Celebrity Scoop – 02/08/2021

NATALIE PORTMAN HITS BACK AT PREGNANCY RUMORS – (02/08/2021)

Natalie Portman is letting the world know that she is not pregnant, and it is not cool to speculate about her belly size.

Page Six shared a piece with the headline: “Natalie Portman steps out seemingly with a baby bump in Sydney,” accompanied by photos of the Oscar-winning actress in Australia, where she is filming Thor: Love and Thunder. 

Portman, 39, shut down the pregnancy rumor in a post on her Instagram Story. 

“Hey, so I’m totally not pregnant,” the mother of two wrote. “But apparently it’s still ok in 2021 for anyone to speculate and comment on a woman’s body shape whenever they want? Do better @nypost.” 

Portman shares Aleph, 8, and Amalia, soon 4, with husband Benjamin Millepied. 

MILEY CYRUS PERFORMS AT TIKTOK TAILGATE – (02/08/2021)

Miley Cyrus performed for 7,500 vaccinated health care workers on Super Bowl Sunday (February 7th), making the singer’s first live performance in more than a year. 

The TikTok Tailgate show lasted for more than an hour and featured guest appearances from both Billy Idol and Joan Jett.  Idol took the stage to join Cyrus for their Plastic Hearts collaboration “Night Crawling” before the pair did a duet of Idol’s 1980’s hit “White Wedding.”

Later in the show, Jett was brought onto the stage for “Bad Reputation,” ‘Bad Karma,” and “I Hate Myself For Loving You.” 

Her set also included covers of the Nine Inch Nails song “Head Like A Hole” and her godmother, Dolly Parton’s classic, “Jolene.” 

She closed out the tailgate with a trio of her earlier hits – “Party In The USA,” “Wrecking Ball,” and finally, “The Climb.” 

Cyrus said of her closing number, [“I wear a lot of glitter and I wear a lot of armor, but I also wear my heart on my sleeve and so with that, it gets broken a lot. And a lot of us have been feeling broken this year. And this song that I’m going to sing for y’all next and last, is something that as much as I need to say these lyrics for you, maybe I need to say them for me.”]

CELEBS SHARE REACTIONS TO WEEKND PERFORMANCE: Drake, Timothee Chalamet and Sophie Turner were among those reacting to The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl. Drake posted several videos of The Weeknd’s set on his Instagram Story, before noting that the performance was a “Big moment of the city !!!!” Turner wrote on IG Story: “The Weeknd rocks my world. Thank u.” (ET)

REBEL WILSON TWINS WITH MEGHAN MARKLE: Rebel Wilson attended the NFL Honors Awards wearing the same red gown Meghan Markle wore in 2020 while attending a military music festival with Prince Harry in 2020. The dress is a form-fitting caped dress from British luxury brand Safiyaa. (People)

SUZANNE SOMERS CONFRONTS INTRUDER: Actress Suzanne Somers calmly confronted a naked home intruder who showed up as she was streaming a makeup tutorial from her home. The 74-year-old paused during the Facebook Live, telling husband Alan Hamel that she heard noises off-camera. When he appeared, he said he was “terrified’ of something. I’m not even sure…there were ghosts following me.” He identified himself as Aaron Carpenter, and asked Somers if she had ever heard of him. He claimed he was “not a scary person whatsoever.” Somers told him he “seemed like a nice person,” but needed to leave. He claimed to have brought the couple a “gift,” but both quickly declined. He left and Somers continued. 

PRINCE HARRY, JAMES CORDEN FILM CARPOOL KARAOKE: Prince Harry and James Corden were photographed riding around Hollywood on an open-air double-decker bus, to tape a socially distant segment of Carpool Karaoke. A source tells People: “They toured Hollywood and James showed Harry some special landmarks. They also chatted about Harry’s life in the US and his focus now.

A VIDEO FOR THE ’34+35′ REMIX IS ON THE WAY – (02/08/2021)

It looks like Ariana Grande, Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion have a music video for their “34 + 35” remix in the works. 

All three performers shared the same photo of themselves together on Friday, (February 5th).  Doja Cat captioned hers with an hourglass emoji, implying that the visual is coming soon. 

Grande’s post was accompanied by a second shot of the three watching themselves on an old-fashioned television set similar to the one she used when she teased the “34+35” remix in January. 

The “34+35″ remix and four more tracks will be added to the deluxe version Positions, which Grande teased on Monday (February 1st). 

TODAY’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS:

• John Grisham (author of legal thrillers, whose books include The Client, The Firm, and The Pelican Brief) (66)
• Nick Nolte (actor, 48 Hours, Down And Out In Beverly Hills, The Prince Of Tides, Mulholland Falls, Tropic Thunder) (80)
• Mary Steenburgen (actress, Parenthood, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, Philadelphia, Elf; wife of Ted Danson; former wife of Malcolm McDowell) (68, disputed)
• Seth Green (actor, the Austin Powers movies, Greg The Bunny) (47)
• Vince Neil (lead singer, Motley Crue) (60)