Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s new ABP role Every actor in Black Panther (except for maybe living legends Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker) can look at their careers in two parts: BBP and ABP, as in Before Black Panther and After Black Panther. Sure, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya and my man Michael B. By Kathleen • Feb 23, 2018 01:24 pm
Gossip Genie Lupita + MBJ = push-ups and… flirting? If by the end of this post, you feel the need to come in with some real talk … don’t. Do not take away my joy. Don’t take away your own joy. Let us all live in possibility for a while because, sure, this may be too good to By Lainey • Feb 20, 2018 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 19, 2018 Dear Gossips, I was obsessed all weekend with checking the box office for Black Panther. As noted last week, the projections kept going up every day. And the numbers kept climbing every few hours this weekend and breaking all kinds of records. By Saturday morning they seemed certain the movie By Lainey • Feb 19, 2018 07:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther is everything we’ve waited for Among a host of amazing things, maybe the most amazing thing about Black Panther is that it’s a superhero movie. For all the weight and expectation and political pressure and representative issues that come with being the first black superhero movie released by Marvel Studios—and the first black By Sarah • Feb 15, 2018 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Women of Black Panther, a roundup Sarah saw Black Panther last night. Her first e-mail to me after her screening was, of course, about Okoye. I’ve BEEN telling y’all about Danai Gurira’s Okoye. People are going to lose their sh-t over Okoye. They are going to be demanding a standalone Okoye film. The By Kathleen • Feb 14, 2018 01:22 pm
Style Black Panther Fashion Week Every day the opening weekend box office projections for Black Panther keep going up. The movie has already broken all kinds of records for advance ticket sales. And some experts even think the current projection might even be on the low side. Variety reported yesterday that industry experts don’t By Lainey • Feb 13, 2018 03:52 pm
Top Reads The Culture of Hair, starring Lupita Nyong’o Lupita Nyong’o is on the cover of Allure’s March issue. The words “The Culture of Hair” are emblazoned across an image of Lupita rocking braids wrapped in small jewels and beads. A post shared by Lupita Nyong'o (@lupitanyongo) on Feb 12, 2018 at 5:10am PST By Kathleen • Feb 12, 2018 01:13 pm
Style Black Panther style porn takes over London Sarah just posted her review of Fifty Shades Freed and the movie should win the box office this weekend with a projected take of $33 million. It’s been a successful franchise, for sure, but it’s also a steadily declining franchise, like the NFL and Justin Timberlake. When the By Lainey • Feb 09, 2018 10:38 am
Quiveration Black Panther in Seoul There were a lot of things that brought me joy this weekend, like watching Sad Tom Brady lose and watching Twitter drag Justin Timberlake on Janet Jackson Appreciation Day (#NeverForget). The Black Panther press tour continues to be a constant source of joy. This weekend, Lupita Nyong’o and Michael By Kathleen • Feb 05, 2018 12:32 pm
Gorgessity Royal attire requested The official dress code of the Black Panther premiere was royal. The carpet was purple. Attendees were told to dress in their majestic best and my GOD, did they deliver. I don’t mean to be extra here but in a year when the people most of the world recognize By Kathleen • Jan 30, 2018 11:32 am
Gorgessity The Necessity of Lupita Nyong’o There was one word I kept coming back to while reading Lupita Nyong’o’s stirring feature in The Hollywood Reporter and that word was “necessary.” Her story, her words and her presence are so vital, so NECESSARY, that I think this feature should be required reading for everyone in By Kathleen • Jan 26, 2018 11:13 am
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Brie & Lupita at the end I really enjoyed where Lupita Nyong’o was seated last night at the SAGs. Right in front. Sort of like where Oprah was sitting at the Golden Globes. Like so many other attendees, Lupita was in sparkles. Grey in some light but with a metallic blue tone on the carpet. By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Almost time for Black Panther (Lainey: this post was supposed to go up yesterday but I had to be a dick. Black Panther tickets went on sale. The film has already set a record for advance ticket sales which is why, like an asshole, I didn’t want to post about it because I was By Sarah • Jan 10, 2018 01:08 pm
Top Reads Lupita’s fourth Lupita Nyong’o covers the January 2018 issue of Vogue. January is my birthday month so this feels like a gift just for me. Thanks, Vogue. This is Lupita’s fourth Vogue cover. We’ve written a lot about who gets to cover Vogue. If you’re a woman of By Kathleen • Dec 13, 2017 10:35 am
Top Reads Lupita too Lupita Nyong’o has a Harvey Weinstein story too. She shared with the New York Times yesterday. As gross usual, there was a massage request. It did not happen at a hotel. Instead, Harvey invited Lupita to his home, and while his children were in another room watching a movie, By Lainey • Oct 20, 2017 09:25 am
Amazingness Let Lupita lift you up Today has been a sh*tstorm of bad and worse news. From the moment I opened my Twitter feed during my morning commute to you reading this right now, it’s just been a parade of garbage. I’m afraid to go on social media because it’s one of By Sarah • Jul 26, 2017 03:58 pm
