Dina's Dirt for March 17, 2025
Is Tom Cruise auditioning his next wife?
Brenda Song has revealed that her fiancé, Macaulay Culkin, still doesn't know how to drive a car and didn't even know how to do laundry when they first met. She said on "The Jennifer Hudson Show," "He still doesn't know how to drive! I took him out to drive in our neighborhood. I was terrified." Brenda said Mac's unusual upbringing as "the most famous child actor in the world" contributed to his lack of everyday skills, explaining, "He lived and grew up in hotels, he had just never really done laundry, and I was shooketh…"
The timing of the passings of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa could have an impact on who gets what when it comes to their possessions. Gene left his fortune to Betsy and didn't name his kids in his will. Betsy's will states that all her money would go to Gene, but her will also says that if they died within 90 days of each other all her assets would go to charity. According to the autopsy report, Betsy died before Gene, meaning all she had will go to charity. As for Gene's fortune, he has three children, which means they could get his assets since they are his most direct living heirs. One of them, Chris, has already hired an attorney.
Wendy Williams joined "The View" by phone on Friday to talk about her conservatorship battle, denying claims that she is incapacitated.
Criticizing her legal guardian and the judge overseeing her case, she said, "I need them to, you know, get off my neck." Williams was put into a court-ordered guardianship in 2022 to oversee her personal and financial affairs but somehow, she ended up in a facility because of it. In the meantime, Judge Lisa Sokoloff is said to be frustrated with Wendy Williams' behavior and how she keeps speaking out about her conservatorship and wants her moved to a potentially more restrictive facility, questioning her ability to handle independence.
Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas were spotted together at a London heliport on Thursday and Friday night. This follows a previous sighting last month during a night out in London. While a source previously told People they are "just friends" and were discussing potential future collaborations, others think he's trying to audition her as a future Mrs. Cruise. It's worth noting though, Tom has "Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning" coming out in May, while Ana has "Ballerina" coming out in June. Perhaps it's just a way to drum up more publicity for their films.
A U.S. has ordered documents related to Prince Harry's initial U.S. visa application be published after a political group filed a Freedom of Information request alleging Harry had possibly hid drug use that would have disqualified him for a U.S. visa. Interest in Harry's visa application began when he wrote about using specific hard drugs in his memoir "Spare."
