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| | Sophia Bush fought with 'One Tree Hill' boss over teen character's underwear scenes | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sophia Bush starred on the show One Tree Hill from 2003-2012. She was 21 when she started, but she played 16-year-old Brooke Davis. We know now that unfortunately, the women who worked on the show were terrorized by the showrunner, Mark Schwahn, who routinely harassed and assaulted them. Sophia was one of the women who put her name to a letter publicly exposing and admonishing his sick behavior. While on Ashley Graham?s podcast, Pretty Big Deal, Sophia once again discussed exactly how deep this cretin?s perversity went. Sophia said she had to fight to get her teenage character covered up because the show kept writing her into her underwear.
Sophia Bush is opening up about the on-set battles she got into with her boss on One Tree Hill.
During an appearance on Ashley Graham?s Pretty Big Deal podcast, the 37-year-old actress ? who played Brooke Davis for nine seasons on The WB/CW show ? revealed that she ?fought a lot? with her boss and the writers on set, especially after she was asked to play scenes as her teenage character in her underwear.
The request, Bush said, wasn?t one she accepted without a fight.
?I was sort of unaware of the power dynamics at play and I would just say things. I?d be like, ?I?m not doing this. Stop writing [these] scenes,? ? Bush recalled.
?You look back at it, at the time I didn?t realize how inappropriate it was, but again, this was a long time ago,? Bush added. ?I remember my boss kept writing scenes for me to be in my underwear. And I was like, ?I?m not doing this. This is inappropriate. Like, I don?t think this is what we should be teaching 16-year-old girls to be doing, to be seeking validation this way.? ?
The response Bush claims she got from her boss ? who she never specifically named on the podcast ? was shocking, she said.
?He literally said to me, he goes, ?Well, you?re the one with the big f?king rack everybody wants to see,? ? said Bush. ?And I was like, [gasp], ?What? Well, I?m not doing it!? ?
Bush said she showed up to film the next episode in a turtleneck ?to be spiteful.?
?I was like, ?This is just how I?m gonna dress on the show from now on if you don?t stop writing these scenes,? ? she remembered. ?I was really ballsy, and I didn?t even know it. I just wasn?t wanting to perpetuate this sort of behavior that I didn?t think was appropriate.?
[From People]
When I first saw the headlines for this story, I thought Sophia was 16 at the time she filmed it (I didn?t watch the show). But now that I see she was 21 and thinking of 16-year-olds, it impresses me in more ways than one. She?s absolutely right about sending the right messages to teenagers. I appreciate that her being, ?unaware of the power dynamics at play,? allowed her to stand up for her character. And I truly applaud her outright defiance by showing up in a turtleneck to further her point.
This story illuminates another arm to the toxic culture in Hollywood. Obviously, there are countless women directly affected by serial assaulters. But I kind of overlooked how these same scumbags forward their agenda by reaching through the screen to other women and girls, telling them this is how we think you should measure your self-worth. Fortunately, Sophia saw it. I hope Sophia and all of his victims have found the measures they need to deal with the abuse to which they were subjected. I also hope this man never works again. According to his IMDb, he hasn?t since being suspended from The Royals. That was only a year and a half ago but who knows, maybe the tides are turning, and awful people don?t get put back in power again. Wouldn?t that be nice?
Photo credit: WENN/Avalon Photos
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| | Duchess Kate felt 'so isolated' in Wales after she gave birth to Prince George | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are more photos of the Duchess of Cambridge in Cardiff yesterday, the second stop for her big Early Years initiative, which (at the moment) consists of a basic five-question survey. Yes, it?s kind of embarrassing that this is all Kate has to show for EIGHT YEARS (that?s what they claim) of work in this field. I still don?t understand why they had to hype the hell out of this to the point where people were expecting? a lot more than a five-question survey. They could have just said ?Kate is focusing on early childhood development and she will do many events around this particular interest.? That?s it. Because let me tell you, the photos are better than the initiative. Kate looks engaged with the parents and the kids here, at the Ely & Caerau Childrens Centre. So, just do that. Anyway, Kate also spoke about how ?isolated? she felt when George was a baby and she and William were living in Wales:
Kate Middleton is speaking out about the ?isolation? she felt as a new mother. The 38-year-old royal spoke with workers from a children and parents center in Cardiff, Wales, on Wednesday as she promoted her new groundbreaking survey on the early years of kids? lives. She and husband Prince William lived in Wales when they were first married, where he was stationed with the Royal Air Force.
?It?s nice to be back in Wales,? Kate said. ?I was chatting to some of the mums. It was the first year and I?d just had George ? William was still working with search and rescue ? and we came up here and I had a tiny, tiny baby in the middle of Anglesey. It was so isolated, so cut off. I didn?t have any family around, and he was doing night shifts. So?if only I had had a center like this.?
The mom of three was visiting the innovative Ely and Careau Children?s Centre in an economically challenged area of the Welsh capital, where parents can get support as well as enroll their kids into the kindergarten.
?I see amazing work you?re doing here in so many areas,? she said. ?It?s just bringing it to light. The critical work you?re doing has a massive social ? and economic ? impact later down the years.?
One of the center?s workers talked about how they tried to accommodate the concerns of parents who have questions raising their kids ?this way or that way.? Kate said with a smile, ?That?s why I wanted to do the survey. Unless parents are supported, it makes the job that much harder.?
[From People]
I remember when she had George and she spent a lot of time that first year in Berkshire with her parents. She even moved in with her parents for about eight weeks so that Carole could help, and William stayed there off-and-on too. And? I just looked up the timeline, actually by the fall of 2013 (Kate gave birth to George that summer), William had left the RAF and Wales and they were mostly in London. That?s when William started auditing classes at Cambridge University, remember that? It was his ?gap year.? That was all during George?s first year. What I?m saying is that I believe Kate absolutely felt isolated when George was a baby, which is why she went to Bucklebury so often. Also, it was like William was trying to isolate her when she was a new mother. Poor Kate.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | VF: Would a memoir from Prince Harry be more in-demand than Meghan's memoir' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the most part, the conversation about how and where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will make their money has been dominated by bad-faith actors, like the Daily Mail and other British tabloids. They?ve been near hysterical at the thought that Meghan and Harry would become celebrity-royals for hire and end up doing milk ads in China or something. Harry and Meghan have their own money, first of all, and they?re getting financial support from Prince Charles for a year, so they have time to figure out their financial futures. And I trust Meghan?s judgment here she?s a planner and she has a good handle on celebrity-royal branding. She will understand instinctively what is acceptable as far as business arrangements are concerned. Plus, she?s got contacts all over Canada and America. I trust her. So what will the Sussex Royal brand be? And what ventures will they enter into? Vanity Fair?s business section had a better and more comprehensive look:
The SussexRoyal IG: @sussexroyal, which has become the definitive platform for Harry and Meghan?s messaging since its creation last April, has now caught up with @kensingtonroyal, the official Instagram account of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As my colleague Kenzie Bryant noted, ?In less than a year, the Sussexes made up the difference, plus a few mil. They are now tied for the most followers for a British royal account.?
The Obama playbook: The current thinking is that Harry and Meghan are poised to replicate the Obama playbook, with the potential to build out a media portfolio similar to the one that has netted tens of millions of dollars for the former first couple through publishing contracts, stadium tours, and production deals with streaming-entertainment titans like Netflix and Spotify. As one London-based talent agent suggested this week to the Associated Press, ?They are 100% more valuable than the Obamas. The Obamas aren?t royal. They are.?
Going to Netflix? There was that video of Harry schmoozing with Disney chief Bob Iger, and Ted Sarandos seemed to open the door during a recent event in Los Angeles. Asked if Netflix would be interested in doing something with the couple, Sarandos told the Press Association news agency, ?Who wouldn?t be interested? Yes, sure.?..?There really only is one choice for them given the global reach of the royals,? said media analyst Rich Greenfield of LightShed Partners. ?It has to be Netflix. Everyone else just doesn?t make sense.? In other words, Greenfield explained, none of the other streaming players that would be obvious contenders?never mind Meghans supposedly forthcoming voiceover work for Disney?have the international footprint and genre flexibility that Netflix does. ?If I think about Meghan and Harry?s global appeal, which mirrors a show like The Crown, I literally think there?s only one place on planet Earth you?d want to be if you wanted to maximize your celebrity. They?re a global franchise, and there?s just not a lot of ways to truly penetrate the global reach of the crown, pun intended, other than Netflix.?
How about some memoirs? Harry and Meghan may choose to start a little smaller?say, with a book or two. Publishing sources put the likely price tag of a Harry memoir in the ballpark of $15 million, worldwide rights. ?I think it would have to be a memoir by him,? a senior industry source told me, ?since writing it together would probably be unwieldy and would look tacky and opportunistic. And there might not be enough there yet for a memoir by her, as much as people want to hear from her.? After the hypothetical best seller, what comes next, and what could it look like? ?I literally have no idea,? said Greenfield. ?But I have to believe that leveraging their global visibility into some form of production entity would make a tremendous amount of sense, and the Obamas have kind of blazed the trail both on the video and the audio side.?
But maybe the Obama comparison doesn?t hold up: ?The idea that there?s an Obama analog here strikes me as a real stretch,? said a high-level Hollywood source. ?Mrs. Obama is a proven public intellectual who had a highly deserved reputation, as first lady, for being an advocate on causes that are important to her, and also for being an excellent communicator of those things. Then you go to the 44th president, who is just a world-class rock star, who knows as much about myriad different things as anybody on the public stage. They?re both just filled with knowledge and the ability to communicate. With the greatest respect to Harry and Meghan, what do they know about anything??
[From Vanity Fair]
I think it?s interesting that there might be a bigger market and a bigger paycheck for Harry?s memoir rather than Meghan?s. That might even be true? Especially given the fact that don?t hate me Sussex Squad Meghan isn?t a great writer? But here?s my larger question regarding memoirs and interviews: is there a shelf-life? Would Meghan and Harry need to give an interview in the next, say, six months for it to be relevant and newsworthy? Could Harry get a book deal and then, while promoting the book, give those kinds of guts-spilling interviews? What I think is that there would be more interest in a BOOK from Harry and there would be more interest in a tell-all interview from Meghan. But, again, they have a lot of options and I?m sure Meghan Thee Planner is working everything out.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, WENN and Backgrid.
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| | Gillian Anderson tossed the 'sex Education' script, her partner dug it out of the garbage | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sometimes I feel so au courant being in this job. And then sometimes I wonder exactly how long has my head been stuck in the sand. Yesterday, I saw the trailer for Sex Education and thought it was a new series. But no, it was the trailer for the second season of the very popular British comedy that I?ve been sleeping on, apparently. The show stars Asa Butterfield as Otis Millburn and his mom Jean is played by Gillian Anderson. But she almost didn?t play Jean, because she tossed the script out as soon as she got it. Fortunately, her partner Peter Morgan rescued the script and encouraged her to take the role.
When Gillian Anderson was first given the script for the pilot of the critically acclaimed British comedy-drama Sex Education, she immediately sent it?into the garbage. ?I read a teeny bit of the first episode and threw it in the bin,? she tells EW. ?Initially I felt that it was too on the nose.?
The actress believed the setup for the show ? about a professional sex therapist whose own teenage son sets up shop advising his fellow students on the subject of carnal activities ? to be too obvious. Anderson?s mind was changed by her real-life partner Peter Morgan, the creator and writer of The Crown. ?Pete essentially took it out the bin and read it and loved it, and said, ?You?re mad. This will be really good for you to do.? I read it and I thought it was hilarious.? So, does Morgan get a percentage of the actress? Sex Education earnings? ?No,? Anderson says with a laugh. ?But he does keep reminding me that the success of it is all down to him.?
[From Entertainment Weekly]
Obviously, I?m going to have to watch this show now to see what all the yelling?s about. I?m a fan of Gillian?s so it?s not much to ask of me. I also tend to like Peter Morgan?s choices so if he gave the script the thumbs up, it?s probably up my alley.
Actors talk a lot about scripts they passed on and how much they regret it, like Jennifer Lopez just discussed passing on Unfaithful. I know we all probably have one job/position we think maybe we should have taken, but an actor is reminded of their mistake every time that project is discussed. And then they have to be gracious about it and say things like, ?but no, So-and-So was so amazing in it, it should have been their part all along,? through gritted teeth and clenched fist. Fortunately, Gillian doesn?t have to regret anything because she gave Sex Education a second chance. And just think how fun it will be to have her sex positive Jean Milburn in mind while watching her play ice queen Margaret Thatcher on The Crown.
Photo credit: WENN/Avalon
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| | Duchess Kate visited a women's prison as part of her Early Years survey launch | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I have some ideas for what we should call the Duchess of Cambridge?s whirlwind promotional tour for her five-question Early Years survey. We should call it The Keen Survey Tour! Or maybe the Eight Years/Five Questions tour. Because yes, she still wants us to believe that she?s been toiling away for eight years on this extensive body of work, which amounted to? a very simple and nonsensical five-question survey. Anyway, Kate?s last appearance on the Keen Survey Tour was at a women?s prison in Surrey. Kate previously visited the same women?s prison in 2015 as part of a sister-program with her patronage Action on Addiction. I said at the time that it was great to see Kate do an event that wasn?t so ?soft? and apolitical. Kate spent time, in 2015, talking to the inmates about addiction and their families. She did the same thing during this visit too:
Kate Middleton?s new mission centers around children under the age of 5 ? and the last stop on her 24-hour tour of the U.K. showed the impact early years can have on a person?s life. The royal mom headed to the women?s prison HMP Send in Surrey, England, on Wednesday to reconnect with former and current inmates she previously met during a 2015 visit. She learned how some of the women are rebuilding their lives and families after being successfully rehabilitated and released.
Palace insiders say that Kate?s mission to help women and children in the early years had been partly inspired by a previous visit to Send in 2015. It and other experiences have contributed to her view that adults with problems can normally trace them back to childhood and often pass them on to their own children. Kate heard about the work done by the Forward Trust to support clients in improving their relationships with friends and families, including reuniting with children. She also spoke to women currently at the prison.
?It really shocked me when I came here last time how early the challenges were that you faced,? Kate told a group of former inmates, including three women she met in 2015 when they were serving sentences. ?How early you could take it back.?
In the prison visits hall, sitting around a coffee table with mugs of tea and a cake, she talked to five ex-offenders about their childhood traumas ? problems with alcoholic or absent parents, family breakdown, domestic abuse ? and how they believed it had triggered their offending. She also had conversations with four women currently serving sentences at the prison who told her stories about parents separating, drink and drug addiction.
One current prisoner, Francesca, told Kate that she got on drugs and started offending after her parents split up. At Send, with the Forward Trust program, she has started to resolve many of her issues going back to childhood. ?What they have done here has literally changed my life. It?s a miracle,? Francesca said. She added: ?Coming to jail is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.?
The royal mom said, ?It?s so often I hear that. Why does it have to get to that point before people receive the help and support??
She told the women: ?I?m hugely passionate about trying to really help get into this crisis trying to help provide that prevention mechanism and that support system in our communities. Particularly that support in the early years of life.?
[From People]
It was so nearly something, you know? All of that time and money and unlimited resources and unlimited access to the best scholars and advocates and research in the world. Think about what Kate could have done. Think about how powerful it would have been to actually put everything together in a comprehensive way, to talk about addiction and modern parenting and early childhood development and where resources could and should be deployed. Instead, we got a five-question survey and Kate saying vague words about how she?s keen to try to do something, maybe.
I also continue to take issue with the undercurrent of Kate?s nebulous thesis, which seems to be that kids who grow up in a crappy, poor family will turn out to be crappy people with tons of problems and kids who grow up in stable, happy, wealthy families will turn out fine. There is more nuance to the conversation and she hasn?t really found it? Maybe that?s what the survey is for, I guess.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red and Backgrid.
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| | Candace Cameron Bure on being an empty nester: It went so fast | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Candace Cameron Bure is facing an empty nest. I won?t pretend that I don?t enjoy the irony in writing that the star of Full House and Fuller House is an empty nester. But that is the truth, in fact. The 43-year old mother of three is all alone now that her 18-year old son, Maksim, has followed his 21-year old sister, Natasha, and 19-year old brother Lev?s lead and flew the coop. Candace was on Good Morning America promoting her latest book, her second children?s book called Grow, Candace, Grow when she discussed her feelings about her kids all being out of the house.
Candace Cameron Bure is in unchartered territory as a mother.
The Fuller House star opened up Tuesday about life now that her children? daughter Natasha, 21, and sons Lev, 19, and Maksim, 18 ? no longer live at home.
?My son turned 18 yesterday. My baby,? Cameron Bure, 43, said on Good Morning America. ?And it?s crazy, I don?t have any kids at home anymore. It went so fast. Everyone says that, but when you?re in the position you realize how fast it goes.?
However, her husband, retired ice hockey player Valeri Bure, feels much differently about having the house to themselves.
?He was like, ?I finally have time to do everything I wanna do,? ? she said.
The actress also joked with the GMA hosts about a recent video she shared on Instagram showing her reading a children?s book to her dog, Boris.
?I?m reading to Boris now because he is the only one I have left at home,? she said. ?He is my big, 130-lb. Rottweiler. He is ginormous. His head is twice the size of mine.?
[From People]
My children still live at home so I can?t comment on what its like to have an empty nest. I am curious what it will feel like and if it really will go as quickly as they say it does. I am also sure it will Sting to not have my kids around, so I won?t poke fun og Cameron for this. Plus, I am slightly jealous that she has this kind of freedom at 43 and I won?t know it until I?m pushing 60. So I?ll just suggest a few ways Candace can fill her time instead. Perhaps she can read some endorsements for presidential candidates and think about voting for someone who isnt a traitor. Or, she can take a look at the Bible she is so fond of and count how many ways her candidate broke with its tenets. Or she could write another children?s book and make the subject acceptance and speaking out against discrimination rather than siding with those who practice it.
I suppose I could practice what I preach and turn the other cheek so I will say something nice. I haven?t read her children?s book yet, but I have tried to write one and it is so very hard. Grow, Candace, Grow is about patience and, assuming she didn?t infuse her right-wing ideologies into it, then I applaud her because this is a great lesson for kids. Also, I was impressed with how she supported her co-star Andrea Barber when she spoke up about depression and anxiety.
Photo credit: WENN/Avalon
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