Former Representative Liz Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, have both endorsed Kamala Harris. If you told me back in 2000 that the Cheney family would be all-in on a Black and Indian-American Democratic presidential candidate, I would have called you crazy. People can really surprise you. Liz Cheney absolutely disagrees with President Biden and VP Kamala Harris on some big policy issues. Some would say that Liz Cheney disagrees with VP Harris 95% of the time… but I don’t think it’s that much. It’s more like 80/20. But Liz Cheney was also part of the January 6th Committee, and she fully understands the unique danger Donald Trump presents to America. She understands, as does her father, that the first task is simply saving the country from a megalomaniac fascist. The Cheneys didn’t bargain with VP Harris or the campaign, they didn’t withhold their endorsements until Kamala did this or that. They just endorsed for the good of the country. On Thursday, Liz Cheney appeared at a Harris campaign event in Wisconsin. Her speech was wonderful, and she was visibly moved by the chants of “thank you Liz.”

What I love about Cheney’s speech is that she’s not compromising on her beliefs whatsoever. There’s no snide comment about “holding her nose to vote for the lesser of two evils,” there’s no Republican conspiracies, there’s no sniping about this or that. She calls Kamala Harris a patriot and speaks of what Harris’s leadership will bring for the country. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Liz Cheney is a profile in political courage. Now, do I also think that if Kamala Harris wins, Liz Cheney is likely to get a cabinet position? Probably. But I doubt that has been explicitly bargained or requested.

It is an honor to have the endorsement of @Liz_Cheney.

The vast majority of us agree: We must hold sacred America’s fundamental principles. If you share that view—no matter your political party—there is a place for you in this campaign.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 3, 2024

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Here are some photos of Prince William at the reopening of Birtley Community Pool. William was joined at the event by several British Olympians, including Adam Peaty, Louise Fiddes and Tom Dean. This is, I believe, the first in-person event William has done with or for British Olympians after the Paris Olympics. William did not attend the Olympics, nor did he hype British athletes during the games, nor did he wish them luck before the games. The only thing he and Kate did around the games was make a little video congratulating the athletes, which they posted on the final day of the games. To be fair, the Paris Olympics happened smack in the middle of the Waleses’ two-month summer holiday, and they refuse to do any work at all during their summers off. One of the first questions William was asked was why he didn’t go to the games:

Prince William says that he didn’t attend the 2024 Paris Olympics because he “didn’t want to risk” contracting COVID amid his wife Kate Middleton’s chemotherapy treatment.

The Prince of Wales, 42, made the revelation while visiting the reopened Birtley Community Pool in Tyne and Wear, England, on Oct. 3. Many speculated that Prince William would appear at the global games in France over the summer to cheer on his country, as many other European royals did, and he explained that he wasn’t there out of a desire to protect his wife’s health.

“Did you manage to get out [to Paris]?” British Olympic swimmer Tom Dean asked Prince William at the pool on Oct. 3, Hello! reported. The inquiry came up during a conversation with his fellow 2024 Paris Olympian Adam Peaty and Paralympians Maisie Summers-Newton and Louise Fiddes.

“No, I was so keen to come, but I have to say after reading someone’s interview about COVID I decided, because my wife was obviously having chemo, that I didn’t want to risk bringing COVID home, so Adam very kindly reminded me that that was still a thing!” Prince William said, according to the outlet.

“But we watched the whole thing. We were glued to it every day,” he added, apparently referring to his family. The Prince and Princess of Wales are parents to Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, and have evidently passed down their passion for sports.

[From People]

“Adam very kindly reminded me that that was still a thing.” Yeah, this summer had a big Covid wave in North America and Europe. Covid was everywhere at the Olympics. Covid was everywhere before the Olympics too. Which is why it’s weird that William’s Covid concerns were solely and conveniently about the Olympics and not, say, the EUROs, where William flew to Germany to watch several times in July. Or Taylor Swift’s London concerts, where William took Charlotte and George. Or the crowded Royal Box at Wimbledon, where Kate sat for several hours for the men’s final. It sounds more like William was never planning on going to Paris and he only realized he could use “Covid concerns” as an excuse after the fact, after several athletes got Covid at the games.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images.

Aaron Taylor Johnson’s marriage to Sam Taylor Johnson is fine, they were walking around Paris Fashion Week together. There are also rumors about the marriage! [JustJared]
Angelina Jolie, Atelier Jolie & the community of artists. [LaineyGossip]
I forgot that Jacob Elordi is dating that scammer Olivia Jade Giannulli. [Socialite Life]
Again: Republicans want a federal abortion ban. They’re just saying “it’s up to the states” right now, but the federal abortion ban is their endgame. [Jezebel]
Remember when Steven Spielberg opened a restaurant called Dive!? [Pajiba]
Edgar Ramirez has chemistry with everyone! [Buzzfeed]
Bank of America had crazy outages this week. [Hollywood Life]
Kate McKinnon recalls her most embarrassing moment. [Seriously OMG]
Lupita Nyong’o went Full Blanket in Chanel. [RCFA]
Lady Gaga performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. [OMG Blog]

Sean Combs is now facing a lawsuit with over 100 victims, in addition to the federal charges he’s now facing. Between the civil and criminal cases, we will soon hear the names of Combs’ predator friends and co-conspirators. We will hear who else took part in Combs’ “freak-offs” which involved drugs and rapes. I’m genuinely asking people to show some patience here – wait until we hear the names. Wait until Combs starts naming names too, because I doubt he will want to go down alone. It minimizes the crimes and the victims’ stories to act as if every single person to ever party with Combs is somehow guilty of being a predator. Combs partied with a lot of people. Very few of those people were invited to the freakoffs. Well, speaking of, Us Weekly has this story about Denzel Washington and his wife.

Denzel Washington once stood up to Sean “Diddy” Combs after an all-night party in 2003. A source who was friendly with Diddy, 54, in the early 2000s exclusively shared in the latest issue of Us Weekly that Oscar winner Washington, 69, and the music mogul got into it during an all-night gathering.

“Denzel screamed, ‘You don’t respect anyone,’” the insider recalled.

The incident ended in Washington storming out. “[Denzel and his wife, Pauletta] had been partying until dawn [with Diddy], and they had seen something and stormed out,” the source added. Us Weekly reached out to Washington and Diddy’s reps for comment.

Years later, after facing several sexual assault and abuse allegations, Diddy was arrested in September. He was later charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. Diddy was denied bail after pleading not guilty and was remanded to stay at the Metropolitan Detention Center until his trial. He has denied all allegations.

[From Us Weekly]

We don’t know what Denzel saw, what the context was, or what else was said. We do know (from photos) that Denzel stayed friendly with Combs for a few years after whatever happened in 2003. That being said, there are no photos of Denzel and Combs hanging out in a social situation past 2004, unless you could Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, where Combs was seated behind Denzel.

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Well, friends, after denying it on their podcast for the last ten months, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have finally moved in together. In the past, they’ve spoken about how they’re not sure if they’ll get married and despite T.J.’s separation anxiety, they weren’t quite ready to move in together yet. They need to resolve some things, like the appropriate place to watch TV at 2:00 a.m. However, fate and circumstance has forced them to give cohabitation a try after Amy’s older daughter, Ava, 21, needed to quickly and unexpectedly move out of her apartment after a cockroach infestation. After Amy suddenly found herself with a full apartment, she decided to move in with T.J. full-time.

“Robach and I have been living together full time as of two weeks ago,” T.J. said on the Sept. 30 episode. “It was not by choice.”

The 47-year-old went on to credit the newfound living arrangement with Amy’s daughter, Ava, 21, whom she shares with her ex-husband Tim McIntosh. The New York-based couple have apartments within walking distance to one another, but Amy, 51, has recently moved into T.J.’s home full-time.

“Ava has an apartment in the Village,” Amy explained of her daughter. “It has a massive roach infestation.”

Sharing that her daughter has a “hoarder” living in the apartment next to her, Amy noted that Ava has come home to find roaches all over her apartment, including in her sheets. As T.J. explained it, “Armies of roaches making their way from his apartment to hers.”

And when Ava saw roaches coming in through her air conditioning unit, she decided she had to vacate the property.

“They are getting a new apartment in this building away from this man, this hoarder, but in the meantime, I’ve got people all in my apartment living with me,” Amy explained. “So I’ve just said, ‘Hey, y’all, knock yourselves out. I’ll be at T.J.’s.’”

Amy, who is also mom to daughter Annalise,18, shared that Ava is supposed to be moving out of her apartment this weekend.

“This is what you do for your kids. I know you’re excited to be able to help them out,” T.J. said of his girlfriend. “I’ve enjoyed the time we’ve had together. It’s been a little different, but I’ve liked it.”

Amy agreed, saying, “It’s been great.”

However, there’s one living condition that the couple can’t seem to agree on.

“It’s too damn cold at night,” T.J. insisted. “That’s an issue.”

Amy noted, “That’s always been our issue. I like things cooler, you like things warmer.”

[From Yahoo News]

It was really nice of Amy to let Ava and her roommates stay at her place. I would have noped out of there and burned the whole apartment down the second I saw those roaches in my sheets, let alone coming out of the air conditioning vent. That’s so gross. I’m not sure I’d even want to stay in the same building to be honest. I wonder if Amy will move back into her apartment after Ava leaves. Or at the very least, hold onto it so that her younger daughter, Annalise, 18, has a home base to go back to when she’s home from the University of Colorado Boulder. At the very least, I’m sure T.J. and Amy will get a good two-to-seven months of podcast content out of their cohabitation experiences.

As for their disagreement about the temperature, I think it’s funny that Amy’s the one who runs hot and T.J. is the one who likes to keep the thermostat higher. My mom and I both like it warmer and my husband and dad both like it cooler. Although with the Nest app, it makes it so much easier to adjust the temperature without instant detection. I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve heard, “Put on a sweater!” over the course of my lifetime, lol.

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Every awards season, we complain about how various movie awards are structured, the weird rules, the implicit racism. But the Oscars and the critics’ awards are practically transparent compared to the Grammys and how the Recording Academy decides who gets nominated and who wins. There’s so much secrecy and BS. Well, as soon as Beyonce released Cowboy Carter, we knew it was Beyonce challenging the way country music is recognized and awarded. The Country Music Awards have already shown their ass by refusing to nominate Beyonce for anything. Will the Grammys double-down on the racism? Well, maybe not?

Queen Bey’s latest album, Cowboy Carter, will compete for best country album while Carpenter — whose pop star breakthrough came with the release of her sixth album this year — will appear on the ballot for best new artist, according to a source.

The Recording Academy held its screening committee meeting last week, where members determined the categories in which albums or songs will compete, as well as who qualified for best new artist, where Carpenter is the frontrunner along with Chappell Roan. Over the years, the Academy has updated the rules for best new artist to keep up with the ever-changing music industry, and in the past it has been criticized because it placed a song and album limit, disqualifying certain performers.

Other best new artist contenders include Shaboozey, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Megan Moroney. First-round Grammy voting begins Friday until Oct. 15. Nominations will be announced Nov. 8 and final voting is from Dec. 12, 2024, through Jan. 3, 2025. The live show will air on Feb. 2, 2025, from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Beyoncé’s submission to best country album comes seven years after the Academy’s country committee rejected her twangy song “Daddy Lessons” from 2016’s Lemonade. Last month, the 43-year-old singer was heavily snubbed at the CMA Awards, where she received zero nominations for Cowboy Carter and its No. 1 single “Texas Hold ‘Em.” She also lost in the 17 categories she was nominated for at last week’s People’s Choice Country Awards.

If Beyoncé — the most decorated artist in Grammy history — earns a best country album nod, it would be her first in the genre and she would become the rare artist who has scored nominations across multiple genres at the Grammys. At the 2017 show, she made history with Lemonade as the first artist to garner nods in the rock, rap, R&B and pop fields in the same year.

[From THR]

For whatever record, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter are not technically new artists. But whatever – they’re using that category to reward artists who have had a breakout year. BNA should go to Shaboozey anyway, which is why you know it will go to Chappell. As for Beyonce finally being included in the country music categories… I assume that she will get nominated once the ballots are tallied, but there will probably be backlash either way. Speaking of, Luke Bryan was asked this week about the CMAs snubbing Beyonce and Cowboy Carter. Luke said something kind of bizarre (he was really nervous, he knows about the Beyhive):

“Everybody loved that Beyoncé made a country album. Nobody’s mad about it. But where things get a little tricky … you know, if you’re gonna make country albums, come into our world and be country with us a little bit. Beyoncé can do exactly what she wants to. She’s probably the biggest star in music. But come to an awards show and high five us and have fun and get in the family, too. And I’m not saying she didn’t do that. But country music’s a lot about family and then there’s still… but it ain’t always family, too. We get pissed at each other, too.”

[From Good Morning America]

Beyonce literally made an excellent country song (Daddy Lessons) eight years ago and performed the song at the CMAs with the Dixie Chicks and country music fans made it clear that Beyonce isn’t welcome in their world and that she didn’t “belong” on stage at the CMAs. That’s the whole reason why Bey made Cowboy Carter – she was reclaiming space in country music. “Come to an awards show and high five us and have fun and get in the family, too…” Try inviting her. Ask her to perform “Texas Hold ‘Em” at the CMAs. Welcome her into your toxic bro-country club. Oh wait.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Beyonce’s social media.

For several years now, the British tabloids have been trying to make one particular storyline stick: David and Victoria Beckham “hate” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Report after report, tabloid story after tabloid story, lie after lie, this has been pushed and analyzed and scandalized. I personally don’t believe that the Beckhams and the Sussexes were that close to begin with, but the two couples were probably friendly enough at one point, and Meghan even wore an item from Victoria’s collection in Colombia recently. Last year, Tom Bower (that crazy old man) basically ranted about the two couples in an entire book. Then the Mail underlined the real point of all the stories: the Beckhams were being told to sever their ties with the Sussexes, or else David would never get his longed-for knighthood. David did as he was told and he’s been cozying up more and more to King Charles and Prince William, including acting as William’s plus-one at an event this week. Now Richard Eden at the Mail has added yet another chapter onto this ridiculous soap opera:

Prince William and David Beckham were seen sharing a private joke at RAF Northolt, in West London, this week as they inspected two London Air Ambulances bought with money they had helped to raise. No one knows what so amused the former England football captain and the heir to the throne, who served as a pilot for the East Anglian Air Ambulance from 2015 to 2017. But Prince Harry will hope that it was not a joke at his expense. David, 49, was once so close to Harry, 40, that he and his wife, Victoria, were among the guests when the prince married Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2018. But the Beckhams have now distanced themselves from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for reasons that are even more fascinating than anyone outside their circle realises.

‘Both David and Victoria put great importance on family and would never, ever turn on their relations the way that Harry and Meghan did,’ one of their associates tells me. ‘The truth is that Victoria never really liked Meghan much. She was friendly and welcoming to her but is not bothered about staying in touch.’

Given that David owns a football club in Miami and the couple have an increasingly prominent position in American society, it might seem natural that they would join the court of Harry and Meghan. Instead, the Beckhams are sticking with the Windsors.

If power couples were like football teams, this match would be a 2-0 result to William and Catherine.

[From The Daily Mail]

This whole thing has been so stupid from the start. While David is clearly doing whatever he needs to do to get that knighthood, I honestly don’t even believe that he or Victoria have any strong feelings about Harry and Meghan, at all. If David and Harry ran into each other, they would probably be perfectly pleasant to one another. Same with Meghan and Victoria. They’re adults and this is asinine. This is also William’s ego trip, this is William screaming “DAVID BECKHAM IS MY FRIEND, AREN’T YOU JEALOUS, HARRY???”

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To recap, New York Mag’s Olivia Nuzzi was engaged to Ryan Lizza (a Politico reporter & editor) when she began an affair with Robert Kennedy Jr. earlier this year. Kennedy and Nuzzi’s affair was mostly digital, and it sounds like it was very passionate on Nuzzi’s side. She was carrying on with Kennedy as she reported on the election and as she failed to disclose the affair to her editors. Even when she was caught by her bosses, she continued to lie about it until she was put on leave. Apparently, Lizza discovered Nuzzi’s affair in July or August. This week, Nuzzi went to court to get a restraining order against Lizza, because she claims Lizza had been blackmailing her, threatening her and hacking into her devices. Well, now she’s getting the FBI involved:

Olivia Nuzzi has escalated her claims against her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, filing a complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that accused him of hacking her devices, threatening her with violence, and sabotaging her career as her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went public.

Nuzzi first unveiled her claims against Politico’s Lizza on Tuesday in a filing in Washington, D.C.’s Superior Court. She accused Lizza of threatening to publicize “personal information about me to destroy my life, career, and reputation—a threat he has since carried out,” according to CNN.

Those claims, Nuzzi told The New York Times on Tuesday, were elevated to the FBI last week. The FBI declined to comment, saying it doesn’t comment on public complaints, though it typically limits its investigations to federal crimes—including hacking.

“I will not comment on an active criminal investigation,” Nuzzi said in a statement to the Daily Beast Wednesday.

[From The Daily Beast]

As I said yesterday, it may very well be that Lizza is guilty of everything Nuzzi has accused him of. I think the strongest accusation is that Lizza was the one leaking the story of Nuzzi’s affair to other media outlets and journalists, although I’m sure Kennedy was insanely indiscreet too. Now, that being said… I have mixed feelings about a guy trying to ruin his ex-fiancee’s career when she was literally banging a married, 70-year-old, batsh-t crazy presidential candidate. Like, her career *should* be ruined. Lizza sounds awful too, don’t get me wrong, and his ethics are in the toilet too. Is this a case for the FBI? I don’t know. We’ll see.

Additionally, three women have now come out and said that they were having affairs with Kennedy in the past year. All three women are connected to the Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaxx non-profit founded by Kennedy. Nuzzi probably thought she was the only one.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instagram.

Page Six had a fun piece this week: “Meet the hair extension expert behind Kate Middleton, Gigi Hadid and Alix Earle’s luscious locks.” Page Six knew exactly what they were doing by putting Kate’s name in the headline. The profile/spon-con is for RPZL, a NYC salon which is basically this year’s It Hair Salon. Founder Lisa Richards claims Gigi, Waity, Paris Hilton and Princess Beatrice are all clients. While I will always believe that the Princess of Wales has an extensive collection of wigs, falls and extensions, I don’t buy that Kate is a regular client at a NYC hair salon, nor do I believe that clever American hair stylists fly over to the UK to work on Kate’s hair. Given the sorry state of Kate’s hairpieces last year, I doubt she had quality professionals working on her wiglets.

When royals, supermodels and “It” girls want Rapunzel-level locks, they head to RPZL. From founder Lisa Richards’ NYC salon at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, the RPZL team boosts clients’ blowouts with her best-in-class hair extensions, which range in price from $695 to $1,700 — and count Gigi Hadid, Paris Hilton and Kate Middleton among their most high-profile clients.

Richards has had it “confirmed” that the Princess of Wales has worn her brand’s extensions, although it’s not known when; Princess Beatrice, meanwhile, wore one of RPZL’s padded headbands in a photo announcing her second pregnancy this week.

A rep for the Princess of Wales was unavailable for comment.

Gigi Hadid’s a RPZL regular, having worn Richards’ extensions at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March as well as the 2023 Met Gala, while Madelyn Cline wore them to the US Open last month. Other notable clients include Charli D’Amelio, Katie Holmes, Vanessa Hudgens, Lindsey Vonn, Poppy Delevingne and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star Brooks Nader.

The mane maestro tells us there’s been a boom in women seeking more volume in their locks after experiencing hair loss due to aging and the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while clients can have their extra hair installed at her salon, Richards also now sells clip-in extensions, clip-on ponytails and even braided headbands on her website.

“We source our hair ethically,” Richards says. “We’re the only place you can walk in and get same-day extensions in the world. It’s so cool you can walk in and walk out with keratin bond or tape extensions or a pony.”

[From Page Six]

I believe every other name here has probably been a client or is still a client. I guess it’s possible that Kate is getting ritzy hair extensions shipped over to the UK, although that’s a wild thing to claim to Page Six! I guess Lisa Richards probably figures that Kate won’t bother to deny it. Little does she know, that’s one of the few things Kensington Palace bothers to correct: reports of Botox and reports of extensions. Anyway, if I was a top-notch hair salon, I wouldn’t want my brand associated with Kate’s janky hairpieces and Loretta Lynn wigs, but that’s just me.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

Back in August, the British tabloids came for Doug Emhoff. The Daily Mail and other outlets went crazy about Doug’s first marriage, to Kerstin Emhoff, and the circumstances of their divorce. Apparently, Doug cheated on Kerstin and it was a big mess… years before Doug even met Kamala Harris. Doug and Kerstin issued statements about it and basically said, this is water under the bridge and while it was difficult at the time, it’s no one else’s business. Doug, Kerstin and the Harris campaign were very proactive about admitting the story generally and taking the hit quickly and moving on. Now the Daily Mail claims that Doug slapped his girlfriend in 2012, only the whole story seems very thin, and no one is confirming anything.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband is being accused of slapping his ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man at a ritzy gala in 2012, a new report claims. Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, 59, supposedly struck his then-girlfriend — a successful New York attorney — in the face so hard, she spun around while in a valet line after an event at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012, three unnamed friends of the woman reportedly told the Daily Mail.

The woman — who was identified only as Jane — allegedly called one of the friends sobbing in her cab immediately after the incident, the outlet said. A second friend claimed that Jane — who had been dating Emhoff for about three months at the time — also told her about the incident, the Daily Mail claimed.

A third acquaintance alleged that Jane told her about what happened in 2018, when then-Sen. Harris was in the news for grilling Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sexual assault allegations, according to the Mail.

All three sources requested not to be named due to fear of retaliation from Emhoff, the Daily Mail said.

They shared a series of photos showing Emhoff posing with the woman in 2012, as well as other documents that the Daily Mail claimed corroborated some of the details of the incident. The ex-girlfriend declined to comment on the story, the outlet said.

[From Page Six]

Yeah… this is not Doug’s alleged victim coming forward with her story, these are “unnamed friends” who went to… the Daily Mail. Not the New York Times, not the Washington Post, not Politico, not the LA Times. This reeks of British tabloid muckraking. This reeks of conservative ratf–king too. Is this supposed to be an October Surprise? Anyway, I simply don’t believe that Doug was slapping a girlfriend in Cannes. What a bizarre story.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images.