Taylor Swift was not at the MET Gala this year because she was in Tokyo, kicking off the 1989 tour. Are you going? Do you have tickets? I have tickets. I gave Taylor Swift my money for my niece’s Christmas present (she’s going in August in Vancouver) and I’ll be at the show in Toronto. Because, a…      

Louisa forwarded me the New York Times profile on Alicia Vikander the other day highlighting this part in the piece:

“Whether the MoMA show, “This Is for Everyone,” was in fact her choice or that of her ever-present handlers, who seemed intent on positioning Ms. Vikander as a thinking-man’s B…      

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Reese Witherspoon’s lifestyle site, Draper James has been gestating for about a year, and a few days ago I mentioned an uptick in social media activity. Now, in the midst of promoting her new movie, Hot Pursuit, it has launched. So what’s the deal, y’all?

Well, it’s hard to talk about Draper …      

Anna Kendrick covers the June issue of Glamour. It feels like this is a repeat, right? It’s not – a few months ago, she covered Glamour UK, but it was a totally different photoshoot and interview. This American issue is to promote Pitch Perfect 2, which I actually want to see WAY more than some of the big summer action movies. As for this cover… it sort of looks like Anna. Like, Anna morphing into Amanda Peet and Allison Williams. Right? Anyway, you can see Glamour’s slideshow here. Some highlights from the interview:

On turning 30 this year: “I felt different at 29 because 29, to me, is 30. There are times when I still feel like an actual toddler in a grown-up—well, semi grown-up—body. But other times I can’t wait to actually be 30, just so I can say things like, ‘I’m 30. I don’t have time for that. F–k off!’”

Gender equality in Hollywood: “All the films nominated [for a Best Picture Oscar] this year had male leads. Like, every single one. So I’m glad that [equality’s] feeling like a bigger issue now. There’s [a film I’m considering] now where I have to wait for all the male roles to be cast before I can even become a part of the conversation. Part of me gets that. Part of me is like, ‘What the f–k? You have to cast for females based on who’s cast as males?’ To me, the only explanation is that there are so many f–king talented girls, and from a business standpoint it’s easier to find women to match the men. I totally stand by the belief that there are 10 unbelievably talented women for every role.”

The fear of being unemployed: “As an actress you’re perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear—when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and went through periods of being unemployed—is real. Those were not welcome times in my childhood. Working 14 hours a day isn’t sustainable, but I prefer it [to doing fewer films]. I might as well be doing the thing that I wanted to do my whole life.”

[From Glamour]

I see her point about wanting to work as much as possible and I relate to that too – it’s a very middle class thing. Work as much as you can while you’re being offered those jobs and save for a rainy day. Even though Anna is a “star” and an Oscar-nominated actress, she approaches her career more like a struggling actress. She’s hungry. And that’s good. As for her idea that the women get cast after the men… God, that sucks. I can’t believe that STILL happens.

Photos courtesy of Glamour.

We haven’t talked about Robin Thicke in a little while. In case you were wondering, he’s still a douche. The last time anyone discussed him was when he and Pharrell Williams lost the lawsuit brought against them by Marvin Gaye’s estate/family. Thicke and Williams have to pay Gaye’s family $7.3 million. But it ain’t no thang for Mr. Thicke, right? Because having one big summer hit a few years ago is still enough to get him laid for another ten years (Bridget Jones reference!). Following Thicke’s split with Paula Patton, he’s been knee-deep in young groupies. And when he tried to board a plane with his young girlfriend, he ended up causing a commotion:

Robin Thicke annoyed passengers on a red-eye by making out with his 20-year-old girlfriend. Spies said Thicke, 38 — newly divorced from Paula Patton, 39 — boarded a flight from LAX with model April Love Geary, but couldn’t stop canoodling.

“He was standing in the aisle as people boarded, leaning over to make out with her,” sniffed a traveler. “He was blocking the way. She was giggling. It was obnoxious. He was just like, ‘Oh, sorry.’ He knew he was being disruptive.”

Thicke’s rep didn’t respond.

[From Page Six]

Of course Robin Thicke is the gross older guy blocking a narrow plane aisle so he can make out with and fondle his 20-year-old girlfriend. How else will the other passengers know he’s #Thicke? How else will he let the world know that he’s still the sleazy groper from this photo?

Incidentally, Jezebel did a poll asking if anyone out there would be willing to bang Robin Thicke at this point. The results were… surprising. It seems like there really isn’t a shortage of women willing to have sex with a guy who had a hit song a few years ago.

I think this is the same girlfriend, April Love Geary. She looks like a teenager.

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Bradley Cooper was at the MET Gala even though he skipped the carpet. Inside, he and Irina Shayk kept their distance. He was seen talking to JLO before leaving. Afterwards though he and Irina were both at Rihanna’s party with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Madonna, Miley, JB…

And at on…      

Rihanna covered up big time for the Met Gala, but she got her girls out for her afterparty, which was the place to be. Attendees included Jennifer Lawrence, Zoe Kravitz, the Jenner girls, Tyga, Amber Valetta, and Dianna Agron. Page Six says Bradley Cooper was “making out till 3 or 4 in the morning” with Irina Shayk in a corner. One person who was not in attendance? Rita Ora.

I’ve always wondered if Rihanna had a problem with Rita, who I think single-white-femaled Rihanna’s style. The Tom Ford connection illustrates this point. Back in 2012, Tom dressed Rihanna for the Met Gala, and it was an awesome dress. Rihanna referred to Ford as her “baby daddy.” Then something happened. Rihanna and Ford cooled off, and I believe it had something to do with Rihanna never limiting herself to one fashion house. Even the Dior contract hasn’t slowed down Rih’s style. About a year ago, Rita started to cozy up to Ford. He started dressing her for fashion events, and Rita kissed and cuddled him on the red carpet. The display continued at Monday night’s gala. According to The Sun (via The Mirror), Rihanna preemptively banned Rita from her afterparty:

Rihanna reportedly banned Rita Ora from her star-studded Met Gala after party.

The 27-year-old singer – who held the bash at Up & Down nightclub in New York City following the prestigious event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monda – is said to have refused to give Rita an invitation to her event as the pair reportedly can’t stand each other.

Rihanna – who is signed to the same record label, Roc Nation, as the blonde beauty – is said to have seen the opportunity to ban Rita from the star-studded party as a “chance for revenge” and made it clear she wasn’t to be let into the bash under “any circumstances.”

A source told The Sun newspaper: “She has a real issue with Rita and this was her chance for revenge. She made it clear when organising her party that Rita was not to gatecrash under any circumstances.”

Prior to the party, the Rude Boy singer is also said to have spent the night hanging out with Rita’s former best pal Cara Delevingne, which caused a “very icy” atmosphere between the 24-year-old singer and the supermodel.

However an insider close to Rita has insisted she had no plans to attend the after-party and was happy to spend the evening hanging out with Wrecking Ball singer Miley Cyrus instead.

A source said: “It was very icy between Rita and Cara. They spent the night trying to ignore each other. Rita decided to hang out with Miley Cyrus instead. She was never going to attend Rihanna’s party because she’d made plans to go to another bash.”

[From The Mirror]

Such drama! Is all of this bad blood over Tom Ford? Rita and Rihanna share the same record label too. If this story is true, somethings eventually gonna blow at an event. I wouldn’t mess with Rihanna.

Here are some attendees arriving outside Rihanna’s afterparty (with more pics in the gallery). Jennifer Lawrence looks awesome. She should have worn this dress to the gala!

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Yesterday Marvel announced yet another person to add to the pile of people already appearing in Captain America: Civil War, and it’s Sherlock star Martin Freeman in an undisclosed role. Everyone’s making dog pile jokes and wondering how there could possibly be any time for Captain America with so…      

More and more, it feels like marijuana is less of an “issue.” This might have been what it felt like for kids and young adults in the 1960s & 1970s, before the War On Drugs tried to convince people that pot was a stepping stone to crack and heroin. Nowadays, more than half the country believes pot should be legalized in some form. So why is it even noteworthy that a major celebrity was smoking a doob at the Met Gala? Eh.

Lady Gaga was spotted hanging in a corner of her Met Gala after-party with cannabis-loving Miley Cyrus, where guests commented, “It reeked of pot.”

Gaga was seen taking a puff from what looked like a funny-smelling cigarette. Then again, spies at the earlier Met Gala said they saw Gaga slipping out of the party with designer Alexander Wang to smoke a cigarette as guards blocked photographers, and Gaga joked between puffs, “It’s better than trying to sneak a cigarette in the ladies room. I don’t want to get kicked out of the Met.”

[From Page Six]

Is this really scandalous? Not really. I’m only surprised that Gaga wasn’t partaking in some harder substance at the Met Gala (and everywhere else). I have a hard time believing Gaga or anyone else would be kicked out of the Met Gala for smoking some weed. Hell, I have a hard time believing anyone would be kicked out of the Met Gala for snorting cocaine in the bathroom.

Now, all that being said… Alexander Wang smokes pot?! I bet he’s giggly when he gets high.

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