Tonight is the Hollywood premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s a big f-cking deal. Not like they don’t normally close off streets etc but this time it’s extra extra. Like with bleachers etc so that the event more resembles the Oscars at Hollywood and Highland instead of a standard premiere. Full Story

In the Heart of the Sea is an adaptation of a book by the same name, which recounts the sinking of the whaleship Essex in 1820, the story that loosely inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick. The book is really excellent, but the movie is dead boring, and it was accordingly keelhauled Full Story

Taylor Swift is back in LA after wrapping up the 1989 World Tour in Australia. Yesterday was her 26th birthday. She celebrated with Calvin Harris at Jimmy Iovine’s holiday and birthday party for his daughter. Timely. Because Jimmy is connected to Apple and Taylor just announced that starting December 20th Apple Music will exclusively stream the 1989 World Tour video filmed in Sydney and that the footage will be heavily promoted at Apple stores during the holiday rush. Full Story

Adele performed on The X Factor finale last night in the UK with a haircut. It’s a bob. The Adele bob. And because it’s Adele, and the only permissible reaction to anything related to Adele is adoration, people are really excited. Also tempted. How many of you will be heading to the salon this week to give it a try? I’ve already heard from a friend who wants to cut her hair off because she loves Adele’s length so much. Full Story

The Affair Season 2 Episode 11 recap One of the things that frustrates and beguiles me about this show is how unfortunately easy it is to identify with Noah. But dude, even though I sympathize with not having an office and with getting up early to work, there’s this typing place the rest of us frequent called ‘The Couch’. Full Story

“Happy Birthday Katie!!! You are the best friend & sister a girl could ask for. I don't know what I did to deserve a sister like you but I'm forever grateful. (Insert Bernard freakum face) There's no me without you." To honour the day mom heaved you out of her all of years ago I give you a Quad Pod of Hot British Men: Idris, Nicholas, Charlie & Prince Harry. Full Story

Well, I was just saying yesterday in a style post about Lady Gaga that her choices have changed the last couple of years. To be fair, this is not a meat dress. And she’s not wearing a Christmas tree with ornaments dangling from her crotch. Still… it’s not Gaga if she doesn’t show up at a luncheon, in this case the Billboard Women in Music luncheon, where she’s being honoured with the Woman of the Year Award, in a silver bra and long skirt. Full Story

A dog dressed up for a holiday is never a bad thing. Don Rickles’s dog dressed up for Hanukkah is an amazing thing. The Rickles Family wish all a Happy Hanukkah. Our dear Chauncey bought the candles! pic.twitter.com/K8XQQxO9RL — Don Rickles (@DonRickles) December 11, 2015 Full Story

The trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse is here, and it’s awful. It’s even worse than the Superhero Face Punch trailer, but where that one shot itself in the foot by revealing the entire plot of the movie, X-Men is done in by a curious emptiness. I LIKE the X-Men movies—they’re silly as hell, but they’re populated by charismatic actors playing likeable characters and they’re generally well-directed and feature great action. Full Story