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Australian television company Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany spoke at the premiere of the "Game of Thrones" prequel "House of the Dragon." He was reportedly trying to inject some humor into his speech and missed the mark when he called original GoT star Emilia Clarke a "short, dumpy girl." A spokesperson for Foxtel later admitted "there was a bit of a gasp" in the audience when Mr. Delany said, "I was like, 'What's this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?'" Emilia isn't involved in "House of the Dragon."
The new season of "The Voice" is just weeks away, and this year's advisors have been announced; Blake Shelton and Jimmie Allen, John Legend and Jazmine Sullivan, Camila Cabello and Charlie Puth, and Gwen Stefani and Sean Paul.
Selena Gomez was spotted out with Tyga. TMZ got photos of the two leaving a club in West Hollywood Wednesday morning. Selena went out the back and Tyga out the front at around 2:30 am, which was past closing time. Sources say Tyga was already there when Selena arrived at midnight, and it didn't look like anyone else was let in after. Tyga has dated quite a few other famous faces, like Blac Chyna, Kylie Jenner, and Bella Poarch.
BTS has reached a new YouTube milestone. The K-Pop band just reached 70 million subscribers on the site to surpass Justin Bieber as the second-most followed artist on the platform. The only artist to have more is BLACKPINK, who has 76.5 million subscribers.
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Amy Schumer had to walk back on that post about social media as people thought she was making fun of Tom Holland and his video about taking a break from social media because it's too toxic. As we told you before, hours after the "Spider-Man" star had posted a serious message about taking a break from all social media, she posted her own with the caption, "Important Mental Health Announcement" and said she was going to do "more social media" for her mental health. Now, she's clarifying what she meant by the video, explaining, "Not shading Spider-Man. Making fun of myself. Of course social media is toxic!" She added a spider emoji.
Two years before her tragic death, Princess Diana thought she may be killed or injured in a car accident, according to OK. The information was shared in a sneak peek of "The Diana Investigations," a four-part Discovery+ docuseries premiering today. It's said that Diana told her legal advisor, Victor Mishcon, that "reliable sources" had told her that a "car accident might be staged" leaving her "dead" or "seriously injured." On August 31, 1997, Diana died in a car crash in a tunnel in Paris.
Christine Quinn is officially not returning to "Selling Sunset" after five seasons on the show. It's said she's planning to take a break from her television career and focus on modeling instead. She reportedly signed with IMG Models and has some jobs booked. Christine is also said to be continuing her real estate career with her husband's company, RealOpen. Of course, there were the rumors of tension between Christine and the show's creator, so that may also have played a huge part in her decision to leave.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ex wife is donating more millions. MacKenzie Scott made a $39 million donation to national education nonprofit Junior Achievement USA. The donation is the largest the organization has ever received in its 103-year history (same thing every other charity says about her donations).
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Taylor Swift tried to get a part in the "Twilight" movies, but the director turner her down. On the latest episode of Ashley Greene and Melanie Howe's "The Twilight Effect" podcast, Chris Weitz, who directed the second film in the series, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," said he and Taylor Swift had the same agent. The agent asked about Taylor being in the film, saying Taylor was a "Twihard" and that she would be willing to "be someone at the cafeteria, or the diner, or whatever" just to be in the film. Chris said no because he thought it would be a distraction. Now, of course, he regrets it saying, "I sort of feel like, ugh, I had sort of cost myself a chance to hang out with Taylor Swift and she must've just been like, 'Who is this jerk who would say no?'"
The Los Angeles Coroner's Office has released the official cause of death for Anne Heche. The official report says she died from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries she sustained after crashing her car into a home in Mar Vista. The coroner does note another significant factor that contributed to her death - a sternal fracture, which means part of her chest was crushed in the accident. Her autopsy report has not been released yet, but a blood test revealed that cocaine was in her system. TMZ reported that organ recipients had been identified, but there's not any more information on the organ donations.
Jury selection is underway as R Kelly faces another trial, and in an interesting twist, the judge presiding over the trial ruled that jurors would not be automatically disqualified if they had seen the 2019 docuseries, "Surviving R Kelly." Of course, R Kelly's lawyer argued that anyone who has seen the documentary couldn't be impartial, but the judge disagreed.
KISS rocker Gene Simmons took to Twitter to let everyone know he did turn down the opportunity to be a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars" season 31. He wrote, "Thank you @officialdwts Dancing With the Stars for the offer to be on the show. Respectfully passing. Wouldn't be fair to the other contestants. I won the Twist contest back in the Stone Age." The actual cast will be announced September 8th.
