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 statement 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 Metz, 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 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
Movie Reviews and Previews Sofia Coppola & Patty Jenkins: from festivals to the box office – but will Hollywood notice? Sofia Coppola won the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend and became just the second-ever female filmmaker to receive that honour. It’s a big deal. And if you ask her The Beguiled star Nicole Kidman, she’ll probably say it’s an even By Joanna • May 29, 2017 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 17, 2017 Dear Gossips, The 70th Cannes Film Festival begins today. Sofia Coppola’s new film, The Beguiled, will be screening in competition for the Palme d’Or before its theatrical release on June 23. In support of The Beguiled, Sofia and Kirsten Dunst are on the cover of the new issue By Lainey • May 17, 2017 08:47 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé lets Yvette go off On Monday, Lainey wrote about how Beyoncé does not explain. We know this. We rarely get words from our Queen unless she is honouring Miss Tina, supporting Solange or dropping life-changing pieces of art that speak for themselves. Yesterday, Beyoncé still did not explain. She let her rep Yvette By Kathleen • May 05, 2017 03:18 pm
Equality Issues Intro for April 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, On Friday, at the Variety Power of Women event, where Blake Lively was being honoured alongside Chelsea Clinton, Gayle King, Shari Redstone, Audra McDonald, and Jessica Chastain, Blake “popped off” when a reporter asked what her “go-to power outfit” was. Get it? Power of Women? Power outfit? By Lainey • Apr 24, 2017 08:19 am
Books Victoria Beckham 2017 Back in January, we featured Victoria Beckham on an episode of the Show Your Work podcast. Duana was the one who pitched her for the Do We Need To Care About….? segment that we do at the end of every show. I mean, of course we need to care about By Lainey • Apr 07, 2017 04:01 pm
TV Updates Smash, Scorned showrunners, and ‘Yes, And’ When I first read the Theresa Rebeck's essay about being fired from Smash that Entertainment Weekly ran, I was standing in a long lineup and immediately looked up, shocked that the line was still happening. Like, I somehow expected everyone else around me to have read it at By Duana • Apr 05, 2017 01:24 pm
TV Updates Kerry Washington’s art and activism I’m in a fight with Scandal because of what happened at the end of season 6, episode 7. I won’t tell you what happened because #nospoilers but let’s just say that Olivia Pope and Shonda Rhimes are usually my imaginary besties but lately, I’ve been yelling By Kathleen • Apr 04, 2017 02:57 pm
Music Kendrick's controversy & Kelly Rowland I’m so f-cking sick and tired of the Photoshop/ Show me somethin’ natural like afro on Richard Pryor/ Show me somethin’ natural like ass with some stretchmarks On Friday when I wrote about Kendrick Lamar’s Humble music video, I noted that these lyrics were going viral and By Kathleen • Apr 03, 2017 03:09 pm
