Category: News

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

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