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Queen Mariah Carey rode the subway in a glittery blue dress

Mariah Carey is a total diva, so you wouldn’t expect her to hit up the New York City subway… and yet here we are. Celebs: they’re just like us!! She was heading out to a gala for the Fresh Air Fund, which she “runs” (loosely speaking) and decided to mingle with the common folk to get there. I just love Mariah. She’s such a mess, but how can you not love her for it? Follow us on Twitter | Facebook

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Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas had a baby!

Our real life Snow White and Prince Charming, Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas, announced that they were expecting a baby just a few months before getting married, and now they’ve got one! The pair welcomed a baby boy this week – I’m guessing he’s not called Emma, then. :( From People: “Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas welcomed a baby boy yesterday, May 29,” their rep told PEOPLE Friday night. “This is their first child. Both mom and baby are doing great.” CUTE. I think these two are the corniest characters on Once Upon a Time, but I can’t help but root for these two and find it sort of adorable that they fell in love in real life… JUST LIKE A FAIRY TALE! Now if only Lana Parrilla and Tom Ellis (Regina and Robin Hood) would shack up in real life. That’s a match I could get behind. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook

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Pharrell thinks it’s not possible to be a feminist

In today’s edition of Pharrell Is Not Very Smart, we’ve got a pretty choice interview he did with Channel 4 in the UK, in which he actually says that it’s not possible for him to be a feminist, though he would totally love to be… if only he could! I’ve been asked, am I a feminist?” the singer and producer said during an interview with Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom. “I don’t think it’s possible for me to be that.” When asked why, he responded plainly. “I’m a man. It makes sense up until a certain point. But what I do is, I do support feminists. There’s injustices; there are inequalities that need to be addressed.” …Take, for example, when he spoke in support of Hillary Clinton: “I would love to see a woman run the country,” he said. “Historically, this world has been run by man. And what would a world be like if 75 percent our world leaders, our presidents and prime ministers, were female? What would that world be like? We don’t know, because we haven’t given it a shot. We’re too busy telling them what they can and can’t do with their bodies. Or, we’re too busy, you know, not allowing them to make the same amount of money that a man makes.” Oh dear. Look, Pharrell is not really a smart guy. Does he make catchy songs? Sure. Is he a great thinker? Definitely not. I watched an interview with him after he performed at BBC Radio 1′s Big Weekend last weekend and was stunned at how braindead he seemed. I think he was high as a kite, but weed makes you lazy, not completely ignorant. Newsflash to Pharrell and whoever else doesn’t get it: it’s “possible” for EVERYONE to be a feminist, and it’s quite simple. If you think men and women are completely equal in every way and deserve the same rights and privileges, congrats! You’re a feminist! Jesus. Here’s the video for ya: Follow us on Twitter | Facebook

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Mindy Kaling addresses Harvard Law School graduates

I’ll preface this by saying that I’m definitely not a Mindy Kaling fan. I don’t find her funny, charming, endearing or anything of the sort, but some people do, and that’s what life’s about – personal taste. Clearly the graduating class at Harvard Law School was pleased to see Mindy when she was the speaker at their Class Day ceremony this past week. Full video of the speech below, but here’s a little taste of some of her speech: “I know what you’re probably thinking: Mindy Kaling, why did they ask her? She’s just a pretty Hollywood starlet. What does that quadruple threat know about the law? Sure, she seems really down-to-earth and pretty in a totally accessible way. And, yeah, she was on People magazine’s Most Beautiful People list this year—and also in 2008—but what intelligent remarks could she possibly make about the law? She’s probably too busy doing shampoo commercials. But I’m not too busy. In fact, I would love to do a shampoo commercial so if anyone from L’Oréal is out there please just Snapchat me after this.” … “So even though I have no idea why I was asked to speak here today, I have prepared this speech very carefully like any Dartmouth-educated graduate would. I drank a 40 of Jägermeister, then I called my dad to see if he would get me out of it—he could not get me out of it—so I tried to hire a college freshman to write it for me in exchange for a $200 gift card to Newbury Comics. That didn’t work out. Finally, seeing that I absolutely had to do this and couldn’t get out of it, rolled up my sleeves, sat down at the computer and tried to buy a commencement address off of MovingCommencementSpeeches.com. My credit card was declined, so I had to write the thing myself.” Okay, I guess that was somewhat amusing – you have to give credit where it’s due, I suppose. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook

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Kristen Stewart: ‘Making films is ass-backwards to me’

Kristen Stewart is one of the great philosophical thinkers of our time, obviously. She’s not here for your standard Hollywood bullshit (despite being the starring actress in one of the biggest Hollywood franchises in history) and she basically thinks Europeans are doing it way better. Considering her deep thoughts about the acting and filmmaking industry, her latest role in Clouds of Sils Maria – itself a European film – seems like a good fit. Let’s hear what KStew told Reuters about her experience and her thoughts on her career: Q: Working with a European writer-director on this film, was that a different mindset from working in America? Is there a freedom that comes from working in Europe that you might not get in Hollywood? A: It’s not absent in the States, but it’s not prevalent to feel free within the film industry, to feel like you can say what you want to say, not with any concern about how people are going to react to it, whether you’re going to piss them off. So here, it seems like people are less afraid because again they’re doing it for themselves. It’s for the art of it. It’s not to market things. It’s just, it’s a good feeling. You know, to make a movie is so ridiculous. We’re going to go film each other pretending to be other people so other people can watch us pretending to be other people? It’s insane. But if it’s worth it and it’s saying something … it can be transcendentally important. Q: Is it difficult to remain yourself knowing the industry is pushing and pulling you this way and that, with the media often giving you a hard time regardless of what you do? A: I don’t do what I do to … control perception or make people think a certain way about me. That would be traipsing all over the experience of making any film. It’s just so ass-backwards to me. I don’t know how people do that. I don’t know how people tactfully traverse their careers. I don’t know how they choose, ‘Well, this is a different side of me people have not seen and so I will present that to them now.’ It’s like, ‘Why are you doing this for other people? You should be doing it for yourself.’ And so I’ve functioned from that position since I started, and therefore I really don’t care about all that. I mean, good for her – she is dedicated to her “art” as she sees it and I do actually really like her. I like her style, I like that she doesn’t stand there smiling blankly for every camera that wants to flash a picture of her, I like her attitude. The whole RPattz cheating scandal was a hot mess (especially since I will place money on a bet that she’s still gayer than the day is long), but she’s young and stupid and she’ll end up okay, I’m sure. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook