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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may be engaged. Jen was spotted furniture shopping earlier this week, and a photo on TMZ shows what looks like a diamond on her left ring finger. When she realized that a photographer possibly got a shot of the ring, it looked like she flipped the ring to hide the diamond side in her hand.
One engagement we can confirm is Avril Lavigne and boyfriend Mod Sun. They have gotten engaged. The couple confirmed that he popped the question last month in Paris with a heart-shaped diamond ring.
No more bow-bow for JoJo! Former "Dance Moms" star JoJo Siwa chopped off her ponytail and went for a very punk rock look, short and shaved on one side. We're more than likely going to see a lot more of her look since it was recently announced that she's going to be a judge on the next season of "So You Think You Can Dance."
Mike Shouhed from "Shahs of Sunset" was arrested on March 27 for domestic violence. It's not known if his fiancé, Paulina Ben-Cohen, is the victim. According to the police report, Mike was charged with corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, which is a felony. He was released on a $50,000 bail and is due in court on July 25. And now, "Shahs of Sunset" is getting cancelled. Production sources say that after nearly ten years, the show has run its course, according to TMZ. Word has it some of the stars of the show are in talks with Bravo for other projects.
"The Crown" bosses are reportedly looking for an actress to play a young Kate Middleton in the sixth season of the Netflix drama. The show recently issued a casting call actors to play Prince William and Prince Harry around the ages 16-21. Now, they want a Kate to cover the period when she and William began dating while they were students at the University of St. Andrews. But according to a source, she's not a crucial part of the storyline, and they'll only cast her if they can find the right person, according to The Daily Mail.
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Britney Spears recently shared an Instagram post throwing some love towards Drew Barrymore and Kate Hudson, posting their pics and writing, "They are by far the 2 most beautiful people I have ever seen in my life !!! Like shocking !!!" Well, now Kate has responded to the post, and she definitely seems flattered. She wrote, "So much to unpack here lovely woman!" She then shared with Britney, "1) DON'T EVER STOP SMILING AT STRANGERS! You can and have changed lives with that smile! 2) Perfection [is] BORING 3) I'm beyond flattered by this compliment."
Christina Haack, who went from Christina Haack to Christina El Moussa to Christina Anstead and now Christina Hall, is making more changes. Christina has gone from "Flip or Flop" to "Christina on the Coast" and now she's moving on to "Christina in the Country." Now that she's marred to Joshua Hall, they're doing a new show together. HGTV ordered a six-part docuseries, "Christina in the Country," to expand her thriving design business in the Midwest. The spinoff is set to follow Christina, Joshua, and her three children — six-year-old Brayden, 11-year-old Taylor, and two-year-old Hudson, whom she shares with exes Tarek El Moussa and Ant Anstead, respectively — as they put down roots in Tennessee.
Cole Sprouse did a piece for the New York Times, talking about the price of fame when it comes to Hollywood child stars. Cole, who currently stars on "Riverdale," and his twin, Dylan, have been acting since they were babies, starring in shows like "Grace Under Fire," "Friends," and the movie "Big Daddy." They ended up getting their own show with "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" on Disney Channel. Cole described with it's like being a child star, and he said however bad it was, it was worse for the girls. He explained, "The young women on the channel we were on were so heavily sexualized from such an earlier age than my brother and I that there's absolutely no way that we could compare our experiences. And every single person going through that trauma has a unique experience. When we talk about child stars going nuts, what we're not actually talking about is how fame is a trauma. So I'm violently defensive against people who mock some of the young women who were on the channel when I was younger because I don't feel like it adequately comprehends the humanity of that experience and what it takes to recover." Even now at 29, Cole said, "To be quite honest, as I have now gone through a second big round of this fame game as an adult, I've noticed the same psychological effects that fame yields upon a group of young adults as I did when I was a child. I just think people have an easier time hiding it when they're older."
Eddie Redmayne's four and five year old kids aren't impressed by his magical skills. Eddie, who stars as Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts," said that "There was a moment this year where I felt like, as a dad who played a wizard, I could try and get some brownie points. I gave Iris, my daughter, Newt's wand. Which I thought was pretty exciting, and she's like 'Okay, thanks Dad," which she then covered in tin foil and made it into a fairy wand. As for his son, he tried the only trick he knew, a coin trick, and his son said, "That's not the kind of stuff you can do in the [Fantastic Beasts] trailer. In the trailer, you can make stuff explode."
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Actress Jena Malone proved she's just as strong and unfearful as her character Johanna from "Hunger Games" when she saved a dog who was being attacked. It happened near Sunset Boulevard earlier this week. Jena and some other bystanders saw a man abusing a dog and chased him, even as he was still abusing the dog. They restrained him until police got there. It turns out the dog didn't even belong to the man. Champ, the dog, suffered from a fractured rib, broken bones in his hind legs, and a fracture in the right paw. He was reunited with his family thanks the the microchip, but he's still in the hospital and will be undergoing surgery. A GoFundMe has been created for Champ's medical bills that reached the $10,000 goal in under 24 hours. PETA has honored Jena with a Compassionate Action Award.
Celebrity offspring Brooklyn Beckham, son of David and Victoria Bechkam, and "Transformers" actress Nicola Peltz are getting married tomorrow at her family's mansion in Palm Springs Florida, which is right on the beach. It's expected to cost about $3.9 million. Brooklyn's brothers, Romeo and Cruz, as his Best Men. Nicola is having her brother, Brad, as her "Chief Bridesmaid" and her maternal grandmother as her Maid of Honor. Rumored wedding guests include Harry and Meghan while, Gigi Hadid, Nicole Richie, and Gordon and Tana Ramsay are all confirmed guests. The couple did reportedly sign a prenup, but it was meant to protect Nicola, rather than Brooklyn. The Beckham family fortune is about $499 million, whereas Nicola's father, Nelson Peltz, who is a financier, is estimated to be worth about $1.7 billion, according to Elle.
After going on a worldwide tour, some of Betty White's possessions are going up for auction, like scripts, jewelry, clothing, and ever her director's chair from her time on "Golden Girls." Her Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement award and her gold leaf design wedding band will also be included in the auction. Betty died last December at the age of 99, just shy of her 100th birthday on January 17th.
Amy Shumer was accused of stealing a joke about Leonardo DiCaprio - "He has done so much to fight climate change and leave behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends." Twitter users pointed out it's from a viral tweet posted in December 2021. Amy pretty much blamed it on her assistant, saying, "I haven't personally been on Twitter. I've had my assistant do it, just so I can remain alive and not kill myself." To further prove that she didn't steal any jokes, Amy added, "I just got to do a lie-detector test on Vanity Fair and they asked me, thank God, 'Have you ever stolen a joke?' and I said no, and it was 'that's true.' So, everybody just chill. It's crazy. I'm funny enough, I don't need to steal s***." Maybe not this time, but such accusations have dogged her for years. And poor Leo just got sucked into the drama this time.
