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MEGHAN MARKLE: WHO NEEDS ENEMIES WHEN YOU HAVE RELATIVES LIKE THIS?

It’s bad enough that Meghan Markle had the UK tabloid press tearing her to pieces, but she also has two of her own family members earning money by saying negative things about her. The fact that the Royals courted the press but did NOTHING to stop papers from writing awful things about Meghan is shocking. It’s understandable that Meghan was hurt and disappointed. On top of that daily tabloid tirade, she had to endure nasty remarks by her own father and 16 years older half-sister. The half sister Samantha (who has reverted back to her original last name of Markle since Meghan married into the Royal family) admits she hasn’t seen Meghan in years and barely knows her, yet she can’t stop talking bad about her. As soon as Samantha realized she could make MONEY selling interviews, she become a talkative “expert” on Meghan’s character, and encouraged her father to do the same. Why journalists like Piers Morgan have been so cruel to Meghan is unthinkable- people who have worked with and known Meghan over the years have nothing but nice things to say about her. We hope she makes a wonderful life for herself in California. And THANK YOU, Oprah!

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

SACHA BARON COHEN TIDIES UP THE OVAL OFFICE

Fell in love with this photo of Sacha Baron Cohen cleaning up the White House in Vanity Fair’s 27th annual Hollywood issue. It’s award season and the publication is celebrating ten actors, directors, and producers who made a splash during the pandemic. Cohen successfully filmed his Borat 2 movie under challenging pandemic circumstances and it won him a Golden Globe. He takes delight in making fun of American politics.
Conceptual artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari created this picture for Vanity Fair.

Monday, March 8, 2021

LADY GAGA: A NEW YORK ITALIAN GIRL’S DREAM COMES TRUE

Lady Gaga’s dreams must have come true when she was cast in this Gucci movie, now filming in Italy. First of all, the character she plays, Patrizia Reggiani, the Italian socialite who married and later murdered Maurizio Gucci, is QUITE an eccentric. Patrizia was known to shop the fanciest neighborhood in Milan loaded with gaudy jewelry, movie star sunglasses, with a pet Macaw perched on her shoulder. She was described as having a “strong personality” and meddled relentlessly in her husband’s business. When he left her for another woman, she threatened to kill him several times, and finally hired a hitman to do it in 1995. Three hours after the shooting she had the girlfriend booted out of Maurizio’s house. She swears she’s innocent, but was convicted of the crime and is already out on parole, complaining that she has to shop at Zara now because she has no money. It all went to Maurizio’s children. Costarring in the film are Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino as other Guccis. Above, 5’1″ Lady Gaga (in white fur hat) and the ill-fated Mauricio (played by 6’2″ Adam Driver in white turtleneck) were filmed skiing in the Italian Alps in happier days.

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Monday, March 8, 2021

MEN IN SKIRTS: IT’S CATCHING ON!

We couldn’t help but notice that a MAN IN A SKIRT was photographed arriving at BOA Steakhouse and hastened to investigate our current favorite fashion peccadillo. The man in the plaid skirt and combat boots turned out to be rapper/singer/songwriter Tyla Yaweh, 25. He has collaborated with his friend Post Malone and is already signed to Epic records and London Entertainment. AND he already has the courage to wear a skirt! It’s not a bad way to get attention – he’s in the company of influencer Tana Mongeau, who appreciates a man in pearls and tattoos.

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA

Sunday, March 7, 2021

WE CAN ADD A LITTLE “DYNASTY” TO OUR DRAB WORLD

Die-hard Dynasty fans (you know who you are) are in for a pandemic treat on Zoom and everyone around the world can join in! The theme of the virtual cast reunion is to “celebrate the influence of Dynasty on pop culture.” Emma Samms (she replaced Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon Carrington on the show) organized the reunion – the first big one since the show went off the air in 1989. Some of the actors haven’t seen each other since the show ended. We’re told almost EVERY main character still ALIVE is participating. Nolan Miller’s fashions will be prominently featured and discussed. Al Corley and Jack Coleman, who both played the role of gay Steven Carrington (before and after plastic surgery-) will be there too. Linda Evans is very excited about it and EVERYONE is counting on Joan Collins to participate. (We bet she will – isn’t she the most successful cast member?) Heather Locklear volunteered to reminisce about her time on the show. The event is for a good cause: Emma Samms put it together to raise money for long covid research. She caught covid a year ago and has been suffering the long term effects ever since. A hospital in England is researching long covid and the Dynasty reunion will raise money for the hospital.

Get event info here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unofficial-dynasty-reunion-tickets-137993250527

Sunday, March 7, 2021

JIM PARSONS AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM

What would Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper think if he saw this portrait of his namesake Jim Parsons taken after the show wrapped? Parsons, clad in a blue leather suit, is looking every inch a supermodel in this lush photo from a publication called Iris Covet Book – a magazine promoting fashion, beauty, and Lifestyle. Who would have guessed?

Photo: Instagram

Friday, March 5, 2021

JOHN TRAVOLTA’S DAUGHTER ELLA BLEU IS A LEADING LADY

John Travolta’s cute 20 year old daughter Ella Bleu Travolta was just cast in her first leading role in a film called Get Lost and we don’t know what to think. It’s described as a “young adult” film and a modern take-off on Alice in Wonderland.This time around, “Alicia” is a young woman backpacking through Europe who lands in Budapest where she has a chance encounter with a strange girl. The new girl leads her on an extravagant overnight adventure where she meets a collection of odd characters who change her life. We’ve never heard of any of the people involved in the production, and for Ella’s sake, we hope Scientologists aren’t producing this film. Remember what happened with John’s huge flop Battlefield Earth?

Thursday, March 4, 2021

NOBODY WALKS IN PLATFORMS BETTER THAN LADY GAGA

Lady Gaga might have walked out of her Rome hotel unrecognized if it weren’t for those astonishingly high platform shoes. It’s amazing that she isn’t hanging on to anyone or anything with those bumpy streets. Mariah Carey always needs several men to help her walk when she wears similar shoes. Gaga is In Italy filming her scandalous Gucci movie – it’s based on a book titled The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed. Gaga stars as Italian socialite Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci, grandson of the Gucci founder. Patrizia was tried and convicted of arranging the bloody assassination of her husband in 1995. Note that Gaga’s not wearing a single piece of Gucci – even her handbag is Valentino.

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Thursday, March 4, 2021

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY QUARANTINES IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES

We feel more than a twinge of envy for Matthew McConaughey’s new $7.85 million dollar vacation home in Hawaii. The 7000 sq ft home sits on an acre with magnificent ocean views and a huge infinity pool. 6 bedrooms and 6 1/2 bathrooms, including TWO master suites and a media room. Matthew pulled his 89 year old mother Kay out of her retirement community during the pandemic, and she’s been quarantining with Matthew, his wife Camila, their three kids, and four dogs. Luckily, his mom and Camila struck up nice friendship. We have a feeling mom will be claiming that second master.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

SOFIA VERGARA OWES THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER A THANK-YOU

Does Sofia Vergara realize how lucky she is to have married nice guy Joe Manganiello? Her last fiancee, banking heir Nick Loeb, turned out to be a massive sleazeball in many ways. Sofia just won a court battle against him ruling that he cannot use IVF embryos they created together before they split. Remember, this is the guy The Enquirer exposed back in 2012, when two prostitutes came forward with info about his personal habits. The two took lie detector tests and described Nick as a sex addict who regularly indulged in viagra and cocaine fueled sex orgies with as many as five hookers at once in fancy NY hotel suites, with porn on every TV. Some of the girls cost $1000 a night. Their identities were kept a secret and after the story came out, Nick started calling hookers he knew and threatening them, trying to find out who sold the story. The story was published one week BEFORE Nick proposed to Sofia and she ACCEPTED! Unbelievable. Fortunately, she came to her senses (she should THANK The Enquirer) and they did not marry. Anyway, now Nick is promoting his conservative ANTI-ABORTION film Roe v Wade starring Jon Voight. Several actors and the original director of the film quit when they saw the “inaccurate” script and Nick ended up directing and acting in it himself. True to form, Nick never paid some of the actors who did appear in the film, and they are complaining to SAG. Sofia really dodged a bullet…

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA -Sofia and Nick in 2014

Wednesday, March 3, 2021