Very much not looking forward to more productive days ahead sans Gawker’s special brand of snark... I’m glad to hear Jezebel will live on, if the powers that be take The Slot away I may have to read “real” news again.

This. While the complaints regarding Metzger are valid and I’m glad to see he’s facing repercussions for his statements, it is absolutely bullshit that there’s an expectation that people respond to the Internet Mob in real time. Presumably Schumer just fired someone she has (at least in the past) considered a personal…

Truth. I’m not even a horse person and I know this. Is this a country people thing?

Yes. I wouldn’t want him now (current version of him *or* current version of me with young version of him) because ... ew. But Monarch in Jr High? Yes. Very hot. Very fire.

Whoa! Bring the pain. ;)

Interesting theory about the FF series! I actually agree about Vin’s career as far as fame/star power goes (he really niche’d himself) but as far as millions... he’s probably alright. He has producer credits on a lot of his films including multiple FF installments, which have been major moneymakers. He’s like Mark…

Sister from another mister!!

Nope, no producer credit for Dwayne Johnson for any of the FF movies so far. He actually does not have as many producer credits as I would have imagined given his star stature, TBH.

FF is one of my very fav series so I disagree deeply that it’s in a downward spiral, but besides that I see your points (and seriously agree about TD2 I unabashedly love it).

I just lost my mind and read like 20 blind items in a row. Here’s what the consensus seems to be plus my analysis:

This was and is my dad’s methodology—incidentally, he’s a big fan of Steve Martin—and I can tell you Celebrities, They’re Just Like Us! because this works. My dad is nearing mid-seventies now and while he does show some age, he mostly just looks like Wayne. The same face as photos of him in college. It’s fucking crazy.

Last April during the Pro Swim Series in Arizona Ledecky tied time with Phelps in the 400m freestyle (in separate races) ... and it wasn’t even close to Ledecky’s fastest time.

Are you saying that Maroney’s worth is fundamentally changed *and/or* that she deserves negative attention from trolls because she chooses to show herself looking a certain way?

He truly is/was. People can still have academic discussions and occasionally make mistakes and misread.

Reading through this conversation as an observer... I understand the passage being discussed is upsetting and sometimes when people talk dispassionately about upsetting things it seems like they’re condoning them, but Eileen isn’t doing that here. He’s having an academic discussion about established historical…

We’re born the same year! I’d assumed from your writing you were much younger. Mariah was my first CD ever (not first album, that honor goes to the Michael Jackson cassettes I got in second grade).

How old are you? Genuinely asking. Is this another case of “Who is Missy Elliot”?

All of this [gestures at Megan’s post above] is bland?!

Where do you live where no one likes avocado?????????????

No exhaustive list was required, one example—film, human, incident—could have done. People who “hate” actors, popstars, etc. for reasons besides actual issues (it’s reasonable to hate a person who’s openly racist, but it’s weird to hate someone because you don’t like the way they look or talk) fascinate me. Like, I…