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very important, incredibly superficial thoughts on dutch royalty, coronation...
so queen bea abdicated, ya’ll. a solemn occasion that begs the question: what did everyone wear? i think we americans tend to think of royalty in terms of the british monarchy and queen noor and...
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INTERVENTION: dear ‘how i met your mother,’ i love you but it’s time to stop...
first things first, i love how i met your mother. i love the exploration of story-telling techniques. i love the characters. i love how the show has evolved in the last eight years. i love the...
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awkward @ cannes
cannes, ya’ll. stars! films! the seaside! mmwaaaahaaaaa, the french! i know, i know. that’s actually r.patz from LAST YEAR. but i would like to use this image to reflect on the fact that there is...
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dear lindsay lohan, THIS is how it’s done
hey, remember last fall when the lifetime channel tried to get us to believe this? and the whole world heaved a collective hell no? yeah. that happened. mind you, i love me some bad tv and i was...
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very important, incredibly superficial thoughts on swedish royalty, wedding...
so’s my last dabbling in royal reportage prompted a (tiny) outburst of american indignance over the fact that the media bombards us with will and kate nonsense whilst news of the lesser european royals...
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wherein i watch all of the made-for-television masterpiece ‘ONASSIS: THE...
as may or may not be clear, i’m working on a PhD in the way we tell life stories. the crux of it is that people need to be fully realized characters in biography, even if that means bringing in...
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a brief, incomplete report on aaron carter and the unfolding new kids on the...
i was going to ask if ya’ll are ready for this but i don’t think it is possible to be ready for this so suffice it to say no, you are not. so hey, remember a little band called new kids on the block?...
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EMERGENCY THOUGHTS re: kate middleton, celeb pregnancy, and truly, epically,...
firstly, britbrit and i share the whatever you wanna call the opposite of ‘bitchy resting face‘. EMOTIONS ALL OVER THE FACE face, i guess. so i’mma rely on her as an emoticon of sorts to guide us...
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very brief thoughts on the wimbledon ‘bromance’ of bradley cooper and gerard...
so the coop and g.but were at the wimbledon men’s final and apparently the television presenters milked this for all it was worth with loads of cutaways. they’re calling BROMANCE, largely because...
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superficial thoughts on the very fine, under-appreciated art of celebrity...
i have incredibly high standards for the love life of henry cavill. GINA CARANO, ya’ll. i mean, whoa. WONDER WOMAN. for reals. so yeah. originally, i wanted to see Man Of Steel solely because henry...
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super brief thoughts on things we should maybe be aware of if we’re being...
we see this: and this: they’re looking at this:
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a mess of disorganized half-thoughts on the films of sofia coppola
firstly, a disclaimer: i am not a film critic. thanks to a first boyfriend who worked at a cinema and ensured that i saw every single movie released in summer of 1999, i like movies. and, thanks to a...
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assorted analysis of the revelation that jason priestley is writing a memoir
firstly, OMG. THIS IS HAPPENING. that said, does it really need to happen? i’m not so sure. i mean, i’ll take it, don’t get me wrong. but it is not of the utmost importance. ahhhhhhndrea’s memoir?...
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very quick thoughts on my boyfriend adrien brody, naomi campbell and the...
for the record, i do a lot of yoga and i love yoga. i also love my boyfriend adrien brody. yes, i’m aware there are some hair issues… and some styling issues… and some squandering of talent and...
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dear lindsay lohan, THIS is how it’s done
hey, remember last fall when the lifetime channel tried to get us to believe this? and the whole world heaved a collective hell no? yeah. that happened. mind you, i love me some bad tv and i was...
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additional thoughts on naomi campbell as relates to my 90s boyfriend adam...
in things i completely forgot about until a random listen of zooropa today, naomi campbell totally used to go out with my 90s boyfriend adam clayton. remember that? remember how cool they were? ok, so...
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when people stop being polite and start getting real…
sorry, i couldn’t resist the allusion to the real world. because i find we don’t get to allude to that nearly enough these days. anyway, in random bits about the internet, the amaze-balls women at the...
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it’s important to periodically check in on the state of jared leto’s hair...
the state of jared leto’s hair = luscious ombré locks.
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the problem with wanting to write about the national nightmare that is DIANA...
which i really just cannot summon the nerve to do. because it looks terrible. and not in a good way. not in a way that we can all laugh at and go ‘ha, ha, this is ridiculous, but fun.’ no, no. it looks...
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FINALLY someone has put a finger on why caroline kennedy’s authorial career...
‘Caroline is like the Gwyneth Paltrow of legacy politics, selling off curated pieces of her image and life, crying foul whenever she can’t control the narrative or turn a profit herself.’ (via)
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