Category: Daily Starbuzz

VOX - Conspiracy theory peddler Alex Jones, seen above not trolling the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims until literally red in the face, has at long last been booted from almost every major social media and streaming platform CELEBITCHY - Meghan "Dutchess of Sussex" Markle and the rest of the British royal family is spending the month of August at the Scottish estate of Balmoral, ostensibly to shoot game but really to develop "a more aggressive strategy to stem the embarrassment caused by Meghan's dad" THE BLEMISH - Angelina Jolie's lawyer in her divorce from Brad Pitt is apparently ready to quit over Angelina's anger and unreasonable demands, and so Angelina is said to be "bringing in another law firm to help" REALITY TV - Real Housewives of Potomac Season 3 is over and we still have no idea if Karen Huger ever got the pizza or not (though, to hear Gizelle tell it, the answer is a hard no) JEZEBEL - Evidently facesitting is the sex trend of the summer, only now it's called "queening" because a bunch of British tabloids were having a slow day and decided to just go with that LAINEY GOSSIP - I know the video for "In My Feelings" has been out for a few days, but I didn't get around to watching it until last night. It's really good! Phylicia Rashad is hilarious in it! So is Shiggy! New Orleans is beautiful! I'm not really a fan of the song itself, but this is the rare video that makes its song palatable THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Kathryn Dennis is apparently in talks to become the next "Bachelorette," in the latest sign that the sexual assault allegations against Thomas Ravenel are having a serious effect on the Southern Charm cast THE BLAST - I wonder how many of the kids on Dancing With The Stars: Juniors knew who Stevie Wonder was when he stopped by the studio to watch his 13-year-old son perform PAJIBA - Marc Maron got Jay Leno to talk about the Late Night wars for one of the only times ever on an episode of his WTF podcast. Leno basically says he got the Tonight Show job over Letterman because he was willing to kiss ass and Letterman wasn't, which makes total sense and confirms everything we know about the two of them DLISTED - In the middle of a show, Britney Spears pulled a classic rock star move and forgot the name of the city where she was performing

CELEBITCHY - J-Lo's joots are perfect for the person who wishes she could have two pairs of pants fall down simultaneously instead of just one DLISTED - Blake Griffin got tagged in his child support trial to the tune of $258,000 per month. And that is a ton of money! But Blake Griffin makes about $35 million per year, plus is a two-timing douche quickly approaching the end of his NBA prime JEZEBEL - Apparently Paul Manafort owns a palatial Hamptons estate that's just perfect for keeping all his ostrich-skin jackets in temperature-controlled glory THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - MTV is about to debut a show called The Royal World, which is exactly what it sounds like. Hard to imagine why allegedly super-wealthy young royals and aristocrats would stoop to conquer reality TV's level, but the show is set to premiere in 180 countries, so MTV will likely print some money with this one VOX - If you can stomach it, here's the deal with QAnon LAINEY GOSSIP - Justin Timberlake is producing a game show for Fox and the hook seems to be that the show's grand prize ($20 million) will be the biggest in TV history. Honestly, I'd rather see the prizes on every other game show undergo some serious inflation adjustment; the average Jeopardy! take-home is pretty good money for the contestants but absolutely piddling for the show's corporate sponsors REALITY TV - According to Bethenny Frankel, her recently departed Real Housewives of New York castmate Carole Radziwill isn't leaving the show of her own volition...but was fired THE BLEMISH - I can't help thinking that Tristan Thompson punching his NBA All-Star rival Draymond Green in the face at a party is somehow Tristan's way of seeking Khloe Kardashian's approval PAJIBA - What was your favorite soundtrack growing up? THE BLAST - Charlie Sheen, who at his peak made about $40 million per season on Two And A Half Men, claims he is now worth less than $10 million and can no longer afford his $75,000 monthly child support payments

THE BLAST - Justin Bieber would appreciate it if the court hearing his four-year-old egging lawsuit would not admit as evidence the fact that Bieber allegedly dropped the N-word in front of a crowd of people at the time CELEBITCHY - Even White House Chief of Staff John Kelly knew that Trump's performance alongside Vladimir Putin was an unqualified disaster LAINEY GOSSIP - "At this point Comic-Con is a thing because we say it’s a thing, not because it’s actually driving a cultural moment," and here's an analysis of the weak 2018 calendar to prove it THE BLEMISH - It looks like The Rock's feud with Tyrese Gibson is unofficially over; the only thing that remains is for Tyrese to kiss Dwayne's ass in public before filming begins on Furious 9 JEZEBEL - Here's a cautionary con: Back in the late 90s, 32-year-old Riley Weston told everyone she was actually 19 and managed to get herself a job as a staff writer for Felicity, along with an acting gig on the show and a $500,000 development deal with Disney. When Weston's true age was revealed, she was dumped like a cabinetful of expired anti-aging products despite the talent that got her hired in the first place DLISTED - Elle Macpherson's new boyfriend is Andrew Wakefield, a 61-year-old British man and former doctor best-known for losing his medical license in 2010 & promoting anti-vaccine beliefs REALITY TEA - The Ladies of London cast reacted with horror and grief upon learning of the death of fellow cast member Annabelle Neilson last week VOX - Here's a fun new political theory that says a candidate's position on "the issues" possibly doesn't matter at all and maybe never really did, and so they should maybe just do and say whatever the hell they want. Which makes a terrible kind of sense: Since everything else is already in the Upside-Down, why should politics be exempt? PAJIBA - Behold, the very definition of "douchebaggery"

CELEBITCHY - "Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are just two dumb kids" is, ultimately, the correct take on these two super-rich and increasingly powerful young parents DLISTED - Timothee Chalamet, who's already apparently going to play Laurie in Greta Gerwig's remake of Little Women, is apparently also in talks to star as Paul Atreides in an upcoming Dune remake. Neither movie is supposed to be out for at least a year, so you have plenty of time to reread the books THE BLEMISH - Your headline of the day: "Nikki Bella Can’t Masturbate Without Picturing John Cena on Top of Amy Schumer" LAINEY GOSSIP - "Who was grinding with Michael B. Jordan in a St. Tropez club last week" is the "Who did Tiffany Haddish see touching Jay-Z in front of Beyonce" of the summer and some of these theories are indeed hilarious THE BLAST - And speaking of Tiffany Haddish, her ex-husband disagrees with the abuse claims against him, claiming that it was Tiffany who attacked him and that she "regularly requested" he "become more aggressive" during sex JEZEBEL - Did you know that Jessica Biel had a combination chocolate shop/day care center in Hollywood called Au Fudge? Me either! I have so many questions, among them Why did you think combining these two things was a good business model and How many chocolates did you lose at the hands of loose children over the last two years? Alas, we may never know, since this curiosity is closing thanks to terrible reviews REALITY TEA - As someone who's been covering The Real Housewives of Potomac since the first season, I have to say I'm so glad the show finally found the petty footing it lacked in those dreary early episodes THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - That Teen Mom-on-mom kiss sure is still reverberating PAJIBA - It: Chapter Two has begun filming and Bill Skarsgard is having a creepily easy time getting back into the character of Pennywise

CELEBITCHY - Stormy Daniels was arrested during her performance at a strip club in Columbus OH last night. Her lawyer Michael Avenatti claims the arrest was the result of Daniels "allowing a customer to touch her while on stage in a non sexual manner" THE BLEMISH - Jada Pinkett Smith says she's a sex addict who knew she had a masturbation problem when she found herself having five orgasms a day. Not to downplay sex addiction, but five sounds a little low for the problem threshold REALITY TEA - RHOA star Porsha Williams may or may not have been buying engagement rings with her new boyfriend yesterday and may or may not have arranged to get caught doing so by paparazzi JEZEBEL - So the guy who played an unbelievably sadistic prison guard on OITNB is now the host of a game show where three contestants compete to have their crushing student loan debt paid off. I can only assume that the two losing contestants are then mauled to death by grizzly bears for the pleasure of their loan holders VOX - John Schnatter -- better known as Papa John himself -- has resigned as CEO of his now-former company after a recording went public in which Schnatter casually drops the n-word during a conference call. Bonus: the call was "set up to teach Schnatter how to not say offensive things" PAJIBA - Apparently White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was not rolling his eyes at Donald Trump during a NATO breakfast yesterday; rather, he was "displeased" by the food selection. If I had a nickel for every time I contorted my face to express obvious displeasure at the noshing options during a high-level diplomatic meeting, I could afford to be a member of Trump's cabinet THE BLAST - Here's Lady Gaga strolling around the streets of New York City wearing head-to-toe leather, looking like Times Square circa 1978 and no doubt smelling like 1878 THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Aslhee Simpson and Evan Ross are ready to unleash Ashlee+Evan their aptly titled E! documentary, upon the world; here's the trailer DLISTED - First The Rock thrilled everyone by suggesting he would run for president in 2020. Then he walked himself back by saying he was thinking about 2024 instead. Now he's gone full Sherman and claimed he won't be running at all LAINEY GOSSIP - Although it seems totally unnecessary to say the least that there are currently two different Joker origin story movies in production, it's worth remembering that "this is actually not the worst idea." The worst idea is the one of these movies starring Jared Leto. If you *have* to see one of them, see the Joaquin Phoenix one (but really see neither)

DLISTED - Apparently Dutchess Meghan violated thousands of millennia of royal protocol by holding Prince Harry's elbow at a public event yesterday. She also crossed her legs at the knees before realizing her heinous mistake and re-crossing them at the ankles. Blackmail forthcoming CELEBITCHY - Kylie Jenner got real about her post-pregnancy body, saying that it actually only looks like she "bounced back super fast" because Instagram isn't real life. She also, in a humblebrag for the ages, managed to reveal that her boobs are three times bigger than they used to be VOX - All twelve of the Thai boys and their soccer coach made it out of the cave alive! Here's how they did it JEZEBEL - An Ode on 'Hurtling Towards Middle Age' THE BLEMISH - Billy Dee Williams is going to reprise his role as Lando Calrissian in the upcoming ninth Star Wars movie. Which is great and all, except he is definitely going to get killed late in the film and we are definitely not going to see his and Han Solo's force ghosts gallivanting about space and causing mischief in the spin-off we all want but none of us deserve PAJIBA - Did you know it was Cow Appreciation Day yesterday? Me either! Here are some cows REALITY TEA - RHOC star Gina Kirchenheiter has officially filed for divorce from her husband Mathew, whose "crazy travel schedule basically left her a single mom" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Former 16 and Pregnant star Kayla Jordan gave birth to her third child two months after getting married, congrats! THE BLAST - This can't possibly be Gene Simmons' *first* sexual harassment lawsuit, right? Of the decade or the year (or possibly the month) LAINEY GOSSIP - This viral meme is extra exhausting

CELEBITCHY - Drake confirms on his new album Scorpion that he has a son after all. This is something we've all known since Pusha spilled his tea during their feud last month (and that we've all suspected thanks to tabloid reporting for months before that). But now Drake gets to market his hidden son on his own terms, so, good for him? THE BLEMISH - Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx, who were never officially dating in the first place, are now officially broken up. Apparently Jamie wanted to keep their love a secret even after Katie's contract with Tom Cruise -- yep! -- expired and they could finally go public VOX - America has a 1.39 billion-pound cheese surplus. How much cheese is that? This much: "There's enough excess cheese to arm each American citizen with a hefty 4.6 pounds of the crumbly, melty, salty good stuff." Where do we form the line JEZEBEL - If you've ever struggled with depression or anxiety and worried that needing to focus on that struggle made you a selfish person, read this essay DLISTED - I'm not saying I knew that the song "Electric Slide" was about a vibrator, because I totally didn't. I'm just saying that when you hear the words "'Electric Slide' is about a vibrator," you respond "Ohhh, of course it is, how did no one see this before now" LAINEY GOSSIP - Here's a photo gallery of Gwen Stefani looking radiant and Blake Shelton looking rumpled at the premiere of her Las Vegas residency to help you get ready for the next round of hot gossip about their alleged pending marriage and / or pregnancy REALITY TEA - Dorinda Medley went on Watch What Happens Live to talk about the cast's ongoing feud with Bethenny Frankel, Ramona's wine glass pic after Luann de Lesseps got out of rehab -- and more! VERY SMART BROTHAS - "10 Things Easier to Comprehend Than Household Income of $117,000 Being Considered Low-Income in the Bay Area" PAJIBA - You will find this montage of a dog being surprised by its owner's farts either hilarious or maddeningly dumb, so consider it a personality test and give it a look THE BLAST - Paul Teutul Sr.'s bankruptcy woes continue -- the American Chopper star had to sell off his classic car collection to keep his business afloat

THE BLEMISH - "Big Dick Energy" was coined in the wake of Anthony Bourdain's death a few weeks ago, but it took off as the social media meme of the summer this week when Ariana Grande kinda-sorta disclosed that her fiancé Pete Davidson is maybe really well-endowed CELEBITCHY - Speaking of the exact opposite of that, Scarlett Johansson is fighting a new rumor that she "auditioned to be in a relationship" with Tom Cruise sometime around 2004. The latest iteration: Scarlett could totally have auditioned for such a "role" without ever knowing she was doing it, by literally auditioning for a movie with Tom and his Scientology handlers in the room THE BLAST - In other disturbing relationship news, Mel B of Spice Girls fame is fighting back against claims she told a friend of she and Stephen Belafonte's that Mel "would be better off" if Stephen were dead, wink-wink nudge-nudge DLISTED - It's probably just a coincidence that while Mel served as a guest co-host on Today that she continued to insist the Spice Girls are going to reunite for a grand world tour despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary JEZEBEL - If you're having trouble navigating the world these days, perhaps you'll take some comfort in this three-minute video demonstrating "how to rescue a waterlogged book." It can be done! PAJIBA - And if that clip doesn't do it for you, here's a photo gallery of adorable puppies and kitties (is there any other kind?), curated specifically to help you navigate the rough waters of everyday life LAINEY GOSSIP - In other Big Dick Energy news, here's a convincing explanation of why Chris Pine has got the stuff in abundance, along with a photo gallery of he and Gal Godot on the set of Wonder Woman 1984 REALITY TEA - Conrad Empson from Below Deck Mediterranean says he likes cast- and crew-mate Hannah Ferrier because he "saw a different side to her than we see on the show"