Prince Harry continues to charm New Zealand. With cupcakes! And haka! Hot Harry performed with the New Zealand Defence Force today and, bless him, he tried. He tried to release. He really did try to exorcise the repressed white guy and unleash the warrior inside. I can’t stop watching this. I can…      

30 Rock star Alec Baldwin stepped out with his wife, yoga instructor Hilaria Baldwin, and their daughter Carmen, 20 months, at Washington Square Park in New York City on Tuesday (May 12).

Looking beautiful in a blue ruched maternity tank and black leggings, the expectant mama, 30, pushed their daughter in a car push toy while Alec, 57, talked with fans and packed on the PDA.

Last week, Hilaria shared a shot via Instagram, looking radiant in a red maternity dress.

“My little babies #CarmenGabriela #BaldwinBabyBump,” she captioned the image with her dressed-up daughter.

Alec and Hilaria – who were wed in June 2012 – are expecting a boy.

We can’t wait to hear the Baldwin baby news.

My little babies #CarmenGabriela #BaldwinBabyBump

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The Daily Mail has posted one of their long-winded stories claiming to have quotes from an insider friend of Tiger Woods. As we’ve heard, Tiger and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn broke up earlier this month, with each claiming that their demanding schedules kept them apart and that the split was mutual. The Mail’s insider claims that Tiger cheated on Lindsey after a particularly hard loss on the links, and that he confessed it to her, swearing it was a one-time thing. Tiger allegedly got Lindsey to go to therapy with him, similar to how he tried to go to therapy with Elin after his cheating came to light. Lindsey wasn’t having it and called it off. Given all we know about Tiger’s history, it was just a matter of time before this story came out. At first I thought that the Mail was making these quotes up, but their source defends Tiger and claims that he uses random sex as an outlet – similar to having some cocktails to wind down. That makes this story all the more believable to me. It sounds like they’re saying “Tiger wasn’t married to Lindsey, so it’s no biggie.” Here’s some of their story, with more at the source:

The Daily Mail Online can now exclusively reveal that during one of those ‘times apart’ Tiger cheated on Lindsey – with a ‘faceless, nameless woman’, a friend reveals.

‘He had a relapse in the sex department,’ a close friend reveals to Daily Mail Online. ‘Lindsey found out about women again. Always while he’s on the road. Just like when he was with Elin.’

It was after Tiger was eliminated from the San Diego-based Farmers Insurance Open in February, somewhere near his old stomping grounds in Southern California,that Tiger had a one night stand, the friend divulged.

‘He withdrew from Farmers. You have to understand, while it’s not right, it’s not really wrong either. Tiger isn’t married. He doesn’t really drink or do drugs. So what else does he have when he can’t afford to lose again? He is allowed to find some relief.

‘Most men would drink over such losses.Tiger has sex over it. Usually with local hookers whom he pays exorbitant amounts to, probably so they will want repeat business and won’t tell…’

[Tiger] was spotted with the woman.

‘When Tiger realized he was seen, he became concerned and eventually he decided to confess to Lindsey. Something he didn’t do with Elin. He came clean and I give him credit for that.

‘Yes, Tiger cheated again. But it wasn’t with anyone special. He really wanted Lindsey to be the one. But he blew it again. He can’t help himself. He’s got an addiction. He relapsed,’ says the friend.

‘Knowing Tiger, he doesn’t even see it as cheating because there’s no romance or feeling there. It’s just a stress reliever, like a high-ball or two after a bad day.’

The friend tells Daily Mail Online that despite pleas from peers and relatives to keep going to his self-mandated therapy sessions, Tiger stopped going completely — leading to the alleged ‘one-time slip’.

But that ‘one-time slip’ was enough to send Vonn, 30, packing…

‘Lindsey found out about the cheating the easy way, if there is an easy way. She didn’t check his texts. Tiger confessed. He took the opposite strategy he did with Elin and instead of hiding it, he admitted it before getting caught.

‘He doesn’t even see it as cheating. It’s just stress relief. It’s hard for him to see that he’s bad. Maybe he’s not. He’s not married to Lindsey. But he also won’t get her back. She’s another strong woman like Elin who respects herself too much..’”

[From The Daily Mail]

There’s more in The Mail claiming that Lindsey went with Tiger to two sessions of therapy. During their second session, Tiger allegedly confessed to cheating just the “one time”. That’s when Lindsey told Tiger it was over. The source also claims that Lindsey found Tiger boring and self absorbed, which sounds just about right. I really wonder what took her so long – she claims they were together three years, but I also question why she got involved with him in the first place. She had to know on some level that this would happen again. Cheaters are going to cheat, there’s nothing to be done about it and women who think they can change a man often find out the hard way that it isn’t possible.

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As Sarah wrote the other day, one of most highly anticipated films premiering in Cannes is Todd Haynes’s Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Cate covers the new issue of Variety in support of the film. And since the film is about romance between two women, she talks a…      

Now I’m obsessed with Prince George’s eyes. Are they really dark hazel or just straight-up brown? Prince William has blue eyes and Kate… well, I think she has hazel eyes? So George got brown eyes probably from the Middleton side of the family. Carole has brown eyes, I think. So many people say that George looks like the Middleton side of the family, but to me, George just looks like Prince William, only with darker eyes. Anyway, People Magazine has put the royal stuff on their cover again this week. There are actually two covers, one with George and another “collector’s edition” with Kate holding baby Charlotte. Two covers… and barely any new information.

Miles of green fields, a kid-friendly home (mortgage-free!) and quiet time with their newborn and toddler: For Prince William and Princess Kate, country living is as close to bliss as can be. As Kate, 33, and William, 32, settle into their first few weeks with 11-day-old Princess Charlotte and 21-month-old Prince George, they “don’t have any plans other than to have a proper family life,” a close friend tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.

William’s job as an air-ambulance pilot gives him the chance to finish a shift and then head back home in time “to read [the kids] a story,” says the friend.

Meanwhile, George has the run of the family’s 10-bedroom home, Anmer Hall – located in the countryside northeast of London – which was gifted to them by Queen Elizabeth.

“This part of Norfolk is very peaceful,” says Marie Therese Viney, who co-owns the nearby Church Farm Bed and Breakfast with her husband, Nigel. (The Queen is their landlord.) “It is the perfect place to raise a family.”

For William and Kate, the idyllic location allows them to “be mother and father in isolation a bit,” says the friend. “It’s a dream scenario for them.”

[From People]

Well, William doesn’t go back to his air ambulance training until June 1st, so he’s not finishing up a shift and heading back home to read bedtime stories right now. William actually was in Staffordshire today, making an appearance with the England Women’s football team – go here to see some photos. What struck me about this People Magazine story is that this might be a half-assed attempt to make Will and Kate look like they’re a “just so normal” young family, doing it mostly on their own. Like, they don’t have a house full of staff and Carole Middleton isn’t managing the whole household.

Two more items. In last week’s People story about the royals, there was this interesting little note: Kate and William did a champagne toast with the doctors right after Kate gave birth. Second item: Queen Elizabeth said yesterday, “We love to have another girl.” The royal “we”!! Love it.

Covers courtesy of People Magazine, photos courtesy of WENN.

During a recent interview with E! News, mom-to-be Brooklyn Decker opened up about expecting her first child with husband, tennis star Andy Roddick.

“My only weird craving—it’s not even weird—is orange juice,” the Grace and Frankie star, 28, shared. “I’ve never really enjoyed orange juice but it’s my one craving.”

It sounds like like the first-time mom-to-be is enjoying a smooth pregnancy thus far.

“I feel great, luckily,” the model-actress said. “I’m wearing a tent so it kind of helps the whole pregnancy bump situation but I feel good.”

As for the baby’s gender, the Stretch star is hoping to remain mum as long as possible.

“It’s going to slip at some point I’m sure,” she dished. “But for now, we will see. So far we’ve kept mum about it.”

The Friends with Better Lives alum currently stars in the new Netflix series Grace and Frankie, costarring “legends” Martin Sheen and Jane Fonda who play her parents.

Chris Rock is promoting the seemingly overdue UK release of Top Five. The film did well in North America and should pick up some tidy receipts in Europe too. Professionally, Rock is doing fantastic. He’s preparing to direct Amy Shumer’s upcoming HBO special and has a few production gigs in the chute. In a new interview with the Guardian, Rock discusses how he mentors up-and-comers like Hannibal Burress and takes pride in ditching the newest Adam Sandler trainwrecks in favor of projects with “taste.”

This interview covers a lot of ground. Rock discusses why he has been documenting his traffic stops on social media. He hints at a lot of sadness over the end of his 19-year marriage, which grew really messy, really fast. Those parts of the interview are sad, but I sure enjoyed how Rock dodges the Kanye West question. Top Five was co-produced by Kanye, who may not have been aware of the film’s reality-star character who strongly resembles Kim Kardashian. This woman only kisses her fiancée on cue: “If it’s not on camera, it doesn’t exist.” Here are some excerpts:

Staying in shape age age 50: “Still skinny. I work out now, because you have to when you’re single. But I’m still skinny.”

Why he wrote Top Five: “You get to a point where you say, OK, I’m not going to be Iron Man. So maybe I should be hanging with [Richard] Linklater and [Alexander] Payne. Maybe this is my crew instead of Sandler and Apatow and Stiller. They’re all still my boys, but maybe, artistically, my crew is over here … I’m gonna do one for me now. It’s a really weird thing in the ones that take place in New York. But I still like those movies — I’m cursed with taste.”

What did Kanye think of Rock’s Kim K-esque character? “Aww man … You know, I haven’t talked to him for a while. I should text him, go for lunch …”

He’s depressed about his divorce: “I’m doing OK. You know, some days are better than others, some days you’re sad outta your f***ing mind. But my daughters are good and I’m only an hour away. Two houses close by. It’s good,” he says, a little quieter than before. “You learn more from failure than success, right?”

On the high-maintenance women of Rock’s comedy: “I talk about women the way I talk about me. Everyone’s fair game and no one gets a pass. I talk about black people the way I talk about white people.”

Why he’s documenting traffic stops on Instagram: “I’ve always been stopped by the cops. Cops stop black guys who drive nice cars.”

Has police brutality against black young men grown worse?: “It’s not that it’s gotten worse, it’s just that it’s part of the 24-hour news cycle. What’s weird is that it never happens to white kids. There’s no evidence that white youngsters are any less belligerent, you know? We can go to any Wall Street bar and they are way bigger a**holes than in any other black bar. But will I see cops stop shooting black kids in my lifetime? Probably not.”

[From The Guardian]

Rock goes on to discuss whether or not he’s experienced any fallout after putting Hollywood’s race problem on blast last fall. He talks about the Sony hack and how Scott Ruden is “basically f***ing crazy” but “not racist. Scott Rudin hates EVERYBODY.” The whole interview is an interesting read, including when Rock hears about Trevor Noah’s sketchy Twitter jokes for the first time. Rock doesn’t get caught by surprise too often, but it happens here.

There’s also another odd Guardian article that discusses Rock’s recent baseball rant, in which he says baseball no longer appeals to black people. I don’t know jack about baseball, but Rock makes an intriguing argument. It’s a little too “inside baseball” though.

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About once a year, Rupert Everett will pop up and give an interview that ends up offending many people. He’s complained about the treatment of openly gay actors, he’s complained about the Hollywood system, he’s complained about Jennifer Aniston’s career, he’s complained about gay people raising children and so much more. This year’s Rupert Everett rant is about posh actors versus not-posh actors. It’s part of a larger discussion happening in the UK, as posh, privately educated actors like Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston tend to “break” Hollywood and get more roles. In the UK, there’s concern about this, like people are asking if they need to celebrate more “working class” actors, and whether it’s right that an Eton or Harrow education is somehow required to make it as an actor. Surprisingly, I didn’t hate what Ol’ Rupes had to say about this subject.

America loves posh English actors: “Everyone’s whining about that but the fact of the matter is, acting is like hooking. What people want to see is what people want to see. What the Americans want to see of the English – they don’t want to see snaggle-toothed working class people, obviously. They want to see upper class people – that’s what they want. That’s why they love Downton Abbey. The upper class people are making the films that the Americans like but that’s how it is. There’s nothing we can do about that. We can’t force the Americans to change their minds but we could also just not be so envious and bitter about it and celebrate at the same time all the other people who do amazing work and are huge stars in our own country and then get to break out as well.”

Posh actors aren’t the only success stories: “There’s the Fassbenders, there’s tons of people who aren’t upper class – Daniel Craig isn’t upper class. Actually there are three or four upper class actors from Harrow and Eton but there are tons more from everywhere else and if there’s not, it’s because [Americans] want to see upper class films full stop and showbusiness is about demand. It’s not about forcing people to have what they don’t want – it’s difficult to say what they want to see. They do want to see The Full Monty and when there’s another Full Monty made, they’ll want to see that too. The danger of our world is it gets so furious and angry about something – it’s suddenly ‘where are the working class actors?’ But they’re all over the place and doing extremely well, I would say.”

[From Radio Times]

Rupert ends his comments by complimenting British soap operas (typically cast with working class actors), saying their soap operas are “the best soaps in the world.” Anyway, I think he’s right – yes, at the moment, Hiddles, Bendy and Redmayne are getting a lot of press, acclaim, awards and high-profile roles. But so are other actors who have less poshness. And Rupert is right about American audiences driving the demand for a certain type of British actor too – Americans love to think that England is full of Colin Firths, Hugh Grants and Benedict Cumberbatchs, and we don’t want to consider the idea that present-day England looks more like an old-school Guy Ritchie film. Americans want to think England is “quaint” not rough-and-tumble.

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Here are some assorted photos of Cate Blanchett from the Giorgio Armani 40th Anniversary party in Milan on April 30 (the white Armani suit), plus some photos of Cate opening the new Australian pavilion in Venice on May 5th (the green dress). We haven’t talked about Cate since I went HAM on her a month ago when she pissed me off about the #AskHerMore crap. Is all forgiven and forgotten? Not really. But I am looking forward to seeing her at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Cate will be promoting Carol, a film by Todd Haynes. It’s about a lesbian relationship (between Cate and Rooney Mara) in the 1950s. It’s actually in competition this year, which means Cate could conceivably win a Best Actress award. So, Cate was an obvious choice for the cover of Variety this week, which serves as a preview of Cannes (starting today). Some highlights from Cate’s profile:

Women have to help women: “We have to push forward. What industry has parity pay for women? None. Why would we expect this industry to be any different?”

The dominance of men’s stories: “It’s not serving the audience. People want to see good films. We should have equal access to the multiplexes.”

The difficulty in making Carol: “It was so hard. Midrange films with women at the center are tricky to finance. There are a lot of people laboring under the misapprehension that people don’t want to see them, which isn’t true.”

Cate’s lesbian relationships: “On film — or in real life?” she asks coyly. Pressed for details about whether she’s had past relationships with women, she responds: “Yes. Many times,” but doesn’t elaborate. Like Carol, who never “comes out” as a lesbian, Blanchett doesn’t necessarily rely on labels for sexual orientation.

She’ll never join Twitter: “I think I’d end up in rehab. That stuff is addictive.”

People need to know too much: “We need to get into people’s private lives now. If they are hiding something, they are dishonest.”

Carol’s sex scenes: “It’s not ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color.’ That’s not the ambition of the film.”

Her craziest visit to Cannes, with Harrison Ford in 2008: “I’d never seen so many people. It was like Harrison was the pope.”

[From Variety]

Most of the Variety story focuses on how Carol was made and financed and the struggle to get it financed, cast, made and released. It took well over a decade and many, many directors came and left the project. Which is weird, because it seems like Todd Hayes would have been the obvious choice from the start, right? Rooney Mara said no to her part at first, and she only came on board after Mia Wasikowska signed on and then dropped out of the role. Anyway… I’m looking forward to the Cannes photos of Cate… and even Rooney.

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Dr. Kanye West!!!!!!! I’m so proud of you baby & I know your mom would be so proud too!!!! ????

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This is an Instagram from Kim Kardashian – she was not in Chicago for this moment, but she honored her husband Kanye West as he received an honorary PhD from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Some people are bitching about Kanye receiving an honorary doctorate, but… I don’t know? I think it’s kind of cool. Most colleges give out those honorary doctorates to cheeseball local politicians and it’s not like Kanye is now going to go by Dr. Yeezus (although that might be righteous).

The NYDN has an audio clip of Kanye’s speech and he sounded… genuinely honored. He took it seriously, and he was moved to be receiving the doctorate, and it felt like he was thinking a lot about his mom. You can hear the clip here. At one point, he talks about being a pop artist, and whether it’s a good thing to say “I’m sorry.” He ended up doing a funny little riff about George W. Bush (“…doesn’t care about black people…”) too.

“I am a pop artist. So my medium is public opinion and the world is my canvas. ‘I’m sorry’ is something that you can use a lot. It gives you the opportunity to give your opinion, apologize for it, and give your opinion again. You should not be sorry for your opinions!”

“George Bush … has some very cool self-portraits. I didn’t know he was an artist.”

[From WaPo]

Kanye pauses for a long time in between “George Bush” and “has some” and the kids in the audience all laughed. They probably hoped that he would say “doesn’t care about black people.” Incidentally, George W. Bush cited that moment at the Hurricane Katrina Relief fundraiser as “one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency.” As in, Bush thought it was disgusting that Kanye basically called him a racist. Bush was not disgusted that he abdicated crisis management to incompetent idiots and left an American city to drown and rot. God, even typing those words, I get mad about it all over again. I wish Kanye had gone on an old-school anti-Bush rant.

Thank you SAIC… This is my greatest honor to date and would have been my mother – Dr. West’s – proudest moment. pic.twitter.com/UmbmkJDHhq

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 12, 2015

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