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- Kelly Clarkson Gives Brandon Blackstock 5 Percent of Their Montana Ranch
- Pamela Anderson’s Dating History: From Tommy Lee to Jon Peters
- No, Thanks! Pamela Anderson ‘Won’t Be Watching’ Hulu’s ‘Pam & Tommy’
- Ashley Tisdale Holds on ‘Tight’ to BFF Austin Butler After 2 Years Apart
- Ashley Benson, Kristen Stewart and Friends Take ‘Family Trip’ to Disneyland
- Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Best Quotes About Starting a Family
- Nick Jonas’ Dating History: A Timeline of His Famous Exes and Flings
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- Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra: A Timeline of Their Relationship
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| Kelly Clarkson Gives Brandon Blackstock 5 Percent of Their Montana Ranch Posted: 21 Jan 2022 04:18 PM PST  Hammering out the details. Kelly Clarkson has agreed to give her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, a five percent share of their Montana ranch, Us Weekly can confirm. The “Because of You” singer, 39, reached an agreement with the talent manager, 45, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 20. The Grammy winner agreed to give her ex 5.12 percent of the property, equaling $908,800 of its total $17,750,000 value. The former spouses have been battling over ownership of the Montana residence for months. Late last year, Clarkson lost her bid to have Blackstock evicted from the property. "Kelly recently had a major legal setback in a bid to get Brandon evicted from the Montana property that the judge awarded solely to her," a source exclusively told Us in December 2021. "He has been living in it and said he doesn't have the financial means to afford to purchase a residence of his own at this time, citing the unresolved financial aspect of their divorce." Blackstock previously testified that he wants to leave the talent business behind and become a full-time rancher. The “Miss Independent” singer wanted to sell the property, but her ex-husband claimed that he needed it for his business. In August 2021, a judge ruled that Blackstock would be responsible for the monthly costs of maintaining the ranch. If he failed to keep up with the payments, then Clarkson would be allowed to try to sell it. The American Idol winner filed for divorce from the Texas native in June 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage. The duo share daughter River, 7, and son Remington, 5. Five months after Clarkson’s filing, she and Blackstock came to a custody agreement over their children. In September 2021, the “Breakaway” songstress was declared legally single, but she and her ex are still finalizing the other details of their divorce. Last year, an insider told Us that envy was one of the reasons for the split. "The relationship had been on the rocks for a long time," the source said in August 2021. "She was the high-income earner with a wildly successful talk show, and is the star of another hit show, The Voice. Brandon was extremely jealous of it and made her know it." After the drama of the breakup, Clarkson was excited to “enjoy her success” without worrying about Blackstock’s reaction, the insider added. "Kelly doesn't take credit for her success but shares it with the team she works with. It's just who she is." |
| Pamela Anderson’s Dating History: From Tommy Lee to Jon Peters Posted: 21 Jan 2022 03:48 PM PST Pamela Anderson's high-profile relationships, engagements and marriages have been making headlines since she became an international sensation in the early 1990s. "Love is the most important thing in the world," the model said in a 2017 interview with W magazine. "Everything else is meaningless, really. Through the years, Anderson has walked down the aisle five times. Her first husband was Tommy Lee, to whom she was married from 1995 to 1998. She was then wed to Kid Rock from 2006 to 2007 before moving on with Rick Salomon, whom she called her husband twice — first from 2007 to 2008 and then again from 2014 to 2015. She later claimed to have married Jon Peters, who was one of her first boyfriends more than 30 years before they reconciled their romance. However, their 2020 wedding was not legally binding, and they split less than two weeks later. Anderson surprised fans once again later that year by tying the knot with her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst. Us confirmed in January 2022 that the pair were getting divorced one year after getting married on Christmas Eve in December 2020. Scroll down to see Anderson's dating history from the '80s to present day.  The Blonde and Blonder star infamously eloped with the Mötley Crüe drummer on a beach in Cancun, Mexico, in February 1995 after knowing him for only 96 hours. The couple welcomed their sons, Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee, in June 1996 and December 1997, respectively. They divorced in 1998. During their union, Anderson and Lee weathered many scandals. The musician was arrested and sentenced to six months in jail for spousal battery after assaulting his wife in 1998; he pleaded no contest. Perhaps more notoriously, a sex tape that the pair made on their honeymoon was stolen from their home in 1995 and later shared online. (Anderson also had a sex tape with Poison singer Bret Michaels.) Shutterstock  The Dancing With the Stars alum had a brief engagement to the male model from 2000 to 2001. They managed to keep their romance largely under wraps. Stewart Cook/Shutterstock  Anderson linked up with the “All Summer Long” singer in 2001 shortly after her breakup with Schenkenberg. They got engaged in 2002 but split the following year, only to rekindle their romance and marry on a yacht near St-Tropez, France, in July 2006. That November, Anderson announced that she had miscarried. She filed for divorce from Kid Rock 17 days later. INFGoff.com  The animal rights activist tied the knot with the poker player in October 2007 at The Mirage in Las Vegas. They separated that December, and the union was annulled in early 2008. The duo gave their relationship a second shot in 2013, and wed again in January 2014. They called it quits once more that July, and finalized their divorce in April 2015. INFphoto.com  Anderson began dating the French soccer player in early 2017. They broke up in June 2019, when she accused him of “living a double life” in a scathing Instagram post. Rami later denied Anderson’s allegations that he had been abusive and unfaithful during their courtship. Francois Mori/AP/Shutterstock  The Home Improvement alum met the A Star Is Born producer at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1980s. They started seeing each other soon after and eventually moved in together in Los Angeles. Peters proposed to Anderson at the time, but she turned him down due to their 22-year age difference. The couple reunited in late 2019 and secretly wed during a private ceremony in Malibu in January 2020. They never obtained a marriage certificate and called it quits less than two weeks later. Shutterstock (2)  Anderson wed her bodyguard in December 2020 during a Christmas Eve ceremony in the backyard of her Canadian home. “I’m exactly where I need to be — in the arms of a man who truly loves me,” she gushed to the Daily Mail one month later. Us confirmed in January 2022 that the model was divorcing Hayhurst after one year of marriage. "She was the one who ended her marriage to Dan,” a source exclusively told Us at the time. “There was no final straw. She simply fell out of love." People Picture/Jens Hartmann/Shutterstock; Courtesy RASTA Sanctuary/Instagram |
| No, Thanks! Pamela Anderson ‘Won’t Be Watching’ Hulu’s ‘Pam & Tommy’ Posted: 21 Jan 2022 03:46 PM PST Changing the channel! Pamela Anderson "won't be watching" Hulu's Pam & Tommy — despite the series being about her and ex-husband Tommy Lee, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “She had no involvement whatsoever" in the making of the show, the insider says. The series stars Lily James as Anderson, 54, and Sebastian Stan as Lee, 59, and will follow the exes' whirlwind relationship, including when they tied the knot in 1995 after knowing each other for 96 hours. It will also feature the story behind the Baywatch alum and the Mötley Crüe musician's leaked sex tape.  Earlier this month, James, 32, revealed that she tried to reach out to Anderson to speak with her about the show and get her support — but she didn't have any luck. "I was really hopeful that she would be involved. I wish it had been different," the Downton Abbey alum told Net-a-Porter's Porter on January 10. "My sole intention was to take care of the story and to play Pamela authentically." The Cinderella actress claimed she continued to try and contact the former Playboy model "right up until we started filming," noting that she's "never worked so hard" on a project. "I read the books [Anderson] has written, I read her poetry, I can parrot along to all her interviews," James added. Anderson, for her part, has been busy with her own commitments, including renovating her Vancouver Island, Canada, estate for an upcoming HGTV Canada series. The Barb Wire star recently faced personal turmoil, splitting from Dan Hayhurst. Anderson's rep confirmed to Us on Friday, January 21, that the model is getting divorced after one year of marriage. The Canada native is the one who ended the relationship, a source exclusively tells Us. "There was no final straw," the insider says, explaining that the pair "simply fell out of love." In the wake of the split, Anderson is "doing just fine," choosing to spend time in Malibu with her sons, Brandon, 25, and Dylan, 24, whom she shares with Lee. (The pair were married from 1995 to 1998.) "Wherever they are is where she feels most at home," the source adds. Us previously reported that Anderson and Hayhurst were "taking time apart" one year after they secretly tied the knot at her home on Vancouver Island on Christmas Eve in 2020. A source told Us on Thursday, January 20, that the Scary Movie 3 actress "saw the marriage as a fresh start, but the spark has faded." Fans, however, will get a glimpse at her relationship with Hayhurst pre-split when her HGTV show airs as he was her costar and "will be featured" on the series, the insider tells Us. Following her marriage to Lee, Anderson briefly romanced Kid Rock, splitting in 2006 after one year of marriage. She moved on with Rick Saloman, whom she had an on-off relationship with from 2007 to 2015. Anderson started dating Jon Peters in late 2019 and secretly wed in January 2020. However, the pair never obtained a marriage license and parted ways less than two weeks later. Pam & Tommy premieres on Hulu Wednesday, February 2. With reporting by Diana Cooper |
| Ashley Tisdale Holds on ‘Tight’ to BFF Austin Butler After 2 Years Apart Posted: 21 Jan 2022 01:11 PM PST Reunited and it feels so good! Ashley Tisdale gushed over her BFF Austin Butler after reconnecting for the first time in years. “When you haven’t seen your best friend in 2 1/2 years,” the 36-year-old actress wrote via her Instagram Story on Thursday, January 20. “You hold on real tight and don’t wanna let go.” The former Disney Channel star shared two photos with Butler, 30, showing just how firmly she hugged him when they were reunited.  Tisdale wore a grey sweatshirt, sweatpants and leopard-printed slippers as she embraced the Carrie Diaries alum in both snaps. Butler, for his part, wore black pants, blue dark T-Shirt and a brown jacket. The former Nickelodeon star later posed with Tisdale's 9-month-old daughter, Jupiter. The Elvis actor couldn't stop smiling as he held onto the Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum, who he has known since he was a teenager. The duo costarred in 2011's Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure after forming a friendship years prior. Butler also dated Tisdale's longtime pal Vanessa Hudgens for nearly nine years before calling it quits in January 2020. (He recently sparked romance speculation with Kaia Gerber in December 2021, with a source exclusively telling Us Weekly, “They are low-key dating.”) In fact, the pair's physical distance over the past few years didn't stop the New Jersey native from singing Butler's praises on his 30th birthday. "You've been my best friend since you were 15 so that's 15 years strong of friendship! I am beyond proud of you and everything you're accomplishing but most importantly proud of the person you are," Tisdale wrote via Instagram in August 2021. "You've been my closest friend through the years, you're the type of friend that came over when I was crying on the floor from a horrible breakup and not only lifted me off the ground but brought my favorite candy The Young & Hungry producer thanked the California native for embracing her husband, Christopher French, "like a brother" when they got together, noting she never thought someone would "understand" her like Butler does until the 40-year-old musician came along. "There's no one like you Austin, you're my twin born 7 years later," Tisdale added. "I hope you know how loved you are! Happy Birthday The Carol's Second Act star has also remained bonded with Hudgens, 33. (The Princess Switch star moved on from Butler with baseball player Cole Tucker in December 2020.) Tisdale revealed in June 2021 how her baby girl reacted when she finally got to meet her former High School Musical costar, telling Access, "She just fell in love with Vanessa." |
| Ashley Benson, Kristen Stewart and Friends Take ‘Family Trip’ to Disneyland Posted: 21 Jan 2022 01:01 PM PST The love for Disney Parks is universal! Celebrities are just as obsessed with Disney World and Disneyland as anyone else — and these photos prove it. When Hollywood's most famous wish upon a star, they just might end up at one of Mickey Mouse's theme parks. However, some celebs have been making trips to Cinderella's castle long before they were well known. "I grew up in Orange County, so I grew up going to Disneyland all the time," Milo Ventimiglia explained during a February 2018 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, noting that he spent an eventful 12th birthday at the park. "Growing up at Disneyland, I mean, it was one of those places that you'd go and you'd fall in love, but you'd also like go and like get in real trouble." Drew Barrymore experienced something most parents are familiar with when she took her daughters — Olive and Frankie, whom she shares with ex-husband Will Kopelman — to Disney World. The actress noted that her kids were on "a big puffy princess cloud" … until they weren't. "If you've ever taken your kid to Disneyland or Disney World, it all ends at some point in mayhem," she admitted on Late Night With Seth Meyers in February 2017. "That is a legitimate picture of my daughter just losing it on the floor." The image she showed had her little one experiencing a full-on tantrum while dressed up like a fairytale character. The pattern repeated itself during another visit. "This is her losing it at Disneyland — because it all ends up there," Barrymore said. "You push it enough because you're like, 'I'm here! Let's skip the nap! Let's go, go, go!' You want to maximize it. This is how it always ends for me." On the other hand, some stars worry their children won't enjoy Disney as much as they do. "We've gone to [Disneyland] probably a bit more than is healthy," Ginnifer Goodwin admitted to Disney Twenty-Three in February 2016. The Once Upon a Time alum and husband Josh Dallas' son Oliver is set to follow in her footsteps, but the actress still has her doubts. "He cries when we take him away from the characters instead of what most toddlers do, which is cry when the characters come to them," she elaborated. "I have a couple deep, dark fears about childbearing — like they won't love Disneyland because I'll oversaturate them." However, kids aren't the only ones who love riding Space Mountain again and again. Ryan Gosling has admitted he's a full-on Disney adult. The former Mouseketeer told Esquire in August 2011 that he "went through puberty in a theme park." While that might sound like a bad thing, the Remember the Titans actor admitted it was "grateful," telling the magazine, "That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day. … Backstage at Disney World, there are stories. Mickey Mouse with his head off, drinking coffee on break. Pirates on the phone. Ghosts in line for food. It just made me see things.” Keep scrolling to see celebs visiting Disney Parks through the years:  The Dancing With the Stars pro and her husband, Carson McAllister, kissed their son, Leo, on the cheek while exploring Walt Disney World in January 2022. "Happiest place on earth ✨," she captioned the Instagram snap. Courtesy of Witney Carson/Instagram  "First family Disney trip. It was dreamier than we could have imagined," the Just Go With It actress captioned a family photo at the park via Instagram in December 2021. Courtesy of Brooklyn Decker/Instagram  "Most magical place on earthhhhh 🥰🥰🥰🥳," the High School Musical star wrote alongside a compilation of Instagram photos from her visit in December 2021. Courtesy of Vanessa Hudgens/Instagram  The Dawson’s Creek alum jetted off to Walt Disney World in June 2021 with husband Mark Silverstein and their kids, Birdie and Cricket, for multiple days of family fun. “Humid-est Place on Earth! Oh @waltdisneyworld it was so so nice to be back!❤️” Philips captioned photos from the group’s first day at the park. She later shared a squad snap in front of Epcot, joking, “And for at least these pictures, they were both having fun at the same time.😂” Courtesy of Busy Philipps/Instagram  The La La Land actor is a Disneyland aficionado — but he’s not a fan of The Haunted Mansion ride during holiday time. “I’m very upset about the Christmastime situation,” he told fans in a throwback clip that resurfaced in October 2020. “They bring Christmas into Halloween, that’s a terrible idea.” Marksman / MEGA  The “Make Me” singer was spotted hanging out at Disneyland in October 2021 with Minnie Mouse. KCS Presse / MEGA  The late night host spent the day at the California park with his family in October 2021. Marksman/Snorlax / MEGA  The former Bachelorette hit Disneyland with a bunch of her best gal pals in November 2021. They wore matching Mickey Mouse cowgirl hats as they celebrated a friend's birthday, and Brown excitedly told Instagram followers that the birthday girl was going to ride Space Mountain for the first time. Snorlax/MEGA  "Wishing upon a star ," the Jennifer's Body star captioned a June 2021 Instagram pic from her trip to Disneyland, complete with a doughnut-themed mouse headband. Courtesy of Megan Fox/Instagram  The former Bachelorette had the "best day ever" visiting the Magic Kingdom Park at Disney World in October 2021. Fedotowsky munched on a Mickey Mouse-shaped ice cream treat while wearing festive ears and a Citizen's Disney watch during her trip. Courtesy of Ali Fedotowsky/Instagram  "We had so much fun at Disney World! All the rides were amazing but oh my gosh, y’all, Pandora and the Star Wars rides are where it’s at!" the "Behind These Hazel Eyes" singer captioned a July 2021 Instagram photo with her two children. "Thank you for a magical vacation, Disney.” Courtesy of Kelly Clarkson/Instagram  The Dancing With the Stars pro documented her daughter Sage's first Disneyland visit in July 2021. Courtesy Lindsay Arnold/Instagram  The duo marked a sweet trip to Walt Disney World with matching photos. "Even at Disney World you’re all I see. I could never get enough of you. ,," Burgess wrote alongside a photo of her kissing her boyfriend on the cheek via Instagram in July 2021. The actor captioned his own photo at the time, writing, "It’s been a really long time since I’ve been with someone I can truly share life with. ," Courtesy of Sharna Burgess/Instagram  The Friends alum documented her Disneyland food tour in June 2021, which included cotton candy, a dole whip and a turkey leg. Courtesy of Courteney Cox/Instagram  The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star and the Blink-182 drummer took their kids to the Happiest Place on Earth in May 2021, four months after Us Weekly confirmed they had been dating for a few months after being friends for years. Marksman / MEGA  The Big Little Lies alum and her NFL quarterback fiancé channeled their inner child while visiting Disney World in April 2021, Woodley wearing rainbow Minnie Mouse ears and Rodgers donning a Star Wars tee. The couple packed on the PDA while wandering the park. Walt Disney World News/Screengrab  The actress looked like ever the Minnie Mouse fangirl at Disney World on January 25, 2020. Shutterstock  Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas embraced the force at Disney World’s Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge on August 8, 2019. Shutterstock  Katie Holmes attended the Lion King and Jungle Festival parade at Disneyland Paris on June 29, 2019. Shutterstock  Eva Longoria rang in son Santiago’s birthday at Disneyland on June 20, 2019. Shutterstock  Edie Falco visited Disney World’s popular Animal Kingdom attraction Pandora — The World of Avatar on April 22, 2019. Shutterstock  Miley Cyrus had a tea party with Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Pluto at Disneyland on April 2, 2019. Shutterstock  For their one-year wedding anniversary, John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh returned to Disneyland — where he proposed — on February 7, 2019. Shutterstock  Tina Fey hung out with Vampirina at Disney World on October 8, 2018. Shutterstock  Melissa Joan Hart and son Tucker visited Cars Land at Disneyland on September 30, 2018. Shutterstock  David Hasselhoff and wife Hayley Roberts celebrated her birthday at Disneyland on September 19, 2018. Shutterstock  Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin enjoyed the Mad Tea Party ride at Disney World on June 13, 2018. Shutterstock  Vanessa Williams buddied up to Daisy Duck at Disney World on June 12, 2018. Shutterstock  Tom Hardy — complete with mouse ears — posed next to Mickey Mouse at the Disneyland Paris Season of the Force launch on January 21, 2017. Shutterstock  What a beautiful family! Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen took their sons — Jack and Benjamin — to Disneyland on July 2, 2013. The foursome took a cute snapshot with Red the Fire Truck at Cars Land. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images  What a handful! Melissa Joan Hart and her musician husband, Mark Wilkerson, brought their three children — Mason, Braydon and Tucker — to Disney on March 9, 2013. The adorable family posed with Jake of Jake and The Never Land Pirates at Disney Junior: Live On Stage. Scott Brinegar/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Cute little munchkins! Ellen DeGeneres' favorite girls — Sophia Grace Brownlee and Rosie McClelland — took a picture with Daisy Duck while taping segments for the 2012 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade on November 10, 2012. Larry Hack/Disney Parks via Getty Images  A Backstreet Boys Christmas! Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough posed for an adorable snapshot with Santa Goofy and Pluto in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland on November 4, 2012. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Rapunzel, meet Rapunzel! Mandy Moore posed with the Disney character at the park on October 15, 2012, the same year she played the blonde beauty in the animated film Tangled. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Old buds! Glee star Matthew Morrison posed with a Halloween-themed Mickey Mouse at Disneyland on October 13, 2012. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  So cute! Former Office star Steve Carell made a new friend in Donald Duck when he visited Disneyland during Halloween Time on September 29, 2013. Larry Hack/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Snooki and her boys! Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jionni LaValle brought their son Lorenzo to Walt Disney World on September 27, 2013. The family posed inside the Italy pavilion in Epcot. Matt Stroshane/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Pumpkin lovin'. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and his wife, Lauren Parsekian, celebrated Halloween Time at Disneyland on September 17, 2013. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  About to pop! A very pregnant Halle Berry took some time out from preparing for her son's arrival by meeting Mickey Mouse at the new live musical show, Mickey and the Magical Map, at Disneyland on July 22, 2013. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Best buds! James Franco had some fun alongside Walt Disney — a bronze statue of him! — and Mickey Mouse at Disneyland on March 28, 2013. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Disney lovebirds! Two months after Olivia Wilde confirmed the news of her engagement to actor Jason Sudeikis, the two tried their luck at reopening the "Sword in the Stone" on March 26, 2013. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  The married I Know What You Did Last Summer costars took their daughter, Charlotte, to meet Tangled's Rapunzel at Disneyland's Fantasy Faire attraction on March 6, 2013. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney/Getty Images  Vroom, vroom! The famous husband and wife were in good spirits when they scoped out the Cars Land attraction at Disney's California Adventure on July 27, 2012. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks/Getty Images  Spooky, indeed! True Blood star Ryan Kwanten couldn't resist posing at the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland on July 12, 2012. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Mother and daughter bonding! Vanessa Williams brought her daughter Sasha to Disneyland on May 18, 2012, to celebrate her 12th birthday. The two posed with Merida from Brave during their special outing. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images  Cowabunga! The Modern Family actor and Donald Duck hit the beach at the Typhoon Lagoon water park at Walt Disney World Resort on April 13, 2012. Gene Duncan/Disney Parks/Getty Images  The superstars posed with Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse aboard the Disney Fantasy cruise ship at the christening gala in New York City on March 1, 2012. Kent Phillips/Disney Parks/Getty Images  Bonjour! The American Idol champ posed with Beast and Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) near Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort on February 19, 2012. Todd Anderson/Disney Parks/Getty Images  The Knocked Up actor went wild with Rafiki from The Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom on November 26, 2011. Phelan Ebenhack/Disney Parks/Getty Images  The Kick-Ass star and Minnie Mouse threw their arms up in the air during Disneyland's Halloween Time celebration on October 24, 2011. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks/Getty Images  The America's Next Top Model judge taught Minnie Mouse how to be fierce when she visited Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios on August 30, 2011. Gene Duncan/Disney Parks/Getty Images  Big kids at heart! The parents of four girls posed with Mickey Mouse in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland on April 22, 2011.  Bad apples! The "Born This Way" singer stood beside The Evil Queen from Snow White at Disney World on April 16, 2011. Todd Anderson/Disney/Getty Images  The Beastly actress cozied up to her favorite Beauty and the Beast character at Walt Disney's Hollywood Studios on February 13, 2011. Todd Anderson/Disney/Getty Images  Surf's up! The Hawaii Five-0 actor mellowed out with Lilo from Lilo and Stitch at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios on December 28, 2010. Kent Phillips/Disney/Getty Images  Happy holidays! The acclaimed actors took son Dylan and daughter Carys to see the Christmas tree at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park on November 24, 2010. Kent Phillips/Walt Disney World/Getty Images  The Jersey Shore star fist-pumped with Goofy at Magic Kingdom on October 22, 2010. Diana Zalucky/Disney/Getty Images  Spooky spouses! The country singer and the Playboy Club actor got into the spirit during Disneyland's Halloween Time celebration on October 8, 2010. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney/Getty Images  He's a real boy! The Glee actor was all smiles went he met his favorite character, Pinocchio, at Disneyland on July 2, 2010. Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland/Getty Images  The "Wide Awake" singer and the Nashville actress modeled Minnie Mouse ears while posing with the beloved character at Walt Disney World on April 25, 2009. Gene Duncan/Walt Disney/Getty Images  Princess power! The 30 Rock actress and the actor met Belle, Cinderella and Snow White inside Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom on March 23, 2009. Kent Phillips/Walt Disney World/Getty Images  She can fly, she can fly, she can fly! The Wizards of Waverly Place star posed with Peter Pan's Tinkerbell at Disneyland on June 11, 2007. Scott Brinegar/Disney/Getty Images  Off with their heads! The Veronica Mars star stood dangerously close to the temperamental Queen of Hearts during Alice in Wonderland's Mad Tea Party at Walt Disney World on October 16, 2005. John Shearer/Disney/WireImage.com |
| Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Best Quotes About Starting a Family Posted: 21 Jan 2022 12:46 PM PST Baby fever. Long before Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas welcomed their first child, the couple spoke about their desire to become parents. Us Weekly exclusively revealed Chopra Jonas, 39, and the Jonas Brothers frontman, 29, began dating in May 2018 and two months later, sources confirmed to Us that the pair had gotten engaged. “They want to get married very soon,” an insider said at the time, adding that they were already eager to start a family. Jonas married the Quantico alum in December 2018 in a three-day ceremony that combined both of their cultures and faiths. That same month, the singer confirmed that he and Chopra Jonas were thinking about children. “I definitely want to be a father someday,” Jonas said on Spotify’s “The Rewind With Guy Raz” podcast at the time. “I think that's a real dream.” “I think I've had to grow up pretty quick. With that, you could look at it two ways,” the “Sucker” singer continued. "You could say that was unfair or you could say it's given me some real perspective at an early age and I've seen a lot of life at an early age, and I hope to be able to share that with a kid of my own someday.” One year later, Chopra Jonas revealed that she and her husband wanted to start a family as soon as possible. “Buying a home and having a baby are on my to-do list,” the actress told Vogue India in September 2019. “For me, home is wherever I'm happy, as long as I have the people I love around me.” However, the Matrix star acknowledged that she and Jonas had busy schedules, which meant finding the right time to become parents was tricky. “Right now, this year's really packed for me in terms of the work that I'm doing and the work that I've taken on,” Chopra Jonas told Tatler magazine in March 2020. “But having a family is very important to me and it always has been.” After four years of marriage, the couple secretly welcomed their first child in January 2022. “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate," the couple shared via Instagram at the time. “We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much.” Now that their dream of becoming parents has come true, keep scrolling to read everything the couple have said about having children over the years.  Even before they tied the knot, the former Miss World confessed that she was thinking about becoming a mother. "I am a very live in the today, maximum live in the next two months kind of person," Chopra Jonas told People in June 2018. “But [in] 10 years, I definitely want to have kids. That is, it’s going to happen in the next 10 years. Well, hopefully earlier than that. I’m very fond of children and I want to be able to do that.” Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  While she planned on having children with the Camp Rock star, Chopra Jonas explained to Tatler in March 2020 that her career and relationship took top priority at the time. "It is something that I definitely want to do and I’m hoping that whenever God wills it, at the right, opportune time, it’ll happen," the actress said. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  “I do want children, as many as I can have," Chopra Jonas told The Sunday Times in January 2021. However, when the interviewer asked if she was aiming for her own "cricket team," which consists of 11 players, the actress explained that she had a more reasonable goal in mind "A cricket team? I’m not so sure." Broadimage/Shutterstock  One month later, the Voice coach opened up about his plans to have a child with Chopra Jonas. “We’d be blessed with any child, son or daughter or anything,” Jonas told Extra in February 2021. "Just knocking wood that it happens." The Jumanji star added that choosing a name for their future children would likely be a family affair. "I’m sure her mother will want to weigh in [on names], and my family would want to weigh in too," he said. Broadimage/Shutterstock  Chopra Jonas mentioned the couple's baby plans while making fun of her husband as part of Netflix's Jonas Brothers Family Roast. "I love that I married a man who, like myself, values family. If you don't know, we're the only couple who doesn't have kids yet, which is why I'm excited to make this announcement," she said. "Nick and I are expecting ... to get drunk tonight and sleep in tomorrow!" Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  Just weeks before welcoming their first child via surrogate, Chopra Jonas revealed that kids were "a big part of our desire for the future" in a January 2022 interview with Vanity Fair. "By God’s grace, when it happens, it happens." David Fisher/Shutterstock for BAFTA |
| Nick Jonas’ Dating History: A Timeline of His Famous Exes and Flings Posted: 21 Jan 2022 12:14 PM PST He may still get jealous! After rising to stardom on the Disney Channel, Nick Jonas' love life quickly became a hot topic of conversation. The heartthrob originally made headlines for his love triangle with Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez before transitioning into more low-key romances. Jonas dated Olivia Culpo for two years before calling it quits in 2015. The musician was later linked to Kate Hudson, Angela Sarafyan and Georgia Fowler. While attending the 2017 Met Gala, Jonas reconnected with Priyanka Chopra-Jonas after previously sliding into her DMs one year prior. In May 2018, Us Weekly broke the news that the pair were officially dating after their reunion. "People are saying it's a great match because they're both so talented and understand the industry. Priyanka knows how to have fun, but there's also a gravitas to her,” a source revealed at the time. “The same goes for Nick. He's serious but has a great sense of humor." After a two-month courtship, Jonas and Chopra-Jonas got engaged and had two wedding ceremonies in December 2018. The band member later opened up about how his connection with his wife is different than any of his previous relationships. “It’s just that magical connection you’ve got with somebody when it’s right. We’re very lucky. We knew each other well before we started dating properly, and I think that foundation as friends always helps in relationships that have evolved in an organic way,” he explained during an interview with SiriusXM in March 2021. “It’s been a wild first couple of years of marriage, and I’m very blessed to have a life partner that I can rely on, and vice versa hopefully.” The Baywatch star, for her part, also gushed about having a husband who supported her professional endeavors. "He's such a self-assured man, so sensible, so excited about my achievements, my dreams," Chopra-Jonas said during an interview on the Discovery+ series Super Soul that same month. "Such a true partnership that he offers me in everything that we do together. I truly believe that my mom manifested him because that was her marriage." In January 2022, the twosome announced the arrival of their first child together. “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate,” they wrote in joint statements about their little one’s birth via Instagram at the time. “We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much.” Scroll through for a complete history of the former Jonas Brother band member's flings and relationships:  Never forget your first love! The two Disney darlings started dating in 2006 after they met at a charity event when they were 13 years old. Shortly after, Cyrus brought the Jonas Brothers on her Best of Both Worlds Tour as the opening act, but the couple called it quits at the end of 2007. The actress wrote her hit “7 Things” about their romance and referred to Jonas as “Prince Charming” in her 2009 memoir. The pair also collaborated on a 2009 duet titled “Before the Storm” and years later, the actor admitted the Jonas Brother’s song “Wedding Bells” was about Cyrus. Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com  After his split from Cyrus, Jonas moved on with the fellow Disney star in 2008. The “Good For You” crooner appeared in the Jonas Brothers “Burnin’ Up” music video that year, but they spilt after several months of dating in 2009. They briefly rekindled their romance in 2010, but it didn’t last long. Gomez opened up about the alleged love triangle between her and Cyrus over Jonas to W Magazine in February 2016. "We never feuded. We both liked the same guy when we were 16. It was just a Hilary Duff–Lindsay Lohan thing: 'Oh, my God, we like the same boy!' We are now completely settled in our own lives,” Gomez said, referring to Duff and Lohan’s infamous 2000s love triangle with Aaron Carter. Philip Ramey/Corbis via Getty Images  Jonas and the Australian singer dated for 10 months before calling it quits in February 2012. The duo reunited in 2017 for a night with friends and an Instagram photo, but things never appeared to get romanic again between Jonas and Goodrem, who is eight years his senior. DAVID WRIGHT/startraksphoto.com  One of Jonas’ longest relationships began in 2013 when he started dating the former Miss Universe. Culpo starred in the music video for Jonas’ hit “Jealous” in 2014, and the singer told Wendy Williams at the time that he wrote the song about his then-girlfriend. "We went out one night and this guy was looking at her for a little too long … I really got into it and then I decided to let me just process this a different way and go into the studio and write this song," he explained. The pair split in June 2015 after two years of dating. Vince Flores/startraksphoto.com  Sources told Us Weekly in August 2015 that Jonas and the model were seeing each other after Gigi Hadid, who was dating Joe Jonas at the time, set them up. Jonas played down the romance rumors to E! News later that month, but did tell the outlet at the time that all four of them hung out. John Nacion Imaging/startraksphoto.com; Fernando Lucena/startraksphoto.com  Jonas and the Golden Globe winner, who is 14 years older than the Kingdom star, hooked up in September 2015, Us Weekly exclusively confirmed at the time. Jonas opened up about their fling to Complex magazine in January 2016. "Kate’s incredible. We had an unbelievable connection as two humans who just admire things about each other, and see something in each other that’s beautiful," he gushed. "Out of my best effort to respect her and her privacy, I’m not going to say if we had sex or not. But we did have a beautiful connection. Even now I have so much admiration and respect. She’s amazing.” Bryan Bedder/Getty Images; Doug Peters/PA Images/Startraksphoto.com  Multiple sources revealed to Us Weekly in February 2016 that the Jumanji actor was dating Collins. “Nick really likes Lily,” a source said at the time. “Right now it’s not exclusive.” While the “Chains” singer allegedly told The Sun in May 2016 that Collins is “amazing” and they “went out a couple of times,” their romance did not last. Kimberly White/Getty Images; Kristin Callahan/ACE PICTURES/INSTARimages.com  Jonas first stepped out with the model at brother Joe and Sophie Turner’s engagement party in November 2017. Us Weekly confirmed at the time they are “casually dating.” Their relationship appeared to fizzle out not long after. Don Arnold/WireImage.com; Emma McIntyre/AMA2017/Getty Images  Jonas started dating Chopra-Jonas in May 2018 and he proposed two months later. After a four-month engagement, the couple tied the knot in two ceremonies at the end of the year. In January 2022, they announced the birth of their first child via surrogate. David Fisher/Shutterstock |
| Oh! SNL's Colin Jost and Pete Davidson Buy Staten Island Ferry Boat Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:29 AM PST  Home sweet home. Staten Island natives Colin Jost and Pete Davidson have officially obtained a piece of history in the form of a decommissioned ferry. A boat titled the John F. Kennedy was bought by an anonymous bidder for $280,000 on Wednesday, January 19. According to Vulture, the buyers are Jost, 39, Davidson, 28, and Paul Italia, who have plans to turn the vessel into an event venue. The iconic ferry will offer a live entertainment space that includes comedy, art and food, the outlet claims. The listing for the auction item noted that although the 5,200-person boat is technically in good condition, it will need to be fixed up internally before it is good to go. “This double ended, passenger and vehicle ferry up for auction is in poor condition and had to be decommissioned due to mechanical issues, the mechanical issues are on the propulsion end,” the description for the item read. “On this vessel are numerous spare parts which are obsolete and not needed by our agency.” Davidson’s new purchase comes after he was recently spotted spending time in Staten Island with Kim Kardashian. After the reality star, 41, made her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live in October 2021, the pair were photographed hanging out in the comedian’s native borough. As they continued to spark romance rumors, a source told Us Weekly that the Meet Cute star waited to ask the beauty mogul to “hang out” after they were done working together. “He was a true professional the whole time they rehearsed and in between takes, but afterward things got flirty,” the insider exclusively revealed in November 2021. “They exchanged numbers and Pete asked if Kim would like to hang out sometime, which she agreed to straight away.” One month later, Davidson and Kardashian were seen holding hands in Palm Springs, California, after celebrating the Guy Code alum’s birthday. At the time, another source told Us that the California native was “getting serious” with Davidson amid her divorce from Kanye West. The exes share daughters North, 8, and Chicago, 3, and sons Saint, 6, and Psalm, 2. “Things have definitely escalated quickly but in a healthy, fun way,” the insider shared in December 2021. “Right now, they are just enjoying their time together and seeing where things go.”  Jost, for his part, has also stayed connected to his Staten Island roots. The How to Be Single star’s wedding to Scarlett Johansson was announced with a funny twist in October 2020. "We're thrilled to break the news that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost were married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony with their immediate family and love ones, following COVID-19 safety precautions as directed by the CDC," the official Instagram account for Meals on Wheels America announced alongside a photo of the Staten Island Ferry with the phrase "Jost Married." Less than one year after their nuptials, Jost confirmed that the Black Widow star, 36, gave birth to their son, Cosmo. "OK OK we had a baby," Jost wrote via Instagram in August 2021. "His name is Cosmo. We love him very much. Privacy would be greatly appreciated. For all inquiries, please contact our publicist [Michael Che]. #wegotawaywithitforalongtime #nokidspolicy #we'regoingtodisneyland." (Johansson also shares 7-year-old daughter Rose with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.) |
| Betty White’s Final Message to Fans Released After Her Death Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:29 AM PST Full of gratitude. Betty White was preparing for her 100th birthday in the days before she died, and she did so by recording a special message for her fans. The late actress' official Facebook page posted a video on Friday, January 21, in which she showed her appreciation. "I just want to thank you all for your love and support over the years," White said. "Thank you so much, and stick around." The caption explained that the Golden Girls alum recorded the message so that it could be shared via social media on her milestone birthday, which fell on Monday, January 17. "As we continue to see number[s] coming in from all over the world — it's just absolutely amazing how much money all of you raised for the animals through #thebettywhitechallenge," the post read, referring to the campaign to raise funds for charities that help animals in honor of White's birthday. "She could never have imagined such an outpouring of love and would have [been] so grateful to everyone." The Hot in Cleveland alum wanted her birthday to feel special not only for her but also for her followers. "When we recorded her special message to fans who attended the [Betty White: A Celebration] movie, we also recorded one that we had planned to put on social media on her birthday," the caption continued. "She was using the occasion of her 100th birthday to celebrate YOU — her fans. She knew how lucky she was; she felt the love, and she never took it for granted. I think it's appropriate to post today as a thank [you] from Betty and the animals."  White died in December 2021 at the age of 99. "Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," her agent, Jeff Witjas, said in a statement at the time. "I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don't think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again." The Proposal star suffered a cerebrovascular accident, according to her death certificate obtained by Us Weekly. She also had a stroke days before she died. Witjas told Us earlier this month that White's funeral arrangements were "being handled privately and that was Betty's wish. As in life, she never wanted people to make a fuss over her." |
| Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra: A Timeline of Their Relationship Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:03 AM PST He's a sucker for her! Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra's love story is one of a kind. The twosome first got acquainted in September 2016 after the Jonas Brothers member slid into Chopra's Twitter DMs. They continued to text from there and later connected in person at the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty, where Jonas got down on one knee to show his admiration for the Quantico alum. Jonas and Chopra were then both invited by Ralph Lauren to attend the 2017 Met Gala in his designs, but the Indian star said in June 2017 that the pair were just friends. Us Weekly broke the news in May 2018 that Jonas and Chopra were officially dating. At the time, an insider revealed that they were "a good match and they are both interested in each other." The "Jealous" crooner proposed to Chopra on her birthday just two months later and the couple tied the knot in two separate ceremonies in India that December. "He swept me off my feet," Chopra wrote in her 2021 memoir, Unfinished, about their whirlwind courtship. "Once we started dating, I felt like I was being carried by a giant unstoppable wave." Still, the model admitted that she was "in shock" when he got down on one knee — but she was also excited to start their lives together. "Once I'd said yes, we stayed up until 8:30 in the morning FaceTiming our families and friends," she wrote in her book. "Then the wedding planning essentially began." In January 2019, the Camp Rock actor opened up about the couple's romance and the key to their marriage's success. "It was kind of an instant thing," he told Entertainment Tonight of their early beginnings. "I knew once we locked in together that I had a partner for life and a teammate, someone I could walk through the good times and the bad times with, and that was the key." The Baywatch actress, for her part, has shared how supportive Jonas has been throughout their relationship. "I really feel, like, being with someone like my husband now, there's such an incredible power," she said on the "InCharge with DVF" podcast in March 2020. "It's so attractive to me that he … feels empowered when he sees me empowered.” She added, “Like, he'll stand on a [red] carpet on the side and watch when they're taking pictures. He'll, like, want to see things I've done. Like, he feels so proud." The Isn't It Romantic star also told Us exclusively in January 2020 that Jonas is "the best guy," adding: "Just knowing that I have my husband by my side is the best perk of all." The following year, Jonas teased that they’re hoping to add another little member to their family in the future. "We'd be blessed with any child, son or daughter or anything," the Voice judge told Extra in February 2021. "Just knocking wood that it happens." The duo announced via Instagram in January 2022 that they welcomed their first child. "We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate," a statement on their couple's respective social media pages read. "We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much Keep scrolling to see Jonas and Chopra's relationship through the years:  Jonas revealed during an interview with Vogue in November 2018 that he first reached out to Chopra via her Twitter DMs. "I'm hearing from a few mutual friends that we should meet,” the Disney alum wrote to his future love on September 8, 2016. “She responded day of with a message that said, 'My team can read this. Why don't you just text me.’” Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images; Mireya Acierto/FilmMagic  The duo had a texting relationship for months before meeting up multiples times in early 2017, including at the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty, at the Carlyle in New York City and at Chopra’s home. “We hung out for a couple of hours,” Chopra told Vogue in November 2018. “He patted my back before he left.” Jonas added: “There was no kiss. There was nothing. She’s still upset about that. … Your mom was in the house! I thought it was a respectful first night.” The singer may have kept things “respectful,” but he also was falling for Chopra, telling the magazine that he got down on one knee at the Vanity Fair party in February 2017. “I put my drink down,” he recalled to the outlet. “Get on one knee —this is in front of a bunch of people— and I say, ‘You’re real. Where have you been all my life?’ Like, loud.” John Shearer/Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic  The “Jealous” singer and the Quantico alum were first spotted together when they walked the red carpet at the Met Gala in New York City. He sported a black and white tuxedo, while she wore a trench coat with a long train. “We were both wearing Ralph Lauren, and we decided to go together,” Chopra later explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live! before insisting that their relationship was purely platonic at the time. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images  One year after the Met Gala, Us exclusively revealed that Jonas and Chopra had started dating. “It’s brand new,” a source told Us. Another insider noted that the former Jonas Brothers member, who is 10 years younger than the actress, “loves women who are mature like him, [which] usually means he dates a little outside of his age bracket.” Moses / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com  The pair exchanged flirty comments on Instagram. After Chopra shared a photo of herself having dinner at In-N-Out Burger with two friends, Jonas commented, “That smile,” adding a heart emoji. Three days later, he posted a video of himself with a koala bear at a zoo in Australia. “Who is cuter? Lol,” Chopra wrote. MEGA TheMegaAgency.com  The Grammy nominee and the Bollywood star stepped out together for the first time as a couple at John F. Kennedy International Airport in NYC. Gotham/GC Images  Jonas brought Chopra as his date to his cousin Rachel Tamburelli’s wedding in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The duo walked arm-in-arm as they arrived at the beachside ceremony. The next morning, they had brunch with his family and other guests. AFP/Getty Images  The lovebirds flew to her native India, where the musician met his girlfriend’s mother, Madhu, and attended a pre-engagement party for businessman Akash Ambani. Prodip Guha/Hindustan Times via Getty Images  Jonas and Chopra were spotted wearing matching gold bands on their right hands during their trip to Mumbai. “They are obviously serious enough to the point that they are meeting each others families, which is clearly a huge deal,” a source told Us at the time. A second insider predicted, “No one would be surprised if Nick proposed to her in the next year.” AFP/Getty Images; Gotham/GC Images  The couple enjoyed a romantic double date with his brother Joe Jonas and Joe’s fiancée, Sophie Turner, at 34 Mayfair in London. Nick and Chopra held hands as they left the restaurant. Mega Agency (2)  The Baywatch actress celebrated her birthday at the hotel Chiltern Firehouse in London with the Camp Rock actor by her side. Ricky Vigil M/GC Images  Us confirmed that Jonas popped the question to Chopra, much to her surprise. “She was thrilled,” a source told Us. “Nick really loves her. They want to get married very soon.” Mike Coppola/Getty Images  Jonas and his parents, Denise and Kevin Jonas Sr., flew to India in August 2018 to meet Chopra’s family. “It’s a tradition to go and meet the family before the wedding,” the source exclusively told Us of their visit. “Priyanka wants an Indian wedding. He’s super supportive of her and he’s thrilled.” MEGA  So Much Support! Days after the happy couple made their engagement official, members of the Jonas family, as well as close pals of Chopra, gushed over the soon-to-be husband and wife. The Quantico star's best friend gushed that Jonas is the actress' "perfect match." Milind Shelte/India Today Group/Getty Images  Gone country! Jonas and Chopra shared photos from their visit to Oklahoma, where they got down and dirty in matching camouflage ensembles. “Ranch life,” the actress captioned her Instagram pics, while the Jonas Brothers alum wrote, “Out on the ranch.” Courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  A source told Us Weekly that “the wedding is coming soon," adding that the couple "really want to blend wedding traditions from both of their cultures that are important to them." The insider noted that the actress "is having a really good time planning the wedding because it’s a mix of Indian and American styles and customs, which she knows so much about.” Raymond Hall/GC Images  The Camp Rock alum and his fiancee attended a charity sporting event in Chopra's native India late that month. The actress was on hand to cheer on her beau as he played in the soccer game for a good cause. She documented the day in an Instagram post captioned, "Bae in Bombae." Gotham/GC Images  A source told Us Weekly that despite not being married yet, Jonas and Chopra "keep talking about starting a family together," adding "they have amazing chemistry and can't wait to have kids." The insider noted that the two "are going to wait till after the wedding to start trying." Chopra revealed that she has babies on the brain during an interview with E! News in mid-October. “I just have a few of my friends who are having babies right now and I’m like, ‘God, I need to catch up!’” she said, a nod to pal Duchess Meghan’s first pregnancy with Prince Harry. Gary Gershoff/WireImage  A group of gal pals — including future sister-in-law Sophie Turner — honored the bride-to-be with a bachelorette party in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in early November. (Chopra and Turner even called each other “#TheJSisters.”) A week prior, Kelly Ripa, Lupita Nyong’o and other celebs celebrated Chopra at a bridal shower at Tiffany’s Blue Box Café in New York City. Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  Five years after Jonas crooned the tune "Wedding Bells," the youngest member of the JoBros heard his own bells chime! On Saturday, December 1, the musician married the Quantico star at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The couple were joined by Joe Jonas and his fiancée, Games of Thrones star Sophie Turner, Kevin Jonas and his wife, Danielle, the groom’s youngest brother, Frankie, and his parents Kevin Jonas Sr. and Denise. Chopra’s former Quantico costar Yasmine Al Massri was also spotted during the pre-wedding ceremonies along with Chord Overstreet and Jack McBrayer. SUNIL VERMA/AFP/Getty Images  Chopra starred as Jonas’ love interest in his band’s comeback music video for “Sucker.” YouTube  Jonas purchased a Maybach for Chopra when his song “Sucker” topped the charts. Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  Jonas and Chopra enjoyed Christmas together. Courtesy of Nick Jonas/Instagram  The couple rang New Year’s Eve together, with Jonas noting in an Instagram post that “2019 was one of the most incredible years of my life. I can’t wait to see all that 2020 has to bring. Happy new year to everyone!” Michele Eve Sandberg/Shutterstock  The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle actor called Chopra his “valentine.” David Fisher/Shutterstock  Jonas reflected on celebrating his first Holi — the Hindu festival of colors — with Chopra. “So much fun celebrating with such incredible people here in my second home in India,” he noted via Instagram. Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  The couple marked two years since their first date on May 26. "2 years ago today we took our very first picture together. Every day since then you have brought me endless joy and happiness," Chopra captioned a throwback photo of the pair wearing blue baseball caps at Dodger Stadium in L.A. "I love you @nickjonas. Thank you for making our life together so incredible. Here's to many more date nights…" Jonas shared his own tribute, captioning a photo of the pair, "This beautiful woman and I went on our first date two years ago today. It has been the best two years of my life, and to think I am lucky enough to get to spend the rest of my life with her is such an incredible blessing. I love you babe. Happy two years." Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  The singer and actor showered his wife with love on her 38th birthday on July 18. "I could stare into your eyes forever," he captioned a photo that showed her sitting on his lap. "I love you baby. You are the most thoughtful, caring and wonderful person I have ever met. I am so grateful we found one another. Happy birthday beautiful." Courtesy of Nick Jonas/Instagram  On the two-year anniversary of their proposal, Chopra posted a sweet mirror selfie to Instagram that showed her husband kissing her on the cheek. “To the greatest joy of my life. 2 years ago on this day you asked me to marry you,” the actress wrote. “I may have been speechless then but I say yes every moment of everyday since. In the most unprecedented time you made this weekend so incredibly memorable. Thank you for thinking of me all the time. I am the luckiest girl in the world! I love you @nickjonas.” In response, Jonas wrote: “Thank you for saying yes. I love you beautiful. ❤️ .” Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  Chopra snuggled up to her man in a car, holding hands and resting her head in the crook of his arm. "My forever guy…so grateful for you @nickjonas," she captioned the sweet pic. Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  "So grateful you were born. Happy birthday my love. @nickjonas," the former Miss World winner gushed in a loving Instagram post on her husband's 28th birthday. Chopra shared a sweet video montage of some of her favorite moments with the Disney alum, including footage of the pair slow dancing together on a stone patio. Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra Jonas/Instagram  Chopra shared a sweet family photo of the couple with their dogs, writing: “Home is where the heart is❤️.” Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  On their second wedding anniversary, the couple took to Instagram to commemorate the occasion with sweet tribute posts. Chopra shared a photo of the duo walking hand in hand, writing: “Happy 2 year anniversary to the love of my life. Always by my side. My strength. My weakness. My all. I love you @nickjonas.” Jonas, for his part, paid tribute by sharing a photo from their wedding day. “Two years married to the most wonderful, inspiring and beautiful woman,” he wrote. “Happy anniversary @priyankachopra I love you. ❤️.” Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  “Happy Holi! From our family to yours! #holi,” Jonas captioned an Instagram snap in March 2021 alongside his parents, Kevin Jonas Sr. and Denise Jonas, and wife Chopra. The foursome were covered in colorful powders while celebrating the Hindu Holi Festival in the couple’s London flat. "Holi, the festival of colors is one of my favorites 😘 Hope we can all celebrate it with our loved ones, but in our HOMES! #HappyHoli everyone❤️,” Chopra captioned the same snap. Courtesy of Nick Jonas/Instagram  The couple stunned on the red carpet at the Billboard Music Awards, where the “Jealous” singer played host for the evening. Todd Williamson/NBC  "Happy birthday my love. You deserve all the happiness in the world. Today and every day. I love you," the singer wrote via Instagram on the actress' 39th birthday. He shared a photo of Chopra today, along with one of her as a child. David Fisher/Shutterstock for BAFTA  The former Miss World paid tribute to her "everything" three years after their engagement. "Seems like a blink and a lifetime at the same time. I love you ❤️," she wrote via Instagram. Courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  The musician jokingly took a fork and knife to his wife’s derriere while laying out in the California sun. "Snack ," Chopra captioned the cheeky photo, which showed her smiling in a red bikini as her husband focused his attention on her butt. Courtesy of Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  Ever the supportive wife, the Quantico alum joined her husband during the Jonas Brothers’ “Remember This” tour. Sharing several photos via Instagram from the band's Arizona dates, the married couple posed for an intimate black-and-white snap from backstage in one. In another, the Unfinished author shared a "photo dump" from the Arizona excursion. She posed for a snapshot with her husband and brothers-in-law while golfing before watching that evening's concert from backstage. Matt Robertson/@mattrobertson.work  For the pop star’s 29th birthday on September 16, Chopra celebrated the “kindest most compassionate loving person I know” with a surprise birthday party that left the guest of honor in awe. “She surprised me for my birthday,” Jonas shared via Instagram. “She’s the best.” Courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  Chopra poked fun at her hubby during Netflix’s Jonas Brothers Family Roast. "I'm from India, a country rich in culture, in music, in entertainment," the Matrix: Resurrections actress joked. "So clearly the Jonas Brothers didn't make it over there." Gizelle Hernandez/Netflix  In honor of Thanksgiving, Jonas wrote via Instagram, “Grateful for you @priyankachopra ❤️.” The White Tiger actress returned the compliment in her own Turkey Day Insta post. “So much to be grateful for,” she shared. “Friends, family ... I love you @nickjonas ❤️✨.” Courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  "I think just being honest and needing each other’s company, obviously," Chopra shared with ET about why her marriage works so well. "Communication, having fun with each other. I think that's the most important key, is to be able to enjoy each other's company and just have a good time. ... And it doesn't feel like work!" LAURENT LAURENT VU/SIPA/Shutterstock  During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Chopra revealed that her husband helped her craft the zingers she delivered on Netflix's Jonas Brothers Family Roast. "I had a great time," she said of the TV special. "I'll be honest — I'm going to give Nick credit where it's due. He wrote half my jokes because I was so nervous. But I delivered them!" ROGER WONG/INSTARimages.com  "So grateful for friends family and friends. Here’s to celebrating life," Chopra captioned a series of photos for New Year's, including this sweet selfie of her and her husband relaxing on a boat. Priyanka Chopra/Instagram  In a Vanity Fair cover story, Chopra revealed that she and her husband definitely want children at some point. "They’re a big part of our desire for the future,” she said. “By God’s grace, when it happens, it happens.” Casey Flanigan/Shutterstock  The twosome welcomed their first child together via surrogate. Courtesy of Nick Jonas/Instagram |
| Holly Madison's Most Telling Quotes About 'Cutthroat' Playboy Mansion Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:42 AM PST No matter how much time passes, Holly Madison's bombshell claims about the Playboy Mansion never fail to ruffle some bunny feathers. Madison dated Hugh Hefner from 2001 to 2008, with E! cameras documenting three years of her romance with the Playboy founder on The Girls Next Door. While she was Hefner's "main girlfriend" after his split from Tina Jordan, Madison became known as part of a trio alongside Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. The Holly's World alum initially detailed her time in the mansion in her 2015 memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, alleging that Hefner offered the women drugs and detailing the bizarre rules and regulations amongst the women. "I thought I was an adult and thought I was making my free choice. And I was," she wrote about her decision to move into the mansion. "But I wasn’t sophisticated or really prepared. And kind of got in over my head. … I could understand how people thought it was strange. But I guess I wasn’t comfortable enough to explain why I thought it would be fun or why I thought it would be a good idea." More than five years after the memoir made headlines, Madison got candid about her relationship — and sex life — with Hefner during an appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast. "I started to feel like I was in love with him," Madison told host Alex Cooper. "Looking back at it, it was a very Stockholm syndrome kind of thing where I felt like I identified with him, he was complimenting me so much, I started, in my mind, started blaming all the other problems on the other women.” Hefner and Madison split in 2008 after Marquardt and Wilkinson decided to move out too. "He started lashing out at me more for really stupid things and I just realized, like, I can't be here, like, this guy is an a—hole. But even still, I felt guilty leaving," she recalled to Cooper. "It took time, it took me being interested in another man before I finally was like, 'I have to pull the plug because I'm not gonna cheat.' It just goes along with all the love-bombing stuff and the 'We're gonna be together forever, and we're gonna be together the rest of my life' and blah, blah, blah. He would compare me to Belle in Beauty and Beast, like, I just came along to this castle." Hefner, who went on to marry Crystal Hefner (née Harris) in 2012, died in 2017. After Madison's book came out, he told Us Weekly in a statement: “Over the course of my life I’ve had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women. Many moved on to live happy, healthy, and productive lives, and I’m pleased to say remain dear friends today. Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes, ‘You can’t win ’em all!'” Scroll through for the most telling quotes from Madison about her time in the mansion:  During a December 2021 appearance on the "Power: Hugh Hefner" podcast, Madison detailed the first time she had a sexual encounter with Hef. "I thought it would be more of a first date, even though, obviously, it's not a very traditional first date," she recalled. "I wasn't necessarily expecting to have sex that night. I was not expecting to be the first one to go [with him] that night, but I was wasted. He was literally pushed on top of me. After it happened, I was just mortified and embarrassed and it had way more of an emotional impact on me than I thought it would." Madison explained that she was upset by the fact that other people in the mansion knew what happened between her and Hefner. "It was more the group aspect that was really out of my comfort zone. That happened. Everybody knows it happened," she explained. "I hadn't heard a lot of talk about what went on upstairs. All of a sudden, it felt like everybody was going to know about me, and I was horrified by it." Rich Fury/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  In a sneak peek for A&E’s Secrets of Playboy documentary event, Madison claimed that Hefner flipped out on her over a haircut. "I got to a point, not too far into my time there — I think it was, like, six months in — where I kind of broke under that pressure being made to feel I had to look like everyone else. My hair was really long naturally, and I was just like, 'I'm gonna go chop my hair off so I can, at least, look a little different,'" she claimed. "I came back with short hair, and he flipped out on me. He was screaming at me and said it made me look old, hard and cheap." Shutterstock  "I didn't realize that getting into the Playboy world was a dangerous choice," the model said in the promo for Secrets of Playboy released in August 2021. Shutterstock  Madison revealed she struggled with her body image issues during her time in the mansion via a July 2021 TikTok video. “So for a recent post, I was looking for pictures of myself in a bunny costume and I came across one. It reminded me of a moment in my life where I was watching a playback of myself in a fashion show and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, I need to lose weight,'” the former reality star explained in the clip, alongside a photo of her from 2005. “[I] thought I had gained weight, and thought I hadn’t stuck to my diet, and I thought my thighs were huge and I thought, ‘I need to lose five pounds at least.’ And that’s ridiculous. I look like a stick.” Courtesy Holly Madison/TikTok  While Wilkinson previously claimed that she didn’t have sex with Hefner before she moved into the mansion, Madison alleged on “Call Her Daddy” that she was lying. “I had to sleep with him first,” Madison told Cooper. ”I’m not trying to slut-shame anybody or anything, but nobody ever got asked to move in unless they had slept with him.” Wilkinson, for her part, fired back via Instagram in April 2021, replying, “Dude… it’s 2021 😂. Times have changed. I forgive and have kids to love and focus on.” Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock  Madison told Cooper that the women in the mansion would tell Hefner’s secretaries if they thought the other girlfriends were pocketing their weekly $1,000 “allowance” and not spending the money on their appearance. “It was horrendous the first three or four years I lived there. Before it was just me, Bridget and Kendra, it was me and six other women and it would rotate every couple years,” she said. “It was really cutthroat, nobody got along, everybody tried to snitch on the other or tell Hef a lie about the other to get someone kicked out.” Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock  “I don’t remember a time in that bedroom I wasn’t wasted,” Madison told Cooper, alleging that Hefner offered her Quaaludes or "thigh openers” before they had sex for the first time. "Everybody would go upstairs and basically everybody would have sex and I didn't know what to expect," she recalled of her first time having sex with him. ”I think I had the feeling that, this is my first night out, maybe I won't be expected to do anything my first night. But then when I got up there, I was so wasted and thrown into it, that once it was done, there was something about the experience that made me feel very out of control." Madison recalled the Quaaludes story in her book too. “’Usually I don't approve of drugs, but you know, in the '70s they used to call these pills thigh openers,’” she claimed he said to her at the time. Peter Brooker/Shutterstock  Madison has been open about the fact that she tried to have a child with Hefner during their relationship. She told Cooper how grateful she was that her attempts to conceive didn’t work out. “I knew it was because of him. I was healthy. He was just too old,” she said. “When I had first gotten into that situation and something happened in my mind that first night I had sex, where I felt like, ‘Ok I did that. I like breached my own boundaries and I wasn’t comfortable with it. Now I have to make this situation into something.’ I almost locked myself into this box.” Shutterstock  Madison told Cooper that living in the mansion felt like a "life sentence" with “cultish” rules. “It's a very cult-like atmosphere anyway and you're manipulated to feel that way, but on top of it, my own shame kept me there too. I just couldn't really imagine a life outside of there,” she said. Madison also detailed the rules of the mansion, including a 9 p.m. curfew and having group sex with Hefner twice a week. “Imagine having sex with somebody in a room full of women who all hate you and you know they're all talking s—t about you. Like, how horrible?” she told Cooper. “It was gross." Madison shared more NSFW details, alleging that Hefner wouldn’t “pleasure” the women, explaining that if they had their underwear on in the bedroom it was a signal they were on their period or didn’t want to have sex and claiming that Hefner “would get mad if somebody wasn't shaved.” Broadimage/Shutterstock  Madison claimed in her book that Hefner created drama within the house over living arrangements and their appearances. She recalled one alleged incident when Hefner called her “old, hard and cheap” for wearing red lipstick before praising Wilkinson for the same look. When asked about her status with Wilkinson in April 2021, Madison simply said they weren’t in touch. She told Cooper that she and Marquardt, meanwhile, have “always been close." Sipa/Shutterstock  Madison alleged in her book that she, Wilkinson and Marquardt weren’t paid for season 1 of the E! series. During her candid chat with Cooper, she said the three girls were “under duress" when they signed the contracts. “They just thought that because we lived there, they just owned us,” she claimed. “I didn’t want to sign it because I felt like it was creepy … It felt like it was a contract to be in a relationship. … [Hef said], ‘That’s sweet, but we need it today or E! isn’t going to order the show.’ And I don’t really believe a network would operate that way so I think they were lying, but it was a creepy.” Marion Curtis/Starpix/Shutterstock  “The reason I think the mansion was very cult-like, looking back on it, is because we were all kind of gaslit and expected to think of Hef as, like, this really good guy,” the Holly’s World alum said in the Secrets of Playboy docuseries, which premiered in January 2022. “You started to feel like, ‘Oh, he’s not what they say in the media — he’s just a nice man.’ Another thing that reminds me of a cult is how it was so easy to get isolated from the outside world there. You had a 9 o’clock curfew, you were encouraged to not have friends over. You weren’t really allowed to leave unless it was, like, a family holiday.” Mediapunch/Shutterstock |
| Stars Who Dated After Playing Siblings: Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick, More Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:35 AM PST From family to so much more! Some stars have had sparks fly on set — even though they played family members on their projects. Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp shocked Everwood fans when they started dating after meeting in 2004. At the time, the Marvel star admitted that the reactions to their relationship have been mixed because they played siblings. “Yeah, we’ve pretty much gotten used to the response of, ‘Ew, that’s weird. That’s creepy,'” he told TV Guide in August 2006. “The people who know us are happy and probably expected it to happen eventually. But yeah, every once in a while we get that one person that’s like, ‘That’s really creepy. You just kissed your sister.'” The twosome went on to date for nearly three years before calling it quits. Pratt was later married to Anna Faris from 2009 to 2018. They welcomed their son Jack in 2012. After splitting from Faris, Pratt started dating Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2018. They tied the knot the following year and welcomed their first child, daughter Lyla, in 2020. VanCamp, for her part, started dating Josh Bowman in 2011. The pair announced their engagement in 2017 and tied the knot one year later. In August 2021, the Revenge costars announced the birth of their first child, daughter Iris. Lauren Graham and Peter Krause also managed to form a connection while playing siblings on Parenthood, which premiered in 2010. "We couldn't stop talking," the Gilmore Girls alum told Good Housekeeping in her January 2017 cover story. "Not about ourselves, but about the world and books and family." It didn’t take long for things to become serious between the duo. "Once we got together, there was no game play[ing]," she explained. "It was like, 'You like me, and I like you.' It gave me an understanding of life: This is how things happen, and it's completely random." Even though the costars felt a strong connection, Graham admitted that she was more hesitant in the early stages of their relationship. "At our age we'd probably both been through 'showmances' that went south and made work an uncomfortable place to be," she wrote in her 2016 book, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between). Though the Mighty Ducks actress didn’t want this to be another failed costar romance, exploring her feelings for Krause was worth the risk. "Ultimately our mutual wariness gave way — it just sort of happened," she added. Scroll down for more couples who found love while playing siblings:  Graham and Krause portrayed Sarah Braverman and Adam Braverman in NBC's Parenthood. The twosome, who previously worked together on Caroline in the City, started dating in 2010. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Panettiere and Ventimiglia sparked a romance from 2007 to 2009 while playing Claire Bennet and Peter Petrelli, who turned out to be uncle and niece. Jonathan Hordle/Shutterstock  anCamp and Pratt met while playing Bright and Amy Abbott on Everwood, which aired from 2002 to 2006. They dated from 2004 to 2007. Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock  Carpenter and Hall met while playing Debra Morgan and Dexter Morgan on Dexter, which aired from 2006 to 2013. They started dating in 2007 and eloped the following year. Three years later, the couple broke up, but continued to work together until Dexter's series finale. Alexandra Wyman/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Broderick and Grey started dating in the '80s while filming Ferris Bueller's Day Off. They split in 1987 after being involved in a major car crash. Croe/Mediapunch/Shutterstock  Somerhalder met Grace while playing Boone Carlyle and Shannon Rutherford on Lost in 2004 and dated for three years. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock  Heigl and Behr starred as Max and Isabel Evans in the sci-fi series, which aired from 1999 to 2002. Although they dated during filming, they parted ways when the show wrapped up. Peter Brooker/Shutterstock |
| Tree Hill Forever! ‘OTH’ Ladies Reunite on Sophia Bush’s ‘Good Sam’ Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:34 AM PST Ravens for life! One Tree Hill hooked viewers in with its dramatic story lines — but the cast's real-life friendships are what keeps fans talking about the teen series nearly 20 years after its premiere. "We've known each other for almost two decades now. Our friendships have changed immeasurably," Sophia Bush exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2020 of her dynamic with BFFs — and former costars — Hilarie Burton and Bethany Joy Lenz. "We've been through so many stages of life together. But I think something that we really cherish — Hilarie and I were talking about this not too long ago — is just having, interestingly enough, as we've all gotten older, having our friendships deepen even more." Bush, Burton and Lenz played high schoolers Brooke Davis, Peyton Sawyer and Haley James Scott, respectively, on the CW series, which premiered in 2003. While the show ended in 2012 after nine seasons, the women's bond has remained intact. "We all got to go through this wild ride together and it's a thing that's ours. No one else can really share it with us in the way that we can," Bush, who cohosts the "Drama Queens" podcast with her two pals told Us. "It's such a special thing to leave a journey like that and maintain really deep and trusted connections and we all are able to support each other and inspire each other and it's something I just really cherish." Through the years, the show's leading ladies aren't the only ones who've kept in touch. The teen drama — which followed the lives of half-brothers Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) and their complex relationship as basketball players and siblings — also created long-lasting friendships among the show's male actors. Lafferty and Stephen Colletti (who played Chase Adams), for example, reunited in 2020 to write, produce and star on Hulu's Everyone Is Doing Great. “We lived enough life to realize and look back on our lives since One Tree Hill had actually ended to say things have been absurd and difficult and wonderful at the same time, enough for us to find some real humor here and a story to tell,” Lafferty told Entertainment Weekly at the time of the show, which is loosely based on their real-life experiences since leaving the teen series. “And we built some characters around some of these experiences that we’ve had or this world that we’ve been exposed to, and what we ended up doing was finding a story that both of us could really relate to.” One Tree Hill also starred Lee Norris (Marvin "Mouth" McFadden), Paul Johansson (Dan Scott), Antwon Tanner (Antwon "Skills" Taylor), Barbara Alyn Woods (Deb Scott), Jackson Brundage (Jamie Scott), Moira Kelly (Karen Rose), Barry Corbin (Whitey) and Craig Sheffer (Keith Scott). Shantel VanSanten, Austin Nichols and Robert Buckley joined the cast in later seasons as Quinn James, Julian Baker and Clay Evans, respectively. Scroll down to see the cast of One Tree Hill's best reunion moments over the years:  “Sign seems legit,” Michael Trucco, who played Cooper Lee on the series, wrote via Instagram in December 2021 after changing a park sign to read “One Tree Hill” along with pal Lafferty. “Always a good day when I get to spend time catching up with my buddy/nephew😜@jameslafferty. #onetreehill #frymancanyon #treepeople @onetreehilltvshow.” Courtesy Michael Trucco/Instagram  Lenz hosted the ultimate Christmas party in December 2021, which several of her OTH costars attended. Courtesy of Bethany Joy Lenz/instagram  Lafferty reunited with Bryan Greenberg, who played Jake Jagielski on the series, along with their significant others, Alexandra Park and Jamie Chung, in November 2021 for a sunny Southern California dinner. Courtesy of James Lafferty/Instagram  The “Drama Queens” podcast hosts shared a laugh in July 2021. Courtesy of Bethany Joy Lenz/Instagram  Lafferty, Buckley and Colletti hung out with Jana Kramer, who played Alex Dupre on the show, and her then-husband Mike Caussin for a March 2020 episode of the “Whine Down” podcast. Courtesy of Robert Buckley/Instagram  “What can I say that hasn’t been said ... This is Tree Hill & it’s our home. Family Forever,” Murray captioned a group photo via Instagram in February 2020. Courtesy of Chad Michael Murray/Instagram  Sheffer, Woods, Kelly and Murray posed for photos during a February 2020 reunion put on by FWB Charity Events. Courtesy of Barbara Woods/Instagram  The OTH stars came out in droves to celebrate Burton’s October 2019 nuptials to Jeffrey Dean Morgan, including longtime pal Tanner. Courtesy of Antwon Tanner/Instagram  Woods and Burton teamed up in May 2019 to film Lifetime’s A Christmas Wish. Tyler Hilton, who appeared on OTH from 2004 to 2012 as Chris Keller, Colin Fickes, who played Jimmy Edwards on the show, Norris and Tanner were also part of the holiday movie cast. Courtesy of Barbara Woods/Instagram  Tanner and Murray enjoyed some downtime in March 2019 after attending an Eyecon reunion convention. Courtesy of Chad Michael Murray/Instagram  “Things got silly by the end of the night! Big love to my cast mates and lifelong friends,” Burton captioned a series of photos via Instagram in February 2019, including a selfie with Greenberg and Bush. “Coming home to you is always such a joy.” Courtesy of Hilarie Burton Morgan/Instagram  The gang got back together in December 2018 to meet fans of the show. Courtesy of Jackson Brundage/Instagram  “Double double, toil and trouble! I miss getting to play with these crazies every day,” Burton wrote via Instagram in October 2018, referring to Bevin Prince (who played Bevin) and Danneel Ackles (who played Rachel). The women reunited to film Lifetime’s The Christmas Contract. Courtesy of Hilarie Burton Morgan/Instagram  Burton also teamed up with Buckley in Louisiana in June 2018 to shoot The Christmas Contract. Courtesy of Robert Buckley/Instagram  “I think you all know this guy ... @thisisjameslafferty — still as kind as he is talented,” Murray wrote via Instagram in November 2016 after hanging out with Lafferty. “Great seeing the whole crew this weekend.” Courtesy of Chad Michael Murray/Instagram  Lenz went to the racetrack with Daphne Zuniga, who played Victoria Davis, in April 2016. Courtesy of Bethany Joy Lenz/Instagram  “As per your request! #Naley ...just a few years later ;) 💋💋💛💜,” Lenz captioned an Instagram snap with her TV husband in March 2016. Courtesy of Bethany Joy Lenz/Instagram  “Father/Son time,” Lafferty captioned a March 2016 photo with his TV son. Courtesy of James Lafferty/Instagram  The cast was all smiles in August 2015 when they got together in Montreal. Courtesy of Stephen Colletti/Instagram  “Guns of sun and fun in the desert last weekend,” Colletti wrote via Instagram in April 2014 after going to a concert with Lafferty. Courtesy of Stephen Colletti/Instagram |
| David and Victoria Beckham’s Most Hilarious Trolling Moments Over the Years Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:32 AM PST The couple that trolls together, stays together! David Beckham and Victoria Beckham have been together for more than 20 years, yet they still cannot resist teasing and trolling one another about their sometimes-questionable choices. The former soccer player proved just that when he made headlines in January 2022 for showing off the handwritten note he left in the fashion designer's lunchbox. "Enjoy lunch a–hole. Come home happier," David wrote alongside a drawing of a small smiley face. "Lots of love, you know who." The former Spice Girls member took his constructive criticism in stride, sharing the note via her Instagram Story at the time. "Even when I'm grumpy he looks after me! Thank you for my lunch @davidbeckham," she captioned the snap. The former athlete's endearing note is hardly the first time the married couple — who wed in 1999 — have traded barbs about one another's pasts or eyebrow-raising wardrobe choices. "Gaston wants his boots back @davidbeckham," the Victoria Beckham Beauty founder compared her husband's oversized black boots to Gaston from Beauty and the Beast in a November 2020 Instagram post. The pair — who share sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, and daughter Harper — first connected back in 1997. "Yes, love at first sight does exist. It will happen to you in the Manchester United players' lounge — although you will get a little drunk, so exact details are hazy," the Harlow, England, native wrote in a September 2016 British Vogue letter. "While the other football players stand at the bar drinking with their mates, you will see David standing aside with his family. (He's not even in the first team at this stage — you are the famous one). And he has such a cute smile. You, too, are close to your family, and you will think how similar he feels to you. He's going to ask for your number. (He still has the London-to-Manchester plane ticket on which you wrote it.)" After the pair's July 1999 nuptials and raising their four kids together, the couple's love story has endured. "We've got strong parents. We were brought up with the right values. Of course, you make mistakes over the years, and we all know marriage is difficult at times. It's about working through it," the Inter Miami coowner said during a January 2017 appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. "We know each other better than anybody. People have talked about, 'Do we stay together because it's a brand?' Of course not. We stay together because we love each other because we have four amazing children. … We're very respectful of our life and when we do go through tough times. We work through them as a family, as a unit." Scroll below to see the duo's most savage trolling moments through the years:  David doodled an illustrated penis on a pair of his wife’s rubber gloves in March 2020. James Shaw/Shutterstock  “How white are mums @victoriabeckham teeth? It's Ross from Friends,” the retired soccer star wrote via an Instagram comment in May 2020 after Victoria smiled for a pic with Cruz. GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  “Loved watching @davidbeckham on the #latelateshow last night! He did always want to be in the band 😂😂😂 @latelateshow @j_corden,” the songstress gushed via Instagram in August 2020 after her partner sang various Spice Girls hits with James Corden. Richard Young/Shutterstock; Inset: Shutterstock  “Looks like you’re catching me up!! To a very special husband and the most incredible daddy,” she teased her husband about his age in May 2021. “Happy birthday 🎂🎊🎉 🎈 we all love you so so much 💕 x." Courtesy of Victoria Beckham/Instagram  "Gaston wants his boots back,” the “Wannabe” singer told her husband in a November 2021 Instagram Story message. Courtesy of Victoria Beckham/Instagram  The former athlete teasingly asked his wife to be a little happier via a lunchtime note. Courtesy Victoria Beckham/Instagram |
| Read John Stamos' Emotional Eulogy From Bob Saget's Funeral Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:07 AM PST In his memory. Several of Bob Saget's former Full House costars and longtime friends attended his emotional funeral service earlier this month — including John Stamos, who delivered a special eulogy about his late friend. "My Bob. I'm not ready to accept that he's gone. I'm not going to say goodbye yet," Stamos, 58, said in his speech, which was published by The Los Angeles Times on Friday, January 21. "I imagine him out there, still on the road, doing what he loves with all his heart and humor. He's standing on stage, killing! Another two-hour set in front of a couple hundred of the luckiest people on the planet. They're laughing so hard they weep. And just when they catch their breath, he grabs his guitar and slays them with one of his musical closers. There's an encore, and another, and another. Everyone here wants an encore with Bob." The Big Shot star continued: "God, he loves us all so much. Bob goes to sleep dreaming of when we'll meet again — and he's smiling. I know in my heart he's smiling, still hearing the laughter from a few hours before. … He should still be out there challenging himself creatively, stripping down all the Hollywood bull—, traveling to small towns around the country, giving the people raw, wild, unpredictable, and uncensored Saget: 'Tonight's specials are cake and c—k … and we're out of cake.'" To pay homage to the Raising Dad alum's raunchy sense of humor, Stamos — who served as a pallbearer during the memorial — added in a few NSFW jokes that he knew "Bob loved."  "Personally, I hope to die after a beautiful night of lovemaking with my wife [Caitlin McHugh], but I'm glad Bob didn't go that way. As I said, I rather he dies after doing what he did best. (Sorry, Kelly.)," the Grandfathered alum teased, referring to Saget's wife, Kelly Rizzo. The You alum explained that the longtime friends "didn't really get along" when Full House started in 1987, citing their different styles and approaches to acting. Soon enough, the two men found common ground and developed. Saget — ahead of his death — shared a sweet tribute for his Fuller House costar's birthday, which Stamos will never forget. "Truthfully, I was a tad over Bob at the moment, but I figured I needed to read it so he'd stop bugging me," Stamos remembered. "I may just read that every day for the rest of my life." The two stars played Danny Tanner and Jesse Katsopolis, respectively, on the family sitcom, which ran for eight seasons until May 1995. "When we started Full House, I was in my 20s and didn't have a care in the world. Hell, my backyard was Disneyland. But life does what it does, and when things came crashing down, the last person on Earth I ever imagined would be my rock became just that," the California native recalled. "When I lost my parents, Bob was there for me like no other. He told dirty jokes and talked about himself as he hosted my dad's funeral. He was there through divorces, deaths, despair and dark days. He was there through love, marriage, a child and bright times. He was my lifeline. He loved hard and deep." Stamos added in his speech: "He would do that during tragedies and honestly, it would piss me off sometimes. That's how he got through the darkness, and sadly he had a lot of it in his life. Now that I'm dealing with him dying, I sort of get it. Bob loved with everything he had. He taught me to be present with the ones I love. I hope he learned to internalize the love I felt for him." The My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 actor further recounted their "brotherly" bond, noting that Saget is known affectionately as "Uncle Bob" to his son Billy, 3. "I pray that Billy will someday have a friend like I had in Bob — and if I see a picture of the two of them in tutus, I'll know it's brotherly love," he quipped. "I grabbed Billy, held on to him as tight as I could and told him how much I loved him. We don't do justice to Bob's legacy without remembering to hold those we love as close as we can and telling them what we feel about them every day. … [Bob's] in the lessons I teach my son and the hilarious dirty stories that my wife and I will laugh at for the rest of our lives." Stamos concluded with a heartfelt message to his pal: "Bob, I will never, ever have another friend like you. You will always be my best friend. You are my new guardian angel — a guardian angel with the dirtiest mouth and a heart as big and benevolent as forever. I love you, Baby." The Dirty Daddy author died on January 9 at the age of 65 and was laid to rest in a private funeral service nearly one week later. Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen and John Mayer were all in attendance alongside his family and other famous friends. "There were lots of tears, of course, but so much laughter too. It was a perfect goodbye to Bob," a source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. "Now, there is a celebration of life memorial at [Full House creator] Jeff Franklin's house." Stamos' complete memorial speech can be found via The Los Angeles Times. |
| Playboy Responds After Holly Claims She Was 'Gaslit' in 'Cult-Like' Mansion Posted: 21 Jan 2022 09:44 AM PST Taking accountability. In the wake of Holly Madison‘s claims that Hugh Hefner cultivated a “cult-like” atmosphere in the mansion, Playboy released a statement of “support” for the former bunny. “Today’s Playboy is not Hugh Hefner’s Playboy,” the magazine said in a statement released on Thursday, January 20. “We trust and validate these women and their stories and we strongly support those individuals who have come forward to share their experiences.” Adding that the brand stands believes that “safety, security, and accountability are paramount,” Playboy promised to “actively listen and learn” from all of the women who have shared their experiences. “We will never be afraid to confront the parts of our legacy as a company that do not reflect our values today,” the statement continued, referring to the changes that have been made to the organization since Hefner’s death in 2017 at the age of 91. “We are committed to our ongoing evolution as a company and to driving positive change for our communities.”  In an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy, Madison, 42, compared living in the Playboy Mansion to being in a “cult.” The Girls Next Door alum lived there from 2001 to 2008 while she was dating the Playboy founder. “We were all kind of gaslit and expected to think of Hef as, like, this really good guy,” she said. “You started to feel like, 'Oh, he's not what they say in the media — he's just a nice man.'” The Vegas Diaries author also recalled the way Hefner kept his girlfriends “isolated” in the mansion away from their loved ones and prevented them from working. “You had a 9 o'clock curfew, you were encouraged to not have friends over. You weren't really allowed to leave unless it was, like, a family holiday,” Madison said. “I kept my waitressing job one day a week because I just wanted something easy to go back to, should things not work out.” However, Madison claimed that the media mogul soon upended her plans. “He said it made him jealous, and he would appreciate it if I quit my job,” the model recounted. "So, instead, we were given $1,000 a week as an allowance.” Following her split from Hefner in 2008, Madison has frequently spoken about how unhappy she was while living in the Playboy Mansion. “I thought I was an adult and thought I was making my free choice. And I was,” she wrote in her 2015 memoir Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. “But I wasn't sophisticated or really prepared. And kind of got in over my head.” In September 2021, Hefner’s widow Crystal Hefner slammed Madison for continuing to speak negatively about the Playboy founder and their relationship. “I think everyone's entitled to their opinions. I think for some it was a lot harder than for others,” the model, 35, told E!’s Daily Pop. “For some of them, you know, being there is what got them attention.” “So, to keep talking about it and talking about it keeps the attention on themselves,” she continued. “A lot of the women speaking out negatively wouldn't be where they were if it wasn't for Hef.” Secrets of Playboy premieres on A&E Monday, January 24, at 9 p.m. ET. |
| Meghan King Takes ‘Empowering’ Solo Ski Trip After Cuffe Owens Split Posted: 21 Jan 2022 09:27 AM PST  Making new memories. Meghan King opened up about being proud to travel on her own after her split from Cuffe Owens. “I love skiing and I wanted to go. But I have my kids so often and none of my friends could meet me here. So what did I do? I took advantage of my kid-free days and booked a trip to Park City, [Utah],” King, 37, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 20. “Today I skied by myself all day.” Although the former reality star found that riding up the mountains with strangers was “a little bit awkward,” she described the experience as being an important step in the wake of her breakup. “It was a little bit empowering eating alone with my glass of champagne, it was a little bit difficult booking my tickets and carrying all my stuff without help and figuring out logistics, and it was a lot a bit the most satisfying masterdate of my life,” she continued. “This afternoon another single mama friend of mine from college @harbenhouse joined me so it's not a full blown solo trip, but today it was. And small steps count, because each foot in front of the other allows us to travel miles we never knew could. So here's to me. Here's to FREAKING ME. I'm doing it! IM DOING IT!” The Real Housewives of Orange County alum later agreed with a fan who replied that “sometimes it is better to be alone.” King’s ski excursion comes shortly after she confirmed that she and Owens, 42, pulled the plug on their whirlwind romance. “I am rattled. This situation is profoundly devastating,” the Missouri native, who tied the knot with Owens in October 2021 after three weeks of dating, wrote via Instagram two months after the wedding. “This is obviously not what I imagined when I made my vows — and I’m shocked and saddened by the way things turned out. I am moving forward with my children as we privately process our pain and begin to let go of shattered dreams.”  At the time, King asked for “grace and gentle kindness” from the public as she tried to “navigate this labyrinth of grief” with her family. The Bravo personality shares daughter Aspen, 5, and twin sons Hayes and Hart, 3, with ex-husband Jim Edmonds, from whom she split in October 2019. Us Weekly broke the news in May 2021 that the former couple finalized their divorce. Before calling it quits, the “Intimate Knowledge” podcast host and President Joe Biden‘s nephew faced challenges that “ultimately put strain on the marriage,” a source exclusively told Us in December 2021. “They didn’t really get the chance to know each other,” the insider revealed. “She was hoping for this fairy-tale life with him, but it was far from it.” As she continues to heal from her split, King has offered her followers a glimpse at how she is moving forward throughout the major life change. “There is no shortage of people that you will find physically beautiful, but finding someone who matches the maturity you are looking for, the dedication to grow, the humor that brings you comfort, and someone who just feels right in your arms and life is incredibly unique,” read a quote from Yung Pueblo that the former sales representative shared via her Instagram Story earlier this month. King added her own thoughts to the post, writing, “Let’s raise our vibe in 2022, team. (I need to remember love can be found in unexpected places … including from within. I know my heart is incredibly right for me.)” |
| GMA’s Robin Roberts, Amy Robach Test Positive for COVID-19 Posted: 21 Jan 2022 08:38 AM PST The pandemic isn’t over. Just as it did in 2020 and 2021, Hollywood’s A-list continues to be affected by COVID-19 in 2022 — but they largely attribute their fast recoveries to vaccines. In January, Late Night With Seth Meyers only returned from holiday break for one show before suddenly having to go on hiatus amid the omicron variant’s prevalence. “The bad news is, I tested positive for COVID (thanks, 2022!) the good news is, I feel fine (thanks vaccines and booster!),” Seth Meyers wrote via Twitter on January 4. “We are canceling the rest of the shows this week, so tune in next Monday to see what cool location we will try and pass off as a studio!!!” Meyers’ fellow NBC late night host Jimmy Fallon revealed a day prior that he’d recently recovered from COVID-19. The Saturday Night Live alum made it clear that he tested negative before returning to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 3. “Hey guys, on the first day of our holiday break I tested positive for Covid,” he captioned a photo via Instagram of himself masked in a room marked “reserved for testing use.” The room was decorated with an iconic Diff’rent Strokes quote, which Fallon appreciated. He continued, “I was vaccinated and boostered which made me lucky enough to only have mild symptoms. Thank you to the doctors and nurses who work so hard around the clock to get everyone vaxxed. Thank you to NBC for taking the testing protocols so seriously and doing a great job – and also thanks for putting me in the ‘What 'chu talkin' about Willis?’ isolation room when they told me the news.” In the comments section, Fallon told a fan that he completely recovered, writing, “The positive came back on 12/18. Back at work today and feeling 100%!” The NBC hosts both advocated for vaccination. As of January, the CDC recommended a booster shot for people over age 16 five months after completing the primary series. Meyers and Fallon each had a booster before testing positive. Similarly, Whoopi Goldberg also had a breakthrough case amid the highly contagious variant’s spread. Her View cohost Joy Behar announced the news on January 3 and said the Sister Act star was expected to be fully recovered within a week. “Why am I here instead of Whoopi? Well, Whoopi, unfortunately, tested positive over the break, but she’ll be back probably next week,” Behar explained. “Since she’s vaxxed and boosted, her symptoms have been very, very, mild. But we’re being super cautious here at The View.” The daytime talk show opted to film remotely for the week in the midst of Goldberg’s positive test. “They say there’s no place like home for the holidays and that’s exactly where we are this year,” Behar said. “Happy New Year from all of our living rooms. As you can see, we’re back in boxes and doing the show remotely — hopefully for just a week. I’m praying that it’s just a week, but you never know because this omicron thing is all over the place.” See the stars who have tested positive for COVID-19 in 2022:  The Good Morning America co-anchor revealed on January 20 that she was fighting a “mild” battle of COVID. "Appreciate the concern about my absence this week on @GMA,” Roberts tweeted. “Unfortunately I tested positive for Covid. … I’m doing well. Looking forward to returning as soon as I can. #ThankfulThursday #HappyFridayEve ..” MediaPunch/Shutterstock  The GMA personality announced her diagnosis on the same day as Roberts. Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/Shutterstock  The Jane the Virgin alum confirmed on January 18 that he and his family — including wife Emily Baldoni and their two kids, daughter Maiya and son Maxwell — tested positive for coronavirus. "Well.. we sure didn't have our kids getting the flu and then all of us getting Covid in the first three weeks of 2022 on our bingo cards but hey, at least it's all up from here!" he wrote via Instagram. "It's been a rough three weeks but we're in good spirits. Sending everyone love!" Courtesy of Justin Baldoni/Instagram  The actress revealed on January 16 that she “just got over” a “mild” case of COVID-19. “When I tested positive I called my doctor in a panic and he broke it down for me. Masks. If you’re both masked and avoid face to face contact, that can keep the virus from spreading,” she wrote via Instagram. “Honestly the worst was not being able to hug or even make close eye contact with my son who has spent 1/5 of his life now upended from this pandemic. Kids, and all of us, have been living in fear of this thing for 2 years. And now mom has it!! And he might get it! So frightening.” John Salangsang/Shutterstock  The Hills alum, her husband, Tim Rosenman, and their 4-year-old son, Sonny, tested positive in January. “The nausea last weekend I guess was the first sign of it but we’ve all been fine otherwise,” she said via Instagram Stories on January 15. “A little congested and my taste is not at its sharpest, but we are ok. Just quarantining, cooking, and napping. I was starting to feel like it was just a matter of time before we got it.” Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/Shutterstock  The Below Deck star told her Instagram followers on January 13 that she had “recovered” from COVID-19 and finished her “isolation period,” concluding, “Be assured I follow and respect all the rules because I care about my community.” Courtesy of Alli Dore/Instagram  The Side by Side star revealed on January 11 that she tested positive during the ongoing omicron surge. "I fought hard, dodged COVID for 2 years in an effort to protect my baby boy," she tweeted. "I’m vaccinated, I was tested several times a week, tested those who visited. I lost the fight, and tested positive yesterday. My win, by Gods grace Ace is negative. Health is wealth. Stay safe." The Dash Dolls alum went on to slam "ignorant folks" questioning her fears about infection. "Why am I worried about a 'cold'?" she added in a second tweet. "Cus many people have died from the virus including my loved ones. You spreaders keep your narrow perspective to yourself." Shutterstock  The Bachelor season 22 couple spent their third wedding anniversary sick with COVID-19 on January 12. Mediapunch/Shutterstock  The Vanderpump Rules star announced that she tested positive on January 11 via Instagram. "Agh it finally got me … #covid_19," she captured an illustration of herself pouting. Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock  The Today anchor announced on January 10 that she was filming the show from home because she tested positive for COVID-19. “Here we go Hoda, we're trading places,” Guthrie said days after Kotb revealed her own coronavirus battle. “I’m working from home, you're back in the studio. You have a negative test for COVID, I just tested positive for COVID, so here we go.” Guthrie added that she had mild symptoms: "A little sniffles, not much more than that.” Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock  Hours after Tori Spelling revealed her whole family was sick, the Chopped Canada host thought he would need a ventilator after a particularly tough bout. “This is the first place I’m going once I get over COVID," McDermott captioned a throwback Instagram photo at the ice rink. “I’ve got to be honest, this scared the s—t out of me. My breathing was so compromised, I thought I was going to be put on a ventilator. Slowly turning the corner to recovery. Be safe out there.” AFF-USA/Shutterstock  The View cohost tested positive for a breakthrough case on January 7, though was “feeling pretty so good so far,” Navarro said as she confirmed the news during the show. "I did what the CDC recommended — the minute I felt a little bit of a tickle in my throat, I assumed I had it and I've been isolating,” Navarro told her fellow hosts. ABC/Lou Rocco  “Tbh the start to this year has been quite interesting,” the Duck Dynasty alum captioned a January 7 Instagram post. “It started off by me getting FLURONA (flu + covid) (yikes) so obviously I was so bummed to miss passion but I was so thankful that God gave me the strength to still preach my message to an empty room despite being so sick. My faith from that experience grew so much 🤯 His spirit is truly living within us!” In addition to her flurona diagnosis, Robertson found her home had a rat infestation, noting, “It’s disgusting🙃 and we are exhausted from getting over sickness and being out of our home.” Donn Jones/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  “I share a lot on social media but this is one thing I didn’t want to share,” the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum wrote via Instagram on January 7. “But, at this point, people are getting frustrated not getting responses personally and business-wise from me and wondering why I’m MIA so I finally decided to share. Our entire family has COVID. Yes, every single member got it. We all have varying degrees of symptoms. I was last to be symptomatic. We all were praying it was just a bad winter cold. But it wasn’t.” She continued: “Nothing is worse than wanting to care for your little ones but feeling so sick you can barely function yourself. I feel useless as a parent. Devastated. A mom is supposed to take care of their kiddos when sick.” Courtesy of Tori Spelling/Instagram  After the Dancing With the Stars professional was feeling “sick” amid rehearsals for the DWTS live tour, he confirmed his coronavirus diagnosis on January 7 via Instagram Story. He has since been isolating away from the rest of his costars. “I’m happy to say that I’m feeling fine and the rest of the cast is healthy,” the Russia native explained in his social media video. “I cannot wait to rejoin the tour in the next couple of days.” Courtesy of Gleb Savchenko/Instagram  The Late Late Show With James Corden host took a brief hiatus in early January after the host tested positive for COVID-19. “I’m fully vaccinated, boosted, and because of this, am fortunate enough to say I feel completely fine,” he wrote on January 6 via Instagram. “The show will be off the air for the next few days. Stay safe everyone. All my love, James x.” Art Streiber/CBS  After Kotb was noticeably missing from the Today show on January 5, host Craig Melvin revealed on January 6 that she tested positive for COVID-19. “Thx for well wishes! Feeling good.. ,” the co-anchor tweeted at the time. “Cant wait to see you all when I am in the clear! Xo.” Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/Shutterstock  The Dead & Company announced on January 5 that Mayer will not be at their Mexico shows as he has coronavirus. "Today, just prior to leaving for Mexico, per his physician, @JohnMayer tested positive for COVID-19 and will be unable to perform at the upcoming 'Playing in the Sand' event in Riviera Cancun January 7-10,” the band said in an Instagram statement. “In these unprecedented times fans should expect many rare and different tunes.” Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  “Happy New Year! Gutted to have been out the past two weeks,” the Broadway star wrote via his Instagram Stories on January 5, noting he was back in the theatre for Moulin Rogue The Musical. “But Omicron got me. Shout to @aaron_c_finley for holding it down. Stay safe. Get jabbed. Come see us at The Hirschfeld.” Andrew H. Walker/Shutterstock  "I too have tested positive for COVID-19," the Black Panther actress tweeted on January 4. "I'm fully vaccinated and taking care in isolation, so I trust I will be well. Please do all you can to keep yourself and others protected from serious illness. #StayMaskedAndVaxxed." Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock  The model revealed via Instagram that she tested positive for the virus shortly after the new year. Amy Sussman/Shutterstock  The Illinois native canceled a week of Late Night With Seth Meyers on January 4 and attributed his mild symptoms to the vaccine. John Salangsang/Shutterstock  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon host didn't reveal his positive diagnosis until he was completely recovered on January 3. MediaPunch/Shutterstock  The View cohost was absent from the show on January 3 after testing positive. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The "Bang Bang" singer revealed on January 2 that she tested positive for COVID-19 a month prior, and she believed she contracted it at a Los Angeles concert on December 14. “I got covid at this show,” Jessie captioned a video from the show via Instagram. "BUT The audience could clap in time." Matt Baron/Shutterstock |
| Prince Andrew’s Social Media Accounts Shut Down Amid Scandal Posted: 21 Jan 2022 08:20 AM PST The rebel prince. Prince Andrew has a history of shocking the royal family and the public with his choices — including his decision to marry Sarah Ferguson after dating less than one year. The Duke of York is the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip. Unlike his brother, Prince Charles, Andrew has had a little more flexibility with his role in the Monarchy over the years. For example, after reconnecting with his childhood pal Ferguson in the summer of 1985, Andrew proposed to the redhead in February 1986 — before he was technically allowed to pop the question. "Just before midnight Andrew went down on both knees and asked Sarah Ferguson to be his wife. Sarah was caught off-guard and, to cover her confusion, tried to make light of it," royal biographer Ingrid Seward wrote in her 1991 book, Sarah: HRH The Duchess of York, of the proposal. "She told the prince: 'If you wake up tomorrow morning, you can tell me it's all a huge joke." According to Seward, the prince asked for Ferguson's hand in marriage again in the morning, at which time she said yes. The pair had to keep the news a secret, however, because Andrew had proposed without getting permission from the queen. When Her Majesty returned to town from her tour to Australia, Andrew obtained her consent to marry Ferguson and the twosome publicly announced their engagement. The whirlwind romance didn't stop there with the duo tying the knot just five months later. Andrew again made headlines when and Ferguson announced they were separating in 1992. While many royals have since gotten divorced, including Charles and the late Princess Diana, Andrew's split in the early '90s was still somewhat taboo. The exes continued chummy relationship led many fans to think that someday the former couple could again become romantically linked. “Although we are not a couple, we really believe in each other. The Yorks are a united family. We've shown it," Ferguson, who shares Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, with Andrew, told the Daily Mail in November 2018. "You saw it at the wedding. My duty is to him. I am so proud of him. I stand by him and always will. The way we are is our fairytale.” Ferguson continued: “So many people have asked me [if we'll get back together], but we're so happy with the way we are right now. We enjoy each other's company; we allow each other to blossom. I know it sounds like a fairytale but that's the way we are.” The close bond that Andrew and his ex-wife have hasn't wavered over the years, even after the prince made headlines for his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the fall of 2019 — and was accused of sexual assault. "Eugenie and Beatrice are really upset. They believe their dad made a huge mistake in judgment ever being associated to Jeffrey Epstein," a source exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2019, after Andrew stepped back from his royal duties amid the controversy. "The girls are leaning on each other and are being really supportive of their dad." Ferguson, for her part, wished her ex-husband a happy birthday in February 2020. Three months later, she shared a family photo in honor of International Family Day. "I am so proud of our united loving family," the duchess wrote via Instagram in May 2020. Scroll down to see Prince Andrew's life in photos, including all the highs and lows:  The Queen’s third child was born on February 19. At the time of his birth, he was second in line for the throne behind older brother, Charles. His older sister, Anne, Princess Royal, was bumped to third in line because gender, not age, dictated the royal succession at that time. Anonymous/AP/Shutterstock  The Duke of York joined the Royal Navy on a short-service commission as a Seaman Officer in 1979. He passed courses at Britannia Royal Naval College in 1980 before undergoing fixed-wing and helicopter training. ames Gray/Daily Mail/Shutterstock  He received a Green Beret in 1980 after completing the Royal Marines All Arms Commando Course. One year later, he was presented with his “wings” and the award for best pilot by his late father, the Duke of Edinburgh. AP/Shutterstock  The prince married Ferguson at Westminster Abbey, five months after getting engaged. AP/Shutterstock  The pair welcomed their first child, Princess Beatrice, two years after tying the knot. Mike Forster/Daily Mail/Shutterstock  Princess Eugenie was born two years later, rounding out Andrew’s family of four. Clive Dix/Shutterstock  Andrew separated from Ferguson in 1992, but it wasn’t until 1996 that their divorce was finalized. Peter Price/Shutterstock  Andrew rose to the role of commander before retiring from active service in the Royal Navy in 2001. He maintained his naval affiliation until 2015, reaching the honorary rank of vice admiral. Tim Rooke/Shutterstock  The duke became the United Kingdom’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment in 2001, shortly after completing his military career. He remained in the role for nearly a decade before stepping back in 2011. Luong Thai Linh/EPA/Shutterstock  The prince was installed as the new Chancellor of Huddersfield University, following Sir Patrick Stewart’s 11-year term. The title came with an honorary doctorate. Charlotte Graham/Shutterstock  The proud father walked his youngest daughter, Eugenie, down the aisle as she married Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England. Tim Rooke/Shutterstock  Andrew made headlines for friendship and past association with Epstein. The financier took his own life in August 2019 while he was serving time at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. He was previously convicted of one count for the human trafficking of a minor. Prosecutors at the time alleged that he was also involved in a trafficking scheme. Shutterstock  Andrew was accused of sexual assault by Virginia Roberts Giuffre amid the Epstein scandal. One month later, Andrew denied the allegations during an interview with BBC Newsnight. “I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever,” he said at the time. “It just never happened.” Giuffre, for her part, claimed that she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times between 1999 to 2002. Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock  The prince announced his step back from his royal duties “for the foreseeable future” after his association with Epstein plagued the Crown and its efforts to do good. “I continue to unequivocally regret my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein. His suicide has left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims, and I deeply sympathize with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure,” he said in a statement. “I can only hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives. Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.” FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  The royal was present at his daughter Beatrice’s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi amid the controversy over his alleged ties to Epstein. “She wanted him at the wedding,” a source exclusively told Us at the time. “He walked her down the aisle and did a speech at the reception.” Benjamin Wheeler/WPA-Pool  Andrew became a grandfather for the first time when his daughter Eugenie welcomed her first child, son August Philip Hawke, with Brooksbank. The prince’s eldest daughter, Beatrice, became a mother seven months later, giving birth to a baby girl in September 2021. Tim Rooke/Shutterstock  Andrew mourned the loss of his father alongside his family and took part in Prince Philip’s funeral procession with his three siblings and his three eldest nephews, Prince William, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips. “It’s a terrible loss,” the duke told reporters after his dad died. “My father said to me on the telephone a few months ago, ‘We’re all in the same boat and we must always remember that.’ … My father’s death has brought home to me, not just [my family’s] loss, but also the loss that everybody else has felt.” He added: “I just want to say how grateful I am [and] we are for these tributes. He was a remarkable man. I loved him as a father. He was so calm. If you had a problem, he would think about it. … He was always someone you could go to and he would always listen.” Mark Large/WPA Pool/Shutterstock  Giuffre filed a lawsuit against the prince for alleged sexual assault and emotional distress. She previously claimed to BBC that she was trafficked by Epstein when she was underage and forced to have sex with his friends, one of which was Andrew. "Prince Andrew committed sexual assault and battery upon Plaintiff when she was 17 years old. As such, Prince Andrew is responsible for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress pursuant to New York common law,” the lawsuit states. “The damage to Plaintiff has been severe and lasting.” Andrew’s Los Angeles attorney Andrew Brettler argued during an August 2021 court hearing that the claims are “baseless, nonviable and potentially unlawful.” The prince must file his responses to the lawsuit’s claims by October 29, 2021. Steve Parsons/AP/Shutterstock  Buckingham Palace released a statement on January 13 regarding the Duke of York's upcoming sexual assault trial, stating that with the queen’s “approval and agreement” his “military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the queen.” The statement concluded: “The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and defending this case as a private citizen.” News from the palace came one day after the Associated Press reported that a judge dismissed Andrew’s request to turn over the lawsuit filed by Giuffre in the U.S. His lawyers previously argued that the allegations made against their client lacked credibility, claiming that the case should be thrown out due to a settlement Giuffre reached with the late Epstein in 2009. WILL OLIVER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock |
| Justin Long Praises Kate Bosworth’s ‘Incredible’ Sundance Film Amid Romance Posted: 21 Jan 2022 08:11 AM PST  Praising her work! Amid his romance with Kate Bosworth, Justin Long couldn't resist supporting the Sundance Film Festival premiere of his love’s latest project. "I am here in beautiful Park City, Utah [and] it's freezing cold," the He's Just Not That Into You star, 43, exclaimed via a Thursday, January 20, Instagram Story video. "But, I'm here for the big premiere of Bring on the Dancing Horses. So, bring on the dancing horses at the Egyptian Theatre." Long noted in his social media upload that he "drove all the way" to the Park City for the film premiere, despite miscommunication that the festival had gone entirely virtual amid the coronavirus pandemic and its recent spikes. "So excited to watch @katebosworth in the INCREDIBLE-looking western #BringOnTheDancingHorses," the Connecticut native wrote in a second Story post. "Which you can apparently watch AT HOME."  Long's sweet message comes nearly one week after Us Weekly confirmed he is seeing the Blue Crush actress, 39, months after her split from director Michael Polish, who helmed Bring on the Dancing Horses. "They've been dating for a few months now," a source exclusively told Us on January 7. "They secretly have been on a few getaways together. They both love to travel." At the time, the insider noted that the pair were "not hiding the fact that they're together," but preferred to keep their romance "low-key and private." The duo initially sparked romance speculation after working together last year, with Bosworth even sharing a sweet tribute via Instagram. "There are some movie experiences when you learn a lotttttt about another person. Well, we just wrapped one of those — all night shoots, working 6-day weeks," the Remember the Titans actress wrote via Instagram in May 2021 alongside snaps of the pair in Arkansas. "The exhaustion & insanity was off the grid. Holy moly @justinlong you are a truly spectacular / fun / funny / kind / rare / thoughtful / totally. fckn. rad human being … You gnome how much I love ya The Accepted actor, for his part, later teased he was seeing someone new during a December 2021 episode of his "Life Is Short" podcast. "People have been saying [pineapple] lately and it's funny my girlfriend said that hers is uhh — she loves the pineapple, too," he told guest Fortune Feimster about his new love without mentioning Bosworth by name. "I've never been with anyone who likes pineapple on pizza." Before moving on with Long, Bosworth and Polish, 51, announced their split in August 2021 after 10 years together. "Inherently we fear an ending. To lose what you have because you got what you wanted. To be attached to the expectation of the outcome. The great Unknown," the pair wrote via a joint Instagram statement at the time. "Our hearts are full, as we have never been so enamored and deeply grateful for one another as we do in this decision to separate." Amid their breakup news, the estranged couple worked together on Bring on the Dancing Horses, which costarred Polish's daughter, Jasper Polish. (The director shares Jasper, 24, with ex-wife Jo Strettell, whom he was married to from 1998 to 2004.) |
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