Equality Issues On Michael K. Williams’ Enduring Legacy This week the entertainment world lost a great talent with the sudden death of Michael K. Williams. He was a mainstay on HBO over the years, appearing in critically acclaimed projects like Boardwalk Empire, Bessie, The Night Of, and Lovecraft Country, for which he earned his fifth Emmy nomination and By Cody • Sep 08, 2021 02:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu hit a grand slam…and a back flip Despite the ongoing pandemic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posted a record-breaking opening weekend of $90 million for the four-day frame in the US. Even in normal times, this would be a Labor Day box office record, so it’s HUGE that Shang-Chi By Sarah • Sep 07, 2021 11:25 am
TV Updates Reservation Dogs: An Indigenous Hang-out Sitcom I have dithered over this review for a while, partly because I am just plain enjoying Reservation Dogs, and sometimes when you enjoy something you don’t want to commodify it. But also partly because with each new episode I fall further down the rabbit hole of struggling to express By Sarah • Aug 31, 2021 12:43 pm
Business of Hollywood Celebrities and the D&G Comeback As mentioned in the previous Bennifer post, JLo wasn’t the only celebrity in Venice this weekend for the Dolce & Gabbana show. A gallery of the high-profile guest list is attached including Anna Wintour, Helen Mirren, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana, Bebe Rexha, and more. So the comeback of By Lainey • Aug 30, 2021 12:14 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé at Tiffany’s for the Ruby Jubilee It was just announced a couple of weeks ago, when her Harper’s Bazaar cover story was released, that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are partnering with Tiffany & Co for their new campaign and overall new brand strategy after being acquired by LVMH and now under the stewardship of Alexandre By Lainey • Aug 23, 2021 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu on Late Night If you’re headlining a new Marvel movie, kicking off what will hopefully be a new superhero franchise, the “product of all who came before you”, well of course you’re going to be on American late night television. It’s a tradition. Last night Simu Liu made his first By Lainey • Aug 20, 2021 11:22 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 19, 2021 Dear Gossips, Today we are happy for Kathleen Newman-Bremang, teen Kathleen and current Kathleen. Because a dream came true for both of them – and in fulfilling her dream, she gave us the gift of her interview with Joshua Jackson, aka Pacey Witter, a forever fictional love, not just for By Lainey • Aug 19, 2021 09:29 am
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, 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 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 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 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 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
