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Selena Gomez is officially caught between a rock and… well, a baby bump.
She just hit the 10-year anniversary of Revival – her 2015 album that brought a life of bangs, leather and Disney kid-turned-popstar energy – and fans are begging her to get back on stage.
She bombarded her Insta with memories of the era, looking like she’s itching to go full-on, erm, Eras Tour mode. She wrote, ‘Thank you for those who have sang to every song with me and for making that chapter of my life so memorable!’
But here’s the dramz: touring right now? That would basically mean the honeymoon is over before she’s even finished the wedding photos. And starting a family? No tour. Rihanna has entered the chat.
The newlywed has been all heart-eyes and wifey-glow after marrying music producer Benny Blanco last month at a Santa Barbara nursery (because let’s pretend to be lowkey and no one will notice Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran doing the speeches).
Benny’s already told Howard Stern his ‘next goal’ is to have a baby with her, and Selena just said: ‘Alex Russo is a mommy hopefully one day that’ll be me.’ (Alex being her OG Wizards of Waverly Place alter ego, now grown-up and momming in the Disney+ reboot.)
She’s juggling nostalgia, a successful acting career and that forever itch to perform. The thing is, she’s also admitted she can’t carry kids due to health reasons, so she’s been open about exploring adoption or surrogacy. ‘It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby,’ she said.
She’s ambitious, she’s strategic, she wants it all and will figure out which version of her life will be her best life. No pressure, but we are cutting bangs.
There’s something about this timing.
King Charles and Prince William were in London last night enjoying the royal equivalent of a bring your son to work day at the Natural History Museum. Warm smiles, hand on shoulder… full family unity optics.
But one Atlantic Ocean later, Harry and Meghan were at a candlelit New York gala being crowned Humanitarians of the Year. Royal pearls… clutched!
Meghan used her speech to talk about her fears for raising Archie and Lilibet in a digital world, saying that while they’re still too young for social media, ‘that day is coming’. Harry called it ‘a pivotal moment’ to protect kids from tech’s darker corners.
The Princess of Wales, Kate, meanwhile, had been talking about the dangers of screens that same day while visiting a children’s charity. Coincidence, cosmic scheduling?
Here’s the subtext: King Charles may be thawing towards the estranged couple (’Project Thaw’, if you believe the leaks) but for now, the two warring brothers are still… warring, quietly.
H&M’s win last night didn’t go unnoticed in palace circles. We hear it firmly put the Firm’s noses out of joint.
But Meg and Harry were totally excited and hugged like he’d just returned from war when they got the news. For two people still considered persona non grata by the royals and their fans, this felt like validation, a stateside stamp of approval.
And Meghan’s ramping it up. She’s heading straight to Washington, D.C. to join Kamala Harris, Selena Gomez and Brené Brown at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, where she’ll talk about building her As Ever lifestyle brand and ‘navigating entrepreneurship in the public eye’.
That appearance caps off what’s quietly been her own global rebrand tour, including a debut at Paris Fashion Week (in Balenciaga). It’s just enough sparkle to make Buckingham Palace look… well, a little beige.
The royal family might be in ‘Project Thaw’, but Meghan and Harry? They’re in Project Scoreboard.
Lady Gaga just crash-landed on The Devil Wears Prada 2 set in Milan looking like she already runs Runway magazine.
Black strapless top, shades on, hair slicked back – she’s either playing Miranda’s nemesis or the ghost of fashion’s future. No one knows her role yet but Milan’s Prada staff probably had a moment of silence.
Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Meryl Streep are all back, which means Gaga’s walking into a den of icons – and she looks ready to snatch every scene.
Somewhere, Anna Wintour just slowly pulled down her shades.
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Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber’s daughter Kai is one the more tolerable nepo kids.
She just hit the streets of New York holding hands with a mystery man giddy like, ‘Look world, my first boyf!’.
Five months after coming out as trans, Kai’s in a romance? A super tight friendship?
When she’s not doing the real life rom-com-esque thing, the 16-year-old is hardcore nepo-ing. She’s walked for Valentino, graced Interview Magazine and declared she’s ready to be a ‘supermodel. Period.’
Imagine, you just say you want something and it happens. Ugh. She even said she’d been practicing her walk in the kitchen for years.
Meanwhile, we are a million times her age and still in the damn kitchen.
Justin Bieber’s mom, Pattie Mallette, just staged a full-blown digital exorcism on Instagram.
‘I declare freedom, strength, clarity, and healing over you,’ she preached. ‘Every chain of fear, confusion, heaviness, and pain – be broken in Jesus’ name… HEAL EVERY WOUND in his heart, mind and body, seen and unseen.’ She even threw in: ‘Fill him to OVERFLOWING with Your LOVE and COMFORT.’
A week later, Justin finally replied: ‘Only thing I need healing from is my rolled pinky toe from playing ping pong.’ Oof. Not exactly Sunday school warmth.
It’s giving ‘mother, I rebuke thee’. Justin’s been on a quiet cut-off tour – his old manager and ‘father figure’ Scooter Braun and longtime friends – with cryptic ‘I’ll never suppress my emotions’ posts.
Then there was that rough patch with his wife Hailey when they were barely seen together and she posted captions about ‘endurance’.
They seem solid again but maybe mom’s the one out in the cold now. Pattie prayed out loud, Justin joked about a toe. The message couldn’t be clearer: he’s in full boundary mode.
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