Former @LATimes columnist, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of the @NYTimes bestseller 'Bachelor Nation.' My dog is named Riggins!

Natalie Portman embroidered her Dior cape with all of the female directors who weren't nominated for #Oscars. Check out her explanation here.
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Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith being in "G.I. Jane" because of her bald head. She's spoken openly about having a hair loss condition. Will Smith ran on stage, slapped Rock, then screamed twice at the top of his lungs "KEEP MY WIFE'S NAME OUT OF YOUR F-NG MOUTH."
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Julia Butters brought a turkey sandwich in her purse because "I don't like some of the food here. #Oscars
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Bong Joon-ho's wife can't stop crying on stage after "Parasite" takes it all.
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Michelle Williams' reaction to Mark Wahlberg's donation:
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Kristen Stewart immediately changed out of heels and into flats the second she got off the red carpet. Amen, girl. #Oscars
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Respect to Bill Hader for unabashed mask wearing at a high-profile event
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I know a lot of women are coming forward about sexual harassment in the wake of Harvey Weinstein. I hope it is not lost that that is still an incredibly hard thing to do, often involving serious legal threats.
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Chadwick! Love when a dude does a jacket with flair. #Oscars
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Lorne Michaels offered Steve Martin the Tim Walz 'SNL' gig this morning, per @GlennWhipp. Martin declined. “I said, ‘Lorne, I’m not an impressionist. You need someone who can really nail the guy.’ I was picked because I have gray hair and glasses.” latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Emma Stone walking out crying through lobby. "That was the best thing that's ever happened," she tells her publicist, presumably talking about co-star Olivia Colman? "She's the best person ever."
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Honestly, Madison is dropping truth bombs. So many Bach relationships fail because people get caught up in passion, like Peter is. She's thinking rationally about how their day-to-day life would be. #TheBachelor
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Yuh-Jung Youn left her camera on during our Zoom interview, which was meant to be audio-only. I saw her smoking out a device and asked if she was vaping. "Oh, you can see me? Yes. I am way over 70, so I can do whatever I want in my house," she said, holding up a glass of champs.
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Guys...breathe. Timothee Chalamet is shirtless under his blazer. #Oscar
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T-Swift caught me. Hi Taylor.
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Dev Patel just arrived with his mom!!! #Oscars
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Since our story on Brett Ratner ran on Wednesday morning, we have been contacted by over 45 individuals with new allegations against the filmmaker. I am in the process of investigating these claims.
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“Before ‘Euphoria,’ everything had to do with my body -- ‘plump’ or ‘overweight’ girl,’" says Barbie Ferreira. In @unpregnantmovie, "me just existing is enough." latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Dating in 2019, y'all.
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. @Beyonce and Jay-Z just walked in. They're waiting until Kate McKinnon finishes speaking to take their seats. Is their bodyguard carrying bottles of alc for them?
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Michelle Williams, Emma Watson, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, Amy Poehler and Emma Stone are bringing gender and racial justice activists as their guests to the #GoldenGlobes.
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A few days after writing a story about the Mister Rogers documentary last year, I got an email. It was from Joanne Rogers, the late TV host's 91-year-old widow. This letter was the first in what became a virtual pen pal relationship between us from Pittsburgh to LA.
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Ryan Seacrest is about the fourth spot on the carpet. His team was not pleased when I took a photo of him. #Oscars
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Mom and dad at the "This Is Us" table. #GoldenGlobes
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BREAKING: ​Model Keri Claussen Khalighi alleges that when she was 17, Russell Simmons sexually assaulted her while Brett Ratner watched. "Help me," she says she asked Ratner. But the filmmaker did nothing, she claims. latimes.com/business/hollywo…
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"Chris and I are thrilled and almost positive he’s the father. I look forward to competing with Markle every step of the way." -@amyschumer on her pregnancy latimes.com/entertainment/la…
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I don't know how I got here. But I did. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Taylor Swift came into the #GoldenGlobes through a back door with Joe Alwyn. Then she and a handful of security guards, as well as a man carrying her dress train, split off separately and went to the bar. They immediately exited through another side door.
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Watch a movie, fall in love with someone in it, Instagram stalk them, realize they're married, feel sad, realize you've never even met them. Rinse and repeat.
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"On these steps today stand 82 women representing the number of female directors who have climbed these stairs since the first edition of the CFF in 1946. In the same period, 1,866 male directors have climbed these very same stairs," says Cate Blanchett.
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Marty Singer tells Rolling Stone "we are confident that [Ratner's] name will be cleared once the current media frenzy dies down." Meanwhile, I've been contacted by over 20 new accusers and am investigating their claims.
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On stage immediately following the "Parasite" win. #Oscars
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Just heard that Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya will definitely be attending the #Oscars to support "Dune."
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Andrew Garfield alert! #Oscar
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Kristen Stewart is rocking shorts, y'all!!!
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BREAKING: Five women accuse actor James Franco of inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior latimes.com/business/hollywo…
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Breonna Taylor's cousins make an emotional appearance at the Beverly Hills protest.
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She also loved to make him laugh by telling dirty jokes. Here's one that didn't make it into the story. That's right -- Joanne Rogers is too crude for the LA Times!
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Kate is the first to give Leo a big hug!!! #titanic #GoldenGlobes
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At #Emmys70 , some are wearing @TIMESUPNOW buttons that say “I Believe Christine Blasey Ford” & “I Still Believe Anita Hill" inspired by "the pink buttons that were created in 1991 in support of Anita Hill following her sexual harassment allegations against Justice C. Thomas."
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If any aspiring journalists out there are feeling depressed: These are all the outlets who rejected my 2007 internship application. But the @latimes gave me a shot that summer, and now it's been my home for eight years.
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"Is your suit comfortable? Because this dress was really hard to get into." - @thebrooklynnk, 7, to @JacobTremblay, 11
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FWIW, I spoke to him in 2010 and it remains one of my least favorite interviews ever. latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-…
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I. Mean. #Oscars
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Jordan Peele has arrived! #Oscars
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Rows of 8-10 women, arms interlinked, are walking red carpet@ #cannes. The announcers call it “an important, powerful image,” noting that “the awareness that has come since H-Day, Harvey Day, as it is called, unfort. a terrible event & the consequences nevertheless can b v impt.”
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"What the f--k does sugart--s even mean?" -Gervais to Gibson. I'm here to bring you all the live cursing, guys. #GoldenGlobes
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.@houseofeffie, whose rape claim against Armie Hammer opened a LAPD investigation against the actor, did not participate in a new Discovery+ series about the actor and is vehemently against it: "The way they’ve been exploiting my trauma is disgusting." latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Working on this story about Brett Ratner over the past two weeks has been one of the most intense, emotional experiences of my career.
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The contestant bios/pics for this seasons of @BacheloretteABC with @TheRachLindsay have been released. HERE WE GO! (Thread)
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.@chrisbharrison says he will be "stepping aside for a period of time" and not hosting "After the Final Rose" special for @mattjames919's season while he gets "educated on a more profound and productive level than ever before."
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This says so much about the societal pressure to get married and how it affects ALL women.
“I met George when I was 35 and was quite resigned to the idea that I was going to be a spinster.” -Amal Clooney
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Addison Rae knows no one thinks a TikTok star should be a movie star. “People have a lot to say about did she work for it, does she deserve it, does she even like to act?" Still, she's trying to prove herself as an actor in @HesAllThatMovie: latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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.@eltonofficial singing "Rocketman" with Taron Egerton on the beach at Cannes. I mean.
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.@LittleWomen hive, assemble! I interviewed Saoirse Ronan and @Florence_Pugh about playing Jo and Amy, and why women often seem to identify so strongly with one or the other. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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I truly have no words.
Our little girl, True Thompson, has completely stolen our hearts and we are overwhelmed with LOVE. Such a blessing to welcome this angel into the family! Mommy and Daddy loooooove you True!
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After she won, Greta Gerwig came back to her seat crying a lot. "I blanked! I blanked so hard! I'm so sorry!" she said, hugging her boyfriend Noah Baumbach, who she forgot to thank in her speech. He comforted her and insisted it was OK. #GoldenGlobes
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Whenever she's depressed, she listens to @Harry_Styles' "Golden" so she can "listen to him tell me how golden I am in the first song. Then I go, ‘Thanks, Harry.’ And I can then move on, you know?"
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The Rams coach is giving me early 2000s "The Bachelor" star
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Anyway, if you can't tell, I love her a lot. Here's my Column One about our friendship, her love story with Fred and how she's preserving her late husband's memory. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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.@tkelce has arrived at the Super Bowl and he's looking shiiiny
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The Weeknd and Bella Hadid are in the middle of the room being super PDAish.
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I have an important quarantine love story to share. Please follow along. (THREAD)
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Sundance just announced the premiere of a new documentary, "Leaving Neverland," that will likely garner a lot of interest:
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Bradley and Gaga walked backstage after their performance and then just walked back to their seats during the commercial break. They got another standing ovation from the crowd as they entered the Dolby. #Oscars
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Report from @JeffreyLAT backstage: Mid @LaLaLand acceptance, stage hand in wings said "Oh, f-ck. Oh my God. He got the wrong envelope."
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Adele as Rose from "Titanic" is legendary
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Coolest filmmaker couple, @BarryJenkins and @thumbelulu. He said she dressed him! #GoldenGlobes
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.@Beyonce AND JAY Z JUST WALKED INTO THE @WeinsteinFilms PARTY WITH LIKE FIVE BODYGUARDS #Oscars
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Over 20 sources told me & @MegJamesLAT that for at least 4 yrs, Bruce Willis has grappled w/ his loss of mental acuity on set. He was fed lines thru an earpiece, asked crew where he was, and Lala Kent said he accidentally fired a prop gun in her direction. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Replying to @AmyKinLA @TheRock
Kyle, 26, is a marketing consultant who isn't sure what gluten is or "what food it lives in" but selects glutenfree menu options when he can
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She called me by pet names: Dear, dearie, dearest, honeybun. Her notes — always bookended with the “Sent from my iPhone” tag — were animated with red and pink heart emojis. Sometimes, if we communicated via text message, she’d include her Memoji.
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.@theebillyporter taking a load off before he has to start interviewing people for the official #Oscars red carpet show.
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Ummm I am traumatized after seeing a scene from "Suspiria" in which Dakota Johnson controls the body of another woman as she dances. The woman's body literally cracks in half. She is like, torn apart. Spitting, urinating, bleeding. It's... A lot. #CinemaCon
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Just saw Gillian Anderson wiping her pits with paper towels in the ladies room. "Gotta happen," she said with a smile. #GoldenGlobes
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Dare I say that @tayshia and Zac have one of the most authentic, grounded connections we've ever seen on #TheBachelorette? They're gonna last.
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Captain America #Oscars
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This is the most ridiculous swag I have ever received.
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Here on the red carpet, Zazie Beetz from "Joker" is the first to arrive in a Thom Browne corset dress. #Oscars
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Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau are wearing Burberry tuxes they got as gifts. They say they don't care they're not at Franco's table: "We're here. That's all that matters." #GoldenGlobes
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Michelle Yeoh is wearing her emerald ring that was in @CrazyRichMovie!And no, she did not design this green gown around it.
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I went to @ladygaga's house and spoke to her about @starisbornmovie. latimes.com/entertainment/mo…
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Few as stunning as Penelope Cruz. #Oscars
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Blake K., 29, is a U.S. Marine veteran who says that if he was stranded on a "dessert" island, he'd want it to be made of Chipotle.
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How's he gonna get out tho
NO BIG DEAL KENNY G IN MY LIVING ROOM!!! Happy Valentines Day 💋💋💋
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"Black Widow" costars ScarJo and @Florence_Pugh bugging out over seeing one another. #Oscars
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I get irrationally mad when people are watching #BachelorInParadise and don't recognize people from, like, JoJo's season. That was only three years ago. STOP TRYING TO PLAY LIKE YOU'RE A REAL FAN.
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I went up to Tonya Harding to ask some questions. She told me she can't talk to media bc she's "under contract." "I, Tonya" director tells me: "no... I think she just doesn't want to talk right *now.*" #GoldenGlobes
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V SHOCKING (BUT KIND OF NOT)
#BREAKING: Kylie Jenner is PREGNANT!! 😲 👶 😲 tmz.me/tAwDhNo
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Backstage again and now the statues are ready to go. Staffers have to put on gloves if they want to pose with them. #oscars
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BROOKLYNN WON BEST YOUNG ACTOR!!!! She and her family can't stop crying and it's so so so adorable.
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I spoke to five of the women who say @chrisdelia was sexually inappropriate with them. The 40-year-old comedian did not respond to questions about these allegations, but stated that all of his relationships "have been both legal and consensual." latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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TimmyChally meets Frances McDormand! #GoldenGlobes
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