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  • 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?

  • Jemima Kirke Shares Personal Abortion Story For PSA

    Jemima Kirke, who stars on the HBO hit Girls, opened up recently about a very personal subject for a PSA filmed for the Center for Reproductive Rights.

    Kirke revealed that she had a pregnancy terminated while in college because she didn’t feel like she was able to care for a child during that time in her life.

    “I wasn’t sure I wanted to be attached to this person for the rest of my life. My life was just not conducive to raising a healthy, happy child. I just didn’t feel it was fair. So, I decided to get an abortion,” she shared. “I still see shame and embarrassment around terminating pregnancies. So I have always been open about my stories. Always shared them, especially with other women.”

    The video is part of the group’s Draw The Line campaign, which encourages people to educate themselves about reproductive rights. Kirke has long been open about her life and her body, posing in her underwear while heavily pregnant with her second child in 2012 for Vice Magazine.

    The actress was also open about her past drug use for the interview, saying she wasn’t able to continue living a normal life at the same time.

    “I think that way of life stopped working for me really quickly. Some people know how to balance things, at least enough to be able to continue messing around, but I didn’t,” she said. “I was very all-or-nothing about it, and you burn out really quickly if you keep going that way. It really f**ked me.”

    Jemima Kirke said in 2012 that even though she was grateful for the opportunity to continue acting on such a successful show, she has never considered it her career. At heart, she’s an artist.

    “My art has always been my top priority and I have far more experience in that field than I do in film. It’s hard to explain without sounding like a dick. I’m not that person. I’m really grateful for such enjoyable work, I just don’t feel as though I have any clout as an actor. I haven’t earned it, and I don’t intend to,” she said.

  • Allison Williams Gets Motorboated in the A*s on ‘Girls,’ While Brian Williams Watches

    Allison Williams has done something most women would positively cringe at even thinking of doing. She appeared in a raunchy sex scene on an episode of Girls–knowing full well that her dad, NBC News anchor Brian Williams–would be watching. Brian Williams actually watched the entire episode during the Girls season four premiere at Lincoln Center in New York City earlier in January.

    “She’s always been an actress,” the news anchor said in a recent interview. “For us, watching her is the family occupation and everybody has to remember it’s aging, no animals were harmed during the filming, and ideally nobody gets hurt.”

    Allison Williams explained to New York Magazine what happened when she realized her character Marnie was going to have sex with Desi (played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach) with her behind in full view of everyone–yes, including her famous dad.

    “I read it in the script and I went into total action mode,” the Peter Pan Live! star said. “I got everyone together and I was like, ‘All right, Grace [in wardrobe], you and me — we’re going to come up with something so ingenious that he is going to feel comfortable.’”

    The scene asked for Moss-Bachrach to get up close and exceedingly personal with Allison’s bare bum, so she insisted that it “smell like a cake.” Williams actually smeared vanilla cream on her body while production added an invisible garment on the side “that feels like a pillow when he puts his face into it.” She called it, “Total TV magic!”

    Allison Williams and her dad apparently fared just fine throughout the season four premiere of Girls. Allison’s costar Jemima Kirke had a terrible time with it, however.

    “I was so nervous. I don’t even know him, but can you imagine?” she said. “Watching a kissing scene with my dad next to me is awful, let alone with you getting–whatever that’s called–motorboated in your ass!”

    Could you do that if your dad (never mind probably your mom, your brother, and your Great-Aunt Agnes, too) was watching?

    Kudos to Allison Williams. Even though she had some help in the props and makeup department, that’s the mark of a fine actress.

    On a lighter note, did you see Allison Williams at the Golden Globes? She absolutely stunned in that gorgeous red gown–an elegant throwback to old Hollywood glamour.

  • Allison Williams Talks Sex Scenes, Likes Causing Discomfort

    Allison Williams flew past fans on their TV screens during the Christmas season as the star of Peter Pan, and now she’s back–and talking about sex scenes. How might that make her dad, NBC News anchor Brian Williams feel? Clearly it doesn’t bother his daughter, as she admits to loving the sex scenes–even the awkward ones she plays on the hit TV series Girls.

    “I take great pride in playing those moments,” she said during a recent interview with ET. “It’s become my little pet favorite project. Because I just like pushing the envelope.”

    Allison Williams was in New York on Monday, celebrating the premiere of the fourth season of Girls. She plays the role of Marnie, who frequently finds herself in awkward sexual situations. She claims said awkwardness allows her to really have fun playing her role.

    “I love making people uncomfortable,” Williams said. “And when people say, ‘I cringed watching [that] scene,’ that’s the biggest compliment you can give me.”

    Something that isn’t making Allison Williams uncomfortable at all is talk of motherhood. The actress is engaged to College Humor co-founder Ricky Van Veen, and plans for their wedding are underway. Lately Allison has hounded every actress she knows who is either pregnant or has kids, and asked how she balances motherhood with her career.

    “I have a lot of questions: How do I get to a place in my career where I can go be a mom for a little while, and then come back and be a mom and an actress at the same time?” she asks in the February issue of Glamour. She graces the magazine’s February cover, too.

    “Every time I find a woman in film, an actress who has kids, I, like a sociopath, corner her and ask, ‘How did it work?’ Everyone says, ‘Don’t think so much.’ [Jemima Kirke], from Girls, is always saying, ‘Just get pregnant! Just have a baby.’ And I’m like, ‘You are so much cooler than I am.’ I love what I do, but I have no doubt that when I start my family, that’s life. This is my job, but that’s life,” Williams, who clearly isn’t a sociopath, but perhaps just a bit of a perfectionist, added.

    The fourth season of the hit HBO series premieres this coming Sunday, January 11th, at 9:00 PM.

    Do you expect by season five Allison Williams might be expecting? Will Brian Williams one day in the near future announce during the NBC Nightly News that he is soon to be a grandfather?