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YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT’S ON LUDACRIS’S BUCKET LIST

Who knew that rapper/actor Ludacris had a raging sweet tooth? No sooner had he finished his show in Honolulu last week than he was gripped by an intense desire for his favorite cookies: Maui Cookie Lady brand is sold at Saks Fifth Ave and they ship, but Ludacris wanted some HOT from the oven. So he chartered a helicopter and flew to the Maui shop to eat his fill. (These decadent cookies are filled with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos, and Snickers.) Ludacris admitted the visit to the cookie shop was on his “bucket list.”

Top photo: Lucacris and shopowner Mitzi Toro
Bottom photo: Guess what

Friday, July 27, 2018

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KATIE HOLMES AND OTHER COMMUTERS IS A BOOK

Commuters got on and off the subway train headed uptown in Manhattan and they were all very busy on their phones. If they weren’t so self-involved they might have noticed they were sitting near a movie star. And the movie star – Katie Holmes– is the only one reading a book instead of staring at her phone! Apparently phone addiction makes it much easier for celebrities to go about their business doing everyday things unnoticed!
Footnote: Katie is reading Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS SHOULD AVOID AIRPORTS AT ALL COSTS

Seems like every time we get some news about Match Point star Jonathan Rhys Meyers, it ‘s all about a drunken outburst at an airport. He’s been in and out of rehabs fighting alcohol and anger issues and both problems are exacerbated when flying. During his last incident starting in Miami he reportedly waved wheelchair passengers out of the way and insisted on boarding first because he was “a first class passenger.” A witness said that during the flight he consumed drink after drink, visited the bathroom over and over, and was so inebriated that he didn’t notice that his pants fell down. Then he pulled out an e-cigarette and when his wife begged him to stop he cursed her and told her he wanted a divorce. Police met him when the plane arrived at LAX and his wife Mara made excuses for him (?) and apologized profusely. He didn’t get arrested, but we pity that wife. And after four or five of these abusive “incidents,” why hasn’t he been banned from flying those airlines?

Above, Jonathan looking remarkably good in New York this week

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

ADRIEN BRODY: ACTOR TURNED PLAYBOY?

Adrien Brody, 45, was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood a few years ago – did fame go to his head? Seems like AGES since he starred in a movie – the last thing we remember was a role on the TV series Peaky Blinders. We do see lots of photos of Adrien in places like St Tropez cavorting with Russian models. We like the shirt he’s wearing in this photo with Russian model Natasha Poly. And she’s not even his girlfriend – Natasha is a close friend of his girlfriend Lara Lieto (another Russian model!) He seems quite happy with his life of leisure…

Above, Adrien on yet another yacht…

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

LEO AND BRAD CRUISE THE STRIP IN 1969

Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt are spending a lot of time hanging out together while filming their Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. They play best friends in the movie – both actors looking for jobs in 1969 – Leo’s character lives next door to Sharon Tate. Leo, 43, and Brad, 54, don’t have a lot in common so we wonder what they chat about between takes. Leo is all about partying and modelizing, while Brad has never been much of a party guy – or a modelizer, for that matter. Brad is particularly happy this week because he has his kids at his Los Feliz house when he comes home each night – thanks to a judge who gave him more access. We hear traffic is a nightmare on the blocks in Hollywood where they recreated the Manson era on Sunset Strip.

Abpve, Brad and Leo filming in a vintage car on the Strip

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

JANET JACKSON CAME BACK TO US

We took one look at Janet Jackson dressed up and filming her new “Made For Now” video in Brooklyn, and fell in love all over again! At 52 she has pulled her waning career into a new fun direction. Her very cool outfit says it all. She has a brilliant team of creative people working with her now. When she married Wissam Al Mana, moved to London, and was seen in public wrapped in black burkas, we thought our Janet was gone forever. But she’s BACK – Janet is still on her State of the World Tour with surprising success.

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

ANDY DICK IS A BISEXUAL GROPER

Andy “the groper” Dick is back in the news since he was charged July 2 with grabbing a woman and making lewd comments. Andy has a LONG and rich history of sexual misconduct and a woman who worked with him on a short-lived series Go Fish (about freshmen in high school) in 2001, told her story to The Hollywood Reporter. The aspiring actress was 20 and she got a nonunion job as an extra on the series. Producers and “higher-ups” on the show offered her bonuses if she would keep an eye on Andy, and butt into conversations he was having with younger actors. She says “Andy hated me.” One day Andy managed to lure a young actor into his locked dressing room and was attempting to undress him when the guy managed to escape. It just goes to show that producers and people in charge have been in the habit of covering up bad behavior and protecting self-indulgent stars for a LONG time.

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

GIGI HADID AND ZAYN MALIK’S NEW RELATIONSHIP HAS NO LABELS

Wouldn’t everyone LOVE to look like THIS when they leave home for a night on the town in NYC? GiGi Hadid is drop dead gorgeous as she crosses the street while being carefully watched by the security guy next to her in the blue shirt. GiGi was always the sociable one when she and Zayn Malik first started dating – they split for four months and are back together again. Now she goes out on her own to events in the city and sees all her friends, but she always ends up at Zayn’s apartment at the end of the night. So they’re both happy.

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Monday, July 23, 2018

KOURTNEY K’S BOYFRIEND YOUNES BENDJIMA WEARS PUFFY PANTS

Even models can make fashion mistakes – Kourtney Kardashian’s handsome boyfriend Younes Bendjima didn’t learn much on his trips down the catwalk. Those puffy synthetic pants with elastic bottoms are a huge distraction. Younes, fourteen years younger than Kourtney, is friendly with French soccer star Adil Rami, who happens to be Pamela Anderson’s boyfriend, and HE is eighteen years younger than Pam. It looks like French Algerian guys appreciate older women – and that’s a GOOD thing!

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Monday, July 23, 2018

CHER DOESN’T HAVE TO DIET – SHE JUST GETS TALLER!

You gotta give Cher some credit – she figured out a whole new way to feel thinner without giving up ice cream or the other yummy desserts she loves. She lies about her HEIGHT! Back in the 1970’s Cher admitted to being 5’6” and she still towered over her husband Sonny Bono. In the eighties she claimed to be ALMOST 5’8”, and currently she insists she is officially 5’9”. Having been to her yard sale years ago, we KNOW she is 5’5” to 5’6” at the MOST. (We tried on her clothes!) Cher figures that if she is 5’9,” she can eat more and whatever she weighs (135 lbs?) looks like LESS because she’s tall. Above, the Mamma Mia star is enjoying ice cream in St Tropez, and of course she looks great, height notwithstanding…

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

Sunday, July 22, 2018