Long Reads A Huge Korean Scandal Trigger warning for suicide and underage SA. A massive celebrity scandal has erupted in Korea, for those who haven’t been following, we’ll start with some background. (Please note, this post was last edited on Friday 13 March, and it there are constant updates. If there are new developments By Lainey • Mar 14, 2025 11:00 am
Style But does it end with a win? Please note – trigger warning in this article for domestic violence. Normally when a movie with a $25 million budget opens with $50 million at the domestic box office, $80 million worldwide, and finishes a close second behind one of the most successful movies of the year, it’s considered a By Lainey • Aug 13, 2024 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Predicting the Oppen-Oscars Usually, I format my Oscar predictions as favorite/upset/dark horse, but this year, even the most competitive categories are down to two competitors, not a wide-open field of possibility. Also, brace yourself for the Oppen-Oscars, as Oppenheimer is probably going to dominate the whole night. So this year, I By Sarah • Mar 07, 2024 11:28 am
Equality Issues Hasan speaks up Hasan Minhaj has responded to the September New Yorker article about his “emotional truth” in comedy. He does a really good job laying out the three biggest “charges” in the article, that he made up incidents involving racism, racial profiling, and personal threats against his family. He has audio and By Sarah • Oct 27, 2023 01:02 pm
Douchebags The Ongoing David Choe Silence Please note that this post contains references to sexual assault and may be triggering for some. It’s now been almost ten days and a full business week since reporter and producer Aura Bogado tweeted about David Choe’s past, his role on Beef, and why he was given the By Lainey • Apr 21, 2023 02:35 pm
Dumbass Lena and Donald get into it (again) Donald Glover and Lena Dunham got caught in an awkward f-ck up that probably was supposed to fly under the radar, but we should talk about it. While presenting a Writers Guild Award to Paul Simms last weekend, Donald made a joke about Lena saying the n-word, which was promptly By Melayna • Mar 10, 2023 12:54 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt on Damage Control On Tuesday this week, the New York Times’s coverage of Angelina Jolie’s cross-complaint detailed explosive allegations against Brad Pitt about how he abused her and their six children on that private flight in September 2016 that preceded her filing for divorce. Since then, Brad and his representatives have By Lainey • Oct 07, 2022 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Warner Brothers shelves Batgirl, WTH is going on? Today in Holy Sh-tcan Batman News, Warner Brothers has decided to shelve Batgirl, a feature film centered on Barbara Gordon, which was supposed to be released this year on HBO Max. The film stars Leslie Grace as Barbara, alongside J.K. Simmons reprising his role as Commissioner Gordon, Brendan Fraser By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 12:54 pm
Top Reads Amber Heard's legal defeat is an enormous loss for victims Last week, Johnny Depp won his defamation civil lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. It was a highly publicized and publicly consumed trial that played out live for weeks on the internet, resulting in a verdict that legal experts called strange and unexpected. “She’s begging for total global humiliation. By Melayna • Jun 07, 2022 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 31, 2022 Dear Gossips, Today marks the end of Asian Heritage Month in Canada and AAPI Heritage Month in the United States. BTS will be meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House this afternoon. And at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend, Song Kang-ho was named Best Actor for By Lainey • May 31, 2022 09:07 am
Top Reads Will Smith’s Oscars debacle follow-up and the Academy’s dithering “leadership” Fallout from The Slap, as it is now known, continues as the Academy board of governors and leadership had an emergency call on Monday about Will Smith and what to do since he struck Chris Rock in front of 1000+ of his peers and also a live television audience of By Sarah • Mar 29, 2022 11:11 am
Top Reads Ben Affleck says Bennifer is a GREAT story To promote The Tender Bar, opening in limited release on December 17 and wide on December 22 before heading to Prime Video on January 7, Ben Affleck has done an extensive, very personal interview with The Wall Street Journal. He is asked directly about Jennifer Lopez. He does not answer By Lainey • Dec 02, 2021 11:35 am
Music BTS covers Billboard No other artist this year has spent as much time on the top of Billboard Hot 100 as BTS with their back-to-back hits “Butter” and “Permission to Dance”. After reading their new Billboard cover feature in the new issue of the magazine… I’m not sure Billboard is all that By Lainey • Aug 27, 2021 01:54 pm
Gorgessity Tony Leung: Start the Campaign Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings opens in ten days. This is a big movie, Marvel’s first theatrical release since the pandemic began and its first blockbuster with an East Asian lead superhero. So, of course, casting Shang-Chi and finding the actor best-suited to carry By Lainey • Aug 24, 2021 12:56 pm
Top Reads Scarlett Johansson v Disney: Hollywood’s next labor battle Last Thursday, Scarlett Johansson dropped a bombshell lawsuit on Disney, alleging breach of contract. The suit claims that Johansson had a theatrical-exclusive guarantee in her contract for Black Widow—which would not be unusual for an actor of her stature—and that by putting Black Widow on Disney+ day-and-date with By Sarah • Aug 03, 2021 11:19 am
Long Reads Britney Spears: The New Yorker report Almost two weeks ago, the world heard Britney Spears tell her story. A story of abuse, exploitation, gaslighting, emotional trauma, resilience, and power. She finally put her own voice to a narrative that did not belong to her. In her own words, she just wanted her life back. Over 20 By Melayna • Jul 06, 2021 01:23 pm
