Surprise! Congratulations are in order for Evangeline Lilly and Norman Kali.

The Lost actress, 35, and her longtime love are expecting their second child. Donning a monochromatic one-shoulder gown, the expectant mom debuted her baby bump at the premiere of her new film, Ant-Man, in Hollywood, Calif. on Monday (June 29).

Lilly and Kali, a production assistant she met on the set of Lost, are already parents to 4-year-old son Kahekili.

In December, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies star opened up about her hopes for more kids..

“What I wanted originally was six kids. I frickin’ love being pregnant,” Lilly shared. “I’m one of the lucky women who just had a blissful pregnancy, but I wanted to adopt four. My partner and I have really been through the wringer in the adoption world and it’s hard, so we’ll see what happens. Life is magically beautiful and it brings you what is perfect.”

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Ugh, I still hate this fug Sonia Rykiel jumpsuit.

Soon after George Clooney and Amal got engaged, he bought a giant mansion in Berkshire, England. It was to be their “country estate” where George could putter around while Amal did casework in her office, I would assume. Amal has a place in London, and George notably owns a bachelor pad in LA plus his amazing Como, Italy mansion. A country mansion in England fits with that lifestyle. The problem? For months now, the country mansion and estate has been undergoing a massive renovation and it’s driving their neighbors crazy.

George Clooney has been labeled “the worst neighbour you could have”. The 54-year-old actor and his lawyer wife Amal Clooney, 37, are due to move into their £10million British riverside home – situated in Sonning Eye on the outskirts of Reading, Berks – at the end of July.

However, construction on the property has been going on “for months”, and the roar from heavy machinery, sanders and drills has been upsetting the locals. One of George and Amal’s future neighbours told The Sun newspaper:

“Half the locals love having a celebrity in town, others think he’s the worst neighbour you could have. The construction’s been going on for months and will be lucky to finish before the year is out.”

The married couple’s luxury home is due to include a new annex with 12-seater cinema, a pool house and staff quarters, but is currently littered with skips, diggers, portaloos, temporary fencing and scaffolding, and work has not even started on the 15-metre swimming pool. Construction on the site has been held up, as the architects were told to take special measures to prevent flooding in case the Thames bursts its banks, as well as searches for bats, voles and otter habitats, in case of any environmental concerns.

[From NZ Herald]

Rich people problems. The reno, not that the neighbors’ complaints. It drives me crazy when my neighbors light firecrackers on summer nights, but I thankfully have thoughtful neighbors who don’t do major renovations for months on end. Of course, I also don’t live in a ritzy area in Berkshire. So, George and Amal: worst neighbors ever?! Eh. George, I believe, probably feels bad about the neighbors’ complaints. He’s always been known as a good neighbor in Como and LA. And I still think that if and when George and Amal divorce, she’s the one getting this Berkshire estate and these renovations are being done to her specifications.

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There’s an interesting story in The Daily Beast this week about Carole Middleton, the mother of a future queen and the grandmother to a future king. It’s Carole’s relationship to Prince George that seems to have kick-started a renewed interest in Carole – it was just last week when some “paparazzo” was tipped off about Carole’s whereabouts with Prince George, and the photos were sold to the American site PopSugar. The Daily Beast article is mostly about how William and Kate’s parenting choices are being revealed by their insistence that George and Charlotte have a close relationship with the Middleton side of the family, often to the detriment of their relationships with the royals. Some interesting notes:

George and Charlotte will have middle class values: “It is Carole Middleton who is shaping much of [George’s] world with her middle-class values of hard work and fair play, not the ossified Windsor culture of privilege.”

Charles’ pain: “William and Kate’s rejection of Charles as a formative influence for George has been painful for him, but it is clearly Carole whom William and Kate believe will instill the right values in the future King.”

No one says “Doors to manual” to former stewardess Carole anymore: “Carole’s pretty hard to faze,” says one acquaintance. “She never really cared about the whole ‘doors-to-manual’ thing. You don’t build a business like she has being a sensitive flower. She is also deeply practical. That’s why Kate likes having her around so much—she just takes care of all the details.”

Michael Middleton was the beneficiary of a significant trust: The Daily Beast credits this trust with still “paying an income to this day and almost certainly paid for Kate, Pippa and James’s private education, at least until their parents’ business took off.”

Carole is unembarrassed by her working-class roots. “Carole is untroubled by self-doubt,” says a friend. “She couldn’t really care less if people think she is an arriviste or a social climber. Her focus is all about Kate, William, George, and Charlotte.”

[From The Daily Beast]

Yeah… I still have questions. While I think Carole is a great example of someone from a working class background fighting tooth and nail to become upper-middle-class, to the point where she’s married her oldest child off to the heir to the throne, I still find fault with some of Carole’s methods. She’s organized and hard-working and good for her, but she raised a pampered, spoiled daughter who can barely function as an adult without her mommy’s intervention. Also, I love how the explanations for the Middletons’ wealth changes year by year. The Middletons’ finances are kind of sketchy, just my opinion.

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ICYMI: Prince George spent a sweet afternoon with his grandma, Carole Middleton! http://t.co/6wvPgTbuxV pic.twitter.com/z0ZiPxk3Wo

— POPSUGAR (@POPSUGAR) June 30, 2015

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Donald Trump announced his presidential bid a few weeks ago. The announcement was a mess, his speech was nonsensical, and it was clear that this whole thing was going to be a massive political sideshow, and a blatantly offensive one at that. On the plus side, I think Trump’s numbers are better than Bobby Jindal’s! So at least there’s that. Anyway, Trump made some crazy comments about Mexican immigrants. He said, and this is a direct quote: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

As you can imagine, that went over like a lead balloon. Univision – the Spanish-language network owned by NBCUniversal – announced that they would be dropping the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, both owned by Trump. Univision and Trump traded barbs for a few days, and it was almost like Univision was telling NBCUniversal to get their act together and dump all of Trump’s programming completely. And that’s what happened yesterday.

Following Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants during a speech announcing his candidacy for president, NBC will no longer be airing the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.

“At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” reads a network statement released to Deadline on Monday. “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump. To that end, the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants, which are part of a joint venture between NBC and Trump, will no longer air on NBC.”

Trump, 69, will also not be participating in The Apprentice, according to NBC, “as Mr. Trump has already indicated.”

[From People]

People goes on to note that the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants are quite popular and lucrative properties, but there have been many Latin American and South American winners over the years and the whole thing is no bueno. Anyway, Trump released a statement about NBCUniversal’s decision:

When speaking at an event Monday in Chicago, Trump said it was his decision to end the relationship. “They did not want me to run. They wanted me to do The Apprentice. And now with my statements on immigration — which happen to be correct — they are going to take a different stance and that’s OK. Whatever they want to do is OK with me,” said Trump. “As far as ending the relationship, I have to do that because my view on immigration is much different than the people at NBC.”

Additionally, Trump released a lengthy statement Monday in which he called NBC “weak” and “foolish,” and said that he told the network “long ago” that he would be stepping down from Celebrity Apprentice because of his campaign. In the statement, he also said that NBC’s “contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court.”

[From THR]

Real question: has Donald Trump lost his mind? I mean, he’s been crazy for a while, for sure, and he’s always been petty, disgusting, racist and misogynistic. But it feels like he really lost the thread at some point and no one is really saying, “Hey, Donald, maybe you should be medicated? Let’s go see a doctor.”

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A year ago, I was a much bigger fan of Jeremy Renner. So much has happened in that year though. His marriage spectacularly imploded and the divorce became a he-said/she-said of sketchiness, drama and bad feelings. Then Renner became one of the worst offenders during the promotional tour for Avengers: Age of Ultron. All in all… damn, Renner. I still think he’s a talented actor, but his personality isn’t so great. Anyway, Renner is the newest “Playboy Interview” and if you have a solid 20 minutes, you should just sit down and read the full thing because it is basically the most readable and enjoyable thing of the week because Renner… well, he has stories. He has thoughts. He’s not some vague “Kit Harington Says Words” pretty-boy whining about his life. You can read the full piece here. Some highlights:

Whether he’s afraid of guns: “A gun is a really easy and terrifying thing to be afraid of. I like guns now, but I have only a couple—a couple at this structure and one at another. I got good at them, and then I found a love for them.”

He doesn’t carry a gun: “No. For me it’s for home protection or sport shooting or target practice. I’m not a hunter. I spent a lot of time training for movies, shooting and getting comfortable with weapons. There’s no fear for me ever in a weapon now. I also have a few swords, but that’s because of what they mean to me; there’s a lot of history behind them. They’re all tucked away and hidden now that I have a baby.”

His altercations: “I’ve been in altercations, and there have been a few moments when I had to put someone down….A drunk guy in a bar—it’s always that scenario. A guy got really drunk and pushed Julia Stiles, my co-star [in the 2005 movie A Little Trip to Heaven]. I kindly choked him out and remedied the situation. I’ve also had to choke people out because they pushed my mom or knocked my sister down, but I’ve never felt like a badass.”

The gay rumors: “As a general rule I don’t respond to questions about my personal life. I’m not going to try to prove what I am or am not. It’s silly, right? When you google yourself and the first thing that comes up is “Jeremy Renner gay,” it’s like, “Oh, now you’ve arrived. You’re now a giant movie star.” So I just had a big laugh about it. I don’t care, ultimately, if that’s what people want to think, read and care about. F–king say whatever the hell you want about me. Look at where we’re at socially—leaps and bounds ahead of where we started. That’s an amazing thing. To suggest that it’s negative, that being gay is a terrible thing, a perversion or whatever—I just don’t get it. Don’t you wish we were in a world where we’re not shaming, judging and boxing people in?”

His Golden Globes “joke” about Jennifer Lopez’s “globes”: “I’d just watched the show’s opening monologue, thinking, Those girls, co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, are so funny, awesome and pretty racy. So I went out, and then that happened. It’s my sense of humor. I don’t take things too seriously. I didn’t watch any of the Globes. I went to have a drink at the bar, and I kept hearing people all night saying, “Dude, that was the funniest thing,” “Bro, that was the best part of the show.” I was like, What are you talking about? I was clueless.

He says J.Lo was turned on by the joke? “Actually, Jennifer thought it was f–king funny and got a little sweaty and maybe even turned on by the whole experience. We partied at a couple of events afterward and had a good time. Other people started running their mouths about it. Everybody’s entitled to an opinion, but I can’t be bothered. We gave zero f–ks. I would have made a public apology if it really hurt her feelings. It was the complete opposite, and she’s gone on record as saying she thinks Renner’s hysterical.

His divorce: “I haven’t slept more than four hours a night in the past week. My skin’s breaking out. I’ve got dark circles under my eyes. I’m dehydrated. I look like shit. I felt pretty insecure walking into a photo shoot this morning, and I was running late because I had just gotten out of my fourth deposition for the divorce. I see anything that takes me away from my daughter, whether it’s something good like making Mission: Impossible 5 or something bad like my divorce, as a distraction and an obstacle. Now, if anything takes me away and I don’t get to see her, I just won’t do it. I don’t care what you pay me. All my energy goes toward her and her well-being. We split the time with Ava equally now. When it’s Daddy and Ava time, that’s all I do.”

[From Playboy]

There’s a ton of stuff in there, like how he lost his virginity or maybe the first time he ever used a condom, which involved Renner as a high school senior having sex with a high school freshman on his dad’s waterbed. That story is… not helping. As for the rest of it… some of you think Renner is gay, some of you don’t believe it. What I’ll say is that I like the way Renner talks about the gay question – considering his attempts to be seen as hyper-masculine with his “kindly chokings,” his answers about the gay questions could easily border on the offensive. But he’s consistently managed to sort of shrug his shoulders and act like there’s nothing wrong with being gay and if he was gay, he’d probably tell you.

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Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears’ joint single, “Pretty Girls,” didn’t do so hot on the charts. The song topped out at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and surely disappointed record executives who expected more from two chartmakers. Er, make that one proven chartmaker. Iggy’s still a wild card, and her reputation as a self-important, difficult artist has contributed to her rapid downfall. She says terrible things and generally possesses no filter. What’s even worse is that she can’t rap.

“Pretty Girls” wasn’t a catchy tune, so it’s no surprise that it didn’t perform on the charts. Iggy appears to deflect blame. Is she blaming Britney for the single’s failure? Maybe. Iggy definitely believes she’s not at fault at all. Here are her tweets on the subject.

If Iggy had ended the discussion there, the situation wouldn’t have accelerated much. She would have looked bitter but not crude. Iggy couldn’t stop. Here’s what this delicate flower had to say about why it’s okay to drag Britney.

Nice manners, right? Iggy doesn’t realize that it did sound like she blamed Britney for the single’s failure. Then Billboard picked up the story with that angle. Then Iggy tweeted at Billboard, “please stop. its honestly so desperate at this point its cringe worthy. guys, really? is THAT what i said.” Iggy’s position is that she wasn’t blaming Britney at all. Sure.

Iggy sounds petty and defensive. She doesn’t realize that even T.I. (who publicly defends Iggy to his own detriment) lacks the confidence to let her fly solo on a single. Iggy has never had a hit by herself, and Britney’s been doing it for years. “Pretty Girls” is a bad song, but Britney shouldn’t take the fall.

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I recently hate-read Fifty Shade Darker and Fifty Shades Freed for all of you. I realized, about a month ago, that the sequel films were definitely going to be made and that I should know what the hell I was talking about when I bashed the stories. You know what? It was WORSE than I was expecting. I’ll give FSD a little bit of credit – E.L. James put in a “mystery” that kept some of the story afloat, although FSD also messed up the timeline in a major way – by my estimation, Ana and Christian got engaged after knowing each other for less than a month. Seriously. FSF was the worst though – what could have been a half-way not-terrible plot was ruined by E.L. James habit of making Ana selectively stupid and disengaged at just the right moment.

Anyway, E.L. James has a new book out right now. It’s called Grey, and it’s the same story (the seduction of Anastasia Steele) told through Christian’s perspective. As soon as it was released, it was widely mocked – go here to see Gawker’s hilarious and NSFW coverage of Christian’s many emotions as told through his penis. To promote the newly released book, E.L. James did a Twitter Q&A yesterday and it went off the rails almost immediately. Here’s a sample of some of the hilarious tweets E.L. got (I’m not embedding the tweets because that would take all day):

#AskELJames after the success of “Grey,” have you considered re-telling the story from the perspective of someone who can write

#AskELJames I need advice on making a BIG romantic gesture. Should I put a GPS tracker in her phone and make threats if she tries to leave?

#AskELJames a guy stalked me and put a GPS tracker in my phone, I think he rly likes me should I ask him out for a date or wait for him to??

#AskELJames Is it only ok for Christian to stalk, coerce, threaten & manipulate Ana because he’s hot, or is it also ok because he’s rich?

#AskELJames Are you aware that using alcohol and manipulation to gain consent is incredibly abusive and negates any consent given?

#AskELJames Is there a safe word which will stop you from writing anymore of this bollocks?

#AskELJames How many times a day do you think Charlie Hunnam just laughs with sheer relief?

Are you as homophobic in real life as your books are? Asking for a friend. #AskELJames

My boss said no when I asked if I could kiss him and then I did anyway because no means yes right? Things at work are awkward. #AskELJames

i like this girl but she doesn’t seem all that into me, is it cool if i beat her into liking me like christian grey #AskELJames

Did you see the abusive relationship of Bella and Edward and think “hmm needs more abuse” #AskELJames

Will there be a delay to our answers while you wait for Stephanie Meyer to answer them first, so you know what to write? #AskELJames

What do you dislike more, Independent strong woman or the English language? #AskELJames

Will you be rewriting the book from Stephenie Meyer’s point of view next time? #AskELJames

[From the #AskELJames Twitter]

Bless them. Bless them all. After reading the original trilogy, all I can say is BRAVO and BRAVA! While I do think Christian and Ana’s relationship is abusive, I came out of the trilogy angry at the simply sh-tty storytelling. At some point, it wasn’t even a joyful hate-read of “Hahaha, this is so stupid, you’ve got to laugh.” It was so stupid, I got really depressed.

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Katy Perry is looking to purchase a former convent in Los Feliz. She so badly wants this property that she’s offered to pay $14.5 million in cash. The only hangup? Perry’s battling with the elderly Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to purchase the property. The Sisters say they own the property, and they sold it for $15.5 million to a restauranteur a few weeks ago. They made a quick sale to keep the convent out of Katy’s hands. Unfortunately, the archdiocese wants Katy to own the property, so legal paperwork is in process.

Katy started pursuing the former convent, which features “spectacular” views of Los Angeles, three years ago. It sounds like she became interested in the place right after she and Russell Brand split. Katy wants to live there with her mom and grandma. Will Katy’s father live there too? Who knows, but the nuns who currently live there aren’t happy about Katy’s image messing up their sacred land:

Perry seems to have given her all in going after the property, and tried to make a good impression on the nuns at a recent meeting. I’m told that Perry dressed rather conservatively, and according to two of the sisters, she sang “Oh Happy Day” for them and showed them a “Jesus” tattoo on her wrist area. I would have advised her to sing “Kumbayah,” but I’m not in the entourage.

The nuns shrugged, and there have been no happy days since. Just lots of accusations, disagreements and legal filings. Lawyers can’t even agree on who represents the nuns. The nuns knew the archbishop had lined up a buyer who was supposed to be a famous performer, but the name didn’t mean anything to the sisters, who range in age from 77 to 88. So Sister Rita [Callahan] did a little research on the Internet.

“Well, I found Katy Perry and I found her videos and … if it’s all right to say, I wasn’t happy with any of it,” said Sister Rita, who told me she would rather not elaborate on her concerns as to whether Perry is a suitable candidate to live in a convent.

When Sister Rita learned that Perry would be performing during the Super Bowl halftime, she tuned in. Perry sang “Teenage Dream,” (Let you put your hands on me. In my skin-tight jeans.) which was not a good choice, given Sister Rita’s careful monitoring of the show. Sister Rita then watched as Perry was lifted off the ground and flew around the stadium as if riding a shooting star.

“I thought, is that a way to make money?” said Sister Rita. “Maybe I could fly around. I could be the flying nun.”

[From LA Times]

Of course Katy flashed her “Jesus” tattoo! She also reportedly told the nuns that she wanted to “sit in the meditation garden, drink green tea and ‘find herself.’” Katy’s such a wishy-washy mess. She should have simply taken a lowkey tour of the property and then sent agents to complete the sale instead of showing off her tattoo. These poor nuns have already watched Katy’s Super Bowl performance. Isn’t that enough suffering?

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Last week, Empire Magazine released their new list for the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of all time. Empire being a British publication, the list did skew towards British characters or characters traditionally played by British actors. Still, I was surprised to see some American or American-adjacent characters so high up on the list – the “greatest” character of all time is apparently Indiana Jones, then James Bond, then Han Solo, Batman, Ellen Ripley, The Joker, John McClane, Tyler Durden, Darth Vader and The Dude (from The Big Lebowski). #19 on the list? Loki, as played by Tom Hiddleston. Is Loki truly one of the top-twenty movie characters of all time though? Really? In any case, it seems like Tom Hiddleston gave a brief interview to Empire for this honor:

Tom Hiddleston has a lot to thank Thor for. In Empire magazine’s 100 Greatest Movie Characters, Loki comes in at number 19.

“Within the film industry, the success of the Marvel films has given me incredible opportunities to do other work that I’m very proud of,” Tom smiled to the publication. “Besides that, I’m just grateful to have been given the chance to play a remarkable character: larger-than-life, deep, complex and relentlessly good fun. He’s the god of mischief – in a cinematic universe of superheroes, there’s no-one else I’d rather be.”

Tom first became aware of the character as a youngster, while playing card game Top Trumps. To really nail Loki, the actor set about finding what really made him tick.

“I had to find his smile, his innate love of anarchy and chaos. I had to make his pain real. Great villains are born from tragic circumstances. They become dangerous when their vulnerability hardens into vengeance,” he explained.

“The cornerstone of his psychology for me was the scene between Loki and Odin in the vault in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, when Loki discovers his true lineage for the first time. It was one of the very first scenes to be shot, and what happened in that scene became an anchor of the whole character. I understood all his motivations after that.”

[From TV3]

So Tom is proud of Loki mainly because Marvel made him famous enough to do other non-Marvel projects. I’ve got to wonder, as Loki is scheduled to appear in several upcoming Marvel films, whether Loki has become a little bit of an albatross for Hiddles. Yes, it’s his most famous and celebrated role and Tom loves being a singing and dancing bear. But I would imagine that Tom is now at the point where he’s having to say “no” to quality projects because he has to keep his schedule open for Marvel.

Also: Tom is still filming The Night Manager and this Instagram was posted a few days ago. Tommy is looking so fit and tan! Bless his v-neck.

Hugging it out on the set. With the best producer @robbullock1969 and the best Jonathan pine!!!

A photo posted by Kristin Jones (@kikibeach) on Jun 28, 2015 at 6:26am PDT

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In April, Avril Lavigne revealed her battle with Lyme disease. She had previously alluded to mysterious health issues, although no one realized the severity of her illness. For five months, Avril was bedridden and could barely manage to shower once per week. At the time, Avril believed she was 80% better but still had to be careful. How terrifying to simply lose half a year of life to this disease.

Avril Lavigne visited GMA yesterday to talk about her ongoing recovery. She revealed that it took doctors forever to figure out what was wrong. They kept telling her it was all in her head.” It took Avril two months of her own research to figure out she might have Lyme disease, so she found a specialist. Avril wants to spread the word about how frustrating it is to deal with a misdiagnosed illness:

Her doctor’s attitudes: “I was in Los Angeles, and it was literally the worst time of my life. I was seeing every specialist, and literally like the top doctors … It was so stupid. They would pull up their computer and be like, ‘Chronic fatigue syndrome’ or ‘Why don’t you try to get out of bed, Avril, and just go play the piano?’ or ‘Are you depressed?’ This is what they do to a lot of people that have Lyme disease. They don’t have an answer for them, so they tell them … ‘You’re crazy.’”

Her progress: “I’m doing a lot better; seeing a lot of progress. I’m just really grateful to know that I will make a 100 percent recovery.”

[From GMA

Avril’s still only halfway finished with her course of treatment, which includes antibiotics and lots of rest. The really unfortunate part about her case is that doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong, so a simple course of antibiotics wasn’t enough. If Lyme is caught early enough, treatment can be much quicker. But Avril’s case was prolonged by incompetent doctors. This sounds like what Ashley Olsen is dealing with in her rumored battle with Lyme.

In addition to spreading Lyme disease awareness, Avril is also promoting her new single, “Fly.” The song will benefit the Special Olympics.

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