Equality Issues Men Discussing Women The Hollywood Reporter released their animation roundtable yesterday, which sounds thrilling, I know. The panel includes directors Byron Howard (Zootopia), Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), Garth Jennings (Sing), John Musker (Moana), Mark Osborne (The Little Prince), Mike Mitchell (Trolls), and Seth Rogen, because they have to get you By Sarah • Dec 15, 2016 10:21 am
Mariah Carey Intro for December 15, 2016 Dear Gossips, I got home a bit late last night after work. I had dinner. I asked Jacek not to speak to me. I took a shower. I put on a mask. Two shots of Baileys over ice. All of those conditions needed to be in place so that I By Lainey • Dec 15, 2016 09:33 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Flag-Waving Name? Dear Duana, After obsessing over names for my entire life, I’m now stuck with only a few weeks left to figure this out! Duana, I’m turning to you – please help. Here are some perfunctory details before I launch into the dilemma. I am due with baby number two By Duana • Dec 14, 2016 06:31 pm
Mariah Carey The skinniest butterfly in the skinniest bodysuit In England they make a big deal of the Christmas #1. It was a storyline in Love Actually. Here in North America, I’m not it’s a thing. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s not a thing. But did you know that Mimi’s Christmas song, now By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 05:55 pm
Break Ups Johnny in arrears Amber Heard and Johnny Depp negotiated a divorce settlement. Johnny was to pay Amber $6.8 million which she had previously announced she would be donating entirely to two charities, LA Children’s Hospital and the American Civil Liberties Union with specific focus on victims of domestic abuse. Part of By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 05:21 pm
Top Reads Petty people being petty It was Taylor Swift’s birthday yesterday. Many of her friends wished her Happy Birthday on social media. Taylor herself, however, stayed social media silent. Was she silent because she wanted to spend her birthday in private? Or was she silent because she wanted to make a thing out of By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 04:41 pm
Royals Princess Cub Scout and Meghan Markle Princess Kate was in King’s Lynn, England today to celebrate 100 years of the Cubs at the Scout and Guide Hut. She looks so good when she’s dressed casually. The more formal she goes, the more obvious her taste flaws, in the hair choices, the shoe choices, and By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 04:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 14, 2016 I haven’t watched Inside the Actors Studio in years, around the time Will Ferrell started to parody it and James Lipton was too into the joke. I will try to watch the Girls cast because I wonder if it will be illuminating or just a retread of the many, By Maria • Dec 14, 2016 02:39 pm
Siblings Morning Ben Ben Affleck was in New York last night for the premiere of Live By Night. Then he had to be up early this morning for The Today Show and an interview with Matt Lauer. I don’t think Ben’s able to handle those late nights as well as he By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 12:30 pm
Top Reads We need to talk about Kanye “I am Kanye West. And that feels really good to say, especially this year.” Kanye said this at the 2016 VMAs in August. That quote actually seems like a cruel joke when you look back on it now. Like so many good things, Kanye West has not made it out By Kathleen • Dec 14, 2016 11:58 am
Leonardo DiCaprio Best Friend Bodies Alpha Wolf, Leonardo DiCaprio, has been in Mexico this week with his loyal companion wolf, Lukas Haas. Again, I’m so curious about how the wolves are ranked. Is it like the mafia? If Alpha Wolf is like the Boss, the capo famiglia, who’s the underboss? Is there a By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan makes the leap Over the last couple years Sebastian Stan has enjoyed a visible career bounce thanks to Marvel, picking up roles in big-deal movies, like The Martian, and Steven Soderbergh’s return to feature film, Logan Lucky, as well as higher profile indies like We Have Always Lived in the Castle. And By Sarah • Dec 14, 2016 10:21 am
Intro for December 14, 2016 Dear Gossips, Show me that smile again… Last year Uproxx published a list of the 25 Best TV Theme Songs Of All Time. That kind of list is never going to please everybody. My favourite TV theme songs have to have words. A lot of the sitcoms I grew up By Lainey • Dec 14, 2016 09:54 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 13, 2016 I’m surprised Mariah held onto this photo for even a day. Look at Blue’s fan – it’s like even she knows Mariah is going to take the good light so she doesn’t even bother. Backstage at Christmas time with our beautiful children. @beyonce 😘 #christmas #family #love A By Maria • Dec 13, 2016 04:08 pm
Ellen Degeneres Joshua Jackson’s single life Joshua Jackson is on Ellen today to promote The Affair. Duana wrote about the new season a couple of weeks ago. And she wrote yesterday about how the Golden Globes didn’t give any love to The Affair yesterday even though they have in the past. And maybe for them, By Lainey • Dec 13, 2016 03:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bryan Cranston and James Franco in Why Him? Why Him? is more than just a Christmas comedy, and more than a fish-out-of-water, meet-the-family tale. It’s a deep philosophical exploration of the inescapable loneliness that haunts us all, which is inevitably exacerbated by the tide of false cheer and forced goodwill that is the holiday season. Why Him? By Sarah • Dec 13, 2016 03:06 pm