Why did Chris Martin sell the Malibu home he shared with Dakota Johnson? Oh, look, he already bought a different Malibu property. [JustJared]
Real Parisians react to Emily in Paris! [OMG Blog]
I watched Don’t Look Up, it was so stupid. [Pajiba]
Prediction: we will see more of Prince Harry & Meghan in 2022. [LaineyGossip]
What was your favorite podcast in 2021? It better be Gossip with Celebitchy!! I don’t know, honestly, I only really listen to tennis pods. [GFY]
People talk about how their affairs started. [Buzzfeed]
Miranda Lambert, LGBTQ ally. [Towleroad]
Cigarette butts solve crimes. [Starcasm]
My first great love (as a kid) was Danny Kaye. I still love him. [Tom & Lorenzo]
Three members of BTS have Covid! [Dlisted]
People are obsessed with bog bodies! [Jezebel]
Why all the hate for “Don’t look up”? You’re really telling me “Licorice Pizza” was a better movie?? I am so utterly confused with all the reviews coming out, having also watched these films
I liked DLU. Yes it’s exaggerated but it also feels quite realistic. From something that should be relatively easy to manage such as covid to a much more complicated, yet deadlier, threat such as climate change we are 100% failing at doing anything and experts are screaming into the void
It’s interesting the negative reviews, because if you scan twitter (that great arbiter of taste) and other forums, a lot of people think it’s a great movie.
It just occured to me after I asked this question, all the negative reviews are coming from media sites. The movie criticizes the media. So, perhaps hitting a little close to home eh?
@CE, I could see this. Considering how almost all media outlets dealt with Trump and have dealt with the GQP, Manchin, etc. with kid gloves leading us to the worst timeline, they probably feel attacked by the movie itself. Makes me want to see it!
I think it’s people that can’t handle how on the nose it is about American culture and the global tendency to ignore serious problems in favor of social media frivolity and the opportunity to get rich.
DLU is idiocracy 2.0 and if you remember the mid 2000s it was panned at the time and it’s now seen as prescient. It doesn’t have some happy ending and given the realities of climate change and Covid it’s exactly what would happen irl. Folks cannot handle that.
I mean, previous POTUS suggested injecting bleach to kill sars-cov-2 and some people would rather ingest online-bought horse dewormer than get a free, made for actual humans vaccine because a multimillionaire podcast host said so. And climate change denialism is even worst! The Canadian gov that claims to be pro-science and recognizing climate change bought a freaking pipeline: DLU isn’t far from reality.
That lobster tan! No thank you.
I hope we see lots of Meghan and Harry in 2022. We’ve waited a long time to see who they’ll become as public figures on their own terms. And my bucket list still has “See Meghan speak at a public engagement” unchecked.
I haven’t listened to a ton of podcasts this year, mostly audiobooks. But Smartless kept my husband and I both thoroughly entertained driving 8 hours from Wisconsin to Ohio over Thanksgiving (i.e. the flattest, most boring ride ever) so that one automatically wins for me.
Earlier this year a post on this site recommended Smartless and I’ve been a fan ever since. So thanks random stranger!
I love Smartless!!
Listened to three of them yesterday. The Woody Harrelson and Sandra Bullock interviews were both great!
The only thing I liked about DLU was
***SPOILER***
The end bc it wasn’t sugary and showed the consequences of ignoring these global threats.
D-Listed is about to learn, ARMY is not all teenagers.
One thing you can say about that band is that their base is not a monolith.
Exactly, I’m a fan and in my 30s.
Know several fans that are my age or even older.
And since their collab with Coldplay, I’ve gotten more into Coldplay too. Chris seems like a nice guy.
I’m a fan in my 40’s. My whole family is ARMY, from my 8 year old nephew to my 50 something husband.
@Aang, that’s great!
My family likes some of their music, but can’t really say they are fans except for two of my cousins.
Chris Martin sold his house because he could make $2 million in a year on it without having to put a cent into renovations. Sounds like smart idea to me. He bought something with more land, privacy and a beach key. Most of the time I think celebrities lead miserable lives, at least they would be for me but I do envy their houses (and vacation houses).
Sounds smart to me. My whole neighborhood turned over during the pandemic. My next door neighbors sold their house after the husband completely remodeled the whole thing and built an addition. They stayed in the same neighborhood because they like the area but he needed a new project house.
It sounds like Martin liked his neighborhood but found some things he didn’t enjoy about his house? That seems more like a rich man being able to arrange his life to his liking than anything else.
IKR? Sign me up for that life. I’m no where near Malibu wealthy but there are other houses in my own neighborhood that I admire.
My dream house is right down the street but it’s custom because the developer liked the area so he kept a double lot and built exactly what he wanted. If I won the lottery I’d make them an offer of whatever it took to get the house. It’d probably have to be a lot since they give out full sized candy bars at Halloween.
*full sized candy bars* 😲💰💰💰🤣
This “only shorts for boys” thing that apparently obsesses the English aristocracy will never make sense to me. It is COLD in winter there, man. I’m sure it’s exaggerated so they can feel even more snobbish than usual.
You’re Wrong About is THE podcast for me that I started listening to during the pandemic. It is soooo good and keeps on getting better. Side project Maintenance Podcast is also fantastic.
Maintenance Phase is amazing!!
Favorite podcast is Smartless. Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman are good friends in real life. Each week one of them brings on a surprise guest.
He looks happier and healthier without Gwyneth in his life. No surprises there.
bigger Chris Martin news is that Coldplay just announced that they will record three more albums and then no more recording after 2025, just touring.