Cannes 2025 A smattering of Cannes fashion The Cannes Film Festival ends this weekend, which means it’s time for that annual end-of-Cannes event, the amFAR Gala. As we’ve mentioned several times over the last couple weeks, the fest’s new dress code rules, targeting “naked and voluminous” dresses, has maybe contributed to a rather boring By Sarah • May 23, 2025 11:38 am
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
Taraji P Henson Taraji v Tiktokers Taraji P. Henson is speaking out after confusing two TikTokers at the BET Awards this past weekend. During the show, there was a segment in which she was giving people their flowers. At one point, she approached an influencer named Jordan Howlett, mistaking him for Keith Lee, a viral and By Stephanie • Jul 04, 2024 11:24 am
Music BET Highlights: Teyana, Victoria, Usher, and more The 24th annual BET Awards took place this past weekend, hosted by Taraji P. Henson and featuring an all-star cast of women who left it all on stage. It was a night to remember and here are some of the night’s biggest moments. Teyana Taylor and Victoria Monet’s By Stephanie • Jul 02, 2024 11:24 am
Assy Style Gossiping at the Time 100 Gala Today got off to a dark start, so let’s take a break and look at some beautiful people. The Time 100 Gala was last night in New York, and the beautiful people showed up. Like, Dev Patel was there. That’s enough for me. Just let me gaze upon By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 10:51 am
Business of Hollywood The echoing frustrations of Taraji, Keke and Issa In a recent conversation with Teen Vogue, superstar Keke Palmer opened up about her possible retirement from Hollywood, saying it’s likely to happen sooner rather than later. “I don’t know. I think the timer has started,” she said. “I think it’s because I just haven’t felt By Stephanie • Feb 01, 2024 01:49 pm
Emmy Awards 2024 Emmys Slink and Shimmy There are some shows where I really want the performer, or performers, to win awards and get recognized. Then there are some where I don’t. For example, I was really happy tonight that viewers who don’t know her might have learned Natasha Lyonne’s vibe a bit, when By Duana • Jan 16, 2024 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Color Purple’s Excellent Cast Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has been a seminal presence in American literature since its publication in 1982, inspiring both a film adaptation from Steven Spielberg in 1985 and a Broadway musical adaptation in 2005. Do I wish this latest Color Purple was just a straightforward adaptation of Walker’ By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 10:55 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Color Purple Fashion The big Hollywood premiere of The Color Purple happened last night and… the fashion that this cast and Oprah have been throwing down, my GOD. Let’s start with the Mighty O because we saw her kill it in purple at the Academy Museum Gala last weekend and she was By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 02:34 pm
Award Season Campaigning Elle gets it right Elle’s annual Women In Hollywood issues are here, a collection of nine cover features that reads like potential ballots for the Oscars. Best Actress hopefuls Lily Gladstone, Greta Lee, and Fantasia Barrino Taylor are among the featured profiles, as are Best Supporting Actress contenders Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Here comes The Color Purple The Color Purple doesn’t open until Christmas Day, over a month away, but the fact that the studio is allowing for reactions this early on social media means that they’re confident. And the way people are coming out of the advance screenings right now supports that theory. This By Lainey • Nov 21, 2023 01:38 pm
Equality Issues Taraji celebrates room for everyone Taraji P. Henson is touting the success of the swath of recent Black women celebrities that have become owners of Black haircare and beauty lines. Back in 2020, she launched her own haircare line, TPH by Taraji. She was inspired by wanting wash day to be less of a chore By Stephanie • Nov 03, 2023 03:24 pm
Equality Issues Lizzo & Taraji: A Golden Open for Reproductive Rights Dripping in gold, Lizzo opened the BET Awards last night with a performance of her new hit “About Damn Time” after making this announcement on social media on Saturday: I’m pledging $500k from my upcoming tour to Planned Parenthood and Abortion Rights. Live Nation agreed to match— to make By Lainey • Jun 27, 2022 11:07 am
Emmy Awards 2021 Taraji and Issa: Closet-Floor Cool Lainey and Sarah and I write all our pieces separately, after a semi-haphazard rock-paper-scissors meeting to see who’s going to write what. So I don’t know what words they, or anyone else, is using to describe the looks last night at the Emmys – but I know the one By Duana • Sep 20, 2021 12:44 pm
Hair Intro for November 23, 2020 Dear Gossips, Are you starting to get used to award shows without an audience? Is it becoming more and more “normal” to you? What is it that they say about how long it takes to form a habit? Because while there may be positive news about vaccines, I’m not By Lainey • Nov 23, 2020 08:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oh god we’re all gonna watch this, aren’t we? With much of the world in lockdown right now, many companies are crashing since they are, by default, closed. Netflix is not one of those companies. Netflix is doing GREAT. Everyone is on Netflix right now, so much so that they have to slow their broadband rates in Europe to By Sarah • Mar 25, 2020 12:36 pm
