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Perth Now
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark fires back at Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark has offered Meghan, Duchess of Sussex some "beauty advice". The 73-year-old horror icon - whose real name is Cassandra Peterson - has responded after the former 'Suits' star joked she looked "almost Elvira-esque" after a botched at-home hair dye job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cassandra quipped on Instagram: "Hey princess, if you ever need beauty advice from a queen just let me know." The 43-year-old royal - who has Prince Archie, five, and three-year-old Princess Lilibet with husband Prince Harry - spoke with her "dear friend" and hair colourist Kadi Lee recently when she recalled asking for help after trying to dye her own locks. She said on her own 'Confessions of a Female Founder' podcast: 'It was 2020 – it was very much 2020. 'My family had just moved to California. We were staying in our friend's home and because it was the pandemic, I kept ordering boxed hair dye, and I thought I'm gonna look just like she does on the box. 'And instead it was this very inky, almost Elvira-esque black hair. And I texted [hair stylist Serge Normant], and he said, 'You need to see Kadi.' "And you came over. I mean, we were masked and all the things. It was such an interesting time, but I remember that day so well." Last year, Cassandra accused Ariana Grande of being rude during an awkward backstage interaction at one of her performances. During a question and answer session at Knott's Berry Farm in California, she alleged: "She came and she brought 20 guests. So she wanted 21 tickets. We're like, 'OK.' "We give her the tickets and she comes backstage. She asked if I could take pictures with all of her friends and relatives she brought.' Elvira said she posed for photos and signed autographs for Ariana's group, and then asked for a photo with the '7 Rings' hitmaker. She added: "I say to her, 'Can we take a photo together?' And she goes, 'No, I don't really do that.' And then she left before my show started. All her relatives stayed, and she took off.' The so-called Queen of Halloween shared screenshots of an article about the encounter on Instagram, and Ariana has now responded and apologised while giving her side of the story. She commented: "I'm so disheartened to see this. "I actually don't even remember getting the chance to meet you because i had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family (this was around 7 years ago and at the time i was really not great with being in public crowds or loud places)… but if i'm misremembering this moment, i sincerely apologize for offending you so. (sic)"
South China Morning Post
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann, who's been heavily criticised?
Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann shocked fans and the media late last month when she walked the red carpet for a movie premiere in Hollywood bearing a striking resemblance to the Wicked star . Paige Niemann at the world premiere of Companion last month, in Hollywood. The 20-year-old attended the Hollywood premiere of Companion last month, wearing a black tulle gown and sporting a large bow on her slicked-back ponytail. With her blonde hair and make-up done to resemble Grande's signature look , Niemann fooled many fans into thinking that Grande herself had attended the premiere. She even had the '7 Rings' singer's dimpled smile down pat. While Niemann's appearance went viral on the internet, it has also garnered a lot of criticism from Grande's fans. One wrote on X (formerly Twitter), 'I find it crazy that Paige Niemann's whole life and living wage depends on what Ariana looks like every day. It's so bizarre.' Grande herself has addressed and criticised Niemann's impersonations several times. Read on to find out more about Paige Niemann. She went viral in 2019 Paige Niemann went viral for her videos impersonating Ariana Grande's Victorious character Cat Valentine. Photo: @paigeniemann/Instagram Niemann first went viral on TikTok after videos of the then 15-year-old impersonating Grande garnered attention from fans. Niemann had uploaded several videos where she mimics Grande's look, as well as the mannerisms of Grande's Victorious character Cat Valentine. The real Ari even responded to one of Niemann's Cat impersonation videos, tweeting, 'I just wonder whyyyy the cat voice / dialogue. I am sure she is the sweetest sweet sweetheart for real!! But it's definitely bizarre seeing people blend the two worlds lmao.' Niemann's similarities to Grande are the result of both coincidence and hard work. Like Grande, Niemann is half-Sicilian. But she's been capitalising on the natural resemblance since she was 12, spending hours on perfecting her hair and make-up before posting selfies and videos dressed as Grande. Like Ariana Grande, Paige Niemann is a singer Like Ariana Grande, Paige Niemann has been singing from a young age. Photo: @paigeniemann/Instagram
The Independent
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Ariana Grande did a real life ‘Parent Trap' on her divorced parents and ‘forced' them to become best friends
Ariana Grande has revealed how she 'forced' her parents to become 'best friends' after their divorce. During Tuesday's episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, the 31-year-old actor spoke candidly about the previously strained relationship of her mother, Joan Grande, and father, Ed Butera. She explained that while her parents didn't get along for years after their breakup, finally things changed for the better at her insistence. 'They're not together, but they're best friends,' she said about her mother and father, who split when Grande was eight. 'It took 18 years and it took me forcing it. I forced them to communicate again. I really did.' The Wicked star clarified that on her 24th birthday, she spoke to both of her parents about getting along again. 'I remember just kind of being at this pivotal point where I was just like, 'You guys, I love you both so much. It's been such a long time. Figure it the f*** out. Like hello, it's been 18 years,'' she recalled. 'Please get over it. And they did.' After emphasizing that her parents are 'best friends now' and she can't 'separate them,' she applauded them for having whatever discussion they had about being in each other's lives. 'I guess they just had like, some sort of beautiful conversation or realized that like, how much they love me is so much louder than whatever nonsense happened way back when,' Grande added. 'It really is beautiful, and if only they had the tools that I feel like we have now, this generation, with therapy and embracing that, maybe it could have happened sooner, but it was just the perfect thing.' The '7 Rings' singer previously discussed her parents' decision to divorce. During an appearance on the Zach Sang Show last year, she acknowledged that while her parents split up 'for all the right reasons,' she still craved 'the happily ever after' as a child. 'The one is the one is the one. So you ignore all these issues and you kind of cling onto the fairytale,' she explained. 'You kind of self-abandon. And I think my mom is a fierce example of not doing that.' She later realized she wanted to be like her mother, who 'had the strength to say bye kindly' to her marriage since it wasn't 'right.' Granda has shared in the past that she didn't always have a good relationship with her father. During an interview with Seventeen in 2014, she said 'falling out of touch with [her] dad' was the hardest thing for her to deal with. 'It's private, but it happened last year. It took me so long to be okay with it. The thing that got me there was embracing the fact that I am made up of half my dad, and a lot of my traits come from him,' Grande explained at the time. 'So much of me comes from my father, and for so long, I didn't like that about myself. I had to accept that it's okay not to get along with somebody and still love them.' However, it appears Grande and her father are back on good terms. During her 2020 Grammys performance, she changed the lyrics to her song, 'Thank U, Next' to praise her father, as she sang: 'I'll be thanking my dad / 'Cause he's really awesome.' The original lyrics to the song are: 'One day I'll walk down the aisle/Holding hands with my mama / I'll be thanking my dad/ 'Cause she grew from the drama.'
