On June 6, 2006, The Hollywood Gossip opened its Internet doors with a post about Lindsay Lohan walking away from a movie title Bill.
Yes, this website debuted back when Lindsay Lohan didn’t just have a career… she had a successful enough career where she could pick and choose her projects!
We’re old.
We’re also grateful.
It has been our pleasure to bring you the best, the worst and the everything-in-between from this very crazy world of celebrity gossip over the past decade.
How much has changed since The Hollywood Gossip went live way back in the day? Consider where things stood in June of 2006…
Keeping Up with the… WHO?!?
Keeping Up with the Kardashians had not aired a single episode.
Justin Bieber Looked Like THIS
He has not hurled a single egg at any neighbors, either.
The 2006 Super Bowl Halftime Show Was…
… The Rolling Stones!
Crash Won Best Picture at the Oscars
Quick, how many people out there have even heard of Crash?
Jay Leno Was Still Host of the Tonight Show
The first time around, that is!
Steph Curry Was a Senior in High School
Miley Cyrus Was Known As…
… Hannah Montana! The Disney show premiered that year.
14 Kids and Counting?
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar only had 14 kids at the time.
Nobody Had Ever Heard of Kate Middleton
Okay, almost no one.
Taylor Swift Had Not Been Dumped Once
Well, not by anyone famous at least.
Mel Gibson Still Had a Career
The anti-Semite was just known as a generally solid actor back then.
Kate and Jon Gosselin Were Happily Married
They went on to star in a reality show… become American sweethearts… morph into a really effed up couple… get divorved… and then become has-beens. It’s the circle of celebrity life these days, personified.