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BEING A FATHER IS EVERYTHING TO OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Olivier Martinez’s 2002 sexy movie, Unfaithful, made him a hot star in the US – he had already been named Most Promising Actor back home in France. His career was moving along nicely when he met Halle Berry on the set of Dark Tide in 2011. They married in 2013, had a baby boy named Maceo, and planned to move to France together. Gabriel Aubry, who shared custody of his daughter with Halle, put a stop to THAT. In 2015 Halle and Olivier announced they were divorcing. Since then, Olivier has been living in Los Angeles to be close to Maceo while he’s growing up. Olivier probably could have been working nonstop in Europe, but he chose to take smaller roles here. He is a devoted father…

Above, Olivier Martinez is getting a breath of fresh air in Beverly Hills

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Monday, May 4, 2020
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NICOLAS CAGE IS PERFECT CASTING TO PLAY JOE EXOTIC

When you think about it, Nicolas Cage IS almost the perfect choice to play Joe Exotic in an eight episode series for CBS. (Just the perfect touch of crazy – right?) The script is based on a story that appeared in Texas Monthly last year (before Tiger King) about how Joe Schreibvogel amassed his private zoo in Oklahoma and feuded with Carol Baskin and Jeff Lowe. The story will also explain how ordinary Joe made himself over to become Joe Exotic. This is the first time Nicolas has done TV, but we imagine he’s very excited to play this character. Joe Exotic recently said he’d like to see Brad Pitt play himself and we think it would be too painful to watch Brad torment animals, while Nicolas can pull it off more easily…

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Monday, May 4, 2020
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WILL FERRELL COULD BE EITHER A FUN OR ANNOYING ISOLATION PARTNER

Having Will Ferrell for a father MUST relieve some of the boredom of social isolation these days. Will took his wife Viveca and his two youngest sons, Axel, 10, and Mattias, 13, plus the family dogs, for a walk today. They all had the required masks and Will wore a Navarro Cheer sweatshirt- promoting a Netflix series about the Navarro Community College Cheer Squad. Will probably has a soft spot for cheerleaders because HE often played one on Saturday Night Live back in the 90’s in skits with Cheri Oteri…

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Sunday, May 3, 2020
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GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

Former Disney actress turned bad girl, Bella Thorne, and Batwoman Ruby Rose couldn’t resist attending a big drive-by birthday party this weekend, despite the pandemic. There was plenty of food, drinks and balloons, but to their credit the girls DID wear masks and only took them off to imbibe. We found it amusing to hear that bisexual Bella Thorne’s “girl crush” is Demi Lovato, and Ruby Rose, who calls herself “gender fluid,” has long had a girl crush on Taylor Swift.

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Sunday, May 3, 2020
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SACHA BARON COHEN: GASPING FOR AIR

Something that never occurred to us until recently: riding a bike, running, or exercising is VERY difficult to do with a mask on! Even going to the supermarket wearing one of those high power medical masks is painful because they are SO tight and hot and inhibit breathing. We don’t know how people who work in hospitals manage to wear them all day! Sacha Baron Cohen struggled as long as he could and when the coast was clear, pulled his mask down to take a breath while riding in Beverly Hills today. His movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 is still set to come out in October…

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Friday, May 1, 2020
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MEL C STILL HAS FUN BEING SPORTY SPICE

London has more stores open than we do in the US – even some malls are open. Spice Girl Mel C, Melanie Chisholm, AKA Sporty Spice, took her cute 11 year old daughter Scarlett and her friend to do some shopping. Sporty Spice was known for wearing tracksuits and having tattoos on her arms – she was the athletic Spice Girl who could do backward handsprings. Between Spice Girl reunions and solo performances, Mel C is now a no-nonsense mom.

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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MOHAMED HADID MAKES IT EASY TO HATE RICH PEOPLE

He seems like a nice enough guy in person, but Bella and Gigi Hadid’s father Mohamed Hadid’s behavior gives wealthy people a BAD name. Real estate developer Hadid built a massive 60,000 sq ft mega-mansion in Bel Air and ignored Los Angeles construction laws to stop building because the precariously balanced house threatened neighbors below. He planned to sell the place for a hundred million dollars, but has been ordered to demolish it. Not only has the supposed multimillionaire tried to declare bankruptcy and failed, but he owes over a million in back taxes and the house is still there – in worse condition than ever. He claims he doesn’t have the 5 million needed to tear it down! The judge declared his conduct as “despicable” and hinted that the endangered neighbors suing him will win their cases (if they’re not crushed in a landslide.)

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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KAIA GERBER FOUND A GOOD REPLACEMENT FOR PETE DAVIDSON

What do nice girls do during a pandemic? They foster puppies, of course. Kaia Gerber, 18, credits the Labelle Foundation for providing her with an adorable pandemic companion. How she could NOT adopt such a cutie is hard to imagine. Celebrities always have first choice of the most desirable – and manageable- canines at rescue places in California. Ordinary people have to settle for the more difficult acquisitions.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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VIN DIESEL CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION

Little did we know that Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel has been involved for YEARS in a battle with the Producers Guild of America because they won’t recognize his work as a producer on the movie franchise. According to Variety, the Producers Guild investigated Vin’s desire to be recognized as a producer by interviewing numerous key crewmembers on the set to determine his actual contributions. They decided his main contribution was acting. Diesel wants to be recognized as a legitimate producer because he would not only be eligible to get a best picture Oscar, but better bonuses based on box office performance. Considering HOW MANY “producer” names we now see attached to any movie, (what DO all these producers contribute, anyway?) we think the Producers Guild should make their standards clear and high.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE WOLVERINE FOR A DAD

Hugh Jackman seems to have a close relationship with his 14 year old daughter Ava, who’s wearing her pajama bottoms here. Through the years we’ve watched Ava gradually grow up in photos of them chatting and walking the same two dogs in their New York neighborhood. Note they are both masked, although NY streets are nearly deserted. Ava has banned her dad from watching her dance class perform – the last time he attended, the girls got way too excited and mobbed him in the audience. Even movie stars can embarrass their kids…

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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