Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2019 Have you seen the wrapping paper hack making the rounds on social media? It involves angling the present. I don’t know if that is a hack or an act of desperation: I suck at wrapping presents, even though I want them to look like they are in the window By Maria • Dec 17, 2019 02:37 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 16, 2019 How does Beyoncé go to a party and avoid being filmed when she doesn’t want to be filmed? We still don’t know what her costume was at her own Halloween party, even though everyone else posted on social from the event. It’s not a simple answer, requiring By Maria • Dec 16, 2019 01:49 pm
TV Updates Little Fires Mystery Trailer When the first look for the film adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere was released, I wrote about my excitement for the project, particularly the book’s themes of perfectionism, artistry, privilege, post-partum depression, and estrangement. Author Celeste Ng is such an empathetic writer and explores all of those topics within By Maria • Dec 16, 2019 10:34 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 13, 2019 Shawn Mendes has joined TikTok, and I don’t know what it means for the medium. Does having celebs like Ellen DeGeneres and Reese Witherspoon and Shawn Mendes on there make it less palatable for the youth? And if they leave and find somewhere new to post, how long will By Maria • Dec 13, 2019 03:25 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 12, 2019 There was an interesting story in Page Six about Jen Meyer being chastised by the royal team for posting photos of Meghan Markle wearing her jewellery line, with links to products. The posts have been taken down, but I wonder if this is true. Meghan Markle often wears Stella McCartney By Maria • Dec 12, 2019 01:53 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 11, 2019 There’s a new promo out for Dr. Dolittle. It still looks absolutely bonkers, but at least RDJ gets to do his charming-rogue thing here. Post-Iron Man, this RDJ is very familiar. This week, Sarah wrote about Ryan Reynold’s schtick and I feel the same way about RDJ. He By Maria • Dec 11, 2019 03:40 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 10, 2019 As Lainey wrote yesterday, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are both nominated for Golden Globes, and both have a strong chance of winning. I wonder if they have a plan to mitigate the inevitable attention they will receive – everyone’s eyes will be on them. Do they say hello straight By Maria • Dec 10, 2019 02:51 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 9, 2019 Naomi Campbell and Ms. Janet, just because. The cheekbones! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Janet Jackson (@janetjackson) on Dec 4, 2019 at 3:55pm PST Another day, another January Vogue cover. This time it’s Cardi B., adding to Stella McCartney, Ashley Graham, and Greta Gerwig. By Maria • Dec 09, 2019 02:40 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 6, 2019 Last night, our site manager Emily sent this to me over Instagram DM with a simple “LOL.” I can’t say it any better than that. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) on Dec 5, 2019 at 6:45pm PST In addition to Stella By Maria • Dec 06, 2019 02:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 5, 2019 As we near the end of a decade, people are compiling the “best of” lists and moments. One that came up in my feed was “best Twitter moment” and someone suggested Zola. “Wanna hear a story about why me and this bitch fell out??????” It went viral – and now it’ By Maria • Dec 05, 2019 03:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 4, 2019 Chris Pratt and Jason Momoa are not really fighting in the Instagram comments; this is extremely low-level gossip. Chris Pratt posted a photo of himself (to promote his Amazon store, which is the more interesting story – how is Amazon recruiting all of these high-profile celebrities?) and in it he was By Maria • Dec 04, 2019 02:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 3, 2019 Even if you haven’t seen an episode of The Mandalorian (which I haven’t), Baby Yoda is now part of our shared pop culture language. The memes are everywhere, but so far, this one is my favourite. It just looks so natural. View this post on Instagram A post By Maria • Dec 03, 2019 01:58 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 2, 2019 Our favourite Instagram thirst-trapper and dirtbag DJ is the focus of a new profile in The Cut. Diplo is plant-based, he works through lunch so he can go to the pumpkin patch with his kids, he doesn’t believe in monogamy (shocker), he gets distracted by Instagram and he goes By Maria • Dec 02, 2019 02:41 pm
Miranda July An Instagram play in three acts One of the pitfalls of being an Extremely Online Person™ is that you can’t go around saying “you love to see it” or “sorry to that man” without sounding like an (OK) Boomer. A very funny joke online doesn’t necessarily translate to real life. There’s a common By Maria • Dec 02, 2019 01:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 29, 2019 Nothing says Thanksgiving gratitude quite like a photo from Lea Michele’s wedding rehearsal dinner. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lea Michele (@leamichele) on Nov 28, 2019 at 8:37pm PST Twitter mayor and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen has spoken. (And she agrees that turkey sucks By Maria • Nov 29, 2019 01:49 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 28, 2019 Because it is Thanksgiving in the US, there’s a lot of social media posts about food. It’s too bad that turkey is the weakest main dish possible. I have heard the arguments for smoking it, deep frying it, brining it, shooting it from a cannon ball into a By Maria • Nov 28, 2019 01:46 pm
