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*NSYNC fans have been hoping for a reunion for years, but with Justin Timberlake's solo career, that isn't likely to happen anytime soon. But, if the other guys ever wanted to reunite, Lance Bass has some ideas on who would be a good replacement for J.T. He said on the "Pod Meets World" podcast, "Oh, I know exactly who it would be. He's really great with harmonies….. Darren Criss." Lance says the former "Glee" star is a "great guy" who actually "loves boy bands." Lance added, "he's from that era. He would be the perfect fit for us."
Initially giving him sympathy for being slapped by Will Smith on live TV, people are now furious with Chris Rock over a joke he made about OJ Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Chris told an audience in Phoenix that coming back to host the 2023 Oscars would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson to go back to the restaurant where she ate before she was brutally murdered in 1994. Some people on social media have accused Rock of being misogynistic and cracking jokes at the expense of a woman, similar to the criticism he got for the Jada Pinkett joke. Others on social media believe Will should have slapped Chris harder. Read more with tmz.com.
When season 10 of "The Goldbergs" premieres on ABC September 21st, it will have a somewhat different look. One of the biggest changes will be the departure of Jeff Garlin's character, and we now know how the show is going to handle it. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunners Alex Barnow and Chris Bishop detailed said the series will return with several months having passed since the death of Jeff's character. Alex said, "The family has already grieved...and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back." Jeff's exit from the show after nine seasons comes over allegations of inapporproaate on-set behavior. While he maintains he was being silly and had no intention of making anyone uncomfortable, he and the production company came to a mutual agreement that he would no longer be part of the show, according to Variety.
Leo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone are calling it quits after five years, according to Metro. The two started dating when Leo was 42 and Camila was just 20. The age is worth noting since people have pointed out a pattern of Leo's, that he doesn't date anyone over the age of 25.
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Kim Kardashian is getting called out over another Photoshop fail. This time, it's a pic she posted advertising her Beats collaboration. According to photographer Caroline Ross, Kim edited neck, more specifically, her trapezius muscle. Caroline showed on TikTok a "before" and "after" example of the edits Kim made. It's the area where the neck meets the shoulder. Of course, this isn't the first time Kim's Photoshop skills have been called out; she was previously caught swapping out nieces in some Disney trip pics and erasing her belly button altogether in pics promoting her SKIMS line.
Netflix is being sued over their true crime limited series "Inventing Anna," by the real-life friend of Anna Sorokin, Rachel DeLoache Williams. Rachel, played by actress Katie Lowes in the series, says Netflix "made a deliberate decision for dramatic purposes" to portray her as "a greedy, snobbish, disloyal, dishonest, cowardly, manipulative, and opportunistic person." Her attorney says they filed the lawsuit because they used Williams' "real name and biographical details and made her out to be a horrible person, which she is not."
Rachael Beaver has quit "Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant" after two bumpy years. She took to Instagram yesterday and said "mental health is more important than money" so she "decided to quit." The decision comes after a clip for this week's episode showing her and her co-stars getting into an argument in LA. A photoshoot for the show got in the way of Rachael celebrating her 20th birthday and Kayla Sessler and Kiaya Elliott said the job was more important, so the fight ensued. Rachael has been getting backlash for the episode, so she left.
The drama surrounding the halting of production of "Lady in the Lake" may have blown out of proportion. Baltimore Police say the "threat issue may have been overstated" and that what it boiled down to was a local street vendor selling clothing was upset he hadn't been compensated for lost business during the production shooting. Keith Brown was, however, arrested on drug charges after the incident and did admit to talking with the crew. Shooting on the Natalie Portman project was moved and resumed this week. The initial report was that drug dealers were trying to extort $50,000 and threatened to come back and shoot people if they didn't get the money.
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If "Orange is the New Black" star Laverne Cox was going to be mistaken for someone else, it might as well be a Queen. Laverne was at the US Open cheering on Serena Williams when a camera panned to her in the crowd. When one person posted a video clip on Twitter and captioned it "#Beyonce at the #USOpen," social media users quickly corrected her. Granted, Laverne was wearing a face mask so you could only see her eyes, and her hair was styled like Beyonce's. The person then wrote, "My bad.. I wasn't trying to be funny I promise. I got to excited to see #Beyoncé and though it was her my bad.. it's @Lavernecox." Laverne found it amusing and reposted the clip, writing, "Not me getting mistaken for @Beyonce at the #USOpen tonight then trending on Twitter as the internet cackles over the mistaken identity." As one of her followers pointed out, "I guess if you have to be mistaken for someone, Beyoncé is not so bad." See the clip at metro.co.uk.
Meghan Markle had Mariah Carey on her podcast, and she seemed taken aback when Mariah called her a diva. Mariah told Meghan she's been serving up "diva moments" to the public, but when she realized Meghan may have taken it the wrong way, she added, "People strive for divadom…revel in it!" But apparently, Meghan heard it as kind of an insult at first. Meghan said after, "She must have felt my nervous laughter... she jumped right in to make sure I was crystal-clear when she said 'diva,' she was talking about the way that I dress, the posture, the clothing. The quote-unquote fabulousness, as she sees it. She meant diva as a compliment, but I heard it as a dig."
"From Not to Hot" star Mama June wasn't at her daughter Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson's 17th birthday party, but she did send Alana a text saying how proud she is of her and apologizing for everything she put Alana through. June also said she know she has to word hard to fix what's broken. It might be hard for Alana to get past her mother trying to sign her away to her sister, but, according to TMZ, Alana did respond to her text and told her she loves her. For her birthday, June sent Alana a pair of $400 sneakers.
Kim Kardashian's shapewear company, SKIMS, says a woman who filed a lawsuit claiming SKIMS body tape ripped her skin off doesn't have a case because the tape she used was actually from Amazon, and it's not SKIMS tape. A rep for SKIMS told TMZ, "Upon further review of this specific complaint, we have discovered that the customer purchased what appears to be fake tape from Amazon, who is not an authorized or official retailer of SKIMS products." Besides differences in the appearance and design of the backing strip, what ultimately should have clued the woman in that it wasn't genuine was the price difference. She bought the roll of tape and 10 pasties for $9.99, but on the SKIMS site, they go for $36 for a roll and $12 for a pack of 10 pasties. Basically, rule of thumb is if it's got Kim's name on it and you, being an average person, can afford it, it's probably not the real deal.
