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| | Amanda Seyfried gave up Botox for a year for her historical film | | Added 16 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Amanda Seyfried?s new movie The Testament of Ann Lee came out of the Venice Film Festival with a lot of momentum, for both the film itself and Amanda?s performance. Mona Fastvold directed the film from a script she co-wrote with her real life partner Brady Corbet, making this movie complementary to last year?s The Brutalist which they also co-wrote, and Corbet directed. Ann Lee follows the titular character, a real woman from the 1700s who founded the Shaker religious sect in America. Fastvold makes a point, though, of saying that the movie is ?inspired by? the real Ann?s life, as opposed to a straight up biopic. The film includes a lot of the Shaker?s signature singing and dancing, often described as ?ecstatic,? making the project an excellent showcase for Amanda. Not to get all Marlon Brando about it, but she could be a real contender during awards season. And while many actors in her heels have trotted out the campaign talking point of the physical transformation/sacrifice of a role, Amanda has been citing one very 21st century luxury she had to do without: Botox.
At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of her film The Testament of Ann Lee on Tuesday, Sept. 9, the actress, 39, opened up about giving up Botox and makeup for her role as Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers.
In speaking with Etalk on the red carpet, Seyfried said that the ?sacrifice? was well worth it.
?I?m an actor and that?s my job and that?s what I love to do,? she told the outlet. ?I don?t necessarily need all that in my life. I just like it. The things that I like, I can sacrifice a little. Of course I can.?
She added, ?We did make sacrifices, and it was worth it. Every day was fun. We didn?t just survive, we thrived.?
The actress previously spoke about forgoing Botox as part of director Mona Fastvold?s no-makeup rule for The Testament of Ann Lee in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Aug. 26.
?I couldn?t get Botox for a year,? she told the magazine. ?That was a big assignment? When I first got [Botox], I was, like, ?This is amazing,? because I frown a lot. But then it all came back in a way that was absolutely necessary for all the work I was doing.?
The Testament of Ann Lee had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Monday, Sept. 1. The historical musical drama earned a 15-minute standing ovation after the screening ? the longest of any film at this year?s event, surpassing the 13 minutes of applause given to Guillermo del Toro?s Frankenstein.
In video footage shared by Variety, Seyfried was captured getting emotional at the ovation as she gazed around in awe at her colleagues, including director/co-writer Fastvold.
Per a synopsis from the festival, The Testament of Ann Lee is ?an epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.?
[From People]
Take a quick trip with me, reader, if you will. Think of Austin Butler, years after filming Elvis and he was still all ?I just can?t shake the accent!? And then, by contrast, we have Amanda Seyfried, proudly stepping up to the mic and declaring, ?I gave up Botox, you guys!? I love her for this! Genuinely, I?m not being sarcastic or facetious at all! (I know sometimes it can be hard to tell?) This is what I?ve always enjoyed about Amanda: she is never too cool for school. She?s full unapologetic theater kid energy, yet without veering into Rachel Berry obnoxiousness. I?m thinking especially of how candid she?s been about how hard she worked for her six Wicked auditions to play Glinda. She wanted it bad! And then didn?t hide or deny it publicly, even though it didn?t go her way. But it sure sounds like playing Ann Lee is going her way in a very big way. And in Testament she still gets to show off her singing and dancing chops, only she?s traded flying monkeys for, according to Fastvold, ?the best prosthetics we could possibly get for birthing vaginas.? Well, that?s me sold.
Photos credit: IPA/INSTARimages, IMAGO/Anna Maria Tinghino/Avalon, Cover Images, Stefano Costantino TTL/Avalon, Cobra Team/Backgrid
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| | Leonardo DiCaprio at the 'One Battle After Another' premiere: did he go to Turkey?' | | Added 18 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are photos from the London premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson?s One Battle After Another. Leonardo DiCaprio stars alongside Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti. Chase plays Leo?s character?s daughter. Leo is singing Chase?s praises, and he also enjoyed working with Teyana. I?m interested in seeing what PTA and Leo have done together Paul is only five years older than Leo? They?re basically the same generation, weird.
Anyway, I was first struck by how good Leo looks in these photos. He looks well-rested, fit, younger. His hair also looks fuller than it has in recent years? Is it the hair dye or something else? Did Leo go to Turkey???
Fashion notes: Chase Infiniti wore Iris Van Herpen, which is stunning on her. Teyana also went for a bold look in Oude Waag Fall 2025. I actually love the futuristic/Dune vibe of this, but I kind of wish she skipped the fabric piece around her face. It looks like that Skims ?face shapewear? which garnered so much criticism several months ago. Maya Rudolph (PTA?s wife) wore a terribly unflattering Bode dress. Neelam Gill also turned up at the premiere a few years ago, there were many rumors flying around that Leo and Neelam were dating. I think she?s with one of Leo?s close friends though, but that might have been a cover story.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Mariah Carey announces Christmastime in Las Vegas residency | | Added 18 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It has been seven years since Mariah Carey released her last album (but only if you believe in the passage of time, which our Mimi does not), so fans will be rejoicing when Here For It All finally comes out next week. And the release arrives not a moment too soon! Because while it?s still not yet Mimi Season ? the hallowed two-month period when her 1994 smash hit ?All I Want For Christmas Is You? dominates the airwaves, if not the whole planet ? it is time to start planning your annual Mimi Season festivities. Parties that could include attending Mariah?s newly-announced Christmastime residency at the Park MGM in Las Vegas. There will be 10 shows between November 28 and December 13, and tickets go on sale Saturday. Unless you have access to the presale which starts? in just a few hours.
The Lambily has just one thing they need for Christmas, and Mariah Carey is delivering. The Queen of Christmas announced that she?ll be bringing her holiday show, Mariah Carey?s Christmastime in Vegas, to the Dolby Live at MGM.
?Excited to bring Christmastime to the Dolby Live at Park MGM in Vegas!? The five-time Grammy winner shared on Instagram Monday (Sept. 15).
Her run of 10 Christmas-themed shows kicks off the day after Thanksgiving, on Friday, Nov. 28, and runs through Dec. 13. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. PT. Ticket presales will be available to MGM Rewards members and Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers; presale begins Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m. PT. These shows come after the singer?s The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas residencies in 2024 and 2025.
The celebrated vocalist boasts 19 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s to date, with her holiday classic, ?All I Want for Christmas Is You,? being among them. The carol, which has ruled the chart during the holiday season since 2017, snagged four straight weeks at the all-genre chart?s summit in 2024, bringing its total week at the top to 18 so far.
MTV recently celebrated Carey?s long-running career at the Video Music Awards, when the network honored her with the Video Vanguard Award on Sept. 7. The iconic singer delivered a career-spanning medley of some of her greatest hits before accepting the award, which was also her first Moon Person. Joked Carey in her acceptance speech, ?What in the Sam Hill took you so long?!?
[From Billboard]
?What in the Sam Hill took you so long?? Wait, did we just catch Mariah Carey acknowledging time?! No no, I kid the multi-millionaire diva as we approach the season of her minting the most money. This is her time of year, after all (even though years do not ever and will not ever crash into her orbit). Here For It All will carry fans through October until we officially cross into the domain of the Queen of Christmas, where our wishes are sentimental and humble, and no one suffers from hideous lighting. Just please, I beseech all the lambs preparing to flock: let?s not play rewind on last year?s shenanigans, where fights broke out at multiple concerts and sometimes, most blasphemously, even during the song. Don?t ruin the magic for yourself, the rest of the audience, and definitely not for Mimi ? she doesn?t have time for that sh-t. NOT that time affects her at all!
photos credit: RR/Smart Pictures/Avalon, imageSPACE/MediaPunch/INSTARimages
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| | Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce went to Patrick Mahomes's b-day party on Sunday | | Added 27 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Did you guys know that both Brittany and Patrick Mahomes are Virgos? That?s so interesting to me, you rarely see dual-Virgo marriages out in the wild, especially among celebrities. Brittany?s birthday is August 31, and Patrick?s b-day is September 17th. Taylor Swift went to some of Brittany?s b-day festivities in Nashville several weeks ago, and now it appears that Taylor went to a smallish birthday party for Patrick. This party happened on Sunday night, after the Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Country singer Kane Brown was there, and he posted a photo of the Mahomeses along with Travis Kelce and Taylor. This was the only sighting of Taylor on Sunday, because even though she attended the Chiefs game, she hid behind a barrier on her way to the VIP box, and she also hid from broadcasters during the game. TMZ now says that Taylor hid away because of security issues, which is what I figured.
Taylor Swift snuck into a football stadium to watch her fianc Travis Kelce at work and it looks like she used a bullet-resistant portable shield to evade detection following Charlie Kirks very public murder. Swifties are running with an interesting theory online after Taylor kept an extremely low profile at Sundays game between Travis Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles her fans think she was behind a bulletproof barrier that was seen rolling through the bowels of Arrowhead Stadium in K.C.
We did some digging and it seems the barrier being used here is a bullet-resistant portable shield partition that retails for about $6,000.
Taylor usually makes high-profile arrivals to Arrowhead to watch Travis play with tons of video typically showing her making her way to her suite. That didnt happen Sunday and its unclear why she seemingly felt the need to sneak in behind a protective barrier. It will be interesting to see if Taylor keeps this up the screen may be bad luck though the Chiefs lost, 20-17, to drop to 0-2 on the season.
[From TMZ]
This isn?t the first time that Taylor?s security has had to turn on a dime because of some larger national issue. During her Eras Tour, she had to cancel her Vienna concerts because of a terrorist plot. The past week has been absolutely insane, and I would assume that Taylor?s private security is being inundated with credible threats. I actually wonder if Taylor is going to make a point of skipping Chiefs games for a little while, at least until things cool down.
Photos courtesy of Kane Brown?s Instagram, Taylor?s IG and Cover Images.
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| | Taylor Swift attended the Eagles-Chiefs game but hid behind a huge screen | | Added 2 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Something really weird happened last night. While no one was paying any attention to the Emmys, football season was in full swing. The Eagles played the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, in a rematch of the Super Bowl earlier this year. The Eagles once again beat the Chiefs, and Travis Kelce is being blasted for screwing up a pass or something (I magically still don?t know anything about football). Travis was really upset, and he was screaming and throwing his helmet. People were really going in on him online.
So, that was weird, but so is this: Taylor Swift was allegedly there, but no one caught sight of her and there were no photos or cutaways to her during the game. For the past two football seasons, Taylor is a regular at games played at Arrowhead. She and her team work with Arrowhead security, and there?s almost always a little ?stroll? in one of the stadium?s corridors where a couple of photographers can get pics of her outfit. As I said, that?s been the case for two years. But this year, for the Chiefs? first home game of the season, Taylor didn?t do that. She apparently hid behind a screen on her way to the VIP box. Which? okay, maybe she didn?t feel like being photographed like that anymore. But they didn?t get any photos of her in the VIP box either?? What?s going on? People Mag swears that she was there, so I guess she just watched her fiance?s team lose from deep inside the VIP box.
People are immediately going with ?pregnant.? Possibly, but I think there?s a much better chance that this was completely about her security. Taylor showed up late, mid-game as well.
I?m not a Taylor Swift fan. However, she has freely walked in and out of chief games no problem. Now she?s engaged to Travis Kelce. So why would they need to block people from seeing her? Enter or exit the game? I will tell you. She?s probably pregnant. @taylorswift13? pic.twitter.com/uSVO26AyGP
Just Joe (@joeyjo35t) September 15, 2025
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| | Zoe Kravitz & Harry Styles' relationship has 'gone from 0 to 60' in recent weeks | | Added 7 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In August, Zoe Kravitz and Harry Styles were seen making out in London and walking arm-in-arm in Rome. It came as a surprise to me because I believed that Zoe had been dating Austin Butler for much of the past year. If not dating, perhaps more like a situationship which seemed to have legs. But according to sources, the Butler speculation hid Zoe?s relationship with Harry Styles, and they?ve possibly been dating for a few months (or longer). Well, ever since their European adventures, they?ve seemingly been hanging out in Brooklyn, where Zoe lives, and they?ve been photographed several times. Page Six makes it sound like they?re in the first flush of love/lust.
Zo Kravitz and Harry Styles seem to be taking their new romance to the next level ? hanging out with each other?s friends. The stylish duo were spotted on Saturday dining with a group of pals at Wolfgang Puck?s swanky Cut at the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown.
?They?re with a group of friends,? a spy told Page Six. ?Cocktails, having a good time!?
The pair was seen holding hands while walking through Williamsburg, Brooklyn, multiple times last week. A spy who saw them during one stroll exclusively told Page Six that former One Direction singer, 31, and the ?Big Little Lies? alum, 36, are ?definitely a couple.?
?They were holding hands and laughing together, like, very casual,? the spy told us. ?He was making some joke. He leaned his head back, looked up and she was laughing.?
Kravitz has owned an apartment in Williamsburg for years, and used to share it with ex Channing Tatum.
Another source told Page Six of Kravitz and Styles, ?I feel like they?ve gone from 0 to 60.?
?It?s so hard to date as a celebrity ? Harry wouldn?t have gone public with Zo if it wasn?t anything,? said the source. ?[But] it?s very new and fresh and they?re just having fun.? The source also added: ?Harry doesn?t label this stuff.?
[From Page Six]
I kind of hate how Harry does relationships, but he might have met his match in Zoe ?Love ?Em And Leave ?Em? Kravitz. It feels like Harry never really falls head-over-heels for anyone, like he keeps a real emotional distance from every woman he?s ever dated. Maybe I?m reading too much into it, but it?s very ?I?m a rock star heartthrob, you have to do all the emotional labor here.? But hey, as I said, Zoe certainly operates in a similar way in her relationships.
DEUXMOI EXCLUSIVE?Zo Kravitz and Harry Styles grab a morning after coffee in NYC TheImageDirect/Backgrid pic.twitter.com/HX5SruJ0oi
deuxmoi (@deuxmoiworld) September 4, 2025
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| | Sydney Sweeney wore pink Erdem to the 'Christy' premiere at TIFF | | Added 9 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Sydney Sweeney attending events at the Toronto International Film Festival. She went to TIFF to premiere Christy, the bio-pic of boxer Christy Martin. The pics in this post are from the premiere event and the afterparty, where Sydney changed into a black gown. Her premiere look was a pale Pink corseted gown by Erdem. Which? it?s fine. I don?t hate it, and it?s flattering for her figure, but the skirt is a mess.
TIFF was Sydney?s first time back in public and in a press junket since all of this summer?s controversies. There was the American Eagle-eugenics issue, and on the heels of that, we learned that Sydney is a registered Republican in Florida. She?s also been dating Scooter Braun for several months, which I consider a stand-alone controversy because it?s in such bad taste for her. When asked about some of these scandals, Sydney told Vanity Fair: ?I am there to support my movie and the people involved in making it, and I?m not there to talk about jeans. The movie?s about Christy, and that?s what I?ll be there to talk about.?
As for the movie, the critical buzz from TIFF is that Sydney has done a fantastic job in the role and she might have a shot at some awards. The NY Times rather patronizingly asked: ?With ?Christy,? Can Sydney Sweeney Rebrand as a Serious Actress?? This is an actress with two Emmy nominations, mind you.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Dwayne Johnson showed off his dramatic weight-loss transformation in Venice | | Added 15 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Dwayne ?The Rock? Johnson and Emily Blunt were in Venice on Monday to premiere their new film, The Smashing Machine. It was directed by Benny Safdie, and it?s about the real UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Apparently, the Venice audience loved the film, loved The Rock as Kerr and loved Emily Blunt as Kerr?s partner Dawn Staples-Kerr. Venice gave the film and the actors a 15-minute standing ovation.
This is the second time Emily and Dwayne have worked together, and they seem to get along really well. To be fair, Emily seems to be besties with ALL of her costars, but she and Dwayne seemed especially giggly and affectionate with one another. Dwayne has apparently lost something like 60 pounds for this role, and he?s maintained the new physique since the film wrapped. It?s apparently a new thing for him, he wants to be taken more seriously as an actor, and he also had/has some health issues (which he isn?t disclosing with any specificity beyond ?gut issues?).
As for Emily?she wore Tamara Ralph Fall 2025 Couture to the big Venice premiere. I?m not really a fan of this design? I always debate myself whether I want to talk about Emily?s cosmetic work too, so all I?ll say is that she doesn?t need all of that and it makes her look much older.
Dwayne Johnson is emotional during the 15-minute standing ovation of ?THE SMASHING MACHINE? at Venice Film Festival.
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Film Updates (@thefilmupdates.bsky.social) September 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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| | Emma Stone wore two Louis Vuitton looks in Venice to support 'Bugonia' | | Added 19 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Emma Stone in Venice, at the photocall and premiere of Bugonia. This is her latest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos, who directed Emma in The Favourite and Poor Things (which won Emma her second Best Actress Oscar). Bugonia looks like a trip, and it?s so funny that Emma?s favorite director/collaborator is so offbeat and art-house.
Anyway, for both the photocall and premiere, Emma wore Louis Vuitton. The white dress is the premiere look, the black dress is for the photocall. I actually love the photocall look it reminds me of the slipdresses which were so popular back in the day. The other LV? eh. I?m not wild about this ambassadorship and I feel like Emma is in a style rut because of LV, but it is what it is. The exaggerated peplum wouldn?t have been my call, but again, not my circus, not my clowns. At least her hair looks super-cute.
Just before the premiere, Focus released the trailer for Bugonia, and this is our first sighting of Bald Emma Stone. LOL? just from the trailer, I think she?s going to get another Oscar nom.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Denzel Washington: 'I don't watch movies, man' I?m tired of movies' | | Added 19 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Denzel Washington has been doing a lot of promo for Spike Lee?s Highest 2 Lowest, which I still haven?t seen. Sidenote: I find Spike Lee?s late-career work fascinating, but one of two extremes either he?s making one of the best movies in his filmography, or one of the worst. Y?all will have to let me know which one H2L is. In any case, Denzel is doing a lot, and I think that?s out of respect for Spike, because otherwise, he probably wouldn?t bother at this point. In the past year especially, Denzel has sounded ?over it,? to put it politely. He?s over the industry, he?s over the awards seasons, he?s over the hustling. As it turns out, he?s even over watching movies.
Denzel Washington joined GQ for a video interview with his ?Highest 2 Lowest? director Spike Lee and co-star A$AP Rocky and made the surprising revelation that he no longer watches movies. The two-time Oscar winner admitted it may be because he?s just made too many of them. Washington has well over 40 film credits under his belt after starting his career in 1981?s ?Carbon Copy.?
?I don?t watch movies, man. I really don?t,? Washington said. ?I?m just being honest with you! I don?t watch movies! I don?t go to the movies. I don?t watch movies. ? I?m tired of movies. Yeah.?
When Lee asked Washington how many movies he?s made, the actor responded: ?Too many. I think 50!?
[From Variety]
It might be the situation of ?I do this all day, I don?t want to do it during my off-hours.? Which is sort of who I?ve become too, in a much smaller way than Denzel. I write and read about pop culture, royals and celebrities all day for my job on my off-hours, I just want to watch tennis and decompress, not slog my way through a new movie or show every other night. It?s bad, I know. I do watch new stuff, btw, but I?ve become more fickle. In Denzel?s case? he?s been in so many movies, he?s directed and produced, he?s done it all and worked with so many people. I can totally see how he?s reached an age where he just doesn?t care anymore.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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