let's watch
Let’s Watch the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards!
A blast from the past featuring Roseanne, Tom Petty, Salt-n-Pepa, Aerosmith, Russian soldiers, Snoop Dogg, and Rudy Giuliani?!
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diet culture
Wow, The Tabloids Really Loved to Body-Shame Teenage Hilary Duff
Hey now, hey now... This is what nightmarish body politics are made of.
Do You Remember
Do You Remember: The Outing of George Michael
Let's go outside with George Michael and his love of a good al fresco encounter (featuring, unfortunately, the LAPD.)
Do You Remember
Hollywood & Crime: The Deaths of Sid and Nancy
The first couple of punk died before their lives had truly begun.
Hollywood and Crime
Hollywood & Crime: The Not-So-Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd
Was it the lover? The cuckolded wife? The gangster ex-husband? Or just a sad accident? The death of one of Hollywood’s original blonde bombshells sparked an ongoing cycle of conspiracies.
celebrity weddings
Was Liza Minnelli’s Wedding to David Gest the Most Bananas Celebrity Nuptials of All Time?
The union of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce has me, of course, thinking about the biggest and weirdest celebrity weddings. Sure, getting hitched at Madison Square Garden in front of 1000 of your closest business associates is fun, but TNT could have gone wilder. Where were the matching thrones à
Do You Remember
Do You Remember: When Vanessa Williams Was Stripped of Her Miss America Crown
The first-ever Black Miss America was thrown to the wolves by a nude photo scandal, but she managed to fight back.
Hollywood and Crime
Hollywood & Crime: When Dennis Wilson Met Charles Manson
The Beach Boy met the cult leader and forever became entangled in one of the most shocking crimes of the 20th century.
diet culture
Is This the Weirdest Classic Hollywood Diet of All Time?
The studio system demanded that its actors stick to a specific weight lest they lose work. One silent film vamp had a very dangerous diet to maintain this standard. We don't recommend it.
gossip reading club
It’s Getting Worse: Club Chalamet, Connor Storrie, and Parasocial Fandom
Get a job. Stay away from him.
Tom Cruise
Oscar Seasoning: The Tom Cruise Campaign Has Begun
The Digger trailer was a chance to launch Cruise as the last movie star, ready for his Best Actor close-up.
Many Marriages
The Many Many Marriages of Robert Evans
He was the most infamous producer in 1970s Hollywood. The only thing he liked more than getting married and divorced was...