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A casting agent is shooting down a conspiracy theory that suggested Britney Spears' husband Sam Asghari was hired by her family and conservators to romance Brit and spy on her. Brit and Sam met when he was hired to be in her 2016 video for "Slumber Party," and Ajay Rochester who was a casting agent on the video insists the theories are untrue. In a TikTok video, Ajay says agents were "literally scrambling" to find a dancer for the clip, because the one Brit wanted asked for too much money. She says Sam was one of three dancers submitted, and he didn't even know whose video he would be in. Britney wound up picking Sam. Ajay said, "So, he wasn't hired, he wasn't a mole, he wasn't a paid member of this conspiracy, we genuinely just found him on a casting site and reached out to him. I hope that settles one little mystery about Sam and Britney."
Britney Spears continues to speak her truth on social media, and her latest revelation is about her father Jamie, who she felt was "trying to kill her" during her conservatorship. Brit recently posted an audio clip on Twitter in which she discusses the MRIs her dad forced her to have ahead of her 2019 stay in a mental institution. Britney said, "The whole thing didn't make sense - the isolation, the nurses, the vials of blood, the constant communication," adding she thought she was getting treated for cancer, but "none of that was true." She added, "The hardest thing is to know that they were just being mean and that I really felt like my dad was trying to kill me.
And I hope he burns in f***ing hell."
"One Tree Hill" star Jana Kramer filed to divorce Mike Caussin last year, largely due to his infidelity, and on an episode of "Red Table Talk," she opened up about just how much infidelity there was. When Jada Pinkett Smith asked Jana if it was true that Mike "cheated with around 13 women," she replied, "More." She added that he "took away my dream too, of what I wanted for my family." Even though Jana got primary custody of Jolie, 6, and Jace, 3, Mike will still have the kids about a third of the time and will get $3,200 per month in child support. Read more with okmagazine.com.
In his newly released memoir, Tom Felton is spilling that his "Harry Potter" costar, Daniel Radcliffe, used a picture of Cameron Diaz to help him know where to look when filming broomstick flying scenes, according to Insider.
He revealed, "When the first assistant director shouted 'Dragon!' or 'Bludger!' you had to look at the tennis ball like it was, well, a dragon or a bludger. Sometimes there would be more than one tennis ball up there, and as one looked very much like another, after a while they gave us more individual objects to stare at. We chose pictures of something or somebody close to our hearts. Daniel Radcliffe had a picture of a particularly beautiful Cameron Diaz." Danial has been pretty public about his crush on Cameron Diaz.
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Just in case you thought reality TV was super real and spontaneous, Rebel Wilson is here to smash your dreams. The "Pitch Perfect" star shared the proposal between Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, which she was able to see from the hotel where she was staying. Rebel posted two videos, the first, which showed crew filming the happy couple kissing as they were serenaded, and the second video shows the two of them walking towards a heart made up of red rose bouquets, aka the proposal set up. It appears that the recreation was for an upcoming episode of "The Kardashians." The original romantic proposal setup along the beach is estimated to have cost up to $54,000, according to People, but recreation is likely to have cost less, but still…
James Corden's ban from a popular New York City restaurant has been overturned after he called the owner to personally apologize, according to RadarOnline.com. Yesterday, we told you how Keith McNally, the owner of SoHo's Balthazar restaurant, publically banned James for being extremely rude to the restaurant's staff. But after the story gained traction, James called the owner and "apologized profusely." The owner said, "Anyone magnanimous enough to apologize to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn't deserve to be banned from anywhere. Especially Balthazar." He told James he's welcome back an "All is Forgiven."
Meghan Markle talked on her podcast about what it was like to be a "briefcase girl" on "Deal or No Deal." She said though she appreciated the job, it made her feel "not smart." She added, "I was surrounded by smart women on that stage with me, but that wasn't the focus of why we were there. I would end up leaving with this pit in my stomach knowing that I was so much more than what was being objectified on the stage. I didn't like being forced to be all looks and little substance, and that's how it felt for me at the time — being reduced to this specific archetype." Her guest on the show, Paris Hilton, said she could relate, after starring alongside Nicole Richie in "The Simple Life." Nicole was supposed to be the "troublemaker" while Paris was the "rich, dumb blonde." Read more with Extra.
In the meantime, "Real Housewives of Atlanta" alum Claudia Jordan is countering what Megan said about being on "Deal or No Deal," saying, "For clarity, yes, getting a MODELING GIG on a game show isn't necessarily about your intellect, BUT every show, the executive producers picked five models with the most outgoing and fun personalities to place mics on who they KNEW would engage with the contestants," adding that producers "NEVER treated us like bimbos." She also pointed out that it paved the way for her to appear on "Celebrity Apprentice" and more, writing, "Oh, I almost forgot … it ALSO led to me Co-HOSTING the 2009 Miss Universe pageant with @billybush in front of half a BILLION people. Not too shabby for a 'bimbo!'"
Kelly Ripa's book "Live Wire" is a best seller, and she believes she has Kathie Lee Gifford to thank for it. Kathy Lee said she wouldn't read the book because of a chapter Kelly had dedicated to Regis Philbin, one where he doesn't come off all that great. But Kelly believes that specific statement made the book the best-seller it is. She said, "It's really hard to sell a book, right? And this is like, week three of the book, right? And I mean, honestly, I'm not gonna lie, I was not reading any headlines anywhere. And suddenly all of these headlines pop up and there's all of this attention on my book. So I am a person that tends to take a negative and turn it into a positive. And so my ultimate comment is, thank you."
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Dwayne Johnson's new "Black Adam" was to be given an R rating because of all the killing in the film. The movie's Producers Beau Flynn and Hiram Garcia had to cut out half the kills in order to get the coveted PG-13 rating. They say the original cut had Black Adam violently killing up to 10 different people, and that's what earned it the R rating. But, after negotiating with the Motion Picture Association of America, the body count was cut to five. The producers are now saying the kills that were left out could end up back in the film when it's released on home video and streaming. "Black Adam" hits theaters Friday - with the PG-13 rating.
Tom Brady compared football seasons to being in the military, according to TMZ, and admitted he has trouble balancing home life and work because he's too competitive. While talking with Kevin Durant on this week's episode of the quarterback's "Let's Go" podcast, Tom admitted it's hard to focus in his personal life, even when it's not during the football season. He said, "I almost look at like a football season like you're going away on deployment for the military. And it's like, 'Man, here I go again.'" Despite knowing that, it sounds like he's not making his family a priority. He even added, "The reality is, you can really only be authentic to yourself."
Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster are helping out a family displaced by the war in Ukraine. The couple is paying rent for a house in Berkshire, England for a couple and their five children who range in age from 2 to 17. Rod and Penny found them the house, furnished it for them, and have pledged to pay their expenses for at least a year. Rod has been sending trucks with supplies to Ukraine, and he also provided jobs for two refugees on his property. Rod told The Mirror, "They are all very grateful. And it just makes me want to do more. I am thinking of getting another house now and getting a lot more people over."
There's talk that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez want to invite their exes for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. A source told OK, "They have to sort things out with both sets of kids and their exes, but they would love to have all the kids together with them as one big family and are working on that now." On the flip side, there's also a rumor that Ben and Jen have already hit a rough patch with Ben upset over Jen being a workaholic and Jen angry that Ben hasn't given up smoking like he said he would, along with him being a slob, in general, who "doesn't clean up after himself." For now, it's said Ben buys Jen off with fancy gifts to keep her happy, which is ironic considering she's the one with the bigger bank account. But it's the thought that counts, right?
