Movie Reviews and Previews David Fincher worships at the altar of Mank and Welles David Fincher’s latest film is for Netflix, as is becoming the way for top-tier directors who can’t get the funding they want from traditional studios. Titled Mank, it is a biopic of Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter who co-wrote Citizen Kane, among other things (including an uncredited draft of By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 03:03 pm
Top Reads Rihanna’s “Unintentional” Intention Rihanna was a major trending topic on Twitter on Sunday after the release of her Savage X Fenty Vol 2 fashion show on Prime Video. As you may have seen, people were really excited about the collection. So the fact that she was trending was not necessarily a surprise – she By Lainey • Oct 06, 2020 01:11 pm
TV Updates Megan Thee Stallion’s SNL Moment When it comes to musical guests on Saturday Night Live, the first performance is the most important. If I’m actually watching the show live, sometimes I’ve fallen asleep before the second performance even rolls around. So when Megan Thee Stallion had all eyes on her during her first By Cody • Oct 05, 2020 09:19 am
Equality Issues Intro for October 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, No matter where you look today, there will be one headline to rule them all. His downplaying of COVID-19, his refusal to take it seriously, to protect people, and his administration’s piss poor handling of the pandemic has caused chaos. Now his positive diagnosis will also cause By Lainey • Oct 02, 2020 09:11 am
Equality Issues Intro for October 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, On Saturday Joyce Echaquan, a mother of seven, went the hospital Joliette, Quebec because she was having stomach pains. She died there two days later, but not before she went live on Facebook to document how she was being neglected and abused by hospital staff. Joyce, an Indigenous By Lainey • Oct 01, 2020 09:48 am
TV Updates Dream Duo: Michaela Coel & Donald Glover Looking across the current TV landscape, Michaela Coel and Donald Glover are two of the most prolific and exciting showrunners working right now. Donald is the Emmy, Golden Globe, and Grammy-winning multi-hyphenate who rocked the TV world with Atlanta in 2016. Four years later, we’re eagerly awaiting Seasons 3 By Cody • Sep 30, 2020 09:37 am
Quiveration BTS’s Happy Harvest Moon As mentioned in yesterday’s open and over the years on this site, it’s a holiday week for those of us of East Asian descent. On Thursday October 1 it’s Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese culture. The Japanese call it Tsukimi. For Chinese people it’s our Mid-Autumn By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 02:31 pm
Dumbass Eddie Redmayne sticks his foot in Eddie Redmayne is promoting The Trial of the Chicago 7, the upcoming Aaron Sorkin film and one of Netflix’s starriest Oscar hopefuls for the year. In the film, Redmayne portrays activist Tom Hayden, one of the defendants in the trial, and to promote the film, he gave an interview By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 10:14 am
Music Lizzo covers Vogue “Fresh photos with the bomb lighting…” Lizzo covers the October 2020 issue of Vogue for a thoughtful discussion about her career, her success and her struggles, and her activism. For me the highlights here are what she says about the broad appeal of her music and the community she’s By Lainey • Sep 25, 2020 10:28 am
Music Rolling Stone’s “New” 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List Rolling Stone has updated their somewhat iconic, but forever debated, list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The editors say they threw the whole thing out the window and started from scratch, but that’s a little hard to believe when you compare the new ranking to the By Cody • Sep 23, 2020 10:42 am
Style Lil Nas X’s Fashion Collab This time last year Lil Nas X was riding high off “Old Town Road.” He’d just attended his first ever MTV Video Music Awards with eight nominations, rocking a glimmering silver sequin suit by Christian Cowan. The Prince-inspired look featured a cropped jacket, matching silver cowboy boots, and a By Cody • Sep 18, 2020 12:26 pm
Music BLACKPINK covers ELLE BLACKPINK in your area! And on the cover! It’s not like BLACKPINK and/or its individual members, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé haven’t covered a magazine before. But this is a major American magazine cover. And it’s not like American magazines are the end all and be By Lainey • Sep 17, 2020 02:12 pm
Music Carrie and Thomas share Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett were named co-winners of the Entertainer of the Year award at the ACMs last night. It’s the biggest prize of the event and, sure, on the one hand sharing is good. Carrie is now the only female artist to win Entertainer of the Year By Lainey • Sep 17, 2020 09:40 am
Music Intro for September 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, Mickey Guyton became the first Black woman to perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards last night. Ahead of the event, she told PEOPLE that: "Let me tell you, it has been a long time coming for me. It's been a struggle for me By Lainey • Sep 17, 2020 09:00 am
Music Intro for September 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, The “Twitter From Home” trend report was released yesterday with the platform sharing data on what people have been tweeting about in the United States the last six months during lockdown. Here is the list of the top 10 most tweeted about artists from March to September of By Lainey • Sep 16, 2020 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Berry gets a deal As expected when she was photographed in LA a few weeks ago, Halle Berry was the Variety cover story last week ahead of TIFF and the premiere of her directorial debut Bruised. The piece is a profile of Halle’s ambition as a director and her passion for the film, By Lainey • Sep 14, 2020 11:19 am
