If you haven’t noticed Nicki Minaj is toning down the ostentatious fashion and hair styles that made her famous. Proof resides in her red carpet photos from this weekend’s MTV Movie Awards, left, and last night's The Other Woman, at right. You like?
Last night in Los Angeles, the stars gathered for the MTV Movie Awards, also known as the most fake, most C-list, most staged, most irrelevant of the movie awards.
Nicki Minaj is here to serve you married ladies a shiver down your spine in a new clip for her upcoming film, The Other Woman. The movie surrounds a successful businesswoman (Cameron Diaz) who's dating a man — until she realizes that he's married. In a twist, she befriends his wife (Leslie Mann), and then they find out …
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Sure, love is a battlefield, but makeup isn't supposed to look like war paint. Still, women are drawing stripes all over their faces and taking liberties with bronzer in an attempt to create some kind of illusion—but they simply can't escape the cold hard reality that they look like fucking idiots.
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Nicki Minaj took a shower today, it seems, and she wants you to know about it. The rapper (and UNSTOPPABLE BEAST) took some beautiful, slightly nude, makeup-free photos of herself and posted them on Instagram for the world's edification. She looks fucking great.
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It feels as if someone started a rumor that 2014 might present a female resurgence in hip-hop. As a person with a vagina, I’d be thrilled if that happened — but I doubt the “Ladies Night” reprise is going down anytime soon. There are many reasons why women — with the exception of Nicki Minaj — are notably absent from…
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Nicki Minaj cut her former "wig guru" Terrence Davidson out of her new hair empire, and he’s pissed — to the tune of $30 million in damages.
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Lil' Kim would like to reassure her fans that she is "still going to be hardcore" after she pushes a giant baby out of her vagina. I mean, yeah. If I know anything about childbirth, PROBABLY MORE HARDCORE, TBH.
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Nicki Minaj released a new song today called "Lookin' Ass Nigga" and it's a spectacular misuse of her talents. But you knew that, right? Nicki is as Nicki does.
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Welcome back to Selfie Loathing! Every Friday we sit back and watch as Vanity Smurf stars turn their cameras on themselves.Celebrity Instagrams! This week: Nicki Minaj ditches her wig; Katy Perry meets a talented dog; Mindy Kaling hangs with Schmidt; and John Stamos is hotter than the hinges of hell. Enjoy.
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Sometimes you read things that are so ridiculous you can barely believe your eyes. Today that prize goes to the Nigerian and Cameroonian musician Dencia, the woman behind a skin lightening product called Whitenicious — yes, that is the product's real name.
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Nicki Minaj took to Instagram today to call out ESPN Magazine for retouching a photo from a cover shoot she did.
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Us Weekly's celebrity profile series "25 Things You Don't Know About Me" is full of fun facts about celebs written by publicists. These publicists are very good at their collective job, which is to make their clients look fun and relatable. Nicki Minaj's publicist so thoroughly achieved this goal that after reading the…
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If Iggy Azalea, Kreayshawn and this entire list aren't top of mind, Ryan Seacrest, arbiter of all things pop music and Kardashian, is reportedly producing a new show about white female rappers for VH1. If you’re thinking, "Hey, wasn’t that already a thing?" you are right.
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Hello and welcome to Selfie Loathing, your Vanity Smurf k-hole sextravaganza. This week: Darren Criss makes an amazing Jareth; Jennifer Lopez is a doll; Dina Lohan is a pot of gold and Kelly Osbourne makes us cringe. Celebrity Instagrams, presented without comment. Enjoy.
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Welcome back to America's favorite Vanity Smurf K-hole. This week, Ian Smolderhotter is snuggling with animals, Lindsay Lohan is covered in blood and Nicki Minaj has some weird ideas about what cop uniforms look like. Celebrity Instagrams (and maybe a Vine or two), presented without comment. Enjoy.
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Thanks to American Horror Story: Coven, it was finally possible to nail down Madonna's secret for maintaining her youthful beauty.
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Fleshy sarcophagus in which a sentient tongue is housed Miley Cyrus is up to her old tricks. By "old tricks," I mean "actin' like a big brat who lacks any semblance of self-awareness and scaring me over the Internet." And now, after penning some very rude, horrible and aggressive tweets mocking Sinead O'Connor's nervous…
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Nicki Minaj will be on Ellen this Friday, and in this preview clip, you can watch her walk out on to the set in a jacket that does not cover much of her torso, revealing a vast display of innerboob and underboob and, well, you know, boob.
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Nicki Minaj has partnered with Kmart to produce a line of garments that appear to be very very snug. And yet! There's some versatility here. Nicki Minaj offers ensembles for all occasions.
