Dear Gossips,

Have you watched the Feeling Myself video yet? I can’t stop watching Beyonce and Nicki Minaj dedicate an entire video to celebrating themselves.

Please.

Isn’t every video a self-celebration? If you’re going to do it – and they ALL do it – you might as well do it with rea…      

Mom-to-be Leah Jenner shared an updated baby bump photo via Instagram.

Donning lacy lingerie and a long, colorful robe, the musician, 32, captioned the image: “Soooo… boy or girl?!?!?! … or burrito?”

And on Mother’s Day, she shared a shot in which she’s cradling her bump, with the caption, “I can’t wait to meet this little person. #alreadyfeellikeamama.”

Leah has been married to Brandon, the son of Bruce Jenner and Linda Thompson, since 2012.

The couple’s music group, Brandon & Leah, and their relationship have frequently been shown on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Soooo… boy or girl?!?!?! …or burrito?

A photo posted by Leah Jenner (@leah_jenner) on May 18, 2015 at 11:53am PDT

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Nerd rage! I’m sure most of you know Simon Pegg, the geeky British actor featured in two major franchises, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek, plus the writer/star of films like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Pegg is totally a nerd, a geek, and whatever else you want to say about him. He’s always worn that proudly. But in an interview this week, Pegg seemed to slam Nerd Culture and the whole superhero thing, basically saying that he belongs to a generation of 40-something man-children obsessed with men in capes. I’m paraphrasing (but just barely). Pegg told Radio Times:

“Before Star Wars, the films that were box-office hits were The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Bonnie and Clyde and The French Connection – gritty, amoral art movies. Then suddenly the onus switched over to spectacle and everything changed…Now, I don’t know if that is a good thing. Obviously I’m very much a self-confessed fan of science-fiction and genre cinema. But part of me looks at society as it is now and just thinks we’ve been infantilised by our own taste. Now we’re essentially all consuming very childish things – comic books, superheroes… Adults are watching this stuff, and taking it seriously!”

“It is a kind of dumbing down in a way. Because it’s taking our focus away from real-world issues. Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt about… whatever. Now we’re walking out of the cinema really not thinking about anything, other than the fact that the Hulk just had a fight with a robot….But I sometimes feel like I miss grown-up things. And I honestly thought the other day that I’m gonna retire from geekdom. I’ve become the poster child for that generation, and it’s not necessarily something I particularly want to be. I’d quite like to go off and do some serious acting.”

[From Radio Times]

As you can imagine, the Nerd Rage was swift, howling and overall, easy to ignore. But I guess Pegg was getting it online (where nerds live and breathe!), because Pegg ended up writing a lengthy (and I do mean LENGTHY) think-piece on his blog about his interview – go here to read the full piece. To his credit, he didn’t claim he was taken out of context or misquoted. He did say that he was perhaps “being a little bit trollish” and “a bit of a Contrary Mary” (a term I am filing away for future use), but he basically reiterates at length this idea/fact that his generation and younger generations are being infantilized by culture. He does apologize for saying that nerd-culture “dumbs down” society and commits himself to still loving all things sci-fi and fantasy. Honestly, this controversy was totally worth it just so Pegg could write this very thoughtful and provocative post!

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Draft Day actress Jennifer Garner went for a morning walk with son Samuel, 3, in Brentwood, Calif. on Tuesday (May 19).

After a wardrobe change, the Danny Collins star, 43, was seen picking up her two daughters – Violet, 9, and Seraphina, 6 – from school later that same day.

On Monday, we spotted the mom-of-three with her kids, who were sporting PJs and crazy hair.

The Alias alum has teamed up with Jo-Ann Fabric to create “We Made It,” a craft line for kids.

The creative kits will be projects that children can work on alongside their siblings, parents and grandparents.

“The We Made It line makes it easy and fun for families to form lasting memories together while developing their children’s creativity and intellectual abilities,” Jennifer said of the line, which hits stores this June.

Jo-Ann Fabric is donating $75,000 to the Save the Children foundation, whose goal is to ensure that every child in America has access to quality education from cradle to cap and gown.

“As a mom and children’s advocate, I believe it’s very important we encourage children to express themselves and explore their imaginations,” Jennifer said of the project.

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Mad Men star January Jones stepped out with son Xander, 3, in Los Angeles, Calif. on Tuesday (May 19). Sporting matching shades, the single mom, 37, and her adorable preschooler were spotted on a Starbucks run.

After eight successful seasons, January’s hit show Mad Men had its series finale this past Sunday.

The actress dished on Betty Draper’s evolution over the years.

“I think that she went from being very implosive — always burying her emotions and all about the façade of who she is and what the American family is — to someone who’s been through so much emotionally,” she said of her Mad Men character.

And on late Sunday night, January took to her Instagram to ask fans not to remember Betty as a tragic figure. The actress posted a photo of Betty, in her nightgown, cigarette in mouth, shooting at pigeons — one of the most memorable images from the first season of the show.

“Please remember her like this. Strong. Proud. And afraid. She is everything I wish I could be,” January captioned the image.

Please remember her like this. Strong. Proud. And afraid. She is everything I wish I could be.

A photo posted by January Jones (@januaryjones) on May 17, 2015 at 9:45pm PDT

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This is a disturbing story, made even worse by the fact that certain pertinent details simply are not included. In Touch Weekly says that 10 years ago, back in 2005, Jim-Bob Duggar turned in his son to the police after Jim-Bob caught his son Josh – who was then 17 years old – coming out of a “young girl’s bedroom.” An investigation was started, and the possible charges against Josh involved “sexual assault in the fourth degree.” We do not know the age of Josh’s alleged victim. We do not know what the sexual assault involved, and because the Duggar family views courtship, dating and sex in such a conservative, Puritanical way, the “sexual assault” could have been anything from a 17-year-old getting to second base with a 15-year-old, or it could have been something a great deal worse.

Josh Duggar of the TLC hit reality show 19 Kids and Counting was named in a police report as the “alleged offender” in an underage sexual abuse probe, In Touch magazine is reporting exclusively. The charge being pursued while Josh was a minor was sexual assault in the fourth degree. Multiple sources who have seen the police report and are familiar with the case told In Touch. According to the report, Josh was brought into the Arkansas State Police by his father, Jim Bob, who said he caught him leaving a young girl’s bedroom and “learned something inappropriate happened,” one source said.

A bizarre turn of events prevented police and prosecutors from finishing their investigation and possibly prosecuting. The state trooper who originally took the report about Josh shortly before 2005 never followed up. That state trooper was later convicted on child pornography charges and is serving a 56-year prison sentence.

When the state trooper ran into trouble, someone from the Arkansas State Police alerted the Child Abuse Hotline about the Duggar situation that had been sitting inactive. That’s when the Crimes Against Children Division and Springdale Police Department got involved. By then the three-year statute of limitations had passed and it would not have been possible to pursue prosecution of Josh if the allegations warranted, so the investigation was discontinued.

“A technicality prevented any further action,” a source familiar with the case told In Touch. “That’s been the biggest regret in all of this.” (The statute of limitations has since been lengthened.)

Sgt. Darrel Hignite — identified by multiple sources as the officer who led the investigation into the allegations about Josh — told In Touch: “I can’t comment or discuss [this case] because of the sensitive nature and because it involved a juvenile.”

Rumors about Josh have swirled for years but In Touch’s investigation has uncovered the secret he has been hiding. “I saw and read the report and it clearly stated that Jim Bob brought his son Josh into the Arkansas State Police and spoke to a state trooper about Josh’s involvement in alleged inappropriate touching with a minor,” one source told In Touch.

The first report was filed shortly before 2005. Josh and his wife, Anna, have three children and live in Washington, D.C., where he is a lobbyist for the Family Research Council.

[From In Touch Weekly]

In Arkansas, a minor is anyone under the age of 16. While it would have been creepy if Josh had been fooling around with a 15 year old, we don’t actually know if it was a consensual thing between teenagers (and Jim-Bob was just trying to “scare him straight”) or if Josh actually assaulted someone much younger than 16.

Oh, and of course Josh works for the Family Research Council. OF COURSE. His social media is full of anti-choice crap too.

Photos courtesy of Josh Duggar’s social media.

I hate goodbyes ????????????????

A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Feb 5, 2015 at 3:44pm PST

Three months ago, Miley Cyrus Instarammed this photo of one of pets, Pablow the blowfish. The caption, “I hate goodbyes,” indicated that poor Pablow was no longer of this Earth. Miley has more pets than I can count, but she loves all of them deeply. When Miley lost her favorite dog, Floyd, last year, she tweeted her sadness and pain for months.

With the loss of Pablow, Miley wrote a heart-wrenching song as part of her new Backyard Sessions for the Happy Hippie Foundation. Miley donned a unicorn onesie as she sang a mournful tune penned in Pablow’s honor. You really have to hear the song to understand the depths of Miley’s emotion.

People transcribed the song’s lyrics, which look a little odd on paper. But Miley’s delivery is so sad, and she’s genuinely crying over her fish. Who are these friends who ate sushi in front of her after Pablow died? How rude. Miley also got a tattoo of Pablow after his death. He was a sweet looking fish.

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San Andreas star Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson was honored with a hand and footprint ceremony held at The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday (May 19).

The Fast Five actor, 43, proudly posed with his daughter Simone, 13, at the afternoon event. The Furious 7 star was also joined by his girlfriend Lauren Hashian as well as ex-wife Dany Garcia, and his parents Rocky and Ata Johnson.

Although the actor and his ex-wife split when their daughter was 5-years-old, they have stayed true to their promise to “spend the rest our lives together as best friends.”

In his upcoming film San Andreas, The Rock – who plays a divorced rescue helicopter pilot searching for his teenage daughter after a massive earthquake hits California – revealed he could relate to the character as the divorced dad of his own teenage daughter.

“I know what it’s like to be divorced,” he told Extra. “I know what it’s like to struggle in relationships, I know what it’s like to have a pretty good job and be pretty good at your job, but at the same time have insecurities.”

He added: “I drew on the awesome relationship I have today with my teenage daughter ’cause there’s no greater bond than daddy-daughter.”

That said, it sounds like he can embarrass his teenager at times.

“She quietly thinks I’m cool, but I just have this tendency to embarrass the s**t out of her at any time, ’cause I’m that dad who’ll all of a sudden breaks out in song,” he said. “I’m that dad who, when I drop her off at school, she’s trying to be quiet and like ‘Go go go’ and I’m like, ‘Bye baby, see you,’ everybody’s like ‘That’s The Rock, yeah honey, I got this big pickup truck, yeah.”

After the hand and footprint ceremony, The Rock took to Instagram with a special message.

“Arm raised high.. Since its opening day of May 18th, 1927, the world famous and iconic TCL Chinese Theater has immortalized only just under 300 Hollywood men and women. To my loving and awesome family, loyal team, incredible colleagues, partners and especially the most amazing and coolest fans in the world – I’ll never forget this day for the rest of my life.. and it was all possible because of you. Thank you so much and like I said in my speech… “Cheers to always goin’ for it and always puttin’ in the hard work with our two hands”. #FromJamesStewartToEastwood #DenzelToSpielberg #AndNowMyBigPawsAndClaws #HonoredBeyondWords #HandAndFootCeremony #MonumentalMilestone #SanAndreasWorldTour,” he wrote.

Arm raised high.. Since its opening day of May 18th, 1927, the world famous and iconic TCL Chinese Theater has immortalized only just under 300 Hollywood men and women. To my loving and awesome family, loyal team, incredible colleagues, partners and especially the most amazing and coolest fans in the world – I’ll never forget this day for the rest of my life.. and it was all possible because of you. Thank you so much and like I said in my speech… “Cheers to always goin’ for it and always puttin’ in the hard work with our two hands”. #FromJamesStewartToEastwood #DenzelToSpielberg #AndNowMyBigPawsAndClaws #HonoredBeyondWords #HandAndFootCeremony #MonumentalMilestone #SanAndreasWorldTour

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Yes, we’re still talking about Sansa Stark’s wedding night on Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones (the episode was “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”). The episode featured a widely different storyline for Sansa Stark than book readers were expecting. The Sansa of the books has not married Ramsey Bolton, and Ramsey did not rape Sansa on their wedding night in the books. But it’s not just the book purists mad about the portrayal of violent sexual assault – many GoT-show lovers are pretty mad too. Why Sansa, why now, why shoot the scene in that way? George RR Martin doesn’t want to hear it. My guess is that DB Weiss and David Benioff don’t want to hear it either.

The Mary Sue announced on Monday that they will no longer promote or discuss GoT because of the rape scene. And now a United States Senator is chiming in! Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) tweeted this on Tuesday:

Ok, I’m done Game of Thrones.Water Garden, stupid.Gratuitous rape scene disgusting and unacceptable.It was a rocky ride that just ended.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) May 19, 2015

This is really interesting to me for several reasons. One, I didn’t know McCaskill was a GoT-fan (and I love that she called out the Water Garden scene for being “stupid”). Two, I’ve been following McCaskill’s career for years and she has an excellent record on sexual assault legislation – she wrote the military sexual assault bill that passed the Senate last year, she’s been very active on issues of college campus sexual assault, and she’s an outspoken and passionate advocate for women in general. I can see why McCaskill would abandon Game of Thrones after the Sansa scene, basically.

What I also like is that Sen. McCaskill isn’t calling for a boycott or for any kind of censorship. She’s decided the show isn’t for her anymore. Which is her right. And I think it’s worth noting that some people are going to tap out and abandon the show, which is fine, and many, many people are going to stick with the show. Just because we’re sticking with it doesn’t mean we “like” seeing characters raped or that we are pro-rape somehow. Just something to remember in the on-going flame war.

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Here are some assorted photos of George Clooney flying solo as he promoted Tomorrowland that past few days. Some photos are from the London premiere, which was interesting for the fact that Amal Clooney was actually IN London on the day of the premiere, but she did not attend the UK premiere. There are also some photos of George looking old as dirt in Spain too. Again, it doesn’t seem like Amal came with him to Spain. George did say that Amal would come to Tokyo with him to promote the film, so we’ll see.

I only realized this recently, but Tomorrowland was co-written by Damon Lindelof, who created and wrote Lost and was responsible for the script and story catastrophe of Prometheus. Lindelof’s involvement in Tomorrowland does not inspire hope, to say the least. In fact, I’m now less likely to show any interest. In any case, Clooney, Lindelof and director Brad Bird sat down for a conversation with Vulture, and Clooney ended up giving some interesting quotes. Some highlights:

Why Clooney doesn’t do a lot of summer blockbusters: “Well, I got a good taste of it in my mouth doing Batman and Robin. “Gosh, I’m so good at this, why don’t I keep doing them?” You know, it’s never really been my thing. Even something like Gravity was a very different kind of film, where I wasn’t carrying the bulk of the weight, and that wasn’t even a summer film… But other than that, it hasn’t really been in my wheelhouse, quite honestly. I’ve been offered a few of them, but I didn’t think I was the right guy for those jobs. But I have to say that Tomorrowland didn’t feel like a summer movie.”

On social media & online commenters: “Listen, we’re at sort of a cynical time in society. Don’t ever read comments on anything! People can live anonymously, and I honestly think that when they were talking about freedom of speech in 1787, the theory was that you had to own your speech. It had to belong to you, and you actually had to take some responsibility for it. Now you can just sit alone and say horrible things, and it becomes fashionable to be shi–ty to people. Now people will come up to me, thinking they’re keeping it real, and they say, “I hated you in that last movie!” And I’ll look at them and go, “Well, I think those extra 20 pounds look good on you.” It’s become a much more cynical time, a time when people think it’s fun to only be negative…. And that’s not gonna be how I function. I’m not gonna function in that world, where negativity is going to be the centerpiece. I’m going to look to the better angels and have a better life because of it.

[From Vulture]

The social media part of the conversation happens as Lindelof talks about leaving Twitter in a fit because he didn’t like the comments he was getting. To which I say… there’s a fine line between trolling someone and airing some legitimate grievances about Lindelof’s lack of storytelling talent. But sure, I understand the point that Clooney is trying to make, which is that you should own your own “free speech,” etc. Clooney also slapped the Daily Mail again, calling them “evil” for claiming that Amal is Druze (that happened last year), even though we really have no idea what religion Amal practices, or if she believes in anything.

George also gave an interview to CBS This Morning and wouldn’t you know? He described his proposal to Amal in detail. He told Charlie Rose that he “dropped” the proposal on her by surprise, although he planned it out and even cued up a playlist (made of songs by Rosemary Clooney). He got down on one knee too. Clooney said: “I asked her, and she just kept saying, ‘Oh my, God,’ and ‘Wow,’ and we just sat there. And finally, I just said, ‘Listen, I’m 53 at the time, or 52 at the time, I think. I said, ‘I’ve been on my knee for about 28 minutes so I gotta get an answer out of this because I’m gonna throw a hip out! I might not be able to stand back up.’” Poor guy. I bet getting down on one knee killed his back too.

But here’s a good rule of thumb for the gossip world: if someone is trying this hard to convince you of something, the opposite is probably true. George is really trying to convince us of something. Now we just need to figure out why he’s trying to divert our attention.

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