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On Monday (March 7th), Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley were spotted together again in West Palm Beach, Florida, right before it was announced that Rodgers would be continuing his professional career with the Green Bay Packers.

The pair were photographed during a brief visit, as they left a private jet at the West Palm Beach airport and returned to the same plane hours later.

Rodgers and Woodley ended their engagement in February, but the football star and Big Little Lies actress have been spending a fair amount of time together lately.

A source told People, "They both had intense work schedules in the fall and it wasn't possible for them to focus on their relationship. Now when Aaron's season is over, he wants to give it another try. He thinks Shailene is very special. She is more hesitant though."

Time will tell whether they get back together or not!

Who wore it best? Following the buzz that Kim Kardashian was wrapped in caution tape for Balenciaga's Paris Winter 2022 collection, Kathy Griffin took to Instagram to share her own version of the look.

On Tuesday (March 8th), Griffin posted an old photo of herself in a caution tape dress, alongside a photo of Kardashian at the Balenciaga show. "Ahead of my time. Again! @balenciaga," Griffin wrote.

Kardashian's caution-tape look for Paris Fashion Week featured the word "BALENCIAGA" instead of "CAUTION." Some joked that she seemed to have trouble walking in it.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star also posed with Salma Hayek at the event, who wore blue and yellow in support of Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

KELLY RIPA DRESSES UP AS LADY GAGA'S HOUSE OF GUCCI CHARACTER: In a People exclusive, Kelly Ripa performs her rendition of Patrizia Reggiani in a teaser for Live with Kelly and Ryan's After Oscar Show. Ripa's co-host, Ryan Seacrest, will be dressing up as Spider-Man. The After Oscar Show will air on March 28th.

SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR POSTS TRIBUTE TO FREDDIE PRINZE JR. ON HIS BIRTHDAY: Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a special post for her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., to Instagram on Tuesday (March 8th). Along with a picture of the couple, she wrote, "Today is @realfreddieprinze birthday. Normally this is where I would make a joke. But it's also #internationalwomensday and it completely makes sense that you share that day, as there is no man that is a bigger champion and friend to women than you. I couldn't think of someone better to raise a daughter with or to teach a son, what it truly means to be a good man. Happy birthday FP."

SAM HEUGHAN SPOTTED WITH MYSTERY WOMAN IN NYC: Page Six reports that Outlander star Sam Heughan was photographed kissing a mystery woman in New York City over the weekend. It seems the two weren't afraid of showing a little PDA during their lunch date at Café Select in Soho.

COLTON UNDERWOOD SAYS HE AND HIS FIANCE, JORDAN C. BROWN, AREN'T SIGNING A PRENUP: According to Us Weekly, Coming Out Colton star Colton Underwood told Andy Cohen on Monday (March 7th) that he and his fiancé, Jordan C. Brown, will not be signing a prenuptial agreement. "We've already had this conversation. We're in it for the long haul. I know you guys have opinions on prenups, but … we don't want to put those vibes out there," Underwood said.

HBO FACES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR SHARING SUBSCRIBER DATA: Variety reports that a class action lawsuit was filed against HBO on Tuesday (March 8th) for providing subscriber data to Facebook. The suit claims that HBO gives Facebook customer lists, providing Facebook with access to users' viewing habits, which HBO customers did not consent to.

RENEE ZELLWEGER TO STAR IN AVENGER FIELD: According to Deadline, a new drama is in development at Peacock, starring Renee Zellweger. The WWII drama features a "clandestine all female US Airforce program called the WASPS to battle Hitler's evil from home" and is based on a true story.

GAME OF THRONES CREATOR SAYS NO TO SPINOFFS: Variety reports that Game of Thrones co-creator D.B. Weiss says he will not be participating in any of the show's spinoffs. "When I say 11 years, it was full on, all in, all day, every day for 11 years. It was the best decade of our lives. It still kind of feels a bit like a dream, but we got to a place where it was pretty clear to us that we had reached the end of what made sense for us to be involved with in that world that we lived. It just felt like, for us, it was time to move on and get excited and terrified about building something else — building lots of something elses," he said.

FLORENCE PUGH IN TALKS TO JOIN DUNE: PART 2: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Florence Pugh is in talks to join Timothee Chalamet in the Dune sequel. If the deal goes through, Pugh would be cast in the role of Princess Irulan.

On Monday (March 7th), the Supreme Court rejected a request by Pennsylvania prosecutors to review the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to overturn Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction.

Prosecutors from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, argued in November that overturning Cosby's conviction set a "dangerous precedent." However, on Monday (March 7th), the nation's highest court denied their bid without explanation.

Cosby was convicted of aggravated incident assault in 2018 for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. He was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison.

Following this conviction, Cosby appealed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the grounds that his due process rights were violated. They ruled in his favor in June 2021.

Cosby was released from prison last summer.

After 1883 actor Sam Elliott tore apart Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog last week, calling it a "piece of s—t" and criticizing the film's gay themes, Benedict Cumberbatch shared his two cents.

In a recent interview for BAFTA Film Sessions, Cumberbatch alluded to Elliott's comments: "I'm trying very hard not to say anything about a very odd reaction that happened the other day on a radio podcast over here without meaning to stir up the ashes of that."

"I don't want to get into the details of it … but somebody really took offense to — I haven't heard it so it's unfair for me to comment in detail on it — to the West being portrayed in this way," Cumberbatch said.

He continued, "And beyond that reaction — that sort of denial that anybody could have any other than a hetero-normative existence because of what they do for a living or where they're born, there's also a massive intolerance within the world at large towards homosexuality still, towards an acceptance of the other, of any kind of difference, and no more so I guess than in this prism of conformity of what's expected of a man in the Western archetype mold of masculinity. So I think to deconstruct that through Phil, to look at that, it's not a history lesson."

In a recent interview with CNN, Dancing with the Stars alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy said he's planning on returning to Europe to help "efforts on the ground" in Ukraine.

"I spent the last couple of days with survivor's remorse, and I'm currently working on an opportunity to go back. Probably sometime next week I'm going to go back to Poland and joining efforts on the ground. Sort of want to justify my safe out that way," he said.

Chmerkovskiy returned to the United States on Wednesday (March 2nd), after he was stuck in Ukraine for a week amid the Russian invasion.

At the time, he said, "The reason why Ukraine is standing right now is because of the Ukrainian people … And the fact that the entire world is helping." He also gave a "huge shout-out to Poland, huge shout-out to neighboring countries."

This spring, Pamela Anderson will make her debut on the Great White Way. The Baywatch star will play the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago.

Anderson said in a press release, "I have always been a huge fan of Bob Fosse's & Gwen Verdon's work. Ann Reinking, too … Playing Roxie Hart is a dream fulfilled."

Other big names who have played Roxie Hart over the years include Ashlee Simpson Ross, Michelle Williams, and Renee Zellweger.

Anderson continued in her press release, "There is a freedom, a unique joy in knowing it's all about the work … Playing Roxie Hart is a sweet escape for me."

Chicago will run for eight weeks at the Ambassador Theater in New York City, from April 12th to June 5th.

NEW SHONDA RHIMES MURDER MYSTERY SLATED FOR NETFLIX: According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new Shonda Rhimes show titled The Residence, based on the book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Anderson Brower, was ordered straight to series at Netflix. The logline for the eight-episode drama reads, "132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world's most famous mansion."

RUSSIAN DOLL SEASON TWO PREMIERE DATE ANNOUNCED: Entertainment Tonight reports that the highly anticipated second season of Netflix's Russian Doll is set to return on April 20th. The 30-second video announcement ends with Natasha Lyonne's character, Nadia, saying, "When the universe f**ks with you, let it."

TRAILER FOR DMZ IS RELEASED: According to Deadline, HBO Max released the first trailer for DMZ, starring Rosario Dawson. The logline reads, "DMZ leaps off the pages of the DC acclaimed graphic novel into the visual landscape of a dangerous and distorted Manhattan as one woman navigates a demilitarized zone in a harrowing quest to find her lost son."

ISLE OF THE DEAD, THE 5TH WALKING DEAD SPINOFF, IS ANNOUNCED: Entertainment Tonight reports that Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan will star in the fifth Walking Dead spinoff, Isle of the Dead. Set in the same world as The Walking Dead, Morgan and Cohan will reprise their characters, Negan and Maggie. The first season is scheduled to be released on AMC and AMC+ in 2023.

Good Times actor Johnny Brown died on Wednesday (March 2nd) at the age of 84. His daughter, Sharon Catherine Brown, took to Instagram on Friday (March 4th) to share the news of his passing.

"Our family is devastated. Devastated. Devastated. Beyond heartbroken. Barely able to breathe. We respectfully ask for privacy at this time because we need a minute to process the unthinkable. To articulate the depths of profound sadness," she wrote.

"He was literally snatched out of our lives. It's not real for us yet. So there will be more to say but not now. Dad was the absolute best. We love him so very much," she added.

Sharon revealed that Johnny went into cardiac arrest and collapsed after getting his pacemaker checked out by his doctor in L.A. His official cause of death has not yet been reported. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, June Brown, and his two children, Sharon and John Jr.

In addition to Johnny's most famous role as Nathan Bookman in Good Times, he appeared on a number of shows including Laugh-In, The Jeffersons, Family Matters, Sister, Sister, Martin, and The Wayans Bros.

Johnny's former Good Times costar, Janet Jackson, honored him on Instagram Saturday (March 5th), writing, "Such loving memories of our time together. You were full of laughter and forever smiling. Always so sweet and so kind to me. I love you and will miss you."

At the Boulder International Film Festival on Saturday (March 5th), Alec Baldwin commented on the lawsuits filed regarding the fatal Rust shooting, saying that "deep-pocket litigants" are being targeted.

"What you have is a certain group of people, litigants and whatever, on whatever side, who their attitude is, 'well the people who likely seem negligent have no money and the people who have money are not negligent,'" he said.

Baldwin did not specify any lawsuit in particular, though he and other members of production are facing at least three lawsuits—one from the family of Halyna Hutchins and two from crew members.

Baldwin also commented on gun safety on Saturday (March 5th), saying, "All my career, without incident, I've relied on the safety experts there to declare the gun safe and never had a problem, and this happened … You're not allowed as an actor to declare the weapon ... I mean, the joke is, you don't want the actors doing the safety check. They can't even make coffee, they're so stupid."

On Saturday (March 5th), Rocketman actor Taron Egerton collapsed onstage during the first performance of Cock, his new play at the at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.

"As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night. I am completely fine. Slightly sore neck and a bruised ego but I'm fine," Egerton said via his Instagram story on Sunday (March 6th).

A doctor in the audience came to Egerton's aid after he fainted. 40 minutes later, the director of the play, Marianne Elliott, announced that Egerton was "absolutely fine," and that Joel Harper Jackson would take his place for the last 15 minutes of the show.

In his story update, Egerton wrote, "I would appreciate it if anyone who was in the theatre last night just said that I gave such a committed, electrifying performance that my body couldn't handle it and checked out."

"That being said, apparently you're meant to actually do the full show and not just three quarters of it. So I'll be back with a vengeance tomorrow night," he added.

In a recent interview with the Observer, The Batman actress Zoe Kravitz revealed that she was turned down for an audition for 2012's The Dark Night Rises because she was considered too "urban."

"I don't know if it came directly from Chris Nolan … I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director's assistant," she told the outlet.

"Being a woman of color and being an actor and being told at that time that I wasn't able to read because of the color of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment," she continued.

The daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, who are both biracial as well, Kravitz added that her parents "both dealt with being artists who didn't act or dress or look or sound the way a Black person was supposed to act in terms of what white people specifically were comfortable with … They wanted to make sure I understood that despite the color of my skin I should be able to act or dress or do whatever it is I want to do."

PETA MURGATROYD SAYS SHE'S ‘SHAKING AND FOREVER GRATEFUL' FOLLOWING REUNION WITH MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY: Peta Murgatroyd is relieved to have her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, back in the United States. On Saturday (March 5th), Murgatroyd posted photos of Chmerkovskiy embracing his family, writing, "I never thought our family would be directly affected by this in our lifetime, I never thought what we are seeing on our TV's was a reality in 2022. I have never hugged him so tight. Shaking and forever grateful. Now it's time to heal. We cannot go back to our normal. Our lives are forever changed. We have a new normal, and that's ok." She added that they have "big plans in store" and their "sole focus" will be on the war in Ukraine and "providing assistance to Ukrainian refugees."

ANGELINA JOLIE ARRIVES IN YEMEN TO SUPPORT REFUGEES: On Sunday (March 6th), Angelina Jolie posted to Instagram that she had landed in Aden, Yemen, to assist refugees for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "As we continue to watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, and call for an immediate end to the conflict and humanitarian access, I'm here in Yemen to support people who also desperately need peace. The situation here is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with one civilian killed or injured every hour in 2022. An economy devastated by war, and over 20 million Yeminis depending on humanitarian assistance to survive," she wrote.

NICK OFFERMAN AND MEGAN MULLALLY GIVE PUTIN THE FINGER AT SPIRIT AWARDS: TMZ reports that Parks and Recreation stars Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally told Russian President Vladimir Putin to "f*** off" during the Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday (March 6th). Mullally said, "I think we speak for everyone here when we say we are hoping for a quick and peaceful resolution. Specifically, f*** off and go home Putin." Offerman added, "We hope Putin f**** off and goes home and to that end let's all join together with a Spirit Awards salute to Putin."

KRISTIN CAVALLARI RECEIVES LAP DANCE ONSTAGE AT MAGIC MIKE LIVE: According to Page Six, Kristin Cavallari had a sweet time at Magic Mike Live in Las Vegas over the weekend. The Hills star was pulled up onstage, where she received a whipped-cream-filled lap dance. "Good times … Thanks for having me!" she commented on a video of the performance, along with a laughing and crying emoji.

NETFLIX SUSPENDS SERVICE IN RUSSIA DUE TO WAR IN UKRAINE: Deadline reports that Netflix has halted its streaming service in Russia, citing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They join a long list of companies who have discontinued business there amid the ongoing crisis.

WILL SMITH AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN TEAM UP FOR I AM LEGEND SEQUEL: Variety reports that Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan will both star in and produce the sequel to I Am Legend. Smith posted a teaser photo to Instagram on Friday (March 4th), tagging Jordan.

ARIEL WINTER REPLACES DEMI LOVATO IN HUNGRY: According to Deadline, Modern Family star Ariel Winter will play the lead in NBC's forthcoming comedy, Hungry. She takes the place of Demi Lovato, who had to step away due to scheduling reasons.

2022 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED: On Sunday (March 6th), the 37th annual Independent Spirit Awards were held in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. The big winners of the night include The Lost Daughter and Zola.

See the full list of winners here:

Best feature
The Lost Daughter

Best director
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best female lead
Taylour Paige, Zola

Best male lead
Simon Rex, Red Rocket

Best supporting female
Ruth Negga, Passing

Best supporting male
Troy Kotsur, CODA

Best screenplay
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best first screenplay
Michael Sarnoski, Vanessa Block, Pig

Best first feature
7 Days

Best cinematography
Edu Grau, Passing

Best editing
Joi McMillon, Zola

Robert Altman Award Mass Best documentary
Summer of Soul

Best international film
Drive My Car

Someone to Watch Award
Alex Camilleri, Luzzu

Truer Than Fiction Award
Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayi

John Cassavetes Award (for best feature made for under $500,000)
Shiva Baby

Producers Award
Lizzie Shapiro

Best new non-scripted or documentary series
Black and Missing

Best new scripted series
Reservation Dogs

Best female performance in a scripted series
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad

Best male performance in a scripted series
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game

Best ensemble cast in a new scripted series
Reservation Dogs

Harvey Weinstein issued an apology to Thursday (March 3rd), after getting caught with contraband Milk Duds in prison last fall.

According to Variety, the disgraced movie producer was found to be in possession of the candy during a search of his prison cell on November 10th, 2021, following a meeting with one of his attorneys.

In a statement provided to E! News on March 3rd, the 69-year-old movie mogul said, "This was an innocent misunderstanding. It will not happen again. I have been a model inmate, following the rules and regulations and I am sincerely sorry."

Weinstein is currently being held at the medical wing of a Los Angeles jail while he awaits trial for rape and sexual assault.

Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher have pledged to match up to $3 million worth of donations to Airbnb.org and Flexport.org through GoFundMe.org in an effort to raise $30 million for the refugees fleeing Ukraine.

Kunis wrote on the couple’s GoFundMe page, “While my family came to the United States in 1991, I was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1983. Ukrainians are proud and brave people who deserve our help in their time of need. This unjust attack on Ukraine and humanity at large is devastating and the Ukrainian people need our support.”

They had already raised $3,038,150 within 10 hours of creating their page Thursday (March 3rd).

Kourtney Kardashian abstained from sex with fiancé Travis Barker as a part of an Ayurvedic cleanse, which focuses on drawing toxins out of the body.

In an interview published on Thursday (March 3rd), the reality star told Bustle her sex fast “was crazy.”

She added, “But it actually made everything better. Like, if you can’t have caffeine when you have your first matcha, it’s so good.”

Meghan Markle’s half sister has filed a defamation suit against her for portraying a false “rags to royalty” narrative about herself.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, Samantha Markle claims Meghan is trashing her and spreading outright lies. Among her many claims, Samantha says Meghan fabricated tales of growing up in "virtual poverty" even though their father Thomas Markle paid for her to attend "elite and expensive private schools," and covered her tuition at Northwestern University.

Samantha claims Meghan’s lies have hurt sales of her autobiography, prevented her from getting jobs and caused emotional and mental distress.

Meghan's attorney Michael Kump calls the lawsuit "baseless and absurd.”

KIM KARDASHIAN DELETES THE WEST NAME FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: Now that Kim Kardashian is legally single, she has removed the West name from her social media accounts.  E! News reports that her Twitter and Instagram accounts were updated on Thursday (March 3rd) but her KKW Fragrance brand still bears her married initials.  

REBEL WILSON BECOMES U.S. RESIDENT: Rebel Wilson turned 42 on Wednesday (March 2nd) and celebrated with the “best birthday present.” The Australian-born actress announced in her Instagram Story that she had finally received her U.S. permanent resident card.  

PETE DAVIDSON MAY BE GOING TO SPACE: Pete Davidson is reportedly planning to join Jeff Bezos on a Blue Origin flight.  A source told Page Six, “Pete is excited. They haven’t signed a contract yet, but it looks like it’s going to happen.  The details are being finalized.”  The insider says that the trip into space would likely be later this year. 

AMY SCHUMER OPENS UP ABOUT LIPO: Amy Schumer discussed her decision to get liposuction during a recent appearance on Chelsea Handler’s Dear Chelsea podcast.  The Trainwreck star said she decided to have the procedure done after turning 40 and having a C-section. She shared the news about her surgery on Instagram in January and tells Handler that she just wanted to be honest about the change in her appearance. Schumer said, “I just wanted to say that, because if anybody sees me in pictures or anything and they're like, she looks thinner, and whatever: it's because I had a surgery. It's too hard, and I just want to be real about it."