Girly Throw Downs Badu vs Iggy and the tweet of all time Earlier this week I posted about Erykah Badu giving it to Iggy Azalea at the Soul Train Awards. As a refresher, here’s what that looked like: Iggy was off social media for a month. But the next day, she posted this tweet, seemingly in response to Badu’s side- By Lainey • Dec 04, 2015 10:12 am
Amazingness Mimi Can’t Even UPDATE: Have just been informed that this video is a fraud. So I’ve started drinking because it’s been a long ass 48 hours and I need some real joy. Can we all will this into reality? When I’m down and out, I have a go-to list By Lainey • Nov 30, 2015 03:20 pm
Girly Throw Downs Erykah isn’t a believer either I wrote a long time ago that I’m not a believer in Iggy Azalea. Even when Fancy was getting overplayed and people were swinging their fingers back and forth reciting every lyric, nah, no, not a believer. I am also not a believer in Ed Sheeran, for different reasons, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2015 10:18 am
Amazingness Mimi on a float These pictures of Mimi on a float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade should be enough. But if you do need some words, how about this: Mimi’s collaborating with MAC. It’s a lipstick. Guess what it’s called? If you guessed “Festive”, I know you as a By Lainey • Nov 26, 2015 02:54 pm
Amazingness Mimi Regina George Whatever you do today, find a minute and a half to watch what I’m about to post. Please. I promise it’ll make the sh-t you’re dealing with go away, just for a while. Here are the facts, before we begin: 1.Mimi owns Christmas. 2.Mimi By Lainey • Nov 24, 2015 04:40 pm
Music Adele & Miss Piggy Adele has said that she’s pretty discerning about who or what she licenses her music to/for. The Muppets TV show belongs to ABC. That’s not a free parody. They would have had to ask/pay for permission. And, you know, for Adele, it’s not about the By Lainey • Nov 23, 2015 04:49 pm
Amazingness Mimi’s office space Occasionally there will be someone who emails me all huffy about my posts on Mimi, accusing me of exaggerating the Mimi. There is no exaggeration. This is a woman who travels exclusively by Rolls Royce, wheelchair, cherry picker, or the arms of her bodyguard. This is a woman who will By Lainey • Nov 18, 2015 05:23 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jane Fonda’s headpiece The only appropriate reaction to this is to fall down, in the most EXTRA way possible, and put both hands up in the air, surrendering to the YESSSSSS that is Jane Fonda. By Lainey • Nov 18, 2015 12:43 pm
Amazingness My Obsession: Best Costume So many celebrities were out in costume this weekend for Halloween. This is my vote for Best Celebrity Costume… Sam and Aaron Taylor Johnson, as Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction. Is it just because I’m biased? Is it just because they’re My Obsession? But look By Lainey • Nov 02, 2015 09:07 am
Style Sandy’s doing her job Sandra Bullock is in New York promoting Our Brand Is Crisis ahead of the film’s release this weekend. She was on The Tonight Show on Wednesday hilariously playing with fake arms with Jimmy Fallon. And on The Today Show this morning opening the interview by talking about shining the By Lainey • Oct 29, 2015 12:07 pm
Amazingness Madame Butterfly at the casino Mimi was in Macau last night with her billionaire boyfriend James Packer for the opening of his brand new resort casino, Studio City. That’s our butterfly. For all intents and purposes, she’s Madame Billionaire Butterfly. And, clearly, she loves the role. Look at that glow on her face. By Lainey • Oct 28, 2015 03:10 pm
Amazingness Ava DuVernay like a BOSS Ava DuVernay was honored this year as part of Elle’s annual Women In Hollywood awards, and she gave an AMAZING speech at their awards dinner. The whole thing is well worth a read, but there are a couple highlights that tie into some of the particular issues surrounding diversity By Sarah • Oct 26, 2015 10:12 am
Music Stop. There was a Tidal concert last night. But the best moment of the evening did not come on stage. It happened on the carpet. When Beysus was posing. She wore a deep cleave outfit. An assistant was making sure there wouldn't be a tit slip. Then this. #Beyonce By Lainey • Oct 21, 2015 03:21 pm
Media Manipulation What’s good, New York Times? You remember that supposed takedown piece on Gwyneth Paltrow for Vanity Fair? Graydon Carter ended up killing it – click here for a refresher. Vanessa Grigoriadis was supposed to write it. Grigoriadis has written about some of the biggest stars for some of the biggest publications. If you have a chance, By Lainey • Oct 07, 2015 04:07 pm
Maple Leaf “The actor from Ontario” I interviewed Josh Brolin for Gangster Squad a couple of years ago. Half our interview was about Ryan Gosling’s balls…which wasn’t actually what I was asking. All I did was throw Josh a question about Ryan, what's he like to work with, their chemistry, etc. By Lainey • Sep 23, 2015 12:35 pm
Amazingness Mimi & the Billionaire: the first red carpet Mimi and James Packer walked their first red carpet together yesterday in New York at the premiere of The Intern. As you can tell, red carpets aren’t his thing. But for her, that’s a bonus. Because when Mimi’s working a carpet, there shouldn’t be anyone else By Lainey • Sep 22, 2015 04:49 pm
