Natalie Portman Isn't Supposed to Play a Bad Pop Star in Vox Lux. She Just Does
Spoilers ahead.
'Tis The Season For REI's Holiday Clearance Sale, With Up to 50% Savings on Select Items
REI is making the holidays even happier with a festive clearance sale that is positively jolly. Starting today and continuing through December 16, the outdoor retailer is taking up to 50% off select clearance items (that’s better than their Cyber Monday sale, which only saw up to 40% savings, by the way).
Republican Women in Congress Want Equal Power to Ruin Other Women's Lives
Republican women in Congress are getting fed up, okay? In the wake of their Party’s losses in the midterm elections, in which the numbers of Republican women in the House dropped from 23 to 13, some are calling for some the party to do some soul searching. “It’s so disappointing I could just scream,” retiring…
Elaine Was Shove-y Because Julia Louis-Dreyfus Was
Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character on Seinfeld is an eternal balm; even 20 years later, Elaine remains a consistently funny, relatable loudmouth who proved women can be just as unhinged as men and look better in blazers. One of her most charming habits was shouting “Shut UP” incredulously at the men in her life and then…
You Really Wanna Do This?
Kellyanne Conway (bad, fascist) has decided to go after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (cool, wants you to have healthcare). On Tuesday on Fox News, Conway, unprompted, called Ocasio-Cortez “really embarrassing” and a “29-year-old congresswoman who doesn’t seem to know much about anything.” To which I say: You really wanna…
Theresa May Spends Several Humiliating Seconds Locked in Car in Front of Angela Merkel
Theresa May isn’t having a great week. For instance, it’s only Tuesday, and she’s already spent several interminable, highly public seconds locked in her car while Angela Merkel waited patiently to welcome her.
Tuesday's Best Deals: MacBook, Instant Pot, Boogie Board, and More
On-sale MacBooks, Jabra wireless earbuds, and a KitchenAid stand mixer and spiralizer discount lead off Tuesday’s best deals.
Pour One Out: Kathie Lee Gifford Is Leaving the Today Show
Kathie Lee Gifford announced that she’s saying goodbye to the Today Show. Bring out your shittiest white wine, here come the fucking tears!
Martha Stewart Reviews Marijuana Edibles: 'They're Fine'
Martha Stewart told a super chill story on The Wendy Williams Show today about dabbling with edible marijuana. After describing a recent trip to her Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party cohost Snoop Dogg’s Los Angeles compound, Williams asked Stewart if she puffs or passes. “I pass,” said Stewart. “I just try to…
Armpit Pads, Petticoats, and Porcelain: How Stylish Dolls Taught Girls to Be Victorian Women
Before Barbie, who could become anything from a dedicated nurse to a Malibu socialite with the change of an outfit and a thousand accessories, there were the elegant and fragile “fashion dolls” bestowed upon wealthy little girls in the 1860s and 1870s.
Gabrielle Union Discusses Her Fertility Struggles: 'It Just Feels Like a Lot of Shame'
On Monday, Gabrielle Union shared an emotional video on IGTV detailing her long, painful fertility journey. The eight-minute clip covers her “eight or nine” miscarriages, a diagnosis of adenomyosis (a condition in which the inner lining of the uterus breaks through the muscle wall) and eventual pregnancy-via-surrogacy…
When Gloves Aren't Enough, Buy Zippo's Rechargeable Hand Warmer For Just $22
This $22 Zippo hand warmer will keep your hands toasty for six hours, just like those disposable Hot Hands packs. But unlike those packs, the Zippo then can be recharged over USB cord, and reused over and over again. Plus, you can use it year ‘round to charge your phone, as it doubles as a 5200 mAh USB battery pack.
This Is How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Justify Anti-Trans Workplace Discrimination
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, ThinkProgress reported that guidance protecting transgender people in the federal workforce were quietly removed from the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) website. As ThinkProgress noted, the guidelines offered definitional and practical information on how to better ensure that…
Jennifer Aniston Once Lived with a Testy Ghost Who Terrorized Her Roommate
Jennifer Aniston once had paranormal roommate drama! On Monday night’s Late Late Show with James Corden, she recalled that when she first moved to California, she lived in a home haunted by a ghost, and was plagued by a variety of ghostly happenings—dishes would break, things would go bump in the night. A medium…
Looks Like Nobody Might Be Hosting the Oscars Ceremony
Hosting the Oscars is a hard job. You need a) squeaky clean tweets, b) a boring, PG-13 sense of humor that won’t offend any advertisers, nominees, guests, etc. and c) skin as thick as rubber, considering almost everyone will think you’re doing an awful job. At least you get paid a lot of money, right? Wrong! Jimmy…
Janelle Monáe Will Play Dorothy Pitman Hughes in Gloria Steinem Biopic
Janelle Monáe has signed on to Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem biopic as Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the activist who co-founded Ms. magazine with Steinem in 1972.
You--Yes, You--Can Grow Your Own Herbs and Vegetables With This $80 AeroGarden
Everyone likes the idea of growing their own vegetables and cooking delicious garden-to-table meals, like something out of a magazine. But not all of us have the space for a backyard garden, let alone the correct climate, or even the requisite skills. Enter the AeroGarden Harvest, now on sale for an all-time low $80…
Constance Wu Might Star in a Rom-Com About Getting Double Impregnated
Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu is in talks for a new rom-com about “a charmingly chaotic woman who has to get her life together when she becomes pregnant with two babies from two different men,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Ropes & Gray Nassar Investigation Paints Damning Picture Of USOC And USA Gymnastics [Update]
On Monday, the law firm Ropes & Gray released its 252-page report into the institutional failures that enabled Larry Nassar’s decades-long abuse of women and girls in his role of USA Gymnastics physician. The investigation, which was commissioned by the board of the USOC in February 2018—more than a year after the…
Jennifer Lopez and Will Smith 'Talked About' Remaking A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born has been celebrated (or at least discussed) across the universe (or at least the internet), but what if instead of Bradley Cooper wanting to take another look at Lady Gaga, it had been Will Smith wanting to take another look at Jennifer Lopez? Would that have even made sense? It could have happened.
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