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 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 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 By Lainey • Jul 12, 2021 09:02 am
Top Reads Simu Liu: Shang-Chi and Good Will Hunting When I saw that Simu Liu was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly this morning, I felt as emotional as I did when Constance Wu and Henry Golding were on the cover for Crazy Rich Asians. As a pop culture junkie, I’ve been reading EW for a long time. By Lainey • Jul 07, 2021 11:49 am
Style Sandra and Nora go shopping We’re taking a break from the couples updates to spotlight a couple of a different kind. Sandra Oh and Awkwafina aren’t romantically involved but this might be the couple I’m most excited about today. Sandra and Awkwafina! Together in London! It was announced last year that Sandra By Lainey • Jul 05, 2021 11:19 am
Equality Issues Rachel Lindsay Speaks Out Rachel Lindsay’s first person story, “Rachel Lindsay Has No Roses Left to Burn,” (as told to Allison P. Davis) in New York Magazine details the racism, toxicity, and hateful experiences she went through during her time in the Bachelor Franchise. To those who aren’t familiar, Rachel was the By Anastasia • Jun 23, 2021 12:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie’s post-trip dinner and essay Angelina Jolie stepped out for dinner the other night in LA with two of her children, Pax and Zahara. The last time I posted about her she was in New York for her birthday with all of her kids and was seen at Jonny Lee Miller’s. Since then, there By Lainey • Jun 23, 2021 11:35 am
Equality Issues In The Heights: The Conversation Continues As Cody just wrote, In The Heights has been criticized (and rightfully so) for its casting of light-skinned actors to portray the leads in a show about Washington Heights. He mentioned Felice León’s interview with Jon M. Chu and the cast for The Root and it’s worth By Violeta • Jun 17, 2021 02:04 pm
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 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 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
