Here’s some free advice for Kylie Jenner: You may want to hurry up and announce your pregnancy to the world. It will serve as a distraction to another announcement you recently made, one that is not being met with positive reviews from your fans. Late this week, Jenner’s shockingly successful makeup business alerted the public to a brand new 16-piece brush set that is now on sale. This Kylie Cosmetic kit – which features a number of sleek-looking brushes – is the third product in the Silver Series set from the popular brand… and is being offered for $360. Yes, $360. For a bunch of brushes. In response to this hilarious/ridiculous figure, fashion blog publisher and fans jumped on social to express their disappointment over the price, prompting Kylie to respond with a tweet of her own on Saturday. It reads: “I have developed for you guys the most amazing luxury brushes ever. I am very excited! Real brushes don’t compare to synthetic brushes. “Different performance/quality/everything. I am 100% down to do an entire synthetic line in the future which will ultimately be cheaper.” She added: “I always fight for the lowest price on all my products. Here are some other real brush lines for reference…” And she’s right: there’s one set in the above-referenced collection that retails for $650. Jenner went on to acknowledge the criticism, telling followers: “I hear you guys, love you guys and truly just want the best.” Whatever Kylie is doing at her company, it’s clearly working. A somewhat recent report valued Kylie Cosmetics at $1 billion , which is just… it’s totally and completely and utterly insane. What started as a simple lip gloss kit has blossomed, in just a couple of years, into a global empire. Still, that doesn’t mean everyone was satisfied with Kylie’s explanation or the price of these brushes. “Thanks but I’ll buy food with that money instead,” wrote one Internet user, while another added: “Sorry girl but that’s just waaaay to expensive! There are so many other brands that make quality brushes for affordable prices.” Others said they were worried about with whether or not the brushes were cruelty-free and asked what type of hair was used in the brushes. This is serious business, apparently, this makeup stuff. Women do NOT mess around when it comes to their products. And despite its financial success, Kylie Cosmetics has not received high grades from the Better Business Bureau. “All I’m saying is if you wanna charge luxury prices, provide luxury quality,” wrote one critic. It’s hard to argue with that point, isn’t it? View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner: Is She REALLY Faking Her Pregnancy?!
Keaton Jones has gone viral for the most unfortunate of reasons. Only a middle school student, this young Tennessee native has recorded a video in which he addresses the bullies who have been harassing him at school and asks a simple, heartbreaking question: WHY? Why are you doing this to me, he says below? Why would anyone treat another human being in this manner? “Just out of curiosity, why do they bully? What what's the point of it?” Keaton asks in this footage, talking his mother after he asked to pick him up because he was afraid to go to lunch. “They make fun of my nose, they call me ugly,” he adds. “They pour milk on me and put ham down my clothes…” It's truly heartbreaking to watch. The one positive that has come out of the video, however, is that word has spread. The recording has been shared thousands of times across various social media platforms, reaching celebrities such as Snoop Dogg, Eva Longoria, Sean Hannity and many others. “Why do you find joy in taking innocent people and finding a way to be mean to 'em?” Keaton says. “It's not okay…People that are different don't need to be criticized about it. It's not their fault.” At one point, Keaton even summons the strength to address other victims of bullying. “If you are made fun of, just don't let it bother you. Stay strong, I guess. It's hard, but it will probably get better one day.” Tweeted actress Jaimie Alexander (Blindspot) in response: Keaton Jones. You sweet soul. You sweet, beautiful soul. You are perfect just as you are. Inspiring and brave. Courageous. Loved beyond measure. Click PLAY to watch Keaton's tearful plea and join us in offering him reassurance: Yes, it really will get better one day. We promise.
Everybody loves to criticize the Kardashians — even other celebrities. Sometimes, especially other celebrities. Keke Palmer knows what it’s like to face constant social pressures to change your appearance, but there’s clearly no love lost between her and how the Kardashians react to that same pressure. And she goes after Kylie Jenner, specifically. While it’s clear that Keke Palmer has a lot of empathy for the bullying that Kylie received as a world-famous child, Keke also drags Kylie for the way that she’s responded. So, Scream Queens star Keke Palmer, who turns 24 next month, gave an interview about social media pressure. Celebrities, but especially black women who are celebrities, have to put up with a lot of online harassment. (It turns out that sexism and racism don’t cancel each other out! Who knew?) Basically, Keke — who is gorgeous — has been given every piece of unsolicited “advice” that you can imagine and some that you can’t, via Twitter and Instagram. Some of it’s blatantly racist (or, in some cases, colorist — which can happen within ethnic communities), like “bleach your skin.” Other times, it’s just the way that society treats people to view women. (And the way that the quasi-anonymous nature of the internet makes people feel that they’re entitled to send people this sort of “feedback”) People have told her to gain or lose weight, to wear more or to wear less, to do one thing with her hair or to do another. She’s also been famous since she was a minor. So when she talks about online bullying, she knows exactly what she’s talking about. Keke Palmer says that she finds it “absolutely hard” to remain authentic, citing social media pressures that seek to drag people down. “Everybody wants to make everybody so crazy, stupid, ugly, or dumb.” That’s so true. People like easy categories for people, and that’s even truer for celebrities. They also want to drag people down in order to feel powerful and to feel better about themselves. “So often [famous] people feel like, you know what, I’m just going to beat [haters] to the punch and either degrade myself or be so damn perfect they have nothing to say.” That’s so sad but she’s absolutely right. “We’ve seen extremes of that. In the sense of the Kardashians, it’s like I’m going to show you so much and be perfect and be everything a woman should be or everything a man would like or love.” Some people are “perfect” just for themselves. Others seem to be responding to external criticism. We know that Kim Kardashian in particular pays careful attention to what the world is saying about her at any given moment. It led to her making a tweet and then a full video to shut down rumors that she does cocaine . Keke has found her own response, though. “And I’m going to be exactly that so you can’t bully me anymore.” That’s a great attitude. Though, like, it’s probably easier to talk like that when you’re really, really gorgeous — as Keke is. Kylie Jenner stands out among her family — and not only because she’s trying to use Life of Kylie to break away and build her own brand. She’s the queen of Snapchat, she’s arguably the most influential teenager in the world, and she’s also the youngest. “Specifically in the situation with Kylie, where you’ve had a young girl people have seen on television since she was a kid and they literally told her she was so ugly … the ugly person in the family.” Keke’s spoken about Kylie like this before. People can be so cruel to celebrity children. It’s absurd. Remember, we live in a world where vile trolls have called Blue Ivy “ugly.” (She isn’t, but even if she were, that would be unconscionable to say) Keke does take issue with Kylie’s response, though. “She went and did apparently everything the world deems as beautiful.” That’s pretty true. Sure, different people have different opinions. (For some, they’d prefer Kendall Jenner’s figure to Kylie’s. Others might prefer Ashley Graham’s or someone else’s) But if you look at Kylie’s lips and hips and ever-larger boobs, it seems that she adjusts to what she perceives that her fans want from her. And Keke thinks that it’s bonkers. “The even crazier part is that everybody loves her for it.” That’s true — right now, Kylie’s arguably more famous for her appearance and social media presence than she is for her family. We’re not trying leap to Kylie’s defense by any means. Like, we’re all just brains piloting golems made of meat and bone, and some of those flesh prisons look a little nicer than others. So scrambling to appease your fans by radically altering your body is kind of “letting the terrorists win” in Keke’s eyes, and we totally get that. But … we’re probably only decades away from living in a world where basically everyone can adjust their appearances pretty radically. It’s okay that Kylie doesn’t look exactly like her genetics would have made her look, you know? The issue, and we think that it’s Keke’s issue, too, is that Kylie seems to have changed less for herself and more to respond to social pressures. (Though we do have to admit that, when bullying becomes especially intense, what you want for you and what they want for you can get harder and harder to tell apart) Overall, though, Keke Palmer makes a very fair point. PS: You guys, Keke’s been on everything from True Jackson VP to Scream Queens , but my personal favorite thing that she’s ever done was a low-budget horror film with Liz Gillies and Jeremy Sumpter, titled Animal . It’s not “good” but it’s kind of great , if that makes sense. View Slideshow: 16 Stars Who Really Hate the Kardashians
Lynelle Cartwell, a Canadian teen, wrote a response to the bullies who voted her in an “ugliest girls” poll that will make you own exactly who you are.
You can stop sending hateful Tweets to Riley Keough now, Robsten fans. Despite multiple rumors to the contrary, a representative of this actress has come out and told Just Jared that she is NOT in a relationship with Robert Pattinson. “Riley isn’t dating Rob,” this insider says, also addressing claims that Keough and Pattinson were spotted recently in the latter’s car: “And I can confirm that Riley was not photographed at all this weekend.” Somewhere, Kristen Stewart must be smiling broadly over this news. Just kidding. Kristen Stewart doesn’t smile. But she’s probably pouting less than usual.
LeAnn Rimes is looking amazing in this latest picture posted to her Instagram. Seriously. Girl has it going on. Even Brandi Glanville should be bowing down. Fresh off her performance at an anti-bullying benefit concert , Rimes has a message for the bullies who have tormented her on social media for years: I look like this . At least that’s how we envision the mindset would be upon posting it. Because that’s some pic. Seriously, never have we seen her looking so healthy. Clearly, Mrs. Eddie Cibrian is in a better place these days than in the past. No way would she end up on the Amanda Bynes ugly list with that effort.
Han Wen We(Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life. The Karate Kid Synopsis: 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could#39;ve been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother#39;s (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying—and the feeling is mutual—but c
