There are two sides to all celebrities: The squeaky-clean images forced upon the public by PR reps and their actual personalities. To provide you with a glimpse into the real Hollywood characters are Mollygood’s very own readers, telling tales of celebrity encounters big and small. Up this week: Ilnazhad's meeting with Al Pacino, in a way only she can tell it. CONTINUED »
So, Matthew McConaughey's going to bury son Levi's placenta, huh? Great idea.
My parents buried mine under a mesquite tree in Tucson, Arizona, and I'll probably bury my child's. Not only does it make for a great story – especially the part about my grandmother almost pan frying the thing for breakfast – it's also kind of a cool, thoughtful ritual that hurts a new baby much less than, say, a briss.
And this from someone who otherwise hates everything hippies have to offer.
Our fearless editor, Cord Jefferson, underwent surgery today to donate his left kidney to his father. We will give you the latest once we hear from him (and in the meantime, you can track his experience here).
Still fuming with the stink of an iodine shower, an IV drip in my right hand making it difficult to type, I’m buzzing from a sleeping pill and thinking about what’s right to write on the eve of a whole new life.
How about this:
I am not scared, because every last little thing was worth it.
Mollygood's eternally optimistic editor, Cord Jefferson, has admitted that he "can't imagine a bigger nightmare than being on a reality TV show," which makes me want to sign him up for one behind his back. Just imagine the breakdowns, the rants, the binge drinking — it would be glorious.
So that got me thinking: If you could cast Cord on any reality show, what would it be and why?
(Yes, I created that image myself. Lay off, I'm not good with technology.)
Gawker Media overlord Nick Denton's just done a post about the amazing similarities between Liberty City — the darkened setting of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV video game — and New York City. Besides Liberty City having some digital skyscrapers which bear striking resemblance to Manhattan's gray giants, the protagonist of GTA IV, Niko Belic, gets drunk a lot and never goes to Staten Island, just like a real New Yorker. Also: I'm a very dangerous maniac in both worlds, as this photo of me by an ad for the new game proves.
Cord is likely depressed that he missed the PR machine promoting Juno (his favorite movie) today in New York City.
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Long story short, I was within striking distance of Diddy last night but did absolutely nothing I always told myself I would if I ever got the chance to yell in his ear. He was hobbling around with a cane(?) and flanked by only two bodyguards, and yet I still couldn't find the gumption to tell him that I think he backstabbed Shyne and has sullied Biggie's memory. Argh! In my defense, his attendants probably had guns.
• Mollygood Editor Cord (seen here as an adorable youngin') wants to know if he's black enough for you. [SH]
• Kids are so cute: Madonna's daughter wants to save Britney Spears. Nobody spoil it and tell her it's impossible. [Us]
• Hulk Hogan's new girlfriend looks just like daughter Brooke. Surprised? [INO]
• Jennifer Lopez's nursery may kill her babies. Also a danger to the kids: Skeletor. [Jossip]
• Anyone hoping to buy Jamie Lynn Spears a baby gift, stalk away. [People]
• Sorry, Internet pedophiles: Miley Cyrus is not looking for a boyfriend online. [ICYDK]
• Had you forgotten that jerks everywhere are making sure "art" looks stupid? Check out this video for a reminder. We just got that professor an A in his own stupid stupidy stupid class for stupids. [Pop17]
• Cord Jefferson is now also an editor-at-large at Stereohyped. Check in over there once in a while, y'hear? [SH]
• The Olsen twins are releasing a book about their influences. It's going to be called Influence, and it's going to be a lie because it's not going to include cocaine. [DListed]
• Jakey G likes crossword puzzles. Swoon, nerd girls (and boys). [PS]
• Leonardo DiCaprio rocks out to Elton John, and that's more than fine with us. [INO]
• One of Snoop's sons is named "Corde." This is upsetting to us here at Mollygood. Very upsetting, actually. [ICYDK]
• LOLbritneys! [CityRag]
Hey! I'm going to Ireland for some reason or another. Perhaps the verdant fields are calling me. Or maybe it's all the damn whiskey! Regardless, I've got to leave early. You're in Whitney's hands now! Have fun!!!!
• Happy Valentine's Day, lovers!
• Whaddya know! Editor Cord Jefferson interviewed Q-Tip and Janet Jackson and a bunch of other people for Filter's latest cover story on A Tribe Called Quest. Go out and buy it if you're aware of how amazing Tribe is! [Filter]
• The model from Kanye West's new video is now selling her "dirty panties" for $25 a pair. So, yeah, there's that. [DListed]
• Who is Amy Smart? Does she live up to her name? Was she in American Pie? [HT]
• The constant presence of paparazzi in Kate Moss' neighborhood has had a mitigating effect on local crime. To that, we have no response. [ICYDK]
• You, too, can look like Jennifer Aniston, and without the sad, sad eyes. [INO]
• Have you any interest in miniature spy guns? Sure you do. [CityRag]
• So, what's a "superdelegate"? [Wiki]
It's Fashion Week in New York and the living is dreary. PR people, models, terrible parties and unwearable clothes have been falling on the city in larger quantities than the rain, which has also been unyielding. Nevertheless, 'tis my job to occasionally doff the melancholy, put on a clean shirt and brave the fray, and I did so last night.
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• Gina Gershon sits down with Queerty to discuss her surprisingly-not-bad music. [Queerty]
• Editor Cord Jefferson discusses comedy with Jeff Garlin and Dan Castellaneta. Fun fact: They don't like Family Guy. [Filter]
• JLo's babies are named! Make way for MLo and EmLo. [DListed]
• Patrick Dempsey packs like he acts: lightly. [PS]
• Jenna Jameson popped out of a cake in a bikini for her professional fighter boyfriend's birthday, proving she's really making wise use of her free time since quitting porno. [HT]
• Hockey fans, male and female, like to watch fights. Is this an attractive quality? [INO]
• Madonna is tremendously rich! If you think this means her buying a $12 million house-cum-gym is reasonable, you're tremendously sad. [ICYDK]
• Why has the coolness of animated films surpassed regular films? Is it because they're infected with less celebrity ego bullshit? We think perhaps. [CityRag]
On occasion (usually after the 27th e-mail of the day about Britney Spears eating a burger weighs down my inbox and my heart) I get very depressed and short of breath. It's as if Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan's dad are gathering on my chest and restricting my breathing. I lean back in my chair and relax my arms and inhale deeply and the feeling subsides, but the e-mails never stop. Sometimes wine makes me feel better (but only sometimes).
I need help. Whitney is here to help. She'll be joining me at Mollygood from now on in order to loosen the site – and me – up a bit. I'm going to continue lead editing, but I'll now also be regularly contributing to Mollygood's sister site Stereohyped.
I hope you'll continue visiting Mollygood and I honestly think you'll appreciate Whitney's presence. Her writing is different from mine, but different is often good, and I think it's about time this place got back a touch of estrogen. Plus, many of you have already enjoyed her work, which was posted sneakily to gauge response.
After the jump, Whitney's introduction. Enjoy.
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This weekend I, Cord, am in Las Vegas for the grand opening of the Palazzo Resort and Casino. I'll be trying to attend parties and see Hollywood types traveling through on their way to Sundance. Perhaps I'll be successful, but odds are I will not.
Check back throughout the weekend for exciting notes from the front lines of a budding "hot spot," like how, while waiting to check in, I noticed that the woman in front of me carried a grocery bag full of nothing but a liter of vodka and six bottles of Yoo-hoo. Cheers!
By the way, this picture makes me look like I have "Kid and Play" hair.
• Moms! Am I right? [Queerty]
• Owen Wilson moves on, but not to worry, scorned woman: We hear he's a bit unstable. [DListed]
• Mollygood editor Cord Jefferson profiled the Wu-Tang Clan for the latest issue of Filter magazine. Pick it up if the samurai poets changed your life, too. If you're not into them, shame, but you can read the David Byrne interview. [Filter]
• Daisy Fuentes? Is it 1994? [CityRag]
• Anna Wintour? [PS]
• Jennifer Love Hewitt is a real woman and people are angry about it! [HT]
• Dancing With the Stars victor tastes real fame and immediately dumps his fianceé. [ICYDK]
• Pushing Mad Weight and the City. [INO]
• Here, Joe Simpson comes very close to pimping his daughter. [Yeeeah]
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