Celebrity Scoop – 02/11/2021

TAYLOR SWIFT… Made a surprise announcement on ABC’s Good Morning America today. Fans speculated that she may announce a re-release of Love Story to coincide with Valentine’s Day, and they were correct. A new version of the song will be available tonight and NEW version of Fearless will be available soon. The album will have 26 tracks, 6 of them being “never heard before” tracks from Taylor’s song vault. (NME)

LARRY FLINT IS DEAD: Hustler magazine founder Larry Flint has died of heart failure at his Hollywood home. He was 78. Flint has had multiple heart issues since an attempted murder left him paralyzed in 1978. (Page Six) 

GINA CARANO FIRED: Gina Carano has been fired from The Mandalorian following controversial posts on social media in which she compared being a Republican to being Jewish in Nazi Germany. She has previously mocked mask wearing and claimed voter fraud happened took place during the 2020 election. (Page Six) 

SHIA LABEOUF DENIES CHARGES: Shia LaBeouf is formally denying the allegations that FKA Twigs leveled against him in her abuse suit. In a response to her suit filed this week and obtained by People, LaBeouf’s legal team states that he “denies, generally and specifically, each and every allegation contained in [Barnett]’s Complaint, denies that [Barnett] has sustained any injury or loss by reason of any act or omission on the part of [LaBeouf], and denies that [Barnett] is entitled to any relief or damages whatsoever.”

MEGHAN MARKLE’S COURT CASE: Meghan Markle may learn today (Thursday) if her court case will go to trial. Meghan is suing the Mail on Sunday’s publisher for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement for publishing a “private and confidential” letter she sent to her father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018, three months after her wedding to Prince Harry. On January 19th, she requested a summary judgment, which would have a judge resolve her claim and avoid a trial. 

BABY NO. 4? Prince William and Kate Middleton have baby fever, according to Us Weekly. The pair, who already share three children, want one more. A source spills: Having four children was always part of Kate’s plan,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “She put the idea on hold when [the coronavirus pandemic] hit, but now there is light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine and [Prince George and Princess Charlotte] scheduled to return to school in April. She feels ready to start trying again.”

JUSTIN BIEBER TO PERFORM VIRTUAL VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT – (02/11/2021)

Justin Bieber will show love to his fans with a full-length Valentine’s Day concert on TikTok. 

The singer will perform songs from his 2013 album, Journals, live from the Drew House on Bieber’s TikTok account (@justinbieber).

He said in a statement published in Variety, “I’m excited to bring this show to life. Journals is one of my favorite projects and I’ve never performed it live. I’m grateful to TikTok for helping me to bring this show to everyone on Valentine’s Day.”

The event starts at 9p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Sunday February 14th. 

CHARLIE PUTH WILL PERFORM AN INTERACTIVE, VIRTUAL CONCERT – (02/11/2021)

Charlie Puth will be live at the Microsoft Theater for virtual concert on March 31st. 

The “Cheating On You” singer said in an announcement, “It’s been really fun getting to know my fans even better through social media this past year, and I am excited to perform live for them in this interactive virtual concert experience.”

This event is supported by live audio and visual interactions, meaning that Puth will be able to see and hear his fans and will even invite a few to join him on stage. In addition to the main show, there will also be a virtual afterparty. 

The concert will stream from the Yoop eSpace on Wednesday, March 31st at 9:00pm ET.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

  • Kelly Rowland (R&B singer, former member of Destiny’s Child) (40)
  • Brandy (singer/actress, Moesha) (42)
  • Jennifer Aniston (actress, Friends, The Switch, Horrible Bosses, The Good Girl, Marley & Me) (52)
  • Sheryl Crow (singer) (59)
  • Tina Louise (actress, Gilligan’s Island’s Ginger) (87)

Celebrity Scoop – 02/10/2021

SHIA LABEOUF AND CAA SPLIT: Embattled star Shia LaBeouf is in inpatient care and has split from his talent agency CAA amid claims that he abused multiple exes. FKA Twigs first raised the abuse claims in a lawsuit. (Variety)

CHARLIE PUTH HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR AN OSCAR – (02/10/2021)

Charlie Puth has been shortlisted for an Oscar. 

According to Stereogum, the singer’s “Free” from Netflix’s The One And Only Ivan is one of fifteen songs likely to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. 

Christina Agulera’s “Loyal Brave Tue” from Mulan, Janelle Monáe’s “Turntables” from All In: The Fight For Democracy, Mary J. Blige’s “See What You’ve Done” from Belly Of The Beast, and John Legend’s “Never Break” from Giving Voice, also made the list. 

The Academy Awards won’t reveal their nominees until after the Gold Globes’ ceremony on February 28th. This year’s Oscars ceremony is scheduled to take place April 25.

THE REAL REASON ASHLEY BENSON AND G-EAZY SPLIT – (02/10/2021)

Ashley Benson and G-Eazy’s relationship went downhill fast, a source tells Us Weekly. “Ashley and G-Eazy fell hard for each other fast. Everything moved very quickly, and they were obsessed with each other. Recently things took a hard turn for the worse,” the insider tells Us of the pair, who were first linked in May 2020.

They were arguing all the time and it wasn’t good for either of them,” the source adds. “Ashley is the one who ended things.”

Eazy previously spoke very highly of Benson, telling ET: “Obviously, she’s a great actress, but, you know, getting to work with her and putting her in front of a microphone and watching her sing so effortlessly, she has this very special tone of voice and texture and something that’s very innate to her given that’s not her first job or what she’s known for.”

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JENNIFER LOPEZ AND ALEX RODRIGUEZ WENT TO COUPLE’S THERAPY – (02/10/2021)

Jennifer Lopez is sporting a new look on the cover of Allure magazine. 

The 51-year-old singer is seen on the March cover with what is described by her longtime hairstylist Chris Appleton as a “90s-inspired wet look crop.” According to Page Six Style, he shared an image on his Instagram Stories with the caption, “So we changed it up for @allure cover shoot.”

During her interview with the magazine, Lopez revealed that she went to couple’s therapy with fiancé Alex Rodriguez during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

She said, “We got to work on ourselves. We did therapy. I think it was really helpful for us in our relationship.”

The revelation comes just days after Rodriguez was romantically linked to Bravo personality Madison LeCroy. 

DID JODIE FOSTER SET SHAILENE WOODLEY UP? Fans theorize that Jodie Foster set Shailene Woodley up with her rumored fiancé, Aaron Rodgers. The pair co-star in The Mauritanian, and Foster and Rodgers are pals. (Us)

KIM KARDASHIAN’S BFF DEFENDS NORTH AGAINST CLAIMS OF FRAUD – (02/10/2021)

Fans questioned the legitimacy of a Bob-Ross-style painting down by Kim Kardashian’s daughter North West, who is 7. But Kim’s BFF Tracy Romulus, whose daughter Ryan is also besties with North, says the kids take an art class together, where they’re given pro tips. 

She said on IG Story: “Both girls are in art class together and learning oil painting techniques from an instructor. They spend weeks at a time on a single painting and are incredibly proud of themselves once they complete a project.”

Tracy also said that the doubters are missing out: “It’s people like you who keep a children [sic] from dreaming big or reaching their fullest potential.”

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NICK KROLL, LILY KWONG WELCOME THEIR FIRST CHILD: Lily Kwong has welcomed the birth of her first child with husband Nick Kroll. She wrote on social media: “Welcome to the world little one – our beautiful baby boy joined us earthside on 1/21/21. Our hearts are so full.” 

‘MTV UNPLUGGED PRESENTS: BTS’ TO AIR ON FEBRUARY 23 – (02/10/2021)

BTS is set to perform for a special edition of MTV Unplugged. 

MTV Unplugged Presents: BTS will put it’s own spin on the typical Unplugged format.  Performing from Seoul, South Korea, BTS offers their fans a front-row seat to never-before-seen versions of the group’s most career-defining hits and songs from their latest album BE (Essential Edition), in intimate settings. 

The worldwide music event will air Tuesday, February 23rd at 9PM ET exclusively on MTV in the US and will air around the world beginning February 23.

TODAY’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS:

  • Laura Dern (actress, Enlightened, Jurassic Park, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Big Little Lies, daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd) (54)
  • Roberta Flack (singer, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Feel Like Making Love”) (84, disputed)
  • George Stephanopoulos (host of ABC’s This Week Sunday morning news show, political commentator and former Clinton presidential advisor) (60)
  • Elizabeth Banks (actress/director, Seabiscuit, Spiderman, Zach & Miri Make a Porno, The Uninvited) (47)
  • Chloe Grace Moretz (actress, Kick Ass, Diary of Wimpy Kid, Let Me In) (24)

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)

Celebrity Scoop – 02/05/2021

OLIVIA RODRIGO IS WORKING ON AN ALBUM AND HER HOMEWORK – (02/05/2021)

Olivia Rodrigo recently chatted with Nylon about the success of her first single and the possibility of a debut album. 

Three weeks after the release of “Drivers License,” the 17-year-old singer told the magazine, “My life has completely shifted within such a short period of time. And yet, everything is the same, and I’m still just spending every day in my room writing songs and doing homework.”

Rodrigo has about eight songs written that she’s happy with and says she already has a vision for her eventual album.  Rodrigo revealed, “I want it to be super versatile. My dream is to have it be an intersection between mainstream pop, folk music, and alternative rock. I love the songwriting and the lyricism and the melodies of folk music. I love the tonality of alt-rock. Obviously, I’m obsessed with pop and pop artists. So I’m going to try and take all of my sort of influences and inspirations and kind of make something that I like.”

However, an album isn’t her only goal for 2021.  She’s also planning to graduate from high school this year. 

THE WEEKND WILL KEEP HIS HALFTIME SHOW PERFORMANCE ‘PG-13’ – (02/05/2021)

The Weeknd has opened up about his upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday (February 7th). The singer-songwriter told Variety that he will keep his performance “PG-13.” He explained, “I definitely want to be respectful to the viewers at home.  I will still incorporate some of the storyline [from the videos]—it’s a very cohesive story I’m telling throughout this year, so the story will continue, but we definitely will keep it PG for the families. I’ll do my best.”

He continued, “I’m not gonna tell you anything else because you’ll have to watch on Sunday.” When asked if he will address “the recent uprisings in Black communities” in his performance, He said, “I don’t like to spoon-feed the audience, hopefully they can come up with some of their own theories and conclusions for what the show is saying and the story I’m telling with the performance.”

Meanwhile, TMZ has reported that The Weeknd won’t have any guests during his Halftime performance.

GIGI HADID OPENS UP ABOUT TERRIFYING HOME BIRTH – (02/05/2021)

Gigi Hadid welcomed her daughter Khai at her home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in September. It wasn’t picture perfect, she tells Vogue, in a March cover story. The 25-year-old model opted to do a home birth when she discovered that her mom Yolanda Hadid, and sister, Bella Hadid, could not be present if she gave birth at a hospital in Manhattan due to COVID restrictions. 

She and boyfriend Zayn Malik watched “The Business of Being Born” documentary together, and discovered they could do it. 

“I had to dig deep,” Gigi said of when the time came to deliver her first child in a blow-up bath in her bedroom. “I knew it was going to be the craziest pain in my life, but you have to surrender to it and be like, ‘This is what it is.’ I loved that.”

Her mom and midwife coached her. Gigi said she knew Zayn, 28, and Bella, 24, were “proud” of her, but “at certain points I saw each of them in terror.”

Gigi admitted, “Z and I looked at each other and were like, ‘We can have some time before we do that again.”

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BABY NO. 2 FOR KHLOE KARDASHIAN AND TRISTAN THOMPSON? – (02/05/2021)

Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson have been through a lot: two major cheating scandals, co-parenting True through a pandemic and now, a bicoastal lifestyle with Tristan based in Boston, and Khloe in L.A. 

Now, they’re planning on a happy new chapter: a second child. According to a sneak peek of an upcoming episode to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, both Tristan and Khloe are in. 

“Kim, every time I post a video of True, she DMs me and she’s like, ‘She can’t play by herself her whole life,'” Khloe tells Tristan of her sister, Kim Kardashian West.

Khloe said: [“In my head, when I was going to have kids, I never, ever imagined having an only child. Especially being on quarantine with her, I felt bad. She had no friends. She had nobody. They were isolated even from each other (True’s cousins) for so long. I don’t know. True’s getting older and I just feel like it’s now time to have another kid.”’] 

Tristan said: “Yep. Mmmhmm. That’s what I like to hear.”

“We have to line it up with your schedule, so I can make embryos with my frozen eggs,” she tells her beau, who responds, “I’m all for it.”

“I think I’m ready to do the whole pregnancy thing again,” Khloe says. “This process might take time. I have no idea. So I think [we] start the process, at least be prepared.”

He wants not just one more, but two more. “I’ve always wanted four kids, so I have Prince and True,” he says of his 4-year-old son from a previous relationship and his daughter with Khloe. “Two down, two more to go.”

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TODAY’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS:

  • Bobby Brown (R&B singer, ex-husband of Whitney Houston) (52)
  • Christopher Guest (actor, comedian, writer, Lily Tomlin, Saturday Night Live, Best In Show) (73)
  • Laura Linney (actress, The Ozarks, The Big C, Tales of the City, Kinsey, Primal Fear, Congo, The Truman Show) (57)
  • Tim Meadows (comedian, Saturday Night Live) (60)
  • Cristiano Ronaldo (pro soccer player) (36)

Celebrity Scoop – 02/04/2021

GOLDEN GLOBES MAKES HISTORY, NOMINATING 3 FEMALE DIRECTORS, TWITTER PEEVED OVER ‘EMILY’ – (02/04/2021)

In 2018, Natalie Portman took the Golden Globes to task while presenting the award for best director, noting, “Here are the all-male nominees.” It seems the Golden Globes got the message, and for the first time in six years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association put some—three actually—directors up. 

Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland,” Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman” and Regina King for “One Night in Miami,” all of whom are competing against David Fincher for “Mank” and Aaron Sorkin for “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”

Overall, Netflix dominated. “Mank” is leading film nominees with six nods and “The Crown” topping all television series.

Netflix, which led at the Globes last year, too, came in with 42 nominations, 22 in film categories and 20 in television. No other studio was close.

“The Crown” snagged six nominations including best series, drama, and acting nods for Olivia Colman and Josh O’Connor. The final season of “Schitt’s Creek” trailed with five nominations, while Netflix’s “Ozark” (four nods) and “The Queen’s Gambit” (two nods) adding to Netflix’s pile. Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — a Netflix release — came in next with five nominations, including nods for best film, drama; best director and best screenplay for Sorkin; supporting actor for Sacha Baron Cohen; and best song.

The late Chadwick Boseman earned a lead actor nod for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” He’s up against Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”; Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”; Gary Oldman, “Mank”; Tahar Rahim, “The Mauritanian.”

The nominees for actress in a drama film are: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”; Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”; Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”; Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”

Not everyone was happy to see “Emily in Paris” nominated for best television series. On Twitter, there was an uproar, with one critic writing: “if you don’t think white supremacy is real, emily in paris is nominated for a golden globe.”

Another opined: “The next time you’re overcome by imposter syndrome just take a deep breath and remember that “Emily in Paris” got nominated for a Golden Globe.”

Others noted the snub for the critically acclaimed I May Destroy You. 

The Golden Globes are set for February 28th. 

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THE WEEKND EXPLAINS MEANING BEHIND BANDAGES FOR ‘AFTER HOURS’ CHARACTER – (02/04/2021)

The Weeknd has finally explained the meaning behind the bandages for his “After Hours” character. The singer songwriter told Variety, “The significance of the entire head bandages is reflecting on the absurd culture of Hollywood celebrity and people manipulating themselves for superficial reasons to please and be validated. 

He continued, “It’s all a progression and we watch the Character’s storyline hit heightened levels of danger and absurdity as his tale goes on.”  

Variety pointed out that “After Hours” is The Weeknd’s most successful album despite the fact that he hid his face with bandages and also wore prosthetics. The Weeknd respond, “I suppose you could take that being attractive isn’t important to me but a compelling narrative is.” 

As for why he sometimes appears in character and sometimes as himself, he said, “Why not play with the character and the artist and let those lines blur and move around?”

When asked if he was in character during the interview, he said, “I don’t know, I’d have to ask him.”

THE WEEKND IS HITTING THE ROAD IN 2022

Meanwhile, The Weeknd has announced new dates for his “After Hours” Tour, which will start in 2022. The 104 date tour will kick off on January 14th in Vancouver and will make stops in Chicago, Toronto, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York before heading overseas. 

SEAN PENN BERATES WORKERS IN LEAKED MEMO – (02/04/2021)

Sean Penn sent a 2,200 internal letter to his CORE  (Community Organized Relief Effort) employees, the L.A. Times reports, berating them for remarks made by anonymous workers about the operation online.

The Oscar-winner has received high praise for the mass center at Dodgers Stadium supported by his CORE nonprofit and the work it has done responding to COVID and providing test and vaccination centers.

The 60-year-old sent the fiery missive Friday, and the L.A. Times published a copy of the email. One of the anonymous workers claimed they were overworked by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti. They said they were working “18 hour days, six days per week,” and “without the opportunity to take breaks.” The commenter also claimed Garcetti “more or less ordered” a violation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules.

Another worker claimed CORE employees “usually DON’T get breakfast, just coffee,” in contrast to a NYTimes story claiming they got Krispy Kreme breakfasts and Subway lunches. 

In his email to staff, Penn spoke of his “grave concern” for the “broad-based cyber whining.” He chalked up the “highly visible” complaints as a “broad betrayal of all.”

“Those comments, which claimed to be revealing of inaccuracies about our vaccine effort at Dodger Stadium in a news report, were in themselves not only a propagation of deeper inaccuracies, but also indulged the personal opinions of those alleged CORE staffers in a way that violates everything that keeps us whole,” Penn wrote.

He encouraged unhappy workers to quit. 

“It’s called quitting. Quit for CORE. Quit for your colleagues who won’t quit. Quit for your fellow human beings who deeply recognize that this is a moment in time. A moment of service that we must all embody sometimes to the point of collapse. That’s my job. And that’s your job,” he added. 

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TODAY’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS:

  • Gavin DeGraw (singer, “I Don’t Want To Be”) (44)
  • Natalie Imbruglia (pop singer, “Torn”) (46)
  • Alice Cooper (rock legend) (73)
  • Cam’Ron (rapper) (45)
  • Clint Black (country singer) (59)

Celebrity Scoop – 02/03/2021

NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS UNVEIL HOST, NOMINATIONS – (02/03/2021)

Slime is headed our way! The 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards are set for Saturday, March 13th, with Kenan Thompson scheduled to host. The show will air live across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons and the Nick Jr. channels.

The Saturday Night Live star has his own Kids’ Choice Award, bringing it home in 2000 for Favorite Male Star.

This year, Justin Bieber got the most nominations, with four; on his heels are Ariana Grande, The Croods: A New Age, Henry Danger, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Soul, Trolls World Tour and Wonder Woman 1984, with three apiece. 

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THE WEEKND IS SET: The Weeknd is getting ready to rock the Super Bowl this Sunday with a $9.1 million six-bedroom manse on nearby Davis Island; he’s shelling out $100,000 to stay. His rep told Page Six he’s spending his own money to make the show the best it can be: “Abel spent almost $7 million of his own money beyond the already generous budgets to make this halftime show be what he envisioned.” (Page Six)  

MICHAEL B. JORDAN MAKES SUPER BOWL DEBUT: Michael B. Jordan is making his Super Bowl ad debut, for Amazon’s voice-recognition system Alexa. Dubbed “Alexa’s Body,” the ad will premiere during the fourth-quarter on Sunday. “I literally could not imagine a more beautiful vessel for Alexa to be inside,” one woman says, gazing Jordan in an ad, and prompting a daydream about Jordan as Alexa. 

REBEL WILSON, JACOB BUSCH SPLIT: Rebel Wilson has broken up with her boyfriend Jacob Busch. She posted on IG: “Lots on my mind…aghhhhhh…#single-girl-heading-to-Super-Bowl!”

LAURENCE FISHBURNE TO GET LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Laurence Fishburne is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 edition of the SCAD aTVfest, only the second actor to be recognized by Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), after Phylicia Rashad. “Laurence Fishburne is one of the most influential and inspiring actors of his generation. His career is marked with powerful performances across film, TV and Broadway including ‘The Matrix,’ ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ ‘The Tuskegee Airmen,’ ‘Thurgood,’ and his current acting and executive producing role on ‘Black-ish,’” said SCAD aTVfest Executive Director Christina Routhier. “We are honored to recognize and celebrate this legend at the 2021 SCAD aTVfest.”

DEMI LOVATO’S NEW SINGLE DROPS THURSDAY – (02/03/2021)

Demi Lovato and Sam Fisher will release their new single, “What Other People Say” on Thursday (February 4th). 

Both artists shared the news on social media Tuesday (February 2nd) with Lovato writing, “these lyrics are so special to my heart… I can’t wait to share this one with you.”

The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer’s manager announced on Twitter in early January that she was back in the studio, working on new music.  Lovato hasn’t released a full-length album since Tell Me You Love Me in 2017.

MILEY CYRUS SHARES NINE INCH NAILS COVER – (02/03/2021)

Miley Cyrus teased a cover of the Nine Inch Nails hit “Head Like a Hole” on social media Tuesday (February 2nd). 

The singer hashtagged the clip with “Ashley O Gone Wild,” a reference to her Black Mirror character.  Cyrus portrayed Ashley O, a fictional pop singer whose big hit was a positive rendition of NIN’s “Head Like A Hole,” in a 2019 episode of the Netflix series. 

The “Prisoner” singer will perform before the Super Bowl at the TikTok tailgate on Sunday (February 7th). 

TODAY’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS:

  • Nathan Lane (actor, The Birdcage, The Producers) (65)
  • Isla Fisher (actress, Wedding Crashers, Nocturnal Animals, wife of comedian/Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen) (45)
  • Sean Kingston (American reggae rapper) (31)

Celebrity Scoop – 02/02/2021

DUSTIN DIAMOND DIES AT 44 – (02/02/2021)

Dustin Diamond, who rose to fame playing Screech in 1990’s Saved by the Bell, died Monday after a recent cancer diagnosis. He was 44. 

He shared the news of his cancer diagnosis last month; at the time, his manager Roger Paul said the situation was “serious.” 

“We are saddened to confirm Dustin Diamond’s passing on Monday, February 1st, 2021 due to carcinoma. He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago. In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution. Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,” Diamond’s rep, Roger Paul, confirmed to Us Weekly on Monday, mourning the actor who had become “a part of our family and friend circle.”

The statement continued: “Dustin was a humorous and high-spirited individual whose greatest passion was to make others laugh. He was able to sense and feel other peoples’ emotions to such a length that he was able to feel them too — a strength and a flaw, all in one. “Dustin Diamond was a character in and of himself: an unpredictable spitfire who always left us shocked, but never left us bored. We are thankful he trusted us enough to share his genuine, authentic self with our team. We wish you knew him in the way that we did. We please ask that you give room for privacy to our team and Mr. Diamond’s family during this tragic time, as we grieve and remember the memories spent together. This loss is as much stinging as it is sudden.”

CHALLENGES 

Diamond has had his share of public ups and downs, and in 2009, he released Behind the Bell, which created controversy with less than flattering tales about his costars. He also had legal tussles, serving three months in jail for stabbing a man during a bar fight in Wisconsin. 

When Saved by the Bell was rebooted by Peacock, all of the stars were asked to return, but Diamond was not. 

In 2018, he appeared as Screech in the Funny or Die series, Zack Morris Is Trash.

Fans on Twitter immediately shared their grief at the “very sad news.”

Diamond’s Saved by the Bell co-stars, Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen, expressed sadness, both noting how fragile life is.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Zack Morris in the coming-of-age sitcom, called Diamond “a true comedic genius.”

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OLIVIA RODRIGO HAS THE BIGGEST SONG IN THE WORLD – (02/02/2021)

Olivia Rodrigo has the biggest song in the world.  

“Drivers License” tops both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excluding U.S. charts for the third week in a row.  It is the first song to reach No. 1 on both lists for three consecutive weeks. 

The 17-year-old singer’s debut single also logs a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 

KIM KARDASHIAN SENDS MESSAGE ON KANYE WEST SPLIT – (02/02/2021)

All good! Rumors of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s split have been swirling for months, and while she reportedly has legendary divorce attorney Laura Wasser on retainer and is working to divvy up their considerable assets, she still wants the world to know she has his back.

She posted shots of herself on IG wearing his Yeezy brand of bikini and sneakers. “Just Chillin,’” she captioned the shots.

Some followers wondered what this meant, with one commenting, “Am I the only one wondering if they’re back together bc of the yeezy’s??” and a second adding, “Give my boy all his sneakers back !!!”

Still others focused on the polarizing footwear, made from harvested algae: “Kim sweetie, you’re getting divorced you don’t have to wear the ugly shoes anymore.” 

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MARIAH CAREY IS BEING SUED BY HER ESTRANGED SISTER – (02/02/2021)

Mariah Carey’s estranged sister issuing her for $1.25 million, claiming that she suffered emotional distress from the singer’s allegation of abuse in her book, “The Meaning of Mariah.”

According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Mariah’s book alleges Alison Carey “gave her Valium, tried to pimp her out and threw a cup of boiling hot tea on her causing third-degree burns” when Mariah was 12. Alison disputes these allegations and claims Mariah hasn’t provided any evidence to support them.

Alison also accused Mariah of making the false claims despite knowing that their mother subjected Alison to abuse including satanic rituals and sexual activity at a young age. 

TODAY’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS:

  • Christie Brinkley (supermodel) (67)
  • Graham Nash (singer-songwriter, of Crosby, Stills & Nash) (79)
  • Duane “Dog” Chapman (Dog The Bounty Hunter) (68)

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