Faux Gossip The Problem with Being the Girl Next Door Jessica Simpson has just come off her major Weight Watchers push – it’s still too early to tell whether it was a successful endorsement for either brand, but that’s just one deal. Simpson is a lifestyle juggernaut. And her entire empire is predicated on one idea: Jessica’s fans By Maria • Oct 04, 2012 10:01 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jessica Fondles Her Fanbase When Lainey emailed me about Jessica Simpson’s guest post on iVillage, I was like “Ugh f-ck here we go again.” Disliking Jessica Simpson is so easy but kind of tiring, too. She tests the support system that, in theory, women (particularly new moms) are supposed to provide one another. By Maria • Sep 19, 2012 04:15 pm
Jessica Simpson Gisele: The Anti-Porny It’s easy to hate on Gisele; it’s doubly easy to hate on her if you are a mom. She looks disgustingly great while she is pregnant and did a bikini photo shoot 2 months after giving birth to Benjamin. If I saw Gisele at the playground, I would By Maria • Sep 07, 2012 03:34 pm
Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 8: A dead man’s thoughtfulness Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 8 recap I had a long intro that I worked on over the week: it was about Mike’s loyalty to his crew and Walt’s constant demand for gratification and accolades. But once I watched the episode I scrapped it because Breaking Bad moves By Maria • Sep 04, 2012 11:29 am
Twats Lindsay Lohan can’t even get kicked out properly Hotel bills add up quickly, right? A few snacks from the mini bar, valet parking, WiFi (for the annoying hotels that still charge for it), a $15 movie, and you’ve tacked an extra 50% onto your bill, easy. So of course for celebrities, it’s magnified. And because of By Maria • Aug 29, 2012 01:13 pm
Breaking Bad Episode 7: Bald is Beautiful Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 7 recap Is anyone cheering for Walt anymore? I can’t remember the last time I wanted something to go right for him. It seems the Walt worth cheering for hasn’t appeared, for me at least, since about the time he gave up the By Maria • Aug 27, 2012 02:20 pm
Parent Pimps The New York Times Fangirls Maude Apatow A few hours after my post on Maude Apatow went up on Friday (click here if you missed it), The New York Times posted a story on her: “She’s 14, Going on 140 Characters.” The article is supremely annoying (as these types of articles in the Times can be) By Maria • Aug 27, 2012 11:00 am
Parent Pimps The Family Apatow There’s a marked difference, to me, between a child star and a child actor. Miley Cyrus was a child star, Dakota Fanning was a child actor who became famous. I would count Maude and Iris Apatow in the child actor column because they only appear in their dad Judd’ By Maria • Aug 24, 2012 02:12 pm
Breaking Bad Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 6: I’m in the Empire Business There is no doubt the boy shot at the end of last episode is dead: Mike, Walt and Todd disassemble the bike and place the parts in a tub. No Jesse. They work quickly and wordlessly. Mike looks tired; Walt uses acid to dissolve the bike. Todd digs through a By Maria • Aug 20, 2012 02:34 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Winnie Cooper Is Way Smart Last week Lainey and I were talking about our anxiety dreams: mine always revolve around math class. And this is because I’m painfully, embarrassingly bad at math. It’s awful. When out for dinner with friends, they know to calculate my share and tip because it takes me too By Maria • Aug 16, 2012 10:33 am
Breaking Bad Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 5: Stop That Train Why is 5/5 making me nervous? I feel something heavy in the air. The duality of Walt (chemistry teacher/ambitious meth cooker) has been done away with. Now it’s all Heisenberg, all the time. But episode one gave a glimpse into the future (Walt’s full head of By Maria • Aug 13, 2012 03:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Drew and Cameron BFF Baby Shower Drew Barrymore is the cutest pregnant person; it’s like she and Reese are having an adorable face-off with their pregnancy style. According to US Weekly, Cameron Diaz threw Drew a baby shower last weekend and my first thought was that they must be as tight as ever because throwing By Maria • Aug 10, 2012 12:24 pm
Breaking Bad Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 4: How Skyler Got Her Groove Back Walt and Walt Jr. are at a body shop picking up the white SUV (I think from when Walt ran into a car on purpose to avoid going to the superlab with Hank). The mechanic describes the car as sturdy, reliable and with lots of life left in it; that By Maria • Aug 06, 2012 01:41 pm
Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 3: Cooking Under the Big Top Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 3 recap A suit walks into a jailhouse to see his client, with Mike posing as his paralegal (that’s a pretty brilliant ruse). The client is Dennis, one of 11 from Lydia’s list. Dennis swears he won’t flip, but there are 9 By Maria • Jul 30, 2012 02:22 pm
Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Banks, mommy blogger I’ve really, really liked Elizabeth Banks ever since The 40 Year Old Virgin. She’s smart and funny and a great character actress in a time when everyone is trying to be a leading lady. So I was surprised when perusing iVillage’s celebrity mom blogger section (yes, this By Maria • Jul 30, 2012 12:12 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Kingston’s Blue Hair In the consuming Twilight drama (we’ve all been refreshing our browsers every 30 seconds for updates, right?) I almost missed this story on Kingston’s blue hair. Mommy commenter people are not happy with Kingston’s blue hair. From one mother to another, let me say to those people: By Maria • Jul 26, 2012 04:10 pm
