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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Dakota Johnson's stepmum, Kelley Phleger? The teacher and former debutante married Miami Vice star Don Johnson in 1999 and the pair have been going strong ever since
Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson's father, Don Johnson , is a Hollywood legend in his own right. The Golden Globe-winning actor shares Dakota with his ex-wife, Oscar-nominated actress Melanie Griffith, whom he met when he was 22 and she was 14. The former couple started living together when Griffith was just 15 and got engaged as soon as she turned 18. They married in 1976, divorced the same year, remarried in 1989, and divorced again in 1994. By 1999, Johnson had moved on and was tying the knot with his now-wife Kelley Phleger, who is about 18 years his junior. Johnson is a father to five children, including Dakota Johnson and Jesse Johnson (whom he shares with Patti D'Arbanville). He welcomed his three youngest children, Atherton Grace, Jasper Breckenridge and Deacon Johnson with his current missus, Kelley Phleger. But what else do we know about the woman who made Don Johnson settle down? She's a teacher Kelley Phleger is a former debutante. Photo: @ Advertisement According to People, Kelley Phleger graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in fine arts. Soon after, she started working as a teacher at a Montessori nursery. She was also a 1986 Cotillion debutante and a well-known socialite in San Francisco, per Hollywood Life. How did she meet Don Johnson? Kelley Phleger's ex-boyfriend is the current governor of California, Gavin Newsom. Photo: @ When Johnson first met Phleger in 1996 through their mutual friend Jo Schuman Silver at a party, she was reportedly in a relationship with Gavin Newsom , the current governor of California. They allegedly broke up not long afterwards and she got together with Johnson. They've been together for 25 years Don Johnson and Kelley Phleger married in 1999. Photo: @ In a September 2024 Instagram post, Johnson gushed over his wife as he marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a beautiful picture of them matching in black outfits. 'My Best Gurl for 25 years !! Think I'll keep her,' he captioned the post along with a red heart emoji. Indeed, this is Johnson's longest marriage and the couple are clearly going strong. What are her children doing?
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dakota Johnson flashes her bra and abs in LA after glitzy Cannes debut
Dakota Johnson put on a perky display as she enjoyed a yoga class in Malibu this week. The 35-year-old actress — whose new film Materialists comes out in June — was outfitted in a black shrug that flashed her matching black sports bra. The nepo baby, whose mother is Melanie Griffith, added high-waisted black leggings and flip-flops with black straps and red soles. She covered her eyes with a pair of oversized oval-shaped sunglasses while balancing her phone, a water bottle, and a coffee in her hands. It comes after last week she made a glamorous first-time appearance at the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Dakota Johnson put on a perky display as she enjoyed a yoga class in Malibu this week The 35-year-old actress was outfitted in a black shrug that flashed her matching black sports bra She covered her eyes with a pair of oversized oval-shaped sunglasses while balancing her phone, a water bottle, and a coffee in her hands Johnson appeared to go makeup-free underneath her eyewear while out in Los Angeles. She put her flat abs on display in the chic gym look, and her waist-length brunette hair flowed freely as she rocked her signature face-framing bangs. On May 18 the silver screen siren attended the 2025 Kering Women In Motion Awards and Cannes Film Festival Presidential Dinner. For the occasion, which was attended by Halle Berry and where Nicole Kidman was honored, Dakota slipped into a sheer Gucci dress. The actress accented the sexy look with coordinating chandelier earrings and wore her dark locks in an updo. For her Cannes debut, the Madame Web star promoted her forthcoming project Splitsville. She produced the Michael Angelo Covin-directed film through her production company TeaTime Pictures. The movie follows a couple entangled in their friends' open marriage and also stars Adria Arjona, Nicholas Braun, and O-T Fagbenle. Her Malibu outing comes after last week she made a glamorous appearance at the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival; seen on May 18 For the Cannes premiere of her latest film Materialists, Johnson wowed in a pink fringe Gucci gown; seen on May 19 Distributed by Neon, Splitsville hits theaters in late summer on August 22. 'So much of why I wanted to start a production company and make my own movies is because I want more from this industry,' Johnson explained to Variety of founding TeaTime Pictures in 2019. She added, 'I felt so thirsty for more conversation and more creativity and more collaboration. I found myself as an actor, a few times, showing up to the premiere of a movie to see it the first time and saying, "Woah. That is not what I thought we were making."' Ahead of Splitsville, Dakota will star in Materialists, out June 13, alongside Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. According to Deadline, Materialists follows a matchmaker who balances her relationship with a wealthy man with her lingering feelings for her waiter-actor ex-boyfriend. The cast also includes Marin Ireland, Zoe Winters and Dasha Nekrasova.
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Melanie Griffith, 67, looks very slender in her size 2 jeans as she heads to dinner with a TV honcho
Melanie Griffith looked very slender when she stepped out for dinner in Los Angeles on Sunday. The 67-year-old Oscar nominee, who is a size two, was modeling a pair of tight skinny jeans in a faded blue denim that hugged her slender curves. And the ex-wife of Don Johnson added a V-neck white T-shirt she tucked into her jeans with an unbuttoned caramel beige jacket with ruffled sleeves. The daughter of iconic The Birds actress Tippi Hedren added white lace fingerless gloves that felt like Madonna 's Like A Virgin era in the 1980s. The mother to movie star Dakota Johnson was not alone. The blonde Working Girl actress was joined by a TV honcho named Chip Sullivan. Chip is the Executive Vice President, Communications, at NBC Entertainment where he is responsible for strategy, development and execution of public and media relations for the network and Universal Television, according to his Linkedin page. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The daughter of iconic The Birds actress Tippi Hedren was not alone as she was joined by a TV honcho named Chip Sullivan. Chip is the Executive Vice President, Communications, at NBC Entertainment Melanie was last seen with her daughter Dakota at a screening of the film Materialists at the London Hotel in Los Angeles on May 7. Melanie looked incredible in a brown sheer turtle neck top which she tucked into a pair of blue jeans. Wrapping up in a beige trench coat, the actress added height to her frame with a pair of brown boots and completed her look with a matching handbag. Melanie shares Dakota with fellow actor Don Johnson who she was briefly married to for less than a year in 1976. Dakota was also joined by her brother Jesse Johnson, who is the son of Dakota's father Don Johnson and actress Patti D'Arbanville. And Melanie's daughter Stella Banderas with ex Antonio Banderas was also there. In Materialists, Dakota stars as Lucy, a New York City matchmaker whose business gets complicated as she finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. She stars in the film opposite Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. Dakota also recently signed on to star opposite Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett in Verity, the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel by the same name. The 50 Shades of Grey star is currently in a relationship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. The pair were seen holding hands on a trip to India in January which came after a source shut down rumors they had split. In March 2024, an insider told People that the pair had been engaged for 'years' but 'were in no rush to get married.' 'Sure, they've had issues and taken breaks in the past, but things are great now,' they added. 'They both love their career. They are balancing things the best they can.' More recently, in August 2024, their rep debunked split rumors to E! and insisted they 'are happily together.' Last year, Martin made a rare remark about his fiancée as he called her one of his 'best friends' in an interview with Rolling Stone. 'It is important to say that [romantic love] is such a big factor in everything, even though it feels right to keep it precious and private; I'm not denying its power,' he told the magazine. While they have famously kept their romance out of the spotlight, back in 2022, she recalled to Vanity Fair how they met through a friend and 'never really left each other.' Additionally, she has spoken about loving his two children Apple, 20, and Moses, 18, who he shares with ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow, with 'all' her heart.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dakota Johnson Details Being Cut Off Financially From Dad Don Johnson
Originally appeared on E! Online Dakota Johnson was fifty shades of determined to make it on her own when she officially began her acting career. After not getting accepted into the famous Juilliard School in New York City, the daughter of actors Don Johnson and ex-wife Melanie Griffith went on to forge her own path into Hollywood, without a dime from her father. "I didn't get in and my dad cut me off because I didn't go to college," the 35-year-old told her Materialists costar Pedro Pascal for an Elle U.K. interview, published May 14. "So, I started auditioning. I think I was 19 when I did The Social Network, and then little jobs and stuff after that." Dakota—who made her onscreen acting debut as a child alongside her mom in the actress' then-husband Antonio Banderas' 1999 film Crazy in Alabama before appearing in a scene with Justin Timberlake in 2010's The Social Network, and years later, the Fifty Shades trilogy—remembers struggling financially after being cut off by her dad. "For a couple of years it was hard to make money," she told Pedro. "There were a few times when I'd go to the market and not have money in my bank account or not be able to pay rent, and I'd have to ask my parents for help." Dakota continued, "I'm very grateful that I had parents that could help me and did help me. But it certainly was not fun. The auditioning process, as you know, is the f--king worst." Dakota has spoken before about how she was made to start an acting career on her own after high school after her dad cut her off financially. "He said, 'If you go to college, you still get an allowance,'" the actress said about her dad in a February 2024 Today interview. "And I was like, 'Well, I'm going to be an actress.' So he was like, 'Alright, well you're on your own. I was cut off." She said she turned to modeling to make rent money as she pursued acting. "I definitely like had moments where I couldn't afford groceries and things like that and needed to ask my mom to help me," she said. "She was the nice one." More from E! Online John Legend, Demi Lovato and More React to Chrissy Teigen's Sobriety Update How Natalia Bryant Honored Kobe Bryant at College Graduation How Sean "Diddy" Combs Reacted to Cassie Ventura's Cross-Examination Testimony in Trial "For a couple of years it was hard to make money," she told Pedro. "There were a few times when I'd go to the market and not have money in my bank account or not be able to pay rent, and I'd have to ask my parents for help." Dakota continued, "I'm very grateful that I had parents that could help me and did help me. But it certainly was not fun. The auditioning process, as you know, is the f--king worst." Dakota has spoken before about how she struggled to make it in Hollywood on her own after high school after her dad cut her off financially. "He said, 'If you go to college, you still get an allowance,'" the actress said about her dad in a February 2024 Today interview. "And I was like, 'Well, I'm going to be an actress.' So he was like, 'Alright, well you're on your own. I was cut off." Dakota said she turned to modeling to make rent money as she pursued acting. "I definitely like had moments where I couldn't afford groceries and things like that and needed to ask my mom to help me," she said. "She was the nice one." Don himself has also previously shared insight into the college ultimatum. "We have a rule in the family," the Nash Bridges alum said on Late Night With Seth Meyers in 2021, "that if you stay in school, you get to stay on the payroll." He said that toward the end of Dakota's high school career, he asked his daughter if she wanted to visit some colleges. "And she went, 'Oh, no, I'm not going to college,'" he said. "And I went, 'OK. Well, you know what that means. I mean, you won't be on the payroll anymore, and how are you gonna manage?' And she says, 'Don't you worry about it.'" Feeling fifty shades of confused about Dakota's family ties? Look back at her family tree. Melanie Griffith and Don JohnsonDon Johnson and Patti D'ArbanvilleJesse Johnson Melanie Griffith and Steven BauerAlexander BauerMelanie Griffith and Don Johnson (again)Dakota JohnsonDakota Johnson and Chris MartinMelanie Griffith and Antonio BanderasStella del Carmen Banderas3 GenerationsDon Johnson and Kelley Phleger Atherton Grace JohnsonJasper Johnson Deacon Johnson For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Nepo baby Dakota Johnson talks asking parents for money and not getting into college
Last year, Dakota Johnson dubbed the scrutiny of nepo babies 'incredibly annoying and boring' but she's certainly had a leg up in the acting industry as the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. The 35-year-old Madame Web action star also grew up with Antonio Banderas as her stepfather and Tippi Hedren as her 95-year-old grandmother. Don warned all his children they'd be deprived of their allowance if they didn't attend college, so Dakota auditioned for The Juilliard School with monologues from William Shakespeare and Steve Martin. 'That f***ing process was so awful and terrifying. When you get accepted for an audition, it's a two-day long chorus-line thing. You're supposed to get called back for a second audition, and I didn't,' Johnson recalled in her ELLE UK cover story on Wednesday. 'They were like, "You don't stand a chance. But thank you, I appreciate it."' Miss Golden Globe 2006 admitted she 'really didn't want to go to college' anyway but was dismayed at the idea of being 'cut off' by the 75-year-old Miami Vice alum and admitted 'it was hard to make money.' By age 18, Dakota used her famous name to easily sign with IMG for modeling in 2006 and two years later she signed with the William Morris Agency for acting. 'There were a few times when I'd go to the market and not have money in my bank account or not be able to pay rent, and I'd have to ask my parents for help,' Johnson lamented. 'I'm very grateful that I had parents that could help me and did help me. But it certainly was not fun. The auditioning process, as you know, is the f***ing worst.' The Independent Spirit Award winner noted that her 67-year-old mother 'was the nice one' when it came to hand-outs. Dakota also has Melanie to thank for her big-screen debut, at age nine, in Antonio's dismally-reviewed directorial debut Crazy in Alabama in 1999. Before landing her breakout role in the Fifty Shades trilogy, Johnson first caught the industry's attention as panty-clad Harvard University student Amelia in David Fincher's 2010 drama The Social Network. 'When [the nepo baby scrutiny] first started I found it to be, like, incredibly annoying and boring,' the Daddio star scoffed on TODAY last year. 'Like, if you're a journalist, write about something else. That's just, like, lame.' Dakota has been hard at work producing and starring as ghost author Lowen Ashleigh in Michael Showalter's big-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's 2018 novel Verity. Johnson recalled in her ELLE UK cover story on Wednesday: 'That f***ing process was so awful and terrifying. When you get accepted for an audition, it's a two-day long chorus-line thing' Dakota (2-R) also has Melanie (M) to thank for her big-screen debut, at age nine, in Antonio's dismally-reviewed directorial debut Crazy in Alabama in 1999 Before landing her breakout role in the Fifty Shades trilogy, Johnson first caught the industry's attention as panty-clad Harvard University student Amelia in David Fincher's 2010 drama The Social Network The psychological romance thriller - already scheduled to hit US theaters May 15, 2026 - will also star Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett. Audiences can next catch Johnson as matchmaker Lucy in Celine Song's love triangle rom-com Materialists, which hits US theaters June 13 and UK theaters August 15. The Texan-born beauty will also produce and star as Julie in Michael Angelo Covino's comedy Splitsville, which hits US theaters August 22.
