Top Reads Lessons From Megan Thee Stallion’s IG Live Yesterday, Megan Thee Stallion made a big return to social media, telling her heartbreaking story on Instagram live. In the emotional update Meg fought back tears as she assured fans she’s well on the road to recovery after being targeted in a shooting and then having surgery to remove By Cody • Jul 28, 2020 10:41 am
Equality Issues Variety's Black Men In Hollywood Roundtable This week Variety assembled a group of Black actors to discuss the current state of Hollywood and what the path forward looks like as BIPOC are emboldened to call out the bullsh-t in workplaces across North America. Jay Pharoah (Bad Hair), Derek Luke (13 Reasons Why), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason) By Cody • Jul 23, 2020 02:47 pm
TV Updates Rub & Tug is revived, sans ScarJo A couple of years ago, Scarlett Johansson waded (again) into the waters of appropriation, intending to star in the movie Rub & Tug in the role of a trans man, Tex Gill, who ran a massage parlor empire in Pennsylvania in the 1970s (Tex Gill’s life sounds so cinematic) By Sarah • Jul 22, 2020 10:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Old Guard challenges superhero movies to do better Remember when Avengers: Endgame came out (just one year ago!) and co-director Joe Russo was talking up the movie’s big gay moment (BGM) in which he cameos as a grieving widower who reveals, in Steve Rogers’s group therapy, that he went on a date with another man. The By Sarah • Jul 17, 2020 11:46 am
Top Reads Cardi B and the “C” word Earlier this week, Cardi B made headlines because she used the c-word on social media. It’s the word some would use to describe a dent in the armour: “chink”. Per Page Six: “Cardi B is in hot water for using an Asian slur while describing her sister Hennessy Carolina’ By Lainey • Jul 15, 2020 01:14 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina and Pax go out for dinner We haven’t seen too much of Angelina Jolie during the last few months because of lockdown but we have heard from her. She’s made donations, she’s written essays, she’s been on video chat with select media outlets continuing her humanitarian work. As we know, Angelina travels By Lainey • Jul 15, 2020 10:29 am
Top Reads Nick Cannon and anti-Semitism This one’s for the people who think PC and cancel culture only go one way. Late Tuesday, ViacomCBS cut ties with Nick Cannon after he made anti-Semitic statements on his podcast while interviewing Professor Griff, the former member of Public Enemy, who was kicked out of the rap group By Cody • Jul 15, 2020 10:06 am
Royals Meghan Markle, Girl Up The Girl Up Leadership Summit kicked off yesterday with Michelle Obama and the event continues online today and tomorrow. Girl Up is a “movement to advance girls’ skills, rights, and opportunities to be leaders". Summit attendees are between 13 and 22. Click here to learn more about the summit By Lainey • Jul 14, 2020 02:33 pm
TV Updates Michaela Coel deserves the full Phoebe* Like Cody, I had to work up to Michaela Coel’s new show, I May Destroy You. I loved her previous, two-series run of Chewing Gum, but I had seen a plot description of I May Destroy You and knew about the sexual assault plotline—based on Coel’s experience— By Sarah • Jul 14, 2020 10:38 am
Douchebags 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and the misogyny in rap Last weekend, a clip began to circulate of 50 Cent on Lil Wayne’s radio show where he was ranting about Black women’s reaction to him dating “exotic women”, which kicked off a stream of consciousness that is very difficult to follow. Here’s some of what he said: By Melayna • Jul 10, 2020 10:39 am
Douchebags Lady Antebellum sues Lady A A few weeks ago, as protests were happening around the world in support of Black Lives Matter after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many more, Lady Antebellum announced that it was changing its band name to Lady A because they no longer wanted to By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 01:41 pm
Top Reads Thandie Newton: A career shaped by pain When we analyze an actor’s career, we often look at what common threads can be found among the projects they’ve been a part of and what does it say about that artist. This week we learned that the common thread of Thandie Newton’s career is pain. E. By Cody • Jul 09, 2020 12:43 pm
Equality Issues Reframing Cancel Culture (This is the latest installment in our Long Read series. For previous entries, please visit the Long Reads archive.) Yesterday morning, Harper’s Magazine published a letter written and signed by 50 public figures including J.K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, Gloria Steinem, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and so many more. By Prem • Jul 09, 2020 11:20 am
Sports Intro for July 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, July 8, 2020, marked the tenth anniversary of The Decision, when LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The NBA’s best player was “exercising his right to free agency”. In the decade since then, LeBron has won multiple titles, By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 10:14 am
Royals Prince Harry on the colonial past Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the President and Vice President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. “The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust is a growing network of young changemakers across the Commonwealth. A platform where smart ideas and insights are shared, to show that change can be brought about by By Lainey • Jul 07, 2020 10:33 am
Equality Issues Lil Nas X marks one year since coming out Remember last June, Lil Nas X was in the middle of a 19 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his mega-smash “Old Town Road,” and on the very last day of Pride month he came out in a tweet? It was a cultural reset. By Cody • Jul 02, 2020 01:53 pm
