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Silicon Valley food
fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

I'm a New Yorker who visited Erewhon, a high-end grocery store in Los Angeles, for the first time. The prices blew me away.

Erewhon, a Los Angeles-based health food chain founded in 1968, has become a celebrity-favorite destination known for organic, pesticide-free produce and sustainably sourced products, expanding from one location to eleven stores with more planned.
Mental health
fromBustle
2 days ago

Hilary Duff Opened Up About Her Experience With Eating Disorders

Hilary Duff experienced a brief eating disorder as a teenager due to tabloid culture, body commentary, and industry pressure, but recovered through motherhood and a stable relationship.
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Nicola Coughlan is right: body positivity' traps us in the same old conversations | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Nicola Coughlan rejects body positivity discourse, frustrated that her acting work is reduced to discussions of her appearance rather than her talent and craft.
#reality-tv
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

There is no shame in being vain': the relentless rise of impossible male beauty standards

Male political and cultural figures increasingly perform militaristic authority through carefully curated facial presentation and appearance, while men's faces face unprecedented public scrutiny previously reserved for women.
#cosmetic-surgery
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

This Legendary NYC Restaurant Helped Define The Cosmopolitan - And Became A Celebrity Institution - Tasting Table

The Odeon, a Tribeca brasserie, became iconic through bartender Toby Cecchini's 1988 cosmopolitan recipe and its appeal to celebrities and artists seeking a cultural gathering place.
Film
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

The Zillennials Have Found Their Leonardo DiCaprio. I'm Not Ready.

Timothée Chalamet is the major movie star of his generation with reliable box office appeal, though younger audiences have divided opinions on his talent and typecasting.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Watching Watership Down on acid with Bez: Shaun Ryder releases new memoir 24 Hour Party Person

I've done more books now, I think, than Shakespeare, sort of. I had a right laugh writing my first book, and people liked it, so when the chance to write another came up, I thought why not? I've got even more mad tales to tell.
Books
#body-image
New York City
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

From the Archives: Carolyn Bessette, Instant Princess

Carolyn Bessette combined cultivated privacy, enigmatic 'mystical femininity,' and social savvy that explained her exceptional appeal and suitability as John F. Kennedy Jr.'s chosen partner.
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 weeks ago

Palm Springs Has Still Got It

Palm Springs remains a desert playground of glamour, design, celebrity hideaways, and enduring romantic fantasies centered around iconic resorts like the Parker.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Bad Bunny and jingoism lite: was this the Super Bowl where woke roared back?

Billie Joe Armstrong belting out American Idiot during the pregame show under his motionless meringue of fogey-blond hair: were they a sign? A New England Patriots team who were neither favored to win nor widely reviled, then promptly repaid a grateful public by losing: was this the Super Bowl which proved that history really can move on, that America is not fated to remain hostage to the tremors and hatreds of the past?
National Football League
LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Spanish rugby warmups, Kathy Griffin's pups, & Monet X Change's art - Queerty

Queer artists, Gay TikTok highlights, celebrity moments, and Pride celebrations are showcased alongside an invitation to subscribe for LGBTQ+ entertainment and culture updates.
Television
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Bill Maher Episode with Ex-NFL Star Marshawn Lynch Devolves Into Wild Conversation About Strip Clubs

One participant described being overwhelmed by the performers' exaggerated buttocks at Blue Flame, an Atlanta strip club, during a celebrity exchange.
#charli-xcx
fromJezebel
1 month ago
US politics

Charli xcx's 'The Moment' and 'Melania': A Comparative Analysis (I've Seen Neither)

fromIndieWire
1 month ago
Film

'The Moment' Review: Charli XCX Asks If That's All There Is to a Brat Summer, and in a Mostly Shallow Satirical Flex

fromJezebel
1 month ago
US politics

Charli xcx's 'The Moment' and 'Melania': A Comparative Analysis (I've Seen Neither)

fromIndieWire
1 month ago
Film

'The Moment' Review: Charli XCX Asks If That's All There Is to a Brat Summer, and in a Mostly Shallow Satirical Flex

fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

The Mania Surrounding TV's Breakout Hit Has Been Glorious-Except for One Worsening Problem

The story of Heated Rivalry, the gay hockey romance that went from a small-budget Canadian production to a streaming hit and global phenomenon, feels like a fairy tale in many ways. The show, which is based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers novels, has reportedly drawn an average of 9 million viewers per episode on HBO Max in the United States since it debuted last November, making it one of the streamer's top scripted shows of the year.
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir review Paris Hilton's act of self-love shows there's nothing behind the mask

Paris Hilton here presents us with an unbearable act of docu-self-love, avowedly a behind-the-scenes study of her second studio album, Infinite Icon, and where she's at as a musician, survivor and mom. But maybe there is, in fact, nothing behind the scenes; judging by this, the scenes are all there is: Insta-exhibitionism, empty phrases and show. Hilton's second album no doubt has its admirers and detractors, and her fans are perfectly happy with it.
Film
Philosophy
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)

Mechanical reproduction erodes art's aura—its authentic presence—transforming art into mass-mediated spectacle and simulated intimacy while commodifying personality.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

A Fan-Favorite Survivor Contestant Has Written a Novel About a Show That Looks a Whole Lot Like Survivor

A washed-up reality-show winner joins a new escape-style competition while a producer seeks redemption by crafting manipulative, high-stakes television moments.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The History of Concrete review John Wilson's first movie is an absurd triumph

John Wilson's The History of Concrete extends his observational, meandering documentary style into a 100-minute feature blending humor, urban meditation, and celebrity absurdity.
Film
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

Corey Feldman's Documentarian Marcie Hume on Why the '80s Teen Icon Is More Than Just a 'Victim' or 'Villain'

Corey Feldman's trajectory moved from 1980s child-star fame to addiction, alleged childhood abuse, tabloid infamy, and contentious adult projects examined in an intimate documentary.
Film
fromBustle
1 month ago

Beefcakes Are Back

By 2026 the cultural ideal shifted from slender 'twink' aesthetics to a revived 'beefcake' masculinity emphasizing muscles, mustaches, and overt physicality.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Cameo by Rob Doyle review a fantasy of literary celebrity in the culture war era

Perky, satirical portrait centred on a globe-trotting Dublin figure whose sensational life—crime, drugs, sex, espionage—and pettiness lampoon contemporary literary culture and celebrity.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The 2016 trend on social media is giving me absolute chills. But could it be the cure for this new-year funk? | Eleanor Burnard

Widespread nostalgia glorifies 2016 aesthetics while overlooking that year’s significant political upheavals, celebrity deaths, and cultural contradictions.
#golden-globes
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

The Golden Globes reunions and moments the telecast didn't show

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham set an important trend. Will other men follow? | Polly Hudson

After attempting to make his mark as a footballer, photographer and chef, at last Brooklyn Peltz Beckham appears to have secured his legacy. He will no longer be remembered as simply the nepo-baby son of David and Victoria; he'll also go down in history as a somewhat unlikely/possibly accidental feminist activist. It was when Brooklyn married Nicola Peltz in 2022 that he became Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, an ally who turbo-boosted a quietly growing trend.
Miscellaneous
Television
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Catherine Prasifka: RTE's flagship renovation show feels detached from reality, as so many viewers don't have a room to improve

Owning any home is an unattainable dream for many, while reality TV appeals by elevating ordinary people into celebrity through voyeuristic scenarios.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

2025 was the year we grew tired of celebrity for celebrity's sake | Nadia Khomami

Public tolerance for celebrity self-promotion is collapsing amid global crises, and lavish displays by the wealthy provoke backlash for being tone-deaf.
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

The Trash Report: Clip Show!

President Biden hosted a little get-together to give out Congressional Medals of Freedom to a bunch of fancy people like Bono, Jane Goodall, Magic Johnson, and others. These medals are basically handed out to whoever the President thinks is cool and wants to meet, so I imagine he was like, "Shit, I gotta move out of this place in like two weeks and I haven't even had Denzel Washington and Bill Nye over yet to see my stuff!"
US politics
#sydney-sweeney
World news
fromDefector
2 months ago

The 2025 Hate List | Defector

Criticism must maintain artistic standards by calling out dishonest, petty, and exploitative cultural phenomena while selectively excluding already-obviously detestable actors.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Comedian applauded for his hot take on 'straight, progressive people'

For seven years, straight people let the Queer Eye guys into their apartments. No questions asked by the way. They say 'Come in! Yeah, take my sofa and compost it. It was given to me by my grandmother. She fought for women's rights. I don't give a f*** about her anymore. Yeah, replace it with a slab of reclaimed wood'.
LGBT
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

I tried Raya for a month. I liked it, but it wasn't the celebrity-filled paradise I expected.

Raya is a members-only dating app. Daters must submit an application to get behind the app's golden gates, which includes linking your Instagram profile. Getting a recommendation from a current Raya member can be helpful. I had all of that: the public Instagram, the referral from a friend, and a willingness to pay Raya's $24.99 monthly fee (or $49.99 for premium features). It still took me months to get accepted.
Relationships
Film
fromAnOther
2 months ago

Theodore Pellerin on Lurker and the Dark Side of Fan Culture

Lurker explores blurred lines between love and obsession as a lonely fan infiltrates a rising popstar's life, revealing identity performance and fear of rejection.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The art of going Instagram official': how 10 celebrity couples shared their love with the world

As a mark of pure intent, going Instagram official has become a firmly entrenched dating marker. To post a picture of you and your new partner on Instagram on the grid, mind you, not hiding behind the cowardice of a story is to not only declare that you are in love, but also that you are confident enough in your future to share it with the world.
Music
#music
fromIndependent
3 months ago
Music

Everyone's talking about: Parasocial relationships - but is the false intimacy fuelled by social media harmful?

fromIndependent
3 months ago
Music

Everyone's talking about: Parasocial relationships - but is the false intimacy fuelled by social media harmful?

Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

I'm no hate-watcher. I really do love Meghan and her Christmas special | Polly Hudson

Meghan's Holiday Celebration is cringily over-the-top yet charming, making her appear carefree and warmly familiar despite relentless criticism.
Film
fromConde Nast Traveler
3 months ago

'Jay Kelly' Gives Us George Clooney on a Grand Tour of Europe

An A-list actor follows his backpacking daughter across glamorous European locations, prompting family reconnection amid satirical glimpses of celebrity life and polished production design.
Film
fromInverse
3 months ago

Exclusive: Read An Excerpt From Tim Blake Nelson's New Novel 'Superhero'

Tim Blake Nelson wrote Superhero to use the superhero-movie milieu to examine larger American cultural issues and fractures.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
3 months ago

At Art Basel, Beeple Unleashes Pooping Robot Dogs Modeled After Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

Beeple's Regular Animals uses robot animals with celebrity heads to satirize algorithmic image-making and the spectacle of digital platforms.
Media industry
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

Her Book About Her RFK Jr. Affair Was Always Going to Be Self-Serving. It's So Much Worse Than That.

Blond white women are depicted as simultaneously privileged and precarious, with appearance and blondness shaping public perception more than professional accomplishments.
Film
fromBustle
3 months ago

Brianna Chickenfry & Hallie Batchelder Share Their Silly Little Pleasures

Small, silly pleasures and pop-culture comforts can bring gratitude alongside major life milestones and family challenges during Thanksgiving.
Film
fromTasting Table
3 months ago

10 Steakhouses Beloved By Old Hollywood Stars - Tasting Table

Historic steakhouses once frequented by Old Hollywood stars remain open, preserving menus, favorite tables, and a tangible connection to cinematic and social history.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Feel a connection to a celebrity you don't know? There's a word for that

Parasocial describes one-sided emotional connections people form with celebrities, influencers, chatbots, or AI, increasingly shaping online relationships and cultural moments.
fromVulture
3 months ago

I Love LA Recap: I Might Say Something Stupid

It's usually true that putting your phone down and walking away to touch grass is an effective way to weather an internet shitstorm. Unfortunately for Tallulah, it's also true that if you're even quasi-famous in Los Angeles, it's never quite that simple. Paulena's scathing TikTok about Tallulah being a fugly slut thief is an earthquake that shakes Tallulah and Maia to their cores; "Girl's Girl" traces the ripple effect of the aftershocks. For Maia, this is a make-or-break professional crisis.
Television
fromSFGATE
3 months ago

The life and death of San Francisco's rock 'n' roll hotel

Johnny Rotten was "a pain in the ass," Chip Conley says. "Sinéad O'Connor, when I babysat her baby, was very nice," he continues, drumming his fingers on the wooden table. "... MC Hammer was nice." Conley is sitting in the bar of the Phoenix Hotel, which he founded in the '80s, scanning through his mental Rolodex of celebrity guests. He rattles off the names casually, as if a run-in with Sinéad O'Connor was an everyday occurrence. Because at the Phoenix, it was.
San Francisco
Photography
fromAnOther
3 months ago

How a Small Parisian Restaurant Became the Go-to Spot for A-Listers

Polaroid portraits by Tai Cheung preserve the glamorous, celebrity-filled atmosphere of Davé, the iconic Paris Chinese restaurant of the 1980s.
Film
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

Did Billy Bob Thornton Actually Wear a Vial of Angelina Jolie's Blood?

A small romantic exchange of tiny blood-smeared lockets was sensationalized by media into false claims of vampirism and large-scale blood rituals.
Health
fromBustle
3 months ago

Are Her Cheekbones New? Lemme Ask My Feed.

Social media created a public ecosystem where surgeons, influencers, and users publicly speculate about and monetize celebrity plastic surgery.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

No Strings Attached review Mel Giedroyc makes all TV better even a hardcore puppet sex show

Mel Giedroyc’s warm, cheeky hosting can make an absurd, poorly conceived celebrity puppet-and-erotic-fiction format strangely watchable.
fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

'All's Fair' Is an Atrocity

The beauty writer Jessica DeFino refers often to the "mirror world" inside our phone, the uncanny, glistening selfieverse that's also become more real for many of its devotees than the lumpy, blotchy meatspace where the rest of us live. I thought about the mirror world while watching All's Fair, Ryan Murphy's new creative product-I can't call it a television show, because it isn't one.
Television
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
4 months ago

Interview: Alex Winter and Tom Stern on Freaked

Alex Winter and Tom Stern's 1993 film satirizes celebrity culture through outrageous makeup effects and a narrative of corporate toxicity and monstrous transformation.
#jonathan-bailey
fromBustle
4 months ago

Why Everyone's Talking About MDMA & Recovered Memories

Amy Griffin is the founder of G9 Ventures, an investment firm that has backed a slew of cool, woman-centric brands and startups including Goop, Spanx, and Bumble. She's a mother of four; the devoted wife of a strapping blond billionaire ex-hedgefunder; and a fixture in the Instagram tributes of the rich and famous ( Reese, Gwyneth, Mariska: they all sing Griffin's praises).
Books
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

From streetwear to high fashion: why the puffer jacket is still a sign of the times

Puffer jackets have become ubiquitous across fashion, celebrity imagery and retail, remaining a winter staple despite discussions of a shift toward smarter coats.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

After a zeitgeisty Halloween costume? Look no further than the back of your wardrobe

A zeitgeist-based, last-minute costume—like a hi-vis vest piled with jewellery—creates instant cultural cachet without extensive planning.
Humor
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Simon Amstell review time to move on after Hollywood party crush

Simon Amstell's I Love It Here remains intensely self-analytical and revisits familiar themes rather than delivering a clear creative departure.
Social media marketing
fromHer Campus
4 months ago

Why Your Niche Micro-Influencers Matter More Than You Think

Micro-influencers document lifestyles and career goals on social media, offering authentic, relatable content that blurs lines between celebrity and everyday creators.
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

What Alan Carr's sweat (and Celia Imrie's fart) tell us about social taboos in 2025

Alan Carr's days on The Celebrity Traitors looked perilous from the start. Just 32 minutes into the first episode, after the comedian had been selected as a "traitor", his body started to betray him. Beads of sweat began forming on his forehead, making his face shiny. "I thought I wanted to be a traitor but I have a sweating problem," he admitted to cameras. "And I can't keep a secret."
Health
fromIndependent
4 months ago

Donal Lynch: How Roisin Murphy became the latest celeb to find herself in Boy George's waspy crosshairs

Celebrity news so often serves as a numbing distraction from depressing world events.
Television
Wellness
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
4 months ago

The celebrity hair transplant boom: How stars are redefining confidence and self-care - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Male celebrities increasingly embrace hair restoration openly, normalizing cosmetic treatments and reshaping cultural views on masculinity, confidence, and male grooming.
#taylor-swift
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago
Music

Taylor Swift's song 'Elizabeth Taylor' pays homage to the Hollywood starlet's life and scandals. Here are the details you might've missed.

fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago
Music

Taylor Swift's song 'Elizabeth Taylor' pays homage to the Hollywood starlet's life and scandals. Here are the details you might've missed.

Cars
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Carlos Sainz hits out at F1 broadcasters' coverage of celebrities and girlfriends'

Formula One broadcast production favors reaction shots of celebrities and partners over crucial on-track action, causing important overtakes and duels to be missed.
Film
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

George Clooney says his kids have a 'much better life' living in France than in LA

George Clooney's twins live on a French farm with reduced paparazzi exposure, regular family dinners and chores, and distance from Hollywood culture.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Messiness makes you different': Lukas Gage on meds, trauma, memoir and filming TV's most sexually frank scene

Lukas Gage candidly details his messy personal struggles—abandonment, abuse, addiction—while pursuing an emerging acting career and seeking catharsis rather than fame.
Relationships
fromInsideHook
5 months ago

What's in It for the WAGs?

Athlete partners face targeted harassment from fans, revealing problematic fandom and the increasing scrutiny that accompanies WAGs' celebrity status in modern sports.
fromJezebel
5 months ago

Pete Davidson's Weird Swipe Prompts Equally Weird Walton Goggins Response

Look at Pedro Pascal right now. Two years ago, he's a hardworking, great actor [then] fucking blows up so fucking hard,
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

The swag gap: can love survive when one partner is cooler than the other?

You know how I have much more swag than you? You do? Oh, come on. My half of the conversation is long and elegant and stylish and funny, but yours is always gruff and short and lazy. Hmm. See? What we have is a swag gap. I'm the cool one, and you aren't. It's an ill fit, and frankly I think we're doomed.
Fashion & style
Film
fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

How Leonardo DiCaprio Gets Away With It

Public fascination often increases when actors project reluctance toward fame, making disinterested stars like Leonardo DiCaprio more alluring and culturally influential.
Music
fromVulture
5 months ago

Good Charlotte on Their Most Maryland Song

Good Charlotte evolved from pop-punk outsiders to affluent industry insiders while returning to perform and release a new album inspired by a luxe wedding gig.
#cardi-b
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Before Swift and Kelce's algorithmic fairytale there was Electra and Rodman's neon fever dream

The internet is frothing. This time, over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement, a spectacle reminding us how celebrities function as wish machines. Us normies ride shotgun, living vicariously through the highest peaks and, at times, the lowest valleys, making up for our own grayscale lives. But, while Taylor and Travis are about as mainstream as you can get, in the 1990s there was a celebrity couple who catered for the eccentrics, misfits, and outsiders.
Relationships
Music
fromPortland Mercury
5 months ago

THE TRASH REPORT: Twilight, Bald Guys, and Gossip are Definitely Art

Celebrity engagements drive jewelry trends, provoke cultural and political reactions, and expose gendered assumptions about name changes and parental political expectations.
fromVulture
5 months ago

The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Girl, You Trippin'

There is nothing more obvious than Ryan Boyajian - "entrepreneur," friend of money launderers, terrible jacket enthusiast, and connoisseur of "tits on a stick" (according to Tamra) - owning a Cybertruck. Of course, this man owns a Cybertruck. Of course. You can tell just by looking at him, just like you can tell by looking at Heather Dubrow, that she would probably order an ugly, logo-emblazoned Fendi bucket hat to wear to Coachella,
Television
fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

My Best Friend's Reaction to the "Celebrities" She Meets at Work Is Seriously Mortifying

My college bestie has many wonderful qualities, and I won't go into those because this is an advice column letter. I'll get straight to the meat of it. She's an unabashed social climber. Her design firm has a lot of high-net-worth clients, and as she moves up the ranks of her company, she's getting to work on more high-end accounts.
Relationships
Fashion & style
fromVulture
6 months ago

Lizzo Starts Over

Lizzo relies on psychic medium Wendy for comforting, positive spiritual guidance during fame, receiving regular readings at Pure Heart Collective that emphasize 'love and light'.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Sacrifice review starry satire pokes fun at celebrity before falling into a volcano

Sacrifice skewers celebrity performative environmentalism through a biting comedy-thriller set at a remote, elitist gala exposing self-serving stars and billionaire hubris.
Music
fromBustle
6 months ago

The Celebrity Power Couple Is So Back

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement revives the celebrity power couple archetype, blending music and sport and making such pairings culturally exciting again.
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