Dumbass Lena Dunham Cold Take I scrolled Twitter endlessly this weekend, after the first part of the Lena Dunham story broke – that is, when Dunham and her partner Jenni Konner released a statement in The Hollywood Reporter, defending Girls writer and producer Murray Miller against rape allegations by then-17-year-old actress Aurora Perrineau, and referring to By Duana • Nov 21, 2017 08:49 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 21, 2017 Dear Gossips, For a couple of weeks now I’ve been calling it a Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar. Every day it opens a door and spits out another one. Yesterday it was Charlie Rose’s turn. The Washington Post spoke with 8 women who shared their experiences with Charlie, 3 By Lainey • Nov 21, 2017 08:29 am
Top Reads Harvey’s list, Jeffrey quits, and Terry’s receipts As if we could go a single weekend without adding to the Hollywood Predator population. Let’s start, though, with the first perp, Harvey Weinstein. The Guardian this weekend reported that Harvey had a “secret hitlist” of names that he and his investigators were targeting in an attempt to kill By Lainey • Nov 20, 2017 03:04 pm
Equality Issues Rihanna’s best invention I would argue that Rihanna’s best invention was this GIF… … but instead of being honoured for perfecting the drive-by Boy Bye face, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty has been named one of TIME’s 25 Best Inventions of 2017. GIF jokes aside, Fenty Beauty has been an important part of By Kathleen • Nov 17, 2017 12:47 pm
Dumbass Get Out challenges award season Should we care about award season when Hollywood’s predator infestation is so far from being exterminated? Is award season trivial? Sure, parts of it. But there are some storylines that are playing out this award season that deserve our attention. Consider Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut and By Lainey • Nov 17, 2017 12:09 pm
Gross Batman, a Senator, Jeffrey…and Rocky too! It’s the season of giving. And that endless Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar keeps giving and giving and giving. Yesterday it was revealed that Senator Al Franken, who used to be a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live, kissed and groped radio news anchor Leeann Tweeden while she was By Lainey • Nov 17, 2017 09:41 am
Maple Leaf Hero Drake We’ve come to know a lot of Drakes over the years. There’s Sensitive Drake, Heartbreak Drake, Fangirl Drake, Petty Drake, Mogul Drake and my favourite: Hopelessly Devoted Drake. That’s not including the many alter-egos Drake has given himself, like Champagne Papi, Chaining Tatum and 6 God, just By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2017 03:59 pm
TV Updates Tiffany Haddish breaks through Tiffany Haddish has had a YEAR. Just to recap: she was the breakout star of Girls Trip, she was Jimmy Kimmel’s best guest, her very first standup special aired on Showtime, and she just hosted Saturday Night Live and your soul is unsalvageable if you weren’t charmed by By Lainey • Nov 15, 2017 11:45 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Intro for November 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last week in The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow wrote about how Harvey Weinstein recruited investigation firms, using former military intelligence, to go undercover and gather information about his accusers. Yesterday Rose McGowan surrendered to police on a drug charge that happened in January when she lost her wallet By Lainey • Nov 15, 2017 08:35 am
Douchebags Benny Medina too Benny Medina is Jennifer Lopez’s manager. He used to be Mariah Carey’s manager. He produced The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. The show was based on his life. And now he’s being accused of attempted rape. Actor Jason Dottley told The Advocate on Friday that in 2008, By Lainey • Nov 14, 2017 11:51 am
Equality Issues The Punisher doesn’t like bullies Jon Bernthal debuts his solo series as The Punisher on Netflix this weekend, and so he’s out doing the press rounds. Talking to the Jim and Sam Show on Sirius XM—is this what replaced Opie & Anthony?—Bernthal recounted “losing a ton of respect” for Kevin Spacey after By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Heavyweight Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is one of the most successful, popular movies of the year. It has turned Gal Gadot into a star, and made Patty Jenkins a power player behind the camera. We’ve already seen Jenkins use her new juice to secure a sweet deal to return to direct Wonder By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 09:38 am
Gross Everyone quits Louis C.K. In a pattern now recognizable thanks to Kevin Spacey, everyone has quit Louis C.K. The List of Abandonment includes FX, with whom C.K. had a production deal; APA, the agency that represented his comedy tours; longtime publicist Lewis Kay; and 3 Arts Entertainment, home of his manager, Dave By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 09:15 am
TV Updates Intro for November 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, There was an article published at Vulture by Guy Branum on Friday about the old boys’ club of comedy. It’s a table, there’s one in every club, where only the top comics are given a seat. Those seats are occupied almost exclusively by men. These are By Lainey • Nov 13, 2017 08:57 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for November 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, The Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar opened up a new door yesterday and spat out Louis CK. Exactly five weeks ago yesterday, The New York Times broke open the story about Harvey Weinstein. It was a Thursday. Yesterday, also a Thursday, they confirmed what the whisper network (Gawker and By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 08:34 am
Douchebags Up next: Louis C.K. Louis C.K.’s new movie, I Love You, Daddy, opens next week. The premiere was supposed to be tonight. I say “supposed to be”, because it was abruptly cancelled today, apparently because the New York Times is about to run an expose on C.K., about all those rumors, By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 03:53 pm
