Movie Reviews and Previews Gabrielle Union stands up On Friday, the LA Times released an op-ed written by Gabrielle Union. Its headline: 'Birth of a Nation' actress Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly. When I first saw this headline, I literally gasped out loud. What follows the headline is a stirring, emotional By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2016 11:35 am
Equality Issues Nate Parker apologizes We aren’t done talking about Nate Parker. In an exclusive in-depth interview with Ebony released over the weekend, Parker addressed, as Ebony calls it, the “growing firestorm surrounding his 1999 rape allegation.” Nate Parker spoke with senior editor Britni Danielle for 25 minutes about consent, toxic masculinity and male By Kathleen • Aug 31, 2016 09:23 am
Top Reads Beyoncé spent the money Where do you start? Where do you start?!? It was always a given that Beyoncé, with 11 nominations, would be attending the VMAs. They only confirmed that she would be performing the day before as the LA Times reported that “secret rehearsals” were taking place. And then everyone was calling By Lainey • Aug 29, 2016 11:01 am
Equality Issues Amy Schumer, Again It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Amy Schumer. Just as her first book, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, was being released, a writer on Inside Amy Schumer, Kurt Metzger, went off on social media about rape survivors and rape culture. Schumer, as Metzger’s high-profile By Sarah • Aug 26, 2016 01:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sarah Paulson is the 8th? Deadline reported yesterday that Sarah Paulson is in early talks to join the cast of Oceans 8. They’ve confirmed 7 so far. Production is scheduled to begin in October. Most of Sarah’s acclaimed work the last few years has been on television. But she was f-cking devastating in By Lainey • Aug 26, 2016 10:38 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 24, 2016 Dear Gossips, On the latest Sasha Answers podcast, posted yesterday, we heard from “Lost Teenager” who is about to become a sophomore in high school. She liked a boy who liked her back, and this surprised her because he’s cool and popular and everyone likes him and she didn’ By Lainey • Aug 24, 2016 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black women and Nate Parker Yesterday, The Atlantic posted an article called, “Why the Debate Over Nate Parker Is So Complex.” outlining how, for black women especially, the conversation surrounding Nate Parker’s rape allegations and the future of The Birth of a Nation is really f-cking complicated. As a black woman, I will say By Kathleen • Aug 22, 2016 09:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman is here for female directors Last night, Natalie told Charlie Rose that before she started directing A Tale of Love and Darkness, “[she] wasn’t used to expressing [her] opinion in a clear way” or “expressing what [she] wanted.” She credits Transparent’s Jill Soloway with capturing what makes it so challenging for female directors By Joanna • Aug 16, 2016 02:40 pm
Equality Issues Kerry Washington won’t be your token The last time we talked about Kerry Washington on a magazine cover, it was because they f-cked up her face, yet again. This time, for InStyle’s September issue, it actually looks like Kerry Washington on the cover of a magazine so instead of obsessing over her skin tone or By Kathleen • Aug 10, 2016 10:33 am
Top Reads The celebrity dick-off Nine months after the world met Justin Bieber’s dick, we were introduced to Orlando Bloom’s last week. Thank you paparazzi. Let’s come back to the paps in a minute. For now, it’s the celebrity dick-off. And since Orly and JB have history, JB decided to respond By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 03:21 pm
Jock Smut Intro for August 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, Two fashion magazines were making headlines yesterday about feminism. Let’s start with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of Marie Claire. Last year SJP told Cosmopolitan that she prefers to call herself a “humanist” and not a feminist. This time, in Marie Claire, she declares that: " By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 09:43 am
Equality Issues Jennifer Aniston talks to the youth Jennifer Aniston was in Italy this weekend to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Giffoni Film Festival which is Europe’s largest film festival for children. Youth from all over Europe were invited to participate in a Q&A session with her on Saturday. One of the first By Lainey • Jul 25, 2016 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 25, 2016 Dear Gossips, I’m not finished talking about Ghostbusters yet. My friend Lorella and her husband took their two sons, 12 and 8, to the movies this weekend. It was between The Secret Life Of Pets and Ghostbusters. When it was time for Lorella to vote, she told her kids By Lainey • Jul 25, 2016 06:59 am
Douchebags The Old Boys’ Club is dying In November of 2014, comedian Hannibal Buress told a joke during a set, calling out the decades of rape allegations made against Bill Cosby. At the time, though a lot of people were glad to see the wheels of justice finally turning in favor of the victims, many lamented that By Sarah • Jul 22, 2016 10:59 am
Douchebags No Gossip Christmas for Leslie Jones While most of us on social media were opening the gossip gift that Kanye West’s wife dropped on us yesterday, it was not Gossip Christmas for Leslie Jones. For Leslie Jones, it was actually hell. Here’s an actor who’s enjoying the best year of her career, with By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 08:14 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, Sarah saw Ghostbusters last night. Her review will be posted later this morning. Coincidentally when she was texting me her immediate impressions, I happened to be reading an article over at Salon about critical response to the movie. Female critics are rating Ghostbusters higher than their male counterparts. By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 10:00 am
