Paula Abdul and former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the show.
Abdul filed a notice of settlement of the case in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday. It still must be approved by a judge.
“I am grateful that this chapter has successfully come to a close and is now something I can now put behind me,” Abdul said in a statement Friday. “This has been a long and hard-fought personal battle. I hope my experience can serve to inspire other women, facing similar struggles, to overcome their own challenges with dignity and respect, so that they too can turn the page and begin a new chapter of their lives.”
When Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10 after her only debate with President-elect Donald Trump, many pundits suggested the election was over and that the “Swifties” would overwhelm the polls.
However, Musk, who endorsed Trump on July 13, carried more weight and influence, according to a new survey shared with Secrets from Cygnal. “By a more than 2:1 margin, voters believe Elon Musk (47%) was the most effective surrogate for Trump, followed by Joe Rogan and RFK Jr. tied at 22%. Harris’s surrogates were substantially less effective, with only Taylor Swift breaking 20% followed by Oprah at 16%,” the pollster said.
Unlike with the celebrities behind Harris, Trump didn’t pay his famous backers, and many joined Musk in repeatedly accompanying the former and future president to campaign events, often speaking for him.
Rapid-fire time on this final-Friday-before-Christmas. First up? Sports anchor Alex!
Power move here from Alex. No beating around the bush. She's ready to get back out there and meet someone for the holidays.
Go get 'em, fellas! And welcome to class, Alex. Good to have you aboard. You seem like a great fit!
Happy 36th, Paulina Gretzky! They grow up so fast. Looks like her and Dustin Johnson are doing well.
Hard to believe given DJ's most recent golf season, but I reckon when you have billions in the bank and a wife like Paulina, you probably don't lose sleep over a couple missed cuts.
Finally … we've got DRAMA in the Wheel of Fortune world!
Fans of Wheel of Fortune are speculating that the show’s hosting duties may stay in the Sajak family.
Social media correspondent Maggie Sajak might take over Ryan Seacrest’s Wheel of Fortune hosting role if contract talks fall apart, sources say.
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The insider reported: "Sony loves the ratings and wants to negotiate a much longer contract for Ryan. But right now, they have to have contingency plans in place in case Ryan simply decides to move on."
I'm all the hell in on this. I thought Maggie should've gotten the job originally. She's a pistol, has a huge following on social media (can't imagine why), and her last name is Sajak.
For those of you who don't know, Blake Lively is an actress who recently starred in a pretty successful film called It Ends With Us. In addition to being a movie star, she is married to Ryan Reynolds, an even bigger movie star who recently appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine, one of the biggest hits of the year (It came in 2nd in total box office behind Inside Out 2). She's also apparently good friends with Taylor Swift who is currently the biggest pop star in the world. All that to say, Blake Lively is a big deal in Hollywood and arguably and even bigger deal in the celebrity media industry that is built around Hollywood.
I haven't seen It Ends With Us but it's based on a novel about a woman who gets involved in an abusive relationship. The man in that film was played by Justin Baldoni who also directed the film. Apparently life was imitating art in this case as things didn't go very well on set. Afterwards the media was full or rumors of what a difficult person Lively was to work with.
But it turns out those rumors didn't arise on their own. Lively has now sued her co-star and his production company claiming they ran a media campaign to badmouth her, harming her reputation in order to downplay news about how she was treated on set. It seems that mean girls isn't just a film in Hollywood, it's a profession.
The skiing legend Lindsey Vonn is preparing to compete in the World Cup for the first time in nearly six years this weekend. Indeed, she will be taking part in the super-G races in St. Moritz on Saturday and Sunday.
Ahead of this, Vonn is firing back at naysayers who are saying that at 40 years of age, she’s too old to launch this kind of comeback.
Part of the reason? She doesn’t sound particularly healthy! At issue is a bum knee she had to get partially replaced.
“I’ve been thinking about getting a replacement for several years. I did a lot of research….I know people think that I’m insane, but I am actually kind of smart….I have done a few operations, so I know a few doctors….I talked to a lot of them,” Vonn told ESPN. “I talked to [extreme skier] Chris Davenport, who also had a partial knee replacement, and he skis like 150 days a year. … So that gave me a lot of confidence.”
"So, he has dinner, he takes his bath, but then I’ll be like, 'Hey, dude. It will save an extra five minutes if we get dressed now and then you can sleep later,' and I can sleep later, wink wink."
Said the celebrity Tori Spelling, quoted in "Tori Spelling Gets Backlash for Dressing Her Son for School the Night Before—But Should She?"
That's in Parents, last September, and I'm seeing it because it's linked in a new article in New York Magazine, "On the Internet, Everyone’s a Bad Mom."
That's nothing. When you realize they're about to go to school with spaghetti from dinner 3 nights ago on their shirt, it's time to make them change their clothes.
Paulina Gretzky: "her" is doing well?
ReplyDeleteDid you skip eighth grade English class?