Maple Leaf Is Lilly Singh listening? (This is the latest installment in our Long Reads series. Previous entries can be accessed here). Last Monday, Lilly Singh, late night talk show host, YouTuber, comedian, and relentless cultural appropriator of Caribbean culture dropped a “remake” of dancehall track ,“Badman Forward, Badman Pull Up” by Ding Dong with this By Melayna • May 05, 2020 10:43 am
Top Reads That time Katie Couric interviewed Denzel Washington Here in Canada, I’m an entertainment reporter on an entertainment news program called ETALK. This summer will mark my 15th anniversary on the show. Part of my job is to interview actors, singers, writers, etc. And if you’ve been visiting this site over the years, you know that By Lainey • Apr 30, 2020 11:55 am
Equality Issues Intro for April 21, 2020 Dear Gossips, I live for Sundays again, at least for the next few weeks. The Last Dance is on Sundays. Killing Eve is on Sundays. And Insecure is on Sundays. Here’s the promo for next week’s episode, “Lowkey Thankful”. Wait for the joke that comes at the end By Lainey • Apr 21, 2020 08:54 am
Equality Issues How Diddy disrespected Lizzo This past Easter Sunday, Diddy hosted a “Team Love” Dance-a-Thon for frontline workers, a fundraiser for COVID-19 relief. This idea already suspiciously looked like a billionaire asking other people for money instead of just donating it himself. He did recruit and court other celebrities to dance on By Melayna • Apr 15, 2020 10:58 am
Equality Issues Kate Beckinsale’s new boyfriend Well now we know who Kate Beckinsale has been in isolation with. New photos of her holding hands on a dog walk with Canadian musician Goody Grace were released yesterday. And he’s evidently the “mystery man” she was seen with at a Grammys party in January – attached. So they’ By Lainey • Apr 14, 2020 02:22 pm
Equality Issues The Work of Megan Thee Stallion Even though March felt like it was a century long, we’re now into April and the summer months feel like they’re within our grasp. That also means that it’s almost a year since Hot Girl Summer, both the song and the internet meme/movement. Aptly, Megan Thee By Prem • Apr 08, 2020 11:43 am
Equality Issues Who created Kanye West? (Lainey: as mentioned a couple of weeks ago, as we approach the launch of the new look for our site, we are adding a “Long Reads” section; the first entry was Duana’s essay about the 30th anniversary of Pretty Woman, arguing that Julia Roberts’s Vivian Ward is a By Melayna • Apr 03, 2020 12:55 pm
Music Bad Bunny: Show Your Twerk I think it’s time we gave some love to Bad Bunny here on Lainey Gossip. His new album YHLQMDLG, which stands for “Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana” and means “I do what I want to do”, came out at the end of February and has received By Prem • Mar 30, 2020 11:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pretty Woman: a Feminist Icon on film Oh, yo. Oh, yo. Catch this… Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Pretty Woman! If you, like me, were forever changed and shaped by this film, then I wish you a happy anniversary, and apologies that we can no longer deny the march of time. Although given By Duana • Mar 23, 2020 12:19 pm
Equality Issues Appreciating Amanda Seales In January, Amanda Seales made her debut as the 5th chair for the Emmy/NAACP award winning talk show, The Real. For those who follow Amanda, this was consistent with how we have seen her career blow up in the past few years. For fans of The Real, it seemed By Melayna • Mar 18, 2020 02:57 pm
Style Gugu and Keira’s Misbehaviour Misbehaviour is a film based on the true story of the Miss World 1970 beauty pageant that took place in London. At the time, the event was the highest rated television programme in the UK and that year’s competition was extra dramatic because of the Women’s Liberation protest By Lainey • Mar 10, 2020 01:21 pm
Equality Issues Adèle Haenel: Walking out on the Césars The Césars happened in France this weekend. They’re the French Oscars and there was controversy even before the event because Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy was nominated for 12 awards, prompting the resignation of all 21 members of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema. But By Lainey • Mar 02, 2020 10:10 am
Music Taylor Swift is “The Man” Taylor Swift’s strength is not subtlety. And she leans all the way into that – or away from it – in her video for “The Man”, which she directed, wrote, owns, and stars in. Sure, there may be some Easter eggs for her fans throughout, but for those who don’t By Lainey • Feb 27, 2020 09:14 am
TV Updates Danai Gurira runs the show Danai Gurira joined The Walking Dead in its third season, before its particular brand of brutality grew tiresome. In the time since she joined the show, The Walking Dead’s popularity has peaked and waned, she’s gone on to be a fan-favorite character in the MCU, and she’ By Sarah • Feb 25, 2020 02:59 pm
Gorgessity Rihanna: “tell your friends to pull up” Rihanna was honoured with the President’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards this weekend for philanthropic and social justice efforts. She made her speech all about what others are doing and what others can do – and the way she put it, it’s not complicated. “Tell your friends to By Lainey • Feb 24, 2020 12:22 pm
Equality Issues Intro for February 24, 2020 Dear Gossips, I’ve had a bad cold for a week now and maybe it’s because I’m “vulnerable”, as Duana described it, but tears sprung to my eyes on Friday when I saw that Ali Wong had interviewed Lana Condor for Interview. It’s not just because they By Lainey • Feb 24, 2020 09:00 am
