Pop Cult
Thoughts, ideas and videos from the world of movies, music, TV and everything else pop culture.
Polly Higgins
Polly Higgins is Newsday.com's Lifestyle and Entertainment editor, covering home and garden, food, restaurants, pets, travel and entertainment. Her education includes a journalism degree from Indiana University and a masters in Media Arts from the University of Arizona. She called Arizona home for a number of years, working for both the Arizona Daily Star and (now shuttered) Tucson Citizen. In her spare time, Higgins can be found walking Otto the beagle in her Brooklyn neighborhood, logging miles on her running shoes and watching reruns of "Dallas."
Kim Kardashian's baby shower invitation: Super fancy
Photo credit: AP
The baby shower invite in "Bridesmaids" is the only invitation ever created that is more over-the-top than the one for Kim Kardashian's baby shower.
Baby Kimye's invitation may not include a live monarch butterfly, but it is equal parts mommy- and daddy-to-be, which is to say, super fancy — and everything you'd expect for a baby whose dad wears Givenchy skirts and whose mom refuses...
Read more »Lindsay Lohan's parody eHarmony video resurfaces
Photo credit: Funnyordie.com
Not much has changed in Lindsay Lohan's dating life since 2009, when she and on-again off-again girlfriend Samantha Ronson finally split for good.
Which is why the eHarmony spoof she created at the time is all the more enjoyable as the Internet gods brought it back to our attention Tuesday.
According to her "eHarmony" profile video, Lohan's perfect mate is someone who likes...
Read more »Miguel lands on fans during Billboard Music Awards performance
Photo credit: AP
Jamming out in the pit at the Billboard Music Awards turned out to be a painful experience for at least one fan on Sunday.
During his performance of "Adorn," R&B singer Miguel attempted to jump from one part of the stage to another, over a sea of fans, but he apparently underestimated the distance and landed right on top of at least one fan, slamming her head onto the stage.
Miguel...
Read more »Stephen Colbert as 'Gatsby' at Old Westbury Gardens
Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
In case you can't get enough of "The Great Gatsby" following the release of the Baz Luhrmann-directed film last week, here's a late-night TV spoof you definitely want to see.
Stephen Colbert introduced his new "COlbert Book Club" -- no relation to Oprah's -- on the May 9 episode of "The Colbert Report," and what better novel to start with than "Gatsby,"...
Read more »'Duran Duran Unstaged' will play at Cannes
Photo credit: Getty Images
Arclight Films announced Wednesday the acquisition of "Duran Duran Unstaged," a concert film directed by David Lynch ("Blue Velvet"). The film is scheduled to screen at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
The film chronicles a performance by Duran Duran that was presented as part of the "Unstaged" concert series sponsored by American Express. Lynch was the director...
Read more »Metallica film 'Through the Never': A first look
Photo credit: Picturehouse
Well, we still don't quite know what this movie is about, but the Picturehouse studio has just released the first still photo from "Through the Never."
It sounds like a combination of concert film and narrative, with Dane DeHaan ("Beyond the Pines") playing a roadie for Metallica, whose members play themselves. Here's the official logline:
"...a band crew member...
Read more »Noomi Rapace in new thriller 'Alive Alone'
Photo credit: Getty Images
International art-house thriller alert! Noomi Rapace, Sweden's original "Dragon Tattoo" girl, is set to star in "Alive Alone," a crime-espionage tale scheduled to begin production in New York City in January, according to Deadline.com.
Matthias Schoenaerts, the Belgian hunk who set foreign-film viewers' hearts aflutter in "Rust & Bone," will also star.
The...
Read more »Is Beyonce pregnant again?
Photo credit: AP
This is one celebrity baby rumor that has persisted for months, but could it finally be true?
Reports are surfacing again that Beyoncé may be pregnant with her second child, and they've got the photos (from her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour) to support them.
"Multiple sources" told the New York Post following last week's Met Gala that the singer, 31, is expecting. But...
Read more »Savannah Guthrie engaged to Michael Feldman
Photo credit: Matt Lauer via Twitter
It was a big day on "Today" for morning show anchor Savannah Guthrie.
She announced Monday morning on the show that she is engaged to Michael Feldman, her boyfriend of four years. Guthrie, 41 was all smiles as she shared the news that Feldman proposed over Mother's Day weekend, but unfortunately said her wedding will not be broadcast on the show.
"Our families basically...
Read more »Suri Cruise's $2.3 million fashion line deal just a rumor, for now
Photo credit: Getty Images
The world has been watching Suri Cruise's style since the day she fashionably exited Katie Holmes' womb, but the kitten heel and faux fur coat-wearing, purse-toting toddler has finally grown into a full-fledged fashionista . . . at the ripe old age of 7.
British news outlet The Sun reported Friday that the mini-mogul had inked a $2.3 million deal for a kids' clothing line, sparking a gossip...
Read more »
