Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 25, 2020 “Physical alterations” was a big topic on social media over the weekend and of course it was done purposefully to maximize attention. But Cheyenne Jackson’s post is different because it cuts to they WHY of it – why was he ashamed about his hair transplants? Why did he do it By Maria • May 25, 2020 02:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 22, 2020 No, let’s leave Glee alone. Cursed show. (Ryan Murphy can cast the hell out of a show but the plot doesn’t even sound that interesting. Competitive misfits finding friendship through song is what Glee was about the first time around.) John Krasinski has sold his heartwarming and homemade By Maria • May 22, 2020 01:52 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 21, 2020 Vogue covered Lizzo’s quarantine style, specifically her collaboration with Quay, a brand that works with big-name celebrities like Chrissy Teigen and Jennifer Lopez. In the piece, Liam Hess writes, “Lizzo’s embrace of high fashion has also marked a step forward in visibility for size-inclusive fashion on the red By Maria • May 21, 2020 01:19 pm
Break Ups The Most of Mary-Kate As the quarantine divorces pile up, the chicest couple of the bunch is Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy. The latest story in PEOPLE is about a big issue that’s contributed to the split: to have a baby or not to have a baby. According to the sources (who we By Maria • May 21, 2020 09:37 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 20, 2020 It’s been a month and a half since Quibi launched. And it hasn’t taken off. But Quibi is still in early days. Now there’s chatter that another well-funded TV platform isn’t doing very well: according to this report, Apple TV+ is underperforming. As the first season By Maria • May 20, 2020 01:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 19, 2020 Gossip nostalgia is powerful because it links us to a place and time that happened collectively, but feels personal. What kind of jeans did you wear in the Bennifer era? Where did you live when Brangelina started? You can probably remember these details, while the gossip acts as a backdrop By Maria • May 19, 2020 01:49 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 15, 2020 As Lainey mentioned the other day, Ashley Benson and G-Eazy have been spotted canoodling. (That’s not a word we hear much anymore but in the early 2000s, when club culture ruled Hollywood, canoodling was thrown around quite liberally.) Ashley moved on from Cara Delevingne quite quickly and it’s By Maria • May 15, 2020 02:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 14, 2020 André Leon Talley’s upcoming book, The Chiffon Trenches, is reviewed in the NYT today. Journalist Vanessa Friedman (who briefly worked at Vogue in the 90s) pulls together the threads of what was (Andre as a diva in a hedonistic and power-hungry world) and what is (an industry gutted by By Maria • May 14, 2020 01:26 pm
Break Ups Mon Dieu, Mary-Kate! Yesterday, TMZ broke the news that my favourite Olsen (tied with Ashley) Mary-Kate is getting divorced from French millionaire Olivier Sarkozy. (Note: I didn’t Google his net worth, I just assume he’s a millionaire.) These two had a legendary wedding not because of the dress or guest list By Maria • May 14, 2020 09:22 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 13, 2020 Are you watching Insecure this season? I’m going to assume the answer is yes (and if it isn’t, why not???). The breakdown of the show’s central relationship has been fascinating because both Issa and Molly bear responsibility for the way it has gone down. In friendship breakups, By Maria • May 13, 2020 01:20 pm
Music Doo-wop and Dakota Johnson Last month, Lainey sent me a Twitter thread by ridiculing a specific type of celebrity profile – the daughter of a famous parent. Here’s just some of it: “I hate the word privilege” she sighs, as she fidgets in her Celine shirt. “I was the last of my friends to By Maria • May 13, 2020 10:24 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 12, 2020 If you’ve been following the Alison Roman/ Chrissy Teigen story (Lainey and Duana are breaking it down this week on Show Your Work) and are familiar with online “cancellation,” then you probably knew a second apology was coming. We could talk about the machinations of this all damn day By Maria • May 12, 2020 02:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 11, 2020 Lainey and Duana will take you through the Chrissy Teigen/Alison Roman drama on Show Your Work – there’s a lot to dig into. As for me, I’m keeping an eye on social media to see when Alison comes back (she hasn’t posted on Twitter or Instagram since By Maria • May 11, 2020 01:52 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 8, 2020 Lainey and I have both mentioned how painful Madonna’s Instagram has been during this time. We aren’t the only ones who have noticed. Since the last round of headlines, Madonna posted an update because she knows what people are saying about her – she always has, for better and By Maria • May 08, 2020 01:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 7, 2020 Did you read about author Emily Giffin’s attack on Meghan Markle? It was bizarre but the sentiment is not surprising – if you’ve ever perused the comments section on an article about the Duchess of Sussex, you’ve seen stuff like this (and worse). The implication that often comes By Maria • May 07, 2020 01:51 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 6, 2020 Did Grimes and Elon Musk really name their baby X Æ A-12? I don’t know. How do you pronounce it? I don’t know. And neither does the Internet. I really don’t have much to add. I wasn’t expecting them to name the baby Isabella, but I By Maria • May 06, 2020 01:31 pm
