Amazingness Mimi & RiRi Take the joy wherever you can get it. The joy factor was low in January. February is only 3 days old. But there’s already been a lot of joy. Mimi is here to give us more of it. Mimi can always be reliably counted on for joy. Mimi’s By Lainey • Feb 03, 2017 10:19 am
Amazingness Dear Development Executives Dear Development Executives, Sometimes what Lainey refers to as my ‘contrariness’ is actually just saturation fatigue. If you’re not into something, or someone, and people keep talking about them, it can feel straight-up aggressive. So you, who are constantly scouring for new talent, could be forgiven for maybe feeling By Duana • Jan 31, 2017 12:58 pm
Amazingness Winona challenges Celine Previously in feelings, we thought Celine Dion not only owned them all, including ones you’ve never heard of, but also that she was the undisputed champion of demonstrating them all, in combination, with heart thumps and leg lunges and facial contortions. Last night, my beloved Winona Ryder challenged that By Lainey • Jan 30, 2017 08:53 am
Amazingness Nicole pays her respects These photos are amazing, non? Paris Fashion Week. Armani Privé front row. Isabelle Huppert and Nicole Kidman in the front row, both nominated today for Oscars. Nicole Kidman bending to kiss the hand. Of the Queen? We’ll find out in a month. As Sarah posted earlier, Isabelle Huppert has By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 05:08 pm
Amazingness Mimi: more millions Mimi and Elton John and Mark Ronson performed at some Russian billionaire’s granddaughter’s wedding this weekend. Because… money. So much money. Supposedly Mimi made £2.5 million from the night. You can see some of the videos from the event below. You’ll note that Mimi is wearing By Lainey • Jan 17, 2017 03:37 pm
Amazingness Jaden Smith and the DMV Jaden Smith went through a major life trauma on Friday and, like a good millennial, documented his subsequent melodramatic breakdown on Instagram. That “major life trauma” was maybe, probably, failing his driver’s test. While sitting in a car at the DMV, Jaden livestreamed himself slowly unravelling, presumably after getting By Kathleen • Jan 16, 2017 07:57 am
Amazingness Mimi’s message Had to put this off for a day because of the Golden Globes. But I would never not pay attention to a message from Mimi. For some reason, even though people finally stopped talking about it, Mimi decided to let us know her thoughts on what happened New Year’s By Lainey • Jan 10, 2017 05:06 pm
Music Mimi’s New Year’s Eve Glitter For the last couple of days, it’s been a nasty back and forth between Team Mimi and Dick Clark Productions over what really happened on New Year’s Eve during her performance. Her side is claiming that the show “sabotaged” her to create a viral moment and increase ratings. By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 09:28 am
Amazingness Mimi, voluptuary I read the best article about Mimi in the New York Post this morning. Best as in hilarious. Hilarious as in… bitchy and stanny at the same time. Even the title cracked me up: How Mariah Carey turned Christmas into a second career Like if you asked her, oh hey, By Lainey • Dec 09, 2016 04:13 pm
Music The Hamilton Mixtape Is Modern, Stars Women Before Lainey dreamed about being the dean of celebrity studies at a small liberal arts college somewhere in New England, we would talk about how great it would be just to be perpetual students, deep in studying for learning’s sake, not for a degree and a job, Hermione Granger By Duana • Dec 06, 2016 03:37 pm
Amazingness Mimi’s busy weekend Mimi performed at VH1’s Divas Holiday on Friday. Then last night she attended the world premiere party for her docuseries Mariah’s World. Did you watch? Are you even more worried about Stella now than you were before? We’re not going to see the Stella effect immediately. But By Lainey • Dec 05, 2016 05:01 pm
TV Updates Bianca’s back What are you doing on Sunday? Correct answer: watching Mariah’s World. Look. As Mimi would say, it’s been a bleak f-cking year. Since September, it’s just gotten bleaker and bleaker. For Mimi especially, OK? Mimi lost BILLIONS. And now she has to work. There is SO MUCH By Lainey • Dec 02, 2016 03:19 pm
TV Updates Mimi's World, re-edited Mimi's reality show, or "docuseries", premieres in two weeks. Happy Holidays everyone! A new trailer for Mariah's World was released yesterday. And, not surprisingly, the show has been changed. There's been an edit. Previously, Mariah's World was supposed to about By Lainey • Nov 18, 2016 02:54 pm
Amazingness A Wrinkle in Time wins If you don’t know what the Mannequin Challenge is, you probably haven’t been on social media in weeks. You also haven’t been reading Maria’s social media roundups. We have the Mannequin Challenge to thank for a mini Destiny’s Child reunion, Adele in a Western, proving By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2016 12:31 pm
Girlcrushes What Kate McKinnon Can Do Sunday morning, I sent the following text to Kathleen: “Modern Challenge: How to send my mom, who doesn’t have Twitter, a link to the Kate McKinnon SNL opening that isn’t already dead?” (These are the perils of living in a geoblocked nation.) My reaction to the opening of By Duana • Nov 14, 2016 02:26 pm
Break Ups Mimi in Mexico When I find myself in times of trouble Skinny Mimi comes to me There she was, our elusively accessible glitter butterfly, sucked into a red tricked out bodysuit last night for a show in Mexico, perhaps to help Mexico get through a dark, terrible night. Look at her. Look at By Lainey • Nov 09, 2016 04:01 pm