PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 05: Thandie Newton attends the Louis Vuitton show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 05, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/Getty Images) At 48 years old, Thandiwe Newton would like to reintroduce herself to the world, choosing to […]
Sure, every wedding has that one guest who gets a little too emotional and starts crying and ranting to anyone who will listen about the one that got away. But for one *lucky* couple that got married in Florida last weekend, that emotional partygoer was former president Donald Trump. And […]
Last fall, a conversation about Emily in Paris accidentally saved my life. I’d been on a late-night FaceTime call with one of my long-distance best friends (she lives in Arizona; I’m in Brooklyn). We were arguing about whether the aforementioned Netflix show was so-bad-it’s-good or just really, really bad… and […]
If you excuse us, we’ll just be living our best regency lives. Listen up, Bridgerton fans. This summer you can make all of your regency dreams come true – by dining in the gardens of one of the show’s prettiest filming locations like Lady Whistledown herself. The Queen’s House in […]
‘We are very lucky in the UK to have you.’ Credit: Netflix Pandemic or no pandemic, awards season is well and truly underway (albeit, it’s taking place via Zoom this year). And while we couldn’t have predicted what this year’s awards ceremonies would look like, we would’ve happily put money […]
‘I’m taking back what’s mine.’ Thandiwe Newton, who for the past 30 years of her acting career has been known professionally as Thandie, has announced she will reclaim the original Shona spelling of her name, saying, “I’m taking back what’s mine.” The British actor, who was born Melanie Thandiwe Newton […]
Lady Whistledown broke the news at the weekend. Credit: Netflix It was the show that caused an upsurge in regency-inspired baby names, countless memes, and dating rumours so wild that the cast themselves had to get involved. Yep, we could only be talking about Bridgerton. Aptly described as Gossip Girl meets Pride and […]
As with most families, it was far from a typical Easter for the royals. While the Queen would usually be joined by her extended family for Easter services at St George’s Chapel, this year marked the second year in a row that the royals did not make a public appearance […]
In a new interview, Kate Winslet has spoken candidly about Hollywood’s less than progressive attitude towards queerness. The actress’s latest film, Ammonite, is a queer love story inspired by the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning. In the film, Winslet’s character enters into a passionate romantic relationship with fellow geologist […]
In 2019, local activists hosted a feminist performance piece titled “Un violador en tu camino” (A Rapist in Your Path) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. First brought to life by feminist art collective LasTesis from Chile, the performance involved hundreds of women, who shuffled and chanted a chorus […]
