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  • Kendra Wilkinson Calls Out Holly Madison’s ‘Disgusting Lies’ In New Tell-All Memoir

    Kendra Wilkinson and Holly Madison are getting down and dirty in a feud over Madison’s memoir Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.

    The New York Daily News, which calls the book a “tell-too-much,” apparently strongly suggests there are details in the memoir not for the faint of heart, this according to The Inquisitr.

    Wilkinson adamantly denies details from the book, calling claims by Madison about her and the two playboy bunnies’ former boyfriend, Hugh Hefner, “disgusting lies.”

    Entertainment Tonight previewed a clip from Kendra Wilkinson’s reality TV series Kendra on Top, which shows and angry Wilkinson on her way to confront Holly Madison ranting about the “absurd” rumors being spread thanks to the memoir.

    “I’m like, ‘Where did this s–t come from?’” says Wilkinson.

    “[Holly] writes a book putting rumors out there about me all over the Internet and stuff. It’s just absurd.”

    Wilkinson, 39, goes on to defend the 89-year-old Hefner.

    “Someone needs to have a voice against this. Hef won’t do it. He’s too nice of a guy… It’s just weird how someone can get away with such a thing.”

    In Down the Rabbit Hole, Madison claims that Hugh Hefner emotionally abused her, gave her “thigh-opening drugs” and details endless parties, orgies, and rampant drug and alcohol abuse, which Holly claims led her to contemplate suicide.

    Hugh Hefner has denied the accusations made in the best-seller. And the public seems to be siding with Kendra Wilkinson. A poll by the Daily News had 72 percent of voters believing Kendra’s version of events over Holly Madison.

  • Julianna Margulies Reveals Why She Admires Her ‘The Good Wife’ Character Alicia Florrick

    Julianna Margulies, best-known for her roles as nurse Carol Hathaway and love interest to George Clooney‘s character on ER and as Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife, says she can relate and admire her Good Wife character because of her ability to keep her emotions in check.

    In an interview with Jane Pauley, the two-time Emmy winner dished on why she loves the character who returns to work as a lawyer after her disgraced philandering political husband goes to prison.

    “I admire the way she is silent more than she speaks,” she told Pauley. “And you can see the wheels turning in her head. And I realize it’s so much more powerful to actually think before you speak than to just go off the top of your head, which was so the way I used to react as an actress. I hold my emotions on my sleeve, and she holds them so deep down.”

    In its seventh season, The Good Wife has been very good to the actress. Margulies said yes to playing Alicia Florrick a year after giving birth to her son Kieran with husband Keith Lieberthal.

    Julianna Margulies, 49, says she has much for which to be grateful.

    “There’s a different appreciation you get for things when you’re at a different time in your life. And I obviously waited for the right time, and I got lucky, I got so lucky. I mean, I pretty much say it every night when I go to bed, how lucky I am, and with everything. I love my job.”

    The Good Wife, starring Julianna Margulies, airs 9 p.m. Sundays on CBS.

  • Zoe Saldana Shares Honest Truth About Being a New Mom to Twins

    Zoe Saldana says giving birth was only the beginning of physical pain that lingers months after the birth of her twins, Bowie and Cy, last November.

    The Avatar star, 37, told Us Weekly Thursday at a sneak peek event at the Wallis Dannenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, that “everything” still hurts and “feels uncomfortable.”

    “It hurts to be in heels still! And I remember my sister telling me — she’s a mom of two girls — and she’d be like, ‘Zoe, you will understand when you’re there.’ I thought, ‘I’m going to live forever, heels every day, Louboutin, here we go!’ But there’s something that happens to your body hormonally, and it’s not just the weight that you acquire but your nerves, your muscles…Everything hurts and feels uncomfortable,” Saldana said.

    “You have to remind yourself that everything takes time. I feel bad for those women who are desperate and want to bounce back three months after having a baby,” Saldana, married to Marco Perego, continued. “It’s more like – ‘Breastfeed! Stay home! Sleep! Your kid is only 3 months old, what are you going to the gym for? Catch up on f—king reruns of some sort!’ I definitely took a break and trusted that my body was going to bounce back when it was ready. I never wanted to push myself.”

    According to the Los Angeles Times, the new mom, who decided to take her time getting back in shape after the birth of her children, took to social media to share her story with others.

    “I’ve witnessed, throughout my years in this business, women who hide in a cave and don’t come out until they’re a size zero, and that is a very misleading message,” Saldana said of her decision to open up to fans. “I wanted women to feel connected to me because I feel so connected to women. I felt like a tree and I felt my roots growing — all these women were reaching out and I felt their help and their guidance and their support. And I wanted to share that because especially now with the web, there are so many beautiful things that we can say…and people really responded to that and women especially felt seen and heard. Especially women with curves, and that’s all of us. It doesn’t matter how slim or how tall or whatever – I’ve got a booty! I got some thighs I’ve got to burn off all the time. I want[ed] to connect with women who are going through that every day.”

  • Holly Madison Reveals the Real Reason Why She Left Playboy Mogul Hugh Hefner

    Holly Madison had a lot to say about her relationship and subsequent split with Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner.

    In an interview with Oprah Winfrey for Oprah: Where Are They Now, which aired Saturday, the former 35-year-old Playboy Playmate, said she finally came to her senses after a rocky seven-year relationship with the 89-year-old Hefner.

    “Hef and I started hitting kind of a rocky patch when it became clear that Bridget [Marquardt] and Kendra [Wilkinson] were leaving, they were moving on to new things,” Madison said. “I just had enough and just realized all the delusions I’d been under and that this was no longer the life for me.”

    Madison, who wrote a tell-all, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, about her experiences as Playboy Bunny, claimed that that Hefner tried to bribe her to stay. She told Oprah that as she began collecting her belongings from Hefner’s room, she found his will stating that he had left her $3 million, according to E! News.

    “It was very clear to me that he’d left that out for me to see, because he was hoping it would change my mind and get me to stay,” said Madison. “But it just kinda disgusted me more than anything because all he can do is say, ‘Oh, here, I’m gonna throw you some money to get you to stay.’ It just grossed me out.”

    In June, Madison, who is now married to Pasqualle Rotella and is mother to daughter Rainbow, two, told Us Weekly she decided to write a book detailing her time at the mansion.

    “I’ve gotten offers for book deals before, especially right after I left the mansion,” the former Playboy Bunny told Us. “ But I didn’t want to do it then because I didn’t want to do just a tell-all about someone. I wanted this to be my life story — about what I’ve learned and where I’ve gone — and I’ve finally gotten to a place where I felt that I could tell that story.”

    Holly Madison’s first book, Down the Rabbit Hole, made the New York Times best-seller list after its release in June. The Girls Next Door alum told Us Weekly that she is writing a second book. The book, tentatively titled If I Had a Date, is about relationships and set for a summer 2016 release.

  • Megyn Kelly, ‘Good Morning America’ Land Formal Interviews With Embattled Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis

    Megyn Kelly of Fox News Channel’s The Kelly File and ABC’s Good Morning America have landed coveted Kim Davis interviews.

    After spending nearly a month in the public eye, Kim Davis has agreed to her first formal interviews, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The embattled Kentucky county clerk appeared on the Sept. 22 episode of Good Morning America and will appear with Megan Kelly on Sept. 23.

    ABC News teased its Kentucky visit on Monday’s World News Tonight. Kim Davis traveled to New York for her sit-down with Kelly, where the reporter will question Davis on whether she disobeyed a federal judge’s order regarding altering the marriage license forms of same-sex couples.

    Davis made headlines earlier in September, several months after the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of gay marriage prompted her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on account of her religious beliefs. She was held in contempt of court in September, spending five days in jail.

    Upon her release, Kim Davis altered marriage licenses, removing Rowan County from the forms, as well as the names of deputies in her office.

    According to NBC News, the American Civil Liberties Union said that Davis was interfering with deputies who were issuing wedding licenses to same-sex couples, despite her promise to comply with the judges ruling.

    After returning to her job on Sept. 14 as the Rowan County clerk, the filing said, Davis “immediately” began altering licenses that the office’s deputy clerk, Brian Mason, was issuing.

    Davis, who has not been shy about giving press conferences, has yet to speak at length with any national news organization.

    Do you think the interviews with Megyn Kelly and Good Morning America shed some light on Kim Davis’ motives?

  • Katy Perry, John Mayer Officially Back On Again, Held Hands At Allison Williams’ Wedding

    Katy Perry and John Mayer are back on again.

    According to People magazine, a source told the magazine that the on-again, off-again couple are “definitely back together.”

    Katy Perry, 30, and her 37-year-old rocker attended the wedding of Girls star Allison Williams’ in Saratoga, Wyoming, on Saturday. The couple reportedly did not hide the fact that they were reunited and let the PDA flow.

    “John and Katy looked happy,” the source told People. “They held hands and sat next to each other during the wedding ceremony.”

    The musicians, who split in February of 2014, fueled rumors of reconciliation when they stepped out for a double date with Williams and her then-fiancé Ricky Van Veen at the Chateau Marmont in January.

    As previously reported by WebProNews, Katy and John broke up twice this year —in March 2015 after a January reconciliation. In July, the two reunited and were even spotted together at A Grateful Dead concert but called it quits later that month. Following their brief breakup, Mayer and Perry were together once again in August, reports said.

    “They’re spending a lot of time at his house talking over their feelings and trying to see if they can make it work,” a source said at the time.

    Attended by close friends and family, Allison Williams wed Rickey Van Veen, which was officiated by Tom Hanks and where Mayer serenaded the newlyweds.

    Other guests were Williams’ father, Brian Williams, Lena Dunham, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke, Bruce Springsteen, Andy Cohen and Bee Shaffer.

    Word is Katy Perry and John Mayer flew in in separate planes but were inseparable during the nuptials. Do you think Perry and Mayer can make it work?

  • Meg Ryan Seems to Be a Thing of the Past As John Mellencamp Steps Out With Christie Brinkley

    Meg Ryan’s ex, John Mellencamp, and supermodel Christie Brinkley have been spotted out and about lately, which seems to indicate that the rocker has moved on from his ex.

    On Wednesday, Mellencamp and Brinkley were spotted out on their second date this week.

    The rumored couple were all smiles as they left the Ed Sullivan Theater in the same car, following Mellencamp’s performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with Willie Nelson.

    Brinkley and her new beau stopped by Chalk Point Kitchen for some late-night eats after the appearance. A source told Entertainment Tonight “the mood was great and happy,” while a different insider confirmed the pair are “spending time together” to E! News.

    As previously reported by WebProNews, Brinkley and Mellencamp were also spotted out on a dinner date earlier this week in New York, kicking up the rumor mill that the two have become an item.

    On Monday, Meg Ryan’s ex were seen leaving New York’s Bowery Hotel after an hour-long dinner inside the chic eatery.

    Ryan, 53, and the 63-year-old musician spent more than three years together and broke up just over a year ago. Despite the breakup, the two are reportedly still good friends.

    As for Brinkley and if rumors are true, this will mark the model’s first foray into the dating scene since she divorced husband number two, Peter Cook. She was previously married to Billy Joel.

    Christie Brinkley reportedly seemed happy as she stepped out with Mellencamp, sporting casual jeans and sneakers, along with a bright blue scarf. Mellencamp followed her out of the restaurant and onto the sidewalk just behind her before the two departed in his chauffeur-driven car.

    In other Meg Ryan news, the actress is sadly making headlines for some recent cosmetic surgery she reportedly underwent, which drastically altered her appearance.

  • Monica Bellucci Says She Is NOT a ‘Bond Girl,’ She’s a ‘Bond Woman’

    Monica Bellucci Says She Is NOT a ‘Bond Girl,’ She’s a ‘Bond Woman’

    Monica Bellucci, who will be the next love interest of James Bond in the latest 007 film Spectre, says she shouldn’t be called “a Bond girl.”

    The 50-year-old beauty will play Lucia Sciarra in Spectre, Bond’s love interest that is quite the departure from previous 007 films. In the last Bond films Daniel Craig, 47, was cast opposite women in their 20s and 30s. Finally, he’s up against someone his own age.

    In a new interview with The Guardian, Monica Bellucci said people need to rethink the “Bond girl” descriptor.

    “I can’t say I’m a Bond girl because I’m too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman, But I’m proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man,” said Bellucci.

    She also noted that it was a bold, revolutionary and wise move by director Sam Mendes to cast a 50-year-old, mature woman in the role.

    “The world is a man’s world. Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools,” said Bellucci. “All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they’re not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true – they are still amazing! That’s why I think that Sam Mendes, in choosing me, an adult woman, created a big revolution”

    Monica Bellucci said roles for women in Hollywood is quite different than that found in Europe.

    “I don’t know Hollywood very well. I’ve never lived in Los Angeles or New York,” explained Bellucci. “But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they’re not 20.”

    Monica Bellucci, you go girl… er, woman!

  • Nicole Kidman Receives Rave Reviews For Her Performance in ‘Photograph 51’ in London’s West End

    Nicole Kidman has received rave reviews by critics for her portrayal of British scientist Rosalind Franklin in the London’s West End production of Photograph 51.

    Hailed as “luminous” and “compelling,” the Oscar-winning star plays the only woman involved in the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953, as reported by the BBC.

    The play, written by Anna Ziegler and directed by Michael Grandame, opened on Monday at the Noel Coward Theatre to several four-star reviews.

    According to The Guardian, Kidman gives “a commanding, intelligent performance” in her return to the West End stage, after a 17-year absence.

    “My only complaint about Anna Ziegler’s intriguing, informative 95-minute play is that it is not longer,” wrote Michael Billington.

    Praising Kidman’s portrayal of the ecstasy of scientific discovery, Billington said her features “acquire a luminous intensity” as she stares at the now-famous photograph that reveals the DNA’s helix pattern.

    “It is a fine performance in which Kidman reminds us that the scientific life can be informed by private passion,” the review continued.

    Other reviews followed suit.

    Kidman has said the play is a way of acknowledging the work of her late biochemist father.

    “Kidman beautifully captures the prickly defensiveness, the lonely dedication and the suppressed emotional longings of the scientist,” wrote Paul Taylor, theater critic for The Independent.

    While Kidman was praised, the Daily Express critic said the production was “let down by Michael Grandage’s spectacularly unimaginative direction.”

    “If ever a production was crying out for some technical flair in the design, this is it,” he continued.

    Nicole Kidman will continue her run in Photograph 51 until Nov. 21.

  • Kim Cattrall, Who Has No Children of Her Own, Says She Is a Parent None-the-Less

    Kim Cattrall never had a child of her own, but she asserts that she is a “parent” none-the-less.

    As reported by Yahoo Celebrity, Cattrall was a guest host of BBC’s Women’s Hour and talked about her disdain for the term “childless.”

    “I am not a biological parent, but I am a parent,” said the Sex and the City alum. “I have young actors and actresses that I mentor, I have nieces and nephews that I am very close to. It’s the ‘less’ that is offensive. Childless: it sounds like you’re less because you haven’t had a child.”

    Kim Cattrall, 59, said that not having children was not an intended decision, but she has no regrets about the way things turned out.

    “I think for a lot of women from my generation it wasn’t a conscious choice,” she said. “It was a feeling of, Well, I’m on this road and things are going really well, I’m really happy, I’ll do it next year, I’ll do it two years, I’ll do it in five years.”

    Kim Cattrall may have considered getting pregnant in her 40s, but decided against all the medical treatments it would have taken.

    “I just thought, I don’t know if I want it that much,” she said.

    Cattrall also revealed that she considers herself “romantically retired.”

    “It’s hard for everybody. To be single at this age is really difficult, because you know so much more about what you want and what you don’t want and what you’ll put up with and you’ve been there and done that so many times at this point,” said Kim Cattrall. “I have anyway.”

  • Hayes Grier Charms As He Dances With Emma Slater On ‘DWTS’ Premiere

    Hayes Grier charmed the judges and audience Monday as he debuted his dancing skills with partner Emma Slater on the Dancing With the Stars Premiere.

    Just Jared Jr. reported that the duo danced the Cha Cha set to the song of the summer, Cheerleader by OMI and received a total of 21 out of 30 from the judges.

    “#HayesGirlsAreBeautiful cuz you all really are I love you all so much you have no idea how much you all mean to me,” Hayes recently tweeted to his fans.

    Emma tweeted, “Great camera blocking today, so proud of @HayesGrier & I can’t wait to show everyone tomorrow what we’ve been working on! @DancingABC #DWTS”

    Earlier in the week, Hayes Grier, a social media mega star and the show’s youngest male competitor ever at 15, and Emma revealed their team name — Team Slayes! — to their fans on social media.

    “Morning! Another rehearsal day with @HayesGrier ???????? & today we’ll let u know what team name YOU unanimously suggested for us!! ???? @DancingABC,” Emma wrote on Twitter before the announcement.

    Hayes added a bit later in the day, “Honestly dancing is so fun.”

    Speaking with The Charlotte Observer, Hayes opened up about joining DWTS for Season 21.

    “I’d hang back and watch everybody else unless I had a group of my friends that would all go out there and just be messing around,” he admitted about his shyness. “It was never me actually going to the dance floor and trying to impress anybody. I was never good enough to do that.”

    To vote for Hayes and Emma, call 855-234-5608!

  • Blake Lively Shuts Down Rumors That She Was ‘Throwing Shade’ At Taylor Swift With Classic Instagram Post

    After rumors began to spread the Blake Lively and her L’Oréal besties were throwing shade at Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood music video, the Gossip Girl alum decided to take matters into her own hands.

    It’s true Lively poked a little fun at the Swifts’ famous girl squad, but she insists it was all in good fun.

    Others felt the image from L’Oréal’s campaign for the brand’s Color Riche lipstick collection as a little bit more than just good fun, as reported by E! Online.

    According to E!, Blake Lively posted one of her more classic Instagram posts on Sunday to show that she harbors no ill will towards Taylor Swift.

    In her post, Lively insists she is “#obsessed” with Swift, revealing (tongue in cheek) she even has marriage aspirations towards the pop star.

    “Umm whoever thought I was throwin shade clearly doesn’t know I have a ‘Taylor Swift Please Be My Wife Voo Doo Doll,’” Lively wrote alongside a backstage photo of a few real-life family members with Swift on tour.

    “Look how rad she is here making my niece Heather feel like a rock star,” wrote Lively. “Love my Canadian family almost as much as I love Taylor Lively. I mean Swift. Ok, FIIINE we can hyphenate our last names. Xo Blake Swift-Lively 4eva.”

    Of course, no one thinks Blake Lively will leave hubby Ryan Reynolds for Swift, but it made for a great Instagram post.

  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro Completely Transform For HBO’s ‘The Wizard of Lies’

    Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro Completely Transform For HBO’s ‘The Wizard of Lies’

    Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro look unrecognizable as Bernie and Ruth Madoff in photos released for the upcoming HBO film The Wizard of Lies.

    The stills show the Hollywood A-listers looking far older than how fans know them.

    According to Us Weekly, Pfeiffer and De Niro portray a disgraced financier and his wife in the HBO flick.

    In one of the photos, De Niro, as Bernie, is seated in a plush armchair, wearing a black pullover, gray slacks, his wedding ring, and an ankle monitor, while Pfeiffer, portraying Ruth, stands behind her man in a white shirt, light blue cardigan, black-rimmed glasses and platinum blonde hair.

    The film chronicles the massive Ponzi scheme that landed Bernie a 150-year sentence in federal prison for charges of fraud after he infamously scammed investors out of $65 billion, including actors John Malkovich and Kevin Bacon, and director Steven Spielberg.

    Barry Levinson of Rain Man fame directs the film and also serves as executive producer alongside De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Berry Welsh, according to Entertainment Weekly.

    Based on the book The Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques, the much-anticipated movie takes some of its material from Laurie Sandell’s Truth And Consequences.

    Wizard of Lies also stars Hank Azaria as Madoff’s key lieutenant Frank Dipascali and Alessandro Nivola as Mark Madoff.

    Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro previously appeared together in the feature film, The Family.

  • Daniel Craig Allegedly ‘Duped Into Political Donation’ Supporting Bernie Sanders

    Daniel Craig offered financial support for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders – but it appears he may have been “dubbed.”

    According to Variety, the Spectre star donated almost $47,000 in July to Americans Socially United, which previously went by the names “Ready for Bernie Sanders 2016” and “Bet on Bernie 2016,” but concerns have been raised about the super PAC’s legitimacy.

    The Center for Public Integrity has revealed doubts about their integrity and that of its founder Cary Lee Peterson.

    The report calls out Cary Lee Peterson on issues, including outstanding warrants in Arizona and money owed to creditors.

    In the meantime, legal counsel for Sanders’ campaign sent Peterson a cease and desist letter asking him to drop the earlier names, make clear that he was not speaking for Sanders, and make his financial records available.

    In a statement to Variety, Daniel Craig explained his donation and future plans.

    “I made a donation to this organisation in good faith as I understood it to support Senator Sanders’ candidancy. Currently, I have been informed of no evidence to question that my donation has not been used as intended. Should that situation occur, then clearly, I will review my position.”

    Speaking to the Center for Public Integrity, Peterson insisted he set up the PAC because of he believes “in the cause.”

    Peterson said the group has already spent more than $1 million on field organisers, billboards and materials supporting Sanders.

    Peterson told Time magazine that getting support from Daniel Craig is “pretty cool,” but Craig seems to have been unaware of the organization’s background.

  • Jennifer Lawrence Admits That She Once Googled Herself, Here’s What She Found Out

    Jennifer Lawrence is no different than the rest of us.

    Although she prides herself on not letting fame get to her head, as reported by People magazine, Lawrence still has issues with self confidence and admitted that she has given into temptation and googled herself after to see how media outlets spin her words and actions.

    What she has found out has prompted her to be extra cautious when opening her mouth in public.

    “I’m so scared to say anything now. I can see every negative way that people can take it, and I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining,” Lawrence told The New York Times. “It probably comes from Googling myself. If it were up to me, I would not talk. I would just act.”

    Jennifer Lawrence conceded that googling herself is not necessarily the best use of her time, but finds that her insecurities can get the best of her.

    “I can’t think of a more wasteful use of my time than to worry about this. Why do I care what people think? But I do. I just can’t pretend I don’t care. I get really insecure about it. The world makes an opinion of you without ever meeting you. That worry should not bother me, but it does. It bothers me. I’m going to leave here and think, Oh God, why couldn’t I just have been cool and confident?”

    The Hunger Games star also dished on how her life has changed since emerging as one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood.

    I don’t feel like I’m being dragged by anything anymore,” said Lawrence. “I feel more in control. I’m calmer. I know that there’s no point to feeling anxious all day, so I try not to. I’m still scared, but it’s about different things. Now, I worry about — [Trails off and shifts a bit uncomfortably on the sofa.] O.K., get ahold of yourself, Jennifer. This is not therapy.”

  • Jake Gyllenhaal Dishes On What Really Terrified Him About Making The Emotionally-Charged Film ‘Demolition’

    Jake Gyllenhaal opened up about how he prepared for his role in the Jean-Marc Vallee film, Demolition, including the aspect that terrified him the most.

    Gyllenhaal, who stars alongside Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis, said during a press conference at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday that the unconventional film played on his own fears, especially of some dancing scenes.

    “He [Vallee] came to me and said, ‘We’re going to do a scene in a car and you’re going to basically break down.’ I said, ‘What? We’re on 86th Street and Madison Avenue,’” recalled Gyllenhaal.

    “That’s his spirit. Feelings don’t come when we expect them too, so shoot the movie in the same way,” Gyllenhaal added.

    Based on a Black List script by Bryan Sipe, Demolition centers on an investment banker (Gyllenhaal) who finds himself in emotional turmoil after the death of his wife. The banker is in the throes of examining his life and where he went wrong when he meets a single mom (Watts) who rescues him from his darkness.

    “It’s a story about a guy who begins the movie in a conventional way and ends the movie through an unconventional journey, feeling however [he feels], and not how society tells him to feel,” Gyllenhaal explained.

    “That’s uncomfortable as an actor. It’s not what you’ve been told grief is supposed to be, but discovering as you go along. And doing it with him [Vallee],” he added.

    According to the Hollywood Reporter, The Dallas Buyers Club and Wild director told the TIFF presser that grief for his characters in Demolition came in every day moments.

    “This breakdown moment, where this guy is saying he doesn’t feel anything to this guy on the train, and he becomes emotional when he says it, I liked the contradiction,” Vallee said.

    Gyllenhaal shared that Vallee often became emotional on set before Gyllenhaal was urged to follow suit with his character.

    “Jean-Marc would come up to me before a scene with tears in his eyes, before my character had tears in his eyes. And he’d be there right with me, deep in wherever I was, or where he wanted me to go. He’d say, now come join me,” the actor recalled.

    One way Gyllenhaal’s character moved through his grief was through dancing.

    “I was always looking on the schedule for when the dancing was going to be. I was mostly just terrified,” he admitted to the presser.

    Vallee usually began one of the dance scenes without prior warning.

    “The first time I danced, we were on the train, and he [Vallee] said, ‘Okay, the train’s pulling in,’ and he handed me an iPod and gave me an earphone and said, ‘Are you ready to dance? Let’s go,” Gyllenhall recalled.

    “At the end, I didn’t want to stop dancing, I made like a whirling dervish,” Jake Gyllenhaal said.

    A U.S. release for Demolition is slated for April 6, 2016.

  • Natalia Strelchenko: Husband of Russian Concert Pianist Charged In Her Murder

    The husband of Natalia Strelchenko has been charged in the murder of the concert pianist and the attempted murder of a child under 17, thought to be the couple’s child Leo.

    John Martin, 47, of Norway, who was a double bassist and his wife’s manager, is set to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, as reported by the Daily Mail.

    “A man has been charged after a woman was murdered in Newton Heath. John Martin (16/08/1967) of Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath has been charged with murder. He has also been charged with the attempted murder of a boy under the age of 17. Both incidents took place on Sunday 30 August 2015,” said the Greater Manchester Police Department.

    According to the International Business Times, Natalia Strelchenko, 38, also known as Natalia Strelle, was discovered Sunday at her home in Newton Heath, Manchester by police. Strelchenko had suffered fatal injuries to her head and neck. Paramedics called to the scene were unable to revive the pianist and she later died at a nearby hospital.

    Strelchenko, who was born in Russia, first appeared in the spotlight when she performed with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra at the age of 12. After emigrating to Norway, where studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, she moved to the UK.

    Renowned throughout the world for her talent, the qualified musicologist and assistant professor at the Conservatoire of Belfort in France in venues like New York’s Carnegie Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall.

    Following her death, Natalia Strelchenko’s family said issued a statement.

    “Natalia was a talented, beautiful, much-loved mother, daughter, sister and friend. She will be greatly missed.”

    Martin was also a highly regarded musician. He performed at major venues including Moscow Chamber Music Academy and Berlin Camerata.

  • Gwen Stefani, Ex Gavin Rossdale Tend to Their Wounds in Different Ways

    Gwen Stefani and her ex Gavin Rossdale are tending to their wounds after divorce in different ways.

    Over the weekend, Gwen spent time with her parents and kids while the kids dad, Gavin Rossdale spent time alone in Malibu.

    According to People magazine, Stefani, 45, took children Kingston, nine, Zuma, seven, and Apollo, 17 months, to church in Los Angeles on Sunday along with her parents.

    The Voice coach also spent time in the park sans wedding ring. Later she took the little ones on a Western-themed shopping trip Friday.

    “They had a great time,” Country General Store owner Rick Stanoff told People.

    Across town, Gavin Rossdale, 49, was photographed spending his Sunday in Malibu.

    The kids are the number one priority for both parents.

    “Their priority is making sure they maintain a safe and secure home for their children regardless of what’s happening,” a Stefani source said.

    On Aug. 14, the family was reunited for an outing in Newport Beach, California. Stefani and Rossdale were spoted enjoying a fun day out with their children at the Balboa Fun Zone.

    Even though the pair announced the end of their 13-year marriage on Aug. 3, sources say Stefani and Rossdale’s main focus will continue to be on their children.

    “While the two of us have come to the mutual decision that we will no longer be partners in marriage, we remain partners in parenthood and are committed to jointly raising our three sons in a happy and healthy environment,” Stefani and Rossdale said in a joint statement to People.

  • Lisa Bonet Reportedly ‘Disgusted’ By Bill Cosby Amidst Rape Allegations

    Lisa Bonet is said to be “disgusted” by Bill Cosby’s rape allegations, but is not likely to openly speak about it anytime soon.

    According to UK’s The Guardian, Bonet’s daughter, Zoe Kravitz, says The Cosby Show alum wants to keep her opinion to herself, but she’s said to be upset about allegations that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted more than 40 victims.

    When asked whether Lisa Bonet, 47, had discussed the allegations with her, the Mad Max: Fury Road star, 26, said her mother likes to keep her opinion to herself.

    “She hasn’t, she really hasn’t. She’d plead the fifth, even to me. I think she’s just staying out of it,” said Kravitz, whose father is rocker Lenny Kravitz. “She’s just as disgusted and concerned as everyone else is, but I don’t think she has any insight. It’s news to her as well.”

    Bonet, who starred on The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1991, playing Denise Huxtable (later Denise Kendall), the second-eldest daughter of Cliff (Cosby) and Clair (Phylicia Rashad), was just 17 when she started the series and left when she was 23.

    “She was on the show for a long time. She’s also a beautiful woman. It makes people wonder,” said Kravitz. “She’s a very straightforward person. If there was something she felt the world needed to know that would help this case or help any women who had been abused, she would say something.”

    Cosby is accused of sexually assault several dozen women, many of whom claim the comedian drugged and raped them in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s.

    Us Weekly reported in July that court documents obtained by the Associated Press indicate that Cosby admitted to getting quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, but the actor’s lawyer has said people are “misinterpreting” his words.

    “I’m not making conclusions — and you know that I can’t — about whether someone is lying or not,” attorney Monique Pressley told Good Morning America in July. “What I am saying is that Mr. Cosby has denied the accusations that have been lodged thus far. The sheer volume or number of people who are saying a particular thing does not make it true.”

  • Candis Cayne Dishes On Her Relationship With Caitlyn Jenner

    There has been much speculation about Candis Cayne and her relationship with Caitlyn Jenner.

    Some seem to think that the sidekicks are more than just friends. However, according to Candis, the transgender friends are just that — friends.

    While Candis Cayne has been supportive of Caitlyn Jenner as the former Olympian adjusts to her new life, their close relationship, as depicted on the E! docuseries, I Am Cait, she has reassured fans that the two are merely friends despite the media frenzy over whether they are a couple.

    Cayne was asked about their relationship status when she appeared on Access Hollywood on Wednesday.

    “Caitlyn and I are really good friends. I really love her a lot, and it’s been amazing being by her side through this whole process,” the actress said.

    Cayne, who invited Jenner for a sleepover at her L.A. home on Sunday’s episode of I Am Cait, also said that Jenner’s not really her type. Instead, the former drag queen dished on her real crush — Jon Stewart.

    And although fans may be disappointed that Jenner has not found a new love, Candis reassures everyone that she and Jenner will remain “really, really, really good friends.”

    She also defended her new pal, who has been criticized for the “fairytale” aspect of her transition.

    “She’s lived her whole life being transgender but never being able to do anything about it,” Cayne said. “That’s just as hard as somebody like me, who at 24 decided that’s what I wanted to do with my life in order to be okay with things. So I went through other struggles, but she did also.”

  • Porn Star ‘Kayla Kupcakes’ Flashes Florida Judge in Court [VIDEO]

    A woman who goes by the moniker “Kayla Kupcakes” decided it was a good idea to flash the judge overseeing her bond hearing.

    Kayla Kupcakes, whose real name is Susan Marie Surrette, 54, had been arrested on a disorderly intoxication charge, ABC affiliate WPLG-TV reports.

    Apparently, the court proceedings was unfolding in a typical manner when Judge John Hurley asked the woman what she does for a a living.

    “I work as a hair dresser,” Surrette tells the judge before unveiling her second career. “I’m an escort, too.”

    A website for Kayla Kupcakes describes Surrette as “a porn star, escort and private dancer with a knack for some fetishes,” WPLG-TV reports.

    The hearing continues with Surrette claiming she was mistreated in jail.

    “I’ve been beaten up by police. And also this too,” Surrette said as she lifts up her shirt to show the judge her breasts.

    “Oh, my Lord,” the judge responds.

    Surrette’s attorney then noted the obvious.

    “She’s somebody that needs help,” Surrette’s attorney said. “She’s not going to get the help that she needs at the jail.”

    The judge seemed to agree and set her bond at $100. He also ordered that Kayla Kupcakes get a medical evaluation.

    Surrette, a.k.a. Kayla Kupcakes, has been in and out of court 10 times over the past few years for minor offenses, reported NBC News Miami.