Category: News

CELEBITCHY – Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida is defending himself — sort of — against a report that he paid for the travel of 17-year-old while also having sex with that 17-year-old. Those two things together would equal sex trafficking, but even Tucker Carlson can’t make sense of Gaetz’s defense…

DLISTED – In her first public comments since Framing Britney Spears dropped earlier this year, Britney herself said that the documentary made her cry for two weeks. Britney also said she hasn’t seen the documentary

VOX – Yesterday, New York became the fifteenth state to legalize the sale & growth of marijuana. I’m sure the legalization bill’s passage and Andrew Cuomo’s quick signature had nothing to do with the multiple claims of sexual misconduct against the Governor, or the allegations that he covered up COVID deaths in nursing homes. Anyway, edibles!

REALITY TEA – RHOA star and mainstay Porsha Williams says she’s already done trying to make nice with LaToya Ali. LaToya has definitely brought the heat in her first season, and normally I would wonder whether she’s making too many enemies…but then I remember Jen Shah

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – Ever wonder why Maci Bookout is still filming Teen Mom OG even though she’s not a teen and Bentley, her son, is almost a teenager himself? The Ashley has the answer

JEZEBEL – I know we already touched on Sharon Stone’s memoir once this week, but the more details come out about it, the more bananas and generally entertaining it seems

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – Jim Bob Duggar is buying newly engaged family members houses now? I wonder what dirt Jed and his fiancé Katey Nakatsu have on him. All Jill got was a few grand in back pay and she had to hire a lawyer to get that

THE BLAST – The Voice is getting a new celebrity judge in the form of Ariana Grande, who will step in right after Nick Jonas is done

LAINEY GOSSIP – Something about these pictures of Rihanna going to and coming from the grocery story makes me very happy. I don’t know exactly what it is and frankly I don’t want to know; I just want to be happy for a minute

GO FUG YOURSELF – Speaking of which, GFY’s throwback photo galleries are always a fun time: “While We’re Here, We Might As Well Glance at the Rest of the 2000 Oscars”

VOX – Ever Given, the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for a week and brought worldwide commerce to a halt, has been freed. Keep the ship’s name in mind for Final Jeopardy in a couple more years

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – Chrissy Teigen made headlines a-plenty when she quit Twitter last week. But she’s also gotten plenty of criticism from people who called her a bully and weren’t sorry to see her go. One of those people? Courtney Stodden, who says Chrissy has been a bully to her “for years”

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – RIP to a beloved member of the Bad Girls Club: Deshayla Harris, better known as “Shay,” was killed after a mass shooting in Virginia Beach that left two dead and eight injured

CELEBITCHY – One detail about Lil Nas X’s latest ventures that I somehow overlooked until now? His tie-in with current most popular song in the world “Montero” is a line of shoes literally called “Satan Shoes.” And the air bubble soles have the man’s blood mixed into them like a Kiss comic book

JEZEBEL – It’s a few days old now, but this story about how Prince William is (very, very apparently) the Sexiest Bald Man In The World had the best headline

REALITY TEA – RHOC star Tamra Judge’s son Ryan Vieth had some thoughts about racism and homophobia, and he sure did share those thoughts in a completely public forum

LAINEY GOSSIP – The second Jesus from The Fosters has been “getting into superhero shape” so he can play a superhero named Atom Smasher in a movie starring The Rock

GO FUG YOURSELF – Red carpets are almost all the way back: “The NAACP Awards Drew Heavy Hitters in High Fashion”

THE BLAST – A slippery mess seems like a particularly bad way to have a gender reveal. Maybe they got the idea from Miss O’Brien on Downton Abbey

DLISTED – According to Sharon Stone’s new memoir, she once went under for breast implant surgery and awoke to find that the surgeon had given her a bigger pair of implants without her consent

DLISTED – If you’re wondering why Kanye West is not answering your phone calls or texts, that’s because he has allegedly changed all of his phone numbers after splitting from wife Kim Kardashian.

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – Jersey Shore star Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s ex-husband Roger Matthews reacts to her announcement that she is now engaged to her 26-Year-Old boo, Zack Clayton Carpinello. “I’m happy for her. I’m happy for them,” Roger says. So, when can we expect Roger to take another trip down the aisle?

REALITY TEA – Like many businesses across the country, Lisa Vanderpump’s Pump restaurant was hit hard by the COVID pandemic. However, the Vanderpump Rules venue has remained closed even after many of its’ neighboring establishments have reopened. As it turns out, Pump wasn’t closed just because of the coronavirus, it was “suspended” indefinitely by the state of California for unpaid taxes!

CELEBITCHY – The royal fallout from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah continues. In the latest bit of fire extinguishing, Prince William assured a reporter that the Royal Family is “very much not a racist family.” OK, that should put an end to the controversy!

LAINEY GOSSIP – Actress Jennifer Garner opens up about fame, Ben Affleck, and raising children in Los Angeles in a lengthy new Hollywood Reporter interview. “If she wanted a fluffy cover story about her family she could have gone to People, and if she wanted a glossy promotional piece she could have gone to InStyle. This interview wasn’t done to drum up public attention and it isn’t just about her family or her former marriage, it’s about her future. That’s why she chose to make this announcement in a trade magazine: Jennifer Garner is back in business.”

THE BLAST – What do you get when you cross Rocky and a Care Bear? The name for Emily Ratajkowski’s newborn soon!

TAMARA TATTLES – Amidst reports that Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurant Pump has been shut down due to unpaid taxes, her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star Lisa Rinna seized the opportunity to share her favorite Bravo “shady boot moment” when she devastated Lisa with a Pump revenue comeback.

GO FUG YOURSELF – No. it’s not a behind-the-scenes photo from A Star Wars Is Born, it’s Adam Driver and Lady Gaga looking absolutely Gucci on the set of the crime biopic, House of Gucci.

VOX – The COVID vaccine continues to roll out across the country, but a reported 30% of US adults do not plan on getting it. In addition to putting their own health at risk, the people refusing to get a vaccine are a huge source of frustration for friends and family.

THE GRACE REPORT – VIDEO “Disgraced former Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans spent the 4th episode of her Addicted to Growth series confirming MTV’s interest in her alleged separation from equally disgraced husband David Eason.” As usual, Grace’s video has stirred up quite the debate as folks try to decide whether Jenelle or David are more disgraced. 🤔

DLISTED – The beef between Meek Mill and Vanessa Bryant appears to be over — Meek announced on Twitter that he’d apologized to Vanessa “in private” after she criticized his (honestly pretty lazy) lyrics referencing / disrespecting Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash. Vanessa has yet to address the apology, though

REALITY TEA – In Bryant news of a different sort, RHOP star Gizelle Bryant is stirring up that cross-Housewives pot with some words for Real Housewives of Salt Lake City breakout star Mary Cosby. Or, more specifically, for Mary and — you guessed it! — her always-fascinating marriage to her step-grandfather Robert

CELEBITCHY – Eddie Murphy talked to Essence about Coming to America 2 and said he “didn’t want to do…a bad sequel to a movie that a lot of people” love. But that…kind of sounds like a lukewarm endorsement of the sequel?

THE BLAST – Kelly Dodd denied she’s been fired from Real Housewives of Orange County, and honestly, if it didn’t happen in the immediate aftermath of her latest thoughtless comments, it’s probably not going to happen at all

JEZEBEL – It seems the Golden Globes are guilty of what industry insiders have long termed a little light corruption. An LA Times investigation revealed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association turns studio luxury junkets into nominations for preferred shows and movies, which is why the universally reviled Emily In Paris will be featured during the ceremony and the beloved Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom will not

LAINEY GOSSIP – The HFPA and Golden Globes organizers have to be secretly thrilled with this development, though. In a year when nobody went to see movies and an era when awards show ratings are slipping, what could be better for this week’s ceremony than some red hot controversy?

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – We’ve got our first look at WeTV’s upcoming Mama June: Road to Redemption, which premieres in a little less than a month. Highlights include June “finally” going to rehab and her psychiatrist telling her she’s “out of [her] mind” for thinking she should be in her daughters’ lives right now

VOX – In case you needed another reason to never, ever use apps, here’s a good one: “App trackers secretly sell your location data to the government. App stores won’t stop them”

GO FUG YOURSELF – Come for the pics of Sarah Jessica Parker looking every inch a “high-fashion milkmaid”; stay for the amazing run of milkmaid-themed 90s alt rock puns

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – The Duggars have been casting teensy shrub shade on Jill “Renegade” Dillard for weeks now, and it seems Joy-Anna Duggar is the latest family member to take the social media bait

CELEBITCHY – The latest round of text messages allegedly from Armie Hammer is even more disturbing than the first. There are some pretty graphic descriptions of sexual cannibalism, torture, and abuse; Armie has also been dropped by both his agent and his publicist, which would seem to suggest that a) there is some truth to the allegations, and b) there could be a major Armie Hammer exposé coming

DLISTED – It was only a week ago that Aaron Rogers and Shailene Woodley confirmed that they’re dating. At the time, it looked like they had been seeing each other on the DL for a little while, and only went public after the Packers’ season ended. But now the truth has come out: they’re actually *engaged*, to which Rogers’ publicist simply said, “When you know, you know, right?”

JEZEBEL – Tessica Brown — better known as the Gorilla Glue woman — spent 22 hours in the emergency room this past weekend trying to get her makeshift hairstyling product off of her head for good. All that happened was Brown suffered scalp burns from acetone; she’s still got Gorilla Glue stuck to her head and hair (and hopefully nowhere else). Now she’s apparently lining up lawyers to sue Gorilla Glue

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – RIP to Alaskan Bush People star Billy Brown: his son Bear Brown announced that the “beloved patriarch” passed away unexpectedly over the weekend at the age of 68

GO FUG YOURSELF – I was half asleep when The Weeknd played the Super Bowl halftime show, and I thought it was kind of strange and therefore a welcome break from the game itself; if social media is any indication, most people seemed to enjoy his performance. And so here’s a break from the wave of good reviews: “‘Fine’ about covers it. Maybe I’m misremembering, but the best of the past productions took those familiar performers and worked in fresh tricks. This, conversely, came across like a stubborn disinterest in breaking out of this supposed ‘storyline'”

THE BLAST – It seems Tekaski 6ix9ine is back to trolling other rappers and maybe living dangerously or maybe just living an act that he can no longer decipher?

REALITY TEA – Sure, RHONY may be on a filming break due to an undisclosed cast and / or crew member contracting COVID-19. And yes, this may be the second time the show has had to put filming on hold due to COVID exposure. But gosh darn it, if Ramona Singer wants to jet on down to Florida so she can go to a yacht party where no one is wearing masks, then she’s going to do it

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – On that note, it seems Kylie Jenner is attracting plenty of backlash for her frequent traveling and vacationing and general not caring about any coronavirus restrictions or PPE

LAINEY GOSSIP – As someone who is not watching WandaVision and has no feelings for or against it, I can tell you that the debates people are having over whether the show is a delicious slow burn or just really boring are way more entertaining than the show itself could possibly be

VOX – “12 movies that everyone will be talking about this year: The best fiction films we saw at Sundance, from the bizarre to the sublime.”

CELEBITCHY – There’s a ton of Bridgerton Season 2 gossip out there, because surprisingly Netflix has yet to answer the question everyone’s asking: Will the show be renewed? (Seriously, Netflix, what’s the holdup?)

DLISTED – Thanks to “an incredible surge in Tesla’s stock price,” Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world. It’s a close race — Musk’s $185 billion is just a smidge higher than Jeff Bezos’ $184 — but a year ago Musk was *only* worth $27 billion. I have no idea what Tesla does

REALITY TEA – “This! This is the episode I’ve been waiting to see on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. After weeks of personal storylines and lots of behind-the-back gossiping, the drama finally erupted in the 801. And it was all thanks to Whitney Rose”

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – The Ashley’s latest Teen Mom News Pile is headilined by Kail Lowry changing her five-month-old son Creed’s last name from Lopez (the same as Creed’s biological father Chris) to Lowry-Lopez. Kail made the change after Chris failed to “step up” as a dad

VOX – As for the elephant in the room, here’s the latest on whether or not Donald Trump will be either impeached by Congress or removed from office via the 25th Amendment after inciting his followers to riot and take over the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday

JEZEBEL – And in pseudo-celebrity news, Britney Spears’ three-day husband Jason Alexander was a part of that riot. It’s not clear how big a part Jason played, though, as despite talking a big game before things got serious he’s been pretty quiet on social media since

THE BLAST – Danielle Busby of TLC’s quintuplet hit Outdaughtered is out of the hospital and feeling better after a mysterious recurring pain drove her to seek medical attention. Trouble is, it seems doctors haven’t yet been able to identify the source of the pain

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – “Angelina Pivarnick to Jersey Shore Cast: I Ain’t as Evil as Youse Guys Think!”

LAINEY GOSSIP – It seems Nicholas Cage’s brand-new television series The History of Swear Words is like a less entertaining version of “those old VH-1 clip shows that were popular 20 years ago,” in that it relies heavily on comedians to spit punchlines about the swear words in question instead of actually explaining the history behind those words

GO FUG YOURSELF – Remember when teeny tiny sweaters were a fashion triend (for a minute back in the mid-aughts)? Somehow they look even more ill-conceived now

THE BLAST – Evidently Weezy himself didn’t know the Lil Wayne gun charges were coming: Just hours before he was arrested for possession of both drugs and a firearm from an incident last December, Wayne was hamming it up on Instagram with girlfriend Denise Bidot

JEZEBEL – Georgia Republicans have their knives out for each other — a week after the state’s two senators called for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign because Raffensperger didn’t throw the election hard enough for the party, Raffensperger now claims Lindsey “Spine” Graham asked whether it was possible for the SoS to simply discard thousands of absentee ballots

CELEBITCHY – It seems Prince William is a touch upset by the latest season of The Crown, otherwise known as The Season With All The Relevant Modern Gossip. Don’t look now, but a member of the British royal family is angry over the past being depicted in a less-than-flattering light

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – In other royal news, Queen Elizabeth’s heart was allegedly “broken” by Prince Harry’s decision to move to America with his bride. I can’t imagine why Harry and Meaghan didn’t want to stay in England and deal with…*gestures at everything*

REALITY TEA – Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville wants it known once and for all that she did not have a threesome involving co-star Kim Richards. (Though Brandi did acknowledge that Kim’s “30lb cat” sometimes sleeps on her chest, which kind of sounds like more than just a euphemism?)

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – “Baby Brenchel! Big Brother Couple Rachel Reilly & Brendon Villegas Reveal Name of Newborn Son”

VOX – “How shifting from meat-heavy to plant-based diets can help allay the climate crisis: A new study shows that moving to a plant-based diet is critical, but governments have been slow to act”

GO FUG YOURSELF – Kylie Minogue might be wearing a disco curtain here; it might also be an unnecessarily extravagant shower curtain; it could furthermore be a blanket she grabbed off her couch on the way out the door. No matter what it is, though, on Kylie it looks great

LAINEY GOSSIP – George Clooney’s latest cover feature (and Man Of The Year accolade) gets right at the heart of why he’s been an über-celebrity for so long — Clooney understands the celebrity game better than almost anyone else playing it

DLISTED – Lori Loughlin’s husband Mossimo Giannulli is trying out a tough guy look in anticipation of starting his prison sentence this week. Frightened Inmate #2 comes to mind

VOX – To everyone’s surprise, Trump conceded the 2020 presidential election yesterday (on Twitter, of course), before everyone pointed out what he said and he tried to take it back. Of course, America’s current president acknowledged Joe Biden’s win in a sentence where he also claimed the election was rigged…but it’s a start

DLISTED – To no one’s surprise, it turns out Lil Pump — who you may remember endorsed America’s current president a couple of weeks before the election, and was then referred to at a rally as “Lil Pimp” — did not vote in the 2020 election and in fact is not registered to vote at all

CELEBITCHY – A week after having a weird-but-entertaining food meltdown on Twitter, Alton Brown would like you to know he is sorry for having a post-election meltdown on Twitter, during which he tried to joke about a coming American Holocaust, whether Americans would get to pick which concentration camps they get sent to, and how designer the uniforms will be

THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP – White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is about three lies short of tying herself into a literal knot avoiding or obfuscating questions about the current president’s dwindling attempts at overturning the 2020 presidential election (the one the current president lost)

LAINEY GOSSIP – Emma Corrin’s outfit from The Crown Season 4 at-home premiere — a custom Miu Miu — is “is fire and ice and bombs and all of it and everything”

GO FUG YOURSELF – “Assuming People’s Sexiest Man Alive isn’t Gritty, or Steve Kornacki, or anyone else causing Twitter to erupt in the past week, Jason Momoa has a pretty good shot. His Super Bowl ad was one of the best. He’s in a ridiculous Apple+ show, See, that got a second season…he’s in Dune, and everyone else from Dune is getting a lot of cover attention right now; he’s doing an Aquaman sequel and a Justice League TV show of some ilk; he’s cultivated something of a He-Man With a Big Mushy Heart aura; and he was reigning champ John Legend’s suggestion”

THE ASHLEY’S REALITY ROUNDUP – “Party Down South & The Challenge Star Mattie Breaux Reacts After Being Sentenced to Jail Time for 3rd DUI”

REALITY TEA – Meghan King Edmonds is facing a wee bit of criticism for revealing that she went to her son’s (indoor) soccer game after being exposed to COVID and before getting back the test that confirmed she does indeed have COVID

JEZEBEL – “Melissa McCarthy Is Very Sorry for Accidentally Being Involved With a Homophobic, Anti-Abortion Charity”

THE BLAST – “Selma Blair Gets Wet In Cheeky Golden Hour Shots”