Archive - July 2016

Entertainment

J. Lo Tweets #AllLivesMatter, Internet Throws Her to the Wolves

by Erin Gillespie

Oh dear. Taking a page out of the Bad Ideas Manual, J. Lo appears to have made the kind of misstep that even a renowned diva like herself is most likely going to have to address publicly in the days to come. While promoting her new single “Love Make the World Go Round”( intended to help benefit the victims of the Orlando nightclub shootings), J. Lo tweeted-out #AllLivesMatter in the promotional tweet that featured her alongside Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda. Or  perhaps I should say someone tweeted-out #AllLivesMatter; I very much doubt that anyone with the weapons-grade level of diva-like behaviour that J. Lo possesses is actually managing her own twitter account, but either way, it happened. It’s out there, and it’s not pretty. Here is the original tweet...

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Kim Kardashian Weighs-In on #BlackLivesMatter

by Erin Gillespie

Regardless of what you may think about the Kardashian circus, you simply cannot fault their PR game – it is flawless. This week, Kim Kardashian took a break from posting NSFW trout pout selfies and posted about the Black Lives Matter campaign, a movement that has been plagued with a lot of misinterpretation, racist backlash, and general unrest since its inception. However, Kardashian is in a unique position to actually make an impact on the public perception of the campaign, and it seems this week, she has chosen to lend her particular brand of celebrity to its cause. In a week where there have been multiple very public shootings of black men, and an almost unthinkable backlash in Dallas at what was supposed to be a peaceful rally, Kardashian has pointed her well-honed PR machine at...

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Six Times Celebrities Forgot the Sunscreen

by Erin Gillespie

Let’s face it, if you discount the private jets, the seemingly unlimited resources, the constant paparazzi presence, and the highly-stage-managed “outings”, celebrities are just like us! And just like us, every once in a while they forget that when spending time outdoors, applying or re-applying sunscreen is an essential practice. And also just like us, they get it wrong. A lot. So for your entertainment, here are six instances of celebrities totally dropping the ball with their sunscreen game. The results range from embarrassing to downright painful. Let this be a reminder to us all that when enjoying the great outdoors this summer, sunscreen is not an optional item, but rather an essential one. Tom Hiddleston You would think that as stage-managed as the whole Tiddles...

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Frances Bean Cobain’s Ex is a Guitar-Stealing Opportunist

by Erin Gillespie

I knew it. A while back,  when I wrote about Frances Bean Cobain’s divorce from musician Isaiah Silva, I couldn’t help but notice the eerie parallel between the way Silva seemed so…”stage directed” – it was like he had styled himself to look, act, and even photograph exactly like Curt Cobain, right down to the haircolor and fuzzy cardigans. I remember remarking at the time that I hoped that this rather vigorous fanboy approach was coming from a place of reverence and not one of opportunism. But guess what? He’s a opportunist scumbag. Apparently after Frances ended the relationship a few months ago, despite our hopes to the contrary, there has been nothing but drama. According to TMZ, the LAPD needed to be called just to keep the peace when she tried to...

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You Guessed it – Twiddles is Back!

by Erin Gillespie

You knew it was coming. It had to happen. It was always going to happen. Yet however prepared we may have thought we were for the next instalment of Twiddles: The “Romance” of the Century, for this particular instalment, you’re probably going to want to go and get a sizeable tumbler of Scotch. Three fingers, at least. Neat. In fact, get me one too while you’re at it. As predicted, Tom Hiddleston was spotted at Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion over the weekend. Swift throws an annual 4th of July bash that every year proves to be an event that young Hollywood strives to attend in order to see and be seen. And of course, most importantly, papped. Because as Warren Beatty once famously said in that Madonna Truth or Dare movie (I am completely dating myself...

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People Magazine Got Handed the Best “I Quit” Letter in the Known Universe

by Erin Gillespie

Okay people, buckle yourselves in. This is by far, the most epic, “I quit” letter ever written to a boss by a disgruntled employee in the history of disgruntled employees. This letter kicks ass and takes names (and omits a few as well), blasts celebrities and their publicists, and even provides those of us who are still toiling-away in gossip obscurity with a few blind items to try and pin an identity to. The letter, being called “bridge-burning” and “earth-scorching” all over the internet, is the fruits of years of hard-fought entertainment reporting from award-winning journalist Sara Hammel. Hammel, a real journalist (unlike yours truly) worked for People Magazine for 14 years, and has interviewed some pretty high-profile people. So many in fact, that...

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Calvin Harris Takes a Swipe as Twiddles Escalates

by Erin Gillespie

This is just so weird, you guys. And by weird, I suppose I mean pure, amazing, gossip writer gold. This whole Taylor Swift, Tom Hiddleston thing is growing so many arms and legs that we may actually have to rename the couple “The Cracken” before too long. Since we last chatted, the pair of them have literally been jetting all over the world on Swift’s private jet; her acting as sugar mama to the decade-older Hiddleston, flying to Rome, New York, and most recently to his Mom’s place in Suffolk. You guys, they went to England to meet his mom. They’ve been dating for about three weeks (possibly a bit longer than that if you believe the overlap rumors). As you can imagine, we spreaders of internet gossip are having an absolute field day over this stuff. I...

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