Douchebags James Gunn Rehired In a move that surprised EVERYONE, late Friday word got out that Disney has rehired James Gunn, eight months after firing him for bad old tweets. This even after Disney insisted that they would not, despite considerable public and internal pressure, rehire Gunn. Refresher: Gunn, politically outspoken on social media, By Sarah • Mar 19, 2019 09:35 am
Royals Is Priyanka mad at Meghan? Priyanka Chopra, as we know, was friends with Meghan Markle before she met Prince Harry and was invited to the royal wedding in May. Meghan did not attend Priyanka and Nick Jonas’s wedding in India in December. And Priyanka was not at Meghan’s New York Takeover baby shower By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 11:57 am
Dumbass Can we just not with Ghostbusters again You guys, I am tired. It’s FEBRUARY and I am already exhausted. Here’s the latest sh-tf-ck ruining the mood. Last month we learned Jason Reitman is re-rebooting Ghostbusters in 2020. The announcement left a bad taste in my mouth in re: the 2016 reboot starring women, and of By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 02:50 pm
Dumbass The honest Oscar ballots are back It’s that time of year, when anonymous Oscar voters show their asses by explaining their votes to entertainment outlets. It is interesting to see the patterns that emerge, how many people confess to voting for friends, mention the preferential balloting system, and talk about “throwing away” votes. No one By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 12:07 pm
Douchebags I Don’t Care About Logan Paul, I Care About His Fans Twitter erupted in outrage on Friday when on his Impaulsive Podcast, Logan Paul said that he was going to practice “Male only March” and attempt to “go gay” for one month. If you don’t know who Logan Paul is, I am envious of your blissful unawareness. Logan Paul first By Prem • Jan 14, 2019 04:01 pm
Douchebags Kevin Hart is not hosting the Oscars Two days ago it was announced that Kevin Hart would host the Oscars and I wrote, “…everyone likes Kevin Hart. He’s the Platonic ideal of an Oscar host: popular, funny but not offensive…” And then a lot of you emailed to let me know that you don’t like By Sarah • Dec 07, 2018 09:48 am
Dumbass Madonna and Lady Gaga As you know, for the past couple of months, Lady Gaga has been promoting her very good work in A Star is Born and campaigning for an Oscar. As you may have heard, during all of that promotion, she’s been repeating the thing about the 100 people in a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 10:46 am
Maple Leaf Hailey Rhode Bieber The model formerly known as Hailey Baldwin has officially changed her Instagram handle to @haileybieber. Her full IG name is now “Hailey Rhode Bieber". The name change came after the other Bieber, Justin, called Hailey his “wife” in a caption on his account. So, they’re Instagram Official as By Kathleen • Nov 19, 2018 10:40 am
Dumbass Armie Hammer’s November apology I posted earlier in the week about this possible emerging trend: November sucks for Armie Hammer or Armie Hammer sucks in November. To refresh, he decided to sh-t on people – celebrities in particular – for posting pictures of themselves with Stan Lee on social media. And when he was criticized on By Lainey • Nov 16, 2018 09:19 am
Dumbass Armie Hammer’s bad November They used to say that Will Smith owns July. So many of his blockbuster movies were released in July that that was an understood thing in Hollywood. Do you have a month that has always been amazing for you? Do you have a month that has never been amazing for By Lainey • Nov 13, 2018 10:01 am
Dumbass Blake Lively and the “double standard” We have discussed extensively on this site how clothes, style, and fashion are part of the work of Hollywood. Extensively. The Hollywood Reporter now publishes an annual Power Stylists list, featuring celebrities and their stylists, and how they put together looks to promote their projects, highlighting the hard work of By Lainey • Sep 20, 2018 04:15 pm
Dumbass Jared Leto, class warrior In the last couple of years, there’s been an increase in the conversations about the treatment of women in Hollywood, particularly around wage inequality and of course #MeToo. Jared Leto also has an an important topic to bring up: women who make too much money for his comfort level. By Maria • Sep 19, 2018 10:10 am
Royals Prince William’s Asian mix-up Prince William attended the opening of Japan House London today, the new cultural centre providing visitors an “experience of the best and latest from Japan”. I just want to establish our location, set the scene. And now that you’re there, watch this: Prince William was in great form at By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 10:44 am
Dumbass Oscar walks it back Last month the Academy announced upcoming changes to the Oscars telecast, to combat the ratings slide which is affecting everything on broadcast TV including football, and for the Oscars is mostly down to the fragmentation of entertainment and a little bit the popularity of the host which statistics show is By Sarah • Sep 07, 2018 09:37 am
Dumbass Oscars So Wrong The Academy has just announced changes for the Oscars, one of which is relatively minor, two of which are ham-fisted at best, disastrous at worst. The minor change is moving up the broadcast date for 2020 to February 9, which will just make award season a little more hectic as By Sarah • Aug 08, 2018 01:38 pm
Dumbass The James Gunn Saga This f-ckin’ mess. On July 20, the shocking news broke that James Gunn was fired by Disney, to be immediately removed from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which he was writing/directing. It’s an exhausting story that involves the alt-right and America’s ongoing culture war—here’s By Sarah • Aug 02, 2018 09:59 am
