Dina's Dirt for November 28, 2023

Ryan Gosling wasn't first choice to play Ken

Ryan Gosling was not first choice to play Ken in the Barbie movie. Matt Bomer from “Magic Mike” and “White Collar” wanted to be in "Barbie," but in the end passed on the opportunity. He told Vanity Fair, "I recorded it on my own, played a bunch of different Kens - and I dressed differently for all of them.” He was also in talks with director Greta Gerwig about the project. In the end, filming would have required him to spend extensive time away from his family, and he decided to respectfully pass on the opportunity.

Jamie Lynn Spears has confessed on the reality show “I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here" that despite their fallouts, she is still her sister Britney Spears' biggest fan. She also really looked up to Britney. Jamie Lynn said, “Anything my sister did I always thought was the best…"

While most people loved how Dolly Parton looked in a Dallas Cowgirls cheerleader outfit during her Thanksgiving NFL halftime performance, there were some haters, and Whoopi Goldberg has two words for them: "Bite me." During yesterday's broadcast of "The View," Whoopi said, "Seventy-seven-year-old superstar Dolly Parton stole the show on Thanksgiving at the Cowboys/Commanders game dressed as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, but some critics told her to act her age - bite me."

Taylor Swift invited the family of the woman who recently died after attending one of her shows to spend time with her at her concert in the VIP tent. Ana was at Taylor's concert in Rio on November 17 when she began feeling sick during a heat wave. She was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Taylor took pics with the five family members, who were all wearing t-shirts with Ana’s picture on them.

While there’s no word that anything official in the works, one “Twilight” director thinks she knows which stars would be best for a reboot. Catherine Hardwicke, director of the OG “Twilight” movie, thinks “Priscilla” and “Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi and “Wednesday” and “Scream” star Jenna Ortega would be the “perfect” choices for Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, originally played by Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Talk about wringing out every last dollar out of a franchise that you can. That said, let me know when tickets go on sale.

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