Lifetime’s Aaliyah biopic has undergone quite a bit of changes and controversy over the past few months. First, Zendaya dropped out of the lead role, which she later revealed was because of the movie’s production value and issues with the music rights. Nickelodeon star Alexandra Shipp replaced Zendaya and then the late R&B singer’s family […]
How about a reality show about trick plays named after reality show stars? This first episode could feature Lewis and Clark Middle School of Jefferson City, Missouri and its trick play dubbed “The Ugly Kardashian.” It worked like a charm recently against Thomas Jefferson, MaxPreps reported. In a video (above) sure to inspire other gimmickry, […]
Though most people remember her as Whitley Gilbert, the southern belle on “A Different World,” actress Jasmine Guy has had an incredibly versatile career as an artist. A professional dancer and choreographer, Guy got her start performing in New York at Alvin Ailey. She went on to appear in films like Spike Lee’s “School Daze,” […]
The following contains some spoilers about “Gone Girl.” David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” kicked off the 52nd annual New York Film Festival on Friday night with a lot of fanfare and a surfeit of positive reactions on Twitter. Starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne, a married couple hiding secrets and lies […]
Gwyneth Paltrow may seem perfect to most people but the actress revealed that her life is definitely far from being so.
Perhaps one of the least understood aspects of queer identity is intersexuality — and now one TV show is attempting to bring this form of identity into the mainstream. Earlier this month it was reported that MTV’s show “Faking It” would reveal that one of the characters is intersex — a groundbreaking moment for mainstream […]
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the NBC series “Friends,” Jimmy Fallon rounded up some hilarious stories of other people’s wacky friends. During Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” Fallon read off a slew of tweets that were hashtagged #MyWeirdFriend and chronicled friends’ bizarre antics. We can definitely picture Phoebe, Joey and Ross doing any […]
Whoever is behind People magazine’s Twitter account has a lot of explaining to do. The magazine faced harsh scrutiny during its live-tweeting of ABC’s premiere lineup Thursday night, which included all three series executive produced by Shonda Rhimes. During “How To Get Away With Murder,” rather than celebrating star Viola Davis for her performance as […]
Amazon’s new original series, “Transparent,” will likely generate some important conversations about identity, but starting that discourse requires some knowledge of how we should talk about the transgender — and larger LGBTQ — community. The reality is that there is no “right” way, though there are most certainly wrong ones. The series, which premiered its […]
NEW YORK — The darkened inside of Madison Square Garden lit up like a star-filled night sky on Thursday with the white glow of thousands of cell phones slowly swaying to the soft vocals of Enrique Iglesias’ pop ballad “Hero.” It was an evening to remember for the Spanish superstar’s fans — especially “Joe from […]
