One day after speaking out about the lack of designers interested in dressing her for the Ghostbusters premiere, Leslie Jones is now being lectured by fancy fashion people basically for not being thin enough.
One of the four stars of Ghostbusters, Leslie Jones, couldn’t find a designer willing to dress her for the red carpet of her hugely anticipated film. That. Sucks.
We’ve had to sit through months of sexist Ghostbusters fanboys in a full-blown outrage woody because the new Ghostbusters is comprised of four very capable, very funny women instead of men. The mommy-fear was palpable there, and perhaps a plant, because even despite Missy Elliott, the real thing Ghostbusters fans have…
Some of the leading ladies of the Ghostbuster’s reboot have commented on the internet backlash against their casting in the franchise—a backlash that feels like it’s been going on for maybe a hundred years now, and predates the original film in my mind.
The cast of the Ghostbusters reboot stopped by Ellen on Wednesday, leading to a delightful moment in which Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones almost brought Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, and Melissa McCarthy to the point of crying laughter with her recollections of her former job as a Scientology telemarketer.
If you were wondering whether Drake’s recent beard shave meant that he has lost all of his hip-hop powers, then last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live proved you wrong. But then again, your relief only proved to be short-lived, for we now have irrefutable proof that Canadians are a lot more terrifying than any of…
Leslie Jones’ role as an MTA employee in the Ghostbusters remake has already rubbed people the wrong way, solely based on the trailer. But the character was actually written for Melissa McCarthy at first.
The trailer for the Ghostbusters remake, released on Thursday, left more than a few people confused—particularly concerning the tag line about four scientists saving New York, since Leslie Jones’ character is actually an MTA worker (turned scientist, maybe).
After much teasing, Sony just dropped the full trailer for Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot, which stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon and is due to hit theaters this summer.
Flirting with your co-workers is usually inappropriate, but when it’s scripted on a teleprompter, what can you do except lean into it?
In 2014, Leslie Jones made headlines as a new Saturday Night Live member by delivering an incendiary joke about slavery. The bit received mixed reviews, but Jones, as it turned out, didn’t care; she’s funny, she knows it, and she spent decades fighting for her success.
The next time you notice something strange in the neighborhood, who exactly are you going call? Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, and Leslie Jones, of course. Your brand new team of Ghostbusters.
Ever since the Ghostbusters remake was first announced, the film has faced criticism and controversy from fans of the original who are appalled that four talented women have dared to portray the paranormal investigating quartet.
The upcoming, all-female Ghostbusters remake or, the one and only remake that sounds exciting, has begun filming in Boston this week and apparently, the plot of the film will be similar to that of the original 1984 flick.
In today’s Tweet Beat, Leslie Jones kicks back with the Kingslayer, David Beckham is still really hot, and Ariana Grande goes on a road trip.
It's been quite the year for SNL writer/player Leslie Jones. After being hired during the shitstorm blizzard that was SNL scrambling for diversity and her controversial Weekend Update segment about slavery, Jones was hired as a "featured player." And Tuesday afternoon, she sat down for a Reddit AMA, so you know…
Last night Jim Carrey hosted SNL with Iggy Azalea as a musical guest, and things probably went as expected. Jim Carrey made some funny faces and did some funny voices, Jeff Daniels showed up because they're promoting the sequel of that movie they made 20 years ago, and the digital short was probably the best part of…
Comedian Leslie Jones has earned a spot as a season regular on Saturday Night Live (or what they call a featured player). Jones was one of the black writers that SNL hired following heavy criticism over their lack of diversity. The gig started off rocky for her, though, after controversy over her Weekend Update bit…
Saturday Night Live writer and stand up comedian Leslie Jones made her Weekend Update debut this week, and she did not waste time getting straight to the jokes about slave sex. Unsurprisingly, this was met with a mixed (but mostly negative) reception.
Well, this is just plain cool. Following the recent controversy over the extreme lack of a black women at Saturday Night Live, the show has not only added comedic actress Sasheer Zamata as a featured player — they've also hired comedians LaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones as staff writers.
