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| | Julia Fox quit a project she worked on for five years due to a racist white director | | Added 160 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I must confess that I am one of those people who is fascinated by Julia Fox. When she first came to my attention during her brief tenure as Kanye?s girlfriend, she was easy to write off as just another woman looking for her 15 minutes. I?ve since come to realize that my affinity for her is because she reminds me of an ?old school? celebrity from the early days of Internet gossip. You know what I mean! She knows what to say and how to dress to get us to talk about her. She?s thirsty for attention and knows how to quench it. That said, she?s also pretty open and honest about her backstory and motivation to earn money (her son). She just seems like a very complicated person who is good at promoting her brand, which is herself.
Like all good self-promoters, Julia has a TikTok. A few days ago, Julia made a video, which you can watch below, in which she drops some tea on a project that she says she?s been involved with for five years. According to Julia, she had to quit this long-term project after its director was hired because he ended up being a racist POS. When he was first brought on board, she had a call with him. During this call, Julia and Unnamed Director X clashed over whether or not to have a diverse cast. According to this director, diversity casting is racist and white people have it hard too. OMFG.
?OK, so the craziest thing just happened to me,? she began. ?So I?ve been attached to a project for five years. I?ve given creative contributions to it, emotional contributions to it, it was like my baby. I even brought on like a major, major A-list icon to play alongside me and everything was going great until this white man director came in.?
She went on to explain that the white male director, who she doesn?t name, ?was trying to kick me off the project. Meanwhile I?ve been there for five years and he?s been there for a week. I had mentioned [to him] that I really thought it was important to have diversity in our lead cast,? which apparently rubbed him the wrong way.
?He said, ?Why? White people have it really hard too. And plus, diversity casting is like using Black people as puppets.? Meanwhile, we?re actors, we?re all f-cking puppets, what are you talking about?? she said while reading from notes she said she took during the call.
??White people don?t have a duty to cast Black people because so many Black projects happen and Asian projects and nobody gets mad that there?s no white people in the cast.? He said ?Turn on Netflix, turn on any streamer, it?s all Black projects. Go to India, all the movies in India have all Indian people, nobody gets mad that they don?t have diversity.??
?I said, ?Honey, white people have been the default up until now. Let them have their all Indian movies,?? to which he allegedly said, ??What are you talking about? Wake up, we are in 2024?this isn?t 2005 or something.??
?It was giving Proud Boy, it was giving ?All Lives Matter,? it was giving white supremacy, and at that point I was done arguing,? she says. ?And I said ?You know what, I can?t work with you, I?m done.?
Julia went on to say she?s ?grown to love the people attached, the producers, the writers, the other actor in question, and I don?t want to blow up this whole thing for them,? but ?I just can?t believe I?m having conversations like this in 2024.?
It?s not yet known which project she was referring to, nor the director.
[From JustJared]
Well, first and foremost, I absolutely have to know who this director is. This is a pretty wild blind item. Who do we think it could be? Its not surprising that a white male director would say this, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people say this kind of sh-t with their whole chest and no shame. If what Julia?s saying is true, then I want him to be exposed so that everyone knows just who they?re working with or who is benefiting from their support. In the same vein, I also would love to know the name of the project she quit and whether the A-list star that she brought on board is still willing to be attached to it. While a big name star may have the ability to walk away, I feel badly for the crew members who are now involved in what surely will become a mess because of a director that they had no hand in hiring.
@juliafox
SMDH
? original sound Julia Fox
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| | VF: Princess Kate's summer vacation began the second she left Wimbledon | | Added 160 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Following the Princess of Wales?s successful appearance at the Wimbledon men?s final, there?s a sudden rash of speculation about when Kate will be seen again. As everyone knows, her Sunday appearance was only the second time she?d been seen in public this whole year. As royal-gossips know, the Wimbledon men?s final is usually Kate?s last public event before her summer holidays, which can sometimes last for three months. Trust me when I say that it?s completely asinine to claim that Kate will be seen again anywhere before October. Probably November. That?s what Katie Nicholl?s sources are saying as well:
Kate Middleton?s appearance at Wimbledon on Sunday delighted tennis and royal fans, but it may be some time before we see Kate in public again.
According to royal sources, Prince William and Princess Kate are planning to spend most of the summer ?below the radar? at their Norfolk bolthole now that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are out of school and Kate continues her course of preventative chemotherapy.
While Kensington Palace would not give details on the family?s plans for the summer, a royal source confirmed that the Wales family are now ?on summer break.? Sources close to the family say that although they will not be traveling abroad this summer while Kate undergoes treatment, they are excited to visit King Charles and Queen Camilla in Scotland next month.
Sunday?s appearance at Wimbledon is likely to be Kate?s last official engagement until later this year.
[From Vanity Fair]
?They will not be traveling abroad this summer?? They say that like it?s a new thing, when really, Kensington Palace has claimed for years that William and Kate spend all of their downtime in Norfolk. When they?ve actually jetted off quietly to various overseas vacations. Half of which we?ve never even heard of, because the British media selectively keeps their secrets. Anyway, yes, Kate?s summer holiday began as soon as she got in the car and was driven away from the All-England Club. That?s how it traditionally works for Kate. I wonder if she?ll even bother to make the trek to Scotland. I also wonder what excuses, if any, we?ll be given in the fall when someone bothers to ask where Kate is and whether she?ll be seen in public again before Christmas.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Jennifer Lopez is spending time with her stepdaughter Violet in the Hamptons | | Added 160 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jennifer Lopez decamped to her home in the Hamptons before Independence Day. She?s still there, getting pap?d and overtipping for ice cream (she left a $50 tip at a local ice cream parlor, and her PR team is working overtime). I told you what I think is happening she wants Ben Affleck to chase her, she wants him to figure out that they ?belong? together. Well, I don?t know if Ben has run to the Hamptons to see her, but Jennifer wants people to know that Violet Affleck and one of Violet?s friends are in the Hamptons with her right now.
Jennifer Lopez is spending quality time with Violet Affleck! On Saturday, July 13, the 54-year-old Atlas star shared a short video to her Instagram Stories, showing her taking a sunny summertime car ride with Ben Afflecks 18-year-old daughter in New York.
In the footage, Lopez is in the front seat of a car with an open sunroof ? wearing her wedding ring and sunglasses ? as Violet and her friend, actress Cassidey Fralin, look out the window. Lopez decorated the clip with a Summertime sticker and soundtracked it with The Kid LAROIs Girls.
The outing comes as Lopez and Affleck, 51, have reportedly experienced some tension in their marriage in recent months ? most recently spending Independence Day weekend apart, per sources.
A source told PEOPLE that Lopez and Violet were shopping at Roller Rabbit in East Hampton, N.Y., on Saturday and were ?surrounded by people? when they left but looked ?unfazed.? Another source told PEOPLE, ?[Lopez] seemed to be very happy shopping with Ben?s daughter. She had a big smile on her face.?
Lopez shared the family bonding moment to Instagram not long after WWD reported on Friday, July 12, that she and Violet were seen dress shopping at LoveShackFancy in Sag Harbor. The store did not immediately respond to PEOPLEs request to confirm Lopezs shopping trip on Saturday. Boutique Relax in Bridgehampton, which WWD reported the duo had shopped at as well, confirmed to PEOPLE that Lopez was in the store last week and is a repeat customer. According to WWD, a LoveShackFancy salesperson said that Lopez and Violet had an hour of privacy to shop at the store, which temporarily stopped admitting shoppers as they browsed.
An employee, who described Lopez to WWD as ?very kind and very friendly, also said that the multi-hyphenate was gifted the brands Norma dress.
[From People]
I still love the fact that J.Lo makes a big effort with her stepkids. I?ve always thought she probably adores having more kids around, especially Violet, who is old enough to enjoy going shopping with her stepmom and doing girly-girl things in the Hamptons. It would be really cool if this was some kind of special treat for Violet too like, she and a friend got invited to the Hamptons for a vacation, possibly before heading off to college.
Beyond that, there are stories about the fakakta mansion that Ben and J.Lo are selling the mansion is officially listed on the open market after they tried and failed to sell it off-market. According to Us Weekly, they?re ?in a rush to sell it. Ben especially wants to be done with the house. He was never happy there.? He was in the house for a matter of months! Were the vibes really that bad?? Is the mansion haunted??
Jennifer Lopez and Violet Affleck ? pic.twitter.com/WM1iPZZg3P
DAY (@withlopez) July 13, 2024
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| | Ashley Judd is friends with racists & bigots, therefore Pres. Biden must step aside | | Added 160 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Ashley Judd is a wacky person. She always has been. Some will defend her and say that she?s had a lot of tragedy in her life, and I understand that and sympathize. Some will say that she does good work behind the scenes, especially on the issue of human trafficking and girls? rights. I understand that too. But I still maintain that there?s something not right with her. Well, Ashley Judd is yet another white person with ?concerns? about President Joe Biden. Ashley loves a bandwagon, you see, and she saw how much attention George Clooney got for his horrid New York Times op-ed. Ashley is calling on President Biden to stand down, but not before she regales everyone with stories about her racist, Trump-supporting family and friends.
Wednesday evening, I was visiting, as we say in the South, with some of my beloved chosen and biological family. These folks are my roots, my sense of belonging, and meet many of my most intimate human needs. And some of them, remarkably, feverishly love Donald Trump. And I love these Trump folks as if my life depended on it, and at times, it literally has. I do not love the beliefs they believe and cling to.
And Wednesday, as I listened to one of my dearest people share some of those beliefs and thoughts, it hurt. I was shaken. My body felt like it was on fire. The words activated in me profound alarm in the aftermath of the recent debate at which President Joe Biden, a deeply decent man, was incapable of countering Trump, while he, unchecked, gushed a firehose of galling lies.
?Those people pouring over our border are less evolved than we are. They are naturally less intelligent. They have criminal natures. They are incapable of respecting the rule of law and order.?
?Men must be strong. They cannot be weak.? We were talking about the wish for boys and men to experience a full range of human emotions without shame or punishment. ?It is dog-eat-dog and men will get eaten if they show any weakness. China has a massive, 2-million-man army. They aren?t teaching DEI. Good men must be willing to kill at any moment, but just know how to control that impulse.?
And Trump folks can act on those beliefs. Another one of my closest people, upon arriving at our local mall, came across Black youth hanging out, laughing, sitting on the hoods of cars. She went inside the mall to notify the security person on duty that Black kids were menacingly loafing and up to no good. The security person called the police.
I do not necessarily think all Trump supporters believe, feel, act and speak like this. I know Donald Trump himself does. That is critical. That is why I have come to realize that my private, personal belief is one I should no longer just keep to myself.
And so, I now ask President Joe Biden to step aside.
[From USA Today]
I?m laughing to keep from crying, but I?m also just laughing because holy sh-t, was Ashley Judd drinking when she wrote this? Imagine regaling everyone with stories about how you surround yourself with ignorant bigots, hateful racists and morons and after amplifying their bigotry and hate in USA Today, you then say: and that?s why President Biden needs to go!! If Ashley Judd?s nearest and dearest have an issue with ?teaching DEI,? the answer is probably not turning the Black & Indian vice president into the Democratic nominee (I doubt thats what Ashley wants either, funny!) Sidenote: the DEI-as-racist-dog-whistle thing has been really recent, right? It feels like it just happened this year, like it was in a Ku Klux Klan memo, that ?DEI? should be used in place of a racist slur.
Anyway, this Judd op-ed ended up being pretty informative about Ashley Judd and not President Biden. Ashley Judd really hangs out with people who call the cops on Black children at the mall? That?s not a dealbreaker for her? That?s an Ashley Judd problem, not a Biden problem.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Katy Perry's new single, which was co-written by Dr. Luke, is a ghastly mess | | Added 160 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Many of us have been ignoring Katy Perry for years, at least musically. I had to look up when she last released an album and how it did. Her last two studio albums performed poorly Witness (2017) and Smile (2020) barely charted and only sold a small fraction of her previous albums, released during Katy?s heyday a decade ago or longer. It?s not that Katy disappeared she was on American Idol for years as a judge, she got married and had a baby, and she?s spent years cozying up to the British monarchy, even performing at King Charles?s coronation concert. But yeah, people just sort of lost interest in Katy as a pop star at some point, which is weird given her ubiquity a decade ago.
Well, Katy is trying to launch a comeback and it?s not going well. Her new album is called 143, and she?s released the first single and music video. The song is called ?Woman?s World? and it?s absolutely ghastly:
The song itself is just kind of stupid, and representative of the kind of frothy, irrelevant, cotton-candy fuax-feminism Katy pushed circa 2011. The music video is what makes it downright offensive though. What?s worse is the backstory Katy has worked with producer/hitmaker Dr. Luke throughout her career, and she returned to him for ?Woman?s World? and the album. In 2014-16, Kesha went to court to get out of her contract with Dr. Luke, and Kesha made credible accusations that Dr. Luke abused her, raped her and plied her with drugs and alcohol. While Kesha lost many battles, she succeeded in ensuring that anyone who works with Dr. Luke gets a massive sideeye. Singing about bubble-gum feminism while shaking your t-ts and working with a credibly accused rapist is not the way to launch a comeback.
As NBC News notes, even Katy?s true-blue fans are in turmoil about whether to support a song co-written and produced by Dr. Luke. They?re also mad that this rollout is so messy, and that their girl is being exposed as a massive hypocrite. The critical response is already savage too you can read the Guardian?s review here, they called it ?regressive, warmed-over hell.? Other critics have called it a ?stale retread? and ?stuck in 2016.?
?Joyride?, by independent artist Kesha, has peaked higher on US Spotify than Katy Perry and Dr. Luke?s ?Woman?s World?. pic.twitter.com/bMCXewDgRH
Mr. Pop (@MrPopOfficial) July 13, 2024
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