Category: Daily Starbuzz

VOX - The Bachelor finale shocker was without question one for the show's record books. It was also, to put it as gently as possible, juuust a little bit problematic CELEBITCHY - William H. Macy managed to avoid arrest in the college admissions cheating scandal that snared his wife Felicity Huffman for what amounts to a pretty sketchy reason. I've read this twice and it still seems like he should have been taken into custody as well THE BLEMISH - In 1989, Michael Jackson was captured on film shopping for jewelry with accuser James Safechuck -- who was twelve years old at the time -- and no one questioned it until the footage resurfaced on YouTube this week JEZEBEL - In related news, it turns out that LaToya "Psychic Friends Network" Jackson was right about her family all along, but nobody wanted to take her seriously because who could take the Psychic Friends Network seriously, right? THE BLAST - Apparently Luke Perry's death certificate lists a false burial site because his family wants to keep the real resting place a secret. History is already planning a Curse of Oak Island-style show about this LAINEY GOSSIP - Everything about J. Lo and Alex Rodriguez's relationship has seemed manufactured from day one and these charmless engagement photos are only further proof DLISTED - In sex offender news not related to Michael Jackson, Nicki Minaj has started referring to her boyfriend, Kenneth Petty -- who did time for attempted rape and is on New York state's list of registered sex offenders -- as her "husband" instead THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - I'm no connoisseur of daytime TV, so I could be way off on this. But I'm pretty sure that when Maury Povich gets involved in a feud, it's not a sign that things are about to be settled REALITY TEA - "Estranged Wife Of Alexis Bellino’s New Boyfriend Pleads For Social Media Respect For Their Children"

CELEBITCHY - The FBI busted up a ring of wealthy people and college admissions officers and coaches who conspired to get the wealthy peoples' kids into elite schools when their subpar grades weren't enough. It's more or less becoming known as the Felicity Huffman college cheating scandal because Huffman was arrested for faking her daughter's SAT scores (her husband, William H. Macy, was not named in the FBI indictment) JEZEBEL - But former Full House actress Lori Laughlin was also arrested after allegedly paying out around $500,000 in bribes so her Instagram influencer daughter Olivia Jade could get into USC under the guise of being on the crew team. I'm still not sure how you can fake being an athlete -- especially when you have over a million Instagram followers who watch you not being an athlete -- but it seems to have worked THE BLAST - Huffman's bond has been set at $250,000, or approximately seventeen times what she paid someone to retake the SAT for her daughter VOX - In lighter news, the live-action Aladdin trailer is out, and honestly I'm way more interested in the racial and gender and business politics and behind-the-scenes-y stuff that went into making and marketing the trailer than I ever will be in watching the trailer. I still haven't! It probably took me more time to write this than it would have to just watch. But Robin Williams is magic and this remake is unnecessary LAINEY GOSSIP - "Game of Thrones Winning Odds: House Greyjoy" REALITY TEA - To no one's surprise, Brandi Glanville is just a teensy bit overjoyed that everyone on RHOBH is turning against Lisa Vanderpump this season DLISTED - Conor McGregor is a reality TV star without a show THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - "‘Counting On’ Season 9 Episode 4 Recap: A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bake-Off" THE BLEMISH - Finally, here's a perfect headline: "A Billionaire Died Trying to Make his Dick Bigger"

THE BLAST - Turns out that the woman who bailed R. Kelly out of jail in Chicago runs a daycare there. So R. Kelly's guardian angel paid $100,000 for the privilege of having her business get absolutely overrun with negative press and bad reviews from people who've learned about it from the negative press THE BLEMISH - Immediately after making bail, R. Kelly headed for the "Rock 'n' Roll McDonalds" in Chicago's River North -- the same place he apparently used to (and still does?) go to pick up teenage girls REALITY TEA - RHONJ star Danielle Staub is out in public with her new man four days after her divorce from now-ex-husband Marty Caffrey went through CELEBITCHY - Lady Gaga is catching some heat for her extremely let's call it "believable" performance of "Shallow" alongside Bradley Cooper at the Academy Awards with Cooper's wife sitting in the front row LAINEY GOSSIP - Kate Mara likes to announce major life events like marriage and pregnancy in almost as low-key a way as possible (the low-keyest would be making no announcement and just appearing with a baby one day) and it's a refreshing method VOX - Kim Kardashian is accusing Missguided of "using her name and image without permission" and is suing the company for $10 million. Given the Kardashians' sketchy history of using other fashion ideas without permission, this seems like a potentially risky legal move DLISTED - Add Janet Jackson's name to the list of music icons and / or current A-listers getting paid crazy money to do a Vegas residency THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Kailah Casillas Says Lindsay Lohan Did Not Seem Sober & Exhibited Strange Behavior During the Filming of ‘Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club’ JEZEBEL - It turns out that playing the same music on a loop in retail spaces has a seriously negative affect on the people who work in those spaces. I know it's probably hard to believe this -- especially if you've ever worked retail -- but it seems to be true

JEZEBEL - Here's every 2019 Oscars look, from Billy Porter going neo-Neo-from-the-Matrix to Linda Cardellini's show-stopper to Charlize Theron's "dark nun" and all the rest of them. Literally, it's every single celeb who appeared during the ceremony and a few who didn't CELEBITCHY - Spike Lee's reaction when Green Book was announced as the Best Picture winner sums up everything you need to know about Green Book DLISTED - In happier news, Olivia Coleman was the upset winner for Best Actress for The Favourite, and her charmingly befuddled off-the-cuff speech will hopefully go down as this year's Oscars highlight LAINEY GOSSIP - Back to less happy news: Despite being the favorite in the Best Actress category heading into the ceremony and dressing like a golden Oscars statue, Glenn Close was denied the actual award. It was Close's fourth Best Actress nomination and seventh Academy Award nomination overall; she's still not won either VOX - I didn't notice the necklace Lady Gaga wore during her performance of "Shallow" alongside Bradley Cooper, but apparently it's anchored by a 141-year-old, 128.54-carat yellow diamond worth $30 million and made iconic by Audrey Hepburn during a photo shoot for Breakfast at Tiffany's. This is what's referred to as a "Hollywood rabbit's foot" THE BLAST - Rami Malek fell off the stage after concluding his speech following his Best Actor win for Bohemian Rhapsody THE BLEMISH - Finally, in 2020 Oscars news, the 2019 ceremony was the launch of the official trailer for The Irishman. It's a mafia movie featuring a dream orgy of fading mafia movie superheroes: The Irishman stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, and Harvey Keitel, and it was directed by Martin Scorsese. I feel like this will be the movie equivalent of the 2004 Lakers, but I'm happy to be wrong! REALITY TEA - In non-Oscars news, Real Housewives of Orange County star Gina Kirschenheiter has been officially charged with a DUI for her February 15th arrest THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The Bachelorette would have been a step down for Khloe anyway

LAINEY GOSSIP - This weekend, the Academy Awards are going without a host for the first time in 30 years -- that is, unless rumored Secret Oscars Host Whoopi Goldberg swoops in and livens up the ceremony at the last minute JEZEBEL - Speaking of the Oscars, here's everything you need to know about Green Book in a minute and fifty-one seconds VOX - Evidently the Mueller investigation might be wrapping up and we might be getting some form of a final report as early as next week, maybe? But also nobody can say anything for sure and the reasoning outlets are using to determine this timeline reminds me of the methodology tabloids use to predict a high-profile celebrity breakup? Which this also kind of is? It's complicated THE BLAST - Not complicated: The Nigerian brothers who Jussie Smollett allegedly hired to help him fake the attack on himself were captured on film buying the hats and ski masks they wore during the attack, and that video is now public THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - "EXCLUSIVE! Married At First Sight Star Kate Sisk Talks About Her Husband Luke Cuccurullo’s Treatment of Her: 'I Felt Bullied'" CELEBITCHY - Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods and Kylie Jenner definitely have the bigger celebrity mess this week, but Miranda Lambert and her new hot cop husband have the *messier* mess -- so don't be completely distracted by Tristan stepping out on Khloe for the umpteenth time REALITY TEA - Survivor is back with its 38th season, the season premiere just aired, and the takes are a-coming in DLISTED - Jameela Jamil from The Good Place is not here for all the posthumous tributes to fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who was by many accounts a bully and a fat shamer and kind of a dick in general THE BLEMISH - A Girl Scout in Colorado rebranded the Samoa Girl Scout cookies as Momoas and designed a box featuring Jason Momoa shirtless as Aquaman for them and has now gone viral. Which is clever and all, but it just makes me want to buy from the girls at the table outside the grocery store even more

THE BLAST - Evidently Jussie Smollett's story gave some media outlets pause even before the current speculation that he may have faked his own hate crime attack. According to producers for Good Morning America, Smollett gave them pause during his interview with Robin Roberts, and as soon as he left the room they thought "something was amiss" LAINEY GOSSIP - Some professional Hollywood gossip hounds are shutting this rumor down, but apparently there's a ton of chatter about how Armie Hammer is going to be the next Batman now that Ben Affleck agreed that whole choice was a mistake for him DLISTED - Leaving Neverland, the four-hour documentary about Michael Jackson's let's just say questionable relationships with children, now has a trailer. Avoid it or prepare to be squeamished JEZEBEL - Breaking: Malia Obama acts like a 20-year-old VOX - Amazon, the company that will shortly rule us all, paid $0 in corporate income taxes last year. And that is 100% horrible. But, given the company's size, clout, and general dystopia-tude, it also makes perfect sense THE BLEMISH - Nothing at all to add to this excruciating headline: "Police Shot Bay Area Rapper 25 Times After He Violently Slept In His Car" CELEBITCHY - Vanity Fair's Oscar issue cover story on Gwyneth Paltrow is indeed amazing and ridiculous, but I'm too blown away by the fact that I forgot she won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. It's only been 20 years since that movie came out! Gwyneth Paltrow managed to eradicate an Oscar's worth of goodwill and credibility in less time than it took Malia Obama to exist currently REALITY TEA - Unfortunately, Charlie Sheen will not appear on his ex Denise Richards' inaugural season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - "Counting On Season 9 Episode 1 Recap: Pounding Hot Sauce & Proposing in a Hangar"

VOX - It will probably come as no surprise to learn that Paul Manafort lied (again), this time to members of Robert Mueller's team after Mueller offered Manafort a plea deal in exchange for cooperation last year JEZEBEL - A Floridian rapper named YNW Melly -- real name Jamell Demons -- has been arrested on a pair of first-degree murder charges after allegedly killing two men last autumn and trying to make it look like they were shot in a drive-by THE BLEMISH - I had never heard a Ryan Adams song before the new report alleging that tries to trade fame for sex with young would-be pop stars, and now I have even less reason to listen to one THE BLAST - Cardi B ended her self-imposed Instagram retirement so she could plug Friday's release of the song she did with Bruno Mars. She was gone all of 48 hours, so hopefully you took the under in your office pool REALITY TEA = The Real Housewives of New Jersey's Margaret Josephs, outraged by Marty Caffrey's continual rudeness, earned herself a little bit of viral fame by pushing Marty into the pool on the RHONJ season finale last night THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Gabe Brown from Alaskan Bush People got married to his girlfriend Raquell Rose Pantilla in a stealth wedding last month, congrats! CELEBITCHY - Shannen Doherty says she made up her mind to be as open as possible about her cancer battle because it was "very important" for her "[to be] there for people who were going through it" LAINEY GOSSIP - Brie Larson appears to be absolutely killing it on the press tour for Captain Marvel, bench pressing 5000-pound cars for fun and generally charming the pants off of the viewing public with an ease not seen since Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman breakthrough DLISTED - OK, Kim

LAINEY GOSSIP - Is anyone surprised that Cardi B stole the Grammys in terms of fashion if not entirely? Invasion of Privacy made her the first solo artist to win Best Rap Album, and her red carpet outfit somehow managed to channel Bjork and "The Birth of Venus" DLISTED - Here's the rest of the most worthwhile red carpet looks, including Kylie Jenner's bizarre not-Michael-Jackson pink...thing, George Clinton looking remarkably restrained (for him), and A$AP Rocky wearing the outfit Kylie should have (among others) CELEBITCHY - Grammy Hot Takes Alert: "Michelle Obama was the best part of the Grammys. Alicia Keys was the worst part." THE BLAST - Brad Pitt stopped by Jennifer Aniston's 50th birthday party last weekend, nbd VOX - Is there anybody left out there who *doesn't* believe that the government is going to shut down again in four more days? THE BLEMISH - It was a pretty open secret that Bob Costas got fired from doing the Super Bowl last year for talking about how football leads to head injuries and brain trauma and he wouldn't let his kids play, but now we have confirmation JEZEBEL - Virginia governor Ralph Northam should maybe not...say...words? So much? Right now? REALITY TEA - Andy Cohen has been a father for like a week and he's already getting dragged on social media; this time it's for taking his newborn son on a plane for a cross-country flight THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - "Johnny Bananas Says ‘The Challenge’ Newcomers Are Not Fit To Carry On The Franchise"