Digging in the Dirt: Gossip Columns

swsa wrote:

Do you report it straight, resist the urge to snark and snide and speculate...about any possible triangle retaliation or, for that matter, zombie movie leverage? Or is that just part of the conversation on celebrity and strategy ...which is... what we do here?

If you are really sitting there wondering if a woman timed her double mastectomy in order to help PR for her partner's film, then I actually feel sorry for you.

Or timed it to annoy a woman her partner broke up with EIGHT GODDAMN YEARS AGO. Yes, that is totally how people schedule their major medical decisions. Based on the reactions of long-ago exes. What the fuck.

Wow, that's really disgusting.

For someone who claims to be a feminist and to "call out" bull shit, she really is a horrible, awful, repugnant person. I've never liked her but I've never thought she was just a bad person until now.

I've never liked her but I've never thought she was just a bad person until now.

My thoughts exactly. This post revealed what a cruel and ugly person she is inside.

Also while I doubt Aniston is best friends with them, I really highly doubt whatever her short comings shes an ugly enough person to be peeved that her ex's partner got attention for having a double masectomy, and I doubt that her life is sad that she went furniture shopping...specifically to...what? What ends? I have no idea what Lainey was getting at there. Why would Aniston or ANYONE in her position go into hiding because of that?

It's like this article, but they actually mean it? Oh lord.

swsa wrote:

Do you report it straight, resist the urge to snark and snide and speculate...about any possible triangle retaliation or, for that matter, zombie movie leverage? Or is that just part of the conversation on celebrity and strategy ...which is... what we do here?

If you are really sitting there wondering if a woman timed her double mastectomy in order to help PR for her partner's film, then I actually feel sorry for you.

If she timed it for anything, it's to draw attention to the AMP v. Myriad Genetics case.

I don't even like Angelina Jolie and I wouldn't accuse her of something that ugly and cynical.

Shes still being gross about it. Shes still discussing it as if it was an amazing pr move. I can't.

Also she needs to get over her Chris Evans issue. Its fine if shes not into him but her petulant HE WON'T HAVE THE FIRST NAME IN MY ARTICLE, girl no one cares.

Kiran wrote:Shes still being gross about it. Shes still discussing it as if it was an amazing pr move. I can't.

Also she needs to get over her Chris Evans issue. Its fine if shes not into him but her petulant HE WON'T HAVE THE FIRST NAME IN MY ARTICLE, girl no one cares.

Yeah, that's getting weird. Also, when did she decided she looooves ScarJo? Last I remember, she was slagging the hell out of her.

She thinks shes a horrible person but really hot. The hotness is winning out this time.

I overall like ScarJo though I can totally buy that shes a pain (she was really sharp and made some great points on the Avengers press tour I thought and that pushed me over to like) but its just another case of, if Lainey's blinds about her are true, shes giving one of her favorites passes for behaviour she would never finish screaming about if like, Reese Witherspoon did it.

Everytime she goes on and on about how "no one manages their brand like the Brange", I want to ask why Angelina is probably still the most villified woman in the tabloids then. And why the NY Times has on multiple occasions felt totally okay in running hit pieces like this? I think Angelina is very savvy, but I think she puts those skills to use much more in figuring out how to chat with diplomats and get speaking engagements at G8 summits than in playing "gotcha" with Aniston or trying to make sure she times her births/adoptions/major surgeries at the time most advantageous to her or Brad's film release schedules.

I was just thinking yesterday that it's refreshing that nobody has cast stupid suspicions about Angie doing it for publicity. Guess I was wrong. That is a really disgusting and disrespectful thing to even hint about. Who'd go through a goddamn double mastectomy to help her partner gain attention for a stupid movie?! Are you joking with that?!

Who wants to bet she'll accuse other celebrities with the gene who also decide to get double mastectomies of trying to cash on on "the Brange'"s brilliant PR move, and building a brand that rivals theirs.

Clearly Angelina had her ovaries removed so World War Z gets more press, even though it had a time article and a vanity fair cover and tons of buzz already. Clearly thats not an insane thing to excuse a woman in her 30s who clearly loves having kids of doing.

I also don't think Jennifer Aniston is as sad as she makes her out to be. She seems perfectly fine being rich as hell, doing yoga and chilling with her fiance and friends. I mean I think Chelsea Handler is awful, but I get the feeling shes so awful she'd say that shit with or without Aniston's prompting.

If she actually ends up getting cancer, I'm sure it'll be because she somehow made sure that would happen (she's a mystical sorceress, obvs) and it'll coincide with Brad's latest film as well. That Angie is a master manipulator, dontcha know!

How DOES she keep doing it?

Black magic and lots of sacrifices to the pagan gods of Hollywood.

Since I'm sure that if Carey Mulligan was pregnant it would be natural for her, as it is for most women, to rest her hands on the giant beachball like protrusion that is her stomach, she would in fact belly cup.

Her hatred of belly cupping is getting to me like it got to someone else here a while ago. Its not always about selling the fetus. ITS NOT USUALLY ABOUT THAT. Its about how YOUR BELLY IS HUGE AND SO YOU TOUCH IT. I mean I get rolling your eyes when the dude is cupping the belly, even if she takes it to weird levels with her hate, but if I had a living being rolling around inside me you'd better believed I'd rest my hands on my stomach.

I don't know about "selling the fetus" but I think it's okay to be proud of your kid-to-be or the fact that you are growing a whole new life inside of you. And yeah, your belly is big and RIGHT THERE and most people's arms end in that general vicinity ANYWAY.

Village Voice lets go of Musto and many, many others.

"My brand will be feistier than ever." Aww...here's hoping.

It's weird realizing how many gossip people are just gone. Lainey is really the only BI game in town now, with Ted and possibly Musto gone. Blindgossip and CDAN don't count since they're just RPF basically.

Sorry, what is RPF?

Real Person Fiction.

puddingcup wrote:Sorry, what is RPF?

Real people fiction (aka fanfiction but written about real people instead of fictional characters)

Thanks. CDAN does have some crazy blinds. But then he reveals a bunch. If they're not true, has he ever been sued?