow.) The highly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical, In The By Cody • Jun 17, 2021 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew and Alexandra flirt for Boom The first trailer for tick, tick…Boom! came out last week – read Duana’s post about it here – and despite the fact that the film is scheduled for release later this year (how is half the year over already?!), it looks like Lin-Manuel Miranda (who is directing) and the cast By Lainey • Jun 16, 2021 01:14 pm
TV Updates The Bachelor Franchise Does Not Need Chris Harrison Last night was the premiere of the new season of The Bachelorette, and one thing that it proved was that the franchise does not need Chris Harrison. This morning’s news about Chris leaving the franchise for good is an effective move the show needed to take in order to By Anastasia • Jun 08, 2021 12:29 pm
Equality Issues Ellie Kemper, cotillions, and romanticizing the antebellum South Last week, the internet lit up when a tweet about Ellie Kemper, alum of The Office, Bridesmaids, and best known as Kimmy Schmidt, told everyone about the time she was crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet Ball, held by the Veiled Prophet Organization, in St. By Sarah • Jun 08, 2021 11:00 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 7, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Juno Awards are considered the top music prizes in Canada, last night was the 50th anniversary. The top headline here in Canada, however, is still the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation’s discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school By Lainey • Jun 07, 2021 09:41 am
Top Reads Simu Liu’s Big Day There was a lot of Simu Liu in the headlines yesterday. Here’s how it started – with a Facebook post, ahead of the release of season five of Kim’s Convenience on Netflix, which of course as we all know now is the show’s final season, and not because By Lainey • Jun 03, 2021 10:52 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Emma Roberts: New Mom, Back at Work Here’s Emma Roberts arriving in Boston this week likely to begin work on About Fate, reuniting her with Tiffany Paulsen who wrote Holidate, the holiday rom-com that came out last year on Netflix. I never saw it, but the thing about holiday rom-coms and Netflix is that you can By Lainey • Jun 01, 2021 12:45 pm
Equality Issues Lil Nas X’s wardrobe malfunction Lil Nas X was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend on the season finale hosted by Anya Taylor-Joy. The big headline coming out of his performance was how he split his pants when he dropped it low on the pole. My big takeaway was how adorable he By Lainey • May 25, 2021 10:51 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 25, 2021 Dear Gossips, A year ago today, George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. His daughter, Gianna, has been without her father for a year – because of racism, one individual’s racism shaped by institutional racism. Derek Chauvin has been convicted for killing George Floyd but as By Lainey • May 25, 2021 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews High School Musical Sweethearts Lifetime has given us an early holiday gift by announcing a movie starring Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman. If you aren’t familiar with the pair, they were the actors who played probably one of the most influential couples of my generation: Chad and Taylor from the High School Musical By Anastasia • May 21, 2021 02:18 pm
Equality Issues BTS in Pole Position Motor racing is one of the things on my mind this weekend because it’s the Monaco Grand Prix, the jewel of the F1 circuit, arguably the most prestigious race in the world. And while I have never paid much attention to this event, Drive to Survive changed all that By Lainey • May 21, 2021 01:07 pm
Equality Issues Intro for May 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, Bela, Eloise, Lucia, and Mila are known as The Linda Lindas, and yesterday they went viral. If you’ve already seen this video, you know what a fist-pumper it is. And if you haven’t, well, this is the perfect start to the weekend, which happens to be By Lainey • May 21, 2021 09:31 am
TV Updates Billy Porter Shares HIV-Positive Status Billy Porter has opened up about a secret he’s been keeping from almost everyone in his life for the last 14 years. In 2007, he was diagnosed HIV-positive. He’s telling his story for the first time to The Hollywood Reporter because he wants everyone to know, “This is By Cody • May 20, 2021 10:04 am
Style Issa Rae: How to Dress While Building an Empire Issa Rae rarely turns a bad look. She’s styled for the June issue of Vanity Fair by Shiona Turini, the costume designer on Insecure, Issa’s HBO show in which she appears equality well dressed — all the time. I’m not crazy about the belt she’s wearing on By Cody • May 19, 2021 03:09 pm
TV Updates Get to know Anne Boleyn with Jodie Turner-Smith On Friday, Jodie Turner-Smith dropped a teaser for Anne Boleyn on her Instagram. The lighting continues to be bad, but besides that, the teaser shows us brief hits of Anne Boleyn as the world starts to close in around her, with no sons delivered to Henry VIII and a venomous By Sarah • May 17, 2021 12:54 pm
Equality Issues Intro for May 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, The MTV Movie and TV Awards happened last night. And the winner for Best Movie… To All The Boys: Always and Forever. This is important. This is a movie about an Asian American young woman starring an Asian American young woman, which sounds redundant because why wouldn’t By Lainey • May 17, 2021 08:52 am
