Midway through her speech at the GLAAD Awards, Kerry Washington had people on their feet while she accepted the Vanguard Award, given to a celebrity who has been an ally to the LGBT community. “We have been pitted against each other and made to feel like there are limited seats at the table for those of us who fall into the category of other,” said Washington. “As others, we are taught that to be successful, we must reject those other others, or we will never belong.
Kevin Hart has yet another accomplishment to be able to “say with his chest.” On November 15, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that the prolific comedian, movie star, and entrepreneur will receive the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Each year, the distinction is awarded to an individual whose societal impact rivals that of its 19th-century namesake, and in nabbing this year’s honors, Hart follows in the footsteps of comedy greats like Richard Pryor, Lorne Michaels, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and last year’s recipient, Adam Sandler.
The accused. Kevin Spacey was cleared in his New York sexual-misconduct civil trial on October 20. After about one hour and 15 minutes of deliberations, jurors returned a verdict finding that Anthony Rapp did not prove, by a “preponderance of evidence,” that Spacey “touched a sexual or intimate part or parts of Mr. Rapp.” When the verdict was read, a clap rang out in the courtroom. Spacey said nothing as he left the courthouse.
Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike spent the last year supporting Bernie Sanders as the potential Democratic nominee, and as the Podesta hack reveals, the Clinton campaign definitely took notice. “I guess Killer Mike didn’t get the message,” a staffer wrote in one of several leaked emails to Clinton’s campaign chairperson John Podesta about the Atlanta-based rapper. As Mic points out, one point of discussion in the exchange was how Clinton’s camp should respond to a Killer Mike appearance back in February in which he quoted activist Jane Elliot, saying in part, “A uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States.
album review Mar. 7, 2022 Kanye Is Running on EmptyAnger is the root of Donda 2, but the record doesn’t try to frame the experience in a manner that makes it accessible to non-billionaires. By Craig Jenkins
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Who knew the know-nothing King in the North had capitalist ambition? Kit Harington, who portrayed the iconic bastard Jon Snow in the Game of Thrones series, pivots to green-energy tech in the upcoming season of HBO’s Industry. Season three picks up where the last arc left off, according to the press release. Pierpont, the show’s high-powered global bank, partners with Sir Henry Muck (Harington) for the IPO of Lumi, his tech company, leading to intrigue that slithers into media, finance, and even the government.
Once upon a time at a pair of urinals, Ed Sheeran met Jon Snow. On the Late Late Show, Kit Harington told Nicole Kidman and host James Corden about the nutty beginning of his friendship with the singer: “I was in the men’s urinal taking a piss. Sometimes a guy comes up next to you and does a double take while you’re taking a piss,” Harington explained. “Then he looks back forward, and then he looks at your dodger.
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” In honor of momager Kris Jenner’s 60th birthday, the Kardashian-Jenner clan threw together a cheap, little, rumored-to-cost $2 million gathering that just happened to feature fireworks. In what we can only assume was a commentary on America’s current state of economic inequality, the party was Great Gatsby–themed. Sequins, flapper dresses, and mobster outfits abounded.
Like Nick Carraway surveying the aftermath of yet another West Egg bonanza, we’ve decided that the best way to tackle this story is to try to capture the extravagance with the feeble mechanism of the written word.
In June, a reckoning of sorts came for white actresses who voiced animated Black characters on television: Jenny Slate stepped down from voice acting duties on Netflix’s Big Mouth, as did Kristen Bell on Apple TV’s Central Park. Bell’s biracial character, Molly, will be voiced by Hamilton actress Emmy Raver-Lampman going forward, with Bell appearing on Friday’s The Late Show to explain why she took the role in the first place.
Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman. In a perfect world, Kristen Stewart would be as beloved for her acting talent and her no-bullshit approach to celebrity as Jennifer Lawrence is. Take, for instance, a selection of quotes from K. Stew’s recent Variety profile about why she dropped out of a Snow White sequel. “I read a few scripts,” she says. “None of them were good. None of them were greenlight-able.