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
Equality Issues BTS and Anti-Asian Racism Over the last few weeks, there has been a louder – not loud enough, in my opinion – but at least louder conversation about anti-Asian racism and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. This is in part due to Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu raising awareness about the attack on a By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 01:47 pm
Top Reads Zendaya Corrects A Question Zendaya caught the attention of Queer Twitter yesterday with a brief but impactful moment from her Proust Questionnaire video for Vanity Fair. The questionnaire was started as a parlour game by the French writer, Marcel Proust, and now it's how Vanity Fair works to “reveal the nature of By Cody • Feb 24, 2021 01:11 pm
Equality Issues Will Tiger Put Us To The Test? There are so many benefits to diversity. One benefit is that when we’re hearing from a wider and more representative range of people, we begin to process situations through different perspectives. Which is why over the last few years, many of us have been interrogating our own lenses, revisiting By Lainey • Feb 24, 2021 10:31 am
Business of Hollywood Controversy Before the Golden Globes We are now five days away from the Golden Globes, second to only the Oscars in terms of awards show profile although the Globes remain way far back of several other awards in terms of prestige. If you’re visiting this site, probably you know about the reputation of the By Lainey • Feb 23, 2021 02:51 pm
TV Updates The Bachelor Hometowns I was really hoping to see some love stories form in last night’s episode. The drama within the show this season has been overpowering any true love stories, so I figured a good ol’ hometown episode would bring those moments we’ve been missing for so long to light. By Anastasia • Feb 23, 2021 10:13 am
Equality Issues The Power Of Bachelor Nation Unionization Bachelor Nation has been going through a lot, even though a lot of people are under the assumption that ignorance in the franchise is a new problem after reports of Rachael Kirckonnell’s racist actions came up. Yeah, no. This mess has BEEN around. Before getting into the why the By Anastasia • Feb 17, 2021 02:23 pm
Douchebags Oprah Gets the Meghan Treatment Since Monday, when CBS announced that it will air the 90 minute Oprah Winfrey in conversation with Meghan Markle special on March 7, there’s been a lot of angst about it over in the UK. The tabloids, as usual, are accusing Prince Harry and Meghan of hypocrisy; they’re By Lainey • Feb 17, 2021 11:16 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, Last week on The Social, we talked about a news story about the “massive drop in cancer screenings” due to the pandemic. Unfortunately it’s not because people have less cancer, it’s that they’re not going for regular checkups. Since then I’ve been thinking about By Lainey • Feb 17, 2021 09:19 am
Douchebags The Bachelor Franchise Is In Crisis (We are so pleased to welcome Anastasia, the newest writer to join the team. Anastasia is a journalism student and a member of Bachelor Nation. She can be reached on Twitter @annieanokyee and on Instagram @annie.anokye. and by email at anastasia@laineygossip.com.) Anyone who is a huge Bachelor By Anastasia • Feb 16, 2021 11:56 am
TV Updates BRIDGERTON FOUND ITS KATE Today in Very Important Bridgerton News, the woman who is too good for Anthony Bridgerton has been cast. Sex Education’s Simone Ashley will star as Kate Sharma in season two. Kate! Is here! And she will NOT be taking ANY of Anthony’s bullsh-t, of which there is a By Sarah • Feb 16, 2021 09:29 am
Top Reads Charisma Carpenter Outlines On-Set Abuse By Joss Whedon Charisma Carpenter is a great name. In the late 1990s, in what was then called stuff akin to ‘the teen TV boom’, there were many sudden household names, generally the stars of the show or movie (with a subset of three named stars like Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Leigh Cook, By Duana • Feb 11, 2021 03:38 pm
