Category: Entertainment News

LINKS! Offset’s alleged mistress Cuban Doll, Bieber’s new feud, Real Housewives return…

THE BLAST - Offset's alleged mistress Cuban Doll has been cleared of all charges in the gun possession incident stemming from a night out with Kodak Black a few weeks ago JEZEBEL - Why is Justin Bieber feuding with 15-year-old JoJo Siwa on Instagram? And why is he so bad at acting like that's not what he was doing? REALITY TEA - Here's a comprehensive and controversy-free list of Real Housewives that Bravo should bring back across all the spin-offs in 2019 CELEBITCHY - Scotland Yard has officially designated Meghan Markle's sister Samantha Grant a "fixated person," which appears to refer to people who "stalk or harass public figures" -- so, sounds about right. They're also calling her a "risk," and we probably will never hear anything more about that after 2018 comes to a close THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Jon Gosselin, who now has full custody of his 14-year-old son Collin, is not here for any of his ex-wife Kate's claims about Collin's health or special needs THE BLEMISH - “I’ve never wanted a penis. Apart from to piss up a tree. Being able to do that standing up: so convenient. You can just whip it out and whatever. But the idea of something so vulnerable swinging between my legs, I think I’m all right without.” -Keira Knightly DLISTED - If you ever wanted to know what Grover from Sesame Street maybe dropping an F-bomb might sound like, here's your chance LAINEY GOSSIP - Jake Gyllenhaal has a new girlfriend; she's a model named Jeanne Cadieu who's sixteen years younger than him; she also deals with cold weather better than him VOX - A primer: "How meditation and psychedelic drugs could fix tribalism." Happy 2019, everyone!

LINKS! Bill Cosby sex tape, RIP Penny Marshall, Pete and Ariana…

THE BLEMISH - It seems there's a decent chance Hugh Hefner, who apparently recorded pretty much every celebrity who ever had sex at the Playboy Mansion, may have filmed a Bill Cosby sex tape -- and then *not* destroyed it JEZEBEL - RIP Penny Marshall, who died of complications from diabetes yesterday. Marshall was 75, but A League of Their Own is immortal CELEBITCHY - Ariana Grande went to NBC studios on Saturday to support her ex Pete Davidson, though Pete had security keep her outside the Saturday Night Live studio itself probably because "he knew it wasn't good for him to see Ariana" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The Vanderpump Rules cast has been exceptionally good at spinning their time on the show into steady side gigs. Here's a rundown of all their businesses, including "beer cheese, books, beauty products, booze" -- and more! REALITY TEA - Speaking of #PumpRules: "Kristen Doute Says Lisa Vanderpump Tried To Keep Her From Tom Tom; Teases Relationship Drama On Season 7 Of Vanderpump Rules" THE BLEMISH - RHONY star Bethenny Frankel is working to get 200 twin mattresses donated to Massachusetts' Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where Frankel stayed for two days after her allergic reaction to fish earlier this year VOX - The Trump Foundation, Donald Trump's charitable-organization-in-name, is shutting down as part of the New York Attorney General's ongoing investigation into its "shocking pattern of illegality" DLISTED - According to their respective girlfriends, both Liam Hemsworth and Cole Sprouse (best known for playing Jughead on Riverdale are dick wizards LAINEY GOSSIP - Netflix's lighthearted holiday films all feature, in shades ranging from "fake" to "total bullsh!t," a wide variety of unrealistic creative jobs. Here's just how fake they all are, plus drinking games for each film!

LINKS! Trump’s hush money revealed, Hef’s exes go XXX, Fortnite p0rn……

VOX - With Trump's hush money revealed, Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison, and National Enquirer publisher AMI cooperating fully, it appears the federal investigation into the president's 2016 campaign will now turn its attention to the Trump Organization itself DLISTED - Twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, best known as Hugh Hefner's Playboy Playmate exes, have signed a seven-figure deal to do "boy/girl, girl/girl, boy/girl/girl and all-girl group" adult scenes together JEZEBEL - Speaking of adult film, apparently Fortnite was one of its most popular subgenres in 2018. So here's what that's all about REALITY TEA - Lisa Vanderpump still doesn't have a credit card, nor does she want one. (Nor does she really need one.) She claims it's because she would forget to pay the bill, and, honestly, that answer seems legit THE BLAST - On a somewhat related note, Lisa's former RHOBH co-star Camille Grammer has been forced to move into her parents' house after losing her Malibu mansion in the Woolsey Fire this autumn. The photos of the damage look pretty grim CELEBITCHY - We're in awards season, which means it's time to catch up on all the movies you've really been meaning to see for months now. Here's a complete list of the nominees for the 2019 SAG Awards to help you prioritize LAINEY GOSSIP - Emily Blunt, AKA "New Mary Poppins," was nominated for Best Lead Actress at those very same awards. She also rocked a surprisingly comfy-looking violet dress at Mary Poppins' London premiere last night THE BLEMISH - Controversial YouTube person Pewdiepie, who still has the most subscribers of anyone on the platform, is "back on his anti-Semitic bullsh!t' after recommending a hate channel to those millions of subscribers THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - "10 Amazing, Funny & Downright Strange ‘Teen Mom’ Gifts You Can Buy For Everyone on Your Holiday Shopping List"

LINKS! Cardi B and Offset news, Royal wax disaster, Trump walled out…

THE BLAST - The latest Cardi B and Offset news is that the two of them are apparently not talking reconciliation -- nor are they talking to each other at all JEZEBEL - Do not look at these official, Madame Tussaud-approved wax figures of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle unless you want to have Christmas nightmares well into 2019. If that's your jam, though, then by all means feast your eyes VOX - During an Oval Office meeting in front of plenty of TV cameras, Donald Trump tried to strong-arm Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and instead wound up reassuring them that he'll gladly take all the political fallout when he shuts the government over border wall funding. Sports metaphors aren't the most apt when it comes to Trump, but has a goalie ever scored an own-goal before? CELEBITCHY - In other Trump news, it's possible he was distracted during the meeting because he's apparently "concern[ed] that he could be impeached when Democrats take over the House" next month THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The new season of Marriage Boot Camp is basically Love & Hip Hop: Rocky Relationships Edition</em. Soulja Boy, Nia Riley, Waka Flocka Flame, Tammy Rivera, Lil' Mo, Karl Dargan, Jessica Dime, Shawne Williams, Lil' Fizz, and Tiffany Campbell will all feature on the new season, which now has a trailer REALITY TEA - "Stassi Schroeder Doesn’t Think Kristen Doute Is A Hypocrite For Bashing James Kennedy’s (Alleged) Cheating" DLISTED - Nicki Minaj didn't meet her BF Kenneth Petty while the two of them were giving away turkeys on Thanksgiving. No, it seems they first hooked up 20 years ago, when she was a 16-year-old and he had coincidentally just done four years in prison "for pulling a knife on a 16-year-old girl and trying to rape her" LAINEY GOSSIP - There is a new Godzilla movie coming out soon, but, unlike the 1998 semi-disaster, this one features Godzilla going on a rampage in snow instead of rain. It also stars Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things, who is apparently going to be friends with Godzilla somehow? Did Hollywood make a whole movie based on the scene in Jurassic Park where Lex pets the brontosaurus? THE BLEMISH - It may or may not come as a surprise to learn that Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons was high AF when he wrote "Christmas In Hollis"

LINKS! Top YouTube earner, Kevin Hart hosting Oscars, Transgender Miss Universe…

THE BLEMISH - The top YouTube earner for this year and beyond is a seven-year-old boy named Ryan whose channel features videos in which he plays with and reviews toys. Ryan has 17 million followers and made $22 million last year CELEBITCHY - There were brief and strong pushes for both Patton Oswalt and Gritty, but the 2019 Oscars have chosen their host: it's Kevin Hart THE BLAST - Angela Ponce, Spain's contestant in the Miss Universe pageant this year, is apparently the heavy favorite to win according to onling bookies (for comparison's sake, her odds are more than three times better than Miss USA's) VOX - Here's a helpful rundown on the ongoing controversy surrounding Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' brand-tastic wedding, which may itself still be ongoing REALITY TEA - In a master stroke of reality TV narration-changing, RHOBH star Kyle Richards acknowledged the work she's had done on her face while shooting down rumors that she's gone full facelift JEZEBEL - And in a master stroke of benevolence, here's the story of how two senior citizens from New York wiped out $1.5 million in medical debt belonging to strangers "just because they felt like it" LAINEY GOSSIP - Brangelina is now done and over for good, officially and legally. Apparently their custody agreement states that Brad starts out with less than 50% custody but that he can gain "more and more" over time DLISTED - Netflix, which apparently prints money almost as quickly as it does new shows, is going to spend $100 million to keep Friends after reports surfaced that 2019 would be Friends-free

LINKS! Flynn spilled Trump’s tea, RIP Jael Strauss, Jon Gosselin Plus One…

VOX - We don't know quite what he said, since most of the public documents are so heavily redacted they're almost unreadable. But it sure looks like former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn spilled Trump's tea for Robert Mueller, since Mueller is recommending no prison time for Flynn THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Jael Strauss, who placed sixth overall on America's Next Top Model Season 8, passed away from extremely aggressive breast cancer on Tuesday THE BLEMISH - Jon Gosselin won custody of his son Collin by default after his ex-wife Kate was a no-show for their December 4th court date LAINEY GOSSIP - Here's what's going on in the endless sh!t show that is the British Royal Court and their feelings (dislike? distaste? it's hard to say) on Dutchess of Sussex Meghan Markle REALITY TEA - "Brittany Cartwright Insists Jax Taylor Has Changed For The Better; They Want To Have Kids Right After They Get Married" CELEBITCHY - Everyone's favorite Christmas litmus test "Baby It's Cold Outside" is being banned from radio stations at a pretty steady clip, which has naturally led to a heated debate over whether the song is really as "date-rapey" as it seems DLISTED - Michael Avenatti is not running for president in 2020 THE BLAST - Apparently the thing that's holding up still-fired Megyn Kelly's official exit from NBC is "specific language which bars her from saying anything at all" once she's officially exited. In other words, NBC wants Kelly to keep quiet about the sexual harrassment claims against some of its personalities JEZEBEL - In "Yes, this really happened" news, HBO is going to make a movie about the 1983 Christmas season riots that ensued when retailers ran out of Cabbage Patch dolls

LINKS! Kim and Kanye’s wealth, Lisa Vanderpump mystery, American Idol unveiled…

CELEBITCHY - Just a couple of weeks after hiring a cadre of private firefighters to protect their & their neighbors' mansions from a wildfire, Kim and Kanye chartered a 660-seat 747 for their party of twelve to travel overseas JEZEBEL - "What is it about Lisa Vanderpump and her SUR staff that is so much more engaging, so much more real than your average reality show?" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - "10 Shocking Things We Learned About American Idol From David Archuleta’s Latest Interview" REALITY TEA - RHOC star Gina Kirschenheiter has had it with her trolls, and is firing back at will on Instagram. This is like pouring water on a gremlin, so stay tuned THE BLEMISH - Alicia Silverstone's divorce from Chris Jarecki was just finalized; she's paying him $12,000 per month in alimony. That's $144,000 per year to not be married to Alicia Silverstone THE BLAST - Dog the Bounty Hunter's wife Beth Chapman has been "rushed into an emergency surgery" after a mysterious growth developed in her throat and blocked her airway overnight VOX - Here's a Rorschach test for you: An airline passenger who asked for a glass of water received a cupfull of ice and instructions to wait. Is the passenger or the flight attendant sensible? LAINEY GOSSIP - Everybody seemed to love Netflix's hit To All The Boys I've Loved Before but nobody seems to be excited by the news that Netflix is planning a sequel DLISTED - Next up for Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop? Plus-sized clothing. Strike what I said before about Gina Kirschenheiter; if there's one story in this links post that's bound to end in disaster, it's this one

LINKS! Manafort triples down, Kim Kardashian on ecstasy, Michael B Jordan glory…

VOX - Paul Manafort, who earlier this year was convicted on federal charges that included lying about his lobbying for foreign interests, and who accepted a plea deal to avoid a second trial on charges that included more lying about other alleged federal crimes, has now apparently voided that deal after Robert Mueller's team discovered he'd been lying to them for months CELEBITCHY - In related bad news for Donald Trump, his administration is also under fire for Sunday's Border Patrol tear gas attack on the migrant caravan at the San Ysidro Port of Entry THE BLEMISH - Kim Kardashian has now admitted to doing ecstasy twice in her life: once before she got married, and the other before she had sex with Ray J on film LAINEY GOSSIP - Creed II just had the biggest opening weekend Thanksgiving box office of all time for a live-action movie. Coupled with his work in Black Panther, which remains the highest grossing movie of 2018 domestically, this means Michael B. Jordan is now a 100% legit movie star -- so congrats to him REALITY TEA - "Exclusive Interview: Survivor: David vs. Goliath’s Dan Rengering On Making Survivor History" DLISTED - RIP to Oprah's mother Vernita Lee, who passed away at her Milwaukee home on Thanksgiving Day at the age of 83 JEZEBEL - "'You Can't Have This Conversation Without Having a Conversation About Economics': A Chat With a Pregnant Sex Worker" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The Hills stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary a few days ago, and congratulations to them. But their tabloid-dubbed joint nickname 'Speidi' still sounds like a goofy Italian dessert and the tenth anniversary was a golden chance to finally invent and ingest one (they did neither) THE BLAST - If you've got $3 million to spend and would like a giant swimming pool in your gianter living room, Young Thug's Atlanta mansion is on the market. He's claiming foundation and mold damage, though, so you might want to get a good home inspector

LINKS! Macy’s Thanksgiving snafu, Black Friday zombie apocalypse, Kit Harrington’s mistress…

THE BLAST - Macy's Thanksgiving snafu was synching Rita Ora's pre-recorded track so poorly during the parade yesterday that people noticed -- and got very angry that she wasn't singing live. I know I'm a pretty gigantic humbug, but I can't imagine being so in the holiday spirit that you made it to adulthood without realizing that everyone lip synchs at the parade DLISTED - On that note, here's Diana Ross being her amazing self at the parade and shielding her lip synch from the cameras trained on her thanks to the wind blowing her amazing hair into her face for 99% of the song VOX - "This Black Friday, I’ll be thinking about the title story, “Friday Black,” which reimagines Black Friday as a kind of zombie plague, and has forever changed the way I think about the waves of shoppers who spend the day after Thanksgiving descending on stores across the country." CELEBITCHY - An alleged Russian model named Olya Sergeevna is claiming she was Kit Harrington's mistress *and* that Harrington is allegedly a drunk and a cokehead. She backed up her claims with some blurry-ish cell phone shots of a person who looks like Harrington passed out / asleep. This whole thing is so shady that I'm just going to drop one more "allegedly" in here for good measure JEZEBEL - Since the National Dog Show is now held on Thanksgiving Day, we can report that a Whippet from Sugar Valley GA named Whiskey is officially the National Dog of the Year. And he looks like a very good boy indee REALITY TEA - "Happy Thanksgiving. I’m grateful I don’t have to interact with Real Housewives Of Dallas in the wild. LeeAnne Locken may cut my legs at the ankles to watch me crawl away and bleed to death. She’s just upset, you guys. If you upset her, it’s your fault. And then after all that you still might end up on ‘friendship probation’!" THE BLEMISH - Chrissy Teigen thinks her feet are hideously ugly, refers to them as her "Asian jungle feet," and had it in her contract that her feet would not appear in any photos when she was modeling for Sports Illustrated LAINEY GOSSIP - Viggo Mortensen apparently torpedoed whatever chance at Oscar glory he might have had by dropping an n-bomb while discussing his new movie Green Book during a Q&A last week THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - NFL star Aaron Rodgers and his reality TV-adjacent star Jordan celebrated Thanksgiving by deepening their blood feud

LINKS! Turkey pardoning lies, Poison lettuce, Pusha T brawl…

JEZEBEL - It turns out everything we thought we knew about presidential turkey pardoning was just turkey pardoning lies. Since they're bred to get huge quick, factory-farmed turkeys grow faster than their bodies can handle and invariably die after a few months of the constant hunger they call life VOX - In Thanksgiving-adjacent food news, here's the deal with romaine lettuce, which has always been worth skipping over but is now apparently riddled with E. coli and should be thrown out immediately THE BLAST - Last night Pusha T did a gig in Toronto for the first time since his beef with Drake blew up. It didn't go especially well REALITY TEA - Lest you thought she wasn't for real Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder says she knows her fiancé Beau Clark is the one because she would "absolutely snort [his] ashes if he died" CELEBITCHY - Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a photo of herself in lingerie on Instagram and said she was going to pin similar shots all over her house "as a reminder not to overeat on Thursday"; somewhat predictably, she's now being acused of fat shaming for the post THE BLEMISH - Also somewhat predictably, Mommy Blogger Katie Bower is being taken to task for lamenting that her six-year-old son is the least-liked of her five children on social media & that this will cause him to grow up with self-esteem issues. But when you turn your kids into products, can you really be surprised that one of them is the least-popular? THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - A bunch of The Challenge's cast members didn't come to CT Tamburello's wedding after MTV told them they wouldn't be paid to appear. At least now CT knows who his real friends are DLISTED - Apparently Brad Pitt would very much like to avoid a trial in his endless custody dispute with Angelina Jolie LAINEY GOSSIP - The video for Gwen Stefani's song "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" is now out, a year after she released the song as a single; it's both pretty feel-good and schmaltzy as hell, much like Gwen and Blake themselves

LINKS! Lisa Vanderpump off RHOBH, Britney Spears evacuates, Jill Scott goes viral…

DLISTED - Several sources close to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' production are claiming that Lisa Vanderpump is off RHOBH -- apparently she's hardly filmed for the new season, is refusing to show up, and is tired of being a punching bag for the other cast members REALITY TEA - In Vanderpump-adjacent news, Pump Rules cast members Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright say between them they've lost 55 pounds in preparation for their upcoming wedding THE BLAST - Though Britney Spears' mansion in Thousand Oaks CA is not in the mandatory evacuation zone, "she chose to play it safe" and has evacuated the area until the Woolsey fire can be brought under control LAINEY GOSSIP - If you've seen Jill Scott's name trending over the past couple of days but haven't yet checked out why, this video will make it clear. (If you're reading this at work, you probably want to make sure your office is clear first) VOX - In a new interview, Donald Trump claimed that who isn't a Republican votes by first voting, then going home to change clothes and coming back to their polling place to vote again. This is a good technique that works well only if you replace "voting" with "trick or treating" JEZEBEL - Speaking of the president, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was once the legal counselor for a company that patented a toilet with a "specially designed bowl to help well-endowed men avoid unwanted contact with porcelain or water." So, yeah, a big dick toilet CELEBITCHY - Evidently celebrities are having a lot of sex in their showers, possibly because celebrity showers are much bigger and come with more seats and ledges than the showers of normal folk THE BLEMISH - My favorite line in this article about Ashley Graham wearing a bra made of duct tape is also the helpful takeaway from this article: "Generally speaking, I would think that something that’s used for home repair shouldn’t be attached to your skin." THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Arie Luyendyk Jr. and his fiancée Lauren Burnham are expecting their first child together, congrats! The baby is due in June and Lauren is already showing, so she's had to have her dress altered ahead of her and Arie's wedding this January