Golden Globes 2018 Golden Globes: Issa Rae’s table The obvious best table at the Globes was the Oprah/ Gayle/ Stedman/ Ava/ Pauletta/ Denzel/ Viola/ Julius table but the one I wanted to be at most was Issa Rae’s. You may have missed it but for a glorious split second, we got to see Issa Rae and Zoe By Kathleen • Jan 08, 2018 09:40 am
Issa Rae Issa’s best life Aspirational. It’s a word typically reserved for celebs behind the goops and the Draper James and the Maisie Jasper Asher Imogens or whatever the latest celebrity lifestyle brand is. We’re supposed to look at Gwyneth or Reese or Jessica Alba and want their life, then subsequently want their By Kathleen • Dec 12, 2017 11:06 am
Samuel L Jackson #LemonPepperKickback Samuel L. Jackson was photographed heading through LAX, presumably coming from Atlanta where he’s currently filming Avengers 4. Since I’m not up on the MCU shooting schedule, I only know Samuel L. Jackson was in Atlanta this weekend because of Yvonne Orji’s and Issa Rae’s Instagram By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 11:54 am
Girlcrushes When Issa Met Michelle There needs to be a word for when two of your favourite humans you’ve never met but wish they were your family and/or best friends forever end up in the same picture. Like when Lainey woke up at 5am and fangirled over this photo of Rihanna and Beyoncé. By Kathleen • Sep 28, 2017 11:04 am
Emmy Awards 2017 Riz Ahmed and Issa Rae: Emmys Best Couple Riz Ahmed and Issa Rae presented Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series. From the moment they walked on to the Emmy stage, side by side, looking goddamn impeccable, I was imagining the life I want them to live together. Most people were tweet-wishing for Issa and Riz to star in By Kathleen • Sep 18, 2017 11:01 am
TV Updates Intro for September 12, 2017 Dear Gossips, I wasn’t ready for the Game Of Thrones season 7 finale 3 weeks ago. I was definitely not ready for the Insecure season 2 finale this weekend. GoT S7 could have used another episode, if not two, because it felt like too much of a race. And By Lainey • Sep 12, 2017 09:08 am
Amazingness Gossip Girl for black kids Gossip Girl is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Vanity Fair honoured the milestone with a retrospective feature that everyone is talking about today, mainly for the behind-the-scenes dirt and a weird AF anecdote about how Blake Lively would send Leonardo DiCaprio photos of dolls when they were dating. Wait, what? I By Kathleen • Aug 30, 2017 04:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, Back in March I read a book and even though we weren’t even at quarter of the way through 2017, I called it the Book of the Year. That would be Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, which made it to the top of the NY By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 09:30 am
TV Updates Issa gets more Insecure OK but first… what did you think of Sunday night’s episode? With Sterling K Brown, come on! You know what I love about Sterling’s guest appearance? Aside from the obvious, which is that he’s Sterling K Brown and he was the one who told Issa Rae that By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 01:49 pm
Music Jay-Z’s Black Friends In Jay-Z’s extensive, 30 plus year music video catalogue, there aren’t many “holy-sh*t-I’m-never-going-to-forget-the-first-time-I-saw-this” classics. Well, Jay has been releasing new music videos and video extras from 4:44 steadily over the past few weeks that have easily become some of his best work. They’ve ranged By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 10:19 am
Style Issa, ATJ, and more of your faves in the VF 2017 Style Portfolio The big get this month for Vanity Fair was no doubt the interview with Angelina Jolie. But they’ve also just released their 2017 Style Portfolio and there’s a LOT of sexy happening here. Let’s start with Issa Rae. Because yes, F-ck YES, Issa Rae in this leather By Lainey • Aug 02, 2017 04:51 pm
TV Updates Intro for July 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, The New York Times had a very important question for us this weekend: How Quiet Should You Be During Game Of Thrones? I’m pretty quiet during GoT. I don’t like watching with anyone else. I will text other people during the episode but I’m watching By Lainey • Jul 24, 2017 09:05 am
TV Updates Intro for July 20, 2017 Dear Gossips, As mentioned yesterday in What Else?, Game Of Thrones is so popular that some people even put off their porn last Sunday to watch the season premiere. GoT will no doubt be the main television event this Sunday too. But… what about after? After episode 2, it’s By Lainey • Jul 20, 2017 09:38 am
Style Issa, Yara, and Maxwell at the BET Awards I might have been more excited about the men’s fashion at the BET Awards than the women. Like Big Sean’s red velvet suit? The cuffed hem! Look at the cuffed hem! And then there’s Maxwell. In some light, the trim on his suit was grey. Under certain By Lainey • Jun 26, 2017 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews IT’S HAPPENING The Rihanna/ Lupita/ Ava/ Issa movie of Twitter’s dreams is officially happening. When I wrote about the project last month, it was still just a whisper and a sliver of hope in the hearts of anyone with a pulse and a brain. Even though I essentially laid out the By Kathleen • May 24, 2017 11:33 am
Amazingness Rihanna and Lupita’s Black Twitter movie Don’t f-ck this up Hollywood. That’s all I ask. Actual real-life goddesses Lupita Nyong'o and Rihanna may star in a movie Black Twitter made up. Certified genius and habitual creator of dope sh-t Ava Duvernay may direct it. My imaginary best friend Issa Rae may write By Kathleen • Apr 25, 2017 02:54 pm
