If you’re wondering what Angelina Jolie and her kids did for Labor Day – they had lunch at Fig & Olive in West Hollywood. Maddox is already in school in South Korea and the twins weren’t along for the outing, but Zahara and Shiloh were having a fit of giggles, while Pax chatted with his mom. As usual their bodyguard/driver was discreetly out of sight.
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So here’s Simon Cowell at the casual Malibu Chili Cook-off wearing EXACTLY the same thing from head to toe that he wears on all his TV shows. A black or white t -shirt, those baggy boot-cut jeans, and pointy cowboy boots. The boots ($1000 a pair custom made by Berluti in Paris) have cuban heels and are built up inside to add three inches to his 5’7” height. So he can NEVER take them off without revealing his real height. The pants are deliberately long and wide to conceal his footwear. Simon is extremely wealthy – so why the unbearably monotonous wardrobe?
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Imagine our surprise when we learned that this bombshell, Hana Giraldo, 25, is the daughter of a very famous female vocalist from the 80’s. (Note the t -shirt) Her mother happens to be Love is a Battlefield hard rocker, Pat Benatar! Back in the day we loved Pat Benatar – she was a tough, no nonsense girl with spikey black hair and black eye liner, who stood up to bad guys and empowered dime a dance girls in her Battlefield video. A true and early feminist. Hana, on the other hand seems quite the opposite – more like a vulnerable sex kitten. Hopefully Pat instilled those feminist values in her pretty daughter.
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Dolph Lundgren attracted a lot of admiring glances when he left The Palm restaurant in Beverly Hills with a buddy. Phones came whipping out when Dolph hopped into his Shelby Cobra painted a delicious bright red. (If we never saw another grey car again, we’d be happy.) Since we know next to nothing about cars, we checked eBay and found a similar 1965 Cobra for sale for $120,000 or “best offer.” Why large men love tiny cars is a mystery, but it appears that Dolph could not fit his head in if the car had a convertible top!
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So sad to say goodbye to Valerie Harper. We remember when she was riding high with her series Rhoda – single women everywhere identified with her New York working girl. We remember being in New York one day in the 70’s shopping as usual in the early evening. We walked into a store and suddenly realized it was nearly empty – and the streets looked almost deserted too! Puzzled, we found someone to ask “What’s going on? – where IS everybody?” We were told that Rhoda was getting married to Joe that night and everyone was home watching. No kidding. THAT’S how beloved Valerie’s Rhoda Morganstern character was!
Brad Pitt looks truly grateful and happy at the premier of his new astronaut film Ad Astra at the Venice Film Festival, where he’s the toast of the town. Brad got great reviews for the film and his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood already has Oscar buzz. After a few years of being humiliated by his nasty divorce, he has quietly worked his way back into the hearts of Hollywood. Meanwhile his ex Angelina Jolie continues to be photographed EVERYWHERE with her kids – from Petco to South Korea where she dropped off Maddox at school.
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We took one look at this photo from the Venice Film Festival and immediately we wanted to see the movie these people are promoting. Don’t know why, but suddenly a film starring Adam Driver, Laura Dern, and Scarlett Johansson, seems very appealing – especially after a summer of mindless action movies. They’re starring in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story – a funny drama about a west coast-east coast divorce. (Possibly similar to one Noah recently survived) Adam and Scarlett are the splitting couple, and Laura plays a ruthless lawyer. Reviews have been amazing, so we’re eagerly anticipating the November release.
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Sofia Richie is among a group of pretty young models apparently hired to liven up the red carpets at the Venice Film Festival – and she has never looked better. The models wear designer clothing available for purchase. She just turned 21 and now we’re starting to wonder if her 15 years older boyfriend Scott Disick is going to be able to hold on to Sofia. When Scott and Sofia started dating she was just a teen, and quite impressed by him. Since then, she’s been doing a lot of growing up. Now that she’s socializing and working without Scott always at her side, she might not want to be tied down with an older man….
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John Travolta’s myopic move to hand the MTV award to drag queen Jade Jolie (who appeared in Taylor Swift’s video) instead of the REAL Taylor Swift, accidentally made Jolie an overnight sensation. Jade was basically known only to RuPaul’s Drag Race fans and today he’s all over the internet. All this notoriety can’t help but boost sales at Jade’s drag shows…
This is what a rock star should look like. Ageless heartthrob Lenny Kravitz is 55 now, and throughout his long career he has continued to be a fashion icon in the music business. Sometimes he spins off on a delicious Jimi Hendrix tangent (feathers?) but he retains great personal style (lotsa denim) and remains refreshingly unlabeled – with rarely a designer logo peeking out. Lenny has a way with jewelry and scarves that few men possess. He doesn’t HAVE to try too hard…
Above:Lenny at the MTV Video Music Awards