Equality Issues The somehow still outrageous Golden Globe nominations, film If ever there was a year for the Golden Globes to be really bold and fresh, it is now, after a bizarre year in film in 2020. However, the nominations are, as per usual, outrageous and a little outraging, just as they are on television side with some deserving inclusions By Sarah • Feb 03, 2021 11:50 am
TV Updates The Golden Globes TV Nominations Are Embarrassing Look, the most generous-to-neutral observation that I can make about these nominations is that there are an awful lot of nominees whose names start with C. The category for Best Actress in a Drama includes Colman, Comer, and Corrin. You know who it doesn’t have? Coel. Yeah, I know By Duana • Feb 03, 2021 11:09 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 1, 2021 Dear Gossips, When Shamier Anderson and Stephan James announced the launch of The Black Academy back in December, they shared that the initiative was about recognising and celebrating Black talent in arts and culture in Canada, and about measuring success on your own terms, reframing the benchmark of success in By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 08:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Riz and Steven: On Metal, Minari, Acting, and Codeswitching We’re less than a week away from the Golden Globe Awards now and I’m slowly making my way through most of the contenders. The one film that’s gaining momentum that I’ve yet to see – and I’m hoping to get a screener soon – is Lee Isaac By Lainey • Jan 28, 2021 01:16 pm
Star Wars The Return of Toxic Fandom and #IStandWithKrystina Over the weekend you may have noticed a hashtag trending, #IStandWithKrystina, and wondered, “Is this some Star Wars sh-t?” The answer is yes, it is some Star Wars sh-t as the most infamous toxic fandom in the land reared its ugly head once again, this time coming for actor, table-top By Sarah • Jan 26, 2021 10:26 am
Equality Issues Angelina Goes Back to Target Another week, another trip to Target – last week Angelina was shopping at Target with Zahara, this week she’s back at the store but with Knox. Which I would imagine is not unusual if you’re a parent, having to pick up supplies for either school or play or whatever, By Lainey • Jan 25, 2021 12:46 pm
Equality Issues JoJo Siwa Comes Out I don’t know much about JoJo Siwa apart from the fact that she used to be on Dance Moms and now she’s a wildly popular YouTube star with a very young demo. Besides her 12 million subscribers on YouTube, she’s got another 31 million followers on TikTok By Cody • Jan 25, 2021 09:41 am
Equality Issues Let’s Boogie Many people the last few days have been talking about the trauma they’ve been carrying for the last four years and recognising it in the relief of Joe Biden’s inauguration. That relief may be temporary, because of course there is so much work to be done, so many By Lainey • Jan 22, 2021 11:27 am
Equality Issues Still Hurts Like Hell but… Miss You Like Hell I can’t seem to land on the right word to describe how I feel after Joe Biden’s inauguration. I know it’s not …happiness, necessarily. To say I was not excited that he became the Democratic nominee would be an understatement. His declaration that, “This is not who By Violeta • Jan 21, 2021 10:39 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, One Night in Miami, directed by Regina King, premiered on Amazon this weekend. The film imagines conversations based on true events. On the night he defeated Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion of the world, Cassius Clay did indeed spend the night at the Hampton House Motel By Lainey • Jan 18, 2021 09:01 am
Equality Issues Daniel Dae Kim: First Lead National Geographic announced yesterday that they’ve cast their two leads for the next series of its top-rated anthology, The Hot Zone. The Hot Zone: Anthrax is about the bioterror attacks that happened across the United States in the weeks following 9/11. The first series, The Hot Zone, starring By Lainey • Jan 14, 2021 03:25 pm
Top Reads The One About Chris Rock on Your Fave 90s Sitcoms Jerry, Elaine, Kramer… and Chris? During an appearance on The Late Show this week, Chris Rock confirmed the recent rumour he was in consideration to play Jerry’s best friend, George Costanza, on Seinfeld. Can you imagine? And why wasn’t this the first topic discussed when Chris was on By Cody • Jan 14, 2021 10:06 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for January 13, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced yesterday that Satchel and Jackson Lee are the 2021 Golden Globe Awards Ambassadors. Their father is Spike Lee. It is the first time that two siblings of colour have been named the show’s ambassadors and in their roles, they will also By Lainey • Jan 13, 2021 08:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Lucy-Desi casting curse Back in 2015, which was both five years ago and a hundred years ago, we learned that Aaron Sorkin was writing a biopic of Lucille Ball which would star Cate Blanchett. Now Sorkin is finally realizing the project, though it will no longer star Blanchett. Titled Being the Ricardos, the By Sarah • Jan 12, 2021 11:30 am
TV Updates Sex and the City: And I couldn’t help but wonder…why? I was on my couch Sunday afternoon re-watching Bob’s Burgers, when I felt my phone vibrate with a notification. Due to the dumpster fire that is the United States, I was hoping that it would be about something inconsequential. And The Hollywood Reporter delivered: I had read a couple By Violeta • Jan 11, 2021 01:01 pm
Equality Issues Mr. President-Elect and Dr. Biden Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t ever remember a U.S. president-elect “calling in” to Dick Clark’s (now Ryan Seacrest’s) New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, so it was kind of a trip to see Ryan do a mini-interview with the Bidens. The interview was awkward due By Violeta • Jan 04, 2021 12:54 pm
