Met Gala 2025 The Queen and the Ivory Court At the Met Gala, you hope for a moment when someone just takes over the stairs, makes it impossible for anyone else to do much else… even Zendaya! Who else but Diana Ross? Of course it’s the dress, with that 18-foot train, and the feathered hat, and the sparkles, By Lainey • May 06, 2025 11:27 am
Equality Issues What Rita, Mary J, and Wendy have in common Rita Moreno spoke at a panel in New York this week and reflected on the “big, deep lesson” she learned in her marriage to a “very controlling” Leonard Gordon and spilled some tea on her relationship with Marlon Brando. “Things began to get very tense. And if it were not By Stephanie • Mar 08, 2024 01:25 pm
Gorgessity George and Amal and all their friends Last night was the second annual “Albies”, a humanitarian award given by the Clooney Foundation for Justice to “those whose work and organizations are under threat” (you can read more about The Albies and this year’s recipients here). That means that Amal and George Clooney were out last night By Sarah • Sep 29, 2023 10:02 am
Equality Issues Intro for October 25, 2022 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, Mary J. Blige joined Dr. Jill Biden and members of the American Cancer Society at the White House to announce a series of national meetings on breast and cervical cancer, aimed at raising awareness for early detection and treatment of cancer in women. This is part of By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 09:32 am
Music Intro for February 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, It was always going to be the Super Bowl of celebrities with the game happening in LA. And indeed, last night’s game was probably the most celebrity-heavy Super Bowl in years, if not decades. The halftime show had something to do with it too. The halftime show By Lainey • Feb 14, 2022 09:15 am
Music Intro for June 28, 2019 Dear Gossips, This weekend marks the end of Pride Month but, of course, never the end of Pride. Pride Month is June, as we know, because Stonewall happened in June, 50 years ago now; as a matter of fact, the exact anniversary was today and through the weekend. Pride is By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 10:05 am
Music Mary J Blige: “a leader, a queen, a living legend” May J Blige was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards last night. As mentioned in the previous post, Rihanna presented it to her. Exactly. It’s Mary J Blige. To properly recognise Mary, you have to bring in someone who’s worthy of Mary. And someone By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 11:29 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
Style The Power Stylists 2018 On the latest episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I talk about Hollywood style and the business behind celebrity style strategy. The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Power Stylists list is mentioned several times. THR released its 2018 Power Stylists list yesterday and there was a party last night to By Lainey • Mar 21, 2018 10:06 am
Oscars 2018 Mary J. Blige: Oscars Best Performance I’m mad about Mudbound. I just decided how mad I’m going to be about Mudbound and that’s very. Very mad. There wasn’t much else to get fired up over this year so I’m going to pour all of my frustrations over missed nominations and people By Kathleen • Mar 05, 2018 07:47 am
Mary J Blige Mary J’s Oscar weekend Mary J Blige is a two-time Oscar nominee… in the same year. She is the first woman to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. She made history. So no matter what happens this weekend (Allison Janney will win Best Supporting Actress), Mary J Blige’s Oscar By Lainey • Mar 02, 2018 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Mary in Oscar white Mary J Blige, double Oscar nominee, at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon yesterday… In a perfect white outfit for the occasion. I mean, it’s perfect. She is perfectly styled for the occasion. I like that waist situation happening that elevates the look from being a white shirt tucked into a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 11:57 am
Award Season Campaigning Mary J Blige makes history The first part of the Oscar nominations this morning, when they announced many of the technical categories, featured vignettes to highlight the work that goes into editing and sound and costuming and cinematography etc. Each vignette was fronted by a woman, a diverse range of women beginning with Gal Gadot By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 11:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dee Rees gets Sandra Bullock’s vote One of my favourite side stories during award season is watching to see which major movie stars throw their support behind which films and which performers. Julia Roberts comes up a lot in this discussion. She campaigned for Javier Bardem a few years ago and last year she showed up By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 10:36 am
Golden Globes 2018 The Globes needed more Mary J. Blige After a show like this, there’s always one person I wish we got to see more of. After the Globes, that person is Mary J. Blige. I didn’t see her interviewed on the red carpet. I was flipping between E! and NBC and I think I caught a By Kathleen • Jan 08, 2018 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mary J Blige’s new year “breakthrough” The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala happened last night. This is always an important stop on the award season circuit since so many Oscar voters show up at the event. Which is why so many Oscar hopefuls show up at the event. The voting period for Oscar nominations By Lainey • Jan 03, 2018 10:18 am
