Lainey asked me whether or not Noah Centineo belongs in the Best or Worst category of 2018 and without hesitation I said “BEST.” Peter Kavinsky was 100% one of the highlights of 2018. The character that Jenny Han created is one of the best rom-com boyfriends of all time. In the weeks and months afte…

Hannah Gadsby burst onto the international stage this year with her blistering not-comedy special Nanette. It feels like Nanette came out nine years ago because we live in a nightmare time warp where everything is happening all of the time, but it’s just been six months since Gadsby gave us a new le…

Hannah Gadsby burst onto the international stage this year with her blistering not-comedy special Nanette. It feels like Nanette came out nine years ago because we live in a nightmare time warp where everything is happening all of the time, but it’s just been six months since Gadsby gave us a new le…

2018 was a good year for film—a REALLY good year. Narrowing down a Top 10 was difficult and came down to which films left the biggest mark, whether it be creating a cultural phenomenon or lingering in my mind for the better part of a year. I looked for films I found myself recommending over and over…

He’s not jumping on a couch, but Chris Pratt is declaring his love in a big way. I would like to draw your attention to the bottom left corner; Katherine is holding a wooden Jesus plaque. Do you think he whittled it for her? He must have, why else would he have included it in the montage. Will it be…

Chris Pratt hosted a special screening of A Quiet Place in LA on Wednesday with John Krasinski. It’s not like their friendship is a secret; they’re super bro-y on Instagram and support each other’s charity efforts. Plus, Chris was so taken with A Quiet Place that back in April, he recorded a reactio…

John Mayer might be trying to get with Kourtney Kardashian? [Dlisted]
Rosamund Pike’s ensemble looks like it was chewed up by a dog. [Go Fug Yourself]
The video of this woman attacking another woman on the subway is so disturbing. The white woman was arrested for felony assault. [Towleroad]
Taylor Swift has a Reputation Tour documentary… on Netflix. [LaineyGossip]
Nick Jonas flew home to America without Priyanka Chopra. [Pajiba]
Rest in peace, Sondra Locke. Stop talking about her achievements in the context of “she was Clint Eastwood’s longtime love.” [Jezebel]
Here’s the full-length trailer for Lindsay Lohan’s messy MTV show. [OMG Blog]
Lala Kent hooked up with a lady on Vanderpump Rules. [Reality Tea]
Sarah Jessica Parker wore a bad Vampire’s Wife dress. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]

It was announced yesterday that Janet Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Finally. And this is good news, of course. But it’s also an opportunity to talk about why it’s late news. Because Janet has been eligible for induction since 2007. She wasn’t nominated until 201…

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Happy Birthday Chief! Your smile lights up the room. I’ve cherished our time together. Thrilled God put you in my life. Thankful for the laughs, kisses, talks, hikes, love and care.?????

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Katherine Schwarzenegger turned 29 years old yesterday. To celebrate, her movie star boyfriend Chris Pratt posted this collage of lovely photos on his Instagram, and added a nice message about how thrilled he is that God put Katherine in his life. My question: is Katherine just crazy-photogenic or did he sit there and go through all of the photos he has of her and he just picked the absolute best ones? We should all be so lucky to have a boyfriend who knows our angles and which photos have the best light.

Anyway, this is just a reminder – I still believe that Katherine and Chris will get engaged, sooner rather than later. A month ago, Us Weekly said the same thing – a source said that they’ll be engaged soon, and he’s already so besotted that he’s turning down work so he can spend more time with her. I’m still predicting a Christmas or New Year’s proposal, a wedding in the summer of 2019, followed by a pregnancy in their first year of marriage. I think she’ll be a great “Hollywood wife” for him – she’ll do a lifestyle brand, maybe with a blog, and they’ll be churchy and “establishment.” As I keep saying, I can see it all so perfectly. They make so much sense together.

Photos courtesy of Instagram, Backgrid.

Just days after Christmas, Serena Williams will be flying down to Australia to play the Hopman Cup and the Australian Open. I have high hopes for her at both tournaments (Hopman is more of an exhibition, but still). I feel strongly that Serena will get her 24th Slam title in the coming year. I feel that way because… Serena won’t stop until she gets #24 AND #25. She wants to be the all-time Slam leader. Will #24 come in Australia? Or Paris? Or Wimbledon? I don’t know, pick one. Because she’s going to win one of them (New York can eat it). In any case, to promote her upcoming season and to just talk about being an icon of womanhood, Serena sat down with Teen Vogue for a cover story. It’s a good read – you can see the full piece here. Some highlights:

How she juggles so much, with tennis, motherhood & all her side projects: “Honestly, I don’t know. I go to bed every night thinking, How did I get through this day? I’m sure a lot of people out there can relate, right? It’s like, this day is over, it’s 10 o’clock, I got through it. How did that happen? That’s kind of how I am. Between… I just started training. Yes, I’m still playing. So, that has been… OK, now I’m training on top of running this fashion company, on top of being a full-time mom. I’m super hands-on as a mom. I just take it as it is and realize that everyone goes through the same thing.

How to be confident, even when you’re not really feeling it: “I think it’s really important to realize that no day is going to be perfect. For me, that’s really hard because I strive for perfection, and I feel like everything I do has to be great and has to be perfect, because I am a true perfectionist. But that’s impossible. That’s not reasonable. Then I realize that, OK, I had a rough day today, let’s do something to make it better tomorrow. I think it’s important to expect to have some really rough times when you’re going through something, but always know that you can overcome it.

Elevating women of color: “…It’s just about having the conversation and starting. If you are just reading about it or maybe not knowing about it, then you can’t make a change. It’s definitely important to have that conversation, and then encourage people to support each other. Especially as women of color. We really have to support each other. I always like to say that women really should support each other, because the success of one woman should be the inspiration to the next. If we look at it that way, there would be so much more that we can accomplish.

[From Teen Vogue]

One of the most moving moments of Serena’s HBO docuseries was when she went to France to train at Patrick Mouratoglou’s academy, and she was working so hard to “get back” and it still wasn’t enough. Patrick sat her down and told her, flat-out, that she needed to stop breastfeeding and Serena basically had an emotional breakdown. She thought she could do it all, she thought she could nurse Olympia and lose the weight and train hard and be a wife and when she couldn’t do it all, it was like she ran into a brick wall. My point? She knows this intellectually – “I strive for perfection, and I feel like everything I do has to be great and has to be perfect, because I am a true perfectionist. But that’s impossible. That’s not reasonable” – but in practice, in real life, it’s something else for her. Anyway, I just love her. I hope she plays forever. Also: I totally believe that she AND Venus will play the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Cover courtesy of Teen Vogue, additional photo courtesy of Avalon Red.