Mary J Blige Mary J. Blige gets hers TWO! Mary J. Blige was nominated for two Golden Globes this morning. I was expecting the nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Last month, after she attended a party for75th anniversary of the Golden Globes, I wrote that Mary J. was working the award season By Kathleen • Dec 11, 2017 10:22 am
Ellen Degeneres Mary and Tiffany Yesterday was Tiffany Haddish’s birthday. On Saturday night she was hanging out with Mary J Blige at DJ Khaled’s birthday party which I think was also a promotional event for The Four, the new talent competition show starring Khaled, Diddy, Meghan Trainor, and Fergie. Mary, as we’ve By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 10:30 am
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Mary’s gold accents Mary J Blige at the Gotham Awards last night, continuing to show up for award season. And dress for award season. As mentioned, Mary’s got a shot at a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in Mudbound. Momentum continues to build. Two weeks ago she wasn’t showing By Lainey • Nov 28, 2017 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dee Rees’ Mudbound is a classic Mudbound opens with two men racing to dig a hole to bury their father before imminent rain makes it impossible. While digging, they discover a set of shackles and a skull with a bullet hole. “A slave grave,” one man says. “Pappy would hate that.” That scene sets the tone By Sarah • Nov 21, 2017 01:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mary J. Blige, an appreciation I won’t pretend that this post is anything other than an expression of admiration and excitement for Mary J. Blige. So, if you don’t want to read me glowing up Mary J for too many words, turn back now. It has been a little over a year since By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2017 09:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, Oscar campaigning is officially underway as there were several events this weekend in Hollywood, featuring many expected award season contenders trying to build as much awareness around their projects and performances before the holiday break. We are now just 5 weeks away from the Hollywood Foreign Press announcing By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 08:05 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 26, 2017 Dear Gossips, There was a lot of nostalgia last night at the BET Awards. New Edition was honoured. Mary J Blige showed us how great it can be to set yourself free. And Xscape came back onstage together after 18 years apart. But to balance the nostalgia, there were several By Lainey • Jun 26, 2017 09:02 am
Hook Ups Mary J Blige gets her groove back As of last month, Mary J. Blige and her ex-husband Martin “Kendu” Isaacs were still going through a messy divorce. They split after 13 years of marriage. In December, they were fighting because he was asking for an exorbitant amount of money from her and wouldn’t give back her By Kathleen • Jan 26, 2017 09:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mudbound 2018? At Sundance, back in 2012, Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to win Best Director for her film Middle Of Nowhere. Two years later, she directed Selma, which was the first film directed by a black woman to be nominated for Best Picture, though she was not nominated for By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 10:16 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, January 14, 2016 This is why I am not suited to practice mindfulness – I don’t want to be lectured by a tea bag. Hmmmm. A photo posted by Kerry Washington (@kerrywashington) onJan 14, 2016 at 8:00am PST Valid point, each and every one. Why do we have another year of white By Maria • Jan 14, 2016 02:46 pm
TV Updates The Hero Of Her Own Story You’ve heard me rattle on all year about these televised musicals. The Wiz airs Thursday night on NBC, and it is going to be far better than the live musicals of the previous years, which is good for musical lovers but bad for live-tweeters. This article from the Hollywood By Duana • Dec 01, 2015 12:53 pm
BFFs Taylor Swift: a banner weekend and a bad decision Two shows down, three to go… By the time it’s all over on Wednesday night, it’ll be 16 sold out shows in a row for Taylor Swift at Staples Centre – the first artist to do so. Which is why Kobe Bryant showed up and presented her with a By Lainey • Aug 24, 2015 04:33 pm
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Mary J in leather pants and a wicked coat Between Mary J Blige and Sam Smith last night, it was a lot of coat porn. Wasn’t really all that excited about Mary J’s dress on the carpet but her outfit on stage… F-ck me, that was good. She’s fit in these leather pants. And the coat By Lainey • Nov 24, 2014 12:17 pm
Girly Throw Downs GG Best Meangirls: Queen Latifah, Mary J Blige, and Elton John I would have wanted to sit at that table. Next to Latifah and Mary J. Especially during Madonna’s nauseating acceptance speech. Because did you see Latifah’s face? She was ...patronising. And she was holding back some serious sh-t. The video is below. And I’ve also screen-capped their By Lainey • Jan 16, 2012 10:29 am
Girlcrushes They all support Lauryn This will give you goose pimples. At the 2010 Rock the Bells show in NYC, so many of them were there – Beyonce, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys Mary J Blige, Chris Rock, John Legend – to witness the return of... Ms Lauryn Hill. Please. It’s been too f-cking long. But she had By Lainey • Aug 30, 2010 03:11 am
James Franco Please sleep I know. He looks like hell. Worse than hell. He looks like he’s detoxing off some Lohan crank. But he’s just really tired and run down, ok? Between making movies, and prepping for soap opera work, and going to class, and writing essays, and studying, and being all By Lainey • Oct 23, 2009 08:30 am
