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HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made headlines when a NY tabloid speculated on the state of their marriage since they haven’t been accompanying each other while on various trips. Here’s what we know. Aside from typical marital issues there’s no trouble in paradise. As Meg and Harry settle into their marriage they’re at that stage where they’re comfortable spending time apart, especially when it involves business trips and ventures. My well placed source says all is fine and that the couple is actually trying to expand their family.

Paris Hilton made the news when she shared an iconic paparazzi photo from 18 years ago of her, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan, leaving the Beverly Hills Hotel. It was iconic because at the time Paris was the world’s biggest reality star (and one of the first) Britney the biggest popstar, and Lindsay the biggest movie star of her generation. Don’t think for a second that this was some random social media post – conniving Paris has a plan. She’s eager to reclaim the level of fame she enjoyed 2 decades ago and is negotiating to team up with Britney and Lindsay for a movie about -what else- 3 former teen stars who reunite 20 years later. Paris has a team working on the rom-com script and my source says Netflix is interested.

Oliver Hudson was a topic of conversation this week after revealing Kurt Russell offered to adopt him and his sister Kate (Kurt is the longtime companion of their mom Goldie Hawn). What he didn’t reveal, though, was after all these years, Goldie and Kurt might actually be MARRIED. The former couple applied for a PRIVATE marriage license (available in California for an additional fee -this means there’s no public record of the marriage and it’s all kept private- they’re extremely popular with celebrities and the upper class for privacy reasons). My source says that Goldie has dropped a few hints but has yet to confirm if she and Kurt went through with it or just applied for the license.

Reality fans will either rejoice or be sad that Bravo announced the entire cast of Vanderpump Rules was getting replaced except for Lisa Vanderpump. Loyal readers will remember we reported some rumblings about this months ago. Here’s what we know. The show is eventually being retooled to have all of the action take place in Las Vegas where Lisa is spearheading some new ventures. The new season will start at her restaurant Sur in West Hollywood with a new cast, but quickly spread to Sin City, where Andy Cohen and the folks at Bravo are eventually planning to expand their Real Housewives franchise with Lisa starring in at least the first season.

Sean Diddy Combs made the news when he was denied bail for the third time, but don’t think for a moment the disgraced rapper is giving up. We just heard that Diddy is planning to either REPLACE his entire legal team or at the very least beef it up with some new players. Get this… he’s hoping to poach some of Donald Trump’s former criminal attorneys! My source says Sean can’t believe he’s still locked up and denied bail, so he’s willing to spend WHATEVER it takes on the best legal eagles to get him sprung from the pokey on bail until his upcoming May 2025 trial.

And finally, Vice President Kamala Harris made the news for taking some time off and visiting Hawaii for Thanksgiving (a well deserved vacation in our opinion). Here’s the latest on Kamala. Once she’s done with Washington, DC her FIRST interview will be with her buddy Oprah Winfrey where she will discuss her thoughts on her last minute presidential campaign. Her next professional step will be hosting a podcast as she decides whether to continue to pursue a career in politics or focus on the private sector.

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HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

Travis Kelce and his brother Jason made headlines this week with their $100 million podcast deal with Amazon, but we just heard, however, that their payday will substantially INCREASE if they persuade Travis’s girlfriend, Taylor Swift, to appear on the show. No surprise there. Taylor’s presence at NFL games last season pulled in tons of new viewers, and the thinking behind the bonus incentive is that Taylor can do the same for the podcast.

Justin Theroux was talked about this week when we heard about his engagement to actress Nicole Bloom. We know this: Before Justin and Nicole announced their engagement, he reached out to his former wife, Jennifer Aniston, and broke the news to her himself. According to my well placed source, Justin and Jen remain good friends even though their marriage didn’t last, and that’s why he gave her the heads up. She is genuinely happy that he’s found someone to share his life with, so don’t fall for the soon-to-be tabloid stories claiming she’s distraught. She’s not!

This week Armie Hammer was all over the news when he revealed he was selling his beloved truck because he couldn’t afford the gas. Loyal readers will remember we were the first to report about his financial struggles. We just heard this interesting update: Now that Armie has a regular car, he’s planning to make some money as an Uber driver! As shocking as that sounds, remember, Armie previously held a job selling timeshares. According to my source, Arnie’s incredibly wealthy family isn’t helping him, so he’s determined to prove to them, and to the world, that he doesn’t need their financial support.

Who is surprised that narcissistic Donald Trump was in the news yet again for more bad behavior? This time Donald made headlines for his inappropriate conduct at Arlington National Cemetery where he turned a solemn moment into a manufactured political stunt. Donald may not be too happy to find out what we just heard. One of the families of the soldiers buried there is gearing up to sue him and his campaign for the unauthorized photography of the grave. That is strictly for prohibited by national law.

In unpleasant news, Dancing With The Stars regular Artem Chigvintsev made headlines when he was arrested and charged with domestic violence and spousal abuse. Not a fun subject to gossip about, but nonetheless here’s what we know. The argument between Artem and his wife (and assumed victim) Nikki Garcia aka Nikki Bella that started the incident was over an infidelity. Our source didn’t know who accused who of cheating, but that was rumored to be what caused the situation to escalate and reportedly get physical.

And finally our gal Kamala Harris made the news for making news! She granted her first interview since becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate to CNN and we just heard this. She’s lining up more sit-downs with other networks, including the conservative FOX News. Expect to see her upcoming interviews after the September presidential debate.

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WE TOLD YA SO!

No sooner did we have the world scoop that President Biden was either going to try to get another debate with Donald Trump scheduled immediately, or if that didn’t work, start granting interviews to major news network – that scoop came true! Less than 24 hours later, CNN revealed that the president has his first interview scheduled with ABC on this Friday. According to my well connected source, Trump passed on the idea of another debate (as we expected) so now in a last ditch effort to save his candidacy, President Biden will go on an interview blitz. Once again, we told you so!

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PLAN B FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN

Here’s an interesting development from our wide-eyed Washington D.C. source: As the fallout from President Joe Biden’s recent debate disaster continues, his handlers and advisors are counting on a miracle to keep him in the race. The two pronged plan is to persuade his opponent, Donald Trump, to agree to another debate ASAP as a make or break the campaign moment. Since it’s unlikely Trump would agree since he has nothing to gain from it at this point, the plan B is for Biden to grant sit-down interviews with all of the major news networks. As my source explains, since the toothpaste is already out of the tube, the campaign is trying to salvage whatever it can and reset the narrative.

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JOE ALWYN HAS A DECISION TO MAKE

Will he or won’t he? The “he” is Joe Alwyn, and we wonder if he will or won’t spill the beans on his 6-year-relationship with ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift. Now that Taylor’s much anticipated album, The Tortured Poets Department has been released and many of the songs appear to be about Joe and what went wrong in their romance, the British actor is being BOMBARDED with requests for interviews. While Joe has always liked to keep his private life private, my inside source reveals that some of his team are encouraging him to grant one big interview in the US to tell his side of the story, but to also NOT say a bad word about Taylor. As it was explained by my source, if Joe does nothing, he could come off as bitter, but if he grants an interview and speaks HIGHLY of Taylor, he can get tons of publicity and come out looking like a nice guy – and THAT could translate to a career boost!

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WHY WE LOVE GEORGE SANTOS

He never ceases to amaze us. Now that George Santos made the history books by getting expelled from Congress in a rare bipartisan vote on December 1, the disgraced ex-congressman from NY is ready to start CASHING IN! A well placed media source reveals George is shopping around an EXCLUSIVE interview where he is promising to drop MAJOR bombshells for the right price. George is hoping to start the bidding at $100,000 for the sit-down chat. HOURS after his expulsion, George had an associate calling around trying to drum up interest with the various journalists and networks, but so far there have been no takers.

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OPRAH HAS AN IDEA

Oprah Winfrey is HOPING to score what could be one of her biggest interviews ever – a sit-down with Britney Spears and her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. Britney made headlines with the bombshells regarding Justin in her memoir, The Woman In Me, with the most shocking being her secret at home abortion at 19. While Justin has remained tight lipped on the subject, Oprah thinks she can heal the pain between them with a joint interview. She envisions ratings that could rival those from her chat with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. So far neither Britney nor Justin has agreed but relentless Oprah isn’t one to give up.

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SEAN PENN: NOT AS HOT AS HE THOUGHT HE WAS!

Oh my. The truth DOES tend to drift to the surface eventually. Sean Penn’s ego must be crushed since it has been revealed that drug kingpin El Chapo (Joaquin Guzman) had NEVER HEARD of Sean Penn before their secret interview! The New York Post reported that Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo had been exchanging flirty emails with El Chapo and arranged the Rolling Stone interview with Penn. El Chapo’s lawyer told his client that Sean Penn has starred in “21 Grams” but the drug lord had never seen the movie and had no idea who Penn was. It turns out that El Chapo was actually very interested in meeting Del Castillo and did the Penn interview to get closer to HER. So Sean Penn’s STAR POWER did not open doors – it was actually Kate Del Castillo’s SEX APPEAL that landed Penn that interview!

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KATIE HOLMES HAS TO CHOOSE HER WORDS CAREFULLY

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It’s not the least bit surprising to hear that Katie Holmes refused to talk about her ex-husband Tom Cruise for this week’s cover interview in People magazine. The Daily News reported that before Katie did the interview she laid out lots of ground rules. Among them: She didn’t want the interview to be based on her marriage to Tom, she didn’t want Tom’s name on the cover, and she wanted the interview to be positive. Katie wasn’t being difficult. Fact is, like Tom’s ex Nicole Kidman, Katie doesn’t want to inadvertently say ANYTHING the least bit offensive about Tom. Both ex-wives are scared and don’t want Scientologists getting riled up. And chances are, they signed confidentiality agreements when they were divorced.

FRAN LEBOWITZ QUOTE “I FIGURE YOU HAVE THE SAME CHANCE OF WINNING THE LOTTERY WHETHER YOU PLAY OR NOT”

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For those too young to recognize her- this is the brilliant writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz. Fran was discovered by Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine and started her career writing a highly entertaining monthly column. At that time we were in the fashion business, but we were SO taken by her style of writing that we decided to give it a try and started writing gossip for movie magazines. Fran was indeed our inspiration, and we made it a point to read everything she wrote. If you haven’t already read her books Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, do it now. Click HERE to read an article she wrote for Vanity Fair.

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