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MARIAH CAREY DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A HALLMARK GIRL

Mariah Carey is being helped into Mastro’s Steakhouse in head-to-toe black leather, and she looks quite happy about her new contract with the Hallmark channel. She just signed a deal to produce, direct, and costar(?) in three movies for the cable channel. Her last effort with Hallmark kept observers amused because every time she appeared in a scene, the lighting suddenly became more flattering. This, along with her reality show, should keep her busy and out of trouble.

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Thursday, May 26, 2016
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FAYE DUNAWAY IS STILL WEIGHING EVERY PIECE OF BROCCOLI

Page Six made a big deal out of Faye Dunaway, 75, pulling out a scale and weighing her food at the elegant AMFAR dinner in Cannes. But she does that EVERY year that she attends the event AND she does it obsessively wherever she is eating! Back in 2007 we wrote about her very carefully measuring her meal at a Koo Koo Roo chicken take-out restaurant. She’s been on this crazy diet for a LONG time but it seems to work for her. Read about it here:
https://janetcharltonshollywood.com/category/faye-dunaway/page/2/

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Diet Eccentricities Faye Dunaway
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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AUBREY O’DAY IS APING HER BOYFRIEND PAULY D

They’ve only been together for a few months but DJ Pauly D, 35, Aubrey O’Day, 32, are starting to look alike. At least Aubrey is assuming her Jersey Shore boyfriend’s style. The pair met when they both filmed the E! relationship show called “Famously Single” dealing with celebrities looking for love. They fell for each other during the course of the show. Aubrey was quite the scheming backstabber when she appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, so we can’t help but wonder about this relationship…

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Aubrey O'Day Couples DJ Pauly D
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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ANNE HATHAWAY ALMOST HAD A NICE MOMENT THERE…

As you may know, Anne Hathaway recently posted this rather charming and innocent looking photo of Helena Bonham Carter captioned “IN A WORLD OF KARDASHIANS, Be a Helena Bonham Carter “ Helena is her usual slightly eccentric tousled self in the pic. It’s a nice and inoffensive message to young girls that EVERYONE doesn’t have to be overtly sexy and heavily made up like the you-know-whos. Looking off-beat or nerdy is just fine. Believe it or not, Anne was criticized by internet trolls (Kardashian fans?) who claimed to be OFFENDED by the post and unfortunately she caved, and took it down and apologized. How could ANYONE be turned off by this message? Anne is trying too hard to be politically correct…

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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WHAT’S EATING JOHNNY DEPP?

Hey, it’s big news when Johnny Depp updates his hairstyle with a new undercut. His hair is very cool, but he doesn’t look particularly happy in this photo of him arriving at the Jimmy Kimmel show. He’s busy promoting his new movie Alice Through the Looking Glass in which he plays another crackpot character- the Mad Hatter. We’d like to see him in a film aimed at adults, for a change.

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Hair! Johnny Depp
Monday, May 23, 2016
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RUPERT AND JERRY MURDOCH FLASH THEIR PRESS PASSES

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall flashed their press passes (just like the rest of us) to enter the fancy Chelsea Flower Show in London. Why would a media mogul worth 12.5 billion dollars need a press pass? Marriage seems to agree with our former boss Rupert – he and his bride Jerry look quite happy and appropriate together. The royal family was also present at the high society event on opening day, along with celebrities and florists…and media.

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Monday, May 23, 2016
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WHAT THE HECK WAS BRITNEY SPEARS THINKING?

Skin should not be orange. Maybe Britney Spears has been in Las Vegas too long and she’s caught that strange affliction called too much fake tanning. A lot of performers there suffer from the same compulsion, but it looks out of place in Los Angeles. Britney was compared to “Tan Mom” at the Billboard Awards. She did win an award, but it wasn’t for her appearance.

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Bad Fashion Britney Spears
Sunday, May 22, 2016
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TIME FOR SOMEONE TO CALL OUT KANYE WEST FOR WHAT HE IS

Seems like every day we hear more reasons NOT to like Kanye West. We think Anna Wintour should have ejected him from the Met Ball for wearing torn jeans to the strictly black tie event. In NOT doing so, she reinforced his belief that he is SPECIAL and rules don’t apply to him. We have long heard that he tells his wife Kim what to do and she obeys. Now his former bodyguard has dropped a few nuggets of information about his ex-boss. The guard was fired after speaking directly to Kim. The guard told The Sun that Kanye is incredibly condescending and totally self-absorbed. He doesn’t speak to or acknowledge his security staff. When they watch him at dinner in a restaurant, he NEVER offers them so much as a glass of water. Other celebs often have guards eat at the next table. People around Kanye indulge him and walk around on eggshells, hoping not to set him off. His handlers apologize for him. The security guy cannot imagine why Kim stays married to him. It seems that manners and respect are not a part of Kanye’s life.
Above, the underdressed Kanye and Kim attended a Vogue event in London

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Condescending Egocentric Entitlement Kanye West Security TIME FOR SOMEONE TO CALL OUT KANYE WEST FOR WHAT HE IS
Sunday, May 22, 2016
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SEAN PENN’S MOVIE FLOPS AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WHILE CHARLIZE SMILES

The minute we heard (well over a year ago) that Sean Penn was planning to direct his girlfriend Charlize Theron in a movie, we predicted the demise of the relationship. We figured Penn wouldn’t be able to control his impulses and temper under difficult circumstances and Charlize would be turned off. Whether it was his temper or his limited talent, Charlize ended the romance shortly after filming. Some critics imagined that it only took her one look at the rushes to cut all ties. The movie, The Last Face, was declared the worst at Cannes, with the audience alternately laughing out loud and booing. One critic called it “the pompous nadir of Sean Penn’s career” and and it was suggested he stop directing. To her credit, Charlize showed up for the premier and her reunion with Penn was described as “awkward.”
Above, Charlize is in the black tux (with heels) standing between Sean’s son Hopper (he’s in the movie) and Javier Bardem, who plays her love interest. Sean is not wearing the required black tie.

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Cannes Charlize Theron Sean Penn The Last Face
Saturday, May 21, 2016
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MAGGIE’S PLAN: THAT PRECIOUS COMBINATION OF SMART AND FUNNY

Funny and intelligent are, unfortunately, not words you generally hear describing a movie. (Unless it’s a Woody Allen movie, anyway.) Rebecca Miller’s brilliant film Maggie’s Plan serves up both smart dialog and humor in a delicious manner. Greta Gerwig stars as an achingly real and likeable thirty-something New Yorker who yearns for a baby but has no marriage prospects. Before she can complete her fertilization plans, she meets and falls for a self-centered married professor turned author, played by Ethan Hawke. The resulting love triangle causes many unexpected things to happen and many lessons to be learned. Her best friends, played by Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph, try to advise her. When is the last time you saw a comedy that didn’t EMBARRASS you? If you’re wondering why there aren’t more films like this – it’s because women aren’t given the filmmaking chances they deserve…

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Friday, May 20, 2016
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