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Karl Lagerfeld Calls Adele “A Little Too Fat”

Molly — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:49 +0000

Oh, Karl Lagerfeld, is there anything you can’t do? I mean, besides get over your eating disorder and avoid looking like a six-feet-tall Oompa Loompa? Apparently he is also a keen observer of the pointless. While guest editing the free Parisian paper Metro, the 79-year-old legendary fashion designer has this to say about one of the world’s [...]

Robert Downey Jr. Welcomes New Little Iron Man

Jive Turkey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:23 +0000

It’s a big week for Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan, who welcomed son Exton Elias Downey into the world on Tuesday, February 7th at 7:24am in Los Angeles. Your no-no parts created life! Thumbs up! Born to people who obviously have their fair share of good genes to impart, little Exton joins 18-year old [...]

Terrible, Awesome, and Terribly Awesome: Fifteen Pop Culture-Inspired Tattoos

Jive Turkey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:23 +0000

Joining fan clubs? Buying DVD box sets? “Liking” movies and shows on Facebook? Kiddie stuff. It’s time to throw inhibition to the wind and get inked up in this piece.

Clint Eastwood Says Chrysler Ad Was Not an Obama Endorsement

Julie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:42 +0000

Clint Eastwood starred in a Chrysler ad that aired on Sunday following the Super Bowl Halftime Show. In case you’re one of the three people over the age of twelve who didn’t see it then, check it out: After the commercial, tweets started pouring in, and they still haven’t stopped: Oh, the political hay [...]

God Help Me, I Actually Like ‘The Voice’

Jason — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:33 +0000

It’s 8ish on a Monday night and I’m propped up on my couch; my nose feels like someone threaded a bicycle innertube through it and pumped until they couldn’t pump any more. When the sinuses rebel, there’s nothing for it but Target brand sinus medicine and a decidedly vile hot toddy made with something called [...]

The Bachelor Recap Season 16, Episode 6: A Man, A Plan, A Catastrophe: Panama

Miss Banshee — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:14 +0000

TONIGHT on The Bachelor! We’re in Panama City, Panama, which is gorgeous. Everyone is in lurve with Benny. Dead Shark Eyes is fixin’ to have ALL the girls rat her out for the beesh she is. And Casey S gets a message from Harrison that sends her into hysterics. LET’S DO THIS. Who put all [...]

“Teen Mom” Amber Portwood Ordered To Rehab

Lexa — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:32 +0000

Amber Portwood, an original cast member of MTV’s Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, has always been among the most troubled of the bunch. Her relationship with her on-and-off boyfriend, Gary, is tumultuous at the least and down right abusive in its worst moments. She has attempted suicide, subjected her toddler daughter, Leah, to a string of [...]

Ellen DeGeneres Will Remain As J.C. Penney Spokesperson Despite One Million Moms’ Protest

kdiddy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:31 +0000

It’s hard to find anything to dislike about Ellen DeGeneres. She brings Kristen Bell to the brink of tears at the mere mention of sloths: She challenges First Lady Michelle Obama to an on-air push-up contest, which she graciously “allows” the FLOTUS to win: As far as I can tell, she’s a funny, cute, smart, [...]

RIP Bill Hinzman, George Romero’s First Zombie

Brad — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:23 +0000

The first George Romero zombie has died at the age of 75. Bill Hinzman, who portrayed the undead ghoul that attacks Judith O'Dea's Barbra in the 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, lost a battle with cancer on Sunday, February 5.

NBC’s ‘Smash’ Lives Up To Its Name

Snarky Amber — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:54 +0000

Nothing’s worse than the letdown that follows a much-hyped phenomenon that doesn’t live up to its fanfare. In fact, I have experienced this blow so many times that I have developed a powerful defense system to shield myself from the fallout of the merit-to-hype deficit. Therefore, I go into any movie or TV show that [...]

Demi Moore Checks Into Swanky Utah Rehab

Sweetney — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:37 +0000

Soooo… it seems increasingly apparent that Demi Moore’s drug problems were not — are not – limited to whip its. I hope I’m not bursting anyone’s bubble here. Yes, after weeks of silence, speculation, and undergoing quote-unquote “spiritual counseling” (aka Jesus Detox), Demi Moore has finally come out of the addiction closet and headed straight to [...]

Madonna Keeps It Clean At Halftime, MIA Does Not

Kristine — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:33 +0000

Madonna lit up the half-time show during last night’s Super Bowl game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. (Giants won. Duh.) And as much eyerolling as I did in anticipation of this much-buzzed performance, I was somewhat pleasantly surprised with Madonna’s show. She played some of her classics, and the choreography was [...]

ICYMI: The Week’s Most Popular Posts – 2/3/12

MamaPop — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:39 +0000

We know you, dear MamaPop readers, have lives. Places to go, things to do, jobs to keep and what-not. Which is why we now offer you a look back on the week that was on MamaPop and MoxieBird, by way of our most popular posts of the past 7 days. Please to enjoy. Grab a [...]

Taylor Armstrong Goes On Book Tour, Fields Death Threats

Kristine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

As you may know, Taylor Armstrong has written a memoir about her experience with domestic violence. The book, cleverly titled Hiding From Reality, comes out this month, and Armstrong has been lining up several appearances on both television and in bookstores. Not surprisingly, two camps have popped up in the midst of the buzz: those [...]

Madonna Promises She Is Worth All Of Your Pennies

Kelly Q — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:57 +0000

Here’s a fun fact: Madonna‘s last tour made $408 million dollars! Hey, that’s great for her. I mean, this economy, right? We all need everything we can get our hands on! In a recent interview with Newsweek, someone had the nerve to mention that tickets to Madonna’s concerts can be a little, well, pricey. “Start [...]

‘The Voice’ Judge Adam Levine Responds To Randy Jackson’s Smack Talk

Snarky Amber — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:35 +0000

Recently, American Idol judge and pitchy dawg Randy Jackson threw shade on NBC’s The Voice, saying, essentially, that people who get rejected by AI go to The Voice for a second chance. So, basically, Randy sounds like everyone at Harvard when they talking about people who go to Yale. The Voice judge and coach Adam Levine [...]

Roseanne Barr To Run For President

Kelly Q — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:49 +0000

One thing we need in the 2012 presidential race is more bizarre candidates. Roseanne Barr has officially filed papers to become a Green Party Candidate for the President of the United States. She’s tired of the choices we’ve been given, so she’s taking matters into her own hands. Also, she wants to leagalize pot. I [...]

Top Chef Texas Recap: Episode 13, “Bike, Borrow & Steal”

amalah — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:09 +0000

Greetings, fellow To…oh, I can’t even. I’m in far too much of a Comic Book Guy WORST EPISODE EVER mood. Let’s just get this over with and dream our little dreamy dreams that next week’s Last Chance Kitchen reveal will make everything all better. Quickfire Challenge The chefs arrive. There is a table covered in [...]

What If A Ferris Bueller Sequel Was Actually A Thing?

Brad — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:55 +0000

If Ferris Bueller had a day off today, in his mid-40s, what would that day entail?

NBC’s ‘Smash’ Debuts Monday – Will You Be Watching?

Snarky Amber — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:38 +0000

I’m always suspicious of any show, movie, or album that is as heavily promoted as NBC’s new musical theater drama, Smash. Is it simply that the network believes in the show so much that they want to make sure it gets the visibility it deserves, I wonder, or are they merely protecting an investment by [...]

Grab a Torch and Let’s Talk About Lana Del Rey

Joe — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:17 +0000

If you’ve been on the Internet lately, you’ve probably heard the name Lana Del Rey. Here she is right now on the cover of her debut album, Born to Die, which was just released this past Tuesday: That album name is deep. Like cover-of-my-Sophomore-year-journal DEEP. There’s also something else you should know about Lana Del [...]

Gossip Rag Roundup: It’s Demi Time!

Marinka — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:30:21 +0000

Poor Demi Moore. She has the dishonor of gracing more gossip rags than any other celebrity this week. Because, apparently, when you’re having a breakdown and doing Whip Its (whip it good! But don’t try this at home, kids and cougars!) it’s very headline grabby. Which is a shame, because I totally had dibs on [...]

Frances Bean Cobain Outs Courtney Love As a Hoarder And Pet-Killer

Miss Banshee — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:03 +0000

Ya’ll. Can you imagine having this woman as your mother? Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain, swore in front of a court that her mother Courtney is batshiz, which we all knew, natch, but that her erratic behavior and drug abuse not only led to Frances getting a restraining [...]

Leslie Carter, Singer, Sister To Aaron And Nick Dies At 25

Molly — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:11 +0000

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and singer-turned-Dancing With the Stars contestant Aaron Carter have lost a sister. Leslie Carter passed away yesterday in New York. She was only 25. Carter was a wife, mom to infant Alyssa Jane, and aspiring singer. She was featured on the Shrek soundtrack singing, “Like, Wow!” and also appeared in the short-lived E! [...]

‘Arrested Development’ Developments!

amalah — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:13 +0000

Yesterday, probably prompted by the sight of yet another (stupid bleeping facehole tampon canoe #$@&) pop-under Netflix ad, I realized, HEY! Didn’t Netflix promise the Internet a mea-culpa-fueled return of Arrested Development? What’s up with that? AWESOME THINGS, is what’s up with that. It was officially confirmed yesterday that the full cast (THE FULL [...]

Shows You Should Be Watching: ‘Downton Abbey’

Snarky Amber — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:23 +0000

I am not usually big on British period drama. Despite being a huge lit geek, I was never a fan of Jane Austen, and I generally yawn at the site of a piece of Victorian literature, even if it is adapted into a miniseries tailored specifically to women who enjoy swooning over men with dark [...]

Don Cornelius, Creator Of ‘Soul Train,’ Dead At 75 From Apparent Suicide

kdiddy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:45:56 +0000

Very sad news today. Don Cornelius, the creator and host of the groundbreaking music and dance show Soul Train, died this morning at his home in Los Angeles. Officers responded to a report of gunshots and found Cornelius, who had apparently shot himself. Cornelius created Soul Train to fill a void in TV programming in [...]

Pop Cultural Anatomy Of A Super Bowl

Molly — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:23 +0000

Walking into work today—and every day for a week—I passed this: After looking to my left for the Christians and to my right for the lions in hot pursuit, I relaxed and thought, “Welcome, Super Bowl XLVI!” I have to confess, even with the Colts out of it (at one point this season, I stood [...]

A Rare Ray Of TV Light: Fox Picks Up Mindy Kaling’s Sitcom

Jive Turkey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:17 +0000

You might not believe this, because I didn’t at first: in a moment of stunning clarity, the television industry has rewarded an incredibly funny writer and actor by giving her the opportunity to air her very own show. This is rare. Believe me. After developing a concept for a half-hour comedy with NBC, Mindy Kaling [...]

Why Christoph Waltz Should Be Your Newest Favorite Celebrity

Jive Turkey — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:00:18 +0000

A couple of years ago when I was massively pregnant and seeking activities that did not require me to stand up or wear anything more restrictive than a Snuggie, I went on a massive Netflix binge. I watched movie after movie after movie — good ones, terrible ones, anything to keep my mind off the [...]