Top Reads Intro for September 28, 2018 Dear Gossips, She brought the science yesterday. She was authoritative, she was firm. But she did not drop the science with a fist in the air, accompanied by fire and brimstone, even though she would have certainly been entitled to it, entitled to whatever manifestation of rage and disappointment that By Lainey • Sep 28, 2018 09:56 am
Dumbass Jared Leto, class warrior In the last couple of years, there’s been an increase in the conversations about the treatment of women in Hollywood, particularly around wage inequality and of course #MeToo. Jared Leto also has an an important topic to bring up: women who make too much money for his comfort level. By Maria • Sep 19, 2018 10:10 am
Maple Leaf Intro for September 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Did you know that September is also, unofficially, Feel Bad for Sexual Harasser’s Month? This is not a f-cking joke. Harper’s Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and New York Magazine have all published features by or about men By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 08:56 am
Models Rihanna x Fenty x NYFW Yesterday Lainey wrote that New York Fashion Week “begins and ends with Rihanna”. Rihanna debuted her new Savage x Fenty lingerie line and she did not disappoint. It wasn’t your typical runway show. Rihanna reinvented what a lingerie runway show could look like. The Savage x Fenty show was By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 01:07 pm
Royals Prince William’s Asian mix-up Prince William attended the opening of Japan House London today, the new cultural centre providing visitors an “experience of the best and latest from Japan”. I just want to establish our location, set the scene. And now that you’re there, watch this: Prince William was in great form at By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 10:44 am
Sports Naomi Osaka’s moment + MBJ There has been a lot written about what Naomi Osaka deserved during her first grand slam win. She did not deserve to have her moment at the US Open overshadowed by an umpire’s ego or by factors beyond her control that have nothing to do with the talent she By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 10:31 am
Douchebags Intro for September 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, As we have learned over the last few months, Les Moonves has a long history of sexual harassment. Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Les Moonves’s prolific and extensive abuse of power has resulted in additional investigation and analysis by other media outlets into how he was insulated By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 09:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Hate U Give A few years ago, book-to-screen YA adaptations meant sci-fi worlds of vampires or dystopian futures. Their heroines were named Bella or Katniss or Tris and even though their stories were unique in their own ways, a few things were constant. Love was as integral to these teen girls as forces By Kathleen • Sep 11, 2018 09:58 am
Sports Intro for September 10, 2018 Dear Gossips, There have already been dozens of think-pieces posted about the US Open women’s final on Saturday between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, with everyone weighing in on whether or not Serena’s criticism of chair umpire Carlos Ramos was offside. First of all, the fact that we By Lainey • Sep 10, 2018 09:16 am
Equality Issues Who’s Gonna Watch You The Affair, Season 4. My feeling at the end of Season 4 of The Affair, beyond that it was bleak, and beyond the Ruth Wilson Cryptogram, was that we now officially have less than we started with. That is, for all the risks they took and all the passion and By Duana • Aug 24, 2018 02:45 pm
BFFs #AsianAugust Crazy Rich Asians won the box office last weekend. Lara Jean Covey is waiting for you on Netflix every day when you get home. (I won’t out you, but I know who you are, because you’ve written to me telling me how many times you’ve watched To By Lainey • Aug 23, 2018 12:40 pm
Equality Issues More Crazy Rich Asians It was reported yesterday that, due the critical and commercial success of Crazy Rich Asians, the sequels are now in development, with Jon M Chu back to direct. That does not mean there’s a greenlight yet though. It means that the studio has told them to start working on By Lainey • Aug 23, 2018 12:22 pm
Quiveration The Goldings go home My new Obsession – and yours! – Henry Golding and Liv Lo were home in Singapore for the Crazy Rich Asians premiere the other night. God, these two. It’s too much. It’s TOO MUCH. As I’ve mentioned, I got Kathleen deep into Team Golding a couple of weeks ago. By Lainey • Aug 22, 2018 11:47 am
Maple Leaf Intro for August 22, 2018 Dear Gossips, “It’s not a movie, it’s a movement.” -Jon M Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians CRA is not meant to be the end all and be all of Asian representation. It is however a part of the ongoing effort to tell more stories, to prove By Lainey • Aug 22, 2018 09:51 am
Top Reads Loan Tran, a.k.a Kelly Marie Even if you don’t follow Star Wars, even if you tune out any headline that includes the words ‘social media’, you heard about Kelly Marie Tran. That she quit social media after she was bullied and berated by Star Wars truther bros for daring to appear in their beloved By Duana • Aug 21, 2018 04:14 pm
TV Updates Intro for August 20, 2018 Dear Gossips, I had two plans this weekend: Crazy Rich Asians and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. It’s all I’ve thought about and talked about since Friday. And, if the box office and social media are any indication, same same for you too? This is By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 08:48 am
