Category: Entertainment News

LINKS! Kim and Kanye’s firefighters, Michelle shades Barack, Thomas Ravenel drama…

CELEBITCHY - Kim and Kanye have apparently earned their Hidden Hills neighbors' undying love and respect after hiring a team of "private firefighters" to fight off the Woolsey wildfire right in their collective backyard VOX - Michelle Obama's book Becoming is out, and is earning rave reviews. One thing few reviewers are talking about: How often Michelle takes the opportunity "to brutally drag her husband." For the time she was his boss and he was late to his first day of work. For the time he wore a Miami Vice-style suit to happy hour. And for so many other things REALITY TEA - Thomas Ravenel calling out anybody for any reason seems pretty dodgy at this point, but that hasn't stopped him calling out Ashley Jacobs for trash-talking Thomas' once and forever love Kathryn Dennis JEZEBEL - Cardi B has already made it clear that she won't roll over in bed for less than $500,000. So we know the absolute bare minimum she's getting paid to co-star as one of three judges on Rhythm & Flow, an upcoming Netflix series "aimed at finding the next breakout hip-hop star" DLISTED - "America is burning through plots, much like the California wildfires Trump tried to shoehorn into last week’s episode. CNN and their chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta have taken the unprecedented step of suing the President et al, in order to restore Jim’s access to the White House. They also hope to prevent the White House from revoking it again in the future." THE BLAST - Actress Paz de la Huerta says disgraced former producer Harvey Weinstein raped her in December of 2010 -- and she's taken her claims to court THE BLEMISH - Mark Hamill accidentally flirted with Ariana Grande on Twitter and she responded by swooning something fierce, so, look for her Luke Skywalker tattoo any day now LAINEY GOSSIP - Relationship Check: Gwen Stefani and Blake Griffin are still very much in love, still PDA-ing it up on every episode of The Voice that they can

LINKS! Chris Pine full frontal, Gabrielle and D-Wade’s baby girl, RIP Stan Lee…

JEZEBEL - Chris Pine goes full frontal in his brand-new Netflix movie Outlaw King and at least one professional makeup and prosthetic artist is pretty sure what you see on screen is Pine's real log LAINEY GOSSIP - Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade had a baby girl via surrogate this weekend, congrats! Fortunately for everyone, the surprise announcement came with plenty of adorable photos DLISTED - RIP Stan Lee: The creator of way more iconic comic book characters than you would ever expect to come from one brain died this morning at the age of 95 REALITY TEA - The Vanderpump Rules cast was not especially pleased when Keeping Up With The Kardashians won the People's Choice Award for Reality Show of 2018 CELEBITCHY - Two weeks ago on SNL, Pete Davidson raised a stink by insulting Republican congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw's appearance because the dude wears an eyepatch. So, this week, Crenshaw appeared alongside Davidson on "Weekend Update" and thoroughly roasted him THE BLEMISH - Instagram model Newsha Syeh is going minorly viral thanks to getting kicked out of the Louvre over the weekend for wearing a dress that one security guard apparently found too decadent for the museum. Take a look and judge for yourself THE BLAST - Audrina Patridge of The Hills has finally finished divorcing now-ex-husband Corey Bohan; here are the nasty details VOX - Evidently Tide's new "Eco-box" looks so much like boxed wine that people are joking about drinking it when the new package ships next January. I know branding and marketing have poisoned my well against this particular meme because when I see the bright orange-and-blue box I just think "This is a box full of Tide" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Tori Bates of Bringing Up Bates just gave birth to her first child -- a baby boy, whose name is Robert Ellis Smith IV but who will apparently go by "Kade." There are already a few photos of the young lad, so check those out and offer some well-wishes to mother & son

LINKS! Christmas Abbott arrested, Trump’s bad day, Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra…

THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Big Brother 19 star Christmas Abbott was arrested in Florida on a charge of felony criminal mischief. She's said to have used her car as a battering ram, driving it into her baby daddy's side piece's car last August -- while eight months pregnant: THE BLAST - Christmas had allegedly bullied Samantha Morse for months before the incident, after which Morse tried to get a restraining order against Christmas. But here are some photos of what $10,000 in damage from a car battering ram looks like VOX - Donald Trump decided to try and out-spin a bad election night by forcing Jeff Sessions out as Attorney General. Which means Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' temporary replacement, is for now in charge of overseeing the Mueller investigation -- something he's decried in the recent past JEZEBEL - The president also re-doubled (tripled?) down on his attacks on the media at a press conference where he called CNN reporter Jim Acosta a "rude, terrible person" and tried to have the microphone taken from him; later, he had Acosta banned from the White House THE BLEMISH - In news that's lighter spiritually if not literally, Swedish supermodel Elsa Hosk is going to wear this year's jeweled underwear at the Victoria's Secret fashion show CELEBITCHY - Benedict Cumberbatch, who voices the Grinch in this year's remake of Dr. Seuss' classic children's story, is doing his damndest to look eerily like the character in these green carpet photos. I know the Grinch didn't have a mustache, but something about Cumberbatch's looks decidedly...boo-hoo DLISTED - Emma Thompson is now officially a Dame, after being Damed (not the actual term, but if knights can be knighted then Dames should be Damed) by Prince William at Buckingham Palace. Emma, knowing she'd be standing rather a lot that day and displaying the intelligence you'd like to see in titled people, wore sneakers to the event LAINEY GOSSIP - It's getting harder and harder to tell if Justin Theroux's role on Parks and Recreation was a wink at his own inflated persona or a glimpse into the future REALITY TEA - Now Real Housewives of Dallas star LeeAnne Locken says D'Andra Simmons' mother is "gaslighting" Brandi Redmond over claims that LeeAnne called D'Andra an alcoholic

LINKS! Midterm election results, Sexiest Man Alive 2018, RHOC divorce…

VOX - The 2018 midterm elections were yesterday, and kind of a lot happened! Here's a rundown of the results -- including a look at some of the likeliest possible investigations into Donald Trump JEZEBEL - As far as election night coverage goes, the glory of Steve Kornacki's giddiness and Midwestern accent would not be denied. (I know he's from Boston, but give his coverage a listen) CELEBITCHY - It's taken way longer than it should have, but People Magazine finally named Idris Elba the Sexiest Man Alive. Early rumors suggest that they're going to do it again next year, to make it up to Idris for stringing him along since approximately 2011 LAINEY GOSSIP - People's choice means, of course, that early 2018 favorite Michael B. Jordan is *not* the Sexiest Man Alive for 2018. In case you thought he was robbed, here's a photo gallery of Michael looking every inch a Sexy Man for your viewing pleasure THE BLAST - Real Housewives of Orange County star Gina Kirschenheiter is super ready to be divorced from her estranged husband Matthew and is seeking financial support from him REALITY TEASpeaking of Real Housewives, RHOD star Cary Deuber says the cast members are "fighting for the sake of fighting" and blamed at least some part of that on their "alcohol-fueled" ways. And thus does reality TV go on DLISTED - Burger King is shading Kanye on Twitter for some dumb-yet-understandable tweets of his and while the whole thing is petty as can be, BK's social media people also throw some good shade THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Jon Gosselin has filed for full custody of he and Kate's 14-year-old son Collin THE BLEMISH - I would have sworn that the last Deadpool movie just came out a few months ago, and I was right: Fox is "squeezing the last few cents out of the X-Men franchise before Marvel buys it" by re-releasing a PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 next month

LINKS! Alec Baldwin assault arrest, SI’s Photoshopping secrets, Bieber’s face tattoo…

CELEBITCHY - Alec Baldwin was arrested over the weekend and charged with assault after allegedly punching another man in the face in a dispute over perhaps the most Manhattan thing to possibly fight for: a parking space THE BLEMISH - Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Wasley took to social media to show how easy it is to photoshop an image for consumer approval (and how quickly one can do it). If you were still laboring under the delusion that Instagram is basically the same thing as real life, you're about to be disappointed DLISTED - "Justin Bieber got a face tattoo in honor of Hailey Baldwin" is a great headline, but, because his face is the more valuable of those two things, it turns out the tattoo is...pretty hard to spot VOX - In case you hadn't heard, Election Day is tomorrow. Here's a handy dandy list of the hours the polls will be open in every single US state THE BLAST - Keeping Up With The Kardashians finally got to the part in its own news cycle when Tristan cheated on Khloe. Which means the show is seven months behind reality, in case you're keeping track JEZEBEL - Hot cocoa M&Ms are a thing this year and I'm calling it now: By this time next year, hot cocoa-flavored stuff will be as omnipresent as pumpkin-flavored stuff used to be every autumn LAINEY GOSSIP - Bohemian Rhapsody is getting pretty mixed reviews, but star Rami Malek is regularly singled out as the best thing about the film. So here is a red carpet photo gallery of Rami at the Bohemian Rhapsody premiere (plus a couple shots of Rami with Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen. Brian's hair still looks amazing!) THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - John-David Duggar, the third-eldest child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, married Abbie Burnett over the weekend. They held their wedding reception in an airplane hangar, which is something new REALITY TEA - "Reality Star Sightings: Brandi Glanville, The Vanderpump Rules Men, Shannon Beador, Kelly Dodd and More!"

LINKS! Robert Mueller smear campaign fail, Real Haunting of Hill House, Kanye’s mental health…

VOX - This Robert Mueller smear campaign fail is almost too stupid to believe, but give it a try anyway: Apparently a 20-year-old troll and a Republican conspiracy theorist teamed up to try and pay women to say they'd been sexually assaulted by Robert Mueller. They did a paper-thin job of covering themselves and then spilled their own hot tea on Twitter, and now the FBI is investigating them THE BLAST - The real Haunting of Hill House mansion is really haunted, say the couple who own the Georgia estate. (The house is also only about 16 years old, so the "4 or 5 ghosts" who haunt it must be pretty fresh) DLISTED - Kanye's team is concerned about his mental health and is trying to get Jenifer Lewis from black-ish in a room with him to talk about getting professional help JEZEBEL - British woman Amethyst Realm, who made a name for herself last year by claiming she's slept with over 20 ghosts, now says she's engaged to a ghost she met in Australia this winter. Amethyst also says she and this ghost joined the Mile High Club together on the flight back home, so, double congrats, I guess CELEBITCHY - Tiffany Haddish ditched the worst date she ever went on by telling the dude -- who "stank" -- that she had to go to the bathroom and then just ditching him in a movie theater. She now uses credit scores to decide whom she'll date REALITY TEA - There is definitely a secret camaign to get Brandi Redmond kicked off of The Real Housewives of Dallas, says Brandi Redmond THE BLAST - Every time the New England Patriots play the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo, drunken Bills fans hurl dildos at Tom Brady. Their all-time high for on-field landings is apparently three, set this past week. No offense to Bills fans, but three? You can do better LAINEY GOSSIP - Halloween is kind of a pain in the ass, unless you want to go full Ron Swanson and just have one Halloween costume that you wear every time you need it. Anyway here's Katy Perry dressed as a sloth and looking generally like she lost a bet THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Finally, for your holiday amusement, here are nine amazine reality TV-themed pumpkins. The Kim Kardashian pumpkin kind of looks like a slowly disintegrating religious idol, Happy Halloween!

LINKS! Twitter dislikes likes, Kanye’s Blexit attempt, ‘Heathers’ canceled again…

DLISTED - It turns out that Twitter dislikes likes on its site and would maybe prefer them to disappear forever. At least, that's the latest gossip from co-founder Jack Dorsey himself (and that's Dorsey in the photo above). This move seems like simple trollery from the site best known for its milions of constantly trolling users CELEBITCHY - Ever one to capitalize on himself, Kanye West has launched a line of 'Blexit' T-shirts encouraging a mass black exit from the Democratic Party. Not that the original Brexit is going so well, but how did Kanye not call this idea 'Blackxit'? VOX - Heathers, a TV show about a high school shooting that is a remake of a movie about a school bombing (and a bunch of other murders besides), has been pulled from the airwaves for the second time following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Given that there's approximately one mass shooting per day in this country, it seems unlikely the 2018 version of Heathers will ever air THE BLEMISH - Since the controversy over Apu has not really died down over the past couple of years, it seems The Simpsons' producers are now considering simply dropping the character entirely REALITY TEA - Heathers, a TV show about a high school shooting that is a remake of a movie about a school bombing (and a bunch of other murders besides), has been pulled from the airwaves for the second time following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Given that there's approximately one mass shooting per day in this country, it seems unlikely the 2018 version of Heathers will ever air JEZEBEL - You want a scary story? Here's a scary story. Complete with an accompanying animated video! THE BLAST - The man who trespassed on Logan Paul's property several times has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and two years' probation. Logan Paul remains free and at large LAINEY GOSSIP - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are still on their accolade-heavy tour of Australia and New Zealand; enjoy this detailed update on their glowing reception, which comes of course with plenty of photos of the pair THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Finally, to help lift your spirits, here are ten funny things reality TV stars tweeted this week

LINKS! Trump’s violence, Ice-T arrested, P0rnstar podcast…

CELEBITCHY - After spending years advocating violence against the media as well as his opponents, Donald Trump would like the country to "unify" in the face of literal bombs being sent to the offices of Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, CNN, and around eight of Trump's other political enemies VOX - Here's an interview with Ralph Basham, director of the Secret Service from 2003 to 2006, on how exactly the federal officials tasked with catching the bomb maker(s) will go about doing that DLISTED - Ice-T was arrested for cruising through a George Washington Bridge toll booth in his brand-new McLaren, and though that's a tried-and-true DGAF move it looks like his alibi is actually legit. Meaning the whole thing was just an honest mistake...but he's still Ice-T JEZEBEL - A brand new "Serial-esque" podcast will explore the death of adult actress August Ames, who killed herself last December after being bullied on social media for an allegedly homophobic tweet THE BLEMISH - For now, Camille Kostek is probably still best-known as Rob Gronkowski's girlfriend. That's likely to change in early 2019 with the release of the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, for which Camille is the first official Rookie. (Though she's posed for them before? Anyway she's posing for them again and there are a bunch of bikini shots already, so go to town) REALITY TEA - RHOBH star Brandi Glanville's house was robbed in broad daylight...while Brandi and her two sons were at home. Apparently Brandi didn't have the security system turned on. I would love to know more about exactly how large and spread-out this house-slash-estate is LAINEY GOSSIP - Sandra Bullock is starring in a Netflix movie called Bird Box, which is coming out this December for your binging pleasure. Apparently the movie is more or less the exact same thing as A Quiet Place, except this time instead of not being able to talk the characters have to do everything blindfolded THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The Jerry Springer Show wrapped up production earlier this year after 27 seasons, but Jerry himself isn't going anywhere. He's got a new daytime courtroom show called Judge Jerry in production; it's expected to begin airing next autumn THE BLAST - Someone stole "a bunch of expensive equipment" from the set of The Mandalorian, the super-secretive Star Wars TV series. Apparently the equipment included cameras and maybe a memory card and so now a bunch of footage and plot points might make their way online, which would be scary for executives if everyone weren't suffering from Star Wars fatigue already

LINKS! Sarah Silverman on Louis CK, RIP Jon James, Celebrity hologram industry…

CELEBITCHY - Here's Sarah Silverman on Louis CK, somehow making the whole thing weirder: "Sometimes I’d go, ‘F–k yeah, I want to see [you masturbate in front of me]!’...We were only just friends. Sometimes, yeah, I wanted to see it. It was amazing. Sometimes I would say, ‘F–king no, gross,’ and we got pizza.'" THE BLEMISH - Rapper Jon James is dead after falling off the wing of an airplane mid-flight while filming a music video VOX - The celebrity hologram industry is very much a thing, and the hologram of Amy Winehouse that's going on tour next year is only the blurry, intangible tip of the iceberg LAINEY GOSSIP - Here's Meghan Markle standing on a balcony in Fiji and cupping her pregnant belly for the first time THE BLAST - RHOC Star Gretchen Rossi’s Fiancé Slade Smiley Served with Legal Papers Over Her Alleged Unpaid Credit Card Bill DLISTED - Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson -- better known as The Mountain on Game of Thrones -- just got married. Lots of outlets are reporting that his wife is "petite" or "tiny," but honestly, at 5'2" she's way closer to a normal-sized woman than he is to a normal-sized man THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Unexpected Star Max Schenzel Ordered By Judge To Only Contact Baby Mama Chloe Mendoza To Discuss Their Child JEZEBEL - Jada Pinkett Smith revealed she was not at all happy on her wedding day, felt pressured into marrying Will Smith because she was pregnant with Jaden at the time, and cried as she walked down the aisle REALITY TEA - Jeff Lewis from Flipping Out was denied a sealed case in his surrogate's lawsuit, and the case is now going before a jury

LINKS! OITNB ending, Manly Daniel Craig, Goodman on Roseanne…

JEZEBEL - Not to toot our own horn or anything, but several months ago we called yesterday's news of OITNB ending after Season 7. We can pass the time until the summer 2019 premiere by comparing stories of when we first realized the show was going downhill THE BLEMISH - Piers Morgan, who is a man the way yogurt is a satisfying breakfast, called Daniel Craig unmanly because Craig carried he and his wife Rachel Weisz's infant child around in a baby carrier. Piers later tried to support his argument by carrying a baby doll around on his arm at a red carpet event, which was not at all weird and unsettling THE BLAST - John Goodman is "sure [Roseanne] is hurt" after the premiere of The Conners explained her absense away on an off-screen opiate overdose LAINEY GOSSIP - Here's Natalie Portman (and Lainey herself) delivering what amounts to a mission statement on how to gossip properly. Lainey is basically a tenured professor in gossip, and her takes on the subject are to be studied and treasured VOX - Making A Murderer Season 2 drops tomorrow, and kind of a lot has happened between Season 1 and now. So dive into this rundown of the legal doins before you tune in for the new episodes DLISTED - Emma Watson's new boyfriend is a venture capitalist and the two of them were photographed making out in Mexico CELEBITCHY - Gwyneth Paltrow fully admits that her own father told her she was "acting like a dick" when she started to believe her own hype in her mid-20s. What Gwyneth never reveals is whether he ever stopped telling her this REALITY TEA - "Stephanie Hollman Opens Up About Life Before The Real Housewives Of Dallas" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Kendra Wilkinson of Kendra On Top is now officially divorced from Hank Baskett Jr., warning fans that her "ho side" is "about to come out and play so hard," and wants to hook up with Elon Musk

LINKS! Kanye and Trump summit, Taylor Swift’s politics, The Good Place grows…

JEZEBEL - Yesterday, Kanye West met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. As you may have predicted, the Kanye and Trump summit was a masterpiece of baffling statements, including Kanye claiming he supported Trump in 2016 because the red hat made him feel like Superman THE BLEMISH - At roughly the same time, Taylor Swift broke her long-standing silence on politics, encouraging her fellow Tennesseans to register to vote and endorsing two of the state's mostly-Democratic candidates for office VOX - The Good Place is somehow a quarter of the way through its third season already! It might be both unsustainably brilliant and completely lost, but to be honest I would be very happy with thirteen episodes of nothing more than D'Arcy Carden auditioning for the role of Janet CELEBITCHY - In other First Family news, Melania Trump is trying to both have her cake and throw it on #MeToo THE BLAST - And in somehow even more hopeless news, here's the disgusting story of a scammer who got caught posing as a fake p0rn recruiter so he could trick women into having sex with him LAINEY GOSSIP - Channing Tatum is reportedly dating Jessie J, who just won the Chinese X-Factor; the two of them were spotted on a date at a mini golf course and were reportedly very nice to the spotter. So, good for them DLISTED - A day after reports that Ben Affleck had broken up with Shauna Sexton, his 22-year-old Playboy model girlfriend-slash-sex partner, Shauna countered by claiming that none of those reports are true and the two of them are still banging away REALITY TEA - RHONJ star Melissa Gorga revealed she used to have a superfan / stalker who once stole Melissa's phone so she could get Melissa's house number off of it and start calling her in the middle of the night THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Kristin Cavallari is trying to drum up interest in a crossover between her new show Very Cavallari and her old show The Hills, which probably has nothing to do with The Hills' recent Kristin-free reunion

LINKS! Selena Gomez seeking treatment, Thomas Ravenel back with Ashley?, Cardi B wins the AMAs…

CELEBITCHY - Selena Gomez is seeking treatment "after suffering an emotional breakdown" while hospitalized for possible side effects of her kidney transplant. Gomez has reportedly been in a low place for months, and is said to be undergoing "dialectical behavior therapy" REALITY TEA - Southern Charm's Thomas Ravenel, who was recently arrested for assault and battery stemming from an alleged sexual attack, was more recently seen having dinner with his former partner and co-star Ashley Jacobs. So they might be back together LAINEY GOSSIP - "There wasn’t a single other artist on Cardi B’s level" at the AMAs, fashion-wise, and if you're a skeptic this photo gallery of her outrageous and wonderful floral print gown and hat ought to convince you JEZEBEL - On that note, Tracee Ellis Ross, the host of the AMAs, changed outfits a grand total of ten times during the show. Her @LaviebyCK gown was an absolute stunner, though the red skirt and white "I am a voter" T-shirt probably won the night DLISTED - Jennifer Garner's reps would like you to know that she is waiting until her divorce is 100% finalized before stepping out in pubic with a new sexual partner, unlike some other people she could name THE BLAST - Dakota Johnson, who may be pregnant, stepped out in yoga pants and a cutoff tank top to send the message that, nope, she is definitely not pregnant. But also the initial reports on her pregnancy claimed she wasn't far along, so who knows? THE BLEMISH - Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, who just under three months ago was fired by Disney for old joke tweets, has been hired by Warner Brothers to write and possibly direct Suicide Squad 2 THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The Challenge star Vinny Voti is still in the ICU a week after being hospitalized for heart failure; Vinny is now dealing with a "severe case" of double pneumonia. (ICYDK, because I didn't until right now, "Double pneumonia" is pneumonia that's in both a person's lungs) VOX - Why are CVS receipts so long? Thanks to an intrepid journalist who also had a cold, we now know