The airport in Nice (closest airport to Cannes) is like a red carpet today. So many celebrities arriving ahead of the festival’s opening gala tomorrow. Including Lupita Nyong’o. It’ll be her second year. But I’m not sure if she’s ever been on the tapis rouge. Can’t find any shots of her at the Pa…      

Bradley Cooper is now in London to prepare for the West End run of The Elephant Man starting next week. And Irina Shayk has joined him there. They were out for dinner with friends last night and left in the same cab. Earlier in the day he was seen kissing her outside the hotel. So now it’s a two …      

Bradley Cooper is now in London to prepare for the West End run of The Elephant Man starting next week. And Irina Shayk has joined him there. They were out for dinner with friends last night and left in the same cab. Earlier in the day he was seen kissing her outside the hotel. So now it’s a two …      

I’ll admit it, I sort of glazed over when George Clooney started his promotional work for Tomorrowland last week, and every media outlet started running the same dozen quotes. It’s like Alamooney Mad Libs: “George Clooney confessed: he loves Amal’s _______ and her _____. He says he loves being married to her because _____.” The answers are 1) feet, 2) jawline, 3) free legal advice. But George is still talking and he’s trying to mix it up a little bit, although let’s be fair to him – how many different ways can he answer the “How has your life changed since getting married?” question? But when George spoke to E! News, I think he let a little truth slip out and it was very, very, VERY telling.

George Clooney is a very happy man. Like, very happy. Not only did his latest movie, Tomorrowland (in theaters on May 22), premiere at Disneyland yesterday, but along for the big event were his wife Amal Clooney and their niece Mia Alamuddin. The Oscar winner raved about married life.

“It’s fun,” he told me on the premiere’s blue carpet. “It’s really fun.”

The two were married seven months ago in Italy. He acknowledges that he was once the butt of many jokes about his long list of girlfriends and his apparent never-ending bachelorhood.

“There were all the jokes and the bits and I get all that stuff, but I couldn’t be happier right now,” said Clooney, who turned 54 last week. “I wake up in the morning and I think, ‘This couldn’t be better.’”

Amal, Clooney said, is getting adjusted to all the attention.

“Used to it as much as you can get used to it,” he said before pointing to the crowded carpet and saying, “I mean, this gets a little nutty. It’s tricky sometimes walking outside of a hotel and having people follow you and stuff. It’s hard to still practice law,” he added with a laugh. “Sometimes it is, but she’s handling it really well.”

[From E! News]

What was that? “There were all the jokes and the bits and I get all that stuff…” It’s like he’s the dude version of Taylor Swift all of a sudden. Yes, there were jokes! Well-deserved jokes. Rather famously, the stinging joke Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made at the 2014 Golden Globes. But at some point, Clooney was less “America’s Most Eligible Bachelor” and more like “That Skeevy Old Dude Dating Glorified Escorts.” So yes, I’m sure that George loves Amal (or whatever). But I feel like he’s also acknowledging that marriage was the best play to make to change the conversation around his love life, and hopefully end the “jokes.”

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Here are some photos of Jennifer Lopez outside the American Idol studio last week. I didn’t care for her whole look (the dress is House of CB, a London label), but whatever. Jennifer tried. Jennifer always tried to make her clothes, hair, makeup and styling a big part of her American Idol gig. But it wasn’t enough to save the show! As CB discussed yesterday, American Idol’s next fifteenth season will be its last. I kind of thought the show would go on forever, but I guess not. As it turns out, Idol wasn’t making as much money as it once was, and Fox is focusing on more scripted television, which is interesting. I’m hoping that this is a harbinger of a larger sea change away from mind-numbing reality show competitions, specifically singing competitions.

But it’s not all bad news for Jennifer – concurrent with American Idol’s cancellation, Jennifer was just announced as the new lead in an NBC drama Shades of Blue. She’ll be playing “a single mother and New York cop who is forced to work with the FBI and must betray her own on-the-job brothers.” J.Lo doing a proper network drama? That might be sort of interesting. And Jennifer doesn’t come with the baggage of someone like Katherine Heigl (whose NBC show died a quick and brutal death). I think J.Lo might be able to make it work.

And here’s one more piece of J.Lo gossip – she’s still a total idiot when it comes to love. She posted this Instagram yesterday for Man Crush Monday. STOP CALLING HIM BEAR.

#MCM @beaucaspersmart #lovethispic #HandsomeBear

A photo posted by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) on May 11, 2015 at 6:28pm PDT

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

The apology face of Justin Bieber, noted human and hopeful angel, covers the June issue of Seventeen. Justin has been apologizing everywhere, and now he’s coming back for his demographic, y’all. This would be a wise strategy (on behalf of manager Scooter Braun) if Swaggy’s demo hadn’t already aged out of the Seventeen market. Perhaps there are some Belieber holdouts, but the teen market is tough one to recapture once parents shut their pocketbooks.

Bieber has made some progress on his probation situation (for early 2014?s Egg-gate). He was too Swaggy to pick up trash, and TMZ reports that his community service hours are still in process. Yet the probation officer says Swaggy has “been cooperative and sincere,” and he’s completed 12 anger management classes. He still needs to stay out of trouble until 2016. Tick tock. Here are more apology excerpts from Seventeen:

On his year of bad behavior: “I was rebelling a little bit. I was getting cockier and cockier. I didn’t have people to check me. I looked back and I was disappointed in myself.”

On making mistakes: “You have to own up to the mistakes. You have to say, I’m sorry if I’ve let you down. I always want to be honest and let people know that those mistakes aren’t who I am. Who I am is someone who really cares about people.”

On relationships: “I need healthy relationships with people I can feel safe with. People I can say whatever to, and I’m not going to be judged. In a girl, I want someone who’s confident in herself and honest. I have to find her very attractive and as someone I can see myself with for the rest of my life.”

On social media haters: “For a while, I was busy looking at my Instagram likes, and if a post didn’t get a certain amount, I was like, Aw, they didn’t like the photo. But there’s always a choice: You can let Instagram or stuff on the Internet affect your day, or you can choose to not be bothered by it.”

[From Seventeen]

Swaggy is wearing me down with all these apologies, but his words are generic and hollow when referring to his offenses. Swaggy himself never goes into specifics. Does he even remember everything he’s done to upset people? He dumped his pet monkey, called a fan “a beached whale,” stumbled out of a brothel, and abused flight attendants. Then there’s the truly risky stuff he did like driving on sidewalks. And let’s not forget his racist videos, whiny depositions, and a refusal to accept blame for taking drugs. If Bieber has truly come to terms with himself for all these acts, then fine. But I feel like he simply did his bathtub baptism and memorized a bad apology script. We’ll see.

Here’s a photo of Swaggy performing at Wango Tango last weekend.

Photos courtesy of Anthony Mandler/Seventeen & WENN

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CBS Sunday Morning had a nice profile and interview with Bo Derek ahead of her upcoming cameo in Sharknado 3. She plays Tara Reid’s mother, and Bo is aware that it’s not high art and that it “wasn’t really acting“. Bo, 58, is best known for her sexpot image in films in the late 70s and even through the 90s. She shot to fame after marrying director John Derek, 30 years her senior, when she was just 18. Bo and John met when she was just 16 and he was married to actress Linda Evans. The two moved to Germany until Bo became of age so that they could avoid being prosecuted until statutory rape laws in the US. They stayed together for over 20 years until John’s death of heart failure in 1998.

Now Bo keeps busy tending to her four horses on her 110 acre ranch, which she shares with her boyfriend of 13 years, actor John Corbett, 54. She’s an animal welfare activist, she works closely with wounded veterans groups, and she goes on USO tours. I really liked what she had to say about aging and beauty, and how it’s not something you can focus too much on.

“Where you aware at the time that a lot of people viewed [your relationship with John Derek] as inappropriate?”
Yeah [laughs]. My mom went crazy… she went ballistic. When you’re 17 you think you know everything. You think you have it together.

“Why do you think that marriage worked?”
Why does any marriage work? For me, our marriage worked because I loved him, he loved me. Although he was 46 he was still growing too. I think we took it day to day, we didn’t expect it to last either.

On her sexy image during the height of her career
I’m not complaining because what I did as soon as I became famous is, I objectified myself. I thought, ‘Well, if this is what it is, I’m going to do it.’

I created my own posters, I made my own movies. I produced them. Maybe I could’ve gone out to prove, ‘Oh, I’m a real actress, I’m not a physical being.’ But I pretty much exploited myself, too, at the same time.

“Was your beauty a commodity to you or was it really your identity?”
Commodity, and I’ve nothing to do with it. I have my mom’s eyes, my father’s nose. I have nothing to do with any of that!

On beauty and aging
I realize how artificial it is, beauty. I realize that it doesn’t last forever, that’s for damn sure.

“But when you’re so well-known for how you look, is aging hard?”
Aging is really hard and it’s tough. Bette Davis was right; it’s not for sissies, it really isn’t.

And there is a certain expectation. I get credit on one hand for not having had a facelift, and then on the other hand it’s, ‘Oh my God, why doesn’t she do something?’ So you’re just torn. I just have to keep busy, have other interests, and try not to think about it.

[From CBS News]

It must be a bitch to grow old in Hollywood, especially when you live in California, where it seems like everyone get work done. Bo has a great outlook though. She looks incredible and she also looks natural and normal. It’s hard to believe she hasn’t had anything done, but I think that’s the skeptic in me talking. Plastic surgery and injectables are the new normal for so many people.

I’m glad to hear that Bo and John Corbett are still together. They make a really cute couple and it looks like they have fun together. It’s nice to hear from her and to learn that she’s doing well.

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While everyone was talking yesterday about the death of American Idol, here’s what JLO posted on Instagram for “Man Crush Mondays”.

#MCM @beaucaspersmart #lovethispic #HandsomeBear

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Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys was a babywearing mama on Mother’s Day.

“Happy Mother’s Day my Love. You take the word MOTHER to a new level!! Love you to infinity and beyond,” Alicia’s husband, record producer Swizz Beatz, Instagrammed the beach shot with their 4-month-old son Genesis.

The mom-of-two, 34, also shared a family photo on Mother’s Day.

“Mamas make the world go round!!,” Alicia captioned the throwback image with her own mother. “Thank you for all the ways you make the world brighter!!! You are a blessing!! I salute you and celebrate you everyday!!!! #mothersday.”

Alicia and Swizz are also parents to 4-year-old son Egypt.

Happy Mother’s Day my Love You take the word MOTHER to a new level!! Love you to infinity and beyond

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You can stand under my umbrella ella ella a a a… @beachbunnyswimwear thx for my kini ???? #paparazziblocker #justtryingtochill

A photo posted by LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (@leannrimes) on May 10, 2015 at 12:48pm PDT

I should have known that LeAnn Rimes would be predictably crazy for Mother’s Day. LeAnn believes she is as much a mother (if not more of a mother) as Brandi Glanville. So in the days leading up to Mother’s Day (Sunday) and the day of, LeAnn was very “extra.” First up, the above Instagram from LeAnn. As the LeAnn-watchers have already pointed out, LeAnn is wearing a bikini first seen on Brandi Glanville. Basically, LeAnn spent Mother’s Day trying to Single White Female Brandi. Of course. LeAnn got to do whatever she wanted for Mother’s Day because this happened:

Hubby told me I get anything I want today….we’re about to hit up a spin class #vacationworkout #ithinkhehadotherideas #sunandmargaritas

— LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (@leannrimes) May 10, 2015

With divorced parents, how does it go? I hope Eddie did something special for the actual mother of his children, but I guess not. I guess he just let LeAnn do whatever she wanted. LeAnn also posted this on her Instagram:

Being a parent is the most rewarding yet challenging job anyone could ever have. Happy Mother’s Day to every kind of mother there is. To every woman who thinks they’re completely screwing it up at any moment. To every woman who’s giving it their all and loving from the deepest places in their hearts they never knew existed. I hope you’re celebrated and appreciated not only today, but everyday. #proudmemberofthestepmomclub #happymothersday

[From LeAnn’s Instagram]

Sigh…

And here’s the last thing. Last week, Brandi made some comments about “breaking in” to Eddie and LeAnn’s house to get something for one of the boys. Brandi said she had Eddie’s permission to break in, but that once she was there, she couldn’t believe how Eddie and LeAnn are really “living the life” on LeAnn’s money. The comments were mostly about how Eddie lives on LeAnn’s money, etc, and it really didn’t read as direct shade on LeAnn at all. But LeAnn made it all about her, because everything is always about LeAnn. LeAnn tweeted: “Biting my tongue #untyingitwoulddonogood” and “Just BS and setting the record straight would do no good #somepeoplereallybelievetheirlies #makesthemfeelbetter.” Then she responded to her sycophantic Twitter followers with a series of comments, like when one person wrote “bitches gonna bitch,” LeAnn responded, “Oh, it’s not they… It’s singular.” Yep.

Photos courtesy of LeAnn’s Instagram, Fame/Flynet.