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| | Megan Fox gets real about all of the plastic surgery & cosmetic work she's had done | | Added 37 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Megan Fox started getting cosmetic surgery when she was pretty young. I remember when she first hit the scene and men were falling all over themselves about her beauty, especially in the Transformers era (2007-09). Around that same time, she started messing with her face, little tweaks here and there. I feel like Botox was definitely involved, plus lip injections, plus a really obvious breast augmentation. For years and years, Megan has never really talked about that stuff, but that?s all changing. She went on the Call Her Daddy podcast and host Alex Cooper asked Megan what all she had done. Megan was pretty honest:
What she hasn?t done: Heres things I havent done that I have been accused of doing. Ive never had a face lift of any kind, so no mid-face lift, no lateral brow lift, although I would like one. Ive never done threads. Ive never had buccal fat done. Ill never have any fat done, Im a very lean person that doesnt have enough body fat or fat in my face, so Ill only ever put fat in, I will never be taking fat out. Which leads me to Ive never had any liposuction, or body contouring or anything like that.
Three different boob jobs: And while she said she had a rhinoplasty around age 23 and has had her breasts done on three separate occasions?the first when she was in her early 20s, the second after shed finished breastfeeding and the third more recently?there is one reason she hasnt had more procedures done. I dont like surgery. My body doesnt react well to general anesthesia, and so when I go to have a surgery its a very big deal. Im very afraid of dying under general anesthesia, so I dont take surgery lightly and therefore I have not had many of them because of that.
She had one more surgery which she?s gatekeeping: Theres one thing I had done that Im gatekeeping. It was really good, and its not a known plastic surgery, people dont even really know about it. I wanted it really badly.
No shame in getting work done: I dont understand the point of shaming people for getting stuff done. Granted, Im not encouraging anyone to do anything crazy. Like I said, you need to be very safe and very careful when you do any of this stuff. But its a very weird thing to shame people for?.The more that Ive taken control of my body and done the things that Ive always wanted to do, the more comfortable I am in my body. And the more freedom I have.
She never had a BBL either: Fox quipped that her fear of anesthesia is ?probably a saving grace? because ?God knows what I would have been up to,? and earlier in the podcast, joked about why she?s never had a Brazilian butt lift. ?I would be so flattered if somebody thought I had a BBL.?
Fillers & a nose job: Fox says shes gotten injectables like Botox and dermal filler, but the only other major cosmetic surgery shes gotten is a rhinoplasty ? and only once. ?I had my nose done when I was in my early twenties,? she says, adding that shes heard people assume shes had multiple nose jobs. ?I havent had a rhinoplasty since I was, Im going to say, 23. Its been well over a decade. Ive not touched my nose since then.?
[From E! News & People & Allure]
She also said that she asked her surgeon to give her the biggest implants he could fit in her body, but then she ended up redoing them and getting smaller implants because the bigger ones were too obvious, especially with the ?rippling.? As for her confessions? yeah, I believe that she?s only done implants to her body. No BBL, no lipo, she?s just naturally slim. Her face on the other hand? Yeah the nose job, Botox, fillers, and she?s done a lot to her lips. I understand that she has body dysmorphia but my god, she started out as such a natural beauty and it?s crazy that she really wanted to look like a plastic doll.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Shakira: 'For a long time I put my career on hold, to be next to' Gerard Pique | | Added 38 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Shakira has had a rough few years. In 2022, she learned that her longtime partner Gerard Pique was cheating on her with Clara Chia Marti in their shared home in Barcelona. Shakira left Pique soon after, and he turned his side-chick into his official. Shakira left Barcelona and moved to Miami, but not before the Spanish tax authorities claimed she owed them millions. Shakira made a lot of noise about fighting until the bitter end, but she ended up settling and taking a suspended sentence. Presumably, she?s done with Spain completely now. There was some good news though she released a diss track about Pique which became a huge crossover hit, and now she?s releasing a full album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. Shakira chatted with the Times of London about leaving Pique and Spain, and her fresh start in Miami.
The pressure to sing in English back in the day: When she crossed over to the anglophone market in 2001, she says, ?it was a true challenge for me to export my music in Spanish. There wasn?t so much receptivity from any gatekeepers in the industry and I felt sometimes that I was carrying a whole mountain on my shoulders, like Atlas. It was really hard to gain the respect of a very male-oriented industry that was also very prejudiced against Hispanic artists. All of that has changed. It?s a much more democratic world in which people make their own decisions about who they want to listen to.?
Her diss song, ?Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53?: ?It helped me exorcise a lot of the demons that were tormenting me. And it felt good.? She won a Latin Grammy for the song, which was presented to her by Sergio Ramos, formerly of Real Madrid, the sworn enemies of Piqu?s Barcelona. That was mischievous of the organisers. ?Or a cosmic joke,? she says with a smile.
What her sons think about her diss track: ?They know that there?s only one way to live life and it?s accepting the pain. And each one of us has different ways of doing that.? For her it?s writing songs, and the same goes for Milan. ?When his father and I were going through separation, he wrote two amazing songs, the kind that will bring you to tears.?
Putting her career on hold for Pique: ?For a long time I put my career on hold, to be next to Gerard, so he could play football. There was a lot of sacrifice for love.?
She hangs out with the Beckhams in Miami: ?I?ve talked to Victoria quite a few times since I arrived. We?re always talking about when I?m going to go watch a match and I know Milan wants to. We haven?t been able to meet up yet, but we?re on WhatsApp. I met David a long time ago, when he used to play for Real Madrid. That was before I started my relationship with one of the Barca players.?
She thinks Pique will regret his choices: She?s more forthcoming about Ultima (Last), a pretty piano ballad on which she sings: ?Surely with time you?ll regret it/ And some day you?ll want to come back to my door.? Is that about?? ?Voldemort, that one that shouldn?t be mentioned? It?s hopefully the last song that I will write about this, and to him.? It was the final song she wrote for the album. ?I felt that there was still something there, stuck in my throat, and I needed to get it out. I played it to the marketing head at Sony and he started crying. I?d never seen a man cry in my studio before.?
Whether she learned of Pique?s affair through missing jam: Did she discover Piqu?s alleged infidelity via a pot of jam? It was claimed in the Spanish media that some of her jam disappeared from their home in Barcelona. She knew that Piqu and their children hated jam and the suggestion was that another woman had eaten it. It?s an outlandish story, but, well, this is Shakira. She claims not to know what I?m talking about, which seems unlikely, and insists it?s ?not true?.
[From The Times]
?For a long time I put my career on hold, to be next to Gerard, so he could play football. There was a lot of sacrifice for love.? In 2022, Shakira gave a cover interview to Elle, where she went in further detail in a raw way of the sacrifices she made to live in Spain, to be with Pique, to put her career on hold to have children. While I know she has no regrets and she loves her sons very much, I?m just reminded yet again that Gerard Pique is a selfish douchebag and that women should always avoid these one-sided sacrifices. Pique got a global superstar to give up her career and be a stay-at-home mom without having to ?sacrifice? anything himself. Then he cheated on her and bad-mouthed her to all of his friends and on and on. Normalize sending your exes to prison.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Jake Gyllenhaal on if he's interested in stinking up the Batman suit: 'it would be an honor' | | Added 42 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Adam West. Michael Keaton. Christian Bale. Ben Affleck. These are all actors who have famously played the Caped Crusader himself, Batman. (I left out Clooney on purpose, *but* I think his cameo in The Flash movie was perfection.) Batman is such a well worn-in property at this point that the chance to play him comes along like six times per generation. Jake Gyllenhaal has long-wanted to play the Dark Knight. And since James Gunn is (infamously) rebooting the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) since taking over in November 2022, he?s looking for a new Batman. In an interview with Screen Rant, Jake commented on fan rumblings about him playing Bruce Wayne?s alter ego, calling it an ?honor.?
Screen Rant: Jake, watching you in these action scenes was absolutely incredible. Like I said, it was deliciously visceral. But a while back, I know that you auditioned for the role of Batman, and I got some Batman vibes in this film when you were beating the crap out of people. Is that a role you?d still be interested in, especially after doing a movie like this?
Jake Gyllenhaal: Oh, man. That?s a classic. It?s an honor. Speaking of playing roles that other incredible actors have played in the past, to me actually roles that other incredible actors have played in the past, which, to me, actually, when I think about it, I?m going to play Iago in Othello with Denzel Washington, and I think about like the history of actors that have played that role throughout time, and I?m intimidated by that. So that?s the first level. That?s what I?m working on right now. But of course. It would be an honor always. Those types of things and those roles are classics.
[From Screen Rant]
Alright, I know there?s a good amount of y?all on here who are into this stuff like I am. What are your thoughts at a potential Gyllenhaal Batman? I?m a very hard no on this one. He was fine as Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home but?Batman? Bruce Wayne needs to be played by a certain type of actor and that is not Jake. ?But Rosie,? you may say, ?What about Robert Pattinson?? I did like the RPattz Batman movie a lot more than I expected to. I think it was because The Batman was an artsy, noir, whodunit version of the character set in an entirely different universe.
At the end of the day, let?s just stick with Maggie as the Gyllenhaal sibling who?s involved in a Batman movie. I suppose, however, if Jake wanted to, there?s always a villain or someone else he could play. There?s also that small matter of Jake?s personal hygiene. Will he commit to daily showers if he plays Batman? It gets hot in that suit, even without all of the ass-kicking. You know Bruce Wayne probably takes two to three showers a day. Anyway, if Aaron Taylor Johson really is going to be the next James Bond, then I put Idris Elba up for consideration for the role. Idris would make a fine Batman.
photos credit: IMAGO/RW/MediaPunch/Avalon, Robin Platzer/Twin Images/Avalon, JW/Bang Showbiz/Avalon
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| | Beyonce developed 'Cowboy Carter' after she did not feel 'welcome' at the CMAs | | Added 42 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When Beyonce released Lemonade in 2016, it was immediately recognized as her magnum opus, arguably the most important/significant album in a CV full of significant music. At first, I wasn?t sure what I really thought about ?Daddy Lessons? when I heard the album/studio version. Then Beyonce re-recorded it with the then-Dixie Chicks (now The Chicks) and in November 2016, they performed the song at the CMAs. It quickly became one of the most talked-about live performances of the year, and most significant CMA performance of all time. While many of the country music people in the room were visibly into it, there was absolutely some hostility in the room and there was a huge amount of salty white country people trashing the song and the performance online. The CMAs briefly deleted the performance from their archives, then brought it back after everyone called them racist trash.
I bring all of that up because all of that was the precursor to Beyonce?s new country album, Cowboy Carter. On Tuesday, Beyonce revealed the album cover and she made an oblique reference to what happened in 2016:
act ii COWBOY CARTER 3.29
Today marks the 10-day countdown until the release of act ii. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the supporters of TEXAS HOLD ?EM and 16 CARRIAGES. I feel honored to be the first Black woman with the number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. That would not have happened without the outpouring of support from each and every one of you. My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist?s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.
This album has been over five years in the making. It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed?and it was very clear that I wasn?t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.
The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me. act ii is a result of challenging myself, and taking my time to bend and blend genres together to create this body of work.
I have a few surprises on the album, and have collaborated with some brilliant artists who I deeply respect. I hope that you can hear my heart and soul, and all the love and passion that I poured into every detail and every sound.
I focused on this album as a continuation of RENAISSANCE?I hope this music is an experience, creating another journey where you can close your eyes, start from the beginning and never stop.
This ain?t a Country album. This is a ?Beyonc? album. This is act ii COWBOY CARTER, and I am proud to share it with y?all!
[From Beyonce]
?This ain?t a Country album. This is a ?Beyonc? album.? Period. She?s really saying ?y?all wanted to say a Black artist isn?t welcome at the CMAs, that?s cute, I?m about to Beyoncify your whole gddamn genre.? Seriously though, this is Peak Virgo grudge-holding. You want to tell BEYONCE, the Most Virgo Ever, that she?s unwelcome somewhere? Well, she?s going to spend six-plus years showing you why you?re you should kept your fking mouth shut.
Beyonce also posted a TikTok compilation of all of the fun videos people made dancing to ?Texas Hold ?Em.?
not beyonc posting a tiktok celebrating all the success of TEXAS HOLD 'EM, ICONIC?pic.twitter.com/f4BaSadeMi
?????? (@beyoncegarden) March 19, 2024
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| | Michael Keaton on working with Jenna Ortega on Beetlejuice 2: she's just got it | | Added 42 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Though he didn?t get talked about as much as naked John Cena or Ryan Gosling?s ?Pink Rhinestones Are A Ken?s Best Friend? number, I thought Michael Keaton was a real winner on Oscar night. He and Catherine O?Hara were funny and tight when presenting, and then Michael took it up a notch when he volleyed back to Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger from the audience. He just made it look so easy. Of course the pairing of Michael and Catherine was part of early promo for the Beetlejuice sequel that comes out in September, brilliantly titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. While at the premiere of his latest movie Knox Goes Away (that he stars in and directed), Michael talked about how seamlessly Jenna Ortega fit into the returning gang with her role as Winona Ryder?s daughter:
Michael Keaton has nothing but good things to say about his co-stars for the upcoming sequel to Tim Burton?s 1988 cult classic, Beetlejuice. The long-awaited flick, titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, is set for theatrical release on Sept. 6 and returns to the afterlife to continue the story of Keaton?s titular ?bio-exorcist.?
Winona Ryder and Catherine O?Hara return for the sequel, with Jenna Ortega ? who worked with Burton on Wednesday ? joining the cast as the daughter of Ryder?s character, Lydia Deetz.
The actor shared a little bit about working alongside his new castmate while chatting with ET?s Cassie DiLaura at the Knox Goes Away premiere on Thursday.
?Oh man, she?s good, she?s just got it, you know? She?s got the tone,? Keaton said of Ortega. ?She showed up and just immediately knew what the tone was and just slipped in like she does every day. She?s really special.?
Ortega previously gushed to ET about working on the sequel, which she called ?some of the most fun I?ve ever had on a set.? She added, ?Visually, so exciting. Everything was practical.?
?I think we?re not using very much CGI or something like that at all,? Ortega noted.
Speaking on the cast, Ortega said, ?Everyone did an incredible job. I felt so lucky to be there, it was insane ? I can?t wait for people to see.?
?It took a while to get there,? Keaton previously told ET. ?I didn?t really think we were gonna do it and didn?t want to do it, various times [in the] last few years, but it was more fun than the other one.?
?[Tim] was really, really great ? back in his comfort zone,? he added. ?I could tell he was having fun. Which is really contagious, when you?re around that.?
While waiting for Beetlejuice to creep into theaters on Sept. 6, fans can check out Keaton as he returns to the director?s chair for Knox Goes Away, his first time behind the camera since 2009?s The Merry Gentleman. The star plays the titular hitman, who struggles to help his estranged son (James Marsden) after being diagnosed with a rare form of dementia.
[From ET Online]
Michael Keaton isn?t the only one to comment recently on how much fun Tim Burton was having on this Beetlejuice set. As part of her profile in the Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, Jenna Ortega said ?It was probably the happiest I had ever seen Tim on a set, where he?s clapping at the monitor and shouting and laughing, which was really, really endearing.? Tim Burton? Having a non-tortured, non-soul crushing time realizing an artistic vision? Growth is possible, people! I?m actually not surprised to hear this. Tim, Michael, Catherine O?Hara, Winona Ryder ? they all get to work together again on a film that was a touchstone for many people. And they?ve all been around long enough to appreciate how lucky an opportunity that is. And yeah, no surprise that Jenna just got it. Yeah baby, she?s got it. So, countdown until September. Which gives the Vermont State Police yet more time to find the culprits who stole huge prop pieces from the set last July. They?re still at large, and I?m still hoping for a companion documentary on the heist to be released with the movie!
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| | Dakota Johnson on press tours: 'I can't take any of it seriously at all' | | Added 42 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Dakota Johnson has an interesting interview with Bustle, and my first thought was ?wow, quick turnaround from Madame Web bombing at the box office.? While she does get into the Madame Web catastrophe, the point of this interview is Dakota promoting her production company and her new book club, TeaTime Book Club. It?s yet another side-gig for Dakota, and it feels like she?s trying to go for the Reese Witherspoon route of starting a production company and book club to find properties to buy and produce. Dakota is not online and she would rather be sitting in her beach house reading a good book or spending time with artists and her family. Some highlights from this Bustle piece:
She?s a beach person: ?I live way out by the beach, out in Malibu. I need to be in nature. I can be out at my house and not see or speak to another human for days on end, and I feel wonderful.?
Her book club is different: ?There are a lot of people who do things like I do and they have book clubs, and I was always like, Oh, the way that I read books, it?s so different. I want to fall down the rabbit hole every time I read? to invest in the book, invest in the language, invest in the references. Like, Oh, what is that piece of art she?s talking about? Who?s that musician?? I?ve found in book clubs that you?re just kind of on your own. You watch someone like me have a conversation with the author, but I don?t feel invested in that.?
Press tours are ridiculous: ?Publicly? all that stuff is ridiculous. It?s hard for me to fake it. It?s hard for me sometimes to go along with the silliness of doing a press tour. I had the LA premiere for Madame Web and then went to Mexico City. I had pneumonia and was on steroids and the nebulizer and doing all these little things, and I was really, really sick and felt horrible. I looked horrible. I was like, Ugh. And then the movie came out and it was? Like, I can?t take any of it seriously at all. I dunno.
The critical reaction to Madame Web: ?Unfortunately, I?m not surprised that this has gone down the way it has. It?s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made ? and it?s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what?s really freaking me out ? decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it?s made by committee. Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them. You cannot make art based on numbers and algorithms. My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart, and executives have started to believe that they?re not. Audiences will always be able to sniff out bullsh*t. Even if films start to be made with AI, humans aren?t going to f*cking want to see those.
Her thoughts now that ?Madame Web? is over: ?It was definitely an experience for me to make that movie. I had never done anything like it before. I probably will never do anything like it again because I don?t make sense in that world. And I know that now. But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it?s one thing and then as you?re making it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you?re like, Wait, what? But it was a real learning experience, and of course it?s not nice to be a part of something that?s ripped to shreds, but I can?t say that I don?t understand.
On the Puriteens questioning the need for sex scenes in movies: ?I feel like people get up in arms about things just to be up in arms about things. This culture of hating ? it?s so boring. Because you know those people who are like, ?Why is there a sex scene in it?,? are going to go home and watch p0rn. If there?s a sex scene that feels gratuitous and out of context, then yeah, say that. But if it?s part of the story and it makes sense, what are you going to say? It?s also like, can everyone just f*cking relax and stop judging each other so hard? Everyone?s doing their best. I mean some people are not. Some people are really doing their absolute worst and we see you.
Being in love with a musician: ?I love me a musician. I think it?s talent. I think it?s the way that they see the world. But I think it really depends on the musician. I?ve known some sh-tty ones. I love watching [Chris Martin on stage]. I could watch him every day. I don?t know how to explain it. I feel like, I don?t know I?m watching my most favorite being do his most favorite thing. When people are really good at things, it is [sexy.] Except being a dictator.
She refers to Chris?s kids as her stepkids: ?I think as long as you?re not hurting anyone physically, emotionally, psychologically, do you. I like that people are exploring existence and how to relate to other people. My stepson had a friend who was saying that at her school, some kids are identifying as cats. And I was like, OK, good for you.
Being a stepmom: ?I love those kids like my life depends on it. With all my heart.?
She loves to lie in interviews: ?The most fun. The most fun. Sometimes when you?re in a ridiculous situation, you just have to be ridiculous.
[From Bustle]
I was prepared to hate on her Madame Web answers, but she handled that really well. She telegraphed all of that during the publicity tour as well, that the thing she signed up for was not the thing which was made. Too many cooks in the kitchen, too many executives putting their two cents in, etc. Some of MW?s failure will fall on Dakota?s shoulders, but she won?t own it solely. A lot of people made a lot of bad decisions.
As for the rest of it? it?s interesting that she refers to Chris?s kids as her stepkids! We?ve known for a while that Dakota and Gwyneth are fine with each other, and Dakota and Apple Martin have been photographed together too. I can?t imagine what it?s like to navigate all of that. I also wonder if Chris will be mad that Dakota talked about him in an interview. She usually avoids all of that.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Backgrid.
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| | Sydney Sweeney on the Madame Web backlash: 'I was just hired as an actress in it' | | Added 47 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last month, the most anticipated superhero movie of the year, Madame Web, hit theaters. No one really knew why it was a thing, but the trailer was bonkers and well, it?s been a long four years, so there was some intrigue. Would it be one of those ?so bad it?s good? movies? Or would it just be?bad? Sadly, not enough people dragged themselves to the theaters to hate-watch it, so it not only bombed with critics, it bombed at the box office too. It?s currently down to 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, woof.
At some point during the promotion for the movie, every star but Dakota Johnson bailed, as though they were distancing themselves from a trainwreck of a movie. Johnson?s co-star, Sydney Sweeney, is at SXSW promoting her upcoming horror movie, Immaculate. It?s about a virgin nun who ends up pregnant, a ?seemingly miraculous event that soon takes a sinister turn.? While talking with the LA Times, Sydney gave some quotes about Madame Web, her acting method, and how she?s handling becoming more famous.
On Madame Web: Such is Sweeney?s current career trajectory that she is unfazed by the severe, mocking response to the recent disappointment ?Madame Web,? saying, ?I was just hired as an actress in it, so I was just along for the ride for whatever was going to happen.?
On producing: ?I am a very hands-on collaborator. I like being able to give ideas, be a part of it, help come up with solutions. It just changes the whole process. It?s so hard for me now to be on a set and not be able to help in any type of way and be able to take action. And being able to actually have a voice and have a valued opinion ? it means so much. And I still have a billion things to learn, but I love being able to be a part of the process from the beginning to the end. I?ve always built my characters from the ground up. And so I feel like I?m getting to do that on an entire script-level.?
She?s ?dorky? IRL: ?I am actually super dorky. I make very sarcastic dry remarks, and everyone close to me knows in real life I?m more of a comedian than a dramatic person.?
No method acting for her: ?The number one thing [Andy McPhee, father of Kodi Smit-McPhee] always told me was to make sure that I separated myself as much as possible from my characters. Don?t put any of my own memories, emotions, feelings, people, relationships, anything in the thoughts of my characters, so that I can jump in and out.?
On how she?s handling her growing fame: ?I am such a homebody that life kind of stays the same for me. I just hang out with my dog and my family and my close friends. There?s just more people who say hi to me when I go outside. That?s all?Nothing about this industry is normal. And I think it?s really important to remember that.?
[From LA Times]
I have the most to say about Madame Web, so let me first note that Sydney comes across as someone who is a very hard worker and very ambitious. It?s nice that she acknowledges that she still has a ?billion? things to learn when it comes to producing. Also, good on her for being able to separate herself from her characters. That said, in some of her other answers, she gives me the impression that she is also someone who is trying very hard to say all of the ?right? things to portray herself as a humble up-and-comer that?s been unchanged by fame.
Okay, so Madame Web. Lordy, the shade of pulling an ?I don?t know her? about it. I think all of the actresses involved are missing a big opportunity here, and that?s to make it a cult classic. Do you think Susan Sarandon expected the following and residuals that would come from the The Rocky Horror Picture Show? That movie is crazy bonkers but I love the hella outta it thanks to the rituals that arose around it. Office Space was panned by critics too, but a red stapler, broken copy machine, and 15 pieces of flair made that instantly memorable. The groundwork was laid out for a campy classic when the whole ?He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died? line trended on Twitter after the trailer came out. If a movie is laughably bad, there?s always a path to make people love it.
Photos credit: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon, Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
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| | Jennifer Lopez canceled several dates on her This Is Me' Now tour | | Added 47 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I enjoy Jennifer Lopez?s dogged, determined spirit. Plus I?m a gal who loves excess, so I admire the over-the-topness she was going for with releasing This Is Me? Now the album, This Is Me? Now: A Love Story the musical film, and The Greatest Love Story Never Told documentary. Only the album hasn?t done that well in the charts or sales, and as we all now know, Jennifer personally funded the $20 million it cost to make these projects. But J.Lo also has a This Is Me? Now Tour later this year, where she can deliver a great live show. Except now, one month on from announcing the tour, several dates have been canceled without much of an explanation
Some Jennifer Lopez fans will have to wait a little longer to be introduced to the woman J.Lo is now.
According to a message on Ticketmaster?s website, the pop star and actress has canceled concert dates on her upcoming This Is Me? Now tour dates, including planned stops in Nashville, Tenn., Raleigh, N.C., Atlanta, Ga., Tampa, Fla., and New Orleans, La.
The canceled dates were all planned to take place across a consecutive eight-day stretch from Aug. 22-30. EW has learned that a logistical issue through the promoter forced the last several dates to be canceled, but that there?s potential to work something out for the affected cities in the future.
EW has reached out to representatives for Lopez and tour company Live Nation for comment on the cancellation, as Ticketmaster?s note indicates only that, ?Unfortunately, the Event Organizer has had to cancel your event.?
The cancellations follow the high-profile release of Lopez?s accompanying cameo-filled, self-funded streaming movie project and its parent album This Is Me? Now, a sequel to her 2002 album This Is Me? Then that, like its predecessor, chronicles Lopez?s love life ? particularly her marriage to actor Ben Affleck.
While the streaming film (and a subsequent documentary about its creation) made headlines and courted viewer eyeballs according to Amazon streaming lists, This Is Me? Now the album marked one of Lopez?s least successful outings to date. It debuted and peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and fell off the ranking entirely the following week, though it did reach No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.
[From Entertainment Weekly]
On the one hand I?m really impressed with Jennifer sticking to her guns for the trifecta projects. It takes equal parts confidence, delusion, and chutzpah to say YES! when absolutely everyone else in your life advises NO! The thing is, though, you kind of have to be right in order to pull off this maneuver and, well? yeah. By the time Jane Fonda weighed in with her doubts, that?s at least where I would?ve taken a pause. As for these cancellations, it could be something or it could be nothing. I think it?s too early to tell. But it certainly gives the vibes of an inauspicious start. I had a dorky idea, though: if AARP can sponsor the latest Rolling Stones tour, do you think Ben Affleck is on the phone with Dunkin? to broker a deal? This Is Me? Caffeinated!
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| | Gwyneth Paltrow was 'so upset' when Kourtney K's Poosh was called a Goop ripoff | | Added 48 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Five years ago, in March 2019, Kourtney Kardashian Barker finally found her ?thing? when she launched her lifestyle website, Poosh. Given that it was a lifestyle website started by a rich lady from a famous family and had a funny name with double Os, Poosh was immediately compared to Gwyneth Paltrow?s website and brand, Goop. It was labeled a ?ripoff? or referred to as ?Goop-lite.? The websites have similar layouts too.
For her part, Gwyneth surprisingly seemed to take it in stride, and in 2022, she and Kourt teamed up to do a little merch crossover. The result was a $75 candle called ?This Smells Like My Pooshy,? a play on Goop?s famous This Smells Like My Vagina candle. Really, the name of that crossover candle is so brilliant and hilarious. It?s not $75 brilliant, but I truly appreciate the pun. The Goopster (I will not even attempt to give Kourtney a similar nickname lol) is now busy promoting her new app, Moments of Space. In an interview with People, she brought up how sh?ty she thought it was when people labeled Poosh as a Goop ripoff.
As Kourtney Kardashian Barkers Poosh launched in 2019, it immediately drew comparisons to the Oscar winners own lifestyle brand, which launched nearly 11 years prior. But that criticism didnt sit right with Paltrow.
I was so upset when Poosh was launched and people were like, This is a ripoff of Goop,' the businesswoman, 51, tells PEOPLE exclusively while discussing the Moments of Space app. I was like, this is so awful, and trying to pit us against one another, which is so crazy.
Paltrow says the criticism Kardashian Barkers Poosh received made her so excited to do the candle collaboration, dubbed This Smells Like My Pooshy.
I thought it was hilarious, she says.
For Paltrow, its of the utmost importance that women in business come together rather than see each other as competition.
The world is better and stronger when women are in cahoots with one another, she adds. I feel like the patriarchy does this thing to us where they make us feel scarcity and that theres not enough for all of us to do our thing. And its so detrimental.
Goop has become a part of the pop culture zeitgeist. From its viral launches to its often-criticized wellness advice, the brand has remained a part of the conversation while climbing to new heights of success.
In the 15 years since I founded the company, and I think unfortunately youve seen a lot of companies who started either at the same time or after us, havent found that longevity or havent found that fit in the market, she says. I feel like we just stay really true to ourselves and then we just keep going and keep growing somehow.
Among its very exciting new launches is its more affordable Good.Clean.Goop. line at Target. We really over-delivered on that product and its at such a great price point. Im very proud of that, she shares.
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Silly plebs. Don?t you know that Goop and Poosh aren?t in competition with each other? One was founded to rip off bored rich white ladies while the other is geared towards regular women with expendable cash! Duh. Poosh?s logo is in all caps while Goop goes hipster with an all lowercase serif font. They?re clearly very different websites that happen to cover similar topics and sell similar types of products. Obviously. But jokes aside, it isn?t cool to pit women against each other. Poke fun at the ridiculous things they promote or sell, but you don?t have to put them in competition with each other. I am surprised that it took Goop this long to jump on the Target bandwagon, though. Expanding to the Tar-jay crowd seemed like a no-brainer.
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| | Madonna called out a wheelchair user for sitting down at her concert | | Added 49 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Remember that time Madonna started her Celebration Tour concert in New York nearly three hours late, then two ticket holders from that night banded together to sue her, and Her Madgesty?s lawyers rebutted saying they were going to fight the case ?vigorously!? but the kicker in all of it was that Madonna used to charge her backup dancers $100 for every minute they were late to rehearsals? Hey, you know that we are living in a material world! Experience has made Madge rich and now they?re after her. We haven?t had an update on the case, but last week Madonna made a concert-
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