TV Updates Bill Hader is asked the Gillis Question I have to be honest, I am baffled that we are discussing Shane Gillis’s firing from SNL as if it is some kind of moral or free speech issue. 1) Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences, no one is arresting Gillis for what he said but By Sarah • Sep 25, 2019 03:09 pm
Books Jonathan Van Ness’s Memoir and the Power of Vulnerability Every time I go to a party (so like once a year), my ice breaker is usually, “which one of the Fab Five is your favourite?” It’s like a personality quiz for your friends. If you don’t watch Queer Eye, I leave immediately. If your favourite is Antoni, By Prem • Sep 24, 2019 11:10 am
Equality Issues #NotWorthLess In the wake of Adele Lim’s decision to value herself more and walk away from unequal pay on the Crazy Rich Asians sequels, a hashtag sprang up on Twitter as other women in Hollywood shared similar stories of being underpaid and undervalued. The hashtag “#NotWorthLess” is full of stories By Sarah • Sep 19, 2019 01:19 pm
Equality Issues Adele Lim Won’t Be ‘Soy Sauce’ in Crazy Rich Asians Sequels Writer Adele Lim has left the Crazy Rich Asians sequels, after being offered a fraction of co-writer Peter Chiarelli’s salary. What’s crazy is that if you dissect this story – a THR exclusive by writer Rebecca Sun - every single part of it makes theoretical sense within Hollywood business By Duana • Sep 05, 2019 04:36 pm
Douchebags Lil Nas X Holds His Own Against Kevin Hart Tuesday’s episode of The Shop is in the headlines because of a conversation involving Lil Nas X and Kevin Hart. Check out the clip: I love @LilNasX so much pic.twitter.com/8EVbE7QHPf— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 4, 2019 SIGH. A little context here. At the end of June By Prem • Sep 05, 2019 10:59 am
TV Updates Are You the One? – The First Actually Queer Dating Show I know I’m really late to this party, but if you haven’t been watching this season of Are You the One?, you are seriously missing out on the best reality TV right now. It’s been a hot minute since both Love Island UK and Love Island USA By Prem • Aug 19, 2019 03:32 pm
Top Reads Angelina Jolie: a “wicked woman” The September issue is considered the most important issue of the year for most fashion and lifestyle magazines. So everyone works on the biggest “get” for their September issues. Meghan Markle guest-edited British Vogue on their September issue. Kristen Stewart covers Vanity Fair for September 2019. American Vogue has yet By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 12:13 pm
Equality Issues A$AP Rocky returns home Rapper A$AP Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers) and two members of his crew were held in a Swedish prison for almost a month stemming from a June 30th street fight in Stockholm that was documented (at least partially) on video. On its face, it seems like Rocky was attempting By Melayna • Aug 06, 2019 10:05 am
Royals Prince Harry and “unconscious bias” Meghan Markle’s guest-edited issue of Vogue features an interview between Prince Harry and Dr Jane Goodall that’s generating a lot of reaction over in England, in particular Harry’s comments about “unconscious bias”. To put it in context, Harry first asks Dr Goodall about focusing on children and By Lainey • Jul 31, 2019 11:39 am
Douchebags Antoine Fuqua is the one who’s married Last week, we saw a messy cheating scandal unfold. Paparazzi caught Nicole Murphy kissing director Antoine Fuqua, husband to actress Lela Rochon, in Italy. We are thirsty in these Black gossip and Twitter streets so we immediately judged the kiss as romantic, and just as quickly as Nicole put out By Melayna • Jul 30, 2019 03:33 pm
Royals Meghan Markle gets the Michelle Obama treatment British Vogue confirmed yesterday that Meghan Markle is the first ever to guest-edit the magazine’s September issue. They released the cover featuring the 15 women who are “Forces for Change” and Royal Meghan’s interview with Michelle Obama. One of the women featured on the Vogue cover is Sinéad By Lainey • Jul 30, 2019 10:43 am
Royals Meghan Markle’s British Vogue For weeks we’ve known that Meghan Markle would be involved with the September issue of British Vogue and now we’re beginning to see the work, as she is the first in British Vogue history to guest-edit the September issue, collaborating with editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, who called her “the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2019 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman is Lady Thor Last week we learned that Taika Waititi is returning to write and direct Thor 4. Taika was then on hand at Comic-Con, along with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, to officially announce the movie, which is titled Thor: Love and Thunder. That title is AMAZING. The key art is even By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 09:30 am
Equality Issues Ayesha Curry: it’s not about the milly rock Yesterday, Ayesha Curry was trending again and I have enough experience in this arena to know that it could not possibly be positive. Entrepreneur, mother of three and wife of NBA superstar Stephen Curry, Ayesha for some reason gets people deep into their online feelings virtually any time she does By Melayna • Jul 18, 2019 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, Yesterday in this space I posted about The Farewell and how, in limited release, it opened with the highest per theatre average of the year, higher than even Avengers: Endgame. Of The Farewell’s impressive performance, a media analyst told Variety that the film “is the blockbuster of By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 09:34 am
Dumbass ScarJo is back on her bullsh-t File this one under “Lessons Not Learned”. Over the weekend, Scarlett Johansson revived the controversy around her right to play whatever role she wants, be it animal, tree, or trans person. Remember last year when she backed out of the movie Rub & Tug, about a crime boss/transman named By Sarah • Jul 15, 2019 11:52 am
