Douchebags Celebrities and social media: James Franco edition A 17 year old girl, soon to be 18, called Lucy, went to New York this week to pre-celebrate her milestone birthday. She went to see a few shows. At some point, after Of Mice & Men, she met James Franco. They took some pictures. She posted those pictures on By Lainey • Apr 03, 2014 10:52 am
Dumbass Not all Hercules are created equal Cinemacon is happening in Vegas right now. Cinemacon is about box office, movies that go boom. Yesterday was the Paramount presentation and Dwayne The Rock Johnson was there to promote Hercules, opening in July. Here’s the first photo: It’ll be the second Hercules movie to come out this By Lainey • Mar 25, 2014 10:30 am
Break Ups Robin’s public appeals Robin Thicke is behaving like a desperate man. As you know, he and Paula Patton announced their separation on Monday. Or, she announced their separation on Monday. Because he cancelled several tour stops to try and get her to change her mind. Which she hasn’t…so far. And now By Lainey • Feb 28, 2014 02:40 pm
Maple Leaf Smirk Look at this punk, smirking his way out of the courthouse yesterday. You can’t touch me. You can’t f-cking touch me. I’m Justin Bieber. This happened before he hitched himself up on the SUV to wave to the crowd. I’m a true badass now, yo. With By Lainey • Jan 24, 2014 09:38 am
Maple Leaf Why is it always a Lamborghini? You remember what Chris Brown was driving when he beat Rihanna? Justin Bieber was allegedly driving a rented Lamborghini too when he was arrested early this morning in Miami Beach. He’s being charged with DUI. And something about resisting arrest without violence which means he wouldn’t take his By Lainey • Jan 23, 2014 09:44 am
Dumbass Katy Perry on love People keep sh-tting on Miley. On Gaga. And Katy Perry, she just skates right through it. Why? Is it because she sings about roaring female empowerment? Is it female empowerment if it’s hollow? "I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women." By Lainey • Jan 22, 2014 10:52 am
Dumbass Johnny’s “great match” The dumbest headline is sitting at the top of PEOPLE.com today (7am ET): Really? What are the possible answers to this riddle? Johnny Depp proposed to Amber Heard because: -He hates her No, no. It can’t be that. Johnny Depp proposed to Amber Heard because: -He’s bored By Lainey • Jan 21, 2014 09:56 am
Dumbass Madonna’s apology sucks Madonna posted a photo of her son Rocco on Instagram the other day with the caption: "No one messes with Dirty Soap! Mama said knock you out! #disn---a." Only the word wasn’t dashed out. You can imagine the reaction. So she pulled down the message and replaced By Lainey • Jan 20, 2014 03:37 pm
Dumbass More like POINTLESS Break The Golden Age of Sh*tastic Action Movies (1984-1991) is marked by certain watershed films: Exterminator 2, Miami Connection, Invasion: USA, Gymkata, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, and, of course, the greatest achievements in sh*tastic action filmmaking, Road House and Point Break. You can’t replicate the conditions that existed in the By Sarah • Jan 10, 2014 10:43 am
Dumbass You Are Not Surprised: KFed Jr edition If you’ve been reading this blog for long enough, you know how I feel about Tori Spelling and that loser she married. Go through the archives if that’s not clear enough for you. Kevin Federline Jr cheated on his then-wife Mary Jo Eustace after meeting Tori on the By Lainey • Dec 26, 2013 11:07 am
Dumbass From entitlement to plagiarism This Shia LaBeouf situation… Here’s the abbreviated version: Shia LaBeouf made a short film about a film critic. It was screened in Cannes in 2012. On Monday he posted it online which is when it became obvious that LaBeouf had lifted the plot and several passages, WORD FOR WORD, By Lainey • Dec 17, 2013 10:58 am
Douchebags Are Shia LaBeouf and Sean Penn related? A couple of months ago in London, Shia LaBeouf got punched in the junk for being a dick. So, like, just a regular Tuesday. Sarah wrote about it here. According to the British papers, Shia was once again being a dick at a restaurant recently but this time, he was By Lainey • Dec 09, 2013 12:22 pm
Dumbass James Franco > Robert De Niro Here are James Franco and Seth Rogen with some puppies on the set of their new movie. So… about that Bound 2 parody video that they made… Wasn’t funny to me. Sorry? I thought the original was funny. Like, hilarious. James and Seth? Not really. What’s the gag? By Lainey • Dec 02, 2013 03:05 pm
Music Katy Perry and the people who eat with sticks I’m not writing an entire essay on why Katy Perry’s performance at the AMAs sucked. There are academics who will and have already. My job as a gossip blogger is to point out that she is a f-cking idiot, following Dean’s example – click here to read his By Lainey • Nov 25, 2013 09:01 am
Music Justin Timberlake does accents now Is he? Did he just…? No. No he isn’t. He can’t be. He wouldn’t. Of course he would. Justin Timberlake thinks he can do anything. Justin Timberlake tried on a Bajan accent last night while accepting his award while reminding people that he can’t be “genre-d” By Lainey • Nov 25, 2013 08:37 am
Dumbass James Franco on 12 Years A Slave James Franco, The Artist, reviewed 12 Years A Slave for VICE this week. I wonder if it’s a stipulation for Franco, whenever he writes for anyone, that he will not be edited. Not for content but for the basics. Like the proper title of the movie which is 12 By Lainey • Nov 14, 2013 09:53 am