Music Lemonade: Beyoncé’s Black Feminist Domination Please note: Kathleen’s piece on Beyoncé will follow mine. Because there’s just so much to unpack. You could write a think-piece on every single frame of Lemonade and it almost still wouldn’t be enough. Lemonade, of course, as you know now, is Beyoncé’s visual album, By Lainey • Apr 25, 2016 09:09 am
Girly Throw Downs Drama at Live! I’m sure you’ve heard about what’s happening at Live! with Kelly and Michael. Kelly Ripa apparently found out after the show on Tuesday that Michael Strahan would be leaving their show to be on Good Morning America, and supposedly she’s so pissed about not being told By Lainey • Apr 21, 2016 12:56 pm
Music JLO’s airport kiss Jennifer Lopez is getting some heat for her new song, Ain’t Your Mama. First of all, as I mentioned yesterday in Smutty Tingles, it’s a terrible song – written by Meghan Trainor and produced by Dr Luke. Which is the problem. Ain’t Your Mama is, supposedly, a feminist By Lainey • Apr 08, 2016 12:58 pm
Music Rihanna: reluctant “role model” In the previous post, Kathleen mentioned the Black Girls Rock event that aired last night. Rihanna was presented with the Rock Star Award. During her acceptance speech, she made a sassy comment about how “You know, role model is not the… title they like to give me, you know”. And, By Lainey • Apr 06, 2016 11:06 am
Amazingness Who’s laughing now Back in 2012, I wrote about Elizabeth Banks’s website praising it for its design and content, and also for what it isn’t: a way to brand her family or sell perfume. Since then her website has grown and added more features (like pinned content), but all of the By Maria • Apr 05, 2016 01:11 pm
Books Cameron for Longevity Cameron Diaz’s new book, The Longevity Book, was released today. Hey, you know what? So was Duana’s first book, The Name Therapist. Cam’s in New York today for promotion. I’ve attached below her interview with Good Morning America. They had her with a live audience, taking By Lainey • Apr 05, 2016 12:22 pm
TV Updates Gina’s rising star and #MovementMondays Gina Rodriguez is set to receive the CinemaCon Female Star of Tomorrow Award in Vegas next month . It’s a recognition that Shailene Woodley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Britt Robertson have all held. This year, CinemaCon decided to break out of their pretty, white blondes streak and By Kathleen • Mar 30, 2016 01:10 pm
Music Nicki in Nylon Nicki Minaj is the cover feature in the new issue of Nylon. I read the article this morning. It’s not the most insightful celebrity profile I’ve ever read, but there are some notable quotes. Nicki is promoting Barbershop: The Next Cut. She’s also been working on a By Lainey • Mar 17, 2016 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde was “too old” Olivia Wilde was on Howard Stern this week. She’s promoting Vinyl, which I haven’t started watching yet, and I should, but again – there is SO MUCH GOOD TV! Anyway, she starts talking about working with Martin Scorsese (he’s producing Vinyl) and reveals that she auditioned for Wolf By Lainey • Mar 16, 2016 04:12 pm
Relationship Assumption Miley Cyrus, “housewife” How do you know you’re a narcissist? When you think everything is about you. When Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth got back together, I was hot for about 5 minutes. Then they started selling it to me like a piece a of sh-t on the lid of a By Lainey • Mar 08, 2016 11:04 am
Harry Potter Intro for March 8, 2016 Dear Gossips, I can’t wait until tonight. JK Rowling’s giving us a bedtime story tonight. By the time you read this, it will be past 2pm GMT and the first installment of the History of Magic in North America – basically a study guide ahead of the November release By Lainey • Mar 08, 2016 09:27 am
Style Thandie Newton #SayHerName It’s a badass outfit without the message. But the message… Here’s Thandie Newton at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood event yesterday in a message tee that reads off the top: Black women are killed by police too And then a list of names. At the bottom: Can By Lainey • Feb 26, 2016 12:46 pm
Business of Hollywood Mindy Kaling: artist and activist Ahead of the Oscars, the New York Times has just published a piece called What It’s Really Like To Work In Hollywood (if you’re not a straight white man) featuring commentary from 27 industry players sharing their experiences in their own words. Queen Latifah is there. Julia Roberts By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 01:48 pm
Equality Issues Danai & Lupita make history After a successful run off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed began previews on Broadway at the Golden Theatre last night. It’s the first time in Broadway history that the cast, director, and writer are all women. Eclipsed is the third play that Danai has written By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 08:58 am
Business of Hollywood Rooney Mara is wishy-washy on whitewashing It is not my preference to go after actors in the ongoing #OscarsSoWhite and the Hollywood diversity crisis. (Want to be depressed? Read this super sad and regressive study of diversity within industry ranks from the studio C-suites on down.) But actors are usually the most visible people connecting By Sarah • Feb 23, 2016 01:12 pm
Music Taylor Swift on the First Monday In May It’s a little early to be talking about the MET Gala but we haven’t yet mentioned this year’s theme or the celebrity co-chairs. Joining Anna Wintour this year for the event will be Nicolas Ghesquiere, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, Idris Elba, Jonathan Ive, and, yes, Taylor By Lainey • Feb 23, 2016 10:13 am
