Last night in New York. At The Spotted Pig. Taylor Swift and Kanye West were both there, papped leaving within minutes of each other after meeting for dinner supposedly to discuss their upcoming collaboration. This shouldn’t be a surprise as he told Ryan Seacrest last week:

“Yeah,…      

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The latest Joe Biden catastrophe started when Biden was swearing in our new Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter. The new secretary had invited his wife Stephanie and their kids to the swearing in, and Stephanie was standing beside the podium with Biden. Biden couldn’t help himself. He put his hands on Stephanie’s shoulders and I think I detect some rubbing happening. Then he leaned in really close and whispered something to her while her husband was speaking. The whole video should be watched as an example of Workplace Sexual Harrassment (and I’m saying that as someone who ordinarily likes Uncle Joe).

Biden has apparently known Ashton Carter and his wife for years. That’s not an excuse, but it’s possible he’s simply friendly with Carters and the whole thing has been misinterpreted. And while Stephanie Carter hasn’t said anything about this and perhaps she wasn’t even that uncomfortable with it, it does seem like yet another example of the Veep getting too friendly/handsy/inappropriate with the ladies. The only thing I’ll say in Biden’s defense is that he’s always a pretty handsy guy and he seems to enjoy the baby-kissing and voter-hugging part of political life, and he is legitimately that way with men, women and children equally. But yeah, he needs to stop.

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Justified Season 6, Episode 5 recap.

After last week’s most excellent episode, this week we take a slight step back. It’s not a bad episode at all, it just doesn’t have the same urgency as last week’s. The main things that happen, plot-wise, are that Ava attempts to ba…      

Sandra Bullock was in New Orleans last night celebrating Mardi Gras with her son and some friends, including Anthony Mackie, Chelsea Handler, Whitney Cummings, and comedian Michael McDonald. She and McDonald have been friends for a while. They worked together on The Heat and appear to be quite cl…      

Jessa Duggar-Seewald and her husband Ben Seewald cover this week’s issue of People Magazine. I was like, “Ugh, I can’t believe that they’re the most interesting people this week,” but the Duggars’ TLC reality show has just started their new season. That’s why you’re seeing more Duggar stories this week: promotion for their show. Anyway, Jessa is by far the most “dangerous” Duggar because she’s a wanton harlot who French kisses her husband on Instagram. Jessa and Ben got married last fall, in early November, and Jessa still isn’t knocked up. This is a big deal for the Duggar clan, so of course Jessa mentions to People Magazine that she and Ben are thinking about adopting.

Jessa’s adjustment to married life: “One thing I’ve had to adjust to is not having my siblings around – especially my sisters because we are so close.”

Jessa wants to adopt: “We hope to adopt a lot of kids. If God blesses us with biological kids of our own, it’s not going to quench our desire to adopt.” Adds Ben, 19, “Kids are so important.”

Jessa on arguing with her husband: “If we have a hard time and we talk about it, you just love each other so much more afterwards. After a disagreement, I often feel, ‘I have never loved you more than I love you now.’ ”

[From People Magazine]

It’s all well and good that Jessa feels closer to Ben after a disagreement, but wasn’t she raised to NEVER disagree with her husband about anything? There should be no disagreements at all – Ben should make up his mind about something and Jessa should follow his lead. The end. That’s how Duggar women are raised. As for adoption…People Mag says that Jessa and Ben are already doing the paperwork for an adoption and all of that. If that’s what they want, fine, God bless. But they’re both healthy and young (she’s 22, he’s 19) and it seems weird to me that two anti-birth control young people would not be pregnant this many months into their marriage.

Photos courtesy of Jessa’s Facebook, cover courtesy of People Magazine.

Here are some photos of Will Smith and Margot Robbie premiering Focus at an Italian film festival. Margot’s wearing a Marni resort outfit. I worry about this movie bombing and negatively affecting her career. Will has built up enough of a box-office record that he’ll be able to skirt the blame for at least a few more duds. Look at Johnny Depp continuing to skate around with his merry band of quirky characters. Will’s never had a Pirates of the Caribbean level of success, but he’s still beloved by Hollywood. Margot’s a fresh face, and she’s a woman, which means she’ll shoulder the blame when people want to go watch 50 Shades again instead of a predictable looking heist film.

Will’s gone off the deep end lately in the parenting department, and I question his connection to reality. He’s a very insulated, protected person. Will doesn’t believe racism even exists in Hollywood anymore. The thought never crosses his Xenu-tweaked mind:

On a lack of diversity in Hollywood: “I didn’t even think about that really, I can’t say I feel negatively about it. I don’t really think that it’s too much of a problem. Really, my brain doesn’t even work like that.”

The Selma Oscar controversy: “In terms of what’s snubbed and what’s not snubbed, people vote for the movies that they want to vote for and they have that right.”

[From Ok! Magazine]

Someone must have disregarded the Denzel Washington discussion of the Sony hack. I can’t tell if Will is delusional enough to believe what he’s saying, or if he’s simply afraid to walk into a serious discussion. Nothing is serious when it comes to Will’s persona. He walks around on red carpets, pulling faces and pointing, and everything is wonderful in life. Marriage and parenting? Also never a problem.

There’s a story in this week’s issue of OK! Magazine that says Will and Jada told their kids they can’t hang with the Jenner girls anymore. This source is suspect, but it’s also the same magazine Will talked to about non-existent racism. So there could be something there. We’ve heard buzzings about how Jada thinks Kendall is a brat. It’s still hard to believe Will and Jada would lift a finger to throw down a rule for their kids.

Margot’s dress in this photo is Valentino.

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Big Mike is 30 years old, happily married, the father of twin boys, just a year old. Mike is living with terminal cancer. Doctors have told him that modern science can no longer help him. He and his family are praying for a miracle, but he’s also working to build a business, something to le…      

Here are some photos of Duchess Kate visiting Stoke on Trent, England today. She made a trip to the Emma Bridgewater ceramics factory – they make mugs and such, with cute little designs (ladybugs!). Emma Bridgewater has made a special mug for charity, the proceeds of which will go towards EACH’s Nook Appeal for hospices, and Kate is a patron for EACH. Kate also got to decorate what looks like a mug (?) in a video posted to the new Kensington Royal Twitter account (I’m including the video at the end of the post). You can read more about the trip here.

Kate wore this blue wool coat by MaxMara for the outdoor part of the event. It’s a pretty color on her, but I consistently like it when she wears blue. It’s one of her best colors (red and burgundy also look good on her). She accessorized with her favorite sapphire and diamond jewelry (we’ve been seeing those sapphire earrings a lot lately) and blue suede Jimmy Choos. Yay, I’m so happy the nude LK Bennetts got a break.

I also love that Kate pulled part of her hair back. Now THIS is an appropriate and professional hair look for a daytime event. Isn’t this much better than seeing the sausage curls flying in every direction, and seeing Kate constantly fiddling with said curls? Also: NO BUTTONS. Looks like Kate’s new stylist is trying to break her of some bad habits gradually.

The Duchess of Cambridge has a go at painting ladybirds on pottery designed for @EACH_hospices @EmmaBridgewater pic.twitter.com/P2EkCchvDD

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) February 18, 2015

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Dear Gossips,

It’s New Year’s Eve. You ready?

Change your sheets tonight. Wash your hair too. No hair washing starting tomorrow and, if you can, at least until the weekend. Can’t wash away the New Year Luck, right?

So today we profile those born in the Year of the Pi…      

I began this post fully prepared to call Jennifer Garner out for fibbing about whether she’s had lip injections. Then I looked at old photos of her and I couldn’t see a big difference in her mouth at all. I’ve always assumed her lips were fake, but I can’t find any “before” pictures that would show it.

Anyway, Garner covers the new issue of Southern Living. The magazine features a photoshoot and interview with Garner, her mom and her two sisters. You can see that here. Garner’s mother, Patricia, has the same full lips as she does, but of course grandma Garner’s lips could be fake, which could be throwing the whole thing off. Her sisters are just as pretty as she is. Inside, Garner talks about family values, with an emphasis on her upbringing in West Virginia. Here are some excerpts, with much more at the source:

On Family Resemblance…
“We are doing this shoot so people can finally stop asking if my lips are real.”

On What Defines Her…
“Being the middle sister of these three girls is the relationship that defines me more than anything else. More than being my kids’ mother, more than being my husband’s wife, I’m first and foremost the middle Garner girl.”

On Her Appearance…
“What my mom did that I valued so much was to not place beauty high on the list of priorities. It was a shock when I got to college to hear people say I was pretty.”

On What She Won’t Wear…
“Although I adore it on others, you won’t see me wearing many one-shoulder, asymmetrical, cool things. I can’t feel like I’m wearing a costume.”

On Raising Her Kids…
“It’s really important for my kids to see that everyone doesn’t have the lives they see in Los Angeles. That doesn’t reflect the rest of the world. I want them to grow up with the Southern values I had–to look at people when they say hello and to stop and smell the roses. If I could do half as good a job as my mom did, I’d be pretty happy.”

On Her Upbringing in the South…
“I feel so fortunate to have grown up in a place where people look out for each other. Community is the one thing people crave most, and it’s hard to come by. I grew up with such an excess of it that now wherever I go, the first thing I do is build my group.”

[From Southern Living]

It’s true that people look out for each other in the south. I was raised in New York and moved down south, and people here are much more friendly and welcoming. (People in NY are awesome too, they just keep to themselves more.) I see my neighbors more here, and I keep in touch with them more than I did when I lived in the northeast. Plus people usually say hi. I love that. When I go to visit relatives or when I go overseas I have to force myself not to look everyone in the eye and say hello. However there are drawbacks too, like how religious and conservative people can be in the south and how it can seem kind of cloying when you want privacy and space.

I have to admit that I am buying Garner’s small town persona. She seems genuine to me, and that’s part of the reason I like her. I’m still not convinced about her lips, but her kids have the same full lips too so she’s probably telling the truth. Just look at the photo below. She and Samuel have the same facial expressions, same lips.

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