Blog Posts by Matt Donnelly

Blue Ivy Carter in her makeup chair (Tumblr) When your dad Jay-Z wrote the book on watching the throne, it's probably best you take your own at an early age.

That's precisely what Blue Ivy Carter is doing while her mom Beyoncé travels the world on her sold out tour, The Mrs. Carter Show. The singer revealed on her Tumblr that little Blue is making good use of the custom makeup chair she commissioned for her first born.

Shot from behind, Bey's personal pic of Blue shows her daughter rocking a cute braid and a white tutu as she looks over some toys spread across what we presume is one of the many dressing rooms her mama has occupied over the past weeks.

Stitched on the back of the chair are her initials, "BIC."

Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, and Ed Helms (Getty Images)
Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and Justin Bartha can skip the Advil — "The Hangover Part III" debuted not in a messy rager, but with maturity and style.

The final chapter in the comedy trilogy, directed by Todd Phillips, held a red carpet premiere Monday in Westwood, California, welcoming the original cast and famous supporters. While the stunning box office success of its sequel might add pressure to the forthcoming Memorial Day weekend opening, filmmakers and ticket holders laughed throughout the screening and into an after-party constructed on a nearby open lot.

The misbehaving men of the film wind up back in Las Vegas for their last onscreen outing, so the bash went with a Caesar's Palace theme complete with performers posing as Roman statues and the casino's famous marquee looming over guests.

Robert Pattinson takes his dogs and hits the road (X17Online.com) Affairs of the heart aren't easy, especially in Hollywood. Just ask Robert Pattinson.

While rumors started circulating over the weekend that he and longtime girlfriend Kristen Stewart have called it quits again (last summer, anyone?), photos of the "Cosmopolis" star engaged in manual labor would definitely suggest he's no longer living with his former "Twilight" co-star.

Though this particular couple often keeps us guessing, we can't help but notice some rather overt and dramatic clues in pictures snapped of Rob leaving Stewart's home in Los Feliz, California. Here are a few dead giveaways that Pattinson has probably packed up for good ...

Ellen DeGeneres (Warner Bros) Ellen DeGeneres and other famous folks are tweeting mad at the CEO of retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, after some 2006 comments about plus-sized customers resurfaced in a new report.

A recent story about high-volume, low cost brands like H&M featuring larger models and a greater variety of sizes brought the invective of A&F CEO Mike Jeffries back into the spotlight.

"Good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people. We don’t market to anyone other than that," Jeffries told Salon years ago, one of several quotes that were republished on May 3 in a Business Insider story.

"We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

These recycled comments have absolutely inspired everything from a viral campaign to punish the shop chain to insults from Hollywood types on their social platforms.

"According to him, anyone who’s a plus size isn’t cool enough to shop in Abercrombie and Fitch," Ellen DeGeneres said on her Friday chat show. "You know what I say to that? Oh, Fitch, please."

DeGeneres' studio audience booed at mention of the label, and cackled when DeGeneres did a bit with a miniature-sized A&F polo.

"Beauty isn’t between a size 0 and 8. It’s not a number at all.

Miley Cyrus at the Maxim Hot 100 party (JB Lacroix/WireImage)As number one on Maxim magazine's annual Hot 100 list, one might expect Miley Cyrus to go heavy on the sex appeal when celebrating her new title at a party for the issue Wednesday in Hollywood.

However, while her portfolio in the mag's pages has Cyrus rocking swimsuits and a sexy vibe, she turned up to L.A. nightspot Create in a simple Valentino jumpsuit to greet guests, editors, and other ladies who made the list.

Jaden Smith with dad Will Smith (Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)Parents do all sorts of things to incentivize their children -- bribes with candy, allowance for chores -- but in the case of Jaden Smith, he gets his independence when he's a bigger star than his dad.

Will Smith and his multi-talented son dropped by Ellen DeGeneres's talk show on Wednesday to promote their new sci-fi flick "After Earth," and Will took the chance to clear up some talk about Jaden flying the coop.

Turns out a misinterpreted quote was to blame for starting rumors that 14-year-old Jaden was seeking legal independence from Will and mom Jada Pinkett Smith.

"I think I made a joke in Tokyo," Will told Ellen of their father-son press tour. "My baby boy, he's never leaving me ever. No emancipation for the Smith kids."

Jaden elaborated, adding that he's got it pretty good at his dad's place.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (WireImage)Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy announcement has inspired many to salute the A-lister for her bravery and candidness in fighting her genetic predisposition to cancer.

In terms of her health, Angelina is doing great and estimates that her chances of developing breast cancer have dropped "from 87 percent to under 5 percent."

Thankfully, it won't be quite as busy a year ahead for the hard-working mom — Disney's "Maleficent" doesn't hit theaters until next summer and she's only in pre-production on her next directorial effort, "Unbroken." But there's something else that's been well reported as on her docket for this year: to marry longtime beau Brad Pitt.

Zoe Saldana in Prabal Gurung (Charley Gallay/Getty Images)Alice Eve and Zachary Quinto (Charlie Gallay/Getty Images)

"Sometimes geek can be chic," Anna Wintour once said.

Vogue magazine kept in line with that philosophy on Monday as it hosted a swanky Los Angeles dinner party for the "Star Trek" cast held on the secluded outdoor patio of West Hollywood's Chateau Marmont.

Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, and Alice Eve -- the pretty young things starring in J.J. Abrams's rebooted "Trek" franchise -- attended the Monday soiree hosted with MAC Cosmetics in celebration of designer Prabal Gurung.

Other bold names such as Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson, "Homeland" beauty Morena Baccarin, Rachel Zoe, Liberty Ross, Emma Roberts, Dita Von Teese, and Cody Horn were also in attendance.