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Celebrities Archive

Archives for July 2016

Culture
Watch Leslie Jones explain exactly why Twitter has a harassment problemWatch Leslie Jones explain exactly why Twitter has a harassment problem
Culture

She thinks they need to get some security, and she’s not wrong.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Watch Michelle Obama rock out with Missy Elliott in Carpool KaraokeWatch Michelle Obama rock out with Missy Elliott in Carpool Karaoke
Culture

She’s cementing her legacy as our coolest first lady.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Taylor Swift is cold-blooded and calculating. That’s what makes her a great pop star.Taylor Swift is cold-blooded and calculating. That’s what makes her a great pop star.
Culture

Why are we pretending to be surprised that Taylor Swift thinks about her image?

By Constance Grady
Culture
Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley’s secret to fabulousness: lip liner and shopliftingAbsolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley’s secret to fabulousness: lip liner and shoplifting
Culture

Follow these rules to get a huge red mouth, empty pockets, and a house full of strangers.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Calvin Harris’s lonely war on Taylor Swift and “Nils Sjoberg,” explainedCalvin Harris’s lonely war on Taylor Swift and “Nils Sjoberg,” explained
Culture

Taylor Swift secretly wrote one of Calvin Harris’s best songs. Now, he’s very upset she told us.

By Caroline Framke
Culture
Watch: Kristen Wiig is sorry for that time she slipped Seth Meyers LSDWatch: Kristen Wiig is sorry for that time she slipped Seth Meyers LSD
Culture

The former co-stars reprise some SNL-style cringe comedy.

By Constance Grady
Read Jonathan Safran Foer awkwardly email-flirting with Natalie Portman
Culture

Remember that time Jonathan Safran Foer (allegedly) left his wife for Natalie Portman without checking with her first?

By Constance Grady
Jennifer Aniston on those pregnancy rumors: “I resent being made to feel ‘less than’”
Culture

Jennifer Aniston is “fed up” with those pregnancy rumors. The gossip press won’t care.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Watch: Christian Slater as an 8-year-old soap starWatch: Christian Slater as an 8-year-old soap star
Culture

He claims he used to be a regular human child, but I have my doubts.

By Constance Grady
Culture
The art vs. exploitation controversy over Kanye West’s “Famous” video, explainedThe art vs. exploitation controversy over Kanye West’s “Famous” video, explained
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Why Kanye’s latest video features 12 naked celebrities in a bed.

By Constance Grady