Taylor Swift, as we know, as we’ve seen, repeatedly, every day, everywhere, is friends with everyone. With one exception: Katy Perry. OK two. Katy Perry and John Mayer. But two of her friends, Lorde and Ellie Goulding were partying recently with Katy Perry. The evidence is on Instagram.

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I still think it’s adorable to see Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham having such a fun work-friendship. I never would have put them together, but out of the cast of Spy, it seems like Melissa and Jason had the most fun together. These are photos from last night’s NYC premiere of Spy. I’m including photos of Jason, Melissa, Rose Byrne and Jude Law.

Melissa looked especially pretty right? She wore a dress that she designed herself. I’ve had a problem with her style lately and that’s because she’s too covered up. I feel like that’s a default for so many plus-sized women and it’s unfair. Granted, some women (of all sizes) don’t want to show all of their bits and pieces, but it’s not either/or. Plus-sized women shouldn’t have to choose between wearing what are basically burqas versus showing too much skin. Anyway, Melissa talked a bit about her clothing line last night:

“I just don’t believe in a uniform,” the actress, 44, told PEOPLE on the red carpet. “I think if people have it and they love it, great, but I think people get into a rut and I’ve always been someone who gets a kick out of dressing.”

McCarthy’s personal style depends on her mood on any given day, but she’s drawn to “classic things that can morph,” she said. “I like vintage, I can never pick one style. I like a little blouse that looks great with a pencil skirt but then the next day I can wear it with ripped jeans and boots.” It’s that chameleon-like style that she’s applying to her own designs: “I’m trying to give women a closet that gives them some variety,” McCarthy said.

That includes some playful items that hold special meaning; when asked what her favorite piece in the collection is, the actress said, “There’s a sweater with a cat drawn on it that’s saying ‘Meow,’ and my daughter drew it and it just kind of breaks my heart.” The proud mom of two girls (with husband Ben Falcone) got a little emotional as she described it. “I’m such a dorky mom, I get choked up about the dumbest things. Not that that’s dumb. It’s just that she’s very creative, she loves to draw,” McCarthy told PEOPLE, while holding back tears.

“I want women to get dressed every day and feel good about themselves. I don’t care what it is, if it’s dyeing your hair blue, if it’s a sweater, whatever you want to do, if it makes you feel good and empowered, I stand behind it 100 percent,” McCarthy told PEOPLE. “And if I can be a little tiny block on that wall, I’d be proud of that.”

[From People]

Well, I hope Melissa’s clothing line is a success. The dress she wore last night was pretty enough and hey, maybe Melissa will really kill it as a designer.

Oh, and if she’s looking smaller in these photos, that’s because she’s apparently lost about 50 pounds in the past year. Good for you, girl!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

I had the chance to read the full Vanity Fair cover story in which we get to meet Caitlyn Jenner and hear her story. Author Buzz Bissinger did a masterful job. He didn’t gloss over the difficult or uncomfortable parts of Jenner’s past (namely her poor relationship with her four oldest children) and wrote a profile that was balanced, realistic and yet understanding toward Caitlyn and the transgender community. It’s a great read and I highly recommend it. I’m excerpting a couple of main points below, but there’s so much more in the article to discuss. Please note that the article alternates between using male and female pronouns depending on whether they’re referring to Bruce’s past or Caitlyn’s future. I do the same in the conclusion below.

Cailtyn admits that Bruce told lies
Bruce Jenner, she said, was “always telling lies.” Caitlyn Jenner, she said, “doesn’t have any lies.” Bruce Jenner caused hurt to four children who loved and idolized him before he gave his love and total attention to another family. Caitlyn Jenner has the possibility to make it right and close the fissure as much as she can. “I have high hopes that Caitlyn is a better person than Bruce,” said his oldest son, Burt, now 36. “I’m very much looking forward to that.”

Caitlyn’s four children from her first two marriages won’t do the docuseries
The last thing the Jenner kids want to do is reverse the rebuilding of the relationship. But despite numerous entreaties from their father as well as the head of E! programming, the Jenner children refused to participate, forgoing financial gain and exposure in the process. At first their decision did not seem to register with Caitlyn. She kept hoping they could be persuaded… when she realized the decision was final, she became increasingly frustrated and on one occasion hurled profanities. She told me she felt “terribly disappointed and terribly hurt”

Kris claims that Bruce didn’t tell her how serious the issue was
The issue of how much Bruce Jenner told Kris of his gender-identity issues is a matter of dispute: neither side wants to appear rancorous, but the two sides agree on virtually nothing. Breast growth as the result of hormones is irreversible. Jenner insists that he was a “good solid B cup” when he met Kris. She said it was comparable to a “little bit of a man boob situation” but that there was “no B cup going on…

“When I met Bruce, he told me that he had done hormones back in the early 90s. So, what he was telling me happened a decade earlier, and he never really explained it… there wasn’t a gender issue… Somebody mentioned that [he] at one point in his life liked too dress up.”

Jenner is emphatic that he told Kris he had taken hormones in the late 1980s up untl the year they met, and was equally emphatic in saying there were other side effects besides breast growth. He finds it implausible for her to suggest she was not aware of his gender struggle. But he does concede that “probably a mistake I made was maybe not having her understand – not the severity of it but that this is a condition you cannot get away from. From this standpoint maybe I blew it a way a little bit, sort of ‘This is what I do.’” He said he did cross-dress in front of her. But ultimately, he said, she set down rules: he could cross-dress when he was traveling on his own but not at home.

Kris said he never cross-dressed in front of her, the only evidence “a few times I would see a suitcase or things lying around the house.” She also said she never set down any rules.

[From Vanity Fair, print edition, July, 2016]

The article also confirms that Kris had a role in separating Bruce from his oldest children during the early years of their marriage, noting that “The children maintain that Kris essentially turned on them.” After Bruce’s second wife, Linda Thompson (mother to Brandon and Brody), took him to court for child support, Kris wasn’t as willing to “integrate the families,” Caitlyn admits. Whatever Kris did, Bruce went along with it, so it’s not all on Kris. Bruce could have maintained relationships with the oldest children if that was a priority.

Caitlyn also claims that Kris treated her badly during their marriage, especially after KUWTK started airing. “A lot of times she wasn’t very nice… I got mistreated. She controlled the money.” Kris claims that Bruce was angry, withdrawn and passive aggressive. “He was miserable… All I was doing was working very hard for my family so that we could all have a wonderful future, and he was pissed off.” Kris also says that Bruce never told her anything about being transgender until their divorce was finalized. “It was like the most passive-aggressive thing I think I’ve ever experienced.”

As for what Kris knew and when, I buy that she wasn’t fully aware of Bruce’s gender identity issues. As we saw on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Bruce was cagey about telling his family what was going on and downplayed most everything. I do think Caitlyn is telling the truth about the fact that Kris set rules for when and where Bruce could cross dress. As Caitlyn states in the article, Bruce was “always telling lies” but Caitlyn “doesn’t have any lies.” It must be a relief for her to finally be honest with herself and the world.

Here are some more photos from the editorial by Annie Leibowitz, which is striking. Caitlyn has been compared to Jessica Lange, who has called the comparisons “wonderful.” I can see it.

Lady in red! Here’s another pic of #CaitlynJenner from @VanityFair #CallMeCaitlyn pic.twitter.com/iGQwhRz52c

— David Caplan (@DavidCaplanNYC) June 1, 2015

Never be afraid to show the world who you truly are. #CaitlynJenner pic.twitter.com/EtYjqHYP4K

— A (@shaymitchnyc) June 2, 2015

Can we just… ???????????????????? #CaitlynJenner pic.twitter.com/WHGdVJa6iC

— Ginger W Lavender (@GingerWLavender) June 1, 2015

It’s a momentous day. There hasn’t been a day like this in almost 20 years. Today, Judy Blume releases her new book, In The Unlikely Event.

I know a lot of you feel the way Lainey and I feel about that. That Judy Blume ushered you through your childhood, was accessible but not overbearing and…      

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A photo posted by Iggy Azalea (@thenewclassic) on Jun 2, 2015 at 1:01am PDT

Iggy Azalea’s had a week of ups and downs. She cancelled her arena tour and explained her thoughts to Seventeen: “Mentally, to be honest with you, I just feel I deserve a break. I’ve been going non-stop for the past two years, nearly every single day.” Iggy says it’s “very emotionally draining to be on all the time.” I’ll just leave that there, and onto the the happy stuff.

Iggy and Nick Young (of the LA Lakers, who calls himself Swaggy P) have been dating for about 18 months. They seem very sweet together in red carpet photos. There was a slight bump in the road when groupie rumors circulated, and Nick joked (?) about sleeping on the couch. I don’t think those stories were real. Iggy bought him a car a few weeks later. Nick also defended his lady when Snoop Dogg made fun of her for not wearing makeup.

Nick celebrated his 30th birthday last night, and he proposed during the party. That’s a pretty gutsy move, you know? If the girl says no, then you’ll be reminded of soul-crushing rejection every birthday thereafter. Luckily, Iggy said yes. Here’s a video clip of the celebratory moment.

Swaggy P celebrated his birthday tonight by popping the question to his girlfriend Iggy! pic.twitter.com/mF3W5eRau2

— Kar?n Ci?il (@KarenCivil) June 2, 2015

The ring is, as Iggy’s most popular hit would say, very “fancy.” It suits her blingy public image. The ring reportedly cost $500,000. Us Weekly spoke with Jason Arasheben (Jason of Beverly Hills), who helped Nick design the ring. The center stone is an 8.15 Fancy Intense yellow diamond, which is surrounded by 2.28 carats of white diamonds. The setting is white gold, which surprises me. If you’re gonna go all out with massive diamonds and spend half a million, why not go another extra mile with platinum?

Iggy loves the ring and showed it off on Instagram. Congrats to the swaggy couple!

Happiest Day #Isaidyes

A photo posted by Iggy Azalea (@thenewclassic) on Jun 2, 2015 at 12:54am PDT

Love you @swaggyp1

A photo posted by Iggy Azalea (@thenewclassic) on Jun 2, 2015 at 12:57am PDT

Photos courtesy of Iggy Azalea & WENN

I read a great article over at Slate this weekend: How Entourage went from critical darling to cultural punching bag. Basically we’ve changed since Entourage first launched. We’ve asked for more in the way women are represented, not just in relationship to men, but in the way we ask for better fr…      

Jason Statham really got out of his comfort zone when he signed on to Spy. I kept wondering how his casting even came about, but in Jason’s new Guardian interview, the reporter says that writer/director Paul Feig is apparently a HUGE Statham fan and wrote the role with Jason in mind. And to his credit, Jason understood that signing on to the film was a smart move for his career, plus it just seems like he had a ball making the movie with Melissa McCarthy.

Up until this point, Jason’s interviews haven’t been anything special. His recent Esquire cover profile was exceedingly boring – go here to see. But The Guardian actually got him to open up and chat about a lot of different stuff. He even threw some shade on the current crop of superheroes, which I enjoyed. You can read the full piece here. Some highlights:

How he approached comedic work: “Paul was saying, ‘Look, just don’t try and be funny. That’s not what I want.’ It harks back to Guy Ritchie saying, ‘Don’t try and act. That’s not what I want!’”

He had difficulty improvising & he bowed down to Melissa: “She was just … great. For myself, it’s not something I’ve been accustomed to experimenting with.”

Whether he does crazy workouts all the time: “It’s been feast and famine. I’ve had untold years of burning the candle: going out, overeating, over-drinking. Even when you do it, you understand you can’t live that way. As you get older, you get a bit wiser.”

He’s still committed to doing action films: “I really like doing action movies. It’s opened the door for me and I’ve had a great career out of it. Why not continue doing something I’ve always wanted to do?”

He hates the younger crop of action stars: “They are not doing what they’re supposed to be doing. I’m inspired by the people who could do their own work. Bruce Lee never had stunt doubles and fight doubles, or Jackie Chan or Jet Li. I’ve been in action movies where there is a face replacement and I’m fighting with a double, and it’s embarrassing. But if you really are an aficionado of action movies, you know who’s doing what and who ain’t. To me it’s a little bit sad.”

He’s not impressed with the superheroes either: “You slip on a cape and you put on the tights and you become a superhero? They’re not doing anything! They’re just sitting in their trailer. It’s absolutely, 100% created by stunt doubles and green screen. How can I get excited about that?”

Would he love to play James Bond? “Could I do it? Abso-f–king-lutely. Would I do it? Abso-f–king-lutely. Is Daniel Craig a great Bond? Abso-f–king-lutely. Yeah, I’d make a decent Bond. But it’d be very, very different if I did it.”

Would he play a Bond villain? “Er …I don’t know if I wanna to do that. That’s not my thing. I’d rather play the other guy.”

[From The Guardian]

I really like what he says about action-oriented actors needing to understand how to do their own stunt work. I think that’s fair for Jason in particular to say, since he prides himself on doing all (or almost all) of his own stunt work. And I like that he name-checks Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Jackie Chan as icons of “action actors.” As for Jason and James Bond… he’s 48 years old now. It’s not going to happen. But he’s right, he would have been an interesting choice for Bond.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

After spending part of last week in LA to celebrate daughter Lily Rose’s 16th birthday, Johnny Depp has returned to Australia to resume work on Pirates 5. Apparently authorities held him and Amber Heard on his private jet for an hour to search the aircraft to go through their luggage, extra suspi…      

Dame Diana Rigg has an excellent new interview with The Daily Beast. Rigg is currently starring on Game of Thrones as Olenna Tyrell, the Queen of Thorns. Rigg is 76 years old, and it sometimes feels like she’s having the time of her life on GoT – she’s like the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey, a salty-tongued truth-teller and shade-thrower. You can read Rigg’s full interview here – she talks a lot about GoT and feminism, amongst other subjects. Some highlights:

Filming the scene with Littlefinger in the brothel: “I loved that! I thought I’d have a photograph taken and use it as a birthday card. There were broken dildos all over the floor—ceramic dildos. At my age, shock was a long way off.”

The rape of Sansa Stark: “I think people just don’t like to be confronted with that sort of reality, and obviously react. But the fact of the matter is it does go on—not least of which in Africa and places of war. Wherever there’s a war, there’s rape.”

Demanding a higher salary on The Avengers in the 1960s: “They painted me as a mercenary person, which I wasn’t being at all, I just wanted parity. I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did.”

She didn’t want to be the face of second-wave feminism: “They approached me, and by that time they were very, very politicized, and quite honestly, I’ve always thought it was a question of money, largely. You can’t actually legislate what goes on in people’s minds and their attitudes, but you certainly can legislate for parity where pay and salaries are concerned. In the tennis world, for example, Billie Jean King did the most wonderful battle against the inequalities that were happening there, and got a lot of respect for it. If you’re earning equal pay to a man you get respect. It shouldn’t be that way, but it is. Everything else follows. And if a woman has her own money and is in a relationship, she’s free to do exactly what she wants, and doesn’t have to answer to the man.”

1960s London: “FUN with a capital F-U-N. There were quite a few wild times. I remember Paul McCartney arriving on my doorstep quite out of the blue. He had their latest record, Sgt. Pepper’s. He just arrived, said he wanted to meet me, and gave me this record and it was absolutely charming… and that was it!”

[From The Daily Beast]

You know how some people are obsessed with World War II or the Civil War or the Jazz Age or whatever? For me, that’s London in the 1960s. If I could go back to any place and time, I would want to see London in the ‘60s. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, all of the models and actresses and artists… it just seems like that was such a cool moment. As for Rigg’s thoughts on feminism and everything else… I kind of agree with her. Oh, and she says she gets along really well with all of the younger ladies on GoT and they all teasingly call her “Dame.”

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Sir Paul McCartney is passing on grass these days.

The Beatles member – who has four grown children and 11-year-old daughter Beatrice – says he no longer smokes marijuana.

“I don’t do it anymore,” the legendary musician, 72, told the Daily Mirror. “Why? The truth is I don’t really want to set an example to my kids and grandkids. It’s now a parent thing.”

“Back then I was just some guy around London having a ball, and the kids were little so I’d just try and keep it out of their faces,” he added. “Instead of smoking a spliff I’ll now have a glass of red wine or a nice margarita. The last time I smoked was a long time ago.”

With five children and eight grandchildren, McCartney keeps fit and healthy for his family.

“I feel pretty fit. I’m not the sort of person who particularly needs a trainer. I’ll just watch what the trainers do and then copy them,” he shared. “I do a bit of the cross-trainer, a bit of running, a bit of cardio and then I do some weights, some abs on the Swiss ball, before ending up on the mat doing a few stretches. And then standing on my head.”

And he is loving his regular exercise routine.

“What’s cool about it is that I’ll be in the gym with all these guys doing really big weights, while I’m there doing not big weights,” he explained. “And afterwards, when I’ve done my headstand for about five minutes, these big guys will come up to me and say, ‘That was pretty impressive, man!’”