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| | Nicki Minaj's Cleavage Show For Rolling Stone Magazine | | Added 9 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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I may not do a ton of posts on Nicki Minaj, but there’s no denying she’s seriously talented (I’m talking about her funbags, not her music, just to be clear). And there’s no way I could ignore the epic cleavage she busted out for the cover of Rolling Stone. So let this be a lesson […]
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| | Gwyneth Paltrow is a self-made woman: 'I?ve earned everything myself' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Gwyneth Paltrow covers the new issue (the February issue) of Harper?s Bazaar UK. She?s promoting that terrible-looking Johnny Depp film, Mortdecai, where Depp tries to be a scarfy version of Peter Sellers. The film comes out in January, the graveyard of theatrical releases. I?m hoping that Gwyneth and the other stars will really have to come out to shill this movie, just because it will be funny to see. Anyway, you can read Gwyneth?s full Bazaar profile here. Some highlights:
Moving back to LA: ?There?s a deep comfort about it because it?s so familiar. The other day I was lying on the grass and the kids were playing and I was looking at the blue sky and the palm-trees ? and there was something about the weather and the smell and I was, like, eight years old again. I had such a strong memory of being a kid here ? it?s a really nice place to be a little kid, and it?s great to watch my children have that experience.?
Reflecting back on her marriage: ?It was very fast,? she says, and acknowledges that falling in love with Martin was also in some sense bound up with the depth of her mourning for her father. ?I feel like I would have died somehow if I hadn?t met him at that time. I felt like I was going to die of grief. I remember waking up, on one particular night, where I felt like I was having a heart attack and I couldn?t breathe… I lay on the floor of my apartment in London and I thought, ?I?m not going to survive this.? And he just picked me up and he was so loving and patient through all my grieving. He?s really great in a crisis. He has incredible empathy when it comes to somebody?s pain.?
Chris was only 25 when they got together: ?Too young. Men are very young at that age, and I was relying on him very heavily and I really expected him to keep being this grown man and pillar of strength ? which he was and is ? but it?s also quite an unfair set of criteria to give to someone who?s just 25 years old.?
Her evolved conscious uncoupling: ?It?s painful, it?s difficult, it might be easier to say, ?I never want to see you again,? but what good does that do anyone? We?ve made a lot of mistakes, and we?ve had good days and bad days, but I have to say, I?m proud of us for working through so much stuff together ? and not blaming and shaming. Of course, there are times when I think it would have been better if we had stayed married, which is always what your children want. But we have been able to solidify this friendship, so that we?re really close.?
Her early career success: ?A lot of good luck and a lot of hard work and a lot of being in the right place at the right time. But I burned myself out. I was doing three films a year, sometimes appearing in every single scene.
She claims she was self-made: ?My father was totally self-made. I grew up with the benefit of a great education and a beautiful house, but my father always said, ?The day you leave, that?s it. You?re not getting anything,? and he stuck to it. He was so hardcore about me making my own way.? This was a markedly different approach to many of her contemporaries at school in New York, who relied on family trust funds. ?But my father always said, ?That would ruin your life.? And it does give you such a good sense of your capabilities. I?ve earned everything myself, and I?ve never taken any money from anyone ? my father really pounded that into me, so I got the message.?
Being criticized: ?Women really need to examine why they?re so vitriolic to other women; why they want to twist words, why they want to read about someone else in a negative light and why that feels good to them… But I also know a huge tribe of women who are loving and supportive of other women, in ways that are completely transformative.?
Defining herself as a woman: ?I think we are a generation of women who are different in a lot of respects, and some of us want to be ambitious, and for it not to be a dirty word. We want to be feminine and soft, we want to be maternal, we want to be sexual, we want to be explorers ? and we can be a combination of all of these archetypes. You can be powerful, but you can also be vulnerable.? Finally, she says, she has ?learnt the power of kindness and the importance of nonjudgemental ways of looking at others?.
[From Harper?s Bazaar UK]
Sigh? I kind of liked her in parts of this interview. I?m glad she?s acknowledging that she moved too fast with Chris when they first got together and that he was really too young for all of it. But Gwyneth is still the same old Goop, you know? She doesn?t really care about girl-on-girl drama, she just hates it when people criticize HER for crap she really says. Remember this? She really believes she works harder (doing one film a year IN WISCONSIN) than peasant mothers working 9-5 jobs. She really said that.
As for comments about ?earning? everything herself? that?s privilege, right there. While her dad might not have given her money, she certainly worked her family connections to the hilt. And while there?s nothing wrong with being privileged and having Steven Spielberg as your godfather and your first employer, you should acknowledge that privilege so you don?t look so out of touch.
Photos courtesy of Harper?s Bazaar UK.
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| | Angelina Jolie on her faith: 'There's something greater than all of us' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie has never been very religious. She?s never made public statements about her faith or lack thereof, and I always got the feeling that she approached religion in the same way she approaches party politics: make some general statements about the subject at hand, but never give away how you really feel. She just plays that stuff close to the vest. We still, to this day, have no idea if she identifies as Democratic or Republican. We don?t know who she voted for in the last presidential election. And we don?t know when she last went to church. But? meeting (and falling in love with) Louis Zamperini changed her. It was obvious in Unbroken that Jolie was drawn to the religious/spiritual aspects of Zamperini?s story, and now she?s even comfortable saying (in so many words) that she believes there is a God.
Angelina Jolie credits the late Louis Zamperini with teaching her to embrace spirituality. When PEOPLE asked the mother of six what she learned from Zamperini, the World War II hero who’s the inspiration for her film Unbroken, she had an answer ready.
“When there is an obstacle, you have to rise to the challenge, not be overwhelmed by it,” she replied. “And we’re not alone in the world.”
Jolie added: “I don’t know if there’s a name for that ? religion or faith ? just that there’s something greater than all of us, and it’s uniting and beautiful.”
Zamperini became close friends with Jolie while they worked on the film together.
“Angelina is a human dynamo,” said the war hero, who was 97 when he died earlier this year.
“It is a loss impossible to describe,” Jolie said in a statement at the time of his death. “We are all so grateful for how enriched our lives are for having known him. We will miss him terribly.”
Unbroken exceeded box office expectations in its first weekend of release, earning $46.05 million over four days.
[From People]
How lovely for Saint Jolie to minister to her faithful. Blessed be the Jolie!!! No, I understand what she?s saying. Zamperini made her think about faith and the endurance of the human spirit in ways she never had before. She sounds more like a deist?
Our Lady of Sack Dresses (the holiest of garments) was also out and about in LA on Monday ? go here to see the photos. She didn?t look pox-y, which is good. Hopefully, her pox was pretty mild and she?s doing a lot better now.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Eva Mendes & Ryan Gosling aren't breaking up, they?re just 'super-super-private' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Just before Christmas, The Daily Mail & OK! Magazine had sources claiming that Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling were close to being over. Many of you thought it sounded like Eva had some postpartum depression, and some people thought the rumors of a breakup made total sense because? well, Ryan and Eva have always been such a strange couple. Well, here?s some happy news, I guess: Ryan and Eva spent Christmas together, with their daughter Esmeralda, plus their extended families. Even though Eva and Ryan are SUPER PRIVATE, sources totally snitched to E! News:
Despite recent reports to the contrary, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are doing just fine. A source close to the good-looking duo tells E! News that they “think the tabloid reports about trouble are ridiculous” and that “they just roll their eyes, they honestly don’t care.”
In fact, the new parents to baby Esmeralda spent “a wonderful Christmas together with both her family and his.”
An insider also shares that the actors are content with the dynamic of their new family of three, and aren’t in any rush to tie the knot in the near future.
“Neither felt the need to get married, it’s just not a huge priority for either of them. They know what they have.”
So how exactly did the rumors about the two having trouble in paradise get started? Well, for one thing, Gosling had been filming nonstop in Atlanta in early December, and his leading lady has yet to be seen on set visiting. But there’s a simple explanation for all that, our source explains.
“Ryan and Eva are super-super-private. The last thing they’d do is bring a baby, who’s barely 3 months old, to a film set teeming with paparazzi. Ryan specifically wanted it like this?with paps following him in Atlanta, they’re mostly leaving Eva and the baby alone.
In the meantime, Eva texted pictures and videos of her and the baby to him, “which he loves.”
Back in L.A., while Gosling was hard at work on his upcoming film project, mother and daughter were still adjusting to home life.
“The baby is still not sleeping through the night yet so [Eva's] tired. She’s also still getting used to breastfeeding?it’s not easy. But she’s happily in nesting mode.”
[From E! News]
It sounds like Eva is still adjusting and she wants to just spend some time bonding with the baby. Which is totally normal and fine, although I think it?s a little bit weird that Ryan was scheduled to shoot a movie just weeks after his baby was born. Do you buy the ?super-super-private? explanation? I have mixed feelings about that. Yes, Eva and Ryan really did manage to be super-private about the pregnancy. But there were two years of weird photo-ops by Eva before the pregnancy. For a while there, she was getting pap?d two or three times a week, always in cute outfits, so thirsty for us to acknowledge her relationship with Ryan. So? yeah. Mixed feelings about the ?privacy? argument.
PS… here’s another bad piece of news for all of you Gosling-loonies: his directorial debut, Lost River, isn’t even going to get a theatrical release. It’s going straight-to-DVD after it was laughed out of Cannes in May. Just as well. It sounded horrible and pretentious.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Lindsay Lohan caught a mosquito-borne virus on vacation in French Polynesia | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are an assortment of Lindsay Lohan photos. The candid airport pics are of Lindsay at LAX on December 16th, just days after she declared that she would never, ever live in LA again. For what it?s worth, she didn?t stay in LA very long ? she ended up flying to French Polynesia for the Christmas holiday. I don?t know if Ali or Dina made the trip or if Lindsay went with friends (?friends?). So, I?m also including an assortment of Instagram photos from her holiday.
In one of the Instagram photos, Lindsay posted this message: ?In good faith with good people. I refuse to let a virus effect my peaceful vacation?.? Yes, she has a virus. What kind, you might ask? It turns out she caught Chikungunya, which is largely spread through mosquito bites. Symptoms include fever and joint pain. There is no cure. That sucks. I?m sorry, I don?t really have a joke about this. I was trying to figure out something that wouldn?t be too mean, like ?The Herp Invades French Polynesia? but blah. It sucks being sick during vacation! I?ve had this weird stomach bug since Christmas and I just can?t shake it. Mad cramps, y?all.
In other Cracken news, In Touch Weekly says that Lindsay wants to do Broadway next after her successful (??) run of Speed-the-Plow on the London stage. Sources say Lindsay is ?begging? Oprah to produce a Broadway show and let her have a part and ?If that doesn?t work out, she?s hoping Oprah can get her an audition for something like ?Cabaret.? Lindsay needs another helping hand.? Lindsay as a cracked-out Sally Bowles in Cabaret? NOOOooo.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and LL?s Instagram.
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| | Nicki Minaj: My abortion 'haunted me all my life' but I?m still pro-choice | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Nicki Minaj covers the latest issue of Rolling Stone, and her girls are on full display. I cropped the cover, but you can see the full version here. When I saw the shoot, I immediately thought of Uncle Terry. Yep, he was the photographer. His harshly-lit aesthetic is obvious from miles away. Nicki’s hair and makeup look lovely and natural, and then the Terry vibe sets in below the shoulders. Sigh. Rolling Stone finally released some excerpts, which are pretty heavy. Nicki covers a lot of ground, including her recent long-term breakup, her teenage abortion, and her feelings on hip-hop’s current lack of a voice:
On The Pinkprint: “One of my goals was to give people a glimpse into my personal life, because it’s something I’ve kept very private.”
The end of her 11-year relationship with Safaree Samuels: “I had to learn to do something as simple as sleep alone. I struggled with ‘Do I express these feelings?’ And I decided there’s no reason for me to hide. I’m a vulnerable woman, and I’m proud of that.”
The more mature Nicki: “With a video like ‘Anaconda,’ I’m a grown-ass f***ing woman! I stand for girls wanting to be sexy and dance, but also having a strong sense of themselves. If you got a big ol’ butt? Shake it! Who cares? That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be graduating from college.”
Her teenage pregnancy: “I thought I was going to die. I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I’d ever gone through.” She ended up having an abortion, a decision she says has “haunted me all my life,” though it was the right choice for her at the time. “It’d be contradictory if I said I wasn’t pro-choice. I wasn’t ready. I didn’t have anything to offer a child.” She first rapped about the experience on a mixtape track called “Autobiography” she says she “didn’t expect anyone to hear.” Now the world is listening to every word she says very carefully: “Millions of people are gonna hear it. And you gotta watch everything you say — people find an issue with every f***ing thing.”
Nicki shades other artists’ lack of craftsmanship: “I hate when artists brag about not writing rhymes, or doing things really quickly, and then it’s not great. It’s ill when Jay-Z or Wayne say it, because the results are great. When they’re not? Sit your a** down and figure out something new to say!”
On what happened to Kanye: “I feel like when Public Enemy were doing ‘Fight the Power,’ we as a culture had more power — now it feels hopeless. People say, ‘Why aren’t black celebrities speaking out more?’ But look what happened to Kanye when he spoke out. People told him to apologize to Bush! He was the unofficial spokesman for hip-hop, and he got torn apart. And now you haven’t heard him speaking about these last couple things, and it’s sad. Because how many times can you be made to feel horrible for caring about your people before you say, ‘F*** it, it’s not worth it, let me live my life because I’m rich, and why should I give a f***?’”
[From Rolling Stone]
When Nicki talks about Kanye being shredded for his words, she’s referring to Kanye’s Hurricane Katrina telethon performance. No one can forget the alarmed reaction of Mike Myers and Chris Tucker to Kanye’s off-speech words. Nicki has a point about Kanye not speaking out about “these last couple things” (Ferguson and Eric Garner), but I don’t think Kanye’s being quiet because he’s afraid. Much of what he says (and does not say) now must be filtered through his Kardashian konnections. Even before the Kimye relationship, Kanye jumped the shark on relatability, except to one-percenters.
Nicki brought up her experience with abortion because she raps about it on one of the Pinkprint tracks. I appreciate that she’s still pro-choice despite her sadness on the subject.
By the way, a new-old video surfaced of Nicki acting at LaGuardia High (the place that wouldn’t let her guest speak). She did her best Naomi Campbell.
Photos courtesy of Rolling Stone & WENN
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