Douchebags The Talk Unravels in Real Time We are seeing talk show The Talk unravel in real time. It might not be a bad thing; I think it’s good for talk TV in general and good for the public to see what happens when white fragility is accepted, centered, and in this case, upheld. Of course, By Melayna • Mar 16, 2021 11:15 am
Equality Issues The Bachelor Failed its First Black Bachelor Leading up to the Bachelor finale, it was quite obvious that Rachael Kirkconnell would win, but the official results and the aftermath were still up in the air until last night. The episode shows that in its current form, the franchise wasn’t ready for their first Black Bachelor, and By Anastasia • Mar 16, 2021 10:28 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 16, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Oscar nominations yesterday revealed that the Academy still gets hard over movies like Mank (auteur, black and white, Old Hollywood) and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (film critic Rad Simonpillai told me yesterday on etalk that there could be a comparison here between Brokeback Mountain and By Lainey • Mar 16, 2021 09:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chloe Zhao makes history Infuriating snubs aside, there are some feel-good stories among this year’s Oscars nominees, and Chloe Zhao’s historic year is one of them. Zhao and Emerald Fennell mark the first time two women have been nominated at the same time for Best Director, and Zhao is the first woman By Sarah • Mar 15, 2021 02:09 pm
Equality Issues Grammys: DaBaby & Boomers Perform I think the Grammy’s best performance of the night came as a surprise early in the evening, thanks to DaBaby. “Rockstar” ft Roddy Ricch spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 last year and went into this year’s Grammys with three nominations. The song’ By Cody • Mar 15, 2021 12:37 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé Blessed the Building….and Left Like I said in the open today, I thought the Grammys were well-produced and I appreciate that they put in the effort to make good TV. But like I also said in the open, that was a long ass show. And while I can happily binge eight hours of a By Lainey • Mar 15, 2021 11:49 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 11, 2021 Dear Gossips, At this point I don’t think you can overstate the impact that the Television Event of the Year is having – on the British royal family and the overall culture. And I’m not just talking about the fact that this was a monoculture moment at a time By Lainey • Mar 11, 2021 09:19 am
TV Updates The Bachelor Continues to Stereotype This week was the long-awaited fantasy suite episode, and I was really interested to see how Matt’s relationships with the last three women were going to pan out. And then the show made a disappointing move. It started with Bri, Michelle, and Rachael talking about how excited they were By Anastasia • Mar 09, 2021 10:22 am
Royals Harry, Meghan, and Royal Racism Going into the broadcast, most of us were expecting a certain kind of tea, right? Maybe some sh-t about Prince William and his relationship with Harry, and yes, by extension Kate would come up too. She did come up. But as I mentioned, she came up EARLY. And I think By Lainey • Mar 08, 2021 10:26 am
Gorgessity Outfit of the Week: Kelly Marie Tran Disney’s Raya and The Last Dragon is now available to stream on Disney+. Read Sarah’s review of the film here – spoiler alert: it’s GOOD. I loved it. I loved the story, I love the actors, I laughed, I cried more than I expected to, and it looks By Lainey • Mar 05, 2021 10:24 am
Top Reads Kelly Marie Tran showed up for herself On the eve of Raya and the Last Dragon hitting theaters/Disney+, star Kelly Marie Tran covers The Hollywood Reporter, discussing her period away from the spotlight after racist and misogynistic bullying drove her off social media in the wake of The Last Jedi, and her return as Disney’s By Sarah • Mar 04, 2021 12:37 pm
TV Updates The Bachelor Storm Continues Just when I thought Bachelor Nation couldn’t get any crazier, it did. Before we get into “Women Tell All”, here’s a little catchup on all things Bachelor Nation... Shortly after my article about Rachael Kirkconnell’s video statement went up on Friday, I noticed some tweets saying former By Anastasia • Mar 02, 2021 10:31 am
Equality Issues Chloe Zhao in the Lead Chloe Zhao made history last night at the Golden Globes. She’s now only the second woman to win Best Director after Barbra Streisand did it in 1983 – which means it’s been, do the math, 38 years between women – and the first woman of Asian descent to be given By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 09:39 am
Golden Globes 2021 Chadwick Boseman’s Golden Globe Last night, Chadwick Boseman took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, the fourth Black actor to do so in the award’s history. Of course, there is endless significance to this win. We are still dealing with the magnitude of his loss; it came By Melayna • Mar 01, 2021 07:42 am
Golden Globes 2021 The Golden Globes About the Golden Globes This is how Golden Globes weekend usually works – party after party leading up to the event, and excitement about who will show up and who they’ll be sitting with, or not sitting with, and what the red carpet will look like, and basically all kinds of distractions and hype. By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 05:51 am
TV Updates Rachael Speaks Out After weeks of racist controversies swarming this year’s season of The Bachelor (and many Instagram statements) Rachael Kirkconnell has finally spoken up— in front of a camera... I was pretty surprised to see her do this as we get closer and closer to the finale. Before clicking on the By Anastasia • Feb 26, 2021 02:41 pm
