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| | Hugh Grant thanked Taylor Swift for her 'incredible show' & 'gigantic boyfriend' | | Added 3 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Hugh Grant is a surly curmudgeon about most things, but every now and then, he really surprises me by being a full-throated fan of something or someone. Like, he?s a huge women?s tennis fan, did you know that? He?s not just stopping by Wimbledon or the French Open to watch the men play. He turns up at some great women?s tennis matches and he really follows both the men?s and women?s tours. As it turns out, he?s also a Taylor Swift fan. Hugh turned up at one of Taylor?s weekend concerts at Wembley. He brought his wife and one of his many children. They were seated in the VIP area, where he apparently did tequila shots with Travis Kelce, lmao.
Dear @taylorswift13 , You have an incredible show, an amazing and v hospitable team and excellent if gigantic boyfriend (#tequilashots.). Thanks so much from one ageing London boy, wife and thrilled 8 year old #halfgirlhalfbracelet
Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) June 23, 2024
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| | Prince William's friend: William is a 'brilliant dad' for taking the kids to a concert | | Added 3 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we discussed over the weekend, Prince William played up the single dad thing on Friday evening by taking Prince George and Princess Charlotte to Taylor Swift?s Eras concert. Charlotte and George both looked ecstatic to meet Taylor backstage, and there was a video of William ?dad-dancing? to ?Shake It Off.? Selfies, dancing, two out of three kids looking happy, and arguably the most famous pop star in the world. William actually scored a pretty big win, image-wise, although I enjoy the conversations about whether any of this was a win for Taylor Swift. Personally, I think that?s why Travis Kelce was included in the selfie Taylor posted she was almost using the ?Instagram-official with Travis? thing as a deflection from whatever criticism she might receive for posing with a colonizer.
Again, the Taylor Swift selfies were mostly about William?s image-management more than anything else. But I?ll be generous to William I think there?s a good chance that Charlotte and George are both Swifties and it was nice that he made a point of talking them to an event they would enjoy. That?s what I thought at last year?s Wimbledon too it was clear that Charlotte is actually a tennis fan and a huge fan of Carlos Alcaraz. She was crossing her fingers for Alcaraz and really cheering for him. Bringing the kids to events THEY enjoy is preferable than the often-strained formal events they?ve had to attend in previous years. Still, William?s people can?t help but brief the media about how ?taking the kids to a concert? makes him father of the year.
Prince William?s visit to the Taylor Swift concert with Prince George and Princess Charlotte was ?a fantastic illustration of just what a brilliant dad William is,? according to one friend of William and Kate speaking to The Daily Beast.
The friend said: ?It?s been an unbelievably difficult year for the entire family. The children have been amazing, and it was a fantastic illustration of just what a brilliant dad William is to see him there.?
The friend added that the adorable Father?s Day photograph of William and the children jumping off a dune in Norfolk taken by Kate was another sign of William?s devotion to his children. ?It?s great to see this side of him publicly,? the friend said.
[From The Daily Beast]
I was a kid when Princess Diana and Charles separated and then divorced, but I remember how Diana ran circles around Charles?s PR constantly, because she would do things like this. She would take Harry and William to amusement parks, concerts and movies. She was constantly emphasizing that she was ?the cool mum,? the normal parent who wanted to expose the royal kids to a life outside of palace walls. She really was that person and it was authentic to her, but it was also a brilliant move in her divorce strategy. I?m not saying that history is repeating itself or anything I think the current situation in the Wales family is a totally different beast but I find it interesting that William is pulling from the past and effectively copykeening the mother he recently called paranoid.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instagram.
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| | Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes' daughter Suri dropped 'Cruise' from name in graduation | | Added 3 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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?Tis the season for adult celebrity children to drop their deadbeat dad?s last name. Last month, Shiloh Jolie filed to legally drop the ?Pitt? portion of her last name right after she turned 18 on May 27. Her sisters, Zahara and Vivienne, have already stopped using Pitt publicly, but Shiloh is the first of the Jolie children that we know has done it legally.
Suri Cruise, daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, is also ditching her biological father?s last name. Suri, who turned 18 back in April and reportedly hasn?t seen her dad since 2012, now goes by Suri Noelle. Suri?s birth certificate does not list a middle name, so the ?Noelle? honors her mother, whose middle name is Noelle. Last month, she used that moniker in a playbill. This past weekend, Suri graduated from high school, which is bonkers to me because I remember when she was born, and how on earth has it been 18 years?! Well, just like with her school play, the graduation program listed her as Suri Noelle.
Suri Cruise is officially a high school graduate! The daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise celebrated getting her diploma from LaGuardia High School on Friday with her mom by her side. In photos and video obtained by Page Six, she could be seen ringing in the milestone moment by snapping pics with Holmes and a friend in New York City, where she resides. The teen was also photographed animatedly hugging another recent graduate.
Suri, 18, looked thrilled as she posed with Holmes, 45, for photos outside a brick building before heading into the United Palace Theatre, located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
She rocked a dainty, white dress under her red graduation robe, and paired the ensemble with white sandals that had floral embellishments on them. Her brunette hair was styled down. Holmes, meanwhile, opted for a matching set that consisted of light yellow pleated pants and a collared long-sleeve shirt.
Suri?s father, Tom, was not present at the special event, as they have been estranged for most of her life. He instead attended Taylor Swift?s Eras Tour in London.
It was even revealed in the teen?s graduation ceremony pamphlet that she goes by ?Suri Noelle? and seemingly does not use her famous dad?s last name.
Suri is expected to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the fall.
On Tuesday night, she looked all grown up as she headed to senior prom with her friends and a brunette date, who was seen holding her by her waist.
[From Page Six]
I think it?s super sweet that Suri is using Katie?s middle name. What a lovely way to honor her mother. Katie really saved both of their lives by getting away from Tom and the Scientology cult and raising Suri out of the spotlight. She did good. I?m sure she has a lot of emotions watching her graduate from high school. I bet Tom had no idea that the graduation was even happening. Even so, watching him exchange friendship bracelets with young women and bounce along to ?Shake It Off? from a VIP tent at Wembley Stadium while his daughter is graduating high school is a pretty big reminder about how much he sucks as a father. Based on the pictures we?ve seen of Suri with her mom and interacting with her classmates, Suri seems like a lovely, well-adjusted young woman. I hope she has a wonderful college experience at Carnegie Mellon.
Also, I had forgotten how celebrity babies were born all around that same time! Besides Suri and Shiloh, Violet Affleck (Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck), Jayden Federline (Britney Spears and Kevin Federline), and Moses Martin (Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin) all either just turned or are turning 18 this year. I followed gossip back then, albeit primarily through print magazines, so this is making me feel really old right now. But on that front, I find it even more interesting how the chickens are coming home to roost for people like Cruise and Pitt. There were so many warning signs back then but that was still a misogynistic era where publicists had some power and people were more than willing to give handsome men the benefit of the doubt. I love that both men?s daughters grew up and believed them when they showed who they are.
Suri Cruise celebrates high school graduation with mom Katie Holmes, drops dad Tom?s last name at ceremony https://t.co/kS9pOQ1OvD pic.twitter.com/dPd5yBbszb
Page Six (@PageSix) June 22, 2024
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| | Dave Grohl took a swipe at Taylor Swift: 'We actually play live. What' Just saying' | | Added 3 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I didn?t realize that the Foo Fighters are back to touring, but they were also in London over the weekend, same as Taylor Swift. Taylor performed three nights in a row to sold-out crowds in Wembley Stadium. Foo Fighters played at London Stadium on Saturday night. When they were on stage, Dave Grohl tried to pump up the crowd by comparing the band?s concert to Taylor?s Eras concert. Tell me if you really think Grohl was being super-shady, because I don?t think he was.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl appeared to take a jab at Taylor Swift at the band?s concert on Saturday night at London Stadium. After mentioning that Swift?s Eras Tour was currently taking place at London?s Wembley Stadium, Grohl said on stage, ?I tell you, man, you don?t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift.?
He continued: ?So we like to call our tour the ?Errors Tour.? We?ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few fking errors as well. Just a couple.?
Grohl then implied that Swift doesn?t perform live, telling the crowd, ?That?s because we actually play live. What? Just saying. You guys like raw, live rock ?n? roll music, right? You came to the right fking place.?
Grohl has praised Swift in the past and even dedicated the Foo Fighters song ?Congregation? to the pop star at the BBC Radio Big 1 Weekend in 2015. ?I?m officially obsessed. She might want to get a restraining order because I?m all about Swift,? Grohl said at the 2015 U.K. music festival. ?To my opening band, Taylor Swift. Taylor and the Swifts,? he added.
[From Variety]
Is it shady? A tad, but only if you think it?s shady to point out that Taylor uses backing vocals for most of the songs during her concerts. I?m not saying she?s just getting up there and lip-syncing everything and neither is Grohl. Taylor uses backing tracks AND she sings live. Foo Fighters play everything live with no backing tracks. Plus, I think Grohl was mostly just trying to pump up the crowd and get them hyped for the live rock experience.
Does anyone remember when Swifties sent Dave Grohl?s 17 year old daughter death threats for criticizing Taylor?s private jet usage?
Have you considered that she also uses a myriad of backing tracks live, whereas Foo Fighters does not, which is absolutely what he?s referring to? https://t.co/lhvVVP03Il
noveltysongs (@noveltysongs) June 23, 2024
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| | Justin Timberlake's team is attacking the young Hamptons cop who arrested him | | Added 3 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This Justin Timberlake stuff has gotten crazy. One week ago, Justin got sh-tfaced at a hotel bar in Sag Harbor, then he got behind the wheel. A cop pulled him over, Justin refused a breathalyzer but he was so visibly intoxicated that the cop arrested him for a DWI and other traffic violations. Justin spent the night in jail and he?s due in court next month. He quickly hired a lawyer and a crisis management team. The crisis management team is horrible!! They?re so bad, they have people siding with Southampton POLICE. Justin?s team is clearly going after the arresting officer, and certain media outlets are happy to go along with it:
The rookie Sag Harbor cop who pulled over pop superstar Justin Timberlake for alleged drunk driving is well-known in the ritzy town, according to a report. Officer Michael Arkinson, who turns 24 this month, stopped the ?SexyBack? singer Tuesday morning after allegedly seeing him blow a stop sign and swerve in the right lane.
In just three months on the force, Arkinson has earned a reputation among Sag Harbor?s wealthy residents, earning nicknames like ?the Sag Harbor Nazi? and ?little red-headed dips?t? for his strict enforcement of traffic laws.
Despite Timberlake?s global fame, Arkinson, who wasn?t even born when Timberlake joined NSync in 1995, had no clue who he was dealing with. By the time Timberlake?s hit ?Bye Bye Bye? topped the charts in 2000, Arkinson was just a toddler.
A writer from Shelter Island who identified himself as Spencer recounted an unpleasant encounter with Arkinson while searching for a parking spot in Sag Harbor and making a U-turn.
?I was surprised he pulled me over,? Spencer told the Daily Mail. ?It was off-season, and no one was around. It was a d?khead move. I felt like he pulled me over just for the sake of doing it.?
Although Spencer received a warning, his next run-in with Arkinson wasn?t so lenient. Pulled over for talking on his cell phone, Spencer protested that he was using speakerphone.
?He told me I should have been using Bluetooth,? Spencer told the outlet. Despite his explanations, Arkinson slapped him with a $145 ticket. ?I thought he would give me a break? It really interrupted my workout and lunch plans. ?I think Justin Timberlake was a victim of over-aggressive Sag Harbor police,? he added.
[From The NY Post]
The NY Post and the Daily Mail are also running photos of the cop, they?re publishing details about his life (where he went to school) and his salary. Like? am I supposed to hate a cop who arrested a drunk driver? Am I supposed to be in my feelings about a cop who cites rich Hamptonites for violating the law? As I said previously, it?s ACAB most days, but this guy got a drunk driver off the road and that?s a good thing. Justin could have hurt someone. This is how bad it is for Justin Timberlake people are siding with the cop and saying outright that it?s fked up that Timberlake?s team is doxxing the arresting officer.
A few more things this same cop had already given Justin a warning several minutes before the arrest. The cop told Justin he shouldn?t be driving and let him go without any arrests or citations. Minutes later, the cop observed Justin behind the wheel, driving drunk on the wrong side of the road. Justin is such a dumbass, my god. Last thing: Justin?s team likely paid off the bartender to claim, to People Magazine, that Justin only had one drink at the bar. Sure.
Rookie Sag Harbor cop who arrested Justin Timberlake already well-known by locals for strict enforcement of traffic laws after just three months on the force https://t.co/cbaVdbwMmP pic.twitter.com/6Olv5uipy7
New York Post (@nypost) June 22, 2024
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| | Thomas Markle gave an interview to the Mail full of royalist talking points | | Added 3 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Princess of Wales?s reappearance, after nearly six months, should have been a turning point for the Windsors and the royalist media. They could have and should have kept it entirely positive and centered on the left-behind Windsors. Instead, over the past three or four days, it?s felt like the palace briefings and the British media is back to focusing a sh-t ton of ire, hate and weirdness on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. For what reason? Your guy just took a selfie with Taylor Swift? Why isn?t the Mail doing wall-to-wall coverage of THAT? Instead, the Mail published yet another interview with Toxic Thomas Markle. While it?s entirely possible that our archives are incomplete, Toxic Tom seemingly hasn?t given an interview since last September? A pretty long time to stay quiet. And honestly, he barely said most of these words most (if not all) of these quotes were ghostwritten for him by someone in the British media. I?ve said that?s been happening for years and I still believe it. Some lowlights:
He?s turning 80 next month: ?I never expected to make it to 80 because Markle men never do,? he said last night. ?My father died at 61. I?ve had a good life and I am proud of what I?ve accomplished, but everything has been overshadowed by what has happened in the last six years. I?ve never been one for birthdays, but I know the one person I most want to hear from, Meghan, won?t be in touch. I would love to meet my grandchildren, but I would be happy with a photograph at this stage.?
He?s still yammering about how he?s never met Prince Harry: ?When I reflect back on my life, as you do when you are approaching 80, that?s one of the questions I cannot find an answer for. Why didn?t Harry ever come to meet me? He has the resources to fly around the world ? and does ? but why didn?t he come to see me, particularly when people in the royal household like Jason Knauf [Harry and Meghan?s former communications secretary] were urging him to do so? That has never made sense to me. What man gets married without meeting his wife?s father??
He?s in the same boat as King Charles! Mr Markle feels ?deep empathy? for King Charles, who is ?in the same boat? as far as not seeing his grandchildren is concerned. ?I would love to speak to him because I am sure he has as many unanswered questions as I do. Neither of us deserves the treatment we?ve received?I have so many questions I?d like to ask Meghan and Harry. The main one being, why have they treated not only me but the Royal Family and the King so badly.?
On Trooping the Colour: ?It struck me as very sad that Meghan and Harry?s kids are being denied the right to know their cousins, who look like fantastic children. The relationship between cousins is a special one. There?s a unique bond. I feel sad that Lilibet and Archie don?t have the chance to get to know their cousins and take part in things like Trooping The Colour, which is their birthright. They are getting to the age where they will start asking questions, as all kids do. At some stage it?s inevitable that they will ask their parents why they have cut them off from both sides of the family? They have two grandpas who want to see them, one of whom is the King of England. I never in my 80 years thought I?d be in the same boat as the King.?
He?s still harping on about the photos before the wedding: ?The one thing I never imagined was Meghan turning against me at this point in my life. I thought she would always be there for me. Meghan was mad at me because I posed for some paparazzi pictures before the wedding. I was totally alone and being hounded. A photographer went to my daughter Samantha and convinced her that the pictures would improve my image. It was a mistake and I have apologised for it repeatedly. When you look at what Harry and Meghan have done since, like accusing the Royal Family of racism, it?s far worse than anything I?ve done. I don?t want pity and I don?t want this episode to define my life. I don?t want to be a footnote in history.?
Meghan is entitled: ?The person she?s become isn?t the girl I raised, but I wonder if they blame the Markle family for everything that has gone wrong. She started to change when she lived in Canada filming Suits and was hanging out with the Soho House [an exclusive members? club and hotel chain] crowd. She began acting entitled. Things escalated after she met Harry. It upsets me that the Markle name is now associated with negativity. People talk about being ?Markled? when they get dumped for no reason. That saddens me.?
[From The Daily Mail]
As I said, these are all British media talking points. One of the biggest and dumbest tells is ?people talk about being ?Markled?.? That?s just some dumb Meghan-obsessed thing made up by the Mail and the Sun it?s not an actual thing that people talk about when discussing the Sussexes. This is also a gigantic tell: ?When you look at what Harry and Meghan have done since, like accusing the Royal Family of racism, it?s far worse than anything I?ve done.? Nothing like a white father siding with his Black daughter?s racist abusers and then publicly gaslighting her about it. Anyway, I hope we eventually learn who is ghostwriting all of Toxic Tom?s interviews at some point. I also hope we figure out why the British media and the Windsors are backsliding into all of this Sussex stuff right now.
Photos/screenshots courtesy of 60 Minutes Australia.
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