What a lil’ cutie!

Rockstar papa Pete Wentz stepped out with son Saint, 9 months, in New York City on Thursday (June 11). Wearing his tot in a carrier, the father-son duo did a Starbucks run before returning to their hotel.

The Fall Out Boy rocker was later joined by his band and headed to a rehearsal.

Last month, we caught our first glimpse of Pete’s second son.

The rocker welcomed Saint with his girlfriend, model Meagan Camper, in Aug. 2014. He is also dad to son Bronx Mowgli, 6, with ex-wife Ashlee Simpson.

The father-of-two recently shared a shot of his sons via Instagram.

“Dream team,” he captioned the cute photo.

Dream team.

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Earlier this week, I covered Kim Basinger’s recent Daily Beast interview, which she did to promote her new film, The 11th Hour. It’s a film about a woman (played by Basinger) who goes through a massive, terrible ordeal to try to buy a baby/become a mother. As Basinger does more interviews to promote the film, she’s asked a lot about motherhood, children, feminism and what women should do to claim their power. Her answers have been interesting. When speaking to the Daily Beast, she said: “If only women knew how powerful they were, they’d just say ‘no, no more babies,’ and then we’d run the world.” It was an interesting idea and I gave my (unpopular) take on it. Anyway, Basinger has a new interview with Elle and she’s really doubling-down on this whole idea of “women would rule the world if we gave up babies AND sex.” Hmmm.

Why her character wants a child: “I think that it was something deep, deep inside that had always been there. It’s a longing. And it’s also a rational thought. There are many women every day who struggle to have children, and she can speak very loudly to them. They can understand this story. But you also have to come from an irrational place to understand this movie. The director, as he has seen many more screenings than I have, says women really understand this. They understand being irrational. Men don’t. Or, many men don’t. Evolved men really understand the mind of a woman because it has no gender. It’s just a soul and they can see that. I am so happy that I could connect with women because I do love what women stand for. And I’m so determined that they can get what they’re due on this planet.”

Thinking about gender equality: “There’s a writer who is a Catholic nun and a great spokeswoman. I watched an interview with her where someone asked her, “What’s going to change the world?” She said, “Nothing. Nothing is going to change the world until women are accepted the way they need to be accepted. You’re leaving out one half of the gifts, one half of the intelligence.” We are one half of this planet and yet women all over the world are second class citizens. There are many women abused in so many countries. To be a woman today is quite a place to sit.

How Hollywood treats mothers & motherhood: “The truth is, [for the longest time, no one would] buy me as a mother! Obviously you go through phases. And then I got offered every single mother role after that. They’d say, “Get her, she can play the mother.’ Because people don’t think outside the box very often. They’re just not thinking beyond. There are always these roles of the mother, whether it’s the young mother, the middle-aged mother, or the grandmother. Women are important, and they have to be in the movies. So, what are you going to do? All we have to do is all hold our hands and stand up and say “No.” We can stop having babies, we can stop having sex, everything. And then women will rule the world.

[From Elle]

I thought her previous idea of hitting pause on baby-making for the cause of equality was an interesting (albeit impossible) idea. But as soon as she starts talking about giving up sex for the cause of equality? Yeah, that’s REALLY impossible. Think of a world where every woman became celibate and only concentrated on equality and power. Well, first of all, it wouldn’t work, because there would always be the Tom Hardys of the world, capable of talking their way into any woman’s drawers and thus, the grand experiment would be over. But beyond that… it feels like men would riot in the street. They would panic. They would FREAK.

PS… HOLY CRAP she’s had some work done. These are some recent photos of Kim from a few weeks ago.

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Following the most improbable superhero movie casting news ever, yesterday Deadline confirmed that Chiwetel Ejiofor will co-star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange as Baron Mordo, Stephen Strange’s frenemy turned arch-nemesis. Marvel is just lousy with Barons (see …      

The Great Taylor Swift-Katy Perry War has been happening for about nine or ten months. I’m sure it’s been happening for longer than that, actually, but Swifty only went public with her Katy feud last fall as she promoted her album. Since then, Swifty’s actions have been that of a bullying Mean Girl, obsessively collecting high-profile friends and trying to make Katy look… I don’t know? Friendless? Like Katy only has her cupcake boobs for company. Swifty even amassed an insane (and inane) collection of friends for her “Bad Blood” video, which should have just been called “Katy Perry is Such a Loser, I Hate Her So Much.”

Why bring all of this up? Because Swifty might have her sights set on another victim. Star Magazine says she’s got plans to Mean Girl the hell out of Kendall Jenner!

Taylor Swift has amassed an army of BFFs but there’s one It Girl who’s been conspicuously absent from Taylor’s crew: Kendall Jenner. Sources say Taylor has declared war on Kendall, all because Kendall has cozied up to Selena Gomez’s ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber.

“Kendall has been seeing Bieber and Selena is livid,” informs a spy. “She wants to hurt Kendall by stealing all her friends and has enlisted Taylor to help her.”

Now Taylor has been working overtime to turn Kendall’s bestie Cara Delevingne against her.

“Cara is a social climber and knows that Taylor will do a lot for her reputation, so she’s switched cliques,” reveals the source. “Kendall thinks Taylor is as fake as they come and that Selena is pathetic for still being hung up on Justin.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

If Tay-Tay is trying to turn Cara against Kendall, she’s doing a really bad job with it because Kendall is still all over Cara’s social media. Cara is tight with Rihanna too, and Rihanna has never participated in Taylor and Katy’s war. My guess is that Kendall’s absence from all of Swifty’s gatherings is on purpose, and Kendall probably isn’t someone Tay-Tay feels she needs to “collect.” But Katy Perry is still the #1 Enemy. Because Taylor is in middle school. Seriously.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

May the force be with you!

Hart of Dixie star Rachel Bilson joined Instagram on Wednesday and has given us a glimpse inside her life as a new mom.

On Thursday (June 11), The O.C. alum, 33, shared a sweet shot of matching mommy-and-me Star Wars-themed Vans sneakers.

The actress – who welcomed daughter Briar Rose with Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen in Nov. 2014 – did not caption the image.

Last month, the CW announced that Bilson’s show, Hart of Dixie, was being canceled after four seasons.

A photo posted by @rachelbilson on Jun 11, 2015 at 3:37pm PDT

I was one of those dumb f-cking c-nts. I was a believer. I kept believing, right up to the very, very end. Right up until USADA charged him in October 2012. I’ve written about it before. How much I wanted to hang on to the idea that Lance Armstrong was possible. I read all the books. Then, afterw…      

The lovely Laverne Cox covers the new Entertainment Weekly, just in time for the release of the third season of Orange is the New Black. Season three of OITNB was posted to Netflix last night, a full six hours ahead of a schedule. There are surely people who are at least halfway through the 14 episodes already. Laverne tells us we’re supposed to call it a “marathon,” not a “binge”. It’s as if sitting down watching a season’s worth of television at a stretch becomes an epic accomplishment instead of something we should be ashamed of. “I marathoned the hell out of that pint of Ben and Jerry’s last night.” (Bedhead will cover OITNB over the coming weeks, when more of you have had a chance to watch it.)

EW got a lot of quotes from Laverne on Caitlyn Jenner. Laverne thinks that it must be difficult to transition in the public eye, which is basically what she said when I saw her on her “Ain’t I a Woman” college tour. She also told us not to focus on the surgical or physical aspects of transgender people, as the media has done to Caitlyn nee Bruce. Here’s the teaser article from EW, with more in the print edition:

Cox wrote an thoughtful article on Tumblr, praising Jenner for being so open, but pleading with the media to stop focusing on Jenner’s good looks—and especially to stop focusing on whether or not she was going to have gender-reassignement surgery.

“Can we get past the surgery questions now?” Cox wonders. “I chose not to write about that because it’s really complicated. But what I do know is that, at this moment, Caitlyn’s narrative is about transitioning. And obviously she’s just at the beginning stages of her womanhood…the pickup it’s gotten and her visibility has been unprecedented.”

Cox praises Jenner for handling the constant scrutiny with such grace—and also admires how forthcoming Jenner is being. “Her authenticity, her vulnerability is beautiful. Her love of her family is so beautiful,” Cox says. “Caitlyn is dynamic, and has a sense of purpose and vision.” But she also adds she’s happy she didn’t have the same attention heaped on her during her own transition.

“This is why I’m so grateful that I had the luxury of transitioning in private,” Cox says. “Because when you transition in the public eye, the transition becomes the story. I’m always disturbed when I see conversations about trans people that focus on surgery. But I believe Caitlyn will transcend this moment.”

[From EW]

Caitlyn is transcending this moment, in part, with tons of publicity and cash. I’m not saying she shouldn’t go that route if that’s what she chooses, just that she’s marketing the hell out of this. For many transgender people, transitioning in public would be awful, but I get the impression that Caitlyn is enjoying it, which is how it should be.

Laverne also had the honor of being named the first transgender person to get a wax figure at Madame Tussauds. Her statue will premiere in San Francisco later this month as part of Pride Weekend. Laverne said, in part, “When I think about being who I am, a black trans woman from a working class background raised in Mobile, Alabama, this honor feels even more improbable and extraordinary.”

Laverne Cox and Selenis Leyva are shown at Orangecon on 6-11. Laverne is also shown at the GLAAD media awards on 5-10-15. Credit: WENN.com and EW

A generous donor has put up $100,000 in matching funds in support of Covenant House Vancouver. This means that every dollar you give will be DOUBLED. And that makes a huge difference in the lives of young women like Jennie. I worked with Jennie when I was a full-time development officer at Covena…      

Dear Gossips,

So about Jennifer Lawrence’s bodyguard…

My favourite email from yesterday came from “ExCop” who wrote:

“Yup, he’s a cutie but … a professional bodyguard does not carry your purse dog (or your purse, or shopping or anything else). He needs to keep his hands free. He’s s…      

Here are some photos of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at an event yesterday in London. She made an appearance to unveil two elephant sculptures which were made to raise awareness about saving Asian elephants. Camilla used this appearance to debut a subtly different new look. Do you see it? I really didn’t until the UK papers pointed it out – Camilla got a haircut! And I think her color is subtly different too. This is apparently her first big hair change-up in years. She was also wearing a lovely and expensive silk dress by Anna Valentine, the designer who did Camilla’s wedding gown. She also had a clutch purse that looked like a “tin of baked beans.” For laughs.

According to the Daily Mail, Camilla’s new look is all part of her “expensive makeover,” which, let’s be fair, has been happening since she married Charles. Suddenly her hair and clothes got a lot better and her jewelry is almost as amazing as the Queen’s. You can read the DM’s breakdown of Camilla’s “makeover” here. Some highlights:

Her haircut: It’s the work of hairstylist Hugh Green, who often accompanies Camilla on tours at a cost of £1,600 a day. The cut might have been the work of the Jo Hansford Salon in Mayfair though, which is where Camilla gets her blonde highlights for about £500 a highlight session.

She gets regular bee venom facials? “Her skin too looks noticeably fresher and plumper than usual, the result, say sources, of regular bee venom facials performed at home by top facialist Deborah Mitchell. Dubbed ‘nature’s botox’, apotoxins trick the complexion into thinking it has been slightly – with the result the body sends blood to the area, stimulating collagen production in the process…Maintaining her fresh-faced look doesn’t come cheap either thanks to the soaring cost of bee venom – £30,000 for a single ounce. No surprise then, that a 50ml pot of Mitchell’s Bee Venom mask comes in at £73.”

Camilla maintains a size 10 figure? She gets her wardrobe tailored to show off her waist.

Camilla has expensive fashion taste: she goes for £18,000 to £27,000 gowns from Burce Oldfield, Anna Valentine, etc.

Camilla’s jewelry: Charles apparently “lavishes” expensive pieces on Camilla, some of which are “heritage pieces” Charles has bought which once belonged to Camilla’s great-grandmother Alice Keppel. She apparently has a vast ruby collection. She also gets to wear the Greville necklace, a five-row diamond piece once owned by the Queen Mother. Camilla’s engagement ring was also the Queen Mother’s – it’s a 1920s piece with a square-cut diamond flanked by six diamond baguettes.

[From The Daily Mail]

God, if I ever got a chance to see everything in the royal jewel collection, I could die happy. I like the fact that Queen Elizabeth takes major pieces out of rotation for years before bringing them out again, but still… imagine you get a chance to go into the royal vault (or whatever) and look at EVERY piece. I would die!!!!

As for Camilla… she looks good. I don’t buy that she’s getting crazy-expensive skin treatments, but I do think she spends a lot of money on clothes, jewels and her hair.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.