EXCLUSIVE The eerie truth about 'Scientology city' where Julian McMahon died: It looks like a resort - but I felt watched from the day I arrived. Then, Kirstie Alley sent me a chilling message...
Clearwater is, after all, famous for one thing: being the global headquarters of the Church of Scientology.
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- Daily Mail
Megyn Kelly's brutal 'sleeping with nanny' dig at Doug Emhoff's ex-wife in explosive spat over J-Lo and keeping their husbands satisfied
Megyn Kelly went scorched earth on Doug Emhoff 's ex-wife by claiming the mother of his two kids wasn't sexy enough to keep her husband 'from sleeping with the nanny' in an online spat that quickly spiraled out of control. The shocking personal insults between the two blondes came after Kerstin Emhoff, 58, a Hollywood producer, blasted Kelly, 54, for criticizing Jennifer Lopez 's recent string of sexually charged performances. On her podcast, Kelly had torn into the pop icon saying Lopez, 55, had crossed the line into 'soft porn' and could no longer pass as a sex symbol. 'We're not sex symbols,' Kelly said. 'That ship has sailed - it sailed with menopause.' It saw Kerstin Emhoff snap back online, although without tagging Kelly directly. 'I bet tons of people look at and want to have sex with her,' she wrote. 'Megan [sic] – if you actually think that post-menopausal women can't be sexual, you are missing out. You can close up your 55-year-old shop while the rest of us are open for business.' That's when Kelly exploded invoking the long-rumored affair between Doug Emhoff and his children's nanny, Najen Naylor, a blonde teaching assistant at their kids' elite Los Angeles private school. The affair allegedly resulted in a pregnancy and ultimately ended Doug's 16-year marriage to Kerstin in 2009, according to sources. Kelly quickly escalated things further as she responded to Kerstin Emhoff's reply. 'You were too chicken s*** to actually cc me on your post,' she wrote. 'But let's just say I'm sexy enough to keep my husband from sleeping with the nanny.' 'Unlike J-Lo, however, I don't feel the need to fake hump a bunch of strangers to prove I've still got it.' Back on X, Kerstin Emhoff snapped back again, insisting she wasn't hiding. 'I'm definitely not a chicken s*** @megynkelly. I assumed you would see it,' she wrote, explaining why she hadn't tagged the former Fox News anchor. 'You called out for her age, not the moves. You have no idea what happened in my marriage - just like I have no idea what your Doug really thinks about you. But I choose to support women. Try it,' Emhoff added, taking Kelly to task. But Kelly was already in attack mode and fired back another salvo with her take on the Emhoff's breakup. 'Actually, I have an excellent idea that you married a guy who was a total s***,' she wrote. 'And now you're telling the internet you're 'open for business' - so good luck with that,' she added, mockingly. In a post to X Kelly shared a video of the songstress running through multiple mock sex positions with her male backup dancers as the political commentator expressed her disgust Things escalated quickly in a fiery online spat between Megyn Kelly and Kerstin Emhoff Kelly appeared disgusted with dance moves that appeared sexually suggestive Earlier, Kelly had trashed Lopez's suggestive dance moves earlier on her podcast, accusing the 55-year-old icon of descending into soft-core territory. 'She simulates actual sex acts,' Kelly said, describing Lopez's stage routine in vivid detail. 'Missionary, doggy style… she's 55 years old and hasn't come to grips with the fact that she's not a sex symbol anymore.' The sparring match between the two women appeared to be part culture war and part personal vendetta. The Emhoff's affair was a deeply embarrassing chapter for the former Second Gentleman and one that during last year's election campaign fought desperately to keep under wraps. Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with Najen Naylor, who also taught at their children's pricey private school. She is seen on the left last August and in an earlier photo, right According to previous reporting by Doug Emhoff had a secret affair with Naylor, the nanny to his children Ella and Cole, during his marriage to Kerstin. At the time, Naylor was working at The Willows, a pricey private school in Culver City, where she moonlighted as a nanny for the Emhoffs and taught classes. Doug Emhoff and Kerstin divorced in 2009. Records show Naylor was pregnant that year, though friends say the child was never kept. Facebook videos from the time show her holding a baby named 'Brook' alongside two other infants - but the child's identity remains unclear. After the scandal, Naylor reportedly left her job at the school and later became a director at Audible, purchased a home in the Hamptons, and now lives quietly with young children in tow. Kerstin Emhoff, for her part, has kept mostly quiet about the cheating rumors. When contacted her for comment earlier last year, she hung up the phone. Yet her sudden foray into defending and attacking Megyn Kelly in the process has dragged those skeletons right back into the spotlight.
The Guardian
13 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Who needs a car? Los Angeles by foot
Los Angeles is a constantly shifting, fragmented city with a landscape that is both navigated and determined by the car. Yet for her series North North South, Iranian American artist Ayda Gragossian wandered through different areas of the city on foot. North North South by Ayda Gragossian is published by GOST. All photographs: Ayda Gragossian Gragossian documented the spaces, objects and textures that are often overlooked when life is in constant motion Over a period of four years, Gragossian amassed a collection of images of store windows, parking lots and suburban houses that function as motifs Gragossian: 'In a place teeming with dreams and expectations, a single sign or building can disrupt the pattern of conformity, reminding us that the true essence of any city is best appreciated when we slow down and truly observe our surroundings' North North South takes its title from a photograph of a broken freeway sign that features in the book The title collates the main ideas behind the series, such as the quintessential American condition of traversing freeways that perpetuate inequality and the power of photography to transform the banality of everyday life into the poetic Speaking of LA, Gragossian says: 'Contradictions collide, and beauty and neglect, nostalgia and impermanence, intimacy and distance, exist side by side' 'In Los Angeles, what do you see when you are not moving at 60mph?' Gragossian's black and white photographs are devoid of people, an aesthetic choice that emphasises the city's contradictory characteristics The visual narrative in North North South departs from that of the glamorous LA popularised by the entertainment industry Instead, Gragossian's photographs capture a deeply personal view of a working-class city where different realities coexist in close proximity Gragossian: 'This book began as a personal journey. After living for a couple of years in England (where I completed my MFA at the University of Oxford), I returned to Los Angeles, wanting to reacquaint myself with the city I had called home for the past decade' 'I started walking … and seeking out spaces and objects that spoke to a different urban imagery, one that felt truer to the way I experienced it' North North South is not a conventional portrait of LA. It is a sequence of photographs that moves through the city the way life does –without a fixed route, weaving in and out of places, refusing a singular narrative In a city obsessed with productivity and spectacle, this work invites the viewer to slow down, to pay attention and to recognise the poetry in the overlooked
The Independent
42 minutes ago
- The Independent
Comic-Con 2025 set to kick off in a year that some major superheroes are sitting out
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