Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 13, 2020 The Oscar noms are out and while I don’t have Lainey or Sarah’s insight into films, I think I am part of the target audience for the show. On a surface level, this nominee list is boring as hell. The Academy wants to draw in an audience and By Maria • Jan 13, 2020 01:45 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 10, 2020 Gwyneth Paltrow is hitting the open water: Goop has teamed up with a cruise line for a “high-touch” experience from August 26-September 6 (it starts in Barcelona and will stop at ports in the Mediterranean). She gave the exclusive to USA Today – they are calling it goop at Sea (their By Maria • Jan 10, 2020 03:03 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 9, 2020 Justin Bieber has revealed he has struggled with Lyme disease and chronic mono. Last year, he was photographed crying in public and really going through it (I thought it was wedding related stress, but it was something more serious). TMZ, which has a longstanding relationship with Team JB, had the By Maria • Jan 09, 2020 03:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 8, 2020 When Michelle Williams announced her pregnancy and engagement, Lainey made note of the timing. US Weekly has a new story, calling the situation “messy” but not providing any further details; we already know the two met on the Fosse/Verdon set. I’m not saying there isn’t more to By Maria • Jan 08, 2020 02:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 7, 2020 Happy New Year! I’m back on my bullsh-t, as promised. Let’s get right into it: Ricky Gervais is all over Twitter, keeping up with the “I don’t care!” schtick he had going at the Golden Globes. Because nothing says “I don’t care” like reading all your By Maria • Jan 07, 2020 02:19 pm
Celebrity Lifestyle Brands Into the Gwynethverse Gwyneth Paltrow showed up at the Golden Globes on Sunday, in support of The Politician which garnered two nominations. (Has anyone watched the entire series? I couldn’t make it.) She wore a very purposeful gown, one she knew would get her on best and worst dressed lists, which is By Maria • Jan 07, 2020 09:04 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 24, 2019 As we know, the Beygency runs more secretively than most government spy operations. (We still haven’t seen Beyoncé’s Halloween costume.) Tiffany Haddish is the only person in recent memory who has perhaps gone against their wishes when she told the anecdote about someone biting Beyoncé’s face at By Maria • Dec 24, 2019 02:39 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 23, 2019 Hilary Duff married songwriter Matthew Koma over the weekend in a small backyard wedding. Her Jenny Packham dress is fantastic, and Vogue had the heads up on that because they filmed a video about how good it is. As she explains, it’s clean with modern details, and she centers By Maria • Dec 23, 2019 02:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 20, 2019 Jia Tolentino’s The Age of the Instagram Face is only a few weeks old, but it’s already a reference point for me. It’s about women (mostly) who reverse engineer their features to look like a filtered version of themselves, with a strong celebrity influence (think the Kardashians, By Maria • Dec 20, 2019 02:40 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 19, 2019 As Sarah wrote yesterday, Adam Sandler still has a chance at a nomination for Uncut Gems, even if it’s a slim chance (read her take here). Here is a photo of Adam Sandler at a screening, in a Disney World fleece. This is the kind of jacket buy in By Maria • Dec 19, 2019 01:42 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 18, 2019 Turns out all the speculation about Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson (including mine) was off-base; Cara wished Ashley a Happy Birthday and got her a very special, exclusive, priceless present – not one Olsen, but two! The twin set! A personalized video courtesy of Mary-Kate and Ashley who have not even By Maria • Dec 18, 2019 02:27 pm
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
