Category: Entertainment News

DLISTED - Mariah Carey returned to Times Square for a New Year's Eve performance and wasn't terrible REALITY TEA - Ariana Madix says she both was surprised that Jax Taylor cheated on Brittany Cartwright and -- wait for it -- was totally not at all surprised JEZEBEL - "Over the last 12 months, I have completely transformed my life in an effort to find love. I didn’t." VOX - Hot Take: "Saturday Night Live was the emptiest show of 2017" UPROXX - Dave Chappelle used his new Netflix special to say some not especially nice or thoughtful things about Louis CK's accusers

DLISTED - Tamar Braxton's estranged husband Vincent Herbert was arrested for spousal abuse on Christmas Day and allegedly got another woman pregnant, Happy New Year! REALITY TEA - LaLa Kent finally made good on her private jet boasts by taking the Vanderump Rules cast to Vegas in one CELEBITCHY - Willow Smith says growing up famous is "absolutely, excruciatingly terrible," and based on this explanation we have no reason to doubt her JEZEBEL - Chocolate will be extinct by 2050 unless science can save it. Given prevailing American attitudes toward science, this is a job for the rest of the world THE BLEMISH - Pennsylvania's huge deer population is apparently such a huge problem that 3,300 Pennsylvanians applied for roadkill permits so they could legally eat the ones they hit with their cars last year. Takeaway: "Roadkill permit" is a thing VOX - This report on how former Trump aide George Papadopoulos may have kicked off the Russia investigation by getting drunk and bragging about dirt the campaign had on Hillary Clinton is a season-long Veep arc come to life (except funnier, more absurd, and of course more terrifying) VERY SMART BROTHAS - And speaking of international incidents, apparently Trump is mad that he's not going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding but Barack Obama is LAINEY GOSSIP - Ben Affleck is the Scott Disick of JLo and ARod's relationship (complete with photo receipt goodness) UPROXX - Steve Harvey's New Year's Eve outfit was more hilarious than just about all of the jokes it inspired on Twitter

DLISTED - If you're driving 60 pounds of marijuana across the country and get stopped in Nebraska for a minor traffic offense, telling the cop that the drugs are Christmas presents won't stop him from confiscating them (or you from getting arrested) REALITY TEA - Speaking of huge, unexpected Christmas gifts, Kandi Burruss' charity donated 300 presents to six families in need this year CELEBITCHY - In the "Huge, Yet Totally Expected Gifts" category, Dutchess Kate dropped around $160,000 on clothing for herself over the past year -- a surprising amount of it at Old Navy JEZEBEL - And speaking of the huge and unexpected, here's a photo of the four-story hot pink dong this Swedish artist just finished painting on the side of a New York City apartment building THE BLEMISH - Here's one for the anti-dong crowd: The video "revolutionary boys get dirty on american politics part 1" that somebody uploaded to P0rnHub is actually the first act of Hamilton (they should have titled it "History Has Its Thighs 'Round You") VOX - How many of these "nine bizarre things" Donald Trump did in 2017 had *you* forgotten about? VERY SMART BROTHAS - "10 Struggles That Only Men With Big-Ass Beards Will Understand" (#8 will blow your mind) THE SUPERFICIAL - Is Meghan Markle wearing a poop emoji hat? And it is weird that I think she's pulling it off? UPROXX - If you're reading this post while stranded on a ride at Disneyland due to the power outage, here's hoping you've at least got an amazing view

DLISTED - Mindy Kaling gave birth to her first child and both mother and daughter are healthy, congrats! REALITY TEA - Brielle Biermann tweeted that Kim Zolciak is pregnant because Kim shared a video of Brielle's boobs on Snapchat CELEBITCHY - It took 48 hours for Taylor Swift's app to be overrun by "Trump-loving trolls and homophobic comments" JEZEBEL - Hot take alert: "The Real Housewives are bad now" THE BLEMISH - By contrast, the number of Christmas boobs overrunning Instagram bring only holiday cheer VOX - One day after passing a hugely unpopular and grossly unfair tax bill, it's entirely possible that Congress is about to fumble its way into a government shutdown VERY SMART BROTHAS - "Playing the National Anthem Before Sporting Events Is a Stupid and Silly Tradition and We Need To Stop Doing It" THE SUPERFICIAL - 43-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio's new girlfriend Camila Morrone is a 20-year-old model, so his now-decades long streak of dating models under the age of 25 is still going strong UPROXX - Cardi B went on Jimmy Fallon last night and made an interview about engagement rings and lotion use one of his most entertaining moments all year

The sixth season of Lifetime's Married at First Sight premieres on January 2, and the network has just released names and photos of all the cast members who will be blindly walking down the aisle! Keep reading to meet all three couples, including full names, bios, and wedding photos!

DLISTED - Salma Hayek says that, in addition to all the sexual harassment, Harvey Weinstein also threatened to kill her -- which puts her Weinstein story high in the running for worst worldwide REALITY TEA - Danielle Staub of RHONJ claims Caroline Manzo's huge extended family harassed her own family so thoroughly after the table flipping incident that she had to move out of town CELEBITCHY - A few years back George Clooney gave 14 of his closest friends $1 million each (in briefcases, like a proper heist movie), and also paid their taxes for the year. This is all very well and good, but my biggest takeaway is that George Clooney has a hell of a lot of best friends JEZEBEL - Do not read this story about Kentucky Representative Dan Johnson's personal life and recent suicide if you don't want your breakfast coming back up THE BLEMISH - Thanks to burns like "Not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library," USA Today takes over the title of "Harshest Anti-Trump Editorial" VOX - Before John Kelly fired her and the Secret Service dragged her from the White House, Omarosa apparently tried to save her job by declaring that she was responsible for "delivering the black vote" -- all 8% of it -- to Trump in the 2016 presidential election VERY SMART BROTHAS - This is a clever way to package a "Most Overrated Albums of 2017" article THE SUPERFICIAL - Kirsten Dunst is pregnant with her first child by Jesse Plemons, congrats! UPROXX - No, the Washington football team did not change its name to "Redhawks," but in a job well done a group of Native American activists managed to fool the internet into believing it yesterday

DLISTED - Anthony Bourdain feels "guilty" about the Mario Batali exposé because he's been "sitting on stories that were not [his] to tell" REALITY TEA - A year after the stalking charges against her ex-husband, RHONY's Bethenny Frankel is suing Jason Hoppy for full custody of their seven-year-old daughter CELEBITCHY - Oh hey, Roy Moore lost the Alabama special election to senator-elect Doug Jones, who is the first Democrat to win one of the state's senate seats since 1992 JEZEBEL - Or, as this headline so succinctly put it, "Holy Sh!t Doug Jones Won" THE BLEMISH - Now that Matt Lauer is gone, Today has become a morning show ratings powerhouse VOX - Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2017 is "Feminism"; let the hot takes commence VERY SMART BROTHAS - Here is a very good reason to consider no longer watching the National Football League THE SUPERFICIAL - And here's Tania Marie being a bad lifeguard in a red string bikini UPROXX - If you're not bothered by a few potential spoilers about The Last Jedi, peruse this lengthy (and positive) review

DLISTED - Selena Gomez is *this* close to letting Justin Bieber back in the sack REALITY TEA - Shannon Beador is pretty sure David is lying about his assets and has hired an expert-slash-private-investigator to check him out CELEBITCHY - Donald Trump's tweets about Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are just well-seasoned pine logs on an already roaring sexual harassment bonfire JEZEBEL - The Hater's Guide to the 2017 Williams-Sonoma Christmas Catalog is here! THE BLEMISH - "The latest breakthrough in p0rn technology was brought to us by an anonymous Redditor going by the handle deepfakes. He used machine-learning algorithms to create an AI that replaces porn stars’ faces with celebrities to make fake celebrity sex tapes." VOX - If you've heard a lot about this "Cat Person" story but aren't sure what all the hubhub is about, here's an explainer VERY SMART BROTHAS - And here's a hot take on Christmas parties based around ugly Christmas sweaters (spoiler: they are turds) THE SUPERFICIAL - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (also known as America's next president) and his longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian are having another baby UPROXX - Michael Che and Colin Jost are now co-head writers of Saturday Night Live