Kristen Bell Gossip

Apparently it was super-sweaty in LA yesterday, so everyone who looked amazing on the red carpet deserves double the acclaim for doing so in the sweltering heat. This goes double for the men, because the one way I will say women have a not-insignificant advantage is wearing a gown that’s strapless or backless, regardless of the larger societal implications, is gonna keep you way cooler than a tux, especially because you know some of those dudes are so excited that they go ahead and put on the vest that comes with the suit, and then regret it later. Full Story

How much difference a year makes.  Last year when Kristen Bell hosted the SAG awards I said I was the only one banging the Veronica Mars drum, and now? Now there’s a Veronica Mars revival currently in production, and that’s joyful enough on its own, but have you heard that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is on the writing staff? Yes, that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Full Story

Credit where credit is due – the way the nominees, then presenters, then winners were announced was so inexplicable and utterly confusing that it probably made people pay a lot more attention. To the point where, when Kate McKinnon Full Story

The SAG awards doesn’t get enough credit for being its own kind of weirdo awards show. It’s mercifully brief, there aren’t really ‘bits’ aside from the whole “I am an actor” business, and am I the only one who likes the whole long, slanted tables so nobody’s exactly in front thing?  That said, I feel like they didn’t do enough with Kristen Bell as host. Full Story

This is when being ‘contrary’ gets you into trouble.  For the record, I don’t think I choose the alternate perspective all the time, but some people, like 90% of the staff of this blog, seem to think I do, and usually I can mount a rousing defense.   Today though, when looking at the HPFA nominations for Best TV Series, Comedy, I’m in a weird place. Full Story

I never thought that Kristen Bell would remind me of my mom, but here we are. Actually my mom is a tiny blonde person not unlike Kristen Bell, but that’s not why – it’s that thing that moms say, that you don’t listen to when you’re young, about “when you get older you stop caring what other people think. Full Story

Idina Menzel’s first magazine cover, which is kind of crazy.   Hanging at Billboard listening to my new album and they have my first magazine cover ever! #memories Full Story

So… Kristen Bell is not my favourite. And she’s never my favourite on a red carpet. I actually look forward to this; I look forward to not liking whatever she wears on a red carpet. But this did not happen at the Emmys. Her dress was nice. Too flouncy and maybe even a little too busy for my taste but definitely not on the worst list. Full Story