Late Thursday night (or early Friday morning, depending on where she was), Cher tweeted. This should not surprise you, as Cher tweets all the time, but this particular tweet was different. It was in all caps (her trademark) and was a little hard to decipher (another trademark), but the journey her tweet took across…
Here is a story of love, hacking, misspellings, “Becky”, and tattoos, in seven tweets:
Twitter, a social media platform known for its capacity to connect and provide global community, collectively asserted its right to free speech and public assembly today. After the non-profit polling think tank British Vogue posed the question, “Who Said that Kendall and Gigi are not “true supermodels?,” the…
Prior to a town hall in which Trump offered surprising views on North Carolina’s bathroom law, Today’s Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie provided the Trump family with a lovely nest of positive reinforcement and lightly personal questions that Lauer himself described as “potpourri.” Melania Trump in particular was given…
After sparking a Twitter debate in which it sure sounded like she was telling young women it was their responsibility to stave off grown men’s advances via their clothing choices, Erykah Badu is back to explain herself—and what she has to say now isn’t much better. Lawd help us.
If you were a bookish, dreamy child of the 90s, it’s likely that you remember Mara Wilson. Star of Matilda, the 1996 film adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic, Wilson’s performance nourished the souls of those of us who sought refuge in our bookcases. Over the last two decades, Wilson has stepped away from Hollywood…
Parker Posey, a woman responsible for some of the funniest characters in modern film, was decidedly unfunny Wednesday morning, when she posted a tasteless photo on her relatively new Twitter account.
In the tech industry, paid leave is becoming a sought-after benefit for employees, and for employers like Spotify, Twitter, Etsy, Netflix, it’s become an explicit priority. But, as Rebecca Greenfield writes at Bloomberg, these policies are made feasible partly because the tech workforce is still mostly male.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, those two members of your book club who keep getting into weird passive-aggressive fights in the kitchen over the protagonist’s motivations, have been engaged in an extremely useful and pressing argument over who is less “qualified” to be president.
On May 1, Twitter will start offering both male and female employees 20 weeks paid parental leave. As with Etsy, Netflix and Facebook, the company seems to have realized that people who feel like their home life is in balance tend to do better at work.
Cara Delevingne reemerged on the fashion scene this week in a series of advertisements for Saint Laurent, which many interpreted as a return to modeling after having quit. But on the evening of March 31, the model-actress publicly stated that she had merely paused to attend to her depression.
The official Twitter account of Lululemon, the activewear line known for its semi-transparent yoga pants and a problematic founder with a name straight out of a comic book, suggested Thursday morning that Beyoncé Knowles’s new athleticwear line, Ivy Park, is nothing but an imitation of their precious, overpriced wares.
The Twitter account for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs is my mother.
Welcome to 27 Made Up Things You Didn’t Know About Me, a feature where celebrities (and social media brands) reveal spicy and fun facts that you didn’t know about them!
Last night Joe Scarborough, a man with a sizable collection of navy blue blazers and an affinity for wearing loafers without socks, had some advice for Hillary Clinton, “Smile,” he wrote on Twitter, “You just had a big night.”
It’s no secret that Bernie Sanders has been struggling to truly connect with black voters. A tweet sent from his campaign Twitter account is a good example of why that may be.
In October 2014, Kesha filed a lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke, accusing him of sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, and emotional distress, among other allegations. For over a year, Luke remained publicly silent about the suit, letting his legal team serve as his mouthpiece, while filing his own…
A social media presence is all but a requirement for famous people these days, and the content celebrities publish on their own terms provides gossip websites with a near-infinite supply of publishable stories. A series of tweets from Kanye West will be on People.com in 45 minutes. Chrissy Teigen’s public replies to…
In today’s Tweet Beat, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend respond to their IVF gender controversy, John Stamos rocked a pretty sexy mullet at prom, and Mia Farrow directs us to her secret Instagram account.
One day after Kanye West’s SNL performance, rumors began circulating that he’d almost walked off the set without performing because of a backstage “meltdown.” Last week, Page Six obtained a recording of West having said “meltdown,” and its contents—out of context and possibly edited—are inconclusive; it’s unclear…
