Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Music “WAP” is #1 Cody predicted it last week, folks. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this tops the charts next week.” https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1295360531323289603?s=20 "WAP" is now a certified anthem, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s not surprising either. Like Cody said, By Prem • Aug 18, 2020 11:10 am
Music “WAP” is #1 Cody predicted it last week, folks. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this tops the charts next week.” https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1295360531323289603?s=20 "WAP" is now a certified anthem, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s not surprising either. Like Cody said, By Prem • Aug 18, 2020 11:10 am
Music “WAP” is #1 Cody predicted it last week, folks. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this tops the charts next week.” https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1295360531323289603?s=20 "WAP" is now a certified anthem, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s not surprising either. Like Cody said, By Prem • Aug 18, 2020 11:10 am
Music Dolly Parton knows Black Lives Matter At 74 years old, Dolly Parton is still be one of the most progressive voices in country music. Covering Billboard’s Country Power Players issue, the music icon sits down (via Skype) for a brilliant profile about her media empire and legacy, and at one point the conversation turns to By Cody • Aug 14, 2020 12:23 pm
TV Updates Keke Palmer: Recreating The View for Millennials? Yesterday Keke Palmer put out a call on Twitter that was quickly met with thousands of responses: “If I were to create a millennial “The View”, who would you want to be my co-hosts?” Now, I don’t want to brag (I kind of do) but I may have predicted By Cody • Aug 11, 2020 02:28 pm
Music Intro for August 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, How many times did you listen to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” this weekend or watch the video? It’s been celebrated, it’s been memed, it’s got Christina Aguilera feeling like this: #WAP got me feelin some type of way 💦 pic.twitter.com/ By Lainey • Aug 10, 2020 09:19 am
Equality Issues Ryan Reynolds: bringing people on Lainey has already written about Ryan Reynolds this week, and the preamble in that piece is the same as this one – Ryan Reynolds is great at being Ryan Reynolds, and in committing to his self-imposed agenda of trying to do what he can to balance systemic inequalities, to acknowledge mistakes By Duana • Aug 07, 2020 02:25 pm
TV Updates What's Going on at Bon Appetit? I’ve been a fan of the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen for a while now. Like a lot of people, I first discovered the show by watching Claire try to recreate fast food snacks using gourmet techniques. I was hooked, but soon, the personalities of the onscreen talent became the By Prem • Aug 07, 2020 11:42 am
Equality Issues “Just Get Rid of It”: Hollywood’s Accent Problem “I hate mushrooms,” says Alessandro Miro. “Put that in the article,” jokes Andrea Stefancikova. The three of us are all sitting outside in the patio of an Italian restaurant on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive. It’s about seven o’clock on a warm summer day last June, just early enough By Prem • Aug 06, 2020 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nia DaCosta’s Captain Marvel Here’s some good news, reports state that Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming Candyman, will be directing Captain Marvel 2. This is a GREAT GET for Marvel. DaCosta fits into Marvel’s trend of hiring directors with a knack for characters, like Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who directed By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 02:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 2020, the year women ruled film 2020 was set up to be a major year for women in film, with everything from high-profile blockbusters to award bait indies directed by women set to dominate the conversation all year. The original 2020 slate for blockbusters began in February, with Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey. Other superhero By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 10:40 am
TV Updates Netflix acquires Moesha, Girlfriends, Sister Sister, and other Black-led 90s sitcoms This week the internet was delighted by the announcement that Netflix has acquired the rights to several 90s-era Black sitcoms including Sister, Sister, Girlfriends, Moesha and several others, which will drop throughout September. I share in the internet’s delight for many reasons. I consumed these shows rabidly when I By Duana • Jul 31, 2020 04:27 pm
Music The value in Black is King By now you know Beyoncé dropped her stunning visual album BLACK IS KING overnight to the delight of Beyoncé fans around the world. It’s a stunning piece of film, in a way that surpasses her previous two visual albums, but I think Beyoncé knows the real value in this By Cody • Jul 31, 2020 02:01 pm
Equality Issues Black and Latinx Emmy Inclusion (and lack thereof) This week the Emmy nominations were released and there was a lot of Black talent recognized. Regina King is going for a possible 4th win in 6 years. Zendaya scored her first nomination. Insecure’s Yvonne Orji got some long overdue love. And Yahya Abdul-Mateen II scooped up his first By Cody • Jul 31, 2020 11:59 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince William: The Podcast Prince Ahead of the FA Cup Final this weekend in England, Prince William showed up on BBC Radio Live Five’s That Peter Crouch Podcast to talk about football and mental health. William is the President of the Football Association and this year’s event has been renamed the Heads Up By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 11:12 am
