Yes, La La Land has two white actors in the lead, but if you judge it by the trailer alone, you’re not doing it justice. John Legend not only stars in it, but was also one of the producers, and there is a diverse cast of singers, dansers, musicians. That was one of the reasons why he says he wanted to come on board.…

it’s clear that white mediocrity still dominates conversations and capital—see: Manchester by the Sea, La La Land, Nocturnal Animals

On the other hand, it was cool that the most complicated and likable Westworld character turned out to be Maeve (Thandie Newton), even if the show’s pseudo utopian vision never explicitly acknowledged race and Maeve is, in the tradition of fictional black female stereotypes, a sex worker. You take the good, you get…

In Hollywood, too, it’s clear that white mediocrity still dominates conversations and capital—see:Manchester by the Sea, La La Land, Nocturnal Animals, etc

“Always stay gracious / Best revenge is your paper.”

That’s what he sees her as. He wanted - and still wants - Beyonce, and he settled for Kim. That man would dig through Bey’s garbage if he thought he could get away with it. Kim is going to make some man happy, but that man ain’t going to be Kanye. He has talked about her like an object from jump, and it’s sad and a…

I so wish this gossip was true, because they would have totally earned that reading. Kanye has been obsessed with Bey since way-back-when in a kind of really creepy way. Kim is a consolation prize and everyone knows it, and that’s not fair to Kim.

I’d be more surprised if a woman’s basketball coach wasn’t gay.

Well that escalated quickly.

LOL. Rooney Mara cares massive amounts about fame, publicity, image, making everyone like her, etc — TSwift is just off-brand for her, and she knows planting stories where she disses Swift will get suckers like you to think she’s cool.

An SVP at MS or Merrill is hardly a Master of The Universe. That said, I will entertain that TaySwi had some advantages that homeless children, or children roaming the Amazon, would not have had.

This person may be a troll. But their central point - that Taylor is probably the biggest and most successful celebrity in the world, whereas Rooney Mara is relatively obscure and obviously planted this gossip item - seems sound

I’m going to be a bitch and say:

Chet Hanks’s son/the son’s mother

Well now I just want to attend Mardi Gras with Tilda Swinton and Angela Lansbury.

re: Bella

What are Taylor’s recruitment practices to be part of her squad? Like, once you have been accepted, do you have to go to HR to fill out a I9?

But sucking is subjective, not definitive. Bazillions of album sales suggest many people disagree with the level of suckage some assign to TSwift.

I am a hardcore Adele fan and I like some of Swift’s songs. I think it’s stupid people get mad at her for writing about her relationships. Whether the writing is good or bad is another point, but all artists write from their experiences. I don’t understand what the outrage is.

Again, not relevant to the point. The critique I always see about Swift is “oh my God, another song about whatever dude she’s dating now”. That’s literally Adele’s entire ouevre, except it’s all about the same ex.