Pop superstar Beyoncé shared a cute snapshot via Instagram on Mother’s Day.

“Sending love to Mothers around the world,” she captioned the precious family photo. In the pic, the Bootylicious singer is seen posing with her mother Tina Knowles as a child. And in the the split image, Beyoncé and her 3-year-old daughter Blue are seen together.

Beyoncé and and her pretty preschooler were photographed just last month at Grandma Tina’s wedding to Richard Lawson. The pair exchanged vows on a yacht in Orange County, Calif.

In case you missed it, check out the fun family photos from Tina and Richard’s wedding here.

Sending love to Mothers around the world.

A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on May 10, 2015 at 1:29pm PDT

Victoria Beckham penned an op/ed for Time magazine in honor of Mother’s Day. Oher columnists for the occasion included Ivana Trump, Sharon Osbourne, Sally Jewell, and Tina Knowles. Posh’s essay has to do with teaching her children about their own “privilege.” She wants them to know “humility” and not grow up to be spoiled brats. I like Posh a lot. She’s very self-deprecating and has a wicked sense of humor. I also believe she and David are very good parents to their brood of four. At the same time, I laugh at the thought of Victoria penning an essay on humility. Her very image (during and after the Spice Girls) has been built upon luxury and indulgence. Here’s part of the essay (the full version is here), and we’ll discuss:

Being a mother is simply the greatest achievement of my life. It has taken me on an unexpected journey that can constantly surprise, educate and confuse me! The emotional connection I feel towards my children brings boundless elation and joy as well as the inevitable worry and concern.

They are a wonder to me every day. From a teenage son through to a toddler daughter, each moment of every day is filled with different energies, activities, feelings and a lot of comedy. From playing sport to lounging on the sofa, each of my children fill every second with laughter, music and discussion. They are kind hearted and well-mannered and have incredibly enquiring minds, and I feel incredibly blessed to be surrounded by these phenomenal human beings.

Being in a position where they live such a privileged life, it is important that our children understand humility, that they appreciate how their parents have worked very hard to create this life for the family and that they, too, have a responsibility to work hard, be respectful and never, ever take anything for granted.

Like so many working mothers all over the world, I feel the constant struggle to be the best mother I can, whilst setting a good example to my children to work hard. I travel for work when it’s necessary, and I miss them all the time when I am away. But they hide notes in my suitcase, which I love to find when unpacking, and I always bring photographs of all the family and put them by my bed so they are the first thing I see when I wake up and the last thing I see when I go to sleep. I love to hear their voices on the phone and seeing their faces–thank goodness for FaceTime. That sense of feeling connected makes being apart that little bit easier.

[From Time]

Vic goes on to say that women should support women, and mothers should acknowledge the hard work of other mothers. What she has to say in this essay is indeed admirable, yet I have no doubt that Posh used a ghostessayist to put her thoughts into a digestible format. I think her message is a good one, but it doesn’t jibe with Posh reality. Perhaps she and David do try and instill humility within their own kids, but Victoria is still quite spoilt.

Page Six just published an account of how Victoria’s known as “the worst hotel guest“ in the industry. She reportedly asks staff to clean her room, replace sheets, change towels, and vacuum multiple times per day. She’ll complain and demand a free room if her requirements aren’t satisfied. Presumably, Vic’s children see this happen. The Mail reminds its readers that Posh employs at least 10 full-time servants at all times. None of this is surprising from a woman who sat on a throne and wore a coronet at her own wedding. I’m not trashing Victoria if all this stuff is true. But it does makes her look silly to pen an essay on “humility” for Mother’s Day.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN

Dear Gossips,

Thank you for you emails last week about Pitch Perfect 2, demonstrating your enthusiasm for the return of the Barden Bellas. As Duana put it the other day – the real question is how many times are you seeing it? Like do you just turn around after the first show and start queuing…      

As we learned last week, fan favorite shows Forever and The Mindy Project have sadly been let go by their respective networks. Ahead of the television upfronts, which start this week, networks have announced more renewal and cancelation decisions. There are still a few series in limbo, but most decisions have been made public, at least for the shows I’m hooked on. Here’s a list of shows by their fate, from E!. AdWeek has a more complete list along with predictions. E! puts the most recent cancelations and renewals at the top of each list, which is why networks have multiple lists in the same categories:

ABC
Canceled: Forever, Cristela, Resurrection
Renewed: Nashville, Marvel’s Agent Carter, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, American Crime, Secrets and Lies, Modern Family, The Middle, Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelor, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Shark Tank, Beyond the Tank, 20/20, Last Man Standing
Canceled: Revenge, Manhattan Love Story, Selfie
Renewed: How to Get Away With Murder, Once Upon a Time, Galavant
What’s in limbo: The Taste, Wipeout

CBS
Canceled: Battle Creek, The McCarthys
Renewed: The Big Bang Theory, NCIS: New Orleans, Madam Secretary, Scorpion, Mom, Mike & Molly, 2 Broke Girls,
Canceled: The Millers, The Mentalist, Two and a Half Men
What’s in Limbo: The Good Wife, The Amazing Race, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Elementary, CSI, CSI: Cyber, The Odd Couple, Person of Interest, Survivor, Stalker, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, Undercover Boss

The CW
Canceled: Hart of Dixie, The Messengers
Renewed: Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, The Originals, Jane the Virgin, The Flash, The 100, iZombie, Reign, and Beauty and the Beast

Fox
Canceled: The Following, Backstrom
Renewed: Bones
Canceled: Glee, Gracepoint, The Mindy Project, Red Band Society, Mulaney
Renewed: Empire, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, Gotham, Sleepy Hollow, The Last Man on Earth, Bob’s Burgers, Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, Family Guy, World’s Funniest Fails
What’s in Limbo: Weird Loners, American Idol, Hotel Hell

NBC
Canceled: Constantine, State of Affairs, Marry Me, About a Boy, One Big Happy
Renewed: The Mysteries of Laura, The Night Shift, Undateable
Canceled: Allegiance, A to Z, Bad Judge, Parenthood, Parks and Recreation
Renewed: Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., The Blacklist, Grimm, Law and Order: SVU
What’s in Limbo: The Voice, The Biggest Loser, American Odyssey, The Slap, A.D.

[From E! Online]

Many people commenting on E! are worried about Blue Bloods being canceled, but it will most likely be renewed from what I’ve read. The Odd Couple doesn’t deserve a second season, in my opinion, but the ratings are there and experts say that it’s also likely to be renewed.

Nashville is one of my guilty pleasures and despite some of the dumb plotlines this season (they really screwed up poor Hayden Panettiere’s character) I’m relieved that it’s coming back in the fall. It sounded like touch and go for that show at one point, due to how expensive it is to make. American Crime is another excellent series, although it’s dark and can be depressing at times.

As for shows I watch which have been canceled, I’m sad about Forever and I don’t think it had enough of a chance to build viewership. Resurrection was on my DVR but I grew to dislike it and am glad they pulled the plug. (Incidentally, I tried to watch the other show with the same premise as the original French series, A&E’s The Returned, and I couldn’t get into it.) I can’t believe The Last Man on Earth is coming back to Fox. That show was painfully unfunny. It’s all about the ratings and some shows get so much hype that they stick around past their expiration date.

After I wrote this story, Fox announced its new lineup. You can read more here. American Idol will run for just one more season, which will be its last. The best news is that The X Files are coming back in January! I can’t wait.

Here’s hoping we see Mindy Kaling and Ioan Gruffudd in new projects again soon.

Photos credit: Fox Television, ABC and NBC

I’m enjoying the fact that Princess Charlene and Prince Albert of Monaco are really giving us some great photo-ops with their babies. Charlene gave birth to twins Gabriella and Jacques on December 10th, 2014. Soon after the birth, Charlene and Albert did a nice at-home photoshoot with Hello Magazine and Paris Match, and then in January, they did the big baby presentation to the people of Monaco.

Now Gabriella and Jacques are all of six months old and to celebrate their six months’ birthday, they got baptized in a big, splashy event in Monaco. Much of the royal family came out to celebrate. Even Princess Caroline looked happy. Jacques and Gabriella seem to be developing and eating very well, although it’s worth noting that these are two of the baldest babies I’ve ever seen in my life. Maybe they’re just super blonde and they only look bald in photos? No, I’m really looking… these babies are pretty bald. I’m pretty sure Albert is holding Jacques and Charlene is holding Gabriella. Jacques is The One. So grumpy.

Charlene wore ivory Dior for the event, with matching gloves and a pillbox hat. She actually looked radiant. I hope she’s happy. She seems to be, quite genuinely. I think motherhood suits her and now that she’s got her babies, her marriage drama seems to have taken a backseat. Oh, and the babies wore Dior gowns too!

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Photos courtesy of Getty, Pacific Coast News.

SPOILERS for Game of Thrones episode “Kill the Boy.”

I didn’t come away from this week’s Game of Thrones episode as excited as last week. I blame the Greyjoys! Even though Theon is no longer “iron-born,” he’s still enough to ruin an episode for me. Every time I hear about the character kill rate on GoT, I always think hopefully, “…and Theon?!” It’s crazy to me that somehow Theon has survived (maimed but survived) and Tywin Lannister has not. Anyway, bring some HODOR to the table and let’s discuss this week’s episode. Some assorted highlights:

Jon Snow & The Wall: This is where we get the episode’s title, “Kill the Boy.” It’s said to Jon Snow by Maester Aemon Targaryen. I loved the part where Sam read out a message to Maester Aemon about Dany’s bad situation in Meereen and Aemon – one of the last surviving Targaryens and (I think?) Dany’s great-uncle, seems to wish he could be in Meereen to advise her. I also think his wording about “a Targaryen alone in the world” was interesting, especially since Jon Snow (dun dun dun) came in right afterwards. Anyway, I wasn’t crazy about the whole Jon Snow storyline here – he’s going to go make a speech to the Free Folk about how they’ll have to fight with the Night’s Watch when winter comes. Blah.

Brienne & Her Oath. We could have used more Brienne, honestly. We only got a glimpse of her as she was setting up a fail-safe rescue plan for Sansa, should she need it. Sansa is somehow supposed to make it to the tower (the same tower that Jamie Lannister pushed Bran off of in the very first episode of the series) and light a candle. Girl, when trouble comes for Sansa, she’s not going to have time to light a candle!

Sansa and Winterfell. I think it’s a good instinct for Sansa to just stay in her room and not interact with the Boltons. When Sansa is manipulated into seeing Theon/Reek in his dog’s kennel or whatever… ugh. And Ramsey Bolton’s displays of…creepy psycho chivalry? At dinner, when he was trying to do something to make Sansa cry, I guess. I almost wish Roose Bolton would just kill Ramsey and marry Sansa himself. Roose is a terrible person, but he’s not bats—t crazy like Ramsey. Alfie Allen has a new interview with Variety about playing Theon/Reek – go here to read.

Dany & the Dragons. Dany needs to learn to solve more of her problems with her dragons. She needs to bring them out and let them eat people in broad daylight (although the catacombs-set where she keeps them is really cool). So, she feeds one of the masters to the dragons. I would have loved it if her next move was to order Daario to find more of the Sons of the Harpy and then let the dragons eat all of the prisoners. In the fighting pits. But basically, Dany needs people. She needs advisors, because Daario and Missandei won’t cut it, long-term. And Dany’s silly scheme of marrying dude-face head of his family? Ugh.

Grey Worm Lives! Yay. And the only thing he feared was that he would never get to see his beloved Missandei. I kind of love their little love story.

Jorah & Tyrion. I was sort of disappointed that they were still on a boat, but I got excited when I realized that we were getting our first glimpse at Valyria. The story of “The Doom of Valyria” borrows heavily from the myth/theory of the lost city of Atlantis. The Valyrian people – the ancestral home of the Targaryns – were the most advanced, the most technological, the smartest, the most civilized. They tamed dragons and conquered the world. Then The Doom came upon them – you can read more about that here. So, Jorah wants to move through the ruins of Valyria, perhaps to find some sort of gift for Dany. Tyrion sees a dragon (Drogon!) for the very first time and props to Peter Dinklage for looking properly awed. But Drogon pulled focus from the real threat: the Stone Men, aka men with Greyscale, a terrible disease in the GoT universe. You can be infected with Greyscale just by touch, and long story short… Jorah has Greyscale now. Iain Glen spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the turn of events – go here to read.

Next week: Cersei goes HAM on Littlefinger. I can’t wait for her whole game with the Sparrows to blow up in her face.

Photos courtesy of Game of Thrones/HBO.

Here are some photos of the British royals and politicians at the Sunday VE Day service in England. Queen Elizabeth was there, wearing a rather beautiful navy coat and some gorgeous jewelry (that brooch is the business). I like her black hat too! The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were also in attendance. I think Camilla looks really nice here – I like her devotion to pale, silvery blues. If you remember, she also wore a very pale blue on her wedding day to Prince Charles. The color suits her.

While doing an event over the weekend, Charles gushed about his new granddaughter. He told well-wishers “I really was hoping for a girl. She is beautiful. I was hoping for a grand-daughter – someone to look after me when I am very old.” I think it’s really sweet how happy Charles is about having a girl in the family. Reportedly, he always hoped to have a daughter with Diana, and he was hoping that Harry would turn out to be a girl. Now he’s got his granddaughter.

I’m also including a photo of newly re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron, who was at church with his wife Samantha. I wanted to mention Samantha in particular – is it just me or is Mrs. Cameron consistently underdressed? I don’t mean that she’s showing too much skin (she’s not), but it just seems like whenever there’s a formal event where ladies are in suits and hats, SamCam is wearing some breezy little dress and no hat. It’s weird. Is she consciously going for a more low-key, less formal look?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

The big Tomorrowland premiere happened in LA on Saturday. George Clooney had two dates: his wife Amal and Amal’s tween niece Mia. Mia is the daughter of Amal’s sister Tala (People Magazine is trying to make Tala happen, remember?). Mia is all of 13-years-old and she got to pose with George Clooney at the premiere of his big Disney movie. Yes, they’re selling this movie to kids.

As for Amal… her shoes are Giambattista Valli, one of her favorite designers, and they are pretty cool. I thought the dress might be Valli as well, but some think it’s Alexander McQueen. I’ll update if I get an ID! I don’t mind the dress at all – it’s well-designed, it’s pretty and flattering. I like the combination of pink and black and it seems appropriately “fun” for a Disney movie premiere.

Meanwhile, you know how one of Amal’s many high-profile cases is “The Hooded Men” case? The Hooded Men were Northern Irish men who were allegedly tortured by British police/military during the Troubles. The men were held without charges or trial and the case is all about who ordered the alleged torture. Amal is part of the legal team defending the Hooded Men and she’s going to accuse the late Sir Edward Heath (former Prime Minister) of ordering it. You can read more about the case here. Amal is going to be heading back to Strasburg, basically, and sources say George will be joining her “to ensure the case gets maximum publicity.”

Oh, and George kissed Amal’s hand at the premiere. It seems a bit over the top.

Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.

I was hoping to see some photos of Benedict Cumberbatch at last night’s BAFTA TV awards in London. Alas, he didn’t show up. He was nominated for Sherlock, his fifth BAFTA TV nomination, and now he’s a five-time BAFTA TV loser. He’s a BAFTA Film loser too – he was nominated for The Imitation Game earlier this year, his first BAFTA Film nomination, and he lost to Eddie Redmayne. This time around, Bendy lost to Jason Watkins, star of the miniseries The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries.

So why did Benedict not even show up? Was it because he figured he would lose again? Or was it because he’s finally staying close to home as his wife is due any moment? According to sources, it was because of Sophie. That’s not all – The Daily Mirror says that Benedict and Sophie have decided to call London home indefinitely, after flirting with the idea of a move to LA:

Where is Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch putting down his roots? Elementary, dear reader…it’s London. The Sunday People can reveal that, the global superstar has turned his back on the glamour and glitz of Los Angeles so he can raise a family in the English capital with his new wife Sophie Hunter.

Benedict, 38, and theatre director Sophie, 37, are expecting their first child in the next few weeks. And despite the lure of big Hollywood roles after a string of Oscar nominations for box office hits like 12 Years a Slave and The Imitation Game, the dad-to-be is determined to bring up his offspring on Holmes territory.

Benedict, who hopes to win a TV Bafta on Sunday night for his role as the Victorian detective in BBC One’s Sherlock , said: “I am nesting for my family and just living a London life.”

And in The Remarkable Case of the Modest Superstar, Benedict added: “I want to live as much a normal life as I can.”

[From The Mirror]

I didn’t really think this was in question, at least for the time being. Benedict is scheduled for back-to-back projects in England for the next year, isn’t he? And Sophie is still “theater directing” or whatever, and all of her best connections are in England. So of course they’re staying there. For now. But we’ll see what happens if, 18 months from now, Benedict gets offered some big project in LA or NYC or whatever. He would happily uproot his family, I’m guessing.

PS… Shall we even put bets on the Cumberbaby? I’m saying it will be a girl and they name her something like Delphina Hermione Wanda Cumberbatch.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Two months ago, Marilyn Manson dropped an odd (for him) comment into an i-D interview to promote his Pale Emperor album and tour. This wasn’t a reaction to the Drake incident from last month. From how the journo described the discussion, Manson was dropping an unprovoked, stream-of-consciousness thought: “I’m kind of interested in this Madonna record. She looks hotter than ever. I’d also like to let it be known that I still have a crush on Madonna and I would definitely fornicate with her.”

Was it a real overture? Who knows. Manson says random crap all the time. I think he was serious but (even as a Manson apologist) believe the statement was half-cloaked in douchery. Here’s my translation of Manson’s offer: “Of course I’d sleep with Madonna even though she’s ‘past her prime.’ See how generous I am? Yet I’m far too cowardly to make a direct play, so imma drop this random ‘compliment’ in between questions and drink it off later when she doesn’t notice.”

It took this long, but someone finally alerted Madge that she has a freak-ay admirer. She delivered the perfect half-response on Instagram:

Um………thanks! @marilynmanson ??#rebelheart

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on May 8, 2015 at 11:35am PDT

“Um………thanks!” could mean many things, but it doesn’t even rise to the level of “Call me, maybe.” She layeth the smackdown and dismissed his “Oh, I’d bang you even though you’re the Old” with less than a full sentence. Then Madonna retired to the boudoir with her latest 20-something dude and laughed at 46-year-old Manson: “He’s the one who’s too old!” (Here’s something even more telling. Manson is following Madonna on Instagram, but she’s not following him.)

FYI: Manson will be okay. He’s currently grinding through a sold-out US tour, and he’s back together with Lindsay Usich (who appears to be with him on tour). I hope she laughed at him too.

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Photos courtesy of Marilyn Manson on Instagram, Fame/Flynet & WENN