Baby and Bump Obsession Bring Rocco to Work Day Madonna appeared on Ellen this week (I have never noticed the physical similarities between them, but it’s there, right?) and towards the end of the segment she brought son Rocco out to take part in the Splash Tank; each dunk earns 10K for breast cancer research, so you know By Maria • Oct 24, 2012 02:45 pm
Girly Throw Downs Lindsay Lohan really sucks at everything As I said in my last post, Lindsay Lohan can’t even f-ck up right (click here for a refresher). Getting banned from the legendary Chateau Marmont over a bill? Lame. (And as reader Astrid pointed out, included on the bill were two lost iPhone chargers in a span By Maria • Oct 18, 2012 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aaron Paul’s Need for Speed If you ever want me to open an email in less than 5 seconds, use the subject line “Aaron Paul.” (Lainey: this is how I got Maria’s attention yesterday.) EW is reporting that he’s signed on for a DreamWorks feature, Need for Speed, based on an EA video By Maria • Oct 16, 2012 01:35 pm
Media Manipulation Kristen Stewart Goes Live Kristen Stewart’s warming up for the last leg of her Twilight tour – and this is a brilliant way to do it. After botching her initial response to the cheating debacle, she’s executed a series of stronger, savvier plays (and she needs to if she wants to not be By Maria • Oct 10, 2012 10:28 am
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 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
Clown 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 By Maria • Aug 10, 2012 12:24 pm
