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| | Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds want people to know that they?re skipping the Met Gala | | Added 297 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I tapped out of the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal situation weeks ago because everyone involved was driving me crazy. There?s been an insane amount of positioning in the trade papers, right-wing media and gossip media and I stopped caring it?s my hope that the eventual trial clears some things up, although Blake and Ryan Reynolds spent a good chunk of last week trying to get Baldoni?s lawsuits dismissed.
Meanwhile, I just want to be able to gossip about normal things re: Blake Lively. Like, remember her Preserve lifestyle business/site? Remember the ?Allure of Antebellum? editorial? Good times. I bring up Blake?s pro-Antebellum stance because it?s relevant to this interesting piece of gossip: Blake and Ryan are skipping this year?s Met Gala. TMZ, Us Weekly and People Magazine all got briefed on Blake and Ryan?s decision, which is weird, right? That they would make a point of telling multiple outlets that they would NOT attend this year?s Met Gala? I?m bringing this back to the pro-Antebellum stance because this year?s Met Gala theme is ?Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,? with Monica Miller?s book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity being used as the inspo/source material for the theme and exhibit. LeBron James, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, ASAP Rocky and Pharrell Williams are all co-chairs this year. So the couple who got married on a South Carolina plantation doesnt want to go to a Met Gala with such a Black theme, huh??
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds will not be attending the 2025 Met Gala. An exclusive source confirmed the news to PEOPLE, sharing, Blake and Ryan haven?t gone since 2022, when they were co-chairs, and they will not be in attendance this year.
The theme of the 2025 Met Gala, which will be held on May 5, was previously revealed by Vogue as ?Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.? Per the outlet, the exhibit draws inspiration from Monica L. Miller?s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity and will feature garments, paintings, photographs, and more ? all exploring the indelible style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th century through present day. Miller will serve as a guest curator for the show with Costume Institute Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton.
The 2022 Met Gala marked Livelys 10th appearance at the annual fashion event in New York City. That year, she and Reynolds, 48, served as co-chairs alongside Regina King and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
[From People]
A source close to Blake and Ryan told TMZ that their decision to skip the gala has ?nothing to do with their legal war against Justin Baldoni, cause the decision to pass on the May event was made way before that drama unfolded.? Meaning? they made the decision after the theme was announced last fall??? LMAO. Another unnamed source sniffed to Us Weekly: ?She?s not a Kardashian that goes every year.? Good lord. I just can?t get over how they?re announcing their non-attendance this far in advance, and making sure everyone knows that they decided to skip soon after the theme was announced.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Justin & Hailey Bieber 'love being parents' They have a great marriage too' | | Added 298 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Justin and Hailey Bieber out on a date night on Friday. They went to dinner at Sushi Park, a popular Japanese joint located in the second floor of a strip mall. I remember when Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Zoe Kravitz and some girlfriends went there in October 2023 (I remember the photos of them leaving the strip mall, if I?m being honest). Still, Sushi Park is a very popular place in WeHo, and I?m sure Justin and Hailey just wanted some sushi.
The paparazzi were all around, and the tabloids are making it seem like the Biebers wanted to get pap?d on Friday specifically because Selena Gomez dropped her new album, I Said I Love You First, on that same day. I mean? it could be, but I hope that Hailey and Justin are done with the Selena stuff. Justin and Hailey literally welcomed a son last year. I hope they?re not purposefully doing pap strolls to compete with Selena?s album promotion. Considering the way Justin looked at the photographers, it definitely seemed like he had no desire to get pap?d. Meanwhile, there?s been another gossip-cycle where people have been ?worried? about Justin, because something something ?he doesn?t look well? or he?s posting cryptic sh-t on his socials. I think he just likes posting weird sh-t? In any case, People Magazine got another exclusive about the Bieber marriage:
Whats Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Biebers life really like at the moment? After the Sorry singer recently left fans concerned with some cryptic messages on social media amid rumors of drug use, which his rep has shut down, a source close to him tells PEOPLE things are fine.
Hailey?s working, and Justin?s creating music, says the insider. The Grammy winner, 31, has shared numerous photos from recording studios to his Instagram in recent weeks.
They are just doing their thing, adds the source. They are not concerned what people think.
The insider notes that Justin and Hailey, 28, have a great life.
They love being parents, says the source about the couple, who welcomed their first child, Jack Blues, in August 2024. They have a great marriage too.
[From People]
My personal take: I think there are a lot of people who want Justin to be upset or consumed with regret or deeply unhappy with Hailey. I think a lot of people don?t understand that this is probably the closest Justin will get to his happy ending: he?s married to someone he loves, someone who ?takes care of him? and handles his moods; he?s finally a father, something he?s always wanted; he feels no pressure to still be in the music industry rat-race of churning out albums and going on tours. And to top it all off, Hailey?s side-business (Rhode) is super-successful and she?s bringing in more money than him these days. Now, I?m sure they have problems and I?m sure everything isn?t a basket of roses. But there?s just so much projection on both of them and it does feel like people are constantly looking for ?signs? that his marriage sucks or he?s secretly unhappy.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Gwen Stefani 'doesn't care' if she alienates fans by going 'full MAGA' | | Added 300 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Questions about Gwen Stefani?s politics have been percolating for a while, but in the past month, a lot of Gwen?s fans have now become convinced that she?s fully MAGA. Gwen has, in my opinion, always been more socially conservative and religious than her fans realize, and she also has a long history of problematic words and behavior around race. And yet? she used to be a huge Democrat and a huge Democratic donor and fundraiser. But things have changed these days, she?s reposting hyper-religious-wingnut content, she?s boosting Tucker Carlson interviews and she?s following right-wing nutjobs on social media. Well, now the Mail is running an exclusive about how Gwen has basically adopted Blake Shelton?s Republican politics and the music industry doesn?t know what to do with her anymore because her new music sucks and she?s turned off all of her loyal fans.
Gwen Stefani has become unrecognizable to her fans, friends and even her label which is now said to be considering dropping her after her alleged MAGA makeover. The No Doubt singer, 55, outraged her liberal fans last week when she publicly supported conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, reposting one of his religious interviews. The move shocked her fans given her previous support for the Democratic party.
Now an insider has told the Daily Mail that Gwen appears to have gone MAGA and doesnt care if it alienates her fans. They alleged that the change in her political views could be attributed to her husband, country singer Blake Shelton, who previously praised Donald Trump.
After massively supporting Democrats for years ? she appears to have gone MAGA, the source explained. Some of this can be attributed to her marriage, as Blake is an infamous Republican. She shut out everyone for him. She doesn?t seem to care about her fans anymore and has shed her persona to become the unrecognizable opposite of what she once was. The Tucker Carson situation is not anything new, though. This is who she has become, the source continued. Gwen is not even trying to hide who she has become and this person is unrecognizable to her fans, friends and even her label.
She cannot sell albums anymore and with her new holier-than-thou campaign, it has really turned a lot of people off, said our source. After [teaming up with the Catholic] app, she released her last album Bouquet which was an absolute bomb. This has caused Interscope to consider dropping her which is a travesty considering she was once one of their top selling artists. But she has only herself to blame.
Gwens last album debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart and sold only 13,000 copies in its first week. The Daily Mail has reached out to Gwen and Interscope for comment.
[From The Daily Mail]
For what it?s worth, I listened to a little bit of Gwen?s last album and it was a trainwreck, it?s like she?s completely lost her innate understanding of the pop-music zeitgeist. I guess her old producers don?t want to work with her anymore either. I think that was why the album bombed, not ?fans were turned off by her politics? the music was just bad. In the musical sense, Gwen had a good run she was incredibly relevant for over two decades. She even had some hit songs with Blake in recent years. But yeah, this is her semi-retirement vibe: bad music, MAGA politics, being Blake?s perfect Republican wife, I guess.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Taylor Swift encouraged Travis Kelce to play one more year to 'go out on a high note' | | Added 302 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Could you ever be a football WAG? There are some sports where WAGing seems fun or enjoyable I could be a tennis WAG, a basketball WAG and a swimming WAG. But football? Watching my man get tossed around a field? Dealing with his concussions, concussion protocols and eventually his CTE? Hard pass. I think Gisele Bundchen got to that point too, in the final years of Tom Brady?s career, where she simply didn?t want to watch Tom put his body through all of that anymore. But Taylor Swift isn?t at that point with Travis Kelce. While Taylor and Travis were taking a break after the Kansas City Chiefs got dog-walked at the Super Bowl, Taylor apparently encouraged Travis to go back to football for one more season.
Taylor Swift was a sounding board for Travis Kelce when he was deciding whether to retire from the NFL. Sources exclusively tell Page Six that the Grammy winner and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end ?definitely discussed? the life-changing topic ?as a couple.? We?re told Swift, 35, made it known she was definitely in favor of Kelce playing again.
?She didn?t want Travis to retire,? an insider says. ?She wanted him to go out on a high note.?
The Chiefs suffered a devastating loss against the Philadelphia Eagles on Super Bowl Sunday 2025, with a final score of 40-22 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Kelce said on an episode of ?New Heights? in February that the defeat was a ?tough pill to swallow,? adding, ?Just wasn?t our day. Couldn?t find a lick of momentum..I?m kicking myself for some of the tiny, tiny decisions I made on the field.?
Although Swift?s opinion on a potential retirement was taken into consideration, we?re told the final call was ultimately on Kelce, 35.
?He has to be able to physically do it,? an insider says, noting that it?s up to the athlete to feel confident that his body could play a full season again without putting himself at risk for injury. On Feb. 27, Kelce finally broke the news on Pat McAfee?s ESPN show that he would not be retiring yet. ?I?m coming back, for sure,? the Super Bowl champ, who has spent 12 years in the NFL, told the host via a text that was read aloud on the show at the time.
After Kelce finally decided to return to the Chiefs, we?re told Swift was ?happy [with his decision].?
[From Page Six]
I know every sport is different and pro athletes hold themselves to different standards, but ?She wanted him to go out on a high note? is fking brutal! That was a high note! Travis made it to the Super Bowl even though he had a really slow start to the season and the Chiefs had to win some really gritty games. He made it to the Super Bowl for the fifth time in his career and he already has three rings! The Chiefs were going for a hat trick, their third SB win in a row! What more does Taylor want from him, damn?? If he doesn?t win the Super Bowl next year, is she going to tell him to keep playing until he does? Good lord. I mean, granted, she probably knew that Travis wanted to go back anyway so she was just being supportive. But ?go out on a high note? really is a brutal comment, if any of this is true (its Page Six, so yeah).
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| | Brenda Song tried to teach her fiance Macaulay Culkin to drive and do laundry | | Added 302 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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My new favorite celebrity couple is Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin. I know they?ve been together since 2017, but it?s only been over the past few months that they?ve really opened up and let us get to know them as a couple. ICYMI, they did a big spread for Cosmopolitan in February. Brenda is currently co-starring in the new Netflix series, Running Point with Kate Hudson, so she?s been doing the talk show circuit. On The Jennifer Hudson Show she talked about being a working mother, how she?s a die-hard LA Lakers fan, and her relationship, including the times that she attempted to teach the world?s most famous child star how to drive and do his own laundry.
Brenda Song revealed her fianc, 44, still doesn?t know how to drive a car and didn?t know how to do laundry when they first met.
?I always say Mac is a very unique human being the most famous child actor in the world,? Song said during her Thursday appearance on ?The Jennifer Hudson Show.? ?He still doesn?t know how to drive! I took him out to drive in our neighborhood. I was terrified, let me tell you.?
The ?Suite Life on Deck? star, 36, joked she has to ?hire someone? to teach the former child star to do that specific task.
As for the laundry, Song explained that Culkin?s unique childhood is to blame.
?He lived and grew up in hotels, he had just never really done laundry, and I was shooketh?,? she told Hudson.
?I?ve been doing laundry since I was 10 helping my mom,? Song added. ?It?s funny, teaching him how to do laundry.?
Song and Culkin have kept a relatively low profile throughout their relationship. Though, Song has shared more details of their personal lives in recent months while promoting her latest projects ? ?The Last Showgirl? and the Netflix series ?Running Point.? The parents, who share 3-year-old son Dakota and 2-year-old son Carson, gave fans the first glimpse at their kids when they attended Culkin?s Walk of Fame ceremony in December 2023.
[From Page Six]
There?s a famous scene in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody where Phil Lewis? character, Mr. Moseby, is trying to teach Brenda?s character, London Tipton, how to drive, and she refers to the gear shift as ?the PRINDL.? It sounds like there was a case of life imitating art here. I think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn how to drive. It?s similar to how it?s tougher to learn a new language as you get older. Mac is rich enough to be able to call a driver and he could have gotten lessons at any other point in his life before now, so I?m sure he doesn?t really feel like he?s missing out. Still, the imagery of him trying to practice left-hand turns in an empty parking lot is sending me. As for the laundry, it makes sense that he never had to learn due to growing up in hotels. It?s also not surprising. Some couples split up household chores and literally never learn how to do the one that isn?t their responsibility.
JHud was stanning Mac pretty hard throughout, so Brenda also talked about how she made her beau watch Home Alone for the first time in over a decade when they first got together. He kept telling her behind-the-scenes trivia and she had to tell him to knock it off because he was ?ruining it? for her. Hahaha, amazing. As it turns out, Jennifer is such a fan that she actually tried to buy the Home Alone house when it went up for sale last year! I think that is so cool. Apparently, the people who ended up buying it did so anonymously, but this makes me wonder how many other celebrities also tried to buy it.
Heres Brendas appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show. I queued it up to start when she comes on, but just in case, she shows up at 26:54:
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| | Tina Fey: 'I have a problem with rich people having a side hustle' I judge it' | | Added 302 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Amy Poehler has a new podcast called Good Hang with Amy Poehler. Of course, Amy?s ?wife? Tina Fey was one of her first guests, and I can only hope that Tina will be a regular guest. There?s something magical about Tina and Amy?s friendship and their comedic energy when they?re together. They have been dear friends for what? Almost three decades? Something like that. Well, obviously, Tina made some comments which are getting a lot of play. Tina and Amy start talking about celebrity side-hustles and how Tina doesn?t really respect rich people who dabble in money-making schemes on the side.
Tina Fey revealed she will never have a side hustle and admitted she judges fellow celebrities who do.
?I have a problem with rich people having a side hustle,? the ?Mean Girls? star shared on Tuesday?s episode of the ?Good Hang with Amy Poehler? podcast. ?If you already have like $200 million ? I judge it,? she added.
Poehler, 53, encouraged Fey, 54, to change her viewpoint, saying the latter should ?learn from Gen Z? and not ?judge it.?
The pals got on the topic of side hustles when the ?Parks and Recreation? star complemented Fey on her ?incredible hair.?
?I feel like you should have a hair campaign,? Poehler said. ?[I?m] always pushing you to have a glasses line. Why do you not have a glass [line]??
Fey started to detail why she hadn?t invested in a glasses line before Poehler interrupted, saying, ?You hate money??
?I do kind of hate money,? the ?Date Night? star chimed in, explaining that she is ?terrible with money.?
?No, I?m not terrible. I don?t waste money, but I don?t get excited about money,? she clarified. The ?30 Rock? alum shared she only needs enough funds to feel ?safe? and live.
[From Page Six]
Page Six missed one of the funniest parts, which is when Tina said that she judges side-hustles and Amy says ?you mean like a podcast or something?? LMAO. The thing to understand about Tina?s perspective and this is why Amy brings up Gen Z is that Tina is Gen X. Gen Xers and Xennials did not grow up in ?hustle culture.? That was not part of our cultural experience when we were growing up, we were told to look down on ?sellouts? who ?did things for money.? There was a whole period of time when people looked down on new designer clothing and everyone prioritized vintage everything and flea-markets and Goodwills. Actors just ACTED, they didn?t have their own wine labels. Musicians didn?t have a list of sponsors. That absolutely shifted in the past twenty years, but Tina is still clinging to her Gen X belief system.
?i have a problem with rich people having a side hustle? shes literally so important to the culture pic.twitter.com/ndUCn18oBB
m (@bigIttIeIies) March 18, 2025
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| | Leslie Bibb is not responsible for Sam Rockwell's crazy role on 'The White Lotus' | | Added 302 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Spoilers for The White Lotus.
Generally, I avoid writing too much about Severance and The White Lotus because most discussions involve so many spoilers, and I want people to be able to genuinely enjoy the experience of watching these shows in their own time. I?m really enjoying this season of TWL I?m rooting for two characters to make it, Aimee Lou Woods? character Chelsea and Natasha Rothwell?s character Belinda. Almost everyone else can choke! No, I actually like some of them, including Walton Goggins? man of mystery, who is apparently hunting down the guy who killed his father. Goggins? character, Rick, has flown to Bangkok to hunt down this guy, and Rick ended up calling an old friend for some help.
In the most recent episode, we finally got to meet Rick?s friend, who was played by Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell. Rockwell?s guest role it?s more than a cameo, he?s in next week?s episode too has quickly become one of the most bonkers moments in TWL?s history. Rockwell delivered a truly insane monologue which I will not even describe, you just have to watch it. So many people thought Rockwell?s partner Leslie Bibb somehow got Rockwell the role, or that Rockwell might have been hanging out on set with Bibb, because she?s one of the major characters this season. As it turns out, not so much. Bibb spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how Sam dropped into Thailand for eight days and did his thing.
Leslie Bibb tells Entertainment Weekly that she actually had nothing to do with Sam Rockwells casting.
No, they came to me and they were like, Were going to offer this to Sam,' Bibb tells EW. I was on the treadmill and [producer] Dave Bernad came to me. But I was like, Sam is wild as a buck. Listen, I dont know what hes going to do. Hes doing a movie in South Africa, he likes time to prep. And he was very nervous about that prep time.
That was a big arc to do that quickly, Bibb says of [Rockwell?s] characters debut. And [Rockwell] literally went from one [project] to the next, so I said [to producers], You cant get mad at me if he says no. What if he says no? I was so scared! Then [creator] Mike [White] was like, No, no, no, we wont get mad at you.'
Bibb laughed as she remembered telling the showrunner, I was like, That jet planes going to fly, I cant ground him. But then it was really sweet ? I think Walton really, because theyre very good friends, wanted to have that experience with him.
And getting her real-life partner to come join her on the set of The White Lotus was a treat, even if Rockwell got a truncated experience. It was really fun, she says. We dont have any scenes together, and he did all of his stuff in eight days. We were there for six months, Sam was there for eight days ? Sam did not [have] the same experience in eight days. He got The White Lotus light. But its nice to be able to have a context to share, and I think hes a great actor, and were lucky to have him, and I think he chewed up that character. Mike was really happy to have him too.
Bibb did get a bit jealous when she first saw some of Rockwells scenes, however. I saw some stills from them on the boat in Bangkok, and I was like, Were sweating our faces off, and they were like, hair blowing in the wind,' she added with a laugh. Look how cool they look. This is like To Live and Die in L.A., but it was like To Live and Die in Bangkok. It was so cool.
[From EW]
What?s even wilder about this is that Sam still hasn?t said anything? He just dropped into TWL, delivered the craziest monologue in the history of the show, dipped after a few days and he?s done absolutely nothing to promote it or talk about it. An actor?s life is so wild though, I bet Sam enjoyed the hell out of the guest role and being able to work with his friend Walton Goggins. What I also liked was that Rockwell?s appearance felt completely organic within the show. It wasn?t like ?oh, look, a movie star just showed up!? You actually felt like those two guys had some history and once you see the scene, you realize that Sam didn?t do this for the glamour.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Kim Kardashian considers stripping Kanye West of joint custody of their kids | | Added 303 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When Kim Kardashian finally filed for divorce from Kanye West, everyone knew that it would be a giant mess. Even Kim knew that, and she clearly had a plan for how to handle it and how to ?manage? Kanye. He spent so many months trying to stall every part of their divorce, and Kim patiently waited it out. When they finally completed their divorce, the terms were simple enough: joint custody of the kids, Kim kept almost all of their jointly-held real estate, and they otherwise left the marriage with their separate assets. Since the divorce, Kanye has not been a consistent father to those kids and Kim has repeatedly said that she feels like a single mother.
If anything, Kanye only seems to give a sh-t about the oldest child, North West, and he seems to spend the most time with her. To the point where North is being featured in Kanye?s chaotic new music. Over the weekend, Kanye released a new song called ?Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine.? It features North rapping and a phone conversation between Kanye and Sean Combs. Kanye is still on Twitter (naturally) and he tried to ?expose? Kim?s attempts to get the song taken down, and Kim?s protests about including their eldest child in anything involving Sean Combs, who is still awaiting trial for human trafficking, rape, etc. This song seems to be the straw that broke the camel?s back, and now Kim is making moves to strip Kanye of joint custody of their kids.
Kim Kardashian is mulling over a big decision whether to go to court and ask a judge to strip Kanye West of joint legal custody of their 4 kids, because her ex-husband has flagrantly ignored their custody agreement.
The latest legal war was set off after Kanye agreed in a mediation Friday not to release a previously recorded song in which their daughter North raps. The track Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine also includes a phone convo between Diddy and Kanye.
Thing is Kim was vehemently opposed to letting North participate in any way and according to their divorce settlement, they both have equal say in making decisions for their kids.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, the divorce settlement provides for the event theres a conflict Kim and Kanye must first go to a private judge to try and hash out an agreement. Kim was there for the mediation with her lawyer, Disso Queen Laura Wasser, and his lawyer, Patrick DeCarolis, and they did reach an agreement North would not appear on any version of the song if it was released.
But agreements dont seem to matter with Kanye, and he released the song with Norths voice over the weekend. Kanye posted to X last night THE MAN MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.
So, heres what Kim is weighing Kanye rarely sees his kids, so physical custody is not an issue. In fact, Kim wants their kids to have a relationship with their dad and has almost always facilitated that. One recent exception when Kanye held an event where he urged participants to wear swastika shirts. She did not feel it was appropriate for her kids to attend that event.
As for legal custody, hes not that involved in decision-making, but still Kanye has made it clear hes not about to follow the rules of the road. So our sources say Kim is seriously considering going to court to ask a judge to strip him of joint legal custody.
[From TMZ]
Many people wondered why Kim didn?t seek sole custody in the first place, but looking back on everything, I think Kim understood that she would effectively have sole custody anyway because Kanye was such a deadbeat dad, plus she really did want the kids to have a relationship with him in some way. But yeah, I?m fine with her seeking sole custody and I?m sure Kanye is enjoying the fact that he finally got a reaction from Kim after she?s mostly grey-rocked him for years. I expect the family court judge will be like ?he put his CHILD in a song with Sean Combs?? I?ve heard enough.?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Will Smith is releasing a new album, his first in 20 years, and is going on tour this summer | | Added 303 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Over the weekend, Will Smith posted a video of himself doing the ?Anxiety Dance? with Tatyana Ali and Doechii. If you aren?t familiar with the Anxiety Dance, it?s a TikTok trend where people do the dance from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to a clip of Doechii?s ?Anxiety, which samples the melody from Gotyes Somebody That I Used to Know. It was started by a TikToker named Mimiola Olatunji.
Anyway, Tatyana, Will, and Doechii recreated the famous scene where Will catches Ashley dancing while wearing headphones and dances along with her. Obviously, the clip went viral. And, now that Will has everyone?s attention, he?s announced that he?s dropping a new hip hop album for the first time in 20 years! Based on a True Story has 14 new tracks and will be out in two weeks, on March 28.
Will Smith has announced the date that his latest album will be released as his imminent return to the world of hip-hop continues after a 20-year hiatus. The actor-rapper-producer shared the news on Instagram on Sunday, writing in a post that his new album is scheduled for release in two weeks.
?It?s OFFICIAL!! My new album, Based on a True Story, drops on March 28. TWO WEEKS!! Hit that presave. Been working on this project for a minute and I?m itchin? to get it out to y?all ?,? Smith posted on the social media platform to his 69.5 million followers.
The 14-track album will reunite Smith with DJ Jazzy Jeff and feature collaborations with Teyana Taylor and Jac Ross. Smith released a single, ?Beautiful Scars,? that features Big Sean and Obangain, in January.
The iconic comic and dramatic actor, and an Oscar winner for 2021?s King Richard, Smith has risen to the level of a multi-hyphenate pop culture phenomenon over his career, which began with rap music. He emerged from the fledgling hip-hop scene in the late 1980s as half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince with instant classics like ?Parents Just Don?t Understand? and ?Girls Ain?t Nothing but Trouble,? both of which came with videos that enjoyed heavy MTV rotation.
Smith?s long-running hit NBC sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, featured his rapping, and as his Hollywood career took off, his music career flourished in tandem. At times, his franchise and Hollywood blockbuster movies, including Wild Wild West and Men in Black, featured a title track from Smith. His hip-hop career hit a peak with 1997?s Big Willie Style; he released three more records, Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002) and Lost and Found (2005), before putting down the mic to focus on his career in film as an actor and producer.
As an icon of entertainment for the last several decades, Smith is still, for many, rehabilitating his reputation after the shocking moment at the 2022 Academy Awards. This notorious Oscars moment saw the actor walk onstage and slap Chris Rock across the face following a joke the comedian made about Smith?s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. The fallout of that moment tarnished Smith?s reputation and led to him being banned from the Oscars for 10 years.
[From The Hollywood Reporter]
Thoughts on Will coming out with a new album? Other than Emancipation and last year?s Bad Boys: Ride or Die, he?s been laying relatively low since the Oscars slap, so it makes sense that his reemergence is a pivot back to music. I?m an Elder Millennial, so Fresh Prince, Men in Black, and Will?s first three albums all happened when I was in middle school thru high school. It?s cool, but also not surprising at all that he?s working with Jazzy Jeff again. Clearly, they work well together. When Will released ?Beautiful Scars? a few months ago, I just figured he was using music to work through some things. It never occurred to me that he was recording a whole new album. Maybe I?m wrong, but I think this type of comeback will be well-received. Enough time has passed and he?s going through a different door.
Will also announced a world tour on Monday. It kicks off this summer with dates in Europe and the UK. Presale begins on Wednesday, March 19 and general sales are on Friday, March 21. Interesting! Alright, Mr. Smith. I?m intrigued.
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| | Gwyneth Paltrow drank more during the LA fires, which made her menopause worse | | Added 305 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Since the election, I?ve been thinking a lot about drinking. I?ve been sober for more than a decade, and I acknowledge all of the benefits no more hangovers, no more empty calories, no more headaches, no more alcohol-infused messy situations, no more shame, no more regrets. But yeah, the past four months have been incredibly rough and I completely understand how some people have fallen off the wagon. I completely understand why even non-alcoholics are drinking more than ever too. Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about her drinking she?s always enjoyed a glass of wine or a cocktail, but her drinking apparently got a lot worse during the Southern California fires. Apparently, menopause is compounding everything too.
Gwyneth Paltrow says her menopause symptoms were made worse by alcohol ? and she drank ?every night? during the outbreak of wildfires in Los Angeles. Paltrow, 52, had a frank conversation about menopause on the March 4 episode of the Goop podcast with guest Dr. Mary Clare Haver, a board-certified OB-GYN and author of the New York Times bestseller The New Menopause.
?Im really in the thick of it right now, so Im all over the place,? Paltrow said of her symptoms. ?But I noticed my symptoms are, like, pretty well under control unless, you know, in January when the fires were happening in L.A. Ive, like, used alcohol for its purpose.?
The Academy Award winner previously said she was in ?deep grief? over the wildfires, which broke out in Southern California in January. Paltrow lives in Los Angeles with her husband Brad Falchuk, whom she married in September 2018. While she shared that they were safe from the wildfires, ?so many of our close friends have lost everything.?
It was during this time, Paltrow says, ?I think I drank every night. I was medicating. Normally, now at this point, I dont drink a lot at all. Maybe Ill have one drink a week,? she said, adding that drinking every night impacted her menopause symptoms. ?My symptoms were completely out of control. It was the first time I really noticed, like, causation in that way.?
?Lots of my patients say the same thing. Theyve really just spontaneously realized that theyve cut back on alcohol or just quit altogether because it just hasnt been worth it. They dont bounce back the same way. It stays in our system a lot longer,? said Haver, who penned the foreword for Naomi Watts? book about menopause, Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish Id Known about Menopause.
Paltrow shared that shes been struggling with insomnia, explaining, ?Ive always been a real sleeper? but after menopause, ?I went through a particularly bad time with it. There were nights where my anxiety ? like, I just thought it meant, ?Oh, youre not gonna be able to sleep because you dont have enough progesterone or whatever,? ? she explained about what she expected from menopause-induced insomnia. But instead, ?It wasnt that. I would just wake up [and] I would get crushed with anxiety, which Ive never had in my life. And I would lie in bed thinking about every mistake Ive ever made, every persons feelings I ever hurt, like, every bad, you know, And I would be up, like, for six hours. It was crazy.?
[From People]
Or they would ?just quit altogether because it just hasnt been worth it. They dont bounce back the same way. It stays in our system a lot longer.? It?s true once you get out of your early 20s, it just gets harder to recover or feel ?normal? and that keeps getting worse and worse as you get older. I did a marathon of Sex and the City over the holidays and I was like? how are they all drinking so much in their 30s?? As for Gwyneth?s drinking exacerbating her menopause, I absolutely believe that and I?m sure the same would happen to me if I picked up a bottle right now.
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