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WE TOLD YA SO!

Just a few days ago we exclusively revealed that the producers of The White Lotus were releasing a line of inspired souvenir merchandise,  and it seems they have rushed some of the merchandise to market.  See link below.  While the branded merchandise is still set to be released at the end of the season, apparently so many people read our scoop that producers had no choice but to launch SOME of the line early (wink wink). This brass monkey is 91/2 inches tall and perfect for holding your keys! ($99.95)

 

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
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HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney was all over the news this week, from living at the Beverly Hills Hotel to hanging out with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez and then bouncing to Paris for fashion week.  The biggest news was speculation about the state of her engagement to fiance, Jonathan Davino.  Here’s what we know.  Sydney and Jonathan indefinitely postponed their wedding claiming they didn’t have enough time to arrange it (isn’t that what wedding planners are for?) but now we are hearing the couple are in limbo – he wants to stay together but she’s having cold feet.  They haven’t broken up, but they are in counseling TRYING TO  figure out whether they stick together or go their separate ways.

Former En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson made headlines when she announced she had been living out of her car for the past three years.  Although she INSISTED she wasn’t looking for sympathy or handouts, the music industry has responded.  We just heard that Beyonce has instructed her people to locate Dawn and arrange for an apartment for her until she gets on her feet.  Beyonce confided to a pal that she was always a fan of the female group and felt compelled to help a fellow performer in need.

The off-the-charts  legal wrangling between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues to make headlines, and frankly we aren’t the only one who is SICK OF IT.  We just heard that Blake’s “team” now feels the best way to end this and salvage her career (and probably Justin’s) is to get the feuding former costars to somehow agree to star in the anticipated sequel to It Ends With Us.  While this now seems like an unlikely long-shot, my source says it is definitely a major part of the strategy to stop the hemorrhaging.

Spotlight loving Donald Trump made the news when he turned the front lawn of the White House into a makeshift Tesla showroom and urged people to buy the electric car.  Someone should  tell Donald that his publicity stunt BACKFIRED.  Our industry source reveals that hours after the press conference, Tesla experienced more car order cancellations than they could have imagined.  It seems Donald’s red states aren’t a fan of modern electric vehicles despite his push for them, and the blue state customers where they are popular, are turned off  Elon Musk  brown-nosing Trump.  We just heard that some Tesla Board members are plotting to get Elon tossed from the company out of fear his continued involvement with Trump will be its eventual downfall.

Wendy Williams made news when she dropped a note out of a window of her assisted living facility asking for help and the NYPD showed up.  We just heard that Wendy has asked friends to reach out to none other than Kim Kardashian in hopes of saving her from the guardianship.  While we are not sure of Wendy’s political beliefs, we can share that she confided to a friend via phone that she thinks Kim has access to powerful people including Donald Trump, and that perhaps with Donald’s help she can be released from her guardianship.

The Mendendez Brothers were back in the news when LA’s DA, Nathan Hochman said he didn’t think the brothers should be resentenced.  California Governor Gavin Newsom responded that despite what Nathan thinks, Erik and Lyle are going in front of the parole board in June.  Here’s what we know.  Gavin was secretly THRILLED that LA’s district attorney said that because he now plans to  be the hero and commute their life sentences to time served – as long as nothing unexpected comes up in the parole board hearings. Gavin has his eyes set on a presidential run once his current term as governor ends (he can’t run again due to term limits) and he feels commuting the brothers’ sentences will resonate well with the public.

 

 

 

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
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COLLECT THE WHITE LOTUS SOUVENIRS

Although all three seasons have been filmed at various Four Seasons resorts around the world, the producers of The White Lotus paid attention the details.  They scrubbed the sets of anything with The Four Seasons logo and replaced it with their own fictional White Lotus logo.  Now that effort has paid off.  According to a series insider, MAX,the subsidiary of HBO which airs the show, has been besieged with requests from viewers who want to buy the various branded items, including towels, robes, and more – hotel vacation souvenirs. As soon as opportunity knocked, the producers answered the door – and now they are launching a line of White Lotus branded merchandise.  The line is set to debut right after this season’s finale airs…

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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MILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS GROWING UP FAST

At first glance, this attractive woman getting out of a car could almost be mistaken for Angeline, the blonde bombshell billboard queen of Los Angeles. They do have similarities – the flowing platinum blonde hair, the full lips, and of course,  the short skirt. But it is absolutely NOT Angeline- it happens to be – of all people- Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown. Millie says her recent photos have fans upset – they are saying she looks “too old.” At the age of 21,  they expect Millie to look like a college girl. Millie explains that she is “just growing up”  and apparently she has her own ideas about  how to do so…

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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WE TOLD YA SO!

Hours after we broke the story that Meghan Markle’s Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, was being renewed for a second season, the streaming powerhouse did just THAT.  See link below.  Once again we broke the big and somewhat unexpected (due to low ratings and so-so reviews) news before anyone else,  so continue reading this column for the biggest and best scoops first!  (And kudos to Meghan for aspiring to be the next Martha Stewart...)

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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GISELE BUNDCHEN WANTS HAPPY KIDS

She’s barely out of the delivery room,  but Gisele Bundchen is already planning to have another baby with her boyfriend, Joaquim Valente! According to my source, Gisele saw how challenging it could be for her stepson, Jack , not to have a full sibling (he’s from Tom Brady’s relationship with Bridget Moynahan).  While Jack is close to Tom and Gisele’s two children, Gisele always felt bad that he didn’t have a close-in-age  brother or sister.  She’s hoping to have one more child with Joaquim while nature allows – so don’t be too surprised when it happens.

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Monday, March 10, 2025
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DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE JASON MOMOA

Jason “Aquaman” Momoa has declared war on single use plastic water bottles and he’s doing something about it. Jason has partnered up with Boomerang (a re-use company)  and he’s rolling out a machine that can be installed at various sites (like hotels, schools, and public destinations.)  The machine provides re-usable aluminum bottles that can be refilled over and over with HIS water – bottles are returned to site after use.  He hopes to spare the environment thousands of unwanted plastic bottles. I will never forget the first time I saw Jason.  Back in the late 90’s I was browsing at the Pasadena flea market  and spotted a drop-dead gorgeous tall man. He was SO big I had to step BACK  to take in the entire view.  I immediately declared him the handsomest man I had ever seen.  Staggering! That was BEFORE beards ruined male faces.  I then noticed that he was shopping with Lisa Bonet and her mother, and to my delight, I realized who he was…

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Monday, March 10, 2025
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THIS IS WHAT 13 LOOKS LIKE – IF YOU’RE A BECKHAM

Harper Beckham is showing an awful  lot of glamour for a thirteen-year-old as she arrives at her mom Victoria Beckham’s fashion show in Paris with her father David. She’s obviously wearing one of her mother’s designs and the satin gown is AWFULLY  seductive.  (When I was 13 I had braces and weighed 85 pounds)  To her credit, Harper is not wearing fake eyelashes or heavy makeup  or stiletto heels – she looks quite natural and pretty. She and her brothers and their girlfriends all went to the show together…

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
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THE DAY OSCAR WINNER MIKEY MADISON CAME TO MY HOUSE

 

Oh, and Quentin Tarantino and Margaret Qualley (among others) came along with Mikey Madison – they all worked together on Tarantino’s popular film Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood, which took place in the 1969.  That’s why W magazine chose my mid-century modern house five years ago for a photo layout depicting what would have happened to the characters if the film had ended differently. These are some of the photos published. Tarantino was the  DJ during the photoshoot – he loves oldies. Kurt Russell played a bartender in my tiki cabana.  Many of the film’s young stars have gone on to success – including Mikey. She credits her break  in Tarantino’s film for getting her that Best Actress Oscar last week.

Sunday, March 9, 2025
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HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

 

 

Donald Trump’s address to Congress was a big story this week, and it wasn’t so much what he said (a lot of bragging and no real solutions) but what his buddy Elon Musk wore!  We heard that it was Donald who INSISTED Elon wear a suit and tie to the important televised address.  While Trump is still in awe of the world’s sometimes richest man, he IS embarrassed by the way Elon dresses, and laid down the law that he had to dress appropriately for the event.

Meghan Markle made news when her six episode Netflix show, With Love, Meghan finally debuted on March 4.  Meghan delayed it because it was originally scheduled to begin airing during the devastating Los Angeles fires.  Here’s what we know.  Netflix hasn’t announced it yet, but it HAS green-lit season two, and this time it will have an 8 episode arc.  The  streaming network isn’t planning to make any announcements until this spring, but it’s a done deal so Meghan has the last laugh.

Blast from the past, Nadya Suleman AKA Octomom was back in the news thanks to her new biopic on Lifetime, I Was Octomom, which is premiering March 8.  We just heard that Nadya is in the final stages of signing a deal for a reality show on her life now raising the 8 teenagers (they’re 16-years-old.)  While she received numerous offers throughout the years for a reality show, she wanted to wait until her kids were old enough to make a decision as to whether they wanted to appear and now the consensus is they’re all for it!  Once the final deal is signed, the cameras should start rolling by the summer.

Justin Bieber made headlines – for not the best reasons.  First he appeared on social media in a video where he rapped about drugs and then photos of him looking gaunt and tired surfaced.  We just heard that Justin’s wife Hailey Bieber has asked family friend Kris Jenner to take on the role of mother figure and Kris has agreed to play a bigger part is Justin’s life.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner raised a few eyebrows this week when paparazzi photos of them hugging were released.  Here’s what we know.  Ben actually tried to rekindle things with his ex-wife when his marriage to Jennifer Lopez ended, but Jen G. quickly shot that down.  My source says that Jen will always love and care about Ben and do her best to co-parent with him, she has absolutely no intentions of ever getting back with him – and that has nothing to do with the state of her relationship with businessman John Miller.  Long story short, Jen loves Ben but just no longer in that way.

And while we already did our Oscar recap we couldn’t help but share this story. Although expected Best Actress winner Demi Moore didn’t take home the gold ( she lost to Mikey Madison) we just heard that days after the ceremony Demi sent flowers to ALL of the other acting nominees ( 19 of them ) congratulating them on their nominations and calling them all winners.  We heard that while Demi was disappointed she didn’t win, she wanted to end the entire experience on a positive note – which explains her considerate gesture.

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
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