Equality Issues Blake Lively’s Women’s Studies Back when Blake Lively was trying to make Preserve happen, I wrote about her genteel treatment of Antebellum South and the way she reduced and glamourized a very problematic era. At the time, she got a ton of blowback from the article but she was still in her lifestyle bubble, By Maria • Jul 31, 2017 01:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain covers ELLE Canada No surprise here: Jessica Chastain will premiere (at least) one of her three upcoming projects, Woman Walks Ahead, at TIFF this September. A Jessica Chastain movie is always an all-caps event for me and so is her new ELLE Canada cover, timed perfectly to coincide with the launch of her By Joanna • Jul 26, 2017 11:02 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 18, 2017 Dear Gossips, I know you probably don’t want to, but you need to, if you haven’t already, read Buzzfeed’s article yesterday about how R Kelly is allegedly holding several women “against their will” and degrading them for his own sexual perversion. The reporter is Jim DeRogatis who By Lainey • Jul 18, 2017 09:49 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 14, 2017 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé has officially given us permission to celebrate. Shut it down and call it a long weekend! OK, but if you can’t, we are here for you today and it’ll be a full Friday that will prime us for what will hopefully be a full Saturday. By Lainey • Jul 14, 2017 09:56 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 12, 2017 Dear Gossips, This morning I read an article by Josephine Livingstone for New Republic about Why Cinema Loves The Trailblazing Scientist. There’s a new movie coming out called Marie Curie: The Courage Of Knowledge. And the writer compares the film to other recent stories about scientists, like Hidden Figures, By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 09:38 am
TV Updates The Gray Bits of Paradise After shutting down production in mid-June, the Bachelor in Paradise sexual misconduct investigation is complete, with the studio, DeMario Jackson, and Corinne Olympios speaking publicly about the incident. (For my earlier pieces on it, please click here and here.) DeMario did an interview with E! and talked at length about By Maria • Jun 30, 2017 10:23 am
Equality Issues In case you were worried about Johnny Depp… Last week, Johnny Depp made a joke at Glastonbury about assassinating Donald Trump. Also his former managers, The Management Group, revealed in court documents that they were aware that he was allegedly abusing Amber Heard during their marriage. (Thanks for coming forward when it really mattered, TMG! It wasn’t By Lainey • Jun 28, 2017 10:22 am
Smutty Surgery Courteney Cox gets real about her face Courteney Cox is on the cover of the current issue of New Beauty. When you’re on the cover of a beauty magazine, obviously most of the conversation will be about beauty. And most of the time, when celebrities show up on the cover of beauty magazines, the beauty conversation By Lainey • Jun 22, 2017 11:08 am
TV Updates The Public Face Of Hidden Trauma Earlier this week, I wrote about the Bachelor in Paradise sexual misconduct allegations. Over the last few days, more sources have come out -- many former contestants and Bachelor rejects are just dying to get a headline – but there is not a flood of new information. Chris Harrison released a By Maria • Jun 15, 2017 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews All-female, back-to-back Scarlett Johansson and the cast of Rough Night were at the premiere last night in New York. And over in LA, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, and Emma Howard joined director Sofia Coppola for the premiere of The Beguiled. Rough Night opens this coming Friday. The Beguiled opens next By Lainey • Jun 13, 2017 11:44 am
TV Updates The Reality of Consent As Rachel continues to charm on The Bachelorette, the franchise’s embarrassing cousin, Bachelor in Paradise, has halted filming because of an allegation of sexual misconduct. I am not a member of Bachelor Nation; I’ve watched one season of Bachelor in Paradise (BiP) and didn’t know who anyone By Maria • Jun 13, 2017 09:37 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for June 8, 2017 Dear Gossips, It’s Emmy season. Nominations will be announced next month. Which is why we’ll be seeing a lot of the contenders over the next few weeks. A few of those contenders participated in The Hollywood Reporter Drama Actress Roundtable - Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Lange, Nicole Kidman, Chrissy By Lainey • Jun 08, 2017 09:46 am
Girlcrushes Janelle inspires in black and white Some celebrities are polarising, and you want them to be. It wouldn’t be fun if, in those cases, we all agreed. But there are a few we all agree on. Not for fun but because, logically, we have to. There’s no other way to see them. That’s By Lainey • Jun 06, 2017 10:15 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Carey Mulligan’s Spotlight Carey Mulligan is stepping into producer’s shoes for her new movie, On the Other Side. Mulligan will also star in the film, as Kate Webb, a Vietnam war correspondent who was captured and held by the Vietcong for twenty-three days. The project comes from an imprint of the studio By Sarah • Jun 02, 2017 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Holly Hunter like damn Holly Hunter is one of those actors, I don’t care what she’s in, I’ll watch it. Carrie Coon is also that type (you might not know her name yet, but you will soon, as she is THROWING DOWN on Fargo and The Leftovers right now, plus she By Sarah • Jun 02, 2017 10:12 am
Equality Issues Jessica Chastain speaks out The Cannes Film Festival closed down with an award ceremony and press conference, and during the presser the jury took the stage to talk about their festival experience. Jessica Chastain specifically talked about how the representation of women on screen “disturbed” her: Say that, @jes_chastain. pic.twitter.com/H7QHnEE5JA— By Sarah • May 30, 2017 12:16 pm
