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Lady Gaga kicked off her tour in Germany this past weekend, and she said In an Instagram video she didn't even know if she could make this tour happen because of all she's been through recently with her health. She explained, "I feel more clear today than I have in a long time, and more pain-free than I have in ages," referring to her fibromyalgia. She added, "Being free of pain on stage is a real healing experience because I'm able to dance and sing and enjoy the audience, enjoy the show…and really tell a story."
Even before she was Queen Bey, Beyonce knew enough to stick up for herself, even in her early days as a young up and coming artist. With fame from Destiny's Child, Beyonce landed the role of Foxxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" in 2002. Makeup artist Kate Briscoe recently told Vulture about how Beyonce was unhappy with how she looked in the movie poster. Her complaint was, "You made me too skinny. It's not me." It was the first time a star had asked this particular producer to have her body look bigger, but he said to Beyonce, "Yes, and it's going to cost thousands of dollars, but I'm going to (fix) it."
Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife, died from "blunt impact injuries of torso," the New York City medical examiner announced Friday. The 73-year-old was found dead Thursday afternoon at the bottom of the staircase of her Manhattan home. Her death has been ruled an accident as the result of a fall. A close friend said that Ivana couldn't walk because of a hip issue and struggled in the weeks before her death.
"Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston got hit hard playing softball. While warming up for the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game with "In the Heights" actor Anthony Ramos, Brian was nailed in the shoulder by a line drive from Anthony. Brian fell to his knees in pain and was down for a couple minutes. He said after, "It's definitely going to bruise. I might be more of a cheerleader in this game." He then retreated to his trailer to recover (cry?). He did end up playing in the actual game, but his team ended up losings, according to ETOnline.
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Britney Spears admits she was surprised that Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, and Paris Hilton came to her wedding. She shared a pic of the three ladies from her wedding on Instagram and wrote, "She came to my wedding," adding, "the three most beautiful women in hollywood … @drewbarrymore, @parishilton 😍. I had no idea !!! I was SO HAPPY !!!" Britney also rained compliments on Selena, saying, "I appreciate ALL the mental health speeches she does for our generation ... Two hour specials with representatives" and adding, "You're such a special person and I had to share this picture … I thought it would make her happy 💕 !!!" According to OK, Selena replied, "I'm speechless. Britney-you are so kind and have the most beautiful soul. I am beyond lucky to know you. You deserve all the happiness in the world!"
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck did a quickly wedding in Vegas, but TMZ reports they're going to celebrate with a huge party in the next few weeks at a home Ben owns in Georgia. The house sits on 87 acres. Ben had tried selling the home for about $8 million in 2019 before pulling it off the market.
Interestingly, this is where they planned to get married when they were first engaged 20 years ago.
Taylor Swift has reached another YouTube milestone. The video for her 2014 track "Blank Space" has just hit three billion views, her second video to do so. The other video to do it is another "1989" hit, "Shake It Off."
"The Queen's Gambit" star Anya Taylor-Joy is married. Page Six reports she and boyfriend Malcolm McRae got married in a courthouse wedding. According to the report, they tied the knot in the United States before she flew to Australia to get back to filming the "Mad Max: Fury Road" prequel "Furiosa."
Dr. Jen Armstrong confirmed that she was fired from "Real Housewives of Orange County" after announcing her departure from the hit Bravo series following only one season, according to Radar. But, all for the better.
Jen said, "I couldn't even imagine starting to film right now … I just moved into a new house." She also recently filed for divorce from her husband, so she was actually okay with not coming back to the show. She admitted, "Relief was my first feeling. And then of course you're sad, right? Because it's exciting, you do new things and you're like nobody wants to be dumped, right. You want to do the dumping." She added, "I was going to have that conversation with the producer and talk about… coming back as a friend role because I don't know if I could keep up that much production again for another year. You know, I worked full-time and I have three kids. And so I don't have a backup rich husband.
Filming five days a week and working five days a week, it was a lot."
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People are having a hard time over an interview Tom Brady did with Drive, where he talked about the challenges of raising his children with Gisele Bundchen. He said, "We have people that clean for us. We have people that make our food. We have people that drive us to the airport if we need that. … We get off a plane and there are people waiting there for us and we get ushered in. That's my kids' reality, which is the hard part, to say, 'Guys, this is not the way reality really is. … What can we do about that?'" Considering the couple has a cumulated wealth somewhere north of $300 million, it's hard to feel for his parenting problems.
Kylie Jenner is being blasted for taking a 17-minute ride on her private jet, totaling less than 40 miles, on a trip that would have been a 45-minute drive. On top of that, she posted a pic with her boyfriend, Travis Scott, with two private jets on each side of them, and she captioned it, "You wanna take mine or yours?" It was bad enough when she was destroying the environment, but she made it worse when she bragged online about the planes. People are calling her a "climate criminal."
The Weeknd finally kicked off his "After Hours til Dawn" World Tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made it up to one young boy who missed out when the original opening night in Toronto was canceled due to an outage in the city. After the cancelation, an image of little devastated six-year-old fan Phoenix Prince went viral showing him all dressed up in a "Blinding Lights" outfit. The Weeknd caught wind of the photo, and asked his followers to help track the boy down. Well, apparently he did because The Weeknd flew Phoenix and his father to Philly to see the show. He also gave them all-access passes and met with Phoenix, signing his red jacket.
Everyone's been wondering who the new mystery woman is who Johnny Depp has been hanging around with lately. Turns out, the fiery redhead is Johnny Depp's French teacher for his upcoming movie, "Jeanne du Barry," according to TMZ. Johnny will be playing Louis XV (15) in his first film in three years. Makes me really wish I had studied French instead of Spanish all those years ago…
