Category: Media & Culture

Her full name is Vera Mindy Chokalingam. She explained to NHPR that she shortened her name because emcees for comedy shows had a hard time pronouncing it. She said, “I shortened my name, because emcees for these comedy shows would have trouble pronouncing it, and then, they’d make a joke about my last name. My […]

Another ad naming all the members came with a personal message from the actor, which said “‘Win, lose or draw, you’re all my cousins and I love you all.” In response, Groucho Marx ran an ad of his own, which said, “‘Dear Mr. Chill Wills, I am delighted to be your cousin, but I voted […]

Turns out Rhys Montrose wasn’t the “Eat the Rich” killer stalking Joe. Part 2 of You Season 4 dropped on Thursday, and the season’s biggest mystery was quickly revealed: Rhys Montrose (Ed Speleers) hadn’t actually provoked Joe (Penn Badgley) into murdering London’s elites. Joe had done it all himself — though he’d hallucinated much of […]

Cole Sprouse Was Forced Into Child Acting For “Financial Stability” Back in 2005, Cole and Dylan Sprouse got their big break on Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. The twins were just 12 years old when the hit original series first aired, and after three successful seasons totaling 87 episodes, they went […]

George Bodenheimer, who was president of ESPN at the time, called Disney CEO Bob Iger to break the news that their buzzy new broadcast was losing big names. During the call, Iger reportedly told Bodenheimer that he’d “be willing to let Al Michaels go if you can get us the rights to Oswald the Lucky […]

10 Movie Characters People Shouldn’t Love (And 9 Who Deserve More Love) One of the weirdest aspects of rewatching movies is how your experience informs your take on certain stories and characters. For instance, movies that you loved as a child can transform in front of your very eyes when you rewatch as an adult […]

26 Celebs Tons Of Oscar Noms And 26 Celebs With None 1. Never nominated: Keanu Reeves Many nominations: Meryl Streep 2. Never nominated: Kurt Russell Many nominations: Cate Blanchett 3. Never nominated: Jim Carrey Many nominations: Jack Nicholson 4. Never nominated: Idris Elba Many nominations: Kate Winslet 5. Never nominated: Hugh Grant Many nominations: Jeff […]

Also on Wednesday, Vanderpump Rules star Lisa Vanderpump appeared on Watch What Happens Live, where she spoke at length about her costars’ affair allegations with host Andy Cohen. Vanderpump told the audience that she didn’t agree with “vigilante justice” concering the scandal. “I think these are people are living their life in a public forum, […]

Seth Rogen Got Brutally Honest About Not Having Kids Seth Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller, have been child-free and happily married since 2011, and in a brand new interview, the actor spoke openly about their decision not to have kids. Appearing on the Diary Of A CEO podcast this week, Seth talked extensively about […]

Jennifer’s proximity to Harvey Weinstein at this time didn’t help, either. After apologizing to her “little rascal” for failing to mention him during her 2013 Oscars acceptance speech, the pair had kept up a friendly rapport in the public eye.  But in 2017, misconduct accusations started mounting against the producer thick and fast, including a […]