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
Equality Issues Intro for December 22, 2020 Dear Gossips, Joyce Echaquan is the Atikamekw woman who died in a hospital in Quebec after live-streaming hospital staff verbally abusing her with racial slurs and generally not taking her condition seriously. Her death exposed once again the inequalities in all Canadian institutions, from education to community infrastructure to healthcare By Lainey • Dec 22, 2020 09:48 am
Equality Issues Intro for December 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, A few years ago at the London Film Festival, Meryl Streep had something to say about film critics – specifically how male film critics largely outnumber female film critics and the effect that disparity has on how films are received, both commercially and culturally. She was talking about how By Lainey • Dec 18, 2020 09:03 am
Gorgessity Vogue’s Changing Values? A year ago, 26 editors of Vogue’s international editors came together to launch the Vogue Values program, affirming their commitment to being more socially responsible, presenting people of all backgrounds in their publications, and having a stronger voice on current affairs and global issues. With that announcement, American Vogue By Cody • Dec 16, 2020 10:43 am
Equality Issues Intro for December 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, Jodie Turner-Smith was pictured for the first time this week in costume as Anne Boleyn for a new Channel 5 series in the UK. The show will focus on the final months of Anne Boleyn’s life before her execution as she fights for survival and the future By Lainey • Dec 16, 2020 09:01 am
Equality Issues Cardi B accepts Billboard’s Woman of the Year Award Billboard doesn’t always get it right when it comes to Woman of the Year, in my opinion. Giving it to Selena Gomez in 2017, Madonna in 2016, and Katy Perry in 2012 were a few of their serious misses. Those were not marquee years for those artists, and although By Cody • Dec 11, 2020 12:31 pm
Business of Hollywood Patty Jenkins gets a Star War Among all the news coming out of the Disney investor day, one big hit is that Patty Jenkins will be directing a Star Wars spin-off titled Rogue Squadron for Lucasfilm, making her the first woman to head up a Star Wars film. She shot an introduction video for it, explaining By Sarah • Dec 11, 2020 09:45 am
TV Updates The Best Part of Selena: The Series Happened on Our Phones It was the conversation. In getting ready to watch and review Selena: The Series, I tried to stay away from other reviews and social media posts that would affect my take on the show. I didn’t want to be influenced. Hell, I didn’t even re-watch the Selena movie By Violeta • Dec 10, 2020 04:01 pm
Equality Issues Hawkeye brings Echo, a deaf Native superhero, to the MCU As we previously discussed, the real reason to care about the Hawkeye-centric Disney+ series is not because of Jeremy Renner, but because of Kate Bishop. Now we have another reason to mildly anticipate Hawkeye, and it’s still not because of Jeremy Renner, but because of actress Alaqua Cox, a By Sarah • Dec 04, 2020 01:47 pm
Equality Issues Intro for December 4, 2020 Dear Gossips, For a few years now at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, the B.L.A.C.K. Ball has been one of the most anticipated events on the schedule. B.L.A.C.K. stands for “Building a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 08:52 am
Equality Issues Say Hello to Elliot Page As you may have seen on your social media feeds, Elliot Page came out as trans. In a statement posted on social media yesterday morning, Elliot (who goes by the pronouns he/him and they/them) wrote: pic.twitter.com/kwti60bZLw — Elliot Page (@TheElliotPage) December 1, 2020 Obviously, this is By Prem • Dec 02, 2020 09:41 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Sarah wrote that Mangrove, the first film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, is “vital viewing”. Sarah’s review of each installment will be posted each week. Lovers Rock is the second film and that piece is coming Monday. After that it’ll be By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 08:52 am
