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
Quiveration Crazy Rich Hot Asian Guys Crazy Rich Asians in Vanity Fair!!! Have you seen this yet? Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Henry Golding, Chris Pang, and Sonoya Mizuno, all-Asian actors featured in a fashion editorial ahead of the release of the film next Wednesday, August 15 – again, not something you see every day and certainly not By Lainey • Aug 07, 2018 12:05 pm
Top Reads The Beyoncé Issue The 2018 September issue of American Vogue is here. As we know, Beyoncé is its cover star. She was shot by Tyler Mitchell, the first black photographer to ever shoot a Vogue cover. Last week, Lainey wrote about the reports that Beyoncé was given “unprecedented control” over the issue, including By Kathleen • Aug 07, 2018 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Constance Wu’s: swearing and obligation Constance Wu covers the new issue of FASHION. I’m sorry if this is getting old for you if you’re a regular visitor of this site but it’s not often that we see an Asian-American actress on the cover of a fashion magazine in North America. It’s By Lainey • Aug 03, 2018 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 2, 2018 Dear Gossips, I’m not trying to be dramatic but yesterday morning, when The Hollywood Reporter posted its new Crazy Rich Asians cover and story, my hands started shaking. Seeing people who look like me or my family, who are more likely to have our shared experience, on the cover By Lainey • Aug 02, 2018 09:30 am
Style Gemma Chan: meet your new obsession Everyone I know who’s seen Crazy Rich Asians came out of there obsessed with Gemma Chan. It was inevitable. This is why when I wrote about the trailer back in April, I noted that it was low on Astrid, her character, deliberately. Rachel Chu, played by Constance Wu, is By Lainey • Aug 01, 2018 12:08 pm
Style Rihanna’s British Vogue brows Rihanna is the first black woman to cover British Vogue’s September issue. I just spent way too many minutes attempting to disprove that fact. Even though I read about Rihanna being The First from multiple reputable outlets, it was still a stat I couldn’t wrap my head around. By Kathleen • Aug 01, 2018 09:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Priyanka Chopra: Chris Pratt’s new love interest Priyanka Chopra was confirmed as the female lead in Cowboy Ninja Viking yesterday with Chris Pratt. The movie will be released next summer. Which sort of also explains this tweet from last week: Yes Priyanka Chopra is no more part of @Bharat_TheFilm & and the reason is very very By Lainey • Jul 31, 2018 01:16 pm
Top Reads Michelle Williams and the new Wolf Pack When it comes to celebrities and the term “Wolf Pack”, Leonardo DiCaprio comes to mind. Men come to mind. Women weren’t considered wolves. Are we sure about that? As I mentioned yesterday in my post about Michelle Williams’s marriage revelation in Vanity Fair, there is so much more By Lainey • Jul 27, 2018 01:22 pm
Gorgessity Angela Bassett at 59 On August 16th, Angela Bassett will turn 60. If you’ve been watching Angela Bassett slay the sh-t out of every red carpet she’s been a part of lately or for the last 33 years of her career, you know how ridiculous that fact is. SIXTY. She looks incredible. By Kathleen • Jul 20, 2018 10:30 am
Equality Issues Issa Rae, the CoverGirl At the 2017 Emmys, Issa Rae had just been named CoverGirl’s latest face. Issa was asked about what working with CoverGirl meant to her in almost every red carpet interview that night. “I remember just being in high school, seeing the ads, but you never, ever imagine 'someday By Kathleen • Jul 18, 2018 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJo kinda cleans up her mess A couple weeks ago Lainey wrote about Scarlett Johansson’s legendarily awful response to criticism after she was cast as transman Dante “Tex” Gill in the biopic Rub & Tug. Please revisit this PR nightmare that they are probably already teaching in Publicity 101. (Can you imagine the face of By Sarah • Jul 16, 2018 12:21 pm
