Girly Throw Downs You should always go full Mean Girl Inspired by a line in Tropic Thunder. Either you know it or you don’t. I started the VMAs on Team Taylor last night. The hair and makeup were good. The matching colour dress with her bff Selena Gomez was good. With an ex-boyfriend in the house and the girlfriend By Lainey • Aug 26, 2013 09:47 am
Girly Throw Downs The Anthropologie of Insults Do you remember much from 2009? Do you remember conversations and your favourite outfit and what you ate for lunch every day? I definitely don’t. But you know what I do remember? Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMAs – mostly because MTV and Taylor Swift don’t want By Maria • Aug 21, 2013 09:46 am
Girly Throw Downs They backpedal for Gwyneth Earlier this week it was reported that Gwyneth Paltrow was a pain in the ass at Authors Night in the Hamptons. It was a charity event and G was there to sign copies of her book and raise money for the East Hampton Library. Christina Oxenberg was seated next to By Lainey • Aug 15, 2013 09:17 am
Girly Throw Downs Jen vs Jolie: the flight-off Apparently Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston were supposed to fly out to London on the same flight. When an airline employee noticed that they were both booked in first class, she alerted Aniston's people and Aniston ended up rescheduling. Stupid, stupid airline employee. Great gossip was thwarted by By Lainey • Aug 14, 2013 03:03 pm
Girly Throw Downs The other authors hate GOOP As reported yesterday, Gwyneth Paltrow was at the Author’s Night fundraiser in the Hamptons this weekend with Chris Martin and her kids to sign copies of her book. Christina Oxenberg was the author placed beside G at the signing table. Oxenberg wrote about the experience here. In short, Gwyneth’ By Lainey • Aug 13, 2013 12:27 pm
Girly Throw Downs Over to you Nicole…and Cate, and Julia, and Sandy And Kate and Marion and how many others? It was reported yesterday that Meryl Streep will not be contending for Best Actress Oscar this year. Instead, her performance in August: Osage County will be submitted in the supporting category which means that she and Julia Roberts won’t be going By Lainey • Aug 13, 2013 12:17 pm
Girly Throw Downs Ashton Kutcher thinks he knows better than George Clooney Today in things that make me laugh, Ashton Kutcher has made a statement implying that we live in a world where he knows better than George Clooney about something, anything. In response to George Clooney’s amazingly direct and on-point observation that hedge-funder Daniel Loeb is bullying the leadership at By Sarah • Aug 07, 2013 02:06 pm
Girly Throw Downs MTV vs. Colbert Nation If you’re a big media outlet whose sole job is to look cool and hip then you really shouldn’t tangle with a top-notch, widely popular comedian with a big-ass network microphone. That’s a new rule I just made up. Stephen Colbert has been hyping the appearance of By Sarah • Aug 07, 2013 11:43 am
Girly Throw Downs Macho Man Boy Sh-t Girl Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t. And Boy Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t… No matter the age. Even if it’s middle age. Or senior citizens. Sylvester Stallone is 67. Can we call him a senior citizen? Sly and Bruce Willis worked together on the two Expendables. I’ve not By Lainey • Aug 07, 2013 09:30 am
Break Ups Paul Haggis defends Leah Remini As you’ve probably heard by now, Leah Remini broke up with the Church of Scientology. Apparently she’d been questioning Church practices, specifically the leadership of Tom Cruise’s BFF David Miscavige, the megalomaniacal head of Scientology, and asking too many questions about his wife, who’s allegedly been By Lainey • Jul 31, 2013 12:35 pm
Girly Throw Downs Honestly, Jessica Alba: Part 2 Back in April, I wrote about Jessica Alba and The Honest Company acting like jerks towards a satirical parenting blog, The Honest Toddler. Click here for a refresher. At the time, The Honest Company took issue with the use of “honest,” but a mini social media backlash supporting The Honest By Maria • Jul 30, 2013 10:45 am
Girly Throw Downs Emma Watson Calls Out (Ebola) Paris Hilton (Lainey: as you know, we don’t just call it Paris Hilton on this site. The proper way to refer to it is Hollywood Ebola Paris Hilton. I have made those adjustments to Dean’s piece below.) What goes into landing a Teen Vogue cover? Are the politics as fraught By Dean • Jun 26, 2013 01:21 pm
Girly Throw Downs Girl Sh-t at Wimbledon Wimbledon started today. On the women’s side, world #1 Serena Williams is heavily favoured, riding a 31 match win streak into the tournament. Serena was profiled recently in Rolling Stone – a controversial interview for several reasons, one of which we’ll get into later – and the writer argued that By Lainey • Jun 24, 2013 11:01 am
Girly Throw Downs Love Triangle at the Blue Blood English wedding Prince Harry’s best friend Thomas Van BeeZee is marrying Lady Melissa Percy tomorrow in a castle, obviously, in Northumberland. Because her father is the Duke of Northumberland. It’s one of the Duke’s THREE castles, along with holdings all over other parts of England. Will and Hot Harry By Lainey • Jun 21, 2013 12:28 pm
Girly Throw Downs Gaby Hoffmann's Revenge on Mel Gibson Out of nowhere today, Gaby Hoffmann is back! As if it wasn't delightful enough just to see an old familiar/beloved face from your childhood (or mine anyway), she's returned to reveal wonderfully horrible details about Mel Gibson: "He screamed at me. Oh, God, he By Dean • Jun 20, 2013 01:34 pm
Girly Throw Downs Katy Cambridge vs Jennifer Aniston Battle at the newsstand this weekend... Baby bumps vs Wedding Slumps! A Princess vs America’s Sweetheart! Just... Ignore the right half of the US Weekly cover. Let’s start there. US Weekly has new details on the final days of Catherine of William’s pregnancy. Here are some highlights: By Lainey • Jun 12, 2013 04:03 pm
