Tag Archives: tabloids

Ongoing Jennifer Aniston Pregnancy Rumors Illustrate Why You Shouldn’t Believe Tabloids

theBERRYJanuary 25, 2012 //

If you believed every tabloid that announced Jennifer Aniston was pregnancy over the years, the actress would have a bigger child army than Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Click on to see what we mean…

In Touch Asks Which Celebrity Toddler “Wore It Better”

Jessica WakemanOctober 12, 2011 //
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In Touch magazine

Tori Spelling’s daughter Stella accessorized with some Magic Marker stains, while Halle Berry’s daughter Nahla toted a stuffed animal for a fab fall look. Did they match their Pull-Ups, too? Like, OMG, who do you think their stylist is?!

In Touch, you know they’re only three-year-olds, right? [SparkAMovement.Tumblr.com]

Jennifer Aniston Would Need A Few Hours To Set Straight The Tabloid Rumors About Her

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comSeptember 2, 2011 //

“There’s not enough space in this article. Not even enough pages in this magazine! The truth is, most celebrities are doing the same things most other people are doing every day … work, have dinner, hang out with your friends when you can, try and keep up with the crazy world we’re living in and squeeze in some zzz’s. There’s not nearly as much stealing and obsessing and middle-of-the-night secret calls to ex-boyfriends and scheming and cheating. Most of it’s just bulls**t, however entertaining.

—Jennifer Aniston‘s response to Glamour magazine asking her if there are any tabloid rumors she’d like to set straight. I’m kind of glad that, while pointing out that tabs make stories out of nothing, she does find it entertaining. I am now picturing her rummaging through Us Weekly and Life & Style cracking up at the stories she sees about herself. [Glamour] Keep reading »

5 Things To Know About The “News Of The World” Scandal

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comJuly 8, 2011 //

After publishing every Sunday since 1843, British tabloid The News of the World—aka News of the Screws—is no more. Owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, the paper has become infamous for digging up celebrity dirt and sex scandal scoops, and publishing photos like those of Princess Diana sunbathing topless on a private beach back in the day. People have traditionally eaten the paper up—it sells a whopping 2.8 million copes a weekend. But over the past week, the paper has exploded in scandal over phone hacking. Yesterday it was announced that Sunday’s edition will be the paper’s very last.

After the jump, the who, what, when, and whys of what’s going down. Keep reading »

Quickies: Katie Holmes Isn’t A Drug Addict After All & Check Out Jon Hamm Looking Hawt!

Jessica WakemanApril 27, 2011 //
  • Star magazine apologized to Katie Holmes for saying she uses drugs in a January issue with the headline “Katie Drug Shocker!” (The drugs Katie supposedly “uses”? Endorphins she gets from a reading by a Scientology e-meter. Yeah, lame.) The mag will make “substantial donation” to a charity of Katie’s choice “for any harm we may have caused,” according to a statement in its latest issue. Next up, Star will apologize to every single female actress whose lunchtime burrito was proclaimed “a bun in the oven”! [TMZ, PopEater]
  • Pink was snapped — literally — barefoot and pregnant at the grocery store. EW. [RadarOnline]
  • Uh oh. Angelina from “Jersey Shore” is pregnant. Put down that Long Island iced tea immediately, young lady. [TMZ]
  • Oh, hells yeah, there’s a royal title name generator! From henceforth I shall be known as Princess Jessica Musgrave Wakemanskitt of New York Cityport. [E! Online]

Keep reading »

“OK!” Magazine Co-Opts Bullying For Stars “Bullied For Their Weight”

Jessica WakemanOctober 21, 2010 //

The effects of bullying are in the news everywhere lately, from the teen girl, Megan Meier, who killed herself after being harassed on MySpace, to Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi and the spate of copycat suicides that followed him. As crushing as the reports of each new suicide can be, I’m also grateful that the mainstream media is finally paying attention to the issues that lay underneath bullying — like an article about Clementi that made last week’s cover of People magazine. Any conversation about bullying is an opportunity to make people think about their own use of intimidation and the abuse of power.

But I take issue with OK! magazine’s recent cover depicting Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Hudson under the tag line “Bullied For Their Weight: They’ll Never Call Me Fat Again!” Um, skinny, beautiful, rich women are the two victims you could come up with for a bullying story? And they stuck it to their bullies by going on a juice diet? Yeah, that’s the message we want to send: capitulate to the bullies and you won’t be given crap anymore! If some jerks is calling you a heifer, drop from size 16 to size 4. That’ll show ‘em. Keep reading »

5 Celebrity Diaries That Fell Into The Wrong Hands

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comAugust 6, 2010 //

This week, Star magazine got its grubby little hands on Ali Fedotowsky‘s diary from high school. They apparently read the whole thing to find the most scandalous material and uncovered that, at least back in the day, she smoked pot, took ecstasy, and drank lots of alcohol. They honed in on one diary entry where Ali described an ecstasy-fueled night. “It was really fun at first,” she wrote. “I went downstairs to sleep at 4:30 and sat there until 6:30. I was completely freaking out. I really thought I was supposed to die. I really thought I would… I was so scared.”

Divulging the contents of someone’s diary is, well, the lowest of the low. Here are other stars who had their diaries made public. Keep reading »

Being A “Club Girl” Is Now A Profession

Kelli BenderJuly 13, 2010 //

The tabloids are chock-full of insider information procured from vague sources. And while some anonymous sources are no doubt actually friends with a star, readers are still left wondering who these tattletale BFFs are. Enter “club girls,” a small squad of statuesque young ladies who are hired by tabloids to befriend celebs while out at the hottest night spots, and then report back with any scandalous info. Yes, modern journalism has hit another low, allowing these girls to call themselves journalists when their real job description is to trick celebrities into trusting them and then sell their stories to the writers of gossip rags. Keep reading »

Vienna Girardi Was Paid $90K For Her Breakup Story

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comJune 23, 2010 //

The Vienna Girardi and Jake Pavelka he-said-she-said battle has gone from 0 to 60 in the past 24 hours. The couple managed to grace the covers of 3 of 5 major tabloids this week. First Vienna went to Star, who supposedly paid her a whopping $90,000 for her side of the story—that their engagement was a sham, that Jake was cruel, and that he wouldn’t have sex with her—as she was packing her bags to leave him. In retaliation, Jake spoke to People, refuting her claims and saying that the real reason for the breakup was A) her hookup with Gregory Michael of “Greek” and B) her talking to Star behind his back. But what has me the most interested here is that $90K price tag. Is it ethical for tabloids to pay people of note for their breakup stories, especially before the breakup has even happened? This seems to add a whole new dimension to already tenuous Hollywood relationships—that your significant other could be broke and decide to dump you for a big pay day. Keep reading »

Tabloid Cheat Sheet: Justin And Cameron Reuniting? Angelina Preggers?

adminApril 14, 2010 //

It seems that with spring in the air, everyone is boarding the baby train, which I guess makes most people all weepy with joy. But over here at the Curmudgeon Club, we don’t advocate such horizontal hijinks and merry manhandling. Everyone needs to knock it off. I don’t want to read about how happy everyone is—the tabloid business is built on deception and dissing. It’s pure laziness to avoid one’s responsibility to the public. Thankfully, there’s still enough to go around. For now. And we’ve gathered it up in this handy guide to this week’s tabloid sacrifices. You’re welcome. Keep reading »

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