Top Reads Beyoncé at the rally? Back in August ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepting her party’s nomination for the presidency, social media exploded with speculation about whether or not Beyoncé would show up to either introduce VP Harris or perform on the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Those rumours ended By Lainey • Oct 24, 2024 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 24, 2024 Dear Gossips, It was confirmed earlier this week that Jennifer Lawrence and her husband, Cooke Maroney, are expecting again. Last night she stepped out in LA for her first official appearance since the news at the AFI premiere of the documentary Zurawski v Texas, which she co-produced alongside Hillary and By Lainey • Oct 24, 2024 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cynthia Erivo's reclamation Cynthia Erivo took to social media to slam a fan-edited poster for her upcoming film, Wicked. Earlier this month, Warner Brothers released a poster for the film in which nearly the whole face of her character, Elphaba, is visible. But the recent fan edit making the rounds on social media By Stephanie • Oct 17, 2024 11:01 am
TV Updates Simu the Dragon: A Lesson in Bubble Tea Social media blew up this weekend over a pitch on CBC’s Dragon’s Den where Simu Liu is guest dragon this season. If you haven’t been aware of the controversy, here’s the clip and since my post is specifically about how Simu handled it, it’s worth By Lainey • Oct 15, 2024 11:47 am
Style The Met Gala 2025: So Dandy! A couple of weeks ago, for The Squawk newsletter about the docuseries In Vogue: The 90s, released back in September which I mainlined in a day, I love it so much. The footage from back then, of the models, of the celebrities, of the FASHION, is amazing. So much nostalgia, By Lainey • Oct 09, 2024 02:17 pm
Break Ups Tia and Reese's lessons in divorce Over the weekend, two high-profile divorced women spoke about life after separation. First, a clip from Tia Mowry’s new show, My Next Act, started making the rounds on social media, inspiring a lot of thoughtful conversation about why she and her ex-husband Cory Hardrict split, and how other women By Stephanie • Oct 07, 2024 12:14 pm
BFFs Will & Harper rediscover friendship and America Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s friendship goes back 30 years, to their mutual starts at Saturday Night Live in 1995. Over the next 13 years, Harper would rise to be the Emmy-winning head writer of SNL, while Will would go on to become one of the biggest comedy stars By Sarah • Sep 25, 2024 11:59 am
Equality Issues We are making progress, that's why they're scared The internet is still reacting to an empowering message delivered by the legendary Tracee Ellis Ross last week. During U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Unite for America rally, Tracee joined a conversation between the VP and Oprah and reflected on all of their shared experience of foregoing motherhood in By Stephanie • Sep 23, 2024 01:21 pm
Douchebags Don't make it about that man Just when we thought the allegations against Diddy couldn’t be any more heinous than the claims brought forward in the past by women like Cassie in her 2023 lawsuit, something new comes up. To Lainey’s point made yesterday in What Else?, I, too, have no interest, nor the By Stephanie • Sep 18, 2024 02:23 pm
Equality Issues Another historic night for Indigenous representation Reservation Dogs earned its first Emmy nominations this year but, sadly, went home empty handed. Lily Gladstone, nominated for Under the Bridge, also struck out, as did Kali Reis, nominated for True Detective: Night Country. So, it was a little bit of a bummer given that no one won, but By Sarah • Sep 16, 2024 11:15 am
Equality Issues The Emmys LGBTQ+ Representation Was Remarkably Unremarkable If you haven’t seen Baby Reindeer, I get it. The trailers are terrifying, and honestly, they don’t lie – the show is great, and ultimately satisfying, but it’s not easy, per se; there are genuine laughs but you pay for them, you know? One of the uncompromisingly bright By Duana • Sep 16, 2024 09:42 am
Equality Issues Justin Timberlake: Pleading and Privileged Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential debate, and Taylor Swift have dominated the western news cycle this week. Also the VMAs and Shannon Sharpe, LOL. There have been two celebrity beneficiaries of all of these headlines: Dave Grohl (who Maria posted about yesterday) and also Justin Timberlake. White man privilege By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 02:12 pm
Music Intro for September 10, 2024 Dear Gossips, The Country Music Association Awards nominations were announced yesterday and you’ll never guess, Beyoncé was not nominated in a single category despite having released the country music masterpiece that is COWBOY CARTER. Shaboozey, however, received two nominations – for New Artist of the Year and Single of the By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 09:36 am
Equality Issues The problem with Lee Daniels Lee Daniels caught a lot of backlash over a tweet he made about the role played by Glenn Close in his new Netflix film, The Deliverance. In the tweet, he referred to Alberta, Glenn’s character, as “part of the fabric of our community”. And it did not sit well By Stephanie • Sep 03, 2024 12:45 pm
Music Sabrina Carpenter is a freak (manifester) In a cover story for PAPER magazine just days before the August 23 release date of her latest album, Short ’n Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter opened up about her success, and what it feels like to have finally achieved her goal of being a popstar, something she says she was ‘destined’ By Stephanie • Aug 22, 2024 11:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 16, 2024 Dear Gossips, Dan Stevens is having a great year. First, he got to do whatever the hell he wanted in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, then he got to do whatever the hell he wanted in vampire ballerina movie Abigail (is it good? No. Is Dan Stevens’ performance wildly By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 09:24 am
