Golden Globes 2019 Halle Berry and Lena Waithe are the Golden Globes couple we deserve It feels like during every awards show in recent memory, Twitter picks an unexpected presenter pairing to anoint as The Couple Who Should Star in a Rom-Com. Last night, Halle Berry and Lena Waithe were that couple. Halle and Lena are working together as executive producers on a BET series By Kathleen • Jan 07, 2019 03:20 am
Storm Reid Black Girls Rock One of the most underrated red carpets of the year is the BET Black Girls Rock! red carpet. Every year, I forget it’s happening and every year, it delivers some of my favourite looks. This year’s honourees included Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Lena Waithe, Amandla Stenberg, #MeToo By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2018 11:17 am
Equality Issues Strong Black Lead By now, you’ve probably seen Netflix’s Strong Black Lead short film. The spot is a recreation of the iconic 1958 photo “A Great Day in Harlem” but instead of legendary jazz musicians, Netflix brought together 47 black directors, producers, writers and actors. The promo has been dubbed “A By Kathleen • Jun 26, 2018 02:54 pm
Lena Waithe MTV Trailblazers: Lena Waithe and Keiynan Lonsdale Lena Waithe won the official MTV Trailblazer award in last night’s broadcast but it was Keiynan Lonsdale who proved why the trail she’s blazing is so important. Keiynan was a trailblazer in his own right while accepting Best Kiss solo, proudly in a dress, flawlessly without his co-star By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2018 11:23 am
Met Gala 2018 Lena Waithe: Best Met statement Last September, Lena Waithe gave one of the all-time best Emmy speeches. I remember pausing the show right after Lena’s speech and transcribing every word she said to accept her Emmy as the first black woman to win for comedy writing on a note in my phone. That note By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 05:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ready Player One is the nadir of fanboy culture Ready Player One is Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, a return to his populist roots and the escapist fantasies for which he is most famous. Based on poet Ernest Cline’s novel of the same name, RPO is a fanboy’s love letter to nostalgia and gatekeeping and now it’ By Sarah • Apr 02, 2018 09:44 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Zendaya’s style weapon, Lena’s wardrobe, and a ticking clock Here are Zendaya and Yara Shahidi this week at the Kids’ Choice Awards this weekend. Their stylists, Law Roach and Jason Bolden, were featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s first ever Stylists Roundtable last week talking about the work of celebrity styling. Duana and I break down the secrets behind By Lainey • Mar 26, 2018 04:00 pm
Golden Globes 2018 Aziz Ansari’s speech was short I really loved Master of None Season 2. I almost didn’t watch it, given that I found Season 1 fine, funny at times but not unmissable. Season 2 is a different story. There’s an ambitious arc, there’s Italy, there’s episodes that are doing ambitious things, including By Duana • Jan 08, 2018 08:10 am
TV Updates Lena Waithe’s own words Last year, Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win an Emmy for writing in a comedy series, for her work on Master of None’s stellar “Thanksgiving” episode. This year, Waithe is launching her own show, The Chi, on Showtime. According to her profile in the New York By Sarah • Jan 04, 2018 12:08 pm
Lena Waithe Intro for September 22, 2017 Dear Gossips, Before we wrap up Emmy week, let’s once again shout out Lena Waithe who became the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing and who gave one of the best speeches of the night, if not the best speech of the night. And, as By Lainey • Sep 22, 2017 07:48 am
Style Lena Waithe: Emmys Best Dressed, Best Prepped (Duana) If we have learned one thing from Taylor Swift, it is that there is no charm in fake surprise at an awards show win. Genuine surprise makes great TV – the gasping and gulping and ‘you like me!’ that fuels social media the next day—but the calm, faux splutter of By Duana • Sep 18, 2017 12:57 pm
