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Reality star Bethenny Frankel and her fiancé, Paul Bernon, have reportedly split. The former “Real Housewives of New York” star and the film producer called off their engagement about two months ago and after nearly six years together, Us Weekly reported Monday. Representatives for Frankel and Bernon did not immediately respond Tuesday to The Times’ requests for comment. “It just wasn’t going to work,” a mutual friend of the former couple told Us Weekly. “They are so different — he’s an under-th…
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Rumer Willis, the eldest daughter of action star Bruce Willis and actor Demi Moore, says her father is “great” as he continues to battle dementia. “Yeah, yeah, doing OK. Thank you so much for asking,” Rumer Willis told Fox News Digital at the Wednesday night premiere of her new film, “My Divorce Party,” during the 24th Beverly Hills Film Festival. The “Empire” and “Sorority Row” star said sharing updates about her father’s health journey has been a positive experience for her family members, who…
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Britney Spears had a fight with her boyfriend at Chateau Marmont this week, resulting in paramedics being called to the vaunted Hollywood establishment and the pop star leaving the hotel with her own security team, The Times has confirmed. The ”... Baby One More Time” singer injured her foot and was not treated by medical personnel but is fine and safe at home, The Times confirmed Friday. Spears, 42, appeared to address the incident Thursday, declaring on Instagram that “the news is fake” after…
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Britney Spears appears to be swiftly tying up loose ends that have tethered her to the court system for years. Less than week after resolving a long-standing financial dispute with her father, the pop star and estranged husband Sam Asghari have reached a settlement in their divorce. Divorce settlement papers were filed late Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, where Asghari first filed for divorce from the pop superstar in August, citing irreconcilable differences and seeking spousal…
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Paul Auster, the bestselling postmodern author, noir novelist and screenwriter behind “Smoke,” “Lulu on the Bridge” and “The Inner Life of Martin Frost,” has died. He was 77. “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1” author’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives at Carol Mann Agency, according to the Associated Press. No details about his death were given and representatives for the agency did not immediately respond Wednesday to The Times’ request for comment. The New York T…
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Prince William shared a heartening health update about his wife and children following Catherine’s disclosure in March that she has cancer. The heir apparent to the British throne, who was back to his royal duties on Tuesday attending the grand opening of James Place Newcastle, was asked how his wife and three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — were doing as the Princess of Wales undergoes preventative chemotherapy to treat the undisclosed form of the disease. “All d…
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Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears, her former conservator, have settled their protracted legal dispute over the payment of his legal fees and how he managed her finances during her 13-year conservatorship. The two parties settled for an undisclosed amount Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court after first filing about the issue in December 2021. The settlement helps the 42-year-old pop superstar avoid continued litigation, including a hearing that had been set for May, over her f…
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If you thought Emma Stone was Emma Stone’s real name, you are sorely mistaken. The two-time Oscar winner shared this week that she would like to be called by her given name — Emily Stone — despite her many years in show business using that other moniker. In a joint interview with “The Curse” co-star Nathan Fielder, Fielder said that he would be using the “La La Land” and “Poor Things” actor’s actual name during the interview — in line with her close friends and collaborators. “Before we continue…
18 days ago
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Sophia Bush finally feels like she can breathe after coming out as queer and opening up about her long-rumored relationship with soccer star Ashlyn Harris. “When I take stock of the last few years, I can tell you that I have never operated out of more integrity in my life. I hope that’s clear enough for everyone speculating out there,” the “One Tree Hill” alum wrote Thursday in an essay for the April issue of Glamour. The 41-year-old detailed how her one-year marriage to Grant Hughes felt phony…
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At the start of her career, Anne Hathaway said she didn’t want to be labeled “difficult” so she went along with some of the crazy things the Hollywood audition process threw at her. One such thing, the “Les Misérables” Oscar winner said, involved chemistry tests that required her to kiss several actors. It was a “normal” request, she said, but a “gross” one and an antiquated relic of the pre-#MeToo era. “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to…
21 days ago
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Get ready with Bey: Beyoncé shared a rare behind-the-scenes look at her wash-day routine on Monday, dismissing those who criticize her haircare-line credentials with an up-close look at her natural tresses. The ultra-private “Cowboy Carter” crooner hopped on the viral haircare trend and posted a nearly two-minute clip taking followers through the multistep process of caring for her color-treated tresses. In it, she explained how she maintains her textured blond hair with her seven-product regime…
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It wasn’t a cellphone that did Luke Bryan in, it was a slick spot on stage, the country star explained. The “Play it Again” and “That’s My Kind of Night” singer cleared the record about his weekend wipeout onstage during his Coast City Country show at B.C. Place in Vancouver, Canada, which he initially chalked up to slipping on a fan’s cellphone, according to the Vancouver Sun. Despite falling on his back, Bryan took the moment in stride and returned a phone that had been onstage to an audience…
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Morgan Wallen has broken his silence about his April 8 arrest on suspicion of throwing a chair from the top of a six-story Nashville bar. The “One Thing at a Time” and “Whiskey Glasses” singer said in a Friday tweet that he’s “not proud” of his behavior and that he accepts responsibility for his part in the incident that played out at Chief’s, which is co-owned by his fellow recording artist and “Man Made a Bar” collaborator Eric Church. “I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made ame…
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Sydney Sweeney’s team fired back at Hollywood producer Carol Baum for her “shameful” disparagement of the actor, calling Baum out for not supporting a fellow female producer. Baum recently publicized her befuddlement over the “Euphoria” star’s booming popularity, marked by Sweeney’s roles in “The White Lotus,” “Madame Web” and “Immaculate.” But Baum appeared to be especially irked by Sweeney’s hit rom-com “Anyone But You,” a modern adaption of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” prompting th…
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Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett was rushed to a hospital over the weekend as he was preparing to play a since-canceled show at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix. The 74-year-old musician apologized “for the scare” in a Sunday Facebook post that included a photo of him in a hospital room hooked up to medical equipment. In the post, Hackett explained his abrupt departure from the Saturday show, which was part of his dual Genesis Revisited 2024 North America and Foxtrot at 50 tours. “I’d hope…
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Henry Cavill is going from “The Witcher” to the witching hour: The actor is expecting his first child with entertainment executive Natalie Viscuso, The Times has confirmed. The “Justice League” and “The Tudors” alum alluded to the life update Monday in New York at the red-carpet premiere for his latest film, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” “I’m very excited about it,” the 40-year-old star told “Access Hollywood” about fatherhood. “Natalie and I are both very excited. I’m sure you’ll see…
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Travis Kelce just scored another hosting gig: The three-time Super Bowl champ will lead a spinoff of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” Kelce’s iteration of the game show — “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” — will be the famed tight end’s first entry into series television after successfully hosting “Saturday Night Live” last year and starring in the short-lived 2016 E! reality dating show, “Catching Kelce.” Amazon’s Prime Video on Tuesday ordered 20 episodes of the new series, which is bein…
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Robyn Dixon is saying good-bye to “The Real Housewives of Potomac” and is blaming Bravo for not inviting her back. The reality star confirmed her rumored departure from the Maryland-set franchise Monday on her “Reasonably Shady” podcast, telling listeners that she was fired after eight seasons on the lavish series. “Yes, I will not be returning for Season 9 of ‘The Real Housewives of Potomac,’” the 45-year-old told Gizelle Bryant, her podcast co-host and “RHOP” co-star. “It’s reality. The networ…
29 days ago
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Taylor Swift has given Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s spoof of “All Too Well” her coveted seal of approval. The pop superstar took to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday to endorse the latest take on her Grammy-winning song, which she aptly titled “All Too Well (Ryan and Emily’s Version).” “All Too Well (Ryan and Emily’s Version) !!!” the singer-songwriter cheered in her tweet, sharing the bit that came during Gosling’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue. “Watch me accidentally catch myself singing this…
29 days ago
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Angelina Jolie’s legal team filed a motion Thursday to acquire Brad Pitt’s communications stemming from an “all-encompassing” nondisclosure agreement he wanted that purportedly tanked the sale of his ex-wife’s share of their Chateau Miraval winery to him. The former Hollywood power couple’s protracted legal dispute over the winery — and its legacy for their six children — took another turn as Jolie’s team asked a judge to compel Pitt and his company, Mondo Bongo, to produce documents pertaining…
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Anya Taylor-Joy confirmed Monday that she got married — two years ago — and it’s no April Fools’ joke. “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Super Mario Bros. Movie” star shared details about her Big Easy nuptials on Instagram, posting images from the romantic day to mark her second wedding anniversary with her husband, musician Malcolm McRae. “Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans,” the 27-year-old wrote. “The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my bein…
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