velvetvonblack
Velvet Von Black
velvetvonblack

Dunno what to tell you, girl. You’re not banned? Ain’t nobody likes being screamed at!

Yeah. It shouldn’t be over, but she’s really the only one likely to read what you’re writing. The staff on a Kinja network are in the really unenviable position of having no moderators to stem the flow of anger and angst, AND a directive to be more and more engaged with the commentariat. So... I’m glad this isn’t

Ok. But I’m not sure what you’re trying to gain by attacking Stassa here. She’s doing a Sunday beat, and this is ‘news’, for gossip column quantities of ‘newsworthy’ (an admitted part of the Jez inventory). You say it’s lazy, but TMZ broke the story. It would be far lazier and disingenuous to not simply report the

Sucks ALL the donkey dicks? There are no donkey dicks left for all the other people in hell? Way harsh, Tai.

At this point, I think I'll stick with TMZ, since this news was just copied and pasted from their site.

You know, I just give up. I loved Jez, been here for years, admired many a writer and the awesome folks who comment here, but. I imagine this is ‘newsworthy’ but after all that has happened in the past week, could you guys have not concentrated on actual, you know, ‘news’?

I came in a bit late too, but here’s what I’ve gathered:

Did you see the article about the Conde Nast dude on Gawker’s main page? Gawker helped an escort blackmail and out some unknown guy who works for a rival media company. Gawker Media has yet to apologize, or even address the issue again, but Natasha Vargas-Cooper was defending that article on Twitter last night.

Me too. I’m an approved poster on the Gawker side, but I feel sick even looking at their site any more. Can someone approve me over here? I can’t be guilty by association with them any more.

Off-topic: Jezebel, I love you, but what the hell is going on at Gawker Headquarters? There needs to be a statement/apology for the David Geithner story. I feel dirty coming here now...

I’m 45. I’m already at the Haunting Houses stage. I hired that nubile kid next door to dig my backyard grave for me, because my bones are half-dust.

I would place most or all of the blame on directors and those in casting. A person’s brain doesn’t even fully develop until what 23, 24? I’m not sure I would expect them to have fully developed consciences at that age, not to be snarky. They’re just trying to get money, get their feet in the door. I fully support the

No I don’t believe it is easier. I think the men in Hollywood want to believe it’s easier/more believable to take someone young and make them look older than vice versa, but ask any woman and they’re not fooled about Lawrence’s age. It’s distracting. There’s just not REASON for it. We’re constantly told how absolutely

Unless we’re getting systematically seeing 40-somethings to play 20-somethings, that argument doesn’t work. You let me know when Jennifer Aniston is playing a sorority sister and I’ll buy your argument. This is a similar reason we don’t like it when white people play people of color. Because there are plenty of

In Hollywood, it’s practically elderly — but only if you are a woman.

For-fucking-really! I know kids have zero sense of time, so they think 30 is “middle aged” and 40 is “mostly dead”, but... who’s in charge of moving those goalposts, anyway?

...34 is “middle-aged”? I hope you drop your next donut.

Yeah, Hollywood is obsessed with pretending that 39-year-old women look like teenagers. It’s no wonder that nobody has the foggiest idea what 40 actually LOOKS like anymore.

This movie looks like it has all the subtlety of a Franzen novel.

Hollywood is not community theater. There are actresses of all ages available to be hired. Jennifer Lawrence is a very young, talented girl and if he keeps doing this shit, I firmly believe it will fuck up her career. I mean people can talk about how she was good in Silver Linings and American Hustle but the obvious