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| | Angelina Jolie did 'quiet luxury' at the Santa Barbara Film Festival: love it or hate it' | | Added 147 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As the Karla Sofia Gascon catastrophe unfolded in the past two weeks, my anger towards Netflix grew. Netflix should absolutely regret putting so much money and effort behind Emilia Perez and not Maria. We could have had Angelina Jolie at every awards show if Netflix had supported her the same way they supported Gascon. But here we are Jolie was snubbed for Bafta, SAG and Oscar nominations. But she has still been receiving awards at film festivals and various events over the past four months or so. Last night, Jolie was in Santa Barbara for the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. She received the Maltin Modern Master Award. She walked the carpet and took part in a career-retrospective Q&A session with Leonard Maltin.
Style-wise, Jolie?s look was sort of a meh/mixed bag. I?m so tired of this washed-out blonde color and I?m dying for her to go back to a strong brunette. On the plus side, at least she didn?t have those assy bangs front and center. She wore a silky cream slipdress (with pockets!) and a matching jacket. I?m not wild about it because it feels sack-dress-adjacent, but it?s far from her worst look. British Vogue even said this was Angelina doing the ?quiet luxury? trend.
Meanwhile, this week there were some absolutely bizarre rumors about Angelina and her humanitarian work. The backstory is idiotic and awful Donald Trump has basically shut down USAID (America?s foreign aid) and now Russian and MAGA people are spreading lies about how USAID was handing eight-figure checks to celebrities to ?support? Ukraine. They?re claiming that the American government paid Angelina $40 million to support humanitarian effort in Ukraine or something like that. It didn?t happen, none of it. Angelina has always paid out of pocket to support refugees and do her international work.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Backgrid.
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| | Lily Allen and David Harbour announce separation after 4 years of marriage | | Added 148 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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After months of rumors about their marriage being on the rocks, Lily Allen and David Harbour confirmed earlier this week that they?ve separated. David and Lily got together after meeting on the exclusive dating app Raya in early 2019 and got married in Las Vegas in September 2020. Over the past few months, there?s been rumors that they were having problems because Lily caught David cheating or that Lily had relapsed. Lily addressed that gossip on a recent episode of her podcast, Miss Me?, saying it wasn?t true. She didn?t do much to quell rumors of a split, though, when she admitted that she?s was not in a good place and felt herself spiraling. And now we have confirmation thanks to a People exclusive.
Lily Allen and David Harbour are calling it quits. The Smile singer, 39, and the Stranger Things actor, 49, have separated after four years of marriage, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.
Her marriage has been crumbling, an insider tells PEOPLE exclusively, and they have split.
Reps for Allen and Harbour did not immediately respond to PEOPLEs request for comment.
Allen ? who married Harbour in 2020 after meeting on the celebrity dating app Raya ? alluded to a recent tough time on the Dec. 16 episode of her BBC podcast Miss Me? with co-host Miquita Oliver.
Though Allen did not offer additional details as to the source of her trouble, she said it was affecting her mental health and causing her problems with her eating.
[From People]
According to an ?insider,? Lily is ?devastated and not in a good place? and that the separation has been ?very hard? for both her and her two daughters, Ethel Mary, 13 and Marnie Rose, 12, who were close with David. I know Lily can be problematic as hell, but I do feel for her and I kinda liked them together. She seemed to really love David and whatever the ultimate cause of their split was, I bet she felt they could work it out. I also truly feel for Ethel and Mary. If they were as close with David as we?ve heard they were, then they must be going through a tough time right now. I hope Lily can keep herself together emotionally to be there for them. I am also certain that this is only the beginning of these types of exclusives and we?ll totally find out what went down sooner rather than later.
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| | Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers | | Added 149 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Over the weekend, Justin Baldoni and his lawyers launched the much-anticipated website. For weeks, they?d promised to publish all of the communications between Baldoni and Blake Lively, and relevant communications around the film. I have not gone through all of the documentation Baldoni has provided, but I?ve seen the coverage lots of texts from Blake which definitely chip away at her claims that Baldoni was being overly familiar or inappropriately flirty with her. Baldoni also included at least one text from Ryan Reynolds. You can see the website here.
On Monday, Blake?s lawyers and Baldoni?s lawyers were in court for another hearing. Top of Blake?s agenda was getting a gag order on Baldoni and his lawyers. She didn?t get that, but the judge did warn both sides to stop with the pre-trial PR war, and the judge also threatened to expedite the trial if both sides didn?t shut up.
A New York judge cautioned Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?s lawyers not to litigate their legal battle in the press as the two sides faced off in court for the first time since their clients sued each other. Lively, 37, is accusing her It Ends With Us costar and director Baldoni, 41, and others of damaging her reputation in the press after she reported sexual harassment on set. In turn, Baldoni has filed defamation lawsuits against her, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times. His lawyer, Bryan Freedman, is also running a PR campaign to fight back against her claims.
Livelys lawyers attempted to limit Freedman, asking the judge to stop him from speaking to the press in ways that could influence the jury. They also expressed worries about a website Baldoni and his team recently launched in an apparent attempt to bolster his accusations against Lively.
At the Monday, Feb. 3 pretrial conference at United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Liman addressed the issue. He threatened to expedite the trial if the parties do not rein in the public relations war outside the courtroom. The judge also instructed both parties to comply with the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibit attorneys from making comments that could have a substantial likelihood of biasing a jury.
Freedman said his ?clients are devastated financially and emotionally.? The It Ends With Us actors are preparing to head to trial in March 2026.
Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, attorneys for Lively, said in a statement, ?We are pleased with the result of today?s hearing and eager to move forward immediately with discovery in this case. The court granted our request that all attorneys in the matter actually follow the rule of law and not make any statements that could prejudice a jury, they continued. This case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. We will hold the defendants accountable, and we are confident that once all the evidence is submitted in this matter, Ms. Lively will prevail.
Freedman told reporters outside court, according to The Hollywood Reporter, ?I couldn?t be more pleased with how the case was handled today. We?re going to move as quickly as possible and prove our innocence.
[From People]
Blake?s side is trying to put a happy face on the fact that they didn?t get what they wanted, a gag order on Baldoni and his lawyers. They also didn?t get Baldoni?s website shut down, although who knows, that might work in their favor (it doesn?t seem like many people are willing to dive into all of the documentation and annotated legal filings). To celebrate the lack of gag orders on either side, Blake?s team ran to People Magazine with another exclusive. A ?source close to Lively? told People that ?Blake is surprisingly calm and just tries to focus on family life. Shes in constant contact with her team. She sees the whole lawsuit drama as a necessary bump, but shes not letting it take away from her main focus, which is her children.?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Sharon Stone on having a stroke: don't ask your friends what to do, call 911 | | Added 149 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sharon Stone had a devastating stroke in 2001 that completely altered the trajectory of her life. She references the stroke a lot, I think because A) it was, to quote our dearly missed president, ?a big f?king deal,? and B) because she doesn?t want it to happen to you. Sharon just hosted the American Heart Association Red Dress Collection Concert last week, and once again she took the time to describe what she came back from, reiterating that ?I can do it, and I made it, and you can too.? One thing she said in particular that should definitely be amplified, is the reminder that if you?re experiencing any symptoms (like numbness, especially on one side of the body, confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding words), get yourself to a hospital ASAP. Do not wait or hesitate!
?I walked out of that hospital, unable to write my own name,? Stone, 66, tells PEOPLE exclusively while hosting the American Heart Association (AHA) Red Dress Collection Concert on Jan. 30. She said following the stroke, she was ?unable to remember anything.?
And yet, the Basic Instinct star tells PEOPLE, ?I?m right here hosting this ball on two feet in five-inch heels, and I can do it, and I made it, and you can too.?
After a ruptured vertebral artery bled into her brain for nine days, Stone says there weren?t rehabilitation programs that could help.
?When it happened to me, there wasn?t a program that would help me walk again. There wasn?t a program that would stop my suffering,? Stone explains. ?There wasn?t any aftercare, and certainly, insurance companies are f?king us right and left, and there wasn?t any insurance to help me. There wasn?t anything. And I?m sure that there?s probably even less now.?
Her situation was made worse by a turbulent personal life, as her husband Phil Bronstein divorced her during her recovery.
But the Casino alum said she wants people to know they can ? and should ? fight to survive: ?I want to say to people, ?You can do it.? And I want them to look at me and know, [I had] a husband that was divorcing me, with everybody fighting to take everything, with the bank, who had taken $18 million all my life savings. I had nothing. I had no money. No career.?
?I was destitute with a 1% chance of surviving,? Stone, who calls herself a ?proud survivor,? tells PEOPLE.
The Emmy winner urges people to pay attention to stroke symptoms and to advocate for themselves, warning, ?If your face starts to fall in any way or has numbness, if your arm feels strange or numb in any way, if your speech is weird, or you say something and it?s not what you were trying to say, or your speech is slurred ? you have no time, call an ambulance.?
?Don?t ask your friends. Don?t ask your husband or someone else, ?What do you think I should do?? 911, no questions asked,? Stone continues. ?I called people. They hung up on me, left me on the floor, didn?t help me. I was alone for three days on the floor.?
?Get an ambulance and get to the hospital. Walk into oncoming traffic and wave your arms,? she says. ?Do not hesitate.?
[From People]
Divorcing your spouse who?s in intense recovery from a stroke is so despicable, this one sentence is the only time I?ll waste on him. I applaud Sharon for raising awareness through her own, hard fought experience, because the advice she shares will be news to someone. The Cleveland Clinic gives the same warning to call 911 immediately. If you?re worried someone is having a stroke in your presence, run through the BE FAST acronym, gauging the person?s facility with Balance, Eyes-Face-Arms movement, Speech, and noting the Time symptoms started. (I?m linking to Cleveland Clinic?s stroke page here, which has more details on how to do BE FAST tests.) I would add that for any suspected head injury, not just stroke, you should go to the doctor immediately. I?ll never forget the lovely Natasha Richardson falling while skiing, but politely declining treatment because she said she felt fine. By the time she felt a headache and finally agreed to go to the hospital, it was too late.
So that?s my PSA courtesy of Sharon Stone with a cameo from the gone-too-soon Natasha Richardson. Now pass it on! (Though maybe not the bit about walking into oncoming traffic; that could end badly.)
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| | Katy Perry: my therapist said 'What anybody thinks about you is none of your business' | | Added 150 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Katy Perry?s latest album, 143, did not land the way she was probably hoping/expecting. She dropped the first single, ?Woman?s World,? in July, with a music video so? let?s say ?extreme,? that she had to immediately clap back to say, ?You guys, it?s SATIRE!? Then she released ?Lifetimes.? Aside from being a big nothing-burger of a song, the filming of the music video may have environmentally damaged a protected Spanish island. Dios mo. And of course there?s the Dr. Luke of it all across the whole album. But you can?t keep a California Gurl down! Katy is set to perform at the Invictus Games this month, and will kick off the Lifetimes Tour in May ? her first North American tour in seven years. And as for those pesky bad reviews 143 got, she doesn?t read them anyway! Thanks to a little advice she got from her therapist:
Katy Perry isn?t fazed by her critics.
Speaking with PEOPLE about her newly announced Lifetimes Tour, which is in support of her album 143, the ?Hot N Cold? singer revealed she does read her album reviews ? but has found it?s best to avoid them all together.
?You shouldn?t read it when it?s good. You shouldn?t read it when it?s bad,? Perry, 40, tells PEOPLE exclusively.
She adds, ?My therapist said something that really changed my life. What anybody thinks about you is none of your business. It?s what you think about yourself.?
Despite any negative reviews, this album is about personal change ? and she hopes it can become ?the soundtrack for anyone?s life.?
?I created this album out of a real shift in my life when I became a mother, and I really tapped into that feminine divine energy. The messages on it are celebratory. They?re about love,? Perry says of the album?s creation.
The ?Dark Horse? performer continues, ?I have an incredible identity that I?ve been able to create since COVID, when a lot changed for so much. So the album really just celebrates love and this unconditional love that I have been looking for my whole life and never really knew it existed. That was a clich, and it?s actually true.?
During an appearance on Call Her Daddy in September, Perry addressed criticism over working with Lukasz ?Dr. Luke? Gottwald ? who worked on some of her biggest hits like ?I Kissed a Girl,? ?California Gurls? and ?Teenage Dream? and was involved in nearly a decade-long legal battle with Kesha.
?I understand that it started a lot of conversations and he was one of many collaborators that I collaborated with. But the reality is, it comes from me,? Perry said of the producer. ?The truth is, I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people to help facilitate all that. One of the writers, one of the producers. I am speaking from my own experience.?
[From People]
?What anybody thinks about you is none of your business.? That IS excellent advice? And still 143 is not a great album. Both are true! Katy has every right to shield herself from the reviews, but I think it would?ve behooved her to listen to someone, somewhere during the writing and recording process, before 143 was released as it is. And along those lines, was there really no one in Katy?s orbit who cautioned her that working with Dr. Luke was a bad idea? No one? Anyone? Bueller? And her comments on Call Her Daddy were weird, right? She kept harping on the songs coming from her, but I didn?t think the issue was whether Dr. Luke wrote Katy?s songs. It was the fact that she sought out the credibly-accused rapist/abuser as a collaborator to begin with. But I guess what anybody thinks about Dr. Luke is none of Katy?s business.
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| | Taylor Swift wore Vivienne Westwood & went home empty-handed at the Grammys | | Added 150 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift had a nice vibe at the Grammys last night. Travis Kelce did not attend as her date, he?s still preparing for the Super Bowl (this coming weekend), so Taylor was just there to rep her album, The Tortured Poets Department and its six Grammy nominations. She was also there to hang out with friends and, as it turns out, cheer for two of her favorite people in music: Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar. Taylor ended up losing in all six categories in which she was nominated, but she presented Beyonce with the Best Country Album Grammy and she shared a toast with Jay-Z when Beyonce won Album of the Year. Swift was also super-happy for Kendrick when he won Record of the Year for ?Not Like Us.?
Throughout the night she made zero costume changes Taylor wore a fire-red Vivienne Westwood corseted minidress. It was flattering and pretty, and a little bit sexy. I?ve made my peace with the fact that she?s not a huge risk-taker when it comes to fashion, and this feels entirely in her comfort zone. My one complaint is that it?s a bit ice-skater-chic, but again, that?s Taylor. She loves that ?ice dancer princess? look. One sexy element was a delicate chain on her thigh with a charm with the initial ?T?- for Taylor or for Travis.
Are the Swifties mad that Taylor didn?t win another AOTY? I hope not I think if she had lost to someone other than Beyonce, they might feel some kind of way about it, but given Taylor?s clear happiness for her friend, I hope the truce between fandoms holds. Yes, another AOTY win would have been historic, but it was also a historic snub that Beyonce hadn?t won an AOTY Grammy before last night.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Lily Collins & Charlie McDowell welcomed daughter Tove Jane via surrogacy | | Added 151 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I used to not care that much about Lily Collins, but she?s grown on me a lot because of Emily In Paris, one of my favorite ?dumb shows.? Lily is adorable in it, and I like that she?s moved into producing. She?s a nepo baby, obviously, and she married another nepo baby Charlie McDowell, son of Malcolm McDowell. Well, now Charlie and Lily have a nepo baby of their own! They just welcomed daughter Tove Jane McDowell via surrogacy. From Lily?s IG:
Welcome to the center of our world Tove Jane McDowell. Words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate and everyone who helped us along the way. We love you to the moon and back again?
[From Lily?s IG]
I thought it was a nice story, and I actually wondered if they?re saying ?surrogacy? when they really mean that they used a gestational carrier. They?re different things at a technical level a gestational carrier carries an embryo made from (in this case) Lily?s egg, fertilized by Charlie. Surrogacy means that Lily and Charlie might not use their own biological material. They didn?t explain it and it?s their business they don?t have to speak about why they?re starting a family in this way, and we don?t know if there were fertility issues or what have you. It?s none of our business. Apparently, people were getting into Lily?s Instagram comments and saying sh-t about surrogacy, and so Charlie posted this as a comment:
Thank you for all the kind messages and love. We are overjoyed and very grateful.
In regards to the unkind messages about surrogacy and our path to having a baby? it?s ok to not be an expert on surrogacy. It?s ok to not know why someone might need a surrogate to have a child. It?s ok to not know the motivations of a surrogate regardless of what you assume. And it?s ok to spend less time spewing hateful words into the world, especially in regards to a beautiful baby girl who has brought a lot of love into people?s lives. That?s all for now because she just pooped and I need to change her diaper.
[From Lily?s IG]
?It?s ok to not know why someone might need a surrogate to have a child. It?s ok to not know the motivations of a surrogate regardless of what you assume.? Exactly I think there are absolutely conversations to be had about surrogacy and exploitation, but in this particular situation, it?s really rude to demand to know ?why? Charlie and Lily used a surrogate.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Lily?s IG.
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| | Selena Gomez recorded a tearful message about Trump's mass deportations | | Added 156 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Selena Gomez was a long-time supporter of Kamala Harris Selena is a California resident, so Harris was her state?s AG and senator before the vice presidency and last year?s presidential run. Selena endorsed Harris for president and even posted on her social media about voting-by-mail. Selena has also been a longtime advocate for the Mexican-American community, the undocumented community and the immigrant community. Her grandparents came to America as undocumented immigrants. So? yeah, Selena is really torn up about what?s already happening in the second Trump administration. ICE has already conducted hundreds, if not thousands of raids, and many people are being deported without any due process. On Monday, Selena posted this tearful message on social media:
Selena Gomez shares emotional Instagram Story about the deportation of Mexican people:
?All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don?t understand. I?m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can?t. I don?t know what to do. I?ll try everything, I promise.? pic.twitter.com/il8pPXYZma
Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 27, 2025
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| | Naomi Watts writes down her dreams first thing when she wakes up | | Added 156 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the past few years, Naomi Watts has been doing what she can to bring attention to menopause. Naomi, who is now 56, started perimenopause at 36. Since that is still fairly young, Naomi struggled through it alone. At the time, she was trying to have children and was not a candidate for IVF, which added a whole other level of stress. But, she got through it and has been doing her best to raise as much awareness as she can. She even started Stripes, a line of supplemental products for menopausal people.
Naomi?s latest push to normalize conversations about menopause is a book called Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I?d Known About Menopause, which came out last week. In the book, she talks about her experience with early menopause. She also shares other personal stories, like this one about how her husband Billy Crudup made her feel less self-conscious about wearing a hormone patch by telling her that he has gray hair where the sun don?t shine. To promote the book, Naomi shared her daily routine with People for their latest wellness series. Turns out, she?s a morning person and a competitive Wordle player who drinks her coffee black and keeps a dream journal. From Naomi:
I usually wake up five minutes before my alarm. On a regular day to get the kids out and on their way, my alarm is set to 6:55. I take a lot of time winding down at night but I go straight into my day. I get up on my feet very quickly and start the day with energy.
Im a natural early bird. My husband Billy [Crudup] is a night person. Usually, Im up before him and let him sleep.
When I first open my eyes, I might think about a dream Ive had and write it down. I think what goes on in the night in the unconscious can give you clues, messages that might be helpful for my days work. That sounds a bit woo-woo, but I often analyze dreams.
The first thing I attend to is getting my dog Izzy out which often happens earlier than I would like. Were in New York, in an apartment, and sometimes Ive been grateful theres not a paparazzi out there because I am still in my pajamas under a coat and my hair?s everywhere.
Next I try to wake up the kids [Sasha, 17, and Kai, 16]. They definitely take time. I am lucky if I can shove some toast down their throats before they leave. It always feels a bit chaotic in the mornings with teenagers.
I drink black coffee. I used to be a cappuccino girl, but I went straight to black coffee once I moved to America. I have one of those percolator machines and I use Peet?s coffee.
I do a Wordle every morning. I play on a Wordle chain. Im very competitive with games and we have seven or eight people on our chain. Whoever won the day before gets to choose the word. I like to get that done before 10 a.m.
Exercise sets the day for me. Most of the exercise I do now is strength training. I still like yoga, but mostly I lift weights. Sometimes I go to a gym and sometimes I do it on my own with a video. Keith Anthony is a guy that I met at a class a long time ago. He now has a website and he has recordings, so I just do his videos.
After I exercise, Ill have boiled eggs or with avocado and tomato, or yogurt with berries and granola. I like to not eat before I exercise.
In the shower I use Hrklinikken Stabilizing Scalp Shampoo. This is a Danish company at the forefront of haircare that a friend recommended to me. My hair is thinning and Hrklinikken?s products create stronger, healthier hair growth. I?ve seen great results and have been using these products for a couple of years.
My post-shower routine tends to be simple. I just put moisturizer on. I love The Power Move by Stripes [Wattss skincare and beauty company]. It?s really good for sensitive and dry skin.
[From People]
Naomi?s life and routine is basically my yearly New Years? resolution, lol. I?m not a morning person, but every night, I set my coffee pot to go off at an early time because I resolve to start my day as soon as I wake up to use the restroom instead of crawling back into bed and trying to squeeze in another 30-45 minutes of sleep. I love that she?s disciplined enough to write down her dreams, too. I dont think thats woo-woo at all. I?ve tried it a couple of times, but it?s never stuck. I did buy one of those ?dream dictionary? books a long time ago, though, because I do believe that your dreams are trying to tell you something. I?ve just never been good at figuring out what!
Oh, and I suppose I do have one thing in common with Naomi. I do coffee and Wordle first thing in the morning too (and Connections and Strands and, if I?m in the mood to feel frustrated, The Mini). I?m not that competitive, though. I just do it for the self-satisfaction I get when I guess the right word. Also, I think it?s funny how many celebrities are in competitive Wordle groups. Celebrities, they?re just like us.
Photos credit: JosiahW/Backgrid, IMAGO/RW/Avalon, Roger Wong/INSTARimages
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| | Jennifer Lopez wore a 'spiderweb' Valdrin Sahiti to her big Sundance premiere | | Added 157 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Sundance Film Festival began last week, and Jennifer Lopez came to Park City, Utah to promote her latest film. Last year, she filmed Bill Condon?s Kiss of the Spider Woman on-and-off for months this was what she was working on when her marriage to Ben Affleck fell apart. I never would have thought that J.Lo would end up at Sundance, but here we are. She didn?t feel the need to dial down the glamour either while she was bundled up like she was on a ski holiday for much of her time at Sundance, she ended up wearing some slinky couture for the premiere. She wore a ?spiderweb? dress by Valdrin Sahiti and she looked great tiny, but great. She?s lost weight, hasn?t she? J.Lo told reporters that she feels like this was the role she was born to play:
Jennifer Lopez is braving the Sundance snow to tease her buzzy new project ? which, as she noted, is her very first movie musical.
At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Sunday, Jan. 26, the actress-singer, 55, discussed her upcoming project Kiss of the Spider Woman alongside director Bill Condon and costar Tonatiuh as part of the Los Angeles Times Talks series, presented by Chase Sapphire Reserve.
I never felt in my life that I was born to play a part ever. And I really felt that with this, Lopez said of her character, screen star Ingrid Luna. Love is just love and people are just people. And for me, that resonated very deeply because of my own life and my own children. And so I really took to it so immediately and was so excited.
A reimagining of the 1993 Tony Award-winning musical and 1985 movie of the same name, Kiss of the Spider Woman stars Diego Luna as Valentin Arregui, a political prisoner during Argentinas civil war in the 1980s. Incarcerated alongside him is Luis Molina, portrayed by Tonatiuh, 30.
Getting to sing the songs from musical creators John Kander and Fred Ebb ? and with Chicago and Dreamgirls director Condon, 69 ? was a dream come true, said Lopez, who is also among the films producers.
I did [Selena Quintanilla-Prez biopic] Selena years ago, but it was not my voice, she noted. They wanted to use her voice. I did dance a little, but there wasnt much choreography. So this was my first musical.
[From People]
The fact that Bill Condon is the director and he reimagined the musical makes me think that this will end up being really good. I?ve seen some Sundance reviews and they?re saying the same thing, that this is a very interesting adaptation and Jennifer is great in it. Additionally because we?re talking about Jennifer Lopez she appeared at a pop-up party and performed a couple of songs, just for the hell of it. A new J.Lo era!!
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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