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Vogue
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
What's Going on Aboard Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas's Yacht?
You know how it is: You're with your extremely famous, rich, successful rumored boyfriend on an 'intimate' little yacht vacation in Menorca, just the two of you (and his various Scientologist disciples via Zoom, I assume), when suddenly paparazzi encircle the vessel and find what appears to be incontrovertible proof that the two of you are a capital-T Thing. What do you do? If you're Ana de Armas, you say nothing, letting a 'source' tell the tabloids that you're single and just really 'focused' on your role opposite Tom Cruise in Doug Liman's upcoming thriller film Deeper. And yet…the yacht images persist! Setting aside the sheer hilarity of any luxury-yacht-based trip being called intimate—oh, I'm sure!—I can't stop wondering whether Cruise and de Armas could be, in fact, dating. (Some mentally pore over questions of particle physics or 18th-century British history for work…I, personally, am lucky enough to devote the lion's share of my gray matter to celebrity hookups. Yes, I'm quite blessed!) Is Cruise just an 'incredible mentor' to de Armas, or is she 'losing her patience' at having to hide her relationship with the 63-year-old action star? All this rumination brings me to another key question, one I've had for years: Do women actually find Tom Cruise sexy? For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on (ahem, the aforementioned Scientology), I'm tempted to say no, but some of the things that make Cruise a less-than-traditional leading man—such as his height, which is famously a modest five feet seven—are actually kind of attractive when I consider them outside of the context of his specific personality. Does the man wear lifts? Possibly-slash-probably. And yet short kings like Tom Holland and Jeremy Allen White are pulling their own modest statures off with aplomb. (As a side note, remember when Nicole Kidman said that she was happy to be able to wear heels again after her marriage to Cruise ended?) While I would undoubtedly find Cruise hotter if he embraced having taller girlfriends whom he could literally look up to, there's no arguing that he is exceedingly well-preserved for a man in his 60s, not to mention a father of three children whose ages range from 19 (Suri) to 30 and 32 (Connor and Isabella, respectively). This isn't about what I find attractive, though; it's about what de Armas values in a man. And if we can glean anything from her prior relationships with the likes of Ben Affleck and stepson to the president of Cuba Manuel Anido Cuesta, it's that she clearly likes a man who's left his mark on the culture in some way or other. Who better to fill her ex-boyfriends' shoes, then, than the star of once and future Top Guns?
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jennifer Love Hewitt Not Sure She 'Ever Recovered' from Body Criticism Over Bikini Photos
The actress says she wasn't "ever really insecure" until paparazzi photos of her at the beach went viral -- as she reveals she almost didn't appear in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer because she was worried "what people were going to say about how much older I would seem than when I was 18." Jennifer Love Hewitt is speaking out about the attention on her body -- and how it almost prevented her from appearing in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel. A child star from her Kids Incorporated days, Hewitt was just 15 when she really hit it big as Scott Wolf's on-screen girlfriend Sarah on Party of Five. From there, movies like the OG IKWYDLS, Can't Hardly Wait and Heartbreakers followed ... and with those successes, came a lot of scrutiny on her physique. Speaking with Vulture for a new profile, Hewitt said she only recently realized how much all that attention screwed her up in the long run -- saying something clicked when she watched the Framing Britney Spears documentary. "When I started watching it, I was like, 'Oh, they talked to me like that. Oh.' I started crying for her. And then I realized I was crying for me," she told the outlet. Saying it was "just, 'Boob, boob, boob,' everywhere" whenever she was talked about in the press back in the day, Hewitt said she "really wanted to be a good actor" and found herself constantly "trying to outact the conversation around my body." That conversation reached record highs in 2007, after paparazzi snapped photos of her in a bikini in Hawaii, which led to media coverage about her weight. She hit back hard at the time, saying she wasn't "upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image." "A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn't make you beautiful," she added. "To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini - put it on and stay strong." PEOPLE Magazine then ran the photos on a cover, with the headline, "Stop Calling Me Fat!" "I don't think I was ever really insecure until that cover. And then when it happened, I don't know that I've ever recovered from it," she told Vulture. "Because there's a part of me that's always like, Is this version going to be good enough, or is that going to happen again? Where somebody's going to be like, 'Hey, this is her without makeup at the cleaners. She looks 59.'" As for why that hurt so much, she added, "Because that was me. I think that's why the insecurity carried on. I don't know if I've even ever put that together for myself other than right now ... I think I was like, Oh my God, I was myself one time, and this is what happened." Hewitt said her late mother helped calm her down at the time, by telling her, "You don't get it. You can't win. This is just people having a problem with the version of you they think belongs to them. Take your power back. Belong to yourself, and don't worry about it." She added that rocking t-shirts and a blazer in the new IWKYDLS -- in which she reprises her role as Julie James -- was "very healing" for her because "nobody's going to be talking about my boobs." She then quipped, "Oh, you want me to flash you? They're down here." I Know What You Did Last Summer is in theaters now. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Blake Lively Using Star Power To Dictate Deposition, Justin Baldoni Claims — Report
Justin Baldoni reportedly claimed that Blake Lively has been using her star power to dictate their forthcoming disposition in their ongoing legal battle. TMZ obtained documents related to a recent filing from Baldoni's team, as they fight back against his 'It Ends With Us' co-star's request to hold the deposition at her lawyer's office. The proceedings are scheduled to be held on Thursday at the office of his attorney. Lively's team filed the request last week, claiming they fear a paparazzi ambush. Justin Baldoni's lawyers reportedly reject Blake Lively's deposition request Justin Baldoni's lawyers reportedly rejected a request Blake Lively made, accusing her of using her popularity to dictate the deposition. TMZ revealed that Lively's team requested to move the location of the upcoming deposition, which will take place at Baldoni's attorney's office in New York City on July 17. Her counsel cited fears of a paparazzi ambush as the reason to switch the venue to her lawyer's office. However, her legal adversary has refused to comply with her desires. In his response filing, Baldoni's team argued a lack of evidence to prove the claims. They alleged that both lawyers' offices are about a mile away from each other. The actor-director's filing further mentioned that a location change would put them at a disadvantage in case they need a private space for discussions. His attorney accused Lively of 'foot-stomping' and using her 'celebrity status' to 'seize control of the film,' but mentioned how a 'tantrum' like that will have 'no place in this Court.' PEOPLE had previously reported that Blake Lively slammed Justin Baldoni's lawyers for making her upcoming deposition in their legal battle a 'spectacle.' On Friday, Lively's team filed a motion, requesting to change the location. In the filings, they accused Baldioni's counsel of making the ordeal 'a public spectacle at every turn' instead of treating it like a serious matter of 'sexual harassment and retaliation.' The post Blake Lively Using Star Power To Dictate Deposition, Justin Baldoni Claims — Report appeared first on Reality Tea. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Justin Bieber Addresses Viral Paparazzi Moments, Mental Health and Cryptic Posts on New Album ‘Swag'
Justin Bieber acknowledges his recent viral encounters with the paparazzi and discusses his mental health on his new album, Swag. The 31-year-old singer dropped his seventh studio album at midnight on Friday, July 11, with little forewarning. The album's existence only came to light Thursday, July 10, when billboards emerged in Iceland, New York City, Atlanta and Los Angeles promoting his return. The 21-track Swag features a mixture of lo-fi, R&B-infused pop tracks and voice notes that ruminate on fame, mental health and love. Bieber also acknowledges his cryptic social media activity in recent months and even uses audio clips from encounters with photographers to comment on the public discourse about him. Elsewhere on the record, Bieber alludes to rumors of marital issues with his wife, Hailey Bieber, on the track 'Walking Away.' Despite the tough times, Justin makes clear that he's in it for the long haul. Justin Bieber's Most Honest Quotes About His Mental Health Struggles He croons, 'Baby, I ain't walking away / You were my diamond / Gave you a ring / I made you a promise. I told you I'd change / It's just human nature / These growing pains / And baby, I ain't walking away.' Scroll down for more on Justin's latest album: Just one month after his heated June 13 encounter with paparazzi went viral on social media, Justin uses his now-infamous words for his own gain. The album contains a 50-second voice note, titled 'Standing on Business,' which opens with a clip of him declaring, 'You're not getting it. It's not clocking to you. It's not clocking to you that I'm standing on business, is it?' The clip then segues into a conversation between the singer and comedian Druski, who jests with his pal over his pronunciation of the word 'business' during the exchange. Inside Justin and Hailey Bieber's 'Tense' Marriage: Why There's 'Stress' Behind the Scenes 'I like that you pronounce business,' Druski tells Justin. 'I say, 'Standing on bid-ness.' I don't say, 'Standing on business, bro.' … You were pronounciating [sic] every word. You can't pronunciate [sic] every word when you doing that!' Justin can be heard agreeing, 'Yeah, you're right, you're right.' The singer appears to sing about the trappings of fame, namely his every movement being tracked by paparazzi, on the song 'Butterflies.' The tune opens with another recent viral encounter with photographers, this time outside a coffee shop in Palm Springs, California, in April. '[You] want money, money, money, money … get out of here,' the star can be heard saying. 'All you want is money. Go. Get out of here. All you guys want is money. You don't care about people. Only money.' Justin Bieber's 2025 Social Media Posts Are Concerning Fans: Breaking Down His Instagram Activity The audio clip leads into a melodic song on which Justin addresses how he's commodified by the paparazzi, resulting in his enjoyment of his career as an entertainer dissipating. He sings, 'Butterflies, they seem to go away.' He adds that he, as a person, feels he is 'moving and moving and moving. I'm just slipping away.' In another short conversation with Druski, this one titled 'Therapy Session,' Justin addresses his cryptic social media activity, with Druski reasoning that the singer is simply trolling his followers. 'Even sometimes when I know you're trolling, and they don't even understand it. They're like, 'Oh, my God, he's f***ing losing his mind!' It's like, nah, I think he's just being a human being,' Druski tells Justin. 'He's just enjoying social media like the f***ing rest of us. He's just doing it his own way.' Justin responds by talking about his mental health struggles, which he's been open about in the past. What's Really Going on With Justin and Hailey Bieber on Instagram? 'That's been a tough thing for me recently, is feeling like I've had to go through a lot of my struggles as a human — as all of us do — really publicly,' he tells his pal. 'And so people are always asking if I'm OK, and that starts to really weigh on me. It starts to make me feel like I'm the one with issues and every else is perfect,' he adds, suggesting that he, like everyone else, is imperfect. Here, Justin asks for the same level of grace society affords to other people documenting their difficulties on social media.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Justin Baldoni's Lawyers Fight Back Blake Lively's Depisiton Request — Report
reportedly claimed that Blake Lively has been using her star power to dictate their forthcoming disposition in their ongoing legal battle. TMZ obtained documents related to a recent filing from Baldoni's team, as they fight back against his 'It Ends With Us' co-star's request to hold the deposition at her lawyer's office. The proceedings are scheduled to be held on Thursday at the office of his attorney. Lively's team filed the request last week, claiming they fear a paparazzi ambush. Justin Baldoni's lawyers reportedly rejected a request Blake Lively made, accusing her of using her popularity to dictate the deposition. TMZ revealed that Lively's team requested to move the location of the upcoming deposition, which will take place at Baldoni's attorney's office in New York City on July 17. Her counsel cited fears of a paparazzi ambush as the reason to switch the venue to her lawyer's office. However, her legal adversary has refused to comply with her desires. In his response filing, Baldoni's team argued a lack of evidence to prove the claims. They alleged that both lawyers' offices are about a mile away from each other. The actor-director's filing further mentioned that a location change would put them at a disadvantage in case they need a private space for discussions. His attorney accused Lively of 'foot-stomping' and using her 'celebrity status' to 'seize control of the film,' but mentioned how a 'tantrum' like that will have 'no place in this Court.' PEOPLE had previously reported that Blake Lively slammed Justin Baldoni's lawyers for making her upcoming deposition in their legal battle a 'spectacle.' On Friday, Lively's team filed a motion, requesting to change the location. In the filings, they accused Baldioni's counsel of making the ordeal 'a public spectacle at every turn' instead of treating it like a serious matter of 'sexual harassment and retaliation.' Originally reported by Nikita Mahato on Reality Tea. The post Justin Baldoni's Lawyers Fight Back Blake Lively's Depisiton Request — Report appeared first on Mandatory.
