Here are some photos from the premiere of the “raunchy” holiday movie, Office Christmas Party. The film actually has a decent ensemble including Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney B. Vance, Olivia Munn, Kate McKinnon and more. I mean, I’m not going to see it, but I bet it will be a decent hit for an R-rated comedy. The star of the premiere was probably Jennifer Aniston in this Roberto Cavalli Spring 2017 gown. I’ve been looking at so many photos from European and New York premieres, I had gotten used to seeing celebrities bundled up in heavier clothes, plus most people are wearing Christmas-y clothes now. So it’s weird to see Jennifer wear a dress that would look at home at a beach party in July. I think it’s a cute enough dress, but just not for a December premiere of a holiday movie? I also don’t understand why Aniston insists on flat-ironing her hair. Ugh.

Olivia Munn in Jonathan Simkhai. This gown is overworked, right? There’s too much going on with the ruffles and the crochet down the front and all of the straps. EDIT. That’s a note to the designer: EDIT. Olivia also just looks so different. And no, it’s really not the potatoes. Chica got a new face.

Katy Perry in the Cinqa Sept “Nahla” halter gown and point de esprit tights/hosiery. What is going on with Katy’s style these days? She’s relying too much on Marchesa and ‘90s looks. This dress would have totally looked at home on a red carpet in 1995.

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Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale posed with two of his sons – Kingston, 10, and Zuma, 8 – at the 4th Annual Wishing Well Winter Gala in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday (December 7).

The handsome trio looked dapper in matching black suits and white dress shirts paired with casual sneakers.

The British rocker, 51, and his ex-wife, No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani, are also parents to 2-year-old son Apollo.

In April, the A-listers finalized their divorce after 13 years of marriage.

“It’s, like, enough already. I’ve got to move on. Everyone has got to move on,” Rossdale told The Sunday Times of their breakup.

He added: “For me, it’s just thinking about the boys and how to prioritise them. That’s the driving force behind everything…I have an incredible life with them, and that’s what matters. You can’t keep up with all the vitriol. Just don’t get into all that.”

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Dear Gossips,

Over the last few days, there’s been all kinds of confusion about what happened on the set of Last Tango In Paris. To be clear, even though the initial headlines that exploded all over Twitter certainly suggested it, Maria Schneider was not actually raped. My friend Jessica Alle…

Dear Gossips,

Over the last few days, there’s been all kinds of confusion about what happened on the set of Last Tango In Paris. To be clear, even though the initial headlines that exploded all over Twitter certainly suggested it, Maria Schneider was not actually raped. My friend Jessica Alle…

Meet my new British Chauffeur tomorrow! ???? on #CarpoolKaraoke ??? pic.twitter.com/dKEExGXg1g

— Madonna (@Madonna) December 6, 2016

Madonna’s Billboard interview was one of her best moments of the year, I thought. I still don’t really know why she was declared Billboard’s Woman of the Year though, considering all she really did this year was finish up her international tour. I mean, she’s still the richest woman in music, but that’s been the case for years. Why is Madge suddenly everywhere right now? I don’t know. But here she is on James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke. This episode was super-hyped for weeks, and all of the Madonna fans were jazzed that she was finally doing it. Considering the sheer volume of hits in her catalogue, I’m surprised by which songs were chosen and which songs were sidelines. They cycle through these songs: Vogue, Bitch I’m Madonna, Papa Don’t Preach, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (from Evita), Express Yourself, Ray of Light and Music.

A few things: she slips into that stupid faux-English accent when she’s talking about Evita. She hates Corden’s clothes, but she compliments him as being funny and says she thinks the best thing would be to marry a “funny guy.” She tells a story about kissing Michael Jackson. But mostly, this was a boring-ass episode, right? Yikes. Madonna likes to think of herself as the most interesting person in the world, but in reality… she’s just kind of vapid and self-absorbed.

But really, can we take a moment and talk about the craziness of her face? OMG. There’s so much work on display here. I don’t think I realized how much work she’s had done on her lips. And it feels like she doesn’t know how to move her new face at times too, like she awkwardly opens her mouth and tests out an “expression.” So crazy.

Photos courtesy of Twitter, Fame/Flynet.

Megyn Kelly was one of the many high-profile women in media/Hollywood being honored at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women In Hollywood brunch event yesterday. Megyn was all over the place during the election, from questioning Donald Trump about his misogyny, to being trolled and bullied by Trump and his Deplorables, to being one of ringleaders in the successful movement to bring down Roger Ailes at Fox News. As I keep saying, I have such mixed feelings about Megyn. Sometimes, I just want to dismiss her as a racist idiot. Other times, I actually feel some respect for her. Anyway, during her speech at the brunch, Megyn got booed when she tried to say some nice sh-t about Trump. Here are some assorted quotes from her speech:

The subject of women: “What a way to end a year that really has been so much about women. From that question that I asked Donald Trump at the first GOP debate, to Hillary Clinton’s campaign and beyond, the subject of ‘women’ was everywhere this year. And sometimes, let’s face it, in disturbing ways.”

Name-checking the women of the year: “Carly Fiorina with her mic-drop moment at that debate after Trump publicly mocked her face. Katy Tur of MSNBC, who was savaged by certain Trump supporters relentlessly for her fair coverage, but never backed down. Melania Trump, who was slut-shamed for her modeling photos, called a ‘trophy wife’ by a very well-known newspaper, but held her head high and spoke of loving America. Michelle Obama, who set the example in how to stand up for what you believe in with grace and class. And Hillary Clinton, who broke a barrier no other woman has ever done in America, and told little girls: ‘Listen up — you’re next.’”

She admires Trump: “Despite the tweets and all the rest of it, there is much to admire about Donald Trump…There’s room for the loyal opposition in this country, absolutely. [But] the more we understand that and the more we understand why he won this election, the better off we’ll be. We should appeal to his best angels … and hold him to account when the little devils appear. When and if the dark forces rear their heads, we must maintain our dignity. As women, we must reject the urge to fight with pigs — which gets us dirty and the pigs enjoy. But if a fight is unavoidable, then fight … with composure, and grace. And we let our children see us do it — standing tall and sometimes playing hurt.”

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

Megyn got booed (by Kathy Griffin and others) when she said the part about “admiring” Trump. As for the crux of her argument… I disagree, and I also think, “What f—king century is this?” Don’t tell women that they can’t fight just as dirty as Donald Trump and his Deplorables. Don’t tell women to maintain an air of grace and dignity in the face of violent misogyny and fascism. Are we supposed to clutch our pearls and fetch the smelling salts when the president of the United States grabs our p-ssy? No.

Also, just FYI: Melania Trump wasn’t slut-shamed. The conservatives tried to make that happen, but it did not. Melania’s nude photos came out in a Mudoch-owned press outlet (the New York Post), likely as part of some Trump campaign strategy. People commented on the different standards used for potential first ladies, but no, Melania was NOT SLUT SHAMED. As for calling her a trophy wife… walks like a duck, talks like a duck, etc.

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Expectant mama Marion Cotillard radiated the red carpet at the photo call for her latest film, Assassin’s Creed, in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday (December 7).

The actress, 41, dressed her growing baby bump in a white Area shirt and black J Brand pants paired with Giambatistta Valli shoes and earrings by Maria Black. At the event, she posed for pics with costar Michael Fassbender.

On Monday, the French actress promoted her latest film in Paris rocking a Dries Van Noten frock featuring black and white horizontal stripes.

Last month, she rocked the red carpet with Brad Pitt to promote their film Allied.

Weeks prior, Cotillard attended the Los Angeles premiere of Allied alongside Pitt. The pregnant actress looked radiant in a navy Christian Dior maternity dress at the event.

Cotillard and her actor-director beau, Guillaume Canet, 43, are expecting their second child together. They are already parents to 5-year-old son Marcel.

Recently, Cotillard announced her second pregnancy, and slammed rumors that she’s responsible for the breakup between Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Meanwhile, the Fight Club star, 52, has been cleared of child abuse allegations, although his custody battle continues.

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The Trevor Project is a group focused on suicide prevention among high risk LGBTQ youth. They have a very good reputation and are one of the organizations I donated to instead of giving too many gifts this season. (As I’ve mentioned before, see John Oliver’s list of groups to donate to, the Trevor Project is on there.) It’s though that Trump’s presidency will be particularly difficult on gay youth, since his Vice President, Mike Pence, likely supports the brutal practice of conversion therapy, aka abusing gay people to convince them to act straight. (Pence’s spokesperson denies that Pence supports conversion therapy, although his long record of anti-LGBT legislation speaks to the contrary and he at least supports it tacitly.) So people of all minority groups, including the LGBT community, are understandably skeptical of Trump’s administration, particularly because of their horrible rhetoric and their equally appalling voting records. It’s going to be ok though guys, because Kelly Osbourne says we should just give Trump a chance! She said this at a TrevorLive event while accepting an award for her contributions to the community.

“We’re living in a time when we might not have the future president that we wanted in this country,” Osbourne told the largely LGBTQ audience. “And as an immigrant who can’t vote, I don’t really get to say much. But tonight, I do. People voted for him. So just like they gave us a chance to love equally, we will fight to keep that.”

“But we have to give him a chance,” said Osbourne. “And we do it by spreading love, not hate.” In an emotional acceptance speech, Osbourne, who has been active with the West Hollywood-based Trevor Project LGBTQ youth crisis prevention group for years, said, “Thank you so much to The Trevor Project, not for this award, but because of what you do. You save so many lives.”

[From The Hollywood Reporter via OMG Blog]

Kelly Osbourne, taking it upon herself to lecture a group of people who work with at-risk LGBT youth about how they should give the new administration a chance to take away their rights and the rights of their clients, neighbors, friends and family. This is shockingly tone deaf but I guess we wouldn’t expect anything less from Kelly “‘who will clean your toilets‘ if Latinos get kicked out” Osbourne. The people urging us to give Trump a chance to enact his fascist agenda are the ones who will be least affected by it, the one who are insulated from the concerns of everyday life. They want us to give these a-holes a chance to burn down everything our parents and our grandparents fought for. That’s what Kelly and the “give them a chance” people are advocating. At least she doesn’t have to worry about health care, because it’s free where she comes from.

If someone proposed a ban on looking like a Q-Tip you know that Kelly would give up that “let’s all get along” bullsh-t she’s spouting and would come out swinging.

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Howdy, partner!

Proud mama Jessica Simpson shared a sweet snapshot of 4-year-old daughter Maxwell via Instagram.

“I’m a Cowgirl Mommy,” the singer-entrepreneur, 36, captioned the image of her preschooler riding a horse.

Last month, the mom-of-two posted a photo of her “precious kiddos,” including 3-year-old son Ace.

In October, the With You hitmaker shared a shot of her family dressed up in their Halloween costumes.

While the kids looked adorable in their parrot and octopus costumes, Simpson and husband Eric Johnson went as Sandy and Danny from the classic film Grease.

“I’m a Cowgirl Mommy!!!” – #MAXIDREW

A photo posted by Jessica Simpson (@jessicasimpson) on Dec 6, 2016 at 8:26pm PST

As we discussed over the weekend, Amy Schumer is in final talks to play live-action Barbie in a feature film about Barbie dolls. Amy’s Barbie character will be thrown out of Barbie World for not fitting in or whatever, and Barbie learns a valuable lesson that homogeneous societies are for chumps, and we need to embrace our diversity, whether it be racial diversity, size diversity, what have you. I already know that I will not see this movie, so I didn’t have strong feelings one way or the other. But other people did have strong feelings. Feelings like “Amy Schumer shouldn’t play Barbie because she doesn’t have the Barbie physique.” I’m putting that mildly – Twitter people were calling Amy “too fat to play Barbie” all over the place. Well, Amy has responded to the criticism with an Instagram message:

Very very honored to be nominated for 2 Grammys and to be considered to play an important and evolving icon. Is it fat shaming if you know you’re not fat and have zero shame in your game? I don’t think so. I am strong and proud of how I live my life and say what I mean and fight for what I believe in and I have a blast doing it with the people I love. Where’s the shame? It’s not there. It’s an illusion.

When I look in the mirror I know who I am. Im a great friend, sister, daughter and girlfriend. I’m a badass comic headlining arenas all over the world and making tv and movies and writing books where I lay it all out there and I’m fearless like you can be. Thanks to everyone for the kind words and support and again my deepest sympathy goes out to the trolls who are in more pain than we will ever understand. I want to thank them for making it so evident that I am a great choice. It’s that kind of response that let’s you know something’s wrong with our culture and we all need to work together to change it.

Anyone who has ever been bullied or felt bad about yourself I am out there fighting for you, for us. And I want you to fight for yourself too! We need to laugh at the haters and sympathize with them. They can scream as loud as they want. We can’t hear them because we are getting sh-t done. I am proud to lead by example. “I say if I’m beautiful, I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story. I will” #thegirlwiththelowerbacktattoo

[From Amy’s Instagram]

Part of me thinks that this message was fine. That’s the part of me that finds Amy Schumer exhausting, like I just want to say “sure, whatever you say, Amy” and be done with it. But there’s another part of me that is just so irritated by how Amy handles these kinds of conversations about body image. She freaked the f—k out when Glamour Magazine included her in their plus-sized special issue, claiming that she’s a size six (using Kirstie Alley sizing, I’m assuming). Now she says she knows she’s “not fat” and then shows all of those trolls that they did hit the nerve they were aiming for. And of course, there’s an added level of Lena Dunham-esque controversy-baiting going on here. The studio would not have hired Amy Schumer to play Barbie unless they wanted this exact conversation and “controversy.” So Amy gets to play the victim publicly and promote the movie and whatever. She’s exhausting.

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