Month: November 2021

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There I was, a newly divorced middle-aged woman, at a popular New York City event space listening to a lecture given by a mother-and-daughter matchmaking team offering tips and rules for 21st century dating. I had just started dating again and needed help finding a guy. After 28 years of marriage, I really didn’t know how to do it. This duo typically charged men $50,000 to $100,000 to help them find mates. I figured they might know something I didn’t know. “A woman shouldn’t offer to pay for drinks or to split the tab on a date,” the mom told us. “Men don’t like that.” “I’m happy to split the tab,” I said. “Any woman who offers to pay her share is someone uninterested in sex,” she scowled. “I love sex and I’m perfectly happy to split the bill,” I responded. “You better be careful becau...

Paramount Pictures brass hated 1991’s The Addams Family and made sure first-time director Barry Sonnenfeld and producer Scott Rudin were well aware of the studio’s disgust amid production. However, when the film opened at No. 1, the execs’ tune quickly changed. At least, that’s how Sonnenfeld vividly recalls it. The brass disagrees. The Orion Pictures production was plagued from the beginning. The comedy quickly ran over-budget and over-schedule. But those issues were peanuts compared to the shockwave dealt when then-fledgling Orion unloaded the partially completed picture onto Paramount. It was a perfect storm of disaster, recalls the director. “I fainted. I threw up. I was a nervous wreck,” Sonnenfeld says of the rocky experience.  Ultimately, the fi...

Kanye West appeared on N.O.R.E.'s popular "Drink Champs" podcast. The rapper criticized "SNL" for scripting jokes about his divorce during Kim Kardashian's monologue. "That ain't no joke to me. My kids want their parents to stay together. I want us to be together," he said. Loading Something is loading. Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) was the featured guest on the rapper N.O.R.E. &...

Anna Faris is being supported after a controversial Instagram post by her ex-husband Chris Pratt. The Guardians of the Galaxy actor shared a post dedicated to his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, with whom he shares a 14-month-old daughter named Lyla. In the post, Pratt, 42, said he was grateful to Schwarzenegger for giving him a “gorgeous healthy daughter”. However, many felt that the post was insensitive to Faris, 44, and their son Jack, who is nine. Jack was born prematurely, with Faris previously saying that their son weighed just three pounds and 12 ounces at birth and spent his first month in the NICU. According to People, Jack was born with severe brain bleeding. While Pratt has been criticised for the post, many are sending their support to Faris. “This is literally so gross,”...

The Duchess of Sussex has been asked to attend a bipartisan dinner at which the 21 women senators are invited, it has been revealed, amid calls to strip her of her royal title for meddling in US politics.  Meghan Markle, 40, who is currently living in her $14 million California mansion having stepped back from royal duty last year, has been ramping up her political activism in recent weeks.  The Duchess on October 20 wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer advocating for paid family leave - a letter that was handed out to several media outlets. On Wednesday Politico reported that she had - following a conversation with Kirsten Gillibrand, senator for New York - taken her lobbying a step further and picked up the phone to speak with Republican Sens. Sus...