January 9, 2025
2024’s Pop Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, and Beauty Recap

Can we talk about all the celeb chaos??

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

TAYLOR: Let’s address the Bennifer divorce.

ALEX: I think we all knew they were breaking up before they did. 

TAYLOR: They’re like Ross and Rachel. They’re destined to be together. I’m predicting a Bennifer reunion in 2025. 

ALEX: But now the question is which Bennifer? The tabloids need to stop this will-they-won’t-they? plot between Ben Affleck and his other ex, Jennifer Garner. 

MELISSA: I let out a very audible sigh when I saw the Thanksgiving photos of Ben and Jen Garner, accompanied by headlines teasing yet another Bennifer. We’ve done it once, twice…three times if we’re counting Lopez and Garner. Let’s leave Bennifer — in any form — in 2024.  

TAYLOR: While we’re on the topic of deeply speculative stories, perhaps we should discuss the Kate Middleton drama

MELISSA: All the speculation was icky from the jump. As soon as the, frankly, ridiculous conspiracy theories started emerging, I thought, This isn’t gonna end well. And it didn’t end well. 

ALEX: It was a bad time for the internet. People weren’t their best selves — which brings me to the very messy It Ends With Us situation. Blake Lively’s legal complaint against her co-star Justin Baldoni (and others involved with the film) was a real plot twist. And a reminder that Hollywood is not a fun place to be a woman.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift

TAYLOR: Of course, we can’t talk about celebs in 2024 without discussing the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of it all. Technically, they started dating in 2023, but it felt like their big milestone moment was February, when Taylor famously flew from Japan to Las Vegas to attend the Super Bowl. It was like a Hallmark rom-com — kissing him on the field and declaring “jet lag is a choice”? Never forget. 

MELISSA: I wish them well. Now that the Eras Tour is over, everyone is wondering what comes next for Taylor — my bet is they get engaged. Which, I know, is not exactly a hot take.

TAYLOR: Another thing that’s not quite a hot take? I wish I could erase Katy Perry’s album from my brain. I know you have thoughts on that, Melissa.

MELISSA: How much space do we have? I was a very early Katy Perry fan — aka a KatyCat — and I believed KP6 (or, 143) would be her comeback. That is, until she wore the year’s hands-down most puzzling outfit — involving a 3D butterfly faux tattoo and a thong-baring, lace-up skirt — which was followed by months of equally catastrophic looks (see: “the dress equivalent of a fanny pack” and a gown with “nasty-sweaty club rat vibes”). Add to that the decision to work with Dr. Luke and all the “Woman’s World” backlash — and it was no surprise she had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad album release day. I don’t think I’ve ever seen headlines so disastrous

ALEX: Her album was basically the Madame Web of music this year. Thankfully, other pop albums that were actually listenable and successful kind of buried Perry’s.

TAYLOR: I assume you’re talking about the ones from Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter? The pop girlies truly saved the summer.

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