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
TV Updates Queen Jodie (in the dark) As we learned last year, Jodie Turner-Smith is playing Anne Boleyn in a new prestige drama series about the doomed queen’s downfall. We’ve seen her on set in the headpieces, but now we have our first official still of JTS as Anne and, well, it’s not great. By Sarah • Feb 11, 2021 11:53 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, Just three more sleeps until Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox, beginning on Friday, February 12. My ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, will have some thoughts to share in the coming days. They won’t be as extensive as they were in years past, but By Lainey • Feb 09, 2021 08:58 am
Music TJ Osborne Comes Out Every November, apart from last year, Jacek and I go on holiday to the same resort in the Dominican Republic to celebrate our wedding anniversary. And we always watch the Country Music Association Awards. Or I watch, and he’s on the laptop streaming a soccer game. One year ago By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 11:38 am
Douchebags Everything is FINE with Adam Driver Yesterday, we went over a story from a Portuguese actress named Lidia Franco about alleged “bad behavior” from Adam Driver on the set of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in 2017. Franco was around 73 at the time. Franco alleged that Driver “assaulted” her with a chair. The interview By Sarah • Feb 04, 2021 09:34 am
Award Season Campaigning Golden Globes: Three women more than before One bright spot in the Golden Globes film nominations is that for the first time, THREE women have been nominated for Best Director. Regina King (One Night in Miami), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), and Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) all received directing nods. Previously, only five women have ever been nominated By Sarah • Feb 03, 2021 01:39 pm
