Jake Gyllenhaal was also at the amfAR gala last night and spent some time hanging out with Zoe Kravitz. I’m about to put Zoe Kravitz on my Five List. Am obsessed with her. She’s a charismatic performer. Even though she’s active on social media, she still manages to maintain a distance, a mystery,…      

Mindy Kaling has talked about her “weird as hell” relationship with B.J. Novak a lot in the past year. When she was on Howard Stern’s show last summer, Stern asked her a lot of questions about her love life, and Mindy ended up making headlines because she honestly described being dumped by Novak when she was 24 years old and how devastating it was for her, because she thought they would get married. She also talked about Novak in her recent InStyle Magazine cover story, saying: “He is not my boyfriend, but he is not my best friend. I guess you could describe our relationship as a ‘romantically charged camaraderie with loud arguments.’”

Whatever is going on with them, I don’t really think it’s healthy. I think they love each other and Mindy is still into him and he’s maybe playing some games. Like, I think he cares about her and he doesn’t want her to be with anyone else, but he still doesn’t want to be her boyfriend. We’ve all had relationships like that, but usually those relationships are when you’re college-aged and angsty and worried about things getting “too real.” For Mindy and Novak to continue this pattern well into their mid-to-late 30s is… weird as hell. And now they’re going to write a book about it.

Mindy’s next project is going to be a whopper. Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak will make $7.5 million for penning a book about their off-and-on romance, according to a well-placed publishing industry source. We’re told the book is likely to include juicy information about “The Office” stars’ “complicated” courtship, which coincided with their roles on the NBC comedy, which ran from 2005-13.

“It’s a crazy price!” our source said. We’re told that lofty amount will be shelled out by a division of Random House. It would rank somewhere between what a heavyweight like Lena Dunham and a superheavyweight Hillary Clinton might collect. We’re told the book’s title will likely be announced May 30 at the Javits Center, where the pair are to appear at BookCon. We’re told the formal announcement of the book was supposed to have been “a surprise,” which means this article will be an even bigger one. Until now, that May 30 event was being billed as a chat about Kaling’s second book of essays, “Why Not Me?” The collection follows up on her 2011 best seller, “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”

Kaling soon may have fodder for another book after this is all over. While the collaboration with Novak is to be published by a yet-to-be-named Random House imprint, her essay collection is being put out Sept. 29 by Crown Books — a direct competitor. There’s a rumor among publishing insiders that Random House could be using Kaling and Novak’s book to launch a new imprint that could appeal to authors with sensibilities and followings similar to those of the two “Office” stars.

[From NYDN]

Wow, relationship drama AND publishing drama. Well, as long as they’re making some kind of profit along the line, more power to them. But it feels like public foreplay, like they’re going to be airing all of their relationship drama in public and maybe that will force them to finally admit that they should be together. As I said, I think Mindy is already there – she wants to be with Novak. He’s the withholder.

Oh, and Hulu has picked up The Mindy Project and they’ve already ordered 26 new episodes!!! THR had a very interesting story about how the deal came together – Kaling nurtured her relationship with the Hulu brass for a long time, and when TMP was on the bubble again this year, she was already talking to Hulu executives about picking up the show. Good for her!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Continuing the trend of turning their classic cartoons into live action spectacles, Disney announced that the next property to get the Real Boy treatment will be a kind of Peter Pan spin-off centered on Tinker Bell. The movie is called Tink and it will star AMERICAN CITIZEN Reese Witherspoon as t…      

Last week, George Clooney and Amal went out to dinner with Julia Roberts. George and Julia have been working together in NYC on Jodie Foster’s new film, Money Monster. After the dinner, Julia publicly gave Amal her stamp of approval, although that doesn’t really mean much. I mean, Julia Roberts deigned to mention someone other than Julia Roberts, so that is newsworthy, but let’s not pretend that George and Julia and Amal and Danny Moder are now besties and double-dates. It’s not that I think Julia doesn’t play well with other women, nor do I think Amal has the same problem – I think both women are simply used to being the center of attention, the queen of all. I can just imagine that the dinner was a minefield of passive-aggressive shade and goose-honk laughing.

Now Star Magazine is getting in on it. Because two women will never be able to get along (even if I agree that these particular women probably don’t care for each other).

George Clooney is desperately trying to act as peacemaker between Julia Roberts and his wife, Amal! Julia is fuming that Amal keeps showing up on the NYC set of ‘Money Monster’, even bringing her parents and sister, Tala, to meet the cast.

“Julia tolerated it the first time,” dishes an insider. “But Amal keeps dropping by and interrupting filming. Everything grinds to a halt and it’s driving Julia crazy!”

George heard Julia’s gripes and took the two women out to a swanky dinner to smooth over tensions. While he claims that the pair have “become good friends,” insiders say Julia is just playing nice… for now.

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

See? Julia’s mad because Amal is pulling focus from the most important person on the set: Julia Roberts!! Honestly though, Amal has only made a handful of pap-friendly stops to the New York set, so it doesn’t really feel like Amal is there constantly, enough to annoy Julia. But anyone trying to pull focus from Julia for any amount of time will always be The Enemy!

Julia also deigned to participate in a skit for NBC’s Red Nose Day. It was sort of funny but the bit went on too long.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Like he would miss the amfAR gala, right? Because he’s so charitable. And also because models. They’re everywhere in Cannes but at the fundraisers they’re especially important because the old rich dudes feel more generous when they’re around. It’s a big dick-off, all of them throwing their money …      

Back with the #thekidsinthehall #jenniferlawrence #mystique #nicholashoult #beast #Xmen #XMenApocalypse

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This is just a nice photo of Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult posing together (with director Bryan Singer) on the set of X-Men: Apocalypse. The film will be JLaw’s last run as Mystique. This picture makes me feel nostalgic for the halcion days before Martin Lawrence struck last June. Chris Martin and JLaw are still going strong and splitting desserts (the horror). Hoult is reportedly dating Dianna Agron, who recently started a month-long theater run in London. (FYI, Dianna’s starring in McQueen, and the critics have not been kind). So Jennifer and Hoult are both dating other people. It’s wrong for me to hope they’ll dump their significant others and get back together, but I can’t help but pull for them.

More Jennifer news. Her Dior role has expanded to include makeup, and the house debuted her first promo image for Dior Addict lipsticks. She’ll appear in print ads and television commericals. The line isn’t new (it launched in 2011 with Kate Moss as its first spokesperson). A fart-loving girl from Kentucky now occupies the same shoes as Mossy. Funny how things work out, and now we know why JLaw wore such overstated makeup at the Met Gala.

I’m also including some recent pictures of JLaw and Nick (separately) in LA earlier this month. JLaw went shopping with her scruffy little dog, Pippi. Hoult was in town to promote Mad Max: Fury Road on Jimmy Kimmel’s show.

Photos courtesy of Bryan Singer on Instagram, Dior, Fame/Flynet & WENN

It was announced yesterday that Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak will be paid 7.5 million dollars for a book that explores the details of their complicated, untraditional relationship.

Seven Point Five MILLION dollars.

Yes, publishing gives big advances to celebrity authors who are likely to …      

The earlier Josh Duggar post was full of information that broke over the course of Thursday, and there were so many stories, the timeline of horror sort of got lost. Josh Duggar began molesting girls in 2002 and 2003, when he was 13, 14 and 15 years old. Jim-Bob Duggar learned about this in 2002 when a “minor female” (like one of his daughters) came to him and said Josh had been molesting her at night. The Duggar parents did not alert authorities and Jim-Bob did not “turn in his son.” Jim-Bob did take Josh to a friendly cop in 2003 (following more incidents of Josh molesting girls) and the cop told Josh it would be fine and that was the cop who later went to jail for child p0rn. The official police investigation wasn’t started until 2006 and that was because Oprah’s Harpo Studios got the ball rolling. Just FYI, in case anyone was confused about the timeline.

So, what’s new? As I said in the previous post, Josh resigned from his position as Executive Director for the ultra-conservative and ultra-right-wing Family Research Council. The FRC’s raison d’être is heterosexual two-parent families, plus no abortion or reproductive rights whatsoever. Josh’s position with FRC has made him a lot of contacts in the deepest Republican circles. And a lot of those Republicans are now going to have to back away from the Duggars? That should be fascinating. In any case, People got their hands on Duggar’s resignation letter from the FRC and see if you notice anything interesting:

I deeply regret that recent media reports about my long ago past has brought negative attention to FRC Action and its work to preserve and advance the interests of family, faith, and freedom in the political arena.

FRC Action’s mission to fortify the traditional foundations of civil society is more important now than ever before, and I’m heartbroken that any attention has been diverted from these noble causes to my wrong actions as a young teenager. I am so thankful for God’s grace, forgiveness and redemptive heart that allowed me to transform into a man of faith and testimony.

In good faith I cannot allow Family Research Council to be impacted by mistakes I made as a teenager, so I am resigning as Executive Director of FRC Action. I will continue to pray for the advancements of the causes we believe in and I hope that in the days ahead you will pray for me and Anna as we seek God to discover the next chapter of our lives in His service.

Sincerely,
Joshua Duggar

[From People]

Why should anyone pray for Josh Duggar? Why not pray for the multiple girls he molested? In no space of all of the Duggars’ letters and statements has there been any concern for the victims of these crimes. And the language Josh uses is that of a self-pitying psycho who doesn’t understand that HE is not the victim here. People Mag also published the resignation-acceptance letter from the FRC, which brings up another point: surely an admission of multiple counts of child molestation is reason enough to be FIRED, right? Why was Josh able to “resign”? This is a perfect case of needing to be fired for cause.

As for the questions of what TLC knew and when… I don’t know. If Harpo Studios got one anonymous email and they managed to follow through on it, what are the chances that TLC also got some anonymous emails? TMZ also reports that Mama June Shannon is pissed off that TLC came down so hard on her (they canceled Here Comes Honey Boo Boo following June’s relationship with a convicted pedophile) while simultaneously backing a family with a serial child molester as one of the reality show “leads.” I’m not going to get into an argument over who is the worst person, June or Josh. Let’s just say they’re both pretty disgusting people and neither of them should be a part of a reality show.

Photos courtesy of Josh Duggar’s social media.

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Early this month, Kelly Rutherford started a White House Petition urging President Obama to somehow bring her children back from Monaco, where they have lived since 2012 with their father, Daniel Giersch, a German citizen, and their paternal grandmother. Rutherford and Giersch’s children, Hermes, 8, and Helena, 5, see their mother every few weeks – when she is flown to visit them on Giersch’s dime – and over the summer. Rutherford’s many attempts to have the custody ruling overthrown have failed, including on the federal level.

Rutherford’s flawed argument both in the WH petition and in her overturned federal case was that her children have been deported and that their rights as US Citizens are being denied. She repeated these claims in a bizarre interview on TMZ live last week, stating that “whoever brings my kids home is going to be pretty much a hero. I mean they’re going to be doing the right thing for children, for citizens of America. It’s a very pro-America thing to do..”

Throughout Kelly’s ongoing and attacking statements to the press, her ex has remained admirably quiet. Giersch has finally responded through his lawyer and he states that he’s concerned for the children’s safety. He’s also blocked Kelly from seeing the children until she turns over their US passports to a neutral third party. This seems perfectly reasonable, Giersch’s lawyer states that it’s part of the custody agreement, and the children can still visit the US as German citizens, they’re just limited to a 90 day visit. Kelly arrived in Monaco yesterday, Thursday, and Giersh’s lawyer tells the NY Daily News that “We are concerned that the children are in imminent danger and need to be protected, and as a result the school and the police have extra security measures.” I don’t blame them, given everything Kelly has said. Here is the relevant part of the News’ report:

We’re told Rutherford arrived in Monaco… on Thursday. But [Giersch] whom she divorced in 2010 after a four-year marriage, refused to hand off the kids until she coughed up their papers.

In an interview with Confidenti@l, Giersch’s lawyer, Fahi Takesh Hallin, confirmed the development.

“We are concerned that the children are in imminent danger and need to be protected, and as a result the school and the police have extra security measures, which they have anyway at this time because of the Grand Prix in Monaco and the Cannes Film Festival,” she said.

“Daniel is requesting per the terms of the California judgment that a neutral party hold the children’s passports while mother (Rutherford) has custody of the children abroad,” she added, “and that is simply carrying out the terms of the California order, and is also a very neutral thing because of the very deep concern given the statement that she made.”

The actress appeared on “TMZ Live” May 13 and said, “I think that, you know, whoever brings my kids home is going to be pretty much of a hero.”

Giersch responded Thursday with a statement from Takesh Hallin saying, “Her statement that anyone who brings the parties’ children back to the United States in violation of the custody orders would be considered an American hero is not only false, as this would be an illegal and criminal act, but it creates a very real and present risk for the children’s safety.”

A source close to Rutherford told us, “There’s no order against Kelly talking about her case. She has followed all of the court orders. Daniel is upset that the truth is coming out.”

“This is to distract from the fact that he still hasn’t applied for a visa and all of the orders he has ignored in both California and Monaco,” added the insider. “The California order says California would retain jurisdiction, but he asked Monaco to take jurisdiction.”

In 2012, Giersch, a German citizen, argued he could not enter the States because his work visa had been revoked, and successfully petitioned California Superior Court Judge Teresa Beaudet to let him take their children to live in Monaco. Rutherford has visited them about 70 times.

[From The NY Daily News]

You know how I feel about this. I feel sorry for the kids, not because they’re living in Monaco with their dad and Oma, but because their mom isn’t co-parenting reasonably. It’s understandable that Giersch is requesting that Rutherford turn over the children’s US passports to a neutral party, that seems like a necessary safeguard against having the children kept in the US indefinitely. Remember, Kelly filed an emergency custody petition last summer to keep the children with her in the US (which failed), and she threatened to do so against court orders, although she didn’t follow through. She recently claimed that her ex has filed a case in Monaco to strip her of parental rights. Given all the many ways she’s attempted to do that to him – by having him deported, but threatening to keep the children – it seems more reactionary than vindictive on his part. I’m interested to see if Kelly is eventually allowed to bring the children with her to the US for the summer. I bet she will be able to despite everything she’s said. I’m also interested to see how this case turns out.

Oh and Kelly started a crowdrise campaign to raise money for her legal expenses, but she’s since deleted the page. You can still contribute to her “Children’s Justice Campaign.” Because a woman who can throw fundraising parties attended by celebrities needs strangers over the Internet to give her money.

Note: Several outlets are running a photo of Kelly purportedly with Giersch in 2010. I don’t think that other guy (photo on E! and NY Daily News) is actually Giersch but maybe he got surgery or something.

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Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender looked like they were having a great time together last night at the amfAR gala in Cannes ahead of the premiere of Macbeth at the festival, one of the most highly anticipated films in competition. Two new clips have just been released showing Fassbender’s M…