Jock Smut 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
Jock Smut 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
Girlcrushes Gabrielle steps back Gabrielle Union is one of our favourites here at LG. She is one of our faves because she is unfiltered but thoughtful and candid but careful. Gabrielle Union was at the Blogher Creators Summit and she proved once again why she’s a fave. Gabrielle revealed that she turned down By Kathleen • Aug 09, 2018 02:04 pm
Equality Issues Zendaya’s September Issue If this month of magazine covers were a song, it would be Earth, Wind and Fire’s “September,” the only acceptable version of “September” – not the Taylor Swift one, NEVER the Taylor Swift one. So many of the September Issues of the biggest magazines feature black women that Black Twitter By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2018 11:46 am
TV Updates Auntie Tracee I’m a few days late to this because of the long weekend many of us just had in Canada but that only means that maybe a few of you missed it too. Tracee Ellis Ross covers the new issue of ELLE Canada. And the interview… is SO f-cking good. By Lainey • Aug 08, 2018 11:24 am
Gorgessity Constance Wu: leading lady Crazy Rich Asians is Constance Wu’s first role in a studio film. First! And she’s the leading lady. She is The Star. This is her character’s story. Which means that at last night’s premiere, she was the Julia Roberts of the event. I’m making a By Lainey • Aug 08, 2018 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 8, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s August 8, 2018. 8.8.18 8 is the luckiest number in Chinese numerology. So you could say, numerologically, it might be the luckiest day of the year. Last night, August 7, was the Hollywood premiere of Crazy Rich Asians. But given the time difference, when By Lainey • Aug 08, 2018 09:27 am
