Amid split rumors, A-listers Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck stepped out with their daughters – Violet, 9, and Seraphina, 6 – in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thursday (May 28).

Leaving 3-year-old son Samuel at home, the Hollywood couple treated their girls to ice cream after school.

Prior to picking up their daughters, the pair were seen lunching together in Brentwood.

According to Entertainment Tonight, the couple might be headed for a divorce. The parents-of-three have their 10-year wedding anniversary coming up on June 29.

Despite the speculation about their relationship, they’ve been keeping busy on work and family. Ben has been busy filming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, while Jennifer recently launched her new children’s crafts line, We Made It.

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So far, so good. I’m not tired of seeing photos of Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift (CAYLOR SWARRIS!!) together. It feels exciting and new and dramatic. Of course, I felt the same way about Swifty and Harry Styles, and that only ended up lasting a few months. Calvin and Tay stepped out in NYC yesterday. They held hands for the paps. They went out to lunch. Taylor wore this absolutely absurd outfit. I don’t get why crop tops are back on-trend these days? This outfit looks exactly like what my college roommate wore in the 1990s.

But yes, Calvin and Swifty are in the full flush of love. Do they lay in bed starring at each other while Olivia and Meredith sleep in between them? Do Olivia and Meredith get shoved out of the bedroom while Calvin and Tay enjoy some Scottish sex? Does Tay sing love songs to Calvin and the kitties? So many questions. But here’s one constant of all of Taylor’s relationships: Team Swifty issues really obvious quotes about her romances and breakups to certain media outlets. This is what Us Weekly’s Tay-heavy sources say about Caylor Swarris:

“They’re really into each other. Normally when Calvin parties, there are girls everywhere, but he’s completely toned down and is just about Taylor. He’s changed because of her — he’s much nicer, a lot more calm. He’s happy to stay home with her and not be on the scene. They spend a lot of nights watching Netflix and catching up on shows they never get to see. He had no idea that she would change him so much.”

[From Us Weekly]

And here’s what E! News’ source had to say about them:

“Taylor and Calvin are having such an amazing time getting to know each other these past few months and spending quality time together where ever they travel to. It’s really easy for them to connect on many levels even though they both have busy schedules. They have some differences but also similar in many ways. They are trying to be as private as they can but they are also not afraid or hiding their affection towards each other when they are together in public. They both love New York City and this trip together is really easy and comfortable for them. They both love to eat out and also stay in and just chill. Friends and family love seeing Taylor so happy and into Calvin. Calvin loves how connected Taylor is to her friends, family and fans.”

[From E! News]

If you got a whiff of a Lisa Frank diary, glitter, sparkleponies and cuddlefesting, that’s because Team Swifty is “leaking” and all of this is the Swifty-approved message about her relationship. Is this what Caylor Swarris is really like in real life? Who knows? But this is HER pattern. She builds these guys up, publicly and privately, and then when it all falls apart (re: he dumps her over the phone), voila! She’s got another breakup album.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News, Fame/Flynet.

Tutu cute!

Famous sisters, Keeping Up with the Kardashians stars Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian, stepped out with their daughters North, 23 months, and Penelope, 2 1/2, in Tarzana, Calif. on Thursday (May 28).

Both sporting tutus, North looked beautiful in white while Penelope looked adorable in all black. After dance class, the famous group hit the Westfield Mall in Woodland Hills.

Last week, we spotted the cute cousins heading into the dance studio for their lessons.

After class, Kim took to Instagram with some cute pics from the afternoon outing.

“Ballet in Balmain,” the proud mom, 34, captioned the split image of her toddler.

She went on to share another shot. “#PaparazziGotMeLike…,” she captioned the photo of both girls.

Ballet in Balmain

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on May 28, 2015 at 11:52am PDT

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Here are some photos of Kit Harington filming a segment on Extra yesterday. So far, Extra has not released anything online, which is giving me a Kit Sadface. I was hoping for another interview about how Kit hates that everyone thinks he’s so hot and sexy. He’s not your piece of sad-faced meat, people! Kit’s outfit for this Extra appearance was…um, interesting? Do they sell men’s clothes where he got that ensemble? Because I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that exact pair of skinny jeans on Duchess Kate, and I know I’ve seen that striped sweater on Diane Kruger.

Still, I do love Kit. I want to have sad-faced, androgynously-dressed babies with him. Unfortunately, this is not another chapter in our ongoing saga, “Celebitchy Presents: Kit Harington Says Words.” I can’t find ANY new interviews with him. Sad(face). But there is some new Game of Thrones stuff, so let’s get to it!

Kit will actually have a big part in this Sunday’s episode of GoT. The episode is called “Hardhome” and it apparently took one full month to film. Many new characters will be introduced as Jon Snow travels to Hardhome, the Wildlings current hide-out/home. Jon Snow is trying to convince the Wildlings to come South of the Wall to spend the Winter, and when the time comes, to fight with the Night’s Watch against the Army of the Undead or whatever. HBO released some new images, which you can see here. I’ll probably be using those same images for Monday’s recap post, just FYI.

SPOILERS for future GoT episodes. HBO has released information about the last two episodes of the season. Just the name of the final episode has caused a total nerd meltdown online. The ninth episode is called “The Dance of Dragons.” The final episode is called “Mother’s Mercy.” The synopsis of the final episode: “Stannis marches. Dany is surrounded by strangers. Cersei seeks forgiveness. Jon is challenged.” Most believe that the final episode will feature Cersei being marched through King’s Landing by the High Sparrow, and I will not say more about that. It could also refer to Jon Snow’s questionable maternity issues, or Dany’s dragons or a million other things. But!! There is also the hope/dream that the season finale’s title might be a reference to Lady Stoneheart, who is also known as Mother’s Mercy. Should we even dream about that?

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

If you have a Tom Hardy problem, this isn’t going to help. I have a Tom Hardy problem, and just listening to him shut down a stupid, vaguely sexist question in his natural speaking voice was enough to give me a hot flash. This man… he’s so sexy, they need to invent a new word for “sexy.” Apparently, when Tom was in Cannes to promote Mad Max: Fury Road, he was asked a douchey question by a Canadian journalist named Peter Howell. Howell’s question: “As you were reading the script, did you ever think ‘Why are all these women in here? I thought this was supposed to be a man’s movie?’” That happens around the 9:50 mark on this video:

So what was Tom’s reply? “No. Not for one minute…That’s kind of obvious. But like, but also in reference to the concept of having a script, that would have been nice. That was more of a concern.” It really bothered him that they didn’t really have a script, but no, he wasn’t bothered by the fact that Fury Road ended up being a feminist masterpiece.

While in Cannes, Tom also praised the film for being about the empowerment of women, saying that people come into the film expecting him to play a version of Mel Gibson: “What you don’t get, here, is what you expect. And that’s what’s wonderful. The lead of this movie is a female amputee. It’s a total empowerment of women. It’s actually about f–king time.”

And here’s just another random quote that I found from Tom which isn’t about feminism, but is about how actors need to stop labeling themselves “theater actors” or “action-movie actors” or whatever:

“Something that really f–king dicks me off is this stigma between acting ‘classes’: you know, like movie actors, or film actors, TV, independent films, stage, theatre, you know. Apart from musicals, well you know, musicals — I just can’t sing. There’s no difference between a zero-dollar performance and a $20-million performance. It doesn’t matter. What matters is the story and the team and the work. In film you have to crash everything into two hours, it’s very disappointing sometimes: you work your arse off and you see the edit and it’s like, ‘But we shot so much more’ and it’s just being tanked into this box. A goldfish grows to the size of its bowl. So if you’re in a big movie, you have to grow it to that size and work in that machine. If you’re on the stage, the same. Different disciplines, same heart.”

[From Yahoo]

Wait, a goldfish grows to the size of its bowl? That’s not true, right?! No. That’s not correct. But it was a great image. God, I love him. My lust for Tom Hardy is visceral.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

You’ll have to excuse me from not seeing this conspiracy theory sooner, but I have literally never watched any of 19 Kids and Counting. Over the past few years, I’ve only paid attention to the Duggar family through media coverage of their antics, weddings and babies, which meant that I really only paid attention to Jessa and Jill before the Josh Duggar situation blew up last week. But thanks to some eagle-eyed viewers and the Daily Mail conspiracy theorists, we now have a terrible new story about how Josh’s molestation of at least four of his younger sisters affected the whole family, especially as the sisters reached adulthood. Apparently, Jill pointedly didn’t want Josh to be part of her wedding party and Jessa didn’t invite Josh or his family to be a part of her wedding party.

Fans of the hit show may have missed the biggest sign of discord when Jill Duggar married Derick Dillard on June 21, 2014 at the Cross Church in Springdale Arkansas in front of almost 1,000 guests. Jill, 24, handpicked her eight bridesmaids, which included her sister-in-law Anna, 25, and even her only niece Mackynzie, 5, as a flower girl. Derick, 26, used three Duggar boys as groomsmen, John-David, 25, Joseph, 20, and Jackson, 11. Derick even had little Michael, 3, (Josh and Anna’s eldest son) serve as ring bearer. But Josh was not front and center at the nuptials.

A source close to the family who attended the wedding tells Daily Mail Online: ‘We all thought it was odd that basically everyone of Josh’s family served in some position but he was left out. But no one made a big deal about it. Now it’s making more sense why they wouldn’t want him up there, standing at the altar next to them.’

Things got even more curious when Jessa Duggar married Ben Seewald on November 1, at the First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Ar. Jessa, 22, and Ben, 20, had ten bridesmaids and ten groomsmen in their wedding party, and not a single member of Josh’s immediate family was included. Jessa had sisters Jinger, 21, (as maid of honor) Jana, 25, Jill, and Joy, 17, in her party, with little Jordyn, 6, as flower girl, while Ben invited Joseph, and Josiah, 18, to stand up for him.

There were other signs that something was amiss between the siblings. When the ‘All About Jill’ episode aired (Season 14, episode 13) in October 2014, it featured older brother Josh reminding viewers that ‘perfect’ Jill was basically the family snitch or ‘tattle tale,’ running to their parents Jim Bob, 49, and Michelle 47, with everything they did. On the surface it may have seemed an off the cuff ‘there’s one in every family’ type jibe, but now insiders are wondering if this too was a sign of friction in the Duggar household.

‘The fans feel like they were duped I’m sure,’ says our source, ‘It wasn’t just them, it was friends, all of us. The super-strict courtship and restrictions on the girls always seemed over the top – now it all makes sense.’

[From The Daily Mail]

From what I understand, Josh was invited to these weddings, like he attended as a guest but he had no formal position, like a groomsman or whatever. Could it be that Jill and Jessa – and perhaps all of the older sisters – still kind of hate Josh? And that comment from Josh about Jill being the “tattle tale” made me sick. It also makes me sick to think that Jim-Bob and Michelle ARE stricter with the daughters who were Josh’s victims. Ugh.

Photos courtesy of Duggar social media.

I love this cover so hard. I want to marry this Star cover without a prenup and have a cash-money baby with it. Amal Clooney is a golddigging hussy: yay or nay? Amal refused to sign a prenup! Amal is using George! Amal is forcing George to buy her parents a gold-plated mansion! Amal doesn’t even love George! Well, that’s one PR campaign that blew up in George Clooney’s face. You know what would fix all of this? An Alamooney baby. God, you know that’s next. Anyway, some highlights from my favorite Star cover story in months.

George is rich. While Amal was a successful lawyer before she met George, “money truly is no object for him and he lives a magnificent lifestyle.” A lifestyle of private jets, mansions and couture fashion!

George’s friends question Amal’s motives. George is worth $180 million and she didn’t sign a pre-nup. “George thinks Amal is the best thing that’s ever happened to him and he can’t give her enough… his friends just hope he made the right decision and that Amal will make him as happy as he’s determined to make her. But some fear she could be a golddigger!”

Amal was withholding. During their brief, six-month courtship, George knew “fairly quickly” that Amal was The One – “he’d never met anyone like Amal, he fell in love right away and for him that’s a big deal. But their relationship was very one-sided. Amal was so cautious about committing, he practically had to beg her to marry him!”

Amal didn’t expect to marry him. A source says: “The proposal really caught Amal off-guard. She was aware of his reputation as a confirmed bachelor and thought marriage was the last thing on his mind. But she enjoyed living his lifestyle. From day one, George has treated her like a princess, showering her with gifts and flying her around the world.”

Amal is a social climber. She comes from a family of prominent intellectuals, but was never wealthy. Star writes: “Many of Amal’s friends viewed her as a social climber, which might explain her relentless pursuit of high-profile cases in her law career.” A source says: “Amal likes the finer things in life, and all her friends know it. They’ve said she’s only interested in rich men.”

Amal settled. “She knew this [marriage] would be the end of any privacy she had, plus George’s life is so different from hers. There would have to be a lot of compromises, but ultimately she felt that at 36, she should be settled down with someone.”

Amal spends money like water. “Amal regularly spends thousands on designer clothing and accessories, eating at the best restaurants and drinking $500-a-bottle wines.” Since the wedding, Amal has been “blowing through a whopping $2 million each month.”

Amal is real estate-obsessed. George bought the $15.5 million estate in England for her and she’s “been spending tens of thousands remodeling it. Everything is custom-designed and she’s picked out rare art pieces that are extremely expensive.”

George wants to buy her parents a mansion. He’s looking at a $15 million mansion near Beirut to buy for her family as “a gesture of love and respect for Amal’s family.”

The pre-nup. George apparently brought a pre-nup and “Amal refused to sign George’s prenup. And he was so desperate to marry her that he didn’t force it.” If Amal stays with George for another few years, she could score a major payday in a potential divorce.

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Obviously, Gossip Cop’s “source” says that the entire story is BS. But… I believe some of it. I believe she probably refused to sign a prenup. I believe that she’s been spending a crazy amount of money on clothes and mansions. I believe she really, really enjoys George’s jet-set lifestyle, just as she enjoys her pap stroll fashion shows and being invited to all of the big events with all of the important people. I also believe she was probably just withholding enough to “catch” George. That’s a smart game for a clever girl. When he proposed, she probably hesitated for so long because she couldn’t believe her game had worked so well and so fast.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

You guys called it. You said that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner would do a pap stroll to counter the stories that they’re divorcing and you were right. These photos are from yesterday. Multiple outlets had them, so it’s somewhat unlikely that they just happened to be caught out. (To be fair, there’s always a lot of paparazzi interest in them and it’s even more so now.) So does this mean that they aren’t divorcing or just that they want to keep up the facade for now?

Earlier this week, Radar claimed that Ben Affleck was planning to announce a divorce from Jennifer Garner just before their tenth anniversary, which is June 29th. That would put Affleck and Garner under the mythical “10 year rule” in California. (There are a lot of misconceptions about the “10 year rule,” and the legal interpretation of it may vary. It does not result in indefinite spousal support payments, however there are changes in law that may result in a financial hit to the wealthier party. Here is an article which explains it the simplest.)

Radar’s evidence included details that these two had seemingly been apart for over a month, that Affleck has been gambling in Vegas, and that he was spotted in Nova Scotia, Canada, last month around the time of Garner’s birthday. In a follow up story, Radar claims that Affleck wasn’t even with the mother of his children on Mother’s Day and that he was with his mom and brother instead. If this is true, it sounds very bad indeed:

According to an insider, Affleck, 42, opted to spend the holiday with his brother, Casey, and his own mom. Meanwhile, Garner’s mother and father flew to L.A. From West Virginia to spend the day with her and her kids.

[From Radar]

The more Radar pushes this “Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are over” story, the more persuaded I get. Plus, Lainey has a new blind item that pretty much cinches it for me. If you didn’t know, Lainey of LaineyGossip is a Canadian entertainment reporter and (unlike other outlets) her blind items often pan out. So when Lainey has Canadian-centric gossip, it’s even more convincing. She doesn’t name the celebrity in this item, but many people think this is about Ben:

You remember when he turned up in a small, out-of-the-way-of-Hollywood town not too long ago, for no apparent reason? He was trying to go undercover. Because it turns out, he was there with a woman…a very attractive woman… who is not his wife. They were seen holding hands at the hotel. But can you ever really hide? No. Not even out of the country. Not even by the sea. He ended up getting busted by fans and the local media got a hold of it. And the thing is, he told his wife that he was somewhere else. He and his companion have been having an affair for some time…

Of course it’s not the first time. He thought it wouldn’t get back to her that time in Oklahoma and that didn’t work out for him either. His wife forgave him then, as she always does, patiently supporting him as he works through his issues and compulsions. But he can’t help himself. When things are going well, he will always find a way to f-ck himself up.

[From Lainey Gossip]

Bedhead pointed out to me that Ben filmed To The Wonder in Oklahoma. Ben was in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia in mid April. Cheticamp is right on the Atlantic Ocean.

Gawker has some analysis as to when Ben and Jen could announce a split. They’re basing it on Radar’s reporting so this all hinges on whether Radar is correct.

I’m still hoping that this isn’t true; that the tabloids are hyping circumstantial evidence to get us through a slow gossip cycle. Maybe there’s a grain of truth to it but it doesn’t mean that these two have to be over at this point, right? Ben does self sabotage, but Jen puts up with it and I like to think that he’s A) not cheating and B) that they’ll work it out. These photos of their family outing suggest B) at least.

Here’s a photo of Affleck in character as Batman on the Suicide Squad set in Toronto this week. (It’s possible some of these shots are of a stunt double, it’s hard to tell.) Garner was said to be filming Nine Lives in Montreal, which is a five hour drive or short plane ride away. She’s obviously back in LA at this point though, for whatever reason.

Photo credit: Pacific Coast News and FameFlynet

A few months have passed since I last spoke of Rob Kardashian. He’s been laying low and battling his demons. Rob’s been struggling with his weight for years. He’s obviously depressed, and his family is mostly too busy preening in the mirror to care. They tried to make it into a KUWTK storyline without Rob’s involvement. So rude. Rob finally lashed out at Kim, which she deserved after telling him to stop being depressed. Kim also told the family to stop “licking his a**,” but we already knew she was a selfish person.

Stories circulated about Rob being hooked on crystal meth, which was ridiculous. I can see him being hooked on painkillers, but who knows. A new report from Gossip Extra (a South Floridian publication) says Rob quietly checked into rehab last weekend. The facility sounds pretty strict:

Keeping up With The Kardashians star Rob Kardashian quietly checked into a beachside Palm Beach County drug and booze rehab center over the weekend, and he managed to avoid dozens of shutterbugs scouring the area.

The rogue Kardashian, who’s the youngest of momager Kris Jenner‘s four children with her first husband, is “in good spirits” and has a positive mindset, says a friend who helped him check in for the 60-day in-patient program.

“He told me ‘This is it, I just need to stick with it and do this,’” said Delray Beach resident Mark Behar, a bodyguard who works with Hollywood celebs and befriended Rob years ago.

Behar says Rob’s regimen includes weight loss and physical training. “Rob will probably lose 10 to 20 pounds within the first few weeks by just being in rehab and daily programs relating to his detox.”

Kardashian, 28, could end up staying in the area until Christmas to get himself back on track.

Overweight and allegedly battling substance and alcohol abuse, the Dancing With The Stars 13th season standout is said to be trying to cut himself off from the world until he gets better.

The rehab center’s rules include a ban on cell phone and visits for the first month and a half!

[From Gossip Extra]

So … Florida. A few years ago, we heard about Rob’s secret lovechild with a woman who lives in Miami. So he has state connections already. A Florida rehab would give Rob space from his nutty family, which sounds like the best medicine of all. Gossip Cop has been unable to confirm or deny whether this story is real, so it’s probably true. I hope Rob gets the help he needs.

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Chris Evans has been filming Cap 3: Civil War, and Marvel must be relieved to keep him in sight. Dude acted drunk throughout the Ultron tour. The formerly press-shy Evans laughed riotously during the press tour. He swayed on the red carpet and petted a microphone. All the while, Evans was supposedly dating Lily Collins and “having a lot of fun,” although they were never in the same country for more than a few days. One awkward set of photos surfaced of them at a restaurant (and then Minka Kelly showed up).

Now the relationship is over as soon as it began. Lainey reported that Lily got back together with ex-flame Jamie Campbell Bower. It’s time for the tabloid followup, and it is glorious. Their parting is described as “amicable” while one side points fingers. The headline: “Chris Evans can’t keep up with Lily’s liver.” Uh-huh.

Captain America may have superhuman strength, speed, and endurance, but as far as Lily Collins is concerned, Chris Evans, 33, is a lightweight. Insiders are attributing their short-lived romance to the simple fact that, when it comes to partying, she was too much for him. “Lily is your average 26-year-old Hollywood star,” says a well-placed source. “She keeps her party circle tight, but she definitely likes to have a good time. She likes to drink and have late nights sometimes, and that’s just not Chris. He’s not a partier at all.” Despite an “intense physical attraction,” the pair ultimately realized they were just too different and parted amicably. So who is well suited to Lily? “Zac Efron,” says the source. “That’s why Lily and Zac got along so well. They both like to have fun.”

[From Star, print edition, June 6, 2015]

Let’s parse. The source implies that Lily is a bad influence. Boy scout Chris Evans can’t be with a woman who “likes to drink” because “that’s just not Chris.” Hilarious. This is damage control and more of the “he’s just like Steve Rogers” nonsense. Poor Lily. She dated Drunkface for a few weeks, and now she’s getting thrown under the bus. I’m also laughing at the “intense physical attraction” claim. Chris has raved about having a “type.” Lily (as cute as she is) does not fit that physical profile.

Oh well. Lily has been posting loved-up selfies with Jamie. She’s not listening anymore.

Happy is what happy does. 50 shades of blush #cloud9ispinkright?…

A photo posted by Lily Collins (@lilyjcollins) on May 27, 2015 at 7:29am PDT

Life works in mysterious ways but when you find your inner glow is back and shining brighter, you know it’s right…

A photo posted by Lily Collins (@lilyjcollins) on May 27, 2015 at 8:12am PDT

Photos courtesy of Lily Collins on Instagram, Fame/Flynet & WENN