‘Romance blossoming’ between Lupita and Jared
Well, this is going to make for an interesting Academy Awards carpet.
Oscar has reportedly helped spark some chemistry between nominees Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o. Page Six reported that the 42-year-old rocker and the 30-year-old Hollywood newcomer were seen out sharing an intimate night out in New York last Wednesday.
The site reports they were seen sitting by themselves at a table at the intimate Crosby Street Hotel.
The source told Page Six: “They were huddled at a corner table together looking very close.”
According to Page Six “romance is blossoming” and they share “off-screen chemistry”.
Jared and Lupita — who are nominated for Supporting Actor and Actress respectively, were in town for Fashion Week, with Lupita in particularly high demand for shows’ front rows.
Already the pair have set tongues wagging during this awards season: “The two have stayed close together at the Golden Globes and other events leading up to the March 2 Oscars. They even appear side-by-side on the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue with Julia Roberts and George Clooney.”
They certainly looked very close at a Screen Actors Guild Awards after-party on January 18.
The 12 Years A Slave star and Dallas Buyers Club actor pressed up against each other as they talked at the event, with Jared holding on to the 30-year-old’s waist and she his arm. However, Lupita may have to fight off some other Hollywood actresses to win the 40 Seconds To Mars frontman’s heart.
Also at the SAG Awards, the rocker made a a very public, very flirty, play for English actress Emilia Clarke.
— Daily Mail
Lil’ Kim’s rapper ex reveals he’s the mystery father
As baby announcements go it was certainly a shock. Lil’ Kim, who was believed to be single, unveiled a huge bump in a clinging dress at New York Fashion Week.
Following intense speculation as to who fathered the child, her ex Mr Papers has now revealed that he is the excited baby daddy-to-be. “Yeah that’s my baby,” the New York rapper told radio personality Rickey Smiley on the Dish Nation TV show, which was screened last Friday evening in the US.
And he joked: “No Maury [Povich] needed,” referring to the legendary chatshow host.
It had initially been speculated that boxer Floyd Mayweather might be the child’s father — he was linked to Kim last year. However, Mr Papers has taken responsibility.
“No we are together,” he announced on Valentine’s Day. “That’s my wife. He [the baby] gonna be a Gemini.”
Kim and the rapper were previously known to be dating back in 2012, until she announced on Twitter that they had split. However, last year Mr Papers worked with Kim on the Rihanna remix of Pour It Up.
Kim, 39, has made it clear she is thrilled about her impending status as a first-time mother.
And while confirming her pregnancy, the rapper has insisted that becoming a mother won’t change her extroverted personality, and she has no plans to slow down.
“I’m still going to work,’ she told Us Weekly. “I’m still going to be hardcore. The baby has made me even more of a beast!”
— Daily Mail
‘I did it to save my life’
In 2012, Rosie O’Donnell suffered a severe heart attack and vowed to change her diet and lifestyle. But the former The View co-host revealed she also underwent vertical gastric sleeve surgery while speaking at the Go Red luncheon in Detroit Friday.
The 12-time Emmy winner — who turns 52 next month — has already lost 40 pounds since going under the knife last July.
“I did it to save my life,” Rosie announced to the audience.
The mother-of-five — now 190 pounds — realised the surgery where a doctor removes 80 per cent of the patient’s stomach was absolutely necessary in her case.
“She tried to lose weight on her own but it wasn’t working,” O’Donnell’s spokesperson Cindi Berger told People magazine.
“But [gastric surgery is] only a tool, not a cure.”
The charismatic funnywoman’s weight was causing other health problems like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and pre-diabetes. Dr Caldwell Esselstyn made sure Rosie reduced her intake of sugar, carbs, red meat, and she still takes daily walks with her wife Michelle Rounds.
It’s no coincidence that the League of Their Own actress timed her return to the ABC morning talk show with heart disease awareness month. Back in November, the former Queen Of Nice — born Roseann — poked fun of supermodel Miranda Kerr’s Photoshop scandal by tweeting a similarly retouched transformation. Rosie wrote: “A paparazzi pix I photoshopped myself — notice missing arm flab — trimmer tummy.”
— Daily Mail