Amazingness Ava DuVernay like a BOSS Ava DuVernay was honored this year as part of Elle’s annual Women In Hollywood awards, and she gave an AMAZING speech at their awards dinner. The whole thing is well worth a read, but there are a couple highlights that tie into some of the particular issues surrounding diversity By Sarah • Oct 26, 2015 10:12 am
Dumbass And this helps…how? I’ve already written about Jeremy Renner today. About how he’s recording an album – click here for a refresher. A lot of people are talking about Jeremy this week because of how he responded to questions about the gender pay gap and Jennifer Lawrence’s essay. He did say By Lainey • Oct 22, 2015 04:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence gets tough in Joy In the past, Jennifer Lawrence has done something that bugs me—she downplays her ambition. By her early twenties, she bagged two franchises and multiple Oscar nominations and became one of the most famous and successful young actresses in the world. None of that happens by accident. It takes considerable By Sarah • Oct 21, 2015 01:16 pm
Dumbass Jeremy Renner: craft > pay On Monday night it was Drake. Yesterday it was Jeremy Renner. The man’s grey turtleneck – is it a thing? Jeremy was in New York yesterday to promote a campaign he’s doing with Remy Martin Cognac. (Put a pin in that because we’re coming back to it.) You’ By Lainey • Oct 21, 2015 10:12 am
TV Updates Emilia is Sexy, Esquire is Bullsh-t Emilia Clarke has been named Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive, which every year seems to be more and more of a “thing,” although nowhere near the anticipation of PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive title. Sexiest Woman Alive can’t anoint a woman’s entry into the upper echelons like PEOPLE’ By Maria • Oct 14, 2015 11:36 am
Business of Hollywood Jennifer Lawrence wanted to be liked As mentioned in today’s blog intro, the new Lenny newsletter includes an essay by Jennifer Lawrence called Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars? This is Jennifer Lawrence, the highest paid actress in Hollywood. Oscar winner. Multiple Oscar nominee. Katniss. Mystique. And she’s still not on By Lainey • Oct 13, 2015 10:34 am
Equality Issues Intro for October 13, 2015 Dear Gossips, Do you subscribe to Lena Dunham’s Lenny? If you do, you would have received the third newsletter today which includes an article written by Jennifer Lawrence about being paid less than her male co-stars. We’ll get to that later. Maria noted in her last post about By Lainey • Oct 13, 2015 09:30 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s penis takes over the internet Hockey season started yesterday. And the MLB playoffs are underway. But it was Justin Bieber’s dick that dominated the discussion on Wednesday. At least it did on the internet, where I live. JB was in Bora Bora a few days ago with his maybe girlfriend Jayde Pierce. He decided By Lainey • Oct 08, 2015 11:12 am
Top Reads Ashley Judd and the studio mogul who sexually harassed her Variety has released its Power of Women issue. As part of the issue, Ashley Judd revealed to the magazine that she’d been sexually harassed by one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. She describes him as “one of our industry’s most famous, admired-slash-reviled bosses”. OK. So… we By Lainey • Oct 06, 2015 04:04 pm
Equality Issues Carey gives the best answer Carey Mulligan covers the new ELLE UK ahead of the release Suffragette in which she stars alongside Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter. This is the magazine’s feminism issue. And this week, many of you have been emailing me about Meryl and Marion Cotillard, and their responses to questions By Lainey • Oct 01, 2015 10:05 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Charlize Theron for the girls Charlize Theron has been in New York the last few days. She spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sunday and yesterday she was at the Social Good Summit in support of the Let Girls Learn campaign led by Barack and Michelle Obama. Today she’s expected to join Flotus By Lainey • Sep 29, 2015 11:25 am
Equality Issues Jessica Biel at the CGI Jessica Biel was in New York today, making an appearance at Good Morning America before speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative later on. Jessica is involved with WomenCare Global’s new educational campaign called If You Don’t Tell Them, Then Who Will that aims to encourage women and girls By Lainey • Sep 28, 2015 12:47 pm
Equality Issues Jon Stewart’s Farewell Emmys Here is another case of the Emmys making themselves irrelevant by giving trophies to the same people over and over. I get it—Jon Stewart’s tenure at The Daily Show is over, and his wins for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Series are his send-off By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 08:55 am
Music Beyonce speaks the day after Bey Day That almost sounds biblical. It was Beyonce’s birthday on Friday. As you saw, it was pretty much an international holiday – click here for a refresher. What happens on December 13? Does Tay Day start trending on Twitter too? Anyway, here’s how Beyonce acknowledged the worldwide outpouring of adoration By Lainey • Sep 08, 2015 08:25 am
Media Manipulation Miley, the Heir to Sex? There have been so many pop stars that have quickly been crowned, “The Next Madonna.” Britney, Christina (in her Dirrty phase), Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and now, Miley. Madonna had the white wedding dress at MTV, Miley had the foam finger. Madonna had the gondola in Venice, Miley has the Wrecking By Maria • Sep 02, 2015 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mothers, Daughters, Rebels Today is Women’s Equality Day in the United States, marking the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the US constitution, confirming women’s right to vote. So it makes sense that a new poster for Suffragette has just been released via EW.com. And here’s a new By Lainey • Aug 26, 2015 01:52 pm
