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IMAGINE HAVING KIM BASINGER AS YOUR MOTHER

Omigosh- this is going to make you feel really old, but Kim Basinger just turned 68 years old! Her daughter Ireland, 26, took mom out for a birthday dinner and snapped a short video while Kim protested. Despite being one of Hollywood’s great beauties, Kim has always described herself as shy and anxious and she hates to be the center of attention. It’s nice to hear that she’s been happily living with her boyfriend, studio hairdresser Mitch Stone, for the past few years. And her hair always looks good…

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

BEN IS NOW A BETTER MATCH FOR JENNIFER LOPEZ

We remember how uptight and protective Ben Affleck was during his first time around with Jennifer Lopez in the early 2000’s. Jennifer has always been pretty relaxed around the press and paparazzi didn’t bother her too much. But in those days Ben was very macho – or maybe he had something to hide- but he disliked too much attention. It’s interesting how he rekindled his romance with Jennifer with emails. They had kept in touch with occasional emails through the years, but when Jennifer became engaged to Alec Rodriguez, Ben’s emails became bolder and more flirtatious. Jennifer responded and soon they were testing their feelings for each other. That surprising trip they took together to Montana sealed the deal. Now Ben can barely conceal his happiness and he finds himself hugging and kissing Jennifer all over the place. Even at a Lakers game they can’t keep their hands off each other. Ben has calmed down and he’s grateful for his second chance. It seems like real love.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

ANSEL ELGORT: THE LONGEST NECK IN HOLLYWOOD?

It takes one to know one. We have always felt we had an oddly long neck so its nice to see a handsome guy in the same situation. Ansel Elgort is currently promoting his starring role as Tony in West Side Story so his long neck is certainly not getting in his way. The Baby Driver star is 6’3” but we’re pretty sure that neck is adding considerably to his height. He makes long necks look appealing…

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

PHARRELL WILLIAMS: THE $100,000 DILEMMA IN HIS MOUTH

He created that incredible song Happy, but we’ve rarely seen Pharrell Williams smile lately. He was photographed yesterday at the Chanel show in Paris with his wife Helen and his son Rocket and he doesn’t look particularly happy. Do you suppose his new $100,000 multicolored grill has anything to do with it? His gold grill features diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds, and he wears it on special occasions, (we assume the Chanel show is one!) IF he smiles, his mouth attracts a LOT of attention, and if he doesn’t, his teeth just look a bit dingy. Let’s face it, grills just don’t photograph well. When Pharrell debuted the grill on social media he got a lot of negative feedback. Some fans thought it was too vulgar and flashy for his smart and positive image. If it keeps him from smiling, it can’t be a good thing…

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

IS DAMIAN HURLEY GAY OR STRAIGHT?

We have never seen a SON so closely resemble his mother. In fact, Damian Hurley, 19, is the image of his famously beautiful mother Elizabeth Hurley, and bears no resemblance to his wealthy father Steve Bing, who committed suicide by jumping out of the window of his Century City apartment on the 27th floor. Steve cut Damian OUT of his will, so the handsome teen is making money as a model. This is a photo from his Free People campaign and it does raise the question: gay or straight? Or somewhere in between? Damian and his mother insist “straight,” but he’s certainly not the average male model…

Photo: Free People

Monday, December 6, 2021

CLAUDIA SCHIFFER’S HUSBAND IS SENSITIVE ABOUT HEIGHT

We’ve seen a lot of 90’s Supermodels making comebacks – but what happened to Claudia Schiffer? The Bardot lookalike model dated, of all people, magician David Copperfield for most of the 90’s (he sometimes had her assist in his act,) and when they finally broke up in 1999, she dropped out of sight. Actually she left David for British producer/director Matthew Vaughn. He established himself producing Guy Ritchie’s early successful films and went on to do X-Men and Kingsman movies. Vaughn and Claudia married in 2002 and what’s strange is: he never cast her in films or made her a star! Isn’t that why aspiring actresses marry producers? Obviously they were in love, and had three kids. She made a rare appearance at the premier of his new film The Kings Man and we had to laugh at how short she makes him look. Claudia is 5’11” and wearing flats – Matthew CLAIMS to be 6’ tall but this photo is a dead giveaway…

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Monday, December 6, 2021

CLOSE CALLS FOR KEVIN CONNOLLY

Kevin Connolly, 47, is no longer the Entourage playboy he was a few years ago. In fact, he’s had a few close calls recently. Last year in the midst of the MeToo frenzy, he was accused of sexually assaulting a costume designer named Gracie Cox at a wrap party in 2005. The assault was investigated and appeared to be true, and Kevin was very lucky because Cox never filed a police report or pursued it further. In June, Kevin and his girlfriend, Colombian actress Zulay Henao, 42, (age appropriate!) had a baby daughter named Kennedy. When she was just six weeks old, Kennedy contracted Covid after Kevin had it (he WAS vaccinated) and the parents were terrified. Fortunately, Kennedy recovered and the family turned up this weekend at a party at Holiday Road – its a Christmas village and light show in Calabasas.

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Sunday, December 5, 2021

BILLIE EILISH: STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO HATERS!

Just as we were growing pleasantly accustomed to Billie Eilish’s blonde hair and fewer layers of clothing, she snapped back into her old look! Yesterday she turned up at the Variety Music Hitmakers Brunch looking like her original punkish self. Which isn’t BAD, of course, but she seems self-conscious and too covered up for a cute young girl. Her UK Vogue cover in June debuted a “new” Billie in platinum hair and a peach corset, looking uncharacteristically voluptuous. The internet went wild- many fans LOVED her look, but that nasty online element is always there to trash people. Billie declared “The more successful you are – the more people HATE you!” and now she’s brunette again and wearing oversize clothes. Hopefully she will not be afraid to further experiment with her looks…

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Sunday, December 5, 2021

ANOTHER REASON TO MOURN VIRGIL ABLOH

The Louis Vuitton designer had many years of creative firsts ahead of him when he passed away at the age of 41. Vuitton dedicated to him their last fashion show featuring his designs in Miami…The show was called “Virgil was here: In Memory of Virgil Abloh.”

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Friday, December 3, 2021

A FASHION FIRST FOR CHRISTINA AGUILERA

When it comes to fashion, it often feels like we’ve seen everything, like everything has been done before. For example, bell bottoms came and went- and came back again. It’s rare that anything truly NEW shows up in fashion. So we were quite surprised to see Christina Aguilera flashing something totally NEW. Take a close look at her GLOVES- can you see the openings and her long nails poking out? Of course the trend for elaborate nails inspired this invention. We’re not fond of this trend, but women who spend the time to create outrageous nails will no doubt be licking their chops for these gloves!

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA

Thursday, December 2, 2021