Cooking With Paris’ “Italian Night” Episode: A Study in How Money Can’t Buy Cultural Knowledge

There are, unsurprisingly, many issues with Paris Hilton’s latest foray into reality TV, Cooking With Paris, foremost of which is its proud parading of profligacy. [Read More…]

Bennifer Is Giving Us an Homage-Drenched Sequel, But It Isn’t to Gigli So Much As a Visual Representation of This Is Me… Then

Nodding to the paparazzi shots and semiotics that comprised their short-lived romance from 2002 to 2004, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck seem to be trolling [Read More…]

“A perfect storm of sex kitten, raw talent and poor impulse control”: Amy Winehouse Was Given the Britney Treatment in the UK

Although L.A. is its own microcosm of paparazzi constantly trolling for the next humiliating candid photo, the UK (which just looks better without periods between [Read More…]

Patriarchy Is… Bill Cosby Being Released the Same Day Britney Spears Is Denied Some Form of Freedom

As Olivia Rodrigo recently said in song form, “It’s always one step forward and three steps back.” That statement never seemed to be more apropos [Read More…]