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 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 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 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
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 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. 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 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 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
