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Lady Gaga and Kristen Stewart may miss out on Oscars because of their fans. Both could get a Best Actress nomination - Kristen Stewart for playing Princess Diana in "Spencer" and Lady Gaga for her role as Patrizia Reggiani in "House of Gucci." But, according to Rolling Stone, both Lady Gaga's Little Monsters and Kristen Stewart's Twihards have been trying to smear the other (mostly it's the monsters). Read more with dlisted.com. They're digging up or inventing so much dirt they could end up ruining both their chances.
Jennifer Lawrence took a bit of a break from acting for our sake. Jennifer told Vanity Fair, "I was not pumping out the quality that I should have… I just think everybody had gotten sick of me. I'd gotten sick of me. It had just gotten to a point where I couldn't do anything right." Now, she's got "Don't Look Up" with Leonardo DiCaprio, which is hopefully better than her recent projects that she feels failed. One thing though – Jen's making $25 million for the movie, while Leo is taking home $30 million. She's not happy about it, but she did say, "Look, Leo brings in more box office than I do. I'm extremely fortunate and happy with my deal. But in other situations, what I have seen—and I'm sure other women in the workforce have seen as well—is that it's extremely uncomfortable to inquire about equal pay. And if you do question something that appears unequal, you're told it's not gender disparity but they can't tell you what exactly it is."
Billboard reports that after just three days of release, Adele sold more than 500,000 copies of her new record, already making it the top selling album of the year. It easily surpasses the previous top-seller of the year, Taylor Swift's "Evermore," which moved 462,000 copies. Adele's album is also 2021's biggest individual sales week, jumping past Taylor's latest release, "Red (Taylor's Version), which moved 369,000 copies.
Everbody's been saying "Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling's marriage to Dean McDermott is over, that they've been sleeping in separate beds, and divorce is imminent. I didn't believe it until now. Tori posted the family's holiday card on her Instagram featuring her and her five kids - Liam, 14, Stella, 13, Hattie, 10, Finn, 9, and Beau – but no Dean. A chicken, pig, and two goats even made the photo, which was signed, "Tori & Family."
Dina's Dirt at 7:40
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has topped Billboard's Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart. Coming in at number two on the list is Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," followed by Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" at three, Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" at four and Burt Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas" at five. Meanwhile, topping the Greatest of All Time Top Holiday Albums chart is Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" soundtrack," followed by Michael Buble's "Christmas" and Mariah's "Merry Christmas."
Travis Scott and the organizers of Astroworld are now being sued by two security guards who are claiming they have suffered mental and physical injuries from working the event. One says he witnessed CPR being performed on lifeless bodies and pulled a person from a crowd crush who ended up dying. They're going after $1 million in damages. This is on top of a $2 billion lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 280 attendees last week. Read more with tmz.com.
Real Housewives news…
"Real Housewives of Orange County" alum Vicki Gunvalson recently appeared on the "Jeff Lewis Live" podcast where she revealed, "I had cancer. I just had my whole f-ing uterus taken out." She didn't elaborate further but did say she's going through a tough time, adding that she doesn't "need anybody bringing her down."
Things just got way worse in the fraud scheme involving "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah. Her assistant just threw her under the bus. Stuart Smith accepted a plea deal on three charges that could add up to a max of 70 years in jail. Since Stuart made the deal, it's likely the sentence won't be 70 years, but we'll find out March 3rd.
Will Smith tried to date his "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" co-star, Karen Parsons, according to suggest.com. She turned him down though. Why? According to Will, Karen was "the least experienced next to me" and said that she "beat out a slew of Hollywood big hitters to win her role." He explained that she knew it was important for the two of them to keep their relationship professional. Will said, "[Parsons] was smart enough to tell me 'hell no' when I tried to explain that we were not really cousins so it would be fine if we dated. [I said] 'I swear it won't mess up our working relationship.' She knew better than that — good call KP." Yes, good call for sure, KP.
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Queen Elizabeth has been laying low ever since hurting her back, but she stepped out this weekend to celebrate two of her great-grandchildren. On Sunday, she attended the christening for Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's nine-month-old son, August, and Zara and Mike Tindall's eight-month-old son, Lucas. Eugenie's parents Prince, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, were also there, as well as Zara's mother, Princess Anne. Some suspect the christening was planned for this past weekend specifically as a way to keep the Queen distracted on what would have been her and Prince Philip's anniversary. Both babies have Philip as a middle name.
Tiffany was having what can only be described as the equivalent to a karaoke nightmare at a recent concert in Florida. As she was singing her most popular hit, "I Think We're Alone Now," she seemed to forget the words to her song. When the crowd tried to pick up the slack for her, she started swearing at them and then yelled, "This is my hit. I'm gonna sing it right!" She didn't. And she was so off-key, I don't even think Serv-U could've helped her. See the video at tmz.com. It's possible she had been drinking, but her rep told TMZ that Tiffany "had lost her voice and got frustrated with her performance," noting she "struggled to hit several notes during the gig, so it's possible the fans were heckling."
Baby news…
Singer Aaron Carter is a first-time father, welcoming his son, Prince Lyric Carter, with fiancée Melanie Martin. Aaron announced the exciting news Monday, posting a photo of his newborn and caption, "Emergency C Section after 13 hours of labor." The baby is named in honor of Michael Jackson, according to TMZ. Aaron and Michael were close, and Michael was known as The Prince of Pop.
"Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek announced that his wife Kimberly "gave birth naturally on the ranch" to their sixth child, Jeremiah Van Der Beek (Remi for short). After two late-term miscarriages, the couple chose to keep this one a secret.
Freida Pinto recently shared that she is now married to photographer Cory Tran. Now, Freida has shared that they have a baby boy, Rumi-Ray.
"Ten Things I Hate About You" star Julia Stiles shared some big news to share at the premiere of "The Humans" in NYC. No need for words as she cradled her belly while posing on the red carpet. This will be Julia's second child with husband Preston Cook. They welcomed son Strummer in 2017.
An arbitrator has ordered Kevin Spacey and his companies to pay nearly $31 million to MRC, the production company behind "House of Cards," after finding that he breached his contract by violating the company's sexual harassment policy. Kevin and his companies, M. Profitt Productions and Trigger Street Productions, were ordered to pay $29.5 million in damages plus $1.2 million in attorneys' fees and $235,000 in other costs.
Barstool Sports, the same people who put out a questionable list of best singers of all time, is now saying that between Taylor Swift and Whitney Houston, Taylor is the better artist because she not only sings but she also writes her own music. Many not only disagreed, but some even threw in Adele's name as a contender against the two. It still seems that Whitney is getting the most support, with some people pointing out that she's right up there with other vocal greats like Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, women whose vocals are on a whole other level.
