Royal mum-to-be Kate Middleton visited the set of Downtown Abbey at Ealing Studios in London, England on Thursday (March 12).

Wowing in a white maternity coat from JoJo Maman Bébé, the Duchess of Cambridge, 33, was all smiles while meeting the cast and crew of her favorite show.

The expectant mum is pictured above with Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary) and Oliver Barker (one of the twins who plays Lady Mary’s son, George) outside the historic studios in West London. And upon her arrival, Kate was welcomed by Oliver’s twin Zac and their mother Clare.

The Duchess shared a laugh with the show’s creator, Lord Julian Fellowes, and Robert James Collier (who plays the mean-spirited under-butler Thomas), who joked: “You’ve come just at the right time, Phyllis is about to have her Botox put in.”

The expectant mum caught up with Phyllis Logan (Mrs. Hughes) in the hair and makeup department, and visitied Sophie McShera (Daisy) and Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore) who presented Kate with a special Downton Abbey cake in the kitchens

Unfortunately, Dame Maggie Smith was missing as she was ill and couldn’t attend.

The day before, Kate was seen visiting an art studio in Kent. She is set to join husband, Prince William, to pay tribute to those who served in Afghanistan.

The royal couple – who are already parents to 19-month-old son Prince George – expect their second child within weeks.

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This is such a cute picture!

It looks like Portia may have gotten in Kyle Richard’s makeup drawer! Kyle snapped a downright adorable picture of her two daughters, Sophia and Portia, and shared it on Instagram. She captioned the photo:

“Sisterly love ??”

It’s so sweet to see these two having a great time together. They’re both absolutely beautiful and you can certainly tell that they’re sisters, because they look so much alike.

A few weeks ago, we heard the rumor that Alexander Skarsgard and Alexa Chung might be happening. They were spotted together in NYC, first at a concert (Father John Misty) and then the morning after, getting coffee. It seemed like they were maybe in the beginning stages of something, or maybe just hooking up on the reg. Now Page Six claims that Alexa and Alex were spotted in Paris together during Fashion Week. Yep. This is happening. They’ve taken their love to another city, which means they’re really dating.

Rumors that “True Blood” hunk Alexander Skarsgård is dating British fashion plate Alexa Chung continue to heat up. The pretty pair were seen very cozily holding hands at Caviar Kaspia in Paris during fashion week there Tuesday night.

They were dining with a group of fashionable pals including Poppy Delevingne, sister of Cara, and Derek Blasberg. Last month, the two were seen at a Father John Misty show in New York, and the following morning at a coffee shop.

[From Page Six]

Alexander certainly has a type, doesn’t he? Super-slim. That’s his type. He’s not particular about blonde or brunette, they just have to be very, very slender. I guess he also likes them to have sort of hipster Fashion Girl status too, although I tend to think Kate Bosworth’s style is more sophisticated and classic than Alexa’s. So, will this last? I have no idea. I’m not even sure if I believe that Skarsgard is a very good boyfriend overall, you know? He might be more of a “love the one you’re with” kind of dude. Still, slow clap for Alexa. She’s getting the VIKING THUNDER.

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Well, I’ll say this—compared to the “comedies” I’ve seen recently, at least Unfinished Business isn’t offensively bad. It does, in fact, do a few things that I found surprisingly refreshing, given both the genre and overall lackluster-ness of the movie. For ins…      

I’m always impressed whenever Boston hits the news, and people come out of the woodwork to support their city. So many celebrities hail from in or around the area. They’re always vocal about how proud they are of their hometown. Whether they’re talking about Deflategate or the Boston marathon tragedy of 2013, Boston peeps represent. They grew up watching the marathon from the sidelines. Some of them run the race every year while many of us dream of doing the same.

Uzo Aduba grew up in the Boston area and will run the marathon next month for charity. She’s raising money and awareness for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The cause means a lot to Uza because she recently lost a family member and close pal to the disease. This will be a very emotional experience:

Running the Boston Marathon is deeply personal for the actress, a Medfield, Massachusetts, native and Boston University graduate who is running the race with friends including a pal she’s been close to since the first grade.

“It feels like the right thing to do,” she says of her decision to run the race this year, just two years after the bombings. “It still feel pretty raw, and with [the trial] it almost feels like a Band-Aid getting pulled back again. That’s where I grew up, where I learned what a marathon even was … to be a part of it, it feels particularly special.”

She also chose to run on behalf of Dana-Farber for personal reasons since losing a woman she considered almost like a second mother to breast cancer last fall, as well as a cousin to cancer two years earlier. Aduba is raising money specifically for the institute’s Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research, which studies potential causes of cancer at the most fundamental molecular and genetic level.

“I just felt like too many good lives are leaving this Earth over something I want to see change with cancer research,” she explained. “When Dana-Farber invited me to be part of their team, it felt like a no-brainer. I just wanted to do something other than cry.”

To prepare, the New York-based Aduba says she spent the winter running on a treadmill in her building four to five days a week. Now that the snow is finally beginning to melt, she is eager to begin outdoor runs this week. She’s also about to begin work with a trainer to help develop core strength through Pilates and other techniques, which she hopes will build her stamina on race day.

Aduba says it’s too early to anticipate how she will feel once she crosses the finish line in Boston, but knows she will be thinking of the people she’s lost, who will be on her mind every mile.

“It’s not the finish line I think about,” she says. “It’s the number of thank-you’s to these amazing souls I know who I get to speak to in my dreams.”

[From People]

Running a marathon sounds insane for anyone who hasn’t done it, and it also sounds insane to anyone who just hit mile 20. The journey is worth completion, whether you’re running for selfish reasons or something much larger. Uzo’s supporting a cause that has touched the lives of virtually everyone on Earth. She’s gonna kick some tush.

Some semi-related news. Natalie Dormer will run the NYC marathon this fall as a NYRR Team for Kids ambassador. Last year, Nat ran the London marathon in 3:50. NYC’s route is hillier than London’s, but she has a shot at a personal record. I want to go running with Uzo and Natalie!

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On the couch with Howard Stern. How did we end up here? (Rhetorical question) ??#rebelhearts

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Mar 11, 2015 at 10:52pm PDT

Madonna did an interview with Howard Stern yesterday. I’ve only listened to parts of it, but I’m including the most complete audio I can find at the end of the post. It was a pretty typical Stern interview, which is to say… all-encompassing. No subject was taboo, not Catholicism, not her rape, not her marriages, not her ex-boyfriends. Some moments/highlights:

*She dated Tupac Shakur? She explained why she cursed so much during an interview with David Letterman: “I was mad at [David Letterman] when I said the F-word a lot. I was in a weird mood that day. I was dating Tupac Shakur at the time and the thing is he got me all riled up on life in general. So when I went on the show I was feeling very gangsta.”

*Madonna talked a bit about her relationship with Warren Beatty and how he was such a famous womanizer, but Madge said: “Yes, he was [an incredible lover]. I’m not going to lie… [but] I have confidence in my skills.”

*She also dated Jean-Michel Basquiat, but she dumped him because he was a heroin addict: “We always think we can fix people and we can’t…just change yourself.”

*Basquiat made her return all of the art he had given her: “I loved him. When I broke up with him he made me give them all back to him, and then he painted over all of them black.”

*She still “wished” that she could have gotten together with Antonio Banderas. She says Melanie Griffith didn’t leave his side when she and Antonio were filming Evita.

*Her thoughts on Michael Jackson: “I could certainly relate to him on many levels, but he was also a very shy person. He was famous since he was a child and didn’t really have a childhood. He was painfully shy. We didn’t really have a relationship about me revealing myself to him, but making fun of the crazy world we were living and working in. We didn’t talk about our childhoods…I think he felt eternally tortured. It was hard for him to look into people’s eyes.”

*Madge would “feel insecure sometimes” when Guy Ritchie directed other actresses: “I think I threw a tantrum once.”

*Her move to NYC when she was just a teenager: “I was in shock, I didn’t know a soul. I was saying, ‘Hi’ to people on the street like a dork.”

*Being raped at the age of 19: “I was going to a dance class and the door was locked and I needed money for the payphone. [This guy] gave it to me, he was a very friendly guy. I trusted everybody,” she went on, before explaining that the man in question persuaded her to make the phone call from his home, across the street. When she went with him, he raped her. Stern then asked the 56-year-old whether had reported the crime. Madonna replied that she had not. “You’ve already been violated,” she explained. “It’s just not worth it. It’s too much humiliation.”

Here’s the audio (beware: there is some NSFW language, but that’s it).

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Mom star Anna Faris covers the April issue of Health and opens up about giving birth to son Jack nine weeks premature. The actress, 38, goes on to talk about her hopes to have more children with husband, Guardians of the Galaxy actor Chris Pratt.

On how her son Jack, 2, is doing now: “Jack’s doing so well—I think that’s why we can talk about it now a little bit. He’s just so happy, bright and funny. For a while I thought maybe I’d be a stay-at-home mom for a couple of years. But in Hollywood, it’s not as though it’s always a choice, you know? You feel very little control over the trajectory of your own career. That said, one of the great things about Mom is that when we did the pilot, I was a little heavier than maybe I would’ve liked, but I never felt any pressure from [creator] Chuck Lorre or CBS to be fit. Sometimes, studios are kind of delicate the way they approach that. They’ll say, ‘We got you a gym membership’ or ‘We’re gonna pay for your trainer.’ And you’re like, ‘OK…I guess that means they want me to lose weight [laughs].’ “

On having more children: “We want to, very much so, but it will definitely be a whole new complication because now I’m, like, a high-risk pregnancy, so it requires some different monitoring. My doctor’s like, ‘I don’t think you’ll have to be on bed rest the whole time.”‘ And I’m like, ‘I’m on a show.’ ”

On if the paparazzi bother them: “We’re pretty low-key. We stay at home a lot. I don’t know if my husband would necessarily agree, but most of them are pretty nice guys, just trying to make a living, and a lot of them are apologetic… I think some celebrities are so mean to them and resent them so much. I mostly feel scared just going out without makeup on. But at the same time, I don’t want it to force a lifestyle change. Some people I work with wish that I would start dressing nicer [laughs]. They’re like, ‘Can you please not wear sweatpants everywhere you go?’ So this is very dressed up for me today. But yeah, the scary part is that vulnerability of like, ‘Oh man, I’m gonna be in ‘Stars Without Makeup’ again!”

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Guy Ritchie is currently working on Knights Of The Round Table. Yesterday he tweeted the first photo from the set, standing next to Charlie Hunnam – his chin lifted as usual – who plays King Arthur.

First day on KORT. pic.twitter.com/JPv8esPDnu
— Guy Ritchie…      

I have a bunch of Kim Kardashian stories and assorted photos for you today. Aren’t we lucky? Ugh. First of all, North West was finally allowed to leave the Paris hotel today. Kim brought North out for some kind of outing in Paris. I hope she’s not bringing North to any runway shows, because Anna Wintour pretty much had babies and toddlers banned.

I’ve actually been wondering for a while if North understands that her mommy is a Botox monster, and if North is even capable of recognizing Kim with her newly blonde hair. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one wondering. Judgy moms at Yahoo Parenting spoke to says Dr. Tovah Klein, Director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development, and Dr. Klein basically says North was and probably still is very confused by mommy’s new look, saying toddlers “like things to stay the same as this is where they gain a sense of control and predictability. Change is frightening and they don’t know what it means, so a change to mommy can be a sudden jolt.”

Next story: a few days ago, Kim posed with Katy Perry at the Givenchy show. The photos were funny because Katy looked particularly stone-faced, like she really didn’t want to pose with Kimye. Hollywood Life says :

“Katy Perry looked mortified when she ran into Kim at Givenchy and people wanted to take pictures of them together. Kim was in one of her boob exposing outfits and you could tell Katy wanted to get away. Katy has worn revealing outfits in the past but even she thinks that Kim is not dressing appropriately for Paris Fashion Week.”

That’s not all! Our source dished that Katy is not the only star who doesn’t like her style. “She’s not alone either, celebs like Salma Hayek, Kristen Stewart and others thought Kim looked totally out-of-place at the sophisticated shows.”

[From Hollywood Life]

Katy and Kanye are sort of friends, aren’t they? And at this point, Katy could use all the friends she can get, because Taylor Swift is trying to out-maneuver Katy at every turn.

Final Kardashian thing – this was one of Kim’s costume changes yesterday. Huh. So she did pack at least one bra. So why hasn’t she been wearing it with any other outfits?!?

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, WENN.

Like many of you, I was waiting all week for this. Some of you wondered about the Gwyneth question, whether or not Howard would go there. As I told my friend (and top Madonna scholar) Iain, Howard didn’t ask G about M, so there was no way he was going to ask M about G. M is way bigger than …