Emma Watson has been an outspoken activist for women, minorities, and lately, refugees. Back in September 2015, she posted a simple tweet using the hashtag #refugeeswelcome, but some people in Britain aren't too pleased about her welcoming attitude. After all, don't you know refugees are just terrorists and job stealers? Hermione clearly never got that memo, so someone started a petition on Change.org that's been gaining a lot of traction lately and calls for Emma to spend a week completely unguarded and on her own in a refugee/migrant camp in Calais. Yikes.
“In order to show how safe current migration is to Europe, particularly regarding the cause of feminism (I reject wholeheartedly the notion that North African and Middle Eastern migrants are unsafe, and rapists), Emma Watson should spend a week’s holiday in a Calais migrant camp, without guards of course, to show how safe, and how pro feminism these migrants are.”
Look, no one's saying that migrant camps are paradise, or that there aren't serious issues with the open border situation that's happening in much of Europe at the moment. But suggesting that someone put themselves in danger — because let's be clear, that's what the petition starter is saying should happen, here — as a way of proving that they're wrong about their opinions/to shut them up is ridiculous.
Obviously this will never happen, but people really do have way too much time on their hands.
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Emma Watson has been an outspoken activist for women, minorities, and lately, refugees. Back in September 2015, she posted a simple tweet using the hashtag #refugeeswelcome, but some people in Britain aren't too pleased about her welcoming attitude. After all, don't you know refugees are just terrorists and job stealers? Hermione clearly never got that memo, so someone started a petition on Change.org that's been gaining a lot of traction lately and calls for Emma to spend a week completely u...
It's hard to believe that Game of Thrones Season 5 ended back in June 2015, more than six months ago. Lucky for us, Season 6 is coming in April. To get us all hyped up for it, HBO released a teaser, of sorts, which basically gives us absolutely nothing to go on and instead forces us to relive (in extremely quick succession, I might add) what we went through last season, Jon Snow's death in particular. I think we all know by now that Jon Snow's not really dead, but how they'll manage to work that one out and bring him back is anyone's guess. As the final spoken line in the promo goes, "He has no idea what's coming." Or maybe it's "They have no idea what's coming." I can't remember because I watched it a full five minutes ago, but you get the drift.
One important thing to note is that Bran is coming back next season, which is... unfortunate, to say the least. Being spared his obnoxious presence was one of the best things about S5, so the fact that he's coming back and his unexplained/bullshit powers of premonition are going to play a big part in upcoming events is more than a little eyeroll-worthy, in my book. But it is what it is.
Speaking of eyes, has Arya gone blind for good after stealing that Face and murdering Ser Meryn? Will Sansa and Reek make a swift getaway, or will that freak from Misfits who seems to be some kind of snow ninja catch up with them and further mutilate their genitals? Will Daenerys ever get any closer to Westeros? Will Cersei rise to greatness once again? (Yes, please!) Will Tyrion continue to be one of the best characters on the show? So many questions, so few answers.
Enjoy the teaser below:
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It's hard to believe that Game of Thrones Season 5 ended back in June 2015, more than six months ago. Lucky for us, Season 6 is coming in April. To get us all hyped up for it, HBO released a teaser, of sorts, which basically gives us absolutely nothing to go on and instead forces us to relive (in extremely quick succession, I might add) what we went through last season, Jon Snow's death in particular. I think we all know by now that Jon Snow's not really dead, but how they'll manage to work ...
Huh, well this is all a bit of a surprise... though really, maybe not. Mariah Carey has been split up from ex-husband Nick Cannon for a while now, and she's been dating some billionaire bro named James Packer for the better part of a year. Well, they must be getting along pretty well, because James proposed, and now they're engaged!
Huh, well this is all a bit of a surprise... though really, maybe not. Mariah Carey has been split up from ex-husband Nick Cannon for a while now, and she's been dating some billionaire bro named James Packer for the better part of a year. Well, they must be getting along pretty well, because James proposed, and now they're engaged!
Apparently James proposed last night in New York, and Mariah said yes, and the rest, as they say, is history. Since James is filthy rich, he got Mariah a be...
Katie Holmes has always kept it pretty low key when it comes to the press, and she doesn't share much about her personal life publicly, which I actually really respect. Take, for instance, the fact that she's been dating Jamie Foxx for a while and they actually seem pretty happy together. Katie's never publicly acknowledged that relationship, and she's certainly not going to tell you - or the likes of More magazine - whether or not she ever plans to get married again. After all, she's not an adult, she's just a wee little girl!
“That’s not something I want to answer … [I don’t] have a five or 10-year plan. I feel like I’m still a teenager in a lot of ways. I do a lot of things I did then. I paint, I color. I cook sometimes. I still feel like a girl. I don’t quite feel like a woman, maybe because I’m the baby of my family. I’ll probably be 90 and feel like, ‘Not a woman yet!’ Ha!”
I don't really know what that answer has to do with anything - her clever way of evading the question, I suppose? - but it sounds corny. Don't infantalize yourself, girl. If you don't want to talk about the fact that you're shacked up with Jamie Foxx, just say it! But you're not a teenager just because you cook (because, uh, what?) or even because you color. Hello, adult coloring is the new Big Thing! It just doesn't make any sense.
To be honest, the poor woman is probably still traumatized from her time being married to Tom Cruise, and she may even have some kind of gag order where she can't publicly confirm any romance with anyone else for the rest of her life or some other crazy shit. I don't know, Scientology is weird! />
Katie Holmes has always kept it pretty low key when it comes to the press, and she doesn't share much about her personal life publicly, which I actually really respect. Take, for instance, the fact that she's been dating Jamie Foxx for a while and they actually seem pretty happy together. Katie's never publicly acknowledged that relationship, and she's certainly not going to tell you - or the likes of More magazine - whether or not she ever plans to get married again. After all, she's not an adult, she's j...
I was a big fan of Sex and the City when it was on the air, despite the fact that I was still in high school and really knew nothing about sex OR the city. Still, my best friend and I watched with dedication every week and even made a cake for the finale, which we ate... by ourselves in front of the TV. And yes, I'll admit it — I was rooting for Carrie to end up with Big. I found Aidan boring and too soft (though obviously now I know better) and just thought Big, with all his unavailability and bad attitude and shitty way he treated women, was the better option. Crazy, right? Well, it is crazy, especially if you talk to Darren Star, the creator of the hit HBO show. He thinks Carrie and Big should never have ended up together.
In an interview with Kindle Singles, he said: "I think the show ultimately betrayed what it was about, which was that women don't ultimately find happiness from marriage. Not that they can't. But the show initially was going off script from the romantic comedies that had come before it. That's what had made women so attached."
"For me, in a way – I didn't [write] those last episodes. At a certain point, you've got to let them follow their vision. At the end, it became a conventional romantic comedy. But unless you're there to write every episode, you're not going to get the ending you want."
Damn, that's a shame... but kinda true. I don't necessarily think he means the TV series so much as the movies, the second of which seemed so terrible that I couldn't even watch it. The first I saw in theaters, and while I was still young enough to think that it was great that Carrie and Big got together, hindsight is definitely 20/20 and it was a huge mess.
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I was a big fan of Sex and the City when it was on the air, despite the fact that I was still in high school and really knew nothing about sex OR the city. Still, my best friend and I watched with dedication every week and even made a cake for the finale, which we ate... by ourselves in front of the TV. And yes, I'll admit it — I was rooting for Carrie to end up with Big. I found Aidan boring and too soft (though obviously now I know better) and just thought Big, with all his unavailability ...
Caitlyn Jenner has already shared much of her transition to becoming a woman on her E! reality series, I Am Cait, but she's still got more she wants to talk about/make money off of, so she's going to write a book about the experience, as well. She's not writing it on her own, of course — she's teaming up with Grand Central Publishing, and writer Buzz Bissinger. If you don't know who in the hell that is (because I didn't recognize him by name, either), he's the journalist behind the Vanity Fair piece where Caitlyn debuted last year.
Here's what Caitlyn said in a statement about the announcement:
"Things have been moving so quickly that it will be nice to slow things down a bit and take the proper time to reflect on this journey. I couldn't pick a better team, in Grand Central and Buzz, to make sure this story is told with a lot of honesty and care."
The book hasn't been written yet, obviously, but it's due to come out sometime in 2017. Frankly, I suppose I should say "good for her" for sharing her journey, but like... really? Do we need to know any more? Don't get me wrong - I think it's fantastic that Caitlyn was able to make such a brave decision to be herself, especially at her age... but like, she's been a less than stellar example for the trans community, is super conservative, anti gay marriage (which is rich, considering...).
I guess I just don't think she's that great of a person, and I don't really get the fascination. I'd much rather read, say Candis Cayne's biography. She's infinitely more fascinating, kinder, and altogether more likable (so why she likes Caitlyn so much is beyond me). Or what about Laverne Cox? Those are literally just two wonderful trans entertainers and activists far more deserving of our attention... but you know, the Kardashian/Jenner clan rules everything, so this is what we're left with. />
Caitlyn Jenner has already shared much of her transition to becoming a woman on her E! reality series, I Am Cait, but she's still got more she wants to talk about/make money off of, so she's going to write a book about the experience, as well. She's not writing it on her own, of course — she's teaming up with Grand Central Publishing, and writer Buzz Bissinger. If you don't know who in the hell that is (because I didn't recognize him by name, either), he's the journalist behind the Vanity Fair piec...
I don't know why anyone still gives a rat's ass about O.J. Simpson. He's a murderer, a burglar, and just an overall piece of shit who needs to rot in jail, but apparently we need a TV series about him. In American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, which will soon air on FX, Cuba Gooding Jr. plays O.J. during his 1994 - 1995 trial for murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Many actors, in preparing for a role, do a ton of research and, especially when it's a true story, try to meet the people they're portraying or the ones close to them. Not Cuba, though! He had no desire to meet O.J. and didn't really see the point.
"I didn't want to. There was no reason for me to," Gooding Jr. told PEOPLE during the FX Winter TCA Press Tour on Saturday in Pasadena, California.
"If I was playing him today, I'd have to put on a lot of weight," said Gooding Jr.
Welp, I guess that's that, then. Not only does he not see the point of meeting the guy he's portraying (and I kind of get what he's saying here — who would want to interact with such a despicable human being?), but he also wanted to get in a crack about how fat O.J. got in prison. Sounds like a kewl dude.
To be honest, I don't understand why this TV show is being made now (or at all). It's so boring, it's old news, and there's just really no need for it, other than to keep Cuba's tanking career from becoming completely comatose. Make it stop! />
I don't know why anyone still gives a rat's ass about O.J. Simpson. He's a murderer, a burglar, and just an overall piece of shit who needs to rot in jail, but apparently we need a TV series about him. In American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, which will soon air on FX, Cuba Gooding Jr. plays O.J. during his 1994 - 1995 trial for murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Many actors, in preparing for a role, do a ton of research and, especially when it's a true story, try to meet the people they're portraying or the one...
There aren't many Hollywood stars I'd listen to about, well, anything. Most of them talk so much shit they need Imodium, but Kate Winslet is not one of them. No, I trust Kate implicitly (well... except for that whole "it's tacky for women to demand equal pay" lark — that, I'll fight her on). Not only is she a tremendously talented actress with an Oscar of her own, but she's also Leonardo DiCaprio's BFF, so if there's anyone in a position to say that Leo needs his own award from the Academy, it's her, right?
You see, Leo's been getting perhaps more buzz than ever before for his role in The Revenant, and having seen the movie and totally loving it, I kinda agree with many who say that if he doesn't win this time, he might as well throw in the towel and realize he's never going to get one of those gold statues in this lifetime. Kate's in Leo's corner in this one, and she really, REALLY wants him to win (even if she does feel bad for rooting against her Jobs co-star Michael Fassbender).
"I think you can sort of feel it, and I think that everyone wants it for him. It would be amazing."
"It’s slightly difficult for me too, because Michael Fassbender has been nominated, and I was his right-hand woman for three months while we were making Steve Jobs and I saw how hard he worked. I think his performance is so extraordinary. But I think yeah, you can sort of feel the temperature. It’s probably going to be Leo’s year."
Admittedly, I haven't watched Jobs (zero interest), but Fassbender does not deserve an Oscar. Sorry, but nope. Obviously I'm not the one deciding who gets it either way, but they need to hook Leo up this year. The poor guy has been salivating over this thing for years. />
There aren't many Hollywood stars I'd listen to about, well, anything. Most of them talk so much shit they need Imodium, but Kate Winslet is not one of them. No, I trust Kate implicitly (well... except for that whole "it's tacky for women to demand equal pay" lark — that, I'll fight her on). Not only is she a tremendously talented actress with an Oscar of her own, but she's also Leonardo DiCaprio's BFF, so if there's anyone in a position to say that Leo needs his own award from the Academy, ...
Confession: I love Celine Dion and have since I was a child — so much so that I started teaching myself French at 11 years old because I wanted to be able to understand her French albums/interviews. Now, 20 years later, I still have a working fluency of the language because of that obsession, and while I haven't listened to any of Celine's new music in the past 15+ years, I still have fond memories of her. That's got nothing to do with this story, but it feels particularly sad since it's an entertainer I really loved at one point in my life.
Celine lost her husband of 23 years, Rene Angelil, on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. He was 73, and had been dealing with the illness for near on 20 years, with several periods of remission before it overtook him completely. This is the man she'd known since she was 12 years old (which some find creepy, but hey ho — they seemed incredibly happy and they truly loved one another, so who are any of us to say anything about that?) and who was her soulmate. But if that wasn't difficult enough, on Saturday morning Celine lost her 59 year-old brother Daniel to the same disease, and I can only imagine how devastated she is.
Celine comes from a close-knit family, she being the youngest of 13 children. Without a doubt, the loss she's experienced this week with her husband and her brother must be overwhelming. Strangely enough, Daniel was dealing with cancer of the throat, tongue, and brain — Rene struggled with throat cancer. Daniel spent his final days at a hospice in Quebec and their sister Claudette described his passing as "serene", adding that he was prepared and he's thankfully now no longer in pain.
Really sad for her. I hope the family can come together to comfort each other and really find some peace. Cancer is a bastard (I know, as I've lost several family members to it and several others have dealt with it and gone into remission) and I can only hope we'll somehow be able to find a cure someday. />
Confession: I love Celine Dion and have since I was a child — so much so that I started teaching myself French at 11 years old because I wanted to be able to understand her French albums/interviews. Now, 20 years later, I still have a working fluency of the language because of that obsession, and while I haven't listened to any of Celine's new music in the past 15+ years, I still have fond memories of her. That's got nothing to do with this story, but it feels particularly sad since it's an ...
Look, I love Will Forte as much as the next person (which... I guess is a moderate amount?). I think he's funny and I've enjoyed him ever since his time on Saturday Night Live. Admittedly, I haven't paid any attention to his sitcom Last Man On Earth and don't think I ever will, but I'm pleased that he's made it work and that the show has been a modest success. What I am not pleased about, however, is how he turned up to the FOX All-Star party at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California on Frid...
Uh, so WTF is going on in the world? We lose David Bowie and Alan Rickman in the same week? I wrote this headline just a few days ago, only with Bowie's name in place of Rickman's, and in fact the details of their passing are oddly similar. Both men were 69, and both battled cancer. Both were massive losses for the entertainment world (and the world in general) and will be seriously missed.
Rickman was an absolute legend of both stage and screen. His family announced on Thursday that Rickman had passed away surrounded by family and friends in London. Like with Bowie, we don't know what type of cancer he had, but that hardly matters. What matters is that we've lost another wonderful artist and it's really heartbreaking.
Whether you were most familiar with Rickman's work as Snape in the Harry Potter movies, or were a bigger fan of his less celebrated roles in Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, or Truly, Madly, Deeply, certainly you'll have known and enjoyed his work over the years. Everyone who knew him described him as a wonderfully smart, loyal, and funny man who was a pleasure to work with.
Alan Rickman was an actor's actor; courageous, generous, witty & surprising. When he laughed he lit up a room. A prince. You will be missed.
This really is so heartbreaking. These things usually come in threes, so please tell me we're not going to lose another legend soon. We can't take any more!
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Uh, so WTF is going on in the world? We lose David Bowie and Alan Rickman in the same week? I wrote this headline just a few days ago, only with Bowie's name in place of Rickman's, and in fact the details of their passing are oddly similar. Both men were 69, and both battled cancer. Both were massive losses for the entertainment world (and the world in general) and will be seriously missed.
Rickman was an absolute legend of both stage and screen. His family announced on Thursday that Rickma...
Adele is basically the BFF the world wishes it has. She's not obnoxious like Taylor Swift, she's got a killer voice, and she's totally down-to-earth despite being rich as shit and super famous. There's not much not to like about her, which I suppose is why the world goes insane whenever she so much as breathes. In other words, it's safe to say James Corden got a serious scoop in getting Adele onto The Late Late Show for his popular Carpool Karaoke feature last night.
To be fair, there's nothing quite like watching Adele spit Nicki Minaj's verse from "Monster" like it's her damn job, even if I do feel a slight bit of secondhand embarrassment for her (happens to me a lot). There's also the corny ass opening where James pulls up and says into his cell phone, "Hello, it's me..." Like, yeah, we get it, bro. We've all seen the video and heard the song like 900 times. Get on with it already.
All in all, Adele's carpool karaoke was one of the best, if only because it was one of the lengthiest and Adele is so great. She's clearly down for anything, which makes her a lot of fun. There aren't many celebs I'd actually want to know or hang around, but I think Adele would be an absolute scream.
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Adele is basically the BFF the world wishes it has. She's not obnoxious like Taylor Swift, she's got a killer voice, and she's totally down-to-earth despite being rich as shit and super famous. There's not much not to like about her, which I suppose is why the world goes insane whenever she so much as breathes. In other words, it's safe to say James Corden got a serious scoop in getting Adele onto The Late Late Show for his popular Carpool Karaoke feature last night.
To be fair, there's nothin...
Huh, well this is all a bit of a surprise... though really, maybe not. Mariah Carey has been split up from ex-husband Nick Cannon for a while now, and she's been dating some billionaire bro named James Packer for the better part of a year. Well, they must be getting along pretty well, because James proposed, and now they're engaged!
Apparently James proposed last night in New York, and Mariah said yes, and the rest, as they say, is history. Since James is filthy rich, he got Mariah a be...
Look, I love Will Forte as much as the next person (which... I guess is a moderate amount?). I think he's funny and I've enjoyed him ever since his time on Saturday Night Live. Admittedly, I haven't paid any attention to his sitcom Last Man On Earth and don't think I ever will, but I'm pleased that he's made it work and that the show has been a modest success. What I am not pleased about, however, is how he turned up to the FOX All-Star party at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California on Frid...
