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LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND GIGI HADID REPORTEDLY SPEND ‘NEARLY THE ENTIRE NIGHT' TOGETHER AT PRE-OSCARS PARTY: Following the news that Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid have casually stopped seeing one another, People reports that the pair were seen together at Darren Dzienciol and Richie Akiva's pre-Oscars party on Friday (March 10th). A source told the outlet, "Leo and Gigi were tucked away in a tented area trying to stay low key. There was no PDA, but they were together nearly the entire night and barely moved from their spot." However, another source added, "The two were in a group of over a dozen people in the VIP section who were hanging out."

TOM SCHWARTZ COMMENTS ON AFFAIR BETWEEN TOM SANDOVAL AND RAQUEL LEVISS: Tom Schwartz is breaking his silence on "Scandoval," addressing the affair between his Vanderpump Rules costars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss. "Sandoval's okay, I think. Relatively speaking, I mean, he has a sense of profound sadness, rightfully so, that he's a piece of s---. And to some extent, maybe he is," Schwartz told TMZ Saturday (March 11th). "But he knows he f---ed up, and the whole thing is just really sad." He added, "Luckily, Ariana has a really good support system, and she's with her friends. I hope she's living a good life, just indulging. Hope she goes on a living spree. I'm just hoping this whole thing blows over."

JASON MOMOA SPORTS TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN MALO IN NEW VIDEO: Jason Momoa is giving the fans what they want. While promoting the clothing line So iLL in an Instagram video, the Aquaman star wore a traditional Hawaiian malo. "Check it out, it matches the shoes," he said about his t-shirt, before walking away with his butt exposed. Fans were not disappointed. "1.6m views and 1.5m of them were me," one user wrote. Another commented, "Sorry I just blacked out for a moment for some reason. Can you'd sic start again?"

JOE EXOTIC SAYS ‘TIGER KING' RUINED HIS LIFE: Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, spoke with TMZ from a federal prison about how the Netflix docuseries Tiger King has affected him. "I didn't do ‘Tiger King,'" he said. "Did ‘Tiger King' ruin my life? Absolutely." Maldonado-Passage said he was "filming a little tiger show" in 2016-2017. "Then Netflix and series co-director Eric Goode and all of them turned this into a conspiracy to kill Carole Baskin, to make a show. Anything you saw me in was real filming that I filmed at the zoo. Everything they filmed after 2018 when I got arrested was all pre-set-up and we have evidence that they were all paid to say what they said," he claimed.

ROBERT BLAKE DIES AT 89: According to Entertainment Tonight, Baretta actor Robert Blake, who was tried and acquitted for the murder of his wife in the early aughts, has died at the age of 89. His cause of death was heart disease. Blake began acting as a child in Our Gang, and his career spanned over 60 years. He earned an Emmy for his role as Detective Tony Baretta in 1975. He also starred in films such as 1967's In Cold Blood, 1995's Money Train, and 1997's Lost Highway. He is survived by his three children: Noah, Delinah, and Rose.

QUINTA BRUNSON IS SCHEDULED TO HOST STRIKE-THREATENED ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' SHOW: Deadline reports that Quinta Brunson is set to host the April 1st episode of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest Lil Yachty. This particular show is under threat of a strike by approximately 20 post-production editors, represented by the Motion Picture Editors Guild. With talks ongoing, NBC said it aims to resolve the issue by the end of the month.

‘CITADEL' MARKS ‘THE FIRST TIME IN 22 YEARS' PRIYANKA CHOPRA HAS HAD ‘PAY PARITY' WITH A MALE COSTAR: According to Deadline, Priyanka Chopra sat down with the head of MGM Studios Friday (March 10th) at South by Southwest. Chopra shared that her forthcoming series Citadel marks the first time she's been paid the same amount as a male costar. "I've been working in the entertainment industry for 22 years. I have done about 70-plus features, and two TV shows," she said. "When I did Citadel, I had pay parity with my male actor for the first time in 22 years."

PODCASTER SAYS SHE IS ‘TROUBLED BY THE CLOSE SIMILARITIES' BETWEEN HER PODCAST AND ‘WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES:' Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, an associate history professor at The New School, told The New York Post that she believes material from her Welcome to Your Fantasy podcast was used in the creation of Hulu's Welcome to Chippendales. Petrzela told the outlet she is "troubled by the close similarities" between the two projects. "From story structure to certain characters and plot details to the almost identical title, which understandably led many to believe, mistakenly, that I was involved in the creation of the television adaptation," she said. Additionally, Petrzela told The New York Times recently that a producer with Pineapple Street Studios had previously emailed Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon, to see if they would be interested in adapting the podcast for television. "Kumail and I listened to the podcast and it's such a fun story, but unfortunately I don't think it's the right project for us to write," Gordon reportedly replied via email. "As much as we love watching crime stories, I don't know if that's a strength that we have as a writing duo. It didn't spark an immediate take in our brains."

Courteney Cox has opened up about her face fillers.

She shared on a recent Gloss Angeles podcast episode, "Thinking I was getting older when I was really young, that's just a bummer, a waste of time; it's a domino effect, it's like you don't realize that you look a little off, so then you keep doing more cause you look normal to yourself."

Cox continued, "You look in the mirror and go, 'Oh, that looks good,' you think, and you don't realize what it looks like to the outside person and just doing too many fillers and having to have them removed, which thank god they are removable, I think I messed up a lot and now luckily I can, I was able to reverse most of that, now I'm actually just older."

KIM KARDASHIAN GIVES TOUR OF HER GARDEN: Kim Kardashian has given a tour of her massive California garden on her Instagram Story. The garden includes artichokes, Hass avocadoes, Anna apples and Minneola tangelo. In the video, Kim said, "An afternoon walk in the garden. We're going to start picking some fruits. There's so many amazing ones."

QUEER EYE STAR TOM JACKSON DIES AT AGE 63: According to Page Six on March 9th, Queer Eye star Tom Jackson has died after a battle with cancer. His family revealed earlier this week that Jackson lost his battle with battle with metastatic adenocarcinoma on March 2nd.

ROYAL FAMILY UPDATES WEBSITE TO INCLUDE PRINCE ARCHIE AND PRINCESS LILIBET'S TITLES: NBC News reported on March 9th that the royal family's official website has been updated to include line of succession to include the titles of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children Archie Harrison, 3, and Lilibet "Lili" Diana, 21 months. A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan told E! News, "The children's titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became Monarch. This matter has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace."

Cara Delevingne revealed to Vogue that unflattering paparazzi images helped put her on the path to sobriety.

She told the outlet that photos of her looking disheveled and acting erratic following her trip to Burning Man last September were a wakeup call. The model said, "I hadn't slept. I was not OK. It's heartbreaking because I thought I was having fun, but at some point it was like, OK, I don't look well. You know, sometimes you need a reality check, so in a way those pictures were something to be grateful for."

For the interview, conducted in late January, Delevingne confessed that she was four months sober after going to rehab last year. She credits her recovery to a 12-step program.

The Suicide Squad star revealed, "Before I was always into the quick fix of healing, going to a weeklong retreat or to a course for trauma, say, and that helped for a minute, but it didn't ever really get to the nitty-gritty, the deeper stuff. This time I realized that 12-step treatment was the best thing, and it was about not being ashamed of that. The community made a huge difference. The opposite of addiction is connection, and I really found that in 12-step."

Goldie Hawn regrets not picking up her Oscar award in person.

The actress, who was 25 at the time she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Cactus Flower, told Variety that she just didn't expect to win.

She said, "I never got dressed up. I never got to pick up the award. I regret it. It's something that I look back on now and think, ‘It would have been so great to be able to have done that.'"

In fact, the Private Benjamin star told the outlet she never even watched the ceremony until Jimmy Kimmel recently showed her the clip of Fred Astaire announcing her name.

She admitted, "He's my idol. And I didn't know he was the one that announced my name. I got emotional when I finally saw it."

Keira Knightly says she felt "stuck" after taking the role of Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Black Pearl at the age of 17.

She told Harper's Bazaar UK, "Swann was the object of everybody's lust." Not that she doesn't have a lot of fight in her. But it was interesting coming from being really tomboyish to getting projected as quite the opposite. I felt very constrained. I felt very stuck."

The Love Actually star added that she spent the next several years trying to "break out of that." She added, "It very much felt like I was caged in a thing I didn't understand."

Sharon Stone claims that her role in Basic Instinct cost her custody of her son.

The actress told the Table for Two podcast that when she divorced Phil Bronstein in 2003, a judge ruled the couple's son would live primarily with Bronstein and only granted Stone visitation rights.

She recalled that the judge asked her son, "Do you know your mother makes sex movies," referring to the 1992 hit.

She added, "People are walking around with no clothes on at all in regular TV now. And you saw maybe, maybe, like a 16th of a second of nudity of me. And I lost custody of my child."

The experience, Stone said, sent her to the Mayo Clinic "with extra heartbeats in my upper and lower chamber of my heart…It literally broke my heart."

MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY'S KIDS GET ROYAL TITLES: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's kids' Royal titles have finally been revealed. The couple announced Wednesday (March 8th) that their daughter Lilibet was christened last week as "Princess Lilibet." A source told People that although King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton were all invited to the event at the Sussex's home in Montecito, California last week (March 3rd), none of the Royals chose to attend.

HUGH GRANT ADMITS TO 'TERRIBLE' TANTRUM ON SET: Hugh Grant admitted to throwing a tantrum on sent while filming his upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The Notting Hill actor told Total Film magazine, "I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one. I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better." It turns out that the woman was actually "an extremely nice local woman who was he chaperone of the young girl." Grant added that the incident was "terrible" and led to "a lot of groveling."

PRISCILLA PRESLEY MAKES FIRST RED CARPET APPEARANCE SINCE LISA MARIE'S DEATH: Priscilla Presley made her first red carpet appearance since the death of her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. She attended the premiere of the Netflix animated series Agent Elvis on Tuesday (March 7th). The series — which Priscilla co-created with John Eddie — follows a fictionalized version of the King of Rock and Roll as he is recruited by the U.S. government to become an undercover spy.

COLE SPROUSE LOST VIRGINITY AT AGE 14: Cole Sprouse says he lost his virginity at the age of 14 while on a family vacation. The Riverdale actor told the "Call Her Daddy" podcast that the event lasted just 20 seconds. He added, "I ended up regretting that experience a little bit because I hadn't made it special at all."

HAYDEN PANETTIERE WEARS BROTHER'S JACKET TO MEMORIAL: Hayden Panettiere honored her late brother by wearing a jacket he designed to his memorial service Wednesday (March 8th). According to US Weekly, the Heroes alum joined friends and family at Palisades Presbyterian Church in New York to pay their respects to Jansen Panettiere, who died from an enlarged heart on February 19th at the age of 28.

BRUCE WILLIS' WIFE CLAPS BACK AGAINST THOSE WHO SAY SHE'S USING HER HUSBAND'S CONDITION TO GET ATTENTION: Emma Heming Willis is pushing back on fans who say she's using her husband, Bruce Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis to get her "5 minutes of fame." She said in a video posted Tuesday (March 7th), "I just saw something about me getting my '5 minutes,' which is great, which means that you're listening. So, I'm going to take my 5 minutes and I'm gonna turn it into 10 because I'm always going to advocate for my husband." The 44-year-old vowed to continue to "raise awareness around FTD" and their caregivers.

'THE PRICE IS RIGHT' GETS A NEW HOME: The Price Is Right is getting a new home after more than 50 years at Television City. According to Deadline renovations are forcing the CBS game show to move to Haven Studios when it begins production on Season 52 later this summer.

MELISSA BENOIST TO JOIN 'MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVOLUTION': Mattel announced Wednesday (March 8th) that Supergirl's Melissa Benoist will be the voice of Teela in Masters of the Universe: Revolution, Kevin Smith's continuation of his Masters Of The Universe: Revelation He-Man adaptation at Netflix. She takes over the role played by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the original series.

HISTORY CHANNEL ANNOUNCES DOCUMENTARIES WITH BRADLEY COOPER, KEVIN COSTNER AND MORE!: History Channel announced Wednesday (March 8th) that it has documentaries lined up with big names like Kevin Costner, Bradley Cooper, Morgan Freeman, Michael Imperioli and Dan Aykroyd. These include Costner's The West, FDR from Cooper, Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion from Freeman, Five Families from Imperioli and The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd.

'HOUSE OF THE DRAGON' ADDS 5 DRAGONS: House of the Dragon Season 2 will have even more dragons. According to The Hollywood Reporter, series cocreator Ryan Condal promised "five new dragons" at a recent FYC screening in Los Angeles.

When Pete Davidson and Chase Sui Wonders crashed a Mercedes-Benz into the side of a Beverly Hills home over the weekend, they startled a 16-year-old girl who was at home alone. The girl's father told TMZ she was reading a book when the accident happened.

Thankfully, the teenager was not injured, but her father says she is "a bit" traumatized. The sound was so loud that she thought there was an earthquake.

The homeowner told the outlet that the car hit the house just outside of the living room, and that a window came out of its frame. He also told TMZ he is not planning to sue Davidson.

Drew Barrymore revealed to The Los Angeles Times in a recent interview that her therapist, Barry Michels, was so concerned about her drinking following her divorce from Will Kopelman, that he stopped seeing her.

"He just said, ‘I can't do this anymore,'" the Never Been Kissed actress recalled. "It was really about my drinking. I said, ‘I get it. I've never respected you more. You see I'm not getting better. And I hope, one day, that I can earn your trust back.'"

One of Barrymore's close friends, Cameron Diaz, told the outlet that it was "difficult to watch" Barrymore go through this tough period. "But I knew that if we all stuck with her and gave her the support she needed, she would find her way," Diaz said. "I have absolute faith in her. You can't even comprehend how hard it was to be her as a child, and then she shot out the other end with the ability to save herself."

The E.T. star said she stopped drinking after filming the first episode of The Drew Barrymore Show in 2019. "I think the opportunity at a show like this really hit me," she said. "I was like, ‘I can't handle this unless I'm in a really clear place.'"

A source has claimed that Chris Rock doesn't "give a sh*t" about harsh opinions on his latest Netflix special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage. Rock finally addressed the infamous Will Smith slap during the special.

According to The Jasmine Brand, a source said, "He said what he needed to say and doesn't give a sh*t about the reaction either way. He isn't worried." The source added that "people have been waiting for Rock's reaction for a year. For the most part, I think it was well received. People don't expect sugarcoating from Chris Rock."

Michael Jackson's nephew Taj Jackson was one of the people that had harsh criticisms for Rock, who threw a jab at the pop icon. Taj said via social media, "After seeing a new clip of him attacking my dead uncle in the first minutes of his "Retaliation-I'm still relevant "special, I have 3 things to say. What did my family ever do to you to warrant these decades of harassment and your constant bullying disguise as jokes? Just because you were bullied early on in life doesn't give you the excuse to bully others now. Thank you Will Smith."

WILL SMITH STILL HASN'T PERSONALLY APOLOGIZED TO CHRIS ROCK

Meanwhile, Page Six has reported that although Will has publicly apologized, he still has not personally apologized to Chris. A source said, "Will did call Chris last year after the Oscars, but Chris didn't pick up. And they haven't spoken since."

The source continued, "Chris was open for a call until Will made his public apologies, and then all of those ‘Red Table Talk' discussions."

The source added, "Will's two public apologies were all about saving his own reputation. Will has not apologized to Chris Rock in person — and Chris isn't expecting it."

The source also revealed that Chris is ready to move now that he has said his piece.

SOURCE: WILL SMITH IS 'REMORSEFUL'

A source close to Will Smith told another news outlet that Will has tried "unsuccessfully to make amends in the best way he could with Chris."

The source added, "But beyond that, family is important to him and Smith leaned on them. It all has helped him look inside and mature. He is better but still remorseful. Will listened to those who tried to help him and feels that he has become a better person."

Paris Hilton opened up about her 2003 sex tape in an excerpt from her new book titled Paris: The Memoir, published by The Times of London. The Simple Life star claims her ex, Rick Salomon, told her if she didn't do the sex tape, "he could easily find someone who would."

"I don't remember that much about the night he wanted to make a videotape while we made love," Hilton wrote. "He had often said it was something he did with other women, but I felt weird and uncomfortable about it. I always told him, 'I can't. It's too embarrassing.'"

Despite declining, she said Salomon continued to pressure her. "He kept pushing. I kept making excuses," she wrote. "He told me if I wouldn't do it, he could easily find someone who would."

The House of Wax actress added that she eventually caved, leaning on substances to get through it. "I had to drink myself silly," she wrote. "Quaaludes helped. But I did it. I have to own that. I knew what he wanted, and I went with it."

HODA KOTB THANKS FANS FOR SUPPORT AMID DAUGHTER'S HOSPITALIZATION: Hoda Kotb thanked fans for their support on Instagram Tuesday (March 7th), after her daughter Hope was in the ICU for an undisclosed illness. "Thank you …for all of your beautiful words and prayers . I have read them all. You have no idea how much it means to me and my family. I am so profoundly touched," she wrote.

HALLE BAILEY UNVEILS HER ‘LITTLE MERMAID' DOLL: Halle Bailey took to Instagram on Monday (March 6th) to introduce her Little Mermaid doll to the world. "I have something really exciting to reveal to you all. I am going to cry," she said in a video. "This is the new 'The Little Mermaid' doll. I am literally choking up because this means so much to me and to have one that looks like me, that is my favorite Disney character, is very surreal." Pointing at the doll's forehead, Bailey added, "And look, she even has my mole!"

RAQUEL LEVISS SENDS ‘VANDERPUMP RULES' COSTARS LEGAL LETTER OVER EXPLICIT VIDEO: According to Page Six, Raquel Leviss and her attorneys sent legal letters to her Vanderpump Rules costars, asking them to stop sharing and delete an explicit video she sent to Tom Sandoval. Leviss claims the video was recorded "illegally without her knowledge or consent," and her lawyers cited a California law against revenge porn. The outlet reports that the video in question is the one Ariana Madix found on Sandoval's phone, which exposed the pair's affair.

BINDI IRWIN ANNOUNCES ENDOMETRIOSIS DIAGNOSIS: On Tuesday (March 7th), Bindi Irwin shared a photo of herself in a hospital bed to Instagram and revealed that she has been diagnosed with endometriosis. The Bindi's Bootcamp star wrote, "I'm sharing my story for anyone who reads this & is quietly dealing with pain & no answers. Let this be your validation that your pain is real & you deserve help." She added that she's struggled with pain, exhaustion, and nausea for 10 years. "Thank you to the doctors & nurses who believed in my pain. I'm on the road to recovery & the gratitude I feel is overwhelming," she said.

JASON SUDEIKIS SAYS ‘TED LASSO' WILL LIKELY END WITH THIRD SEASON: Jason Sudeikis spoke with Deadline about the fate of Ted Lasso, revealing that the third season will probably be the show's final one. "This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell. The fact that folks will want more and are curious beyond more than what they don't even know yet—that being Season 3—it's flattering," he told the outlet. "Maybe by May 31, once all 12 episodes of the season have been released, they're like, ‘Man, you know what, we get it, we're fine. We don't need anymore, we got it.' But until that time comes, I will appreciate the curiosity beyond what we've come up with so far."

JONATHAN MAJORS TO STAR IN ‘DA UNDERSTUDY:' According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Majors might be reuniting with Da 5 Bloods director Spike Lee. The Creed III actor is set to star in Da Understudy as a Broadway actor who "finds a role he's willing to kill for." Lee is in talks to direct and executive produce the picture.

‘BARRY' TO END WITH FOURTH SEASON: HBO released a teaser for the fourth and final season of Barry on Tuesday (March 7th). Bill Hader told Variety that he and co-creator Alec Berg realized that "a very clear ending presented itself" while they wrote season four, causing them to go back and rewrite season three. The final season of the show is set to premiere on April 16th.

TAIKA WAITITI IS IN TALKS TO STAR IN HIS OWN ‘STAR WARS' MOVIE: Deadline reports that Taika Waititi may be starring in his own Star Wars film, although the Jojo Rabbit star is still working on the script. The next film in the franchise is scheduled to hit theaters on December 19th, 2025.

Hayden Panettiere appeared on Good Morning America Monday (March 6th) to promote Scream VI, marking her first TV interview since her brother Jansen unexpectedly passed away in February. He was just 28 years old.

At the end of the interview, host Michael Strahan offered condolences on behalf of the GMA team, and Panettiere thanked him. "He's right here with me," the Heroes actress said, getting visibly emotional.

The Panettiere family, including Hayden, her mom Lesley Vogel, and her dad Skip Panettiere, previously released a statement revealing Jansen's cause of death. "Though it offers little solace, the Medical Examiner reported Jansen's sudden passing was due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), coupled with aortic valve complications," they said.