Category: Entertainment News

LINKS! Melania’s jacket doesn’t care, Roseanne booted from Roseanne reboot, MTV ‘reinvents’ Daria…

VOX - Yesterday, Melania Trump made a quick trip to the US-Mexico border to visit a detention center (and wish the families held there "Good luck"). And she wore a jacket emblazoned with the phrase "I really don't care, do u?" do to it, which has sparked just the teensiest bit of backlash THE BLAST - Roseanne is now officially coming back this fall via a Darlene-centered, Roseanne-free spinoff. We don't yet know how much money ABC paid Roseanne to go away...but we do know that she allowed herself to be photographed giving a thumbs-up while out at dinner shortly after the network made the announcement DLISTED - If you're of the belief that 2018 could use a hearty dose of Daria Morgendorffer's sardonic wit and apathetic shrugs, you're in luck, because MTV is rebooting the show. (Though they're calling it a "reinvention," whatever that's supposed to mean) VERY SMART BROTHAS - If you haven't yet read about Antwon Rose, the 17-year-old Pittsburgher who was shot and killed earlier this week while running, unarmed, from police, here's everything you should know along with why you should know it CELEBITCHY - It turns out the executive order Trump signed to reverse his administration's policy of separating children from families trying to cross the US-Mexico border doesn't actually end the policy and puts in place no guidelines for reuniting the children and families who've already been separated THE BLEMISH - Trump advisor Stephen Miller, who came up with the family separation policy in the first place, had his phone number published by a muckraking outlet a couple of days ago. One unforeseen upside for Miller: He got all that human contact he'd been missing for who knows how long LAINEY GOSSIP - In the aftermath of Solo's relatively disappointing box office take (it's at just under $200 million after four weeks, which is a ton for a "normal" movie but sad for a Star Wars movie), Disney is actually "hitting pause" on all the Star Wars spinoff / expansion films. What's more surprising than Disney managing to f*ck up the once-invulnerable Star Wars magic is the company actually admitting that they did, indeed, f*ck it all up PAJIBA - If you're one of the many viewers who tore through Queer Eye's entire second season last weekend and are starving for more, you're in luck: There's a new mini-episode set in the real town of (wait for it) Yass, Australia REALITY TEA - A very tentative congratulations for Below Deck Mediterranean, which is "in the running" for an Emmy nomination. Of course, the members of the TV Academy have yet to actually determine who the nominees will be -- but still, a long-list nod is a long-list nod THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Jenna Morasca, best known for winning Survivor: The Amazon back in 2003, has returned to social media following her DUI and alleged overdose earlier this year. According to Jenna, she's "back and better than ever" JEZEBEL - Koko the gorilla, whose proficiency with sign language and painting helped inspire Michael Crichton's novel Congo (and its hilariously campy movie adaptation), has died at the age of 46. Rest in peace, you beautiful creature

LINKS! Shahs of Sunset Season 7 cast departures, Pioneer Woman boutique hotel, Phony XXXTentacion grievers…

REALITY TEA - Shahs of Sunset Season 7 drops on August 2nd -- but two main cast members are now former cast members JEZEBEL - The Pioneer Woman has gone the Chip & Joanna route and opened up her own boutique hotel. Unfortunately, it doesn't really look like what you probably expect a Pioneer Woman hotel to look like VERY SMART BROTHAS - "Stop Pretending You Actually Gave a Sh!t About XXXTentacion’s ‘Growth’ and Potential" DLISTED - Gigi Hadid would like you to know that she worked extra hard to get where she is because she knows she comes from privilege CELEBITCHY - Um THE BLEMISH - "Chrissy Teigen Had Her Vagina Steam-Cleaned Like It's An Old Carpet" PAJIBA - Even Mike Godwin -- who famously observed that the longer an online debate continues, the more likely it is that someone will make a comparison to Hitler -- is OK with comparing the Trump administration to Nazis LAINEY GOSSIP - Another week, another divorce denial from David and Victoria Beckham's reps

LINKS! XXXTentacion murder rumors, Roseanne without Roseanne, Beyonce is a genius…

THE BLAST - The family of rapper XXXTentacion, who was killed in Miami yesterday, allegedly thinks his death was a premeditated murder and not "a possible robbery" gone wrong as police believe DLISTED - A Roseanne spin-off based around Darlene is apparently very close to being confirmed; one of the big remaining negotiating points is "what kind of 'go-away money' Roseanne will be getting to stay away from the series" LAINEY GOSSIP - For some reason, people are debating whether Beyonce is a genius. She is! And here's why she is REALITY TEA - Kenya Moore says she was definitely not fired from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, claiming she's had "THE highest rated episodes the past 3 seasons" and that even if she *is* gone from the show, her fans will "get to see her journey to motherhood...one way or another" CELEBITCHY - Thomas Markle's interview with Piers Morgan "either shows that [he's] 'gone rogue' and will continue to go rogue from now on, or it shows that the [Kensington Palace] staff and Poor Jason still don't know WTF they're doing' JEZEBEL - I thought the BBC's version of Little Women was the second remake this year and that I just missed the first, but no: The second remake of Little Women of 2018 is a modern version with the tagline "New Generation, Same Sisters" that's due out in September and does indeed look God-awful THE BLEMISH - A lot of people are saying that Samuel L. Jackson should be banned from Twitter for making a joke, and when their attempt to get him banned failed Samuel L. Jackson laughed at them (though on Instagram, for some reason) VERY SMART BROTHAS - "I See My Dad When I Look in the Mirror, and I’m Terrified I’ll Repeat His Mistakes" PAJIBA - If you're currently horrified by what you see in headlines and on social media, you might enjoy this very helpful list of comfort movies currently streaming on Netflix. VOX - Sorry To Bother You is the directorial debut of rapper Boots Riley, it stars Lakeith Stanfield from Selma and Get Out and also Tessa Thompson from Thor: Ragnarok and Dear White People and also Terry Crews, and it's being called loony and bonkers and bananas and "not quite like anything I've seen before" by seasoned, intelligent critics

LINKS! Camille Cosby divorcing Bill, Beyonce pregnant again?, Roseanne still racist…

DLISTED - Apparently Camille Cosby, Bill Cosby's wife of 54 years, may have taken their "chef, multiple drivers, and three grown-a$$ kids" and moved out to their house in Massachusetts while Bill hangs his head alone in Pennsylvania CELEBITCHY - Tabloids are starting to cover what attendees of the OTRII tour have been gossiping about for weeks: It sure *looks* like Beyonce might be pregnant again THE BLEMISH - Roseanne is now claiming that her tweet comparing former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape was actually anti-Semitic, not racist. Didn't Roseanne say she was leaving Twitter a few weeks ago? JEZEBEL - Rudy Giuliani's sex life may be both the first controversial topic the current White House has refused to comment on and the first thing they've done that liberals approve of. Maybe we're not as divided a nation as it seems VOX - And speaking of the White House's comments on things, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is having an increasingly difficult time spinning the Trump administration's decision to separate immigrant children from their families at the border LAINEY GOSSIP - Rachel Bloom used part of her new feature in GQ to talk about her recent Twitter spat with Neil Patrick Harris and celebrities who "think every kind of random, unformed thought is a gem." One person whose thoughts are actual gems? Rachel Bloom REALITY TEA - RHOP has hit its petty stride and Gizelle Bryant's latest comments on Monique Samuels and Karen Huger are perfect proof THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Bunim-Murray, the production company behind The Real World, is "looking to reboot / reinvent it the way MTV recently did" with Jersey Shore PAJIBA - Hillary Clinton got in a nice burn in the wake of the IG's report on the FBI's investigation into her e-mails. But I bet she'd trade it to be president THE BLAST - Blink-182 had to postpone its Las Vegas residency after Travis Barker developed blood clots in both arms. However, if you're like me and came of age alongside Blink-182's late-90s ascent into stardom, the bigger news is that they're now old and established enough to warrant a Vegas residency

LINKS! Ivanka’s fake proverb, Bill Clinton keeps talking, Beckham divorce gossip…

THE BLEMISH - It turns out the famous Chinese Proverb that Ivanka Trump quoted on Twitter the other day is now an infamous one, since she made it up and is now getting dragged for it CELEBITCHY - "I’ve always been a Bill Clinton fan, honestly, but his promotional tour is a mess and I want him to just be quiet." LAINEY GOSSIP - No, Victoria and David Beckham are not divorcing, they look like a totally happily married and comfortable couple in these new photos and do not need their publicists to deny any divorce rumors at all DLISTED - Apparently Pete Davidson bought the engagement ring he gave to Ariana Grande a little under a month ago. In case you forgot, Pete Davidson started dating Ariana Grande a little under a month ago JEZEBEL - It looks like fewer and fewer women are wearing high heels. I have a hard time seeing how this could be anything but good news REALITY TEA - Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave still has "no regrets" about being a part of the worst season in RHOBH history (though it's not like it was all her fault). And returning for next season hinges on making "the best decision for [her] family" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Southern Charm: New Orleans star Reagan Charleston says that even though she and her husband Jeff have separated after six years of marriage, "It's rare if [the two of them] go even several hours without talking to one another" PAJIBA - It turns out that Kentucky Senator Rand Paul suffered six broken ribs in a fight with his neighbor because Paul is a petty b!tch who trolled the neighbor with deliberately unsightly yard maintenance for months. If only Paul were so steadfast with his Senate protests

LINKS! Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson engaged, IHOB flops, DeNiro F-bombs…

DLISTED - 24-year-old Ariana Grande and her 24-year-old boyfriend Pete Davidson are engaged after exactly three weeks and two days of dating. This will end well...for gossip blogs THE BLEMISH - IHOP changed its name to IHOB and the "B" doesn't stand for "Breakfast" like everybody (rightly) assumed it would; instead it stands for "Burgers" because IHOP wants to get away with using the same griddle for everything CELEBITCHY - Robert DeNiro sort of took a stand at the Tony Awards by saying "F*ck Trump" two times in two sentences. It's the most passionate performance anybody's been able to get out of him in decades JEZEBEL - And speaking of the Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris tried to low-key shade backstage hostess Rachel Bloom on Twitter during the ceremony itself; her response is textbook and should therefore be taught to all aspiring reality stars & "content generators" REALITY TEA - RHOC just dropped its first preview of Season 13, which premieres July 16. Among the highlights: Emily Simpson and Gina Kirschenheiter, the two latest additions to the cast VOX - There's only person Al Franken wants to come to his defense less than former President Bill Clinton, and that's current President Donald Trump VERY SMART BROTHAS - "Anthony Bourdain Was Remarkable Because He Possessed Qualities That Shouldn’t Be" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Neal E. Boyd, who won America's Got Talent Season 3 back in 2008, died of multiple causes including kidney and heart failure Monday night in his Missouri hometown PAJIBA - Here's an amazing photo gallery of every one of Cate Blanchett's amazing outfits from Ocean's 8. My favorite line from the accompanying write-up is "[Cate] actually dresses like how Johnny Depp thinks he dresses"

LINKS! Eagles fly over Trump, Miss America loses her bikini, Kelly Marie Tran bullied off IG…

CELEBITCHY - The Philadelphia Eagles, who didn't kneel in protest during the national anthem last year, were disinvited to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win after Donald Trump claimed they kneeled in protest during the national anthem last year VOX - Miss America is doing away with the swimsuit portion of the pageant and adding a new "live interaction session with the judges." In other words, the contestants will get to act more like people JEZEBEL - Kelly Marie Tran, the first actress of color to have a lead role in a Star Wars movie, appears to have deleted her Instagram page in response to Star Wars fans' relentless sexism and racism DLISTED - Here's Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson giggling and heckling their way through a fun pseudo-interview on Today in ostensible promotion of Ocean's 8. It's always entertaining to see movie stars lose their press tour composure; I wish more talk show interviews went like this LAINEY GOSSIP - Speaking of Ocean's 8, here's a photo gallery of co-star Helena Bonham Carter's arrival in New York ahead of the movie's American premiere. If she looks a bit rushed, it might be because she's probably busy prepping to be the villain in the next James Bond movie REALITY TEA - "Southern Charm Cast Reacts To Ashley Jacobs’ Meltdown Over Kathryn Dennis; Thomas Ravenel Does Damage Control" THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - The Real World: Austin and The Challenge star Wes Bermann is now "married AF" after getting hitched to Amanda Hornick in a huge Kansas ceremony this weekend. Congrats! Enjoy this photo gallery & recap of the celebration, which featured a Real World: Austin reunion, along with a Johnny Bananas mini-controversy THE BLEMISH - And here's Elsa Hosk topless, if you'd like to see how that is

LINKS! Pete Davidson’s Ariana Grande tattoos, Johnny Depp looking sick?, Heathers reboot shelved…

CELEBITCHY - Pete Davidson from SNL is dating Ariana Grande, and he seems to be very, very happy about that. This weekend, he got two tattoos inspired by Ariana -- one a nod to the cover of Dangerous Woman (behind his ear), and the other her initials (on his hand). On a related note, I had no idea how many tattoos Pete Davidson has; we don't often see them on SNL DLISTED - Johnny Depp's money troubles appear to have extended to his diet: In recent pics he looks less like Captain Jack Sparrow and more like one of the Pirates of the Caribbean's many undead CGI ghouls JEZEBEL - The TV version of the 1988 movie Heathers, which had its premiere twice delayed by school shootings, has now been permanently shelved. But Paramount is apparently shopping the already-written second season, which "is not set in a high school, but in the 1700s and is supposed to revolve around Marie Antoinette" (?!) REALITY TEA - RHOP's Monique Samuels says Ashley Darby is "a self-absorbed, dysfunctional child" whose biggest mistake "is believing her own lies about herself and others." So, no, she didn't accept Ashley's apology after their now-infamous "four martini" lunch and car crash LAINEY GOSSIP - Here's the first trailer for Widows, which stars Viola Davis as the head of a group of four women "who have to pull off a heist to repay a debt their husbands failed to deliver on when their own heist went wrong." It's fire VOX - If you've been thinking seriously about faking your own death, here's a handy primer on how to do that. Bonus: if you haven't been thinking about faking your own death, the primer also includes some reasons why you might want to THE BLEMISH - The former manager of a Texas auto dealership --who was fired for, among other things, farting in his employees' offices and pinching their nipples -- is being sued by another former employee, who says the manager called him a sex offender in a group text VERY SMART BROTHAS - "10 Thoughts About Kanye West's New Album, Ye

Buckwild producers share West Virginia Wilder reality series trailer & show details

It seems the rednecksploitation genre of reality TV is experiencing a bit of a Renaissance! Just two months after it was revealed that MTV is working on a Buckwild-inspired series set in the Bluegrass State and tentatively titled Made In Kentucky, the actual production company behind Buckwild has announced they have their own hillbilleality show in the works titled West Virginia Wilder!

LINKS! Shamea Morton pregnant, Amal Clooney’s wedding fitting, Laxative brownie fail…

REALITY TEA - Shamea Morton of The Real Housewives of Atlanta used Mother's Day to announce that she and her husband Gerald Mwangi are expecting their first child together. Congrats to them! Shamea is due "around Thanksgiving," which means there's plenty of time for all sorts of tabloid shenanigans regarding her uterus between now and RHOA's season premiere LAINEY GOSSIP - If you're anything like me and find yourself oddly and increasingly fascinated by all things Royal Wedding, perhaps you'll appreciate this tidbit on Amal Clooney's wedding fitting. (Tl;dr: Amal tried on the dress she's going to wear; they're adjusting it; also we now know who is doing her hair). It's all dumb as hell and I can't look away THE BLEMISH - A Michigan woman had the cops called on her, got fired from her job, and was nearly arrested for merely planning on putting laxatives in her departing co-worker's brownies. And honestly, at that point, I'm genuinely disappointed she didn't just say 'F*ck it' and make the sh!tty brownies anyway JEZEBEL - "Martha Stewart and Snoop Became BFFs After He Accidentally Got Her Stoned on National Television" CELEBITCHY - Eventually, Donald Trump did make it to the hospital to sit with Melania, who had "a surgical procedure to treat a kidney condition" and will be in the hospital for the rest of the week VOX - Oh, right -- *that's* why America is now making China great again DLISTED - Bohemian Rhapsody, the big-budget Hollywood take on the Freddy Mercury saga, finally has a trailer and a release date. Hollywood biopics are uniformly terrible, and this movie has been in development hell for so long it may well turn out to be a disaster of Biblical proportions

LINKS! Why Pauley Perrette left NCIS, Monique Samuels’ drinking problem, Spike Lee’s new joint…

DLISTED - Last year, Pauley Perrette announced her departure from NCIS without really giving a reason. This week, following her final episode, Perrette implied it was due to multiple physical assaults and a "rich, powerful publicity machine" keeping her silent REALITY TEA - RHOP star Monique Samuels swears she doesn't have a drinking problem and says "it was funny" that she fell asleep at the wheel after lunchtime drinks because "it was a girls trip" JEZEBEL - Spike Lee's new film BlacKkKlansman got either a six- or a ten-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at Cannes. It's based on a book written by Colorado Springs' first black cop, set in the 70s, and features John David Washington and Adam Driver "collaborating to infiltrate a Klan chapter headed by David Duke." Can't imagine why it resonated so strongly VOX - Wait a minute -- now we're making China great again? CELEBITCHY - Queen Elizabeth still prefers Kate to Meghan Markle and still DGAF who knows about it. Her handwritten consent for Meghan and Harry's marriage does have some pretty nice formal scrollwork, though, so there's that THE BLEMISH - John Cena went on Today to say he still loves his ex-fiancée Nikki Bella and still wants to have kids with her, so it looks like the two of them maybe possibly aren't completely done as a couple VERY SMART BROTHAS - "If You’re Still Mad That People Didn’t Want You in High School, I Get It, but Please (for Your Own Sake) Get Over It" LAINEY GOSSIP - Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons had a baby boy last week and this week they announced that they've named their son Ennis Howard Plemons. Well-chosen! Congrats!

LINKS! Thomas Ravenel rape allegations, Cardi B is having a girl, What Fake News really means…

THE ASHLEY'S REALITY ROUNDUP - Bravo is now launching its own internal investigation following the allegation that Southern Charm star Thomas Ravenel raped a woman he met on Tinder in 2015 JEZEBEL - Unlike her drawn-out pregnancy reveal, Cardi B shared the news that she's having a girl in the most laid-back, uncomplicated way possible: she told Howard Stern when he asked her. (Cardi also said it's up to Offset to reveal the name, since he's the one who picked it out.) VOX - Donald Trump finally admitted -- via tweet -- what (almost) everyone else has long known: "fake news" just means news that he doesn't like because it's unflattering for him personally REALITY TEA - Now Countess Luann thinks that maybe the reason she had her little Christmas Eve outburst and subsequent arrest is because somebody -- possibly the fans who sent over a bottle of rosé at lunch -- "slipped [her] something" LAINEY GOSSIP - Jordan Peele announced his follow-up to Get Out: It's called Us; it has an amazing cast; it looks like it will be about race and suburbia (and so by extension America); and it's coming out next March. Unfortunately for Peele, all of America's racial tension and social unrest will have been solved by then, so hopefully Us also has some good jokes THE BLEMISH - Taylor Swift, one of the biggest and wealthiest names in the music business, is still mad that some Kardashians called her names on social media one time. Also the screengrab for this article is hilarious; enjoy CELEBITCHY - Justin Theroux may be living out the next phase of his "edgy midlife crisis" by edging toward making his secret relationship with Emma Stone a public one DLISTED - A Norwegian newspaper claims it has evidence that Tidal "jacked up the streams for Kanye's The Life of Pablo and Beyonce's Lemonade by over 300 million plays combined." Their first hint that something untoward might be going on was the fact that Tidal only has about three million subscribers