TV Updates The Honourable Chrissy Teigen Presiding Do you watch Judge Judy? If you say no, Lainey and I would say you are missing out. Judge Judy is a no-nonsense woman who gets paid (a lot) to yell “baloney!” and ask people if they think she’s stupid. I like Judge Judy for the same reason I By Maria • May 24, 2019 10:09 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 23, 2019 This is the first photo Miranda Lambert has posted of her husband since the wedding announcement in February (it’s the last photo in the album). They’ve been married 4 months on May 26. Do you think they celebrate monthly anniversaries? For sure. View this post on Instagram A By Maria • May 23, 2019 01:30 pm
Maple Leaf Scent of a Bieber I’ve been writing about the intersection of celebrity and lifestyle for a few years, back when Goop and The Honest Company were the two big players, and celebrity clothing lines (like House of Dereon and Sweetface) were literally out of style. The late 2000s is when branching out to By Maria • May 23, 2019 10:00 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 21, 2019 Tom Brady doesn’t understand why people are asking him to break their face. Gabriella Paiella at The Cut explained this kind of chaotic horniness quite well in Why Does Everyone Want Their Celeb Crushes To Run Them Over? I’ve seen this a lot lately in my replies. Is By Maria • May 21, 2019 02:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 17, 2019 “Disgraced YouTuber” is the new “scammer” (if you want to catch up on the drama, Prem unpacked it for us here). Like all celebrity drama, there is a larger context to it. What interests me is cancel culture and gatekeepers. James Charles was cancelled, but now that Twitter has taken By Maria • May 17, 2019 02:49 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 16, 2019 Yesterday, I touched on Kelly Ripa and the men of the Bachelorette franchise having social media words – something about them taking credit for her paycheque. Kelly Ripa hasn’t responded and neither has their network, ABC. But Ellen Pompeo, star of one of ABC’s most prestigious, long-running and money-making By Maria • May 16, 2019 01:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 15, 2019 Kelly Ripa said The Bachelorette disgusts her and the creator Mike Fleiss responded by saying something gross about paying Kelly’s salary. Is ABC cool with him talking to their face of daytime TV like that? Easy, @KellyRipa ... #TheBachelor franchise pays your salary!— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) May 15, 2019 For By Maria • May 15, 2019 02:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 14, 2019 I paused at this caption because I didn’t get it. What does “It’s been Venice here” mean? Then I forgot about it, until I saw it again on Twitter. People are guessing she meant it as “v. nice,” which would be a shortened version of “very nice.” This By Maria • May 14, 2019 02:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 13, 2019 Last week, Lainey wrote about how Taylor Swift incorporated Game of Thrones into her album promo. What do you think is bothering her more – that a “yee haw ass song” has blocked her from #1 or that the “yee haw ass song” is now part of Game of Thrones lore. By Maria • May 13, 2019 01:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 10, 2019 Many of us might not be able to name a Rita Ora song, but she does attend many high-profile fashion events. This year she was at the Team Marc Jacobs table, which included Kate Moss and Lizzo. Rita wore gold, and there was a lot of gold on the red By Maria • May 10, 2019 01:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 9, 2019 David Beckham has had his driver’s license suspended for 6 months for talking on the phone while driving; he was photographed doing it. In his defense, David’s team said he needs it to do the school run – it didn’t work. David is frequently pictured driving in the By Maria • May 09, 2019 01:48 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 8, 2019 The Met Gala was packed this year, and it was better for it. As Lainey said, the Met is much better than it was 10 years ago because of the type of celebrities they are including. But making it a more interesting night means making choices about who to include By Maria • May 08, 2019 02:45 pm
Met Gala 2019 Jared Leto and the Olsens: Best and worst twins I’m cheating by calling Jared Leto a twin – he carried around his own head. Maybe that would be irreverent and serious and ridiculous if we hadn’t seen it before – Gucci did it in Fall/Winter 2018. A gag that is only a year old is not Camp. Jared By Maria • May 07, 2019 05:31 am
Met Gala 2019 Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson: MET heist in real life There was a lot of gold on the red carpet, so much so that at one point I started making a list and then promptly gave up. I think some people used gold and pink as a shortcut to camp, and that’s what I think Mindy Kaling did with By Maria • May 07, 2019 04:15 am
Met Gala 2019 Wendi Deng: Camp Defined and Defied I’ve spent the better part of the last two days reading about Camp, and the more I try to nail down a definition, the harder it is to understand. Prem broke it down wonderfully in his writing: “we can roughly categorize Camp as the appreciation and delight of frivolity, By Maria • May 07, 2019 03:40 am
TV Updates A Little Less Busy Yesterday, Busy Philipps took to social media to share that her show, Busy Tonight, would not be continuing on at E!. I’m not surprised – a couple of weeks ago I texted a friend that I felt like the show was on the cusp of being cancelled and she said By Maria • May 06, 2019 03:15 pm
