Equality Issues Gwyneth Paltrow and the “blindspot of white privilege” As I mentioned in the Tracee Ellis Ross post earlier today, as a member of the “model minority” who has benefitted from white proximity, it’s up to me to engage in conversations about anti-Black racism and identify bias and privilege in my own community among Asians and white By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 02:57 pm
Douchebags A Blind Item Come To Life Every time I mention a cast member from Glee in Celebrity Social Media, I can’t help but point out that I think the show is cursed. Beyond all the very bad stuff that happened to various people, that show was surrounded by a weird energy field. Co-creator Ryan By Maria • Jun 02, 2020 12:40 pm
Equality Issues Tracee & Tyler A few days ago on CNN, Don Lemon called out a list of celebrities who hadn’t spoken out about the murder of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. Among them was Tracee Ellis Ross. As a non-Black person, I don’t feel like I have By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 11:56 am
Equality Issues Abel, Drake, and Showing the Receipts When we think of the expression, “show the receipts”, especially online, it often refers to gossip evidence. This week it’s taken on a different meaning. A better meaning. While some celebrities have been called out for the amount of their donations to Black Lives Matter related organisations, including bail- By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 09:49 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi because Trayvon Martin was murdered but justice was not served. Today is Blackout Tuesday, an initiative conceived by Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, two Black women in music, calling for the music industry By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 09:00 am
TV Live Blog Issa celebrates Black life On Sundays we watch Insecure, a show that celebrates Black life, Black love, and Black excellence. But if you’re Issa Rae, and Black people are on the streets protesting injustice, protesting racism, fighting for their lives, how do you promote your television show while honouring and respecting the cause? By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 01:25 pm
Equality Issues Blake Lively’s “bias, blindness”, and donation As I wrote in today’s open, in order to end racism and push for a more just and equal society, white people and non-black people of colour have to pull up. We can begin by acknowledging our mistakes and understanding that we’ve been shaped by institutionalised and By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 10:35 am
Equality Issues Beyoncé & Jay-Z call for action Beyoncé posted a video on Instagram this weekend encouraging her followers to sign one or all of the petitions being circulated demanding justice for George Floyd. The petitions can be accessed through her website. Beyoncé, as we know, has been supporting front line workers during the pandemic and has donated By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 10:02 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 29, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday on The Social, our friend Tyrone Edwards joined us to talk about mental health. What followed was a personal and powerful expression of grief and anger as he shared his fears and frustration about the racism and the violence Black people continue to experience. Here’s a By Lainey • May 29, 2020 09:13 am
TV Updates New Trailer for Love, Victor It’s been over two years since Love, Simon came out (get it?), a time when adult gay men all cried in the theatre because our collective mom, Jennifer Garner, told us all that we could all exhale. Let’s just re-watch this clip because I think we could By Prem • May 28, 2020 10:25 am
Hair Dwyane and Zaya’s Red Hair I’ve considered dyeing my hair in quarantine. I’ve always wanted to, but now if it looks terrible, I don’t have to see anyone, and there won’t be any evidence of it. Dwyane Wade apparently has the opposite idea since he’s been documenting his hairformation on By Prem • May 26, 2020 01:18 pm
Equality Issues Lana Del Rey’s Glamorous Drama As I wrote a couple of months ago when she and Sean Larkin broke up, I was never a Lana Del Rey believer until Norman F-cking Rockwell. That album is her masterpiece and it ruled the back half of 2019 for me. So I’m excited that Lana’s By Lainey • May 21, 2020 12:37 pm
Equality Issues Entertainment Weekly’s Pride Cover June is Pride month. And while many of the parades and celebrations have been cancelled due to COVID-19 (and corporations can breathe a sigh of relief because they can stop pretending like they care), Entertainment Weekly’s June issue is dedicated to LGBTQ+ artists that have played a central By Prem • May 14, 2020 12:58 pm
Equality Issues Intro for May 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, There’s an added layer of pain-in-the-assness when celebrities f-ck up and that’s because writing about their f-ckups requires more work and thought put into an essay when you could be using that energy for something else. Like a book idea or By Lainey • May 12, 2020 08:49 am
Equality Issues Issa Rae wants to be The One Issa Rae covers the June 2020 issue of Cosmopolitan and it’s Ira Madison III who interviews her so everyone else better come correct with their June magazine offerings because how are you going to top this? Issa is currently promoting … well… SO much. Insecure Season 4 is currently in By Lainey • May 07, 2020 02:39 pm
Business of Hollywood Hilarie Burton writes about Ben Affleck Hilarie Burton’s book The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on the Mischief Farm was released this week. You may recall, a few years ago, a clip surfaced from when Hilarie was working at MTV and Ben Affleck groped her. She then retweeted it with her By Lainey • May 07, 2020 10:23 am
