As you know, Bruce Jenner is in the process of transitioning from male to female. We’ve heard that Bruce has a female name that he’s asked his family to use, but we haven’t heard the name yet and he hasn’t specified which pronoun he’d like to be referred by. Bruce also has a docuseries in the works, but that has reportedly been put on hold for several reasons. TMZ says that Bruce delayed the show because he wanted to make sure his sons were ready for him to come out publicly. They also cite Bruce’s car crash in early February, in which a woman died, as an emotionally draining event that he needs time to work through.

Last week People reported that there’s even more to Bruce’s reluctance to move forward with the show. Apparently Bruce is unhappy with the way that his transition is being portrayed so far. They have a source who states that “Bruce’s primary goal is to bring awareness to this issue in order to help others. He is not sure that E! and a reality show is the best format to do that.” That sounds wise and true, especially considering how skeptically he’s viewed by some transgender people. He’s a Kardashian after all.

The upcoming issue of People features Bruce on the cover with the headline “Bruce’s family divided” and the detail that his family is taking sides. They also state that Bruce can go for weeks without speaking to his daughters and that he’s lonely but spends time with his kids from his previous marriage. Here’s some of their teaser article, with more in the upcoming print edition.

The family had already been rocked by Jenner’s divorce from ex-wife Kris after 23 years of marriage, and in the nearly two months since Jenner, 65, made headlines with the news that he is transitioning from male to female, his 10 children and stepchildren have processed the change in different ways.

“The divorce caused a divide, but Bruce’s decision to share his transition has caused an even greater divide,” a Keeping up with the Kardashians production source says of Jenner’s plans to document his journey, both in an interview with Diane Sawyer and in a docu-series that is now on hold.

After keeping his truth a secret for more than five decades – and “taking a backseat in his own life,” as the source puts it, while Kris called the shots during their marriage – the 1976 Olympic gold medalist is now going his own way for the first time in a long while.

As he continues to find his way, he has remained firm in the belief that “he wants this to be his story,” says a friend.

Still, the strain between families is one that Bruce himself addressed in the season premiere of KUWTK, lamenting that he is “in the middle” of the Kardashians and Jenners.

Since his move to a secluded hilltop Malibu home following the divorce, star has been spending more time with his kids from previous marriages: Cassandra, 34, Burt, 36, Brandon, 33, and Brody, 31.

As for his stepdaughters with Kris – Kourtney, 35, Kim, 34, and Khloé, 30 – “there were weeks when they didn’t hear from Bruce,” says the Kardashian insider.

Despite the tensions, sources on both sides of the family say all his children have been supportive of their dad.

“His kids all love him very much,” says the insider, “and would do anything for him.”

[From People]

For all you can say about the Kardashians, I don’t think anyone is unsupportive of Bruce, I just think they don’t know how to deal with everything. They live a very public life, and they manage it by letting Kris run everything. Bruce has upset the balance. Kris is not on board with Bruce coming out, and maybe part of that is that she’s used to calling all the shots. Maybe this is Kris getting more mileage out of this story, though, by turning Bruce’s transition into a plotline. It’s all about how they’re coping, it’s not about Bruce’s personal struggle. That’s his story, not Kris’s.

Also, Bruce got another nosejob, according to TMZ, which gets a lot of insider stories from The Kardashians. It’s hard to tell what’s new with Bruce, because he’s had so much done to his face over the years.

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Jake Gyllenhaal enjoyed St Patrick’s Day lunch with Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford in New York yesterday. Here are some shots of them leaving the restaurant. Jake was seen with Marcus on Monday – click here to see those photos. As mentioned then, Carey is in town working on Skyligh…      

Kim Kardashian gave a new interview to her home network, E!. You can see the video here – Kim talked to Ken Baker, who is an actual entertainment journalist (for real) and there was actually some new information. She talked about North, about sex with Kanye, about what her doctors are really telling her about having a second baby. Some assorted quotes:

Trying to get pregnant again: “I’ve done everything so perfect to try and get pregnant. There’s a list of things you shouldn’t be doing and I was perfect for eight to 10 months and now I don’t understand.”

Now she’s trying to change it up: “I’m going to do everything that I want to do and that includes going platinum. Hopefully I will get pregnant doing all the wrong things. I’m totally changing my tactics.”

She’s having sex too often: “The doctors said he thinks I’m having sex too much. He said one time is more powerful…so we’ve tried everything.”

Fertility woes: “Literally teenagers on meth get pregnant in two seconds. It’s crazy. When you don’t want to be pregnant, it happens… I’m over it. I’m over trying, overthinking it, hence why I dyed my hair blond.”

North loves their new house: “Oh, it’s like she’s taken over already. We have her playroom and she loves her room…She loves having her own space.”

Working on their family space: “Still a lot of work to do…when it’s done it will be amazing. We have to re-do my close, the bathroom, the kitchen. So we’re doing, like, section by section, but living there. It is so freeing, living in my own space. I’ve lived in a one-bedroom room at my mom’s house that was so crazy-colorful that I was getting a headache every time I would go in the room. Imagine me, Kanye and my daughter, and we had a tiny closet for the three of us, and it just feels so good just to have my own space and my own bed.”

[From E! News]

A lot of people think Kim is lying her ass implants off about her fertility issues. I could sort of see that – like, she thinks it will be a good “storyline” on the reality show, and she really, really wants an excuse to just get a surrogate to carry a baby after her (Kim’s) disastrous first pregnancy. Maybe I’m too good-natured (HA!), but I kind of think she might actually have some fertility struggles though.

On set shooting a commercial for Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Glam- @jenatkinhair @makeupbymario

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Justified Season 6, Episode 9 recap.

Wynn Duffy is the rat! OF COURSE HE IS. In retrospect, who else could it be? He mentioned being around back when Grady Hale was killed, and sure enough, the unsealed files from Simon Poole’s original investigation reveal that Wynn was his CI. W…      

Here are some photos of LeAnn Rimes and David Gray leaving a BBC radio station yesterday, on St. Patrick’s Day. I didn’t realize this – because I only look at LeAnn’s social media every so often – but LeAnn has been in London for several days now. She’s trying to make the hashtag #LeInLondon happen. It’s not happening.

First, some background about LeAnn’s relationship to David Gray. They’ve known each other for a few years, I guess. Last year, LeAnn went to Phoenix, Arizona specifically to do a duet with Gray and to let everyone in the audience know that she was there – she was called out on a local radio show for her “extreme rudeness” in singing louder than Gray while she was seated in the audience – go here to read the recap of that mess.

In any case, she still has some kind of working, professional relationship with Gray and now they’re doing duets together in London. Here’s LeAnn’s Instagram video of their performance on BBC Radio 2.

Such a joy @davidgray #BBC2 #LeInLondon #SnowInVegas

A video posted by LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (@leannrimes) on Mar 17, 2015 at 12:28pm PDT

You know what shocks me? LeAnn has been in London for days without Eddie Cibrian and she hasn’t gotten “sick” yet! Of course, she’s been tweeting a lot about missing home and she’s still doing her stupid chalkboard crap. But she’s been on her best behavior, it seems, with David Gray. And Eddie is home alone in LA? Hahahaha. I bet he’s having a great time.

PS… Celeb Dirty Laundry did an excellent takedown of LeAnn’s Single White Female-ing over the decades. None of the info is really new, but it’s nice to see that other people are calling her out.

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Holyyyy F-CK.

There have been rumours for over a year. But nothing solid to substantiate it. Until now. US Weekly has the major exclusive:

Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx. Together. Holding hands. Someone crept a photo. Like someone sold them out. Because this. I mean this kind of picture onl…      

Here’s a photo of Rihanna in NYC this week. She made pink stirrup pants look fierce, right? I already raved about Rih’s new Dior gig, and she spoke with MTV about her excitement: “It is such a big deal for me, for my culture, for a lot of young girls of any color. I think to be acknowledged by Dior means a lot, as a woman, to feel beautiful — to feel elegant and timeless.” You can see a first glimpse of Rih’s Dior campaign here.

Rihanna spoke with some Aussie news stations to promote her voice work in Home. She plays a young girl, Tip, who befriends an alien (voiced by Jim Parsons). RiRi covers many subjects but brushes off those Leonardo DiCaprio hookup rumors. FWIW, Leo had his rep deny the romance a few weeks ago, which is interesting. He never denied any of the zillion rumors about his revolving door of supermodels. Rih doesn’t slam Leo. She talks about what she’s learned from her real relationships:

These Leo rumors: “Stay off the blogs, they will screw you every time.”

Her ideal man: “Someone who could tolerate my schedule; someone man enough to do that and not get scared because I don’t have a lot of time to offer. Tt home I’m pretty boring. I just lay on the couch and watch TV.”

Her relationship lessons: “The more we respect ourselves the more men will respect us. I have both sides to me and I think most women do. We are strong but they are very vulnerable as well. For me, I get very fierce and passionate about my career and about my family. But there are also things that make me become a little girl. Like, I love balloons, that definitely really brings out the little girl in me.”

Home‘s message to girls: “I think women are way stronger than they know, or sometimes they do know but they don’t always feel like being strong. Sometimes, you’re like, ‘Can I get a pass?’ And also, Tip is so bold. And the way she dresses and how she wears her hair is not perfect and I feel like little girls should feel comfortable being that way, being strong and being themselves.”

Her style: “I feel like my image evolves as I evolve as a woman. With growth, there’s change. My style is a reflection of my mood, my attitude wherever I am at, and you can see how it’s evolved since the beginning of my career just from my videos. And style is a huge part of that attitude.”

Fitness & diet: I’m getting better with my training now that it’s album time and video time, so it’s time to get fit, get tight. I eat tons of mac and cheese, I really do. I hate vegetables but I’m learning to incorporate them, one by one into my diet.”

[From News.com.au]

People could interpret the self-respect quote many different ways. What do you think? I believe she’s talking about Chris Brown. People give her grief for dating him more than once, but she’s been free and clear for a few years. Anyone who’s been in an abusive relationship can recognize that milestone. I don’t think she’s talking about self respect as a prerequisite to being treated well. More like Rihanna knows what she deserves, and she’s no longer afraid to walk away from a bad man.

What else? Rihanna told People her biggest fear in the world is childbirth. She and Jim Parsons have also been cute together during this press tour. Jim told Jimmy Fallon that he can’t stop singing Rih’s songs every time they’re in the same room: “She’ll look at me and go ‘That gives me chills. And not in a good way.’” That sounds exactly like her.

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Jewelle! Happy Birthday from Deb who requested Tom Hiddleston… dancing. Are you sure? Because …some things you can’t unsee.

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Dear Gossips,

The Divergent Series: Insurgent opens this weekend. Shailene Woodley and Theo James have been on promotion for it for the last couple of weeks. As you know, if you’ve been reading this blog for a few years, I was big on the first book (review here), then medium on the seco…      

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After Joan Rivers passed last fall, E! really scrambled to get Fashion Police back together in time for awards season. They hired Kathy Griffin in Joan’s place, but it’s clear that Kathy wasn’t comfortable with the show’s format or content. Since quitting Fashion Police late last week, Kathy has said, in so many different ways, that the show hasn’t changed with the times and that the jokes are rude without being topical or funny. Of course Kelly Osbourne quit before Kathy did, citing the joke that Giuliana Rancic made (and for which she apologized) about Zendaya’s dreadlocks. Kathy has said that she didn’t know ahead of time that Kelly was leaving, and that Giuliana was just reciting a line that was written for her.

There are only two panelists left on the show, Giuliana Rancic and Brad Goreski. Fashion Police was scheduled to return at the end of this month, but it’s been shelved until September. The President of NBCUniversal Lifestyle Networks Group, Frances Berwick, told The Hollywood Reporter that while they weren’t surprised by Kathy Griffin’s exit, they were not prepared for her criticism. They’re taking it seriously though, to the point where Fashion Police will be taken off the air until they have time to regroup. Here’s more, from The Hollywood Reporter.

The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that E! will put Fashion Police on an extended hiatus. The three remaining episodes scheduled to shoot this spring will be scrapped, giving the team time to recast and reboot. The new plan is to return in the fall with six or seven episodes tied to major events, including the Emmys.

“With the benefit of hindsight, we definitely brought it back too soon,” says Berwick, who added E! to her portfolio mere weeks after Rivers’ September death. In the months since, she has had to deal with a barrage of controversies, including backlash to the network’s “mani cam” feature on red carpets (Julianne Moore called it “humiliating” and other stars refused to participate) and an #AskHerMore Twitter campaign against fashion-focused interviews. In addition, there’s the will-they-or-won’t-they Bruce Jenner transgender docuseries (insiders say they will) and the Fashion Police fallout that began when Rancic suggested singer Zendaya’s dreadlocks “smelled like patchouli oil … or weed” on the show’s post-Oscars telecast. The controversies come as NBCUniversal cable chief Bonnie Hammer has said she wants E! to take a more “aspirational” tone, and they highlight a subtle shift in celebrity culture and E!’s role in what The New York Times called on March 15 its “untenable setup that one day reveres celebrities on the red carpet and the next day marches them onto a gangplank and pushes them into the water.”

Berwick says she and her team, along with Fashion Police executive producer Melissa Rivers, considered canceling the show in the wake of the departures. But ultimately they concluded they weren’t willing to give up on the 5-year-old franchise, and its nearly 1?million loyal viewers (though the show has shed viewers without Joan Rivers). “There was a lot of noise and drama that are really not helpful or additive to the creative process, but there’s a real love for this show,” explains Berwick, who adds with a laugh, “Given the focus on this, the ratings should really be the size of The Walking Dead…”

Still, the E! executives acknowledge that they have heard the criticism and are assessing the tone of the network’s red-carpet coverage. “You want to be evolving with the times, and we are really taking the mani-cam question very seriously,” says Berwick, who notes that the latter started as a “cute” thing. “If people don’t want to do it, they shouldn’t be forced to do it.” (The network did not incorporate the manicure camera into its Oscars preshow telecast.)

At the same time, she also suggests that E! has become a target for the entire awards-season charade, which seems to get bigger each year. “There’s a lot that’s frivolous about the whole Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe parade, and then at the heart of it, there’s some great, creative work,” Berwick continues. “E! is not a network that takes itself seriously.” She cites The Soup host Joel McHale and his weekly lampooning of TV stars, including E!’s own Kardashian family.

“To the extent that this has all gotten very intense and serious — it’s meant to be fun,” she says. “When it stops being fun or if we think that we’re offending or crossing a line, absolutely, that’s the time to re-evaluate and that’s what we’re doing, frankly, with things like the mani cam.”

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

I agree that E! is an easy target and that it’s not always fair. They got rid of the mani cam when actresses objected, and they’re trying to change. They’re also the one of the few networks to really dare to call out the ridiculousness of the entertainment industry. I hope they don’t touch The Soup at all.

Fashion Police is fun, but maybe it’s time to change the format. It’s not the same without Joan, and I respect that they didn’t just throw a Kardashian or two on there and carry on. There is definitely a call for fashion assessment and commentary. The #AskHerMore campaign seems to ignore the fact that the red carpet is all about fashion and jewelry. The actresses do so many interviews prior to an event, they have plenty of time to discuss their projects and just a few opportunities to talk fashion. It’s not about diminishing the women, it’s about acknowledging the work that went into their looks. Sometimes all that work adds up to a hill of beans, and someone’s got to say it.

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