Considering Prince George turned out to be such a hellion as a baby, you’d think that Duchess Kate and Prince William would be preparing themselves for more of the same. Like, Will and Kate are pretty boring people, but maybe their joined DNA produces really sassy, grumpy children full of personality? And if that’s the case, why not hire some extra help for the new baby? Well, according to People Magazine’s sources, Will and Kate aren’t going to hire anyone new. Yet.
Prince William and Princess Kate may have started searching for a new housekeeper to work at their vast country home, but they’ve indicated that they won’t be hiring another nanny for when they have two under the age of 2 at home. Kate, 33, and William, 32, have Maria Borrallo, the full-time nanny they brought on last year to help with Prince George, 20 months, and they have no plans to add a second.
“They are happy with the arrangement,” a royal source tells PEOPLE. “If anything changes it wouldn’t be for a while.”
Once William starts flying helicopters for the East Anglia Air Ambulance service, the family will be largely based at their 10-bedroom country home, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk.
One person who worked with Princes William and Harry when they were small believes they will eventually hire some more help. Ken Wharfe, who was a personal protection officer to Princess Diana and her sons, tells PEOPLE, “They may not have one initially but they’ll have one ultimately, in six months to a year. When George is being taken out, someone’s got to stay in and look after the other one. They’ll have to have a reserve nanny to do the babysitting when the other’s out.”
Kate, who tried last time to go without a maternity nurse, did eventually get one to help out after she and William reached out to friends when they were staying at the Bucklebury home of Kate’s parents. This time they may do the same, palace insiders expect. And a source tells PEOPLE that they have already committed to getting one.
[From People]
So… we’re just parsing with the titles then? Don’t yell at me, I know a maternity nurse is different than a nanny, but if you’re hiring a maternity nurse, you do have help! And I think that’s smart. I did get the feeling that Kate thought she could do a lot of stuff by herself (or with just Carole’s help) when George was little, but within a few months, that dream had died. And it’s so weird to me that Will, Kate and their people still want to publicly insist that they barely have any “help”. Hiring people to help with the children is one of the least controversial things about Will and Kate, you know? Anyway, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Kate “makes due” with Maria the nanny and a baby nurse for a few months and then SURPRISE, we’ll find out mid-summer that they are looking for another full-time nanny.
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Reality star Kim Kardashian opens up to Vogue about her mini fashionista, 21-month-old daughter North.
“She’s really particular about what she likes to wear, she’s such a girlie girl,” Kardashian said. “Every day she wakes up and says ‘shoes.’ You have to bargain with her—before you change her diaper she needs a pair of shoes on.”
And it sounds like little Nori loves to accessorize with more than just cool kicks.
“Well, North does love handbags,” added the reality star, noting her daughter’s love for Chanel and other top designer brands. “And anything where there’s a little bit of glitz.”
But don’t expect too many headbands (like this floral crown she wore at church on Easter Sunday).
“She hasn’t been the biggest fan of keeping something on her head,” Kardashian shared.
As for having another fashionable tot in the family, the KUWTK star and her husband, rap superstar Kanye West, are hoping to add to the brood soon.
“You know, we’re trying to expand the family,” she shared. “We’re doing everything we can. I would be so happy with whatever God gave me, but I mean, eventually, yes, I would love a boy.”
Kim Kardashian, North West, Kanye West and Khloe Kardashian arrived in Armenia yesterday. And Armenia was really happy about it. Some of you suggested that Armenians hate all things Kardashian. Not so much! As soon as the Kardashian-West Klan arrived, it was like a royal visit. They were greeted at the airport with a full phalanx of cameras, reporters and breaking-news live streaming coverage.
I wasn’t joking when I said it’s like a royal visit. It looks like members of the Armenian military were there to greet them, and they were welcomed with platters of food held by traditionally-dressed Armenian ladies. Since I actually don’t have a hate-on for all things Kardashian… I think this is sort of cool. It’s not like Armenia is some big celebrity hot-spot, so let the Armenian people enjoy their “celebrity” kin.
In the midst of all that, Vogue published a short new interview with Kim online – go here to read. Kim’s just shilling her kids’ clothing line and I rolled my eyes at this quote “It’s just something that I think was really missing—an affordable line that was really cute and stylish.” Yes, no one else but the Kardashians were making affordable, cute kids’ clothes.
Kim also posted some photos to her Instagram from Armenia:
My husband and daughter came to Armenia as well to see my heritage and learn about my ancestors! My cousins came along too! So excited I can’t sleep
A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 8, 2015 at 3:29pm PDT
Armenia we are here!!!!! We are so grateful to be here & start this journey of a lifetime! Thank you to everyone who greeted us! I can’t wait to explore our country and have some yummy food! ?????????? #MyDadAndGrandParentsWouldBeSoProud
A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 8, 2015 at 3:23pm PDT
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, Instagram.
Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow shared a cute photo via Instagram with son Moses, who turned 9 on Wednesday (April 8).
“Happy 9th birthday my sweet Moses!” she captioned the selfie. “You are an incredible, amazing, beautiful boy inside and out.”
In celebration of her son’s birthday, the actress and her estranged husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, enjoyed a getaway to Mexico with their two kids.
Last weekend, the actress posted a photo of her kids – including 10-year-old daughter Apple – having a hug on the beaches of Mexico.
“#vivamexcio #agradecida,” the Mortdecai actress captioned the idyllic shot.
The Goop founder, 42, recently said she wouldn’t mind if her kids took over her lifestyle site one day.
“I never wanted to do a proprietary brand,” she told Market Makers of Goop. “I wanted it to be its own thing that my children can run one day if they want to!”
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These are photos of Shailene Woodley on the set of Oliver Stone’s Snowden. She plays the exotic dancer girlfriend of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s awkward Edward Snowden. They kissed in these photos, just FYI. Shailene’s wearing a wig that looks so much like her old long hair. Shailene looks cute with short hair, but her long hair was glorious. Some old hair photos are in the gallery.
Shailene has a new interview with Bon Appetit, which seems right up her alley. They usually do charming interviews about actors’ food habits. With Shailene, the charm has worn thin. She loves to talk about food in a smug way, sort of like the Goop of homespun remedies that everyone knew about already. (But Goop would never eat ants and june bugs — unless someone put a $4000 price tag on them, then she’d be game.) Here’s some wisdom from the McDonald’s-dissing lover of coconut oil. Her latest target seems to be craft services, which is the root of all food evil:
Fermentation is rad: “My favorite fermented foods are kraut and kimchi and kombucha, but the great thing about fermentation is that you can ferment just about anything. I sort of love that semi-rotten flavor, too. I make sauerkraut, kimchi and kombucha if I’m in a stable environment long enough to do it.”
Does she eat crafts services food? “It’s pretty much an absolute no. I bring my own food in the morning and at night. I go to work, then I come home and learn my lines, and then I’ll make dinner and use whatever I make for dinner as leftovers the next day. It usually has potatoes or sweet potatoes, a protein, and a vegetable. It’s an easy, quick thing to do every day, and then you can switch up the sauces depending on what you’re feeling like.”
This is gross: “I’ll definitely try almost everything. I was in Spain recently and there’s a Catalan dish that’s cooked with pigs’ feet. I ended up really loving it. It was so gelatinous and that felt so healthy for my stomach. It was good to have so much gelatin in there.”
Shailene knows coffee: “It’s my morning ritual. I put a little bit of coconut oil in there, too. It’s coffee, coconut oil, and butter. I’ll put some cinnamon or cayenne in there sometimes. I put it all in a blender because I want it to be latte-y. You’ve got to try it. People love it for a reason.”
Her latest home remedy: “I recently learned a lot about thyme. It’s really good for your respiratory system. In the morning, if you wake up and your respiratory system feels a bit off, thyme is a great cure for that. And, it’s an easy remedy, considering most of us have thyme in our kitchens. You make a tea out of it.”
She uses beets for lipstick: “It’s true and it’s totally awesome. Beets are amazing. If you roast them you’ll get a better lipstick. They’re not as potent and they don’t stain the same way if they’re raw. So I roast them first and then just dab a little of the juice on my lips with my finger.”
[From Bon Appetit]
Shailene also raves about bone broth again if you need to hear more on that topic. Man, why does she dislike craft services? They provide some increasingly healthy options on film sets. Bon Appetit even even did a cool feature about craft services last year. Shailene likes to know how her food is prepared, so I guess it’s a big deal to bring her own meals. She talks about GMOs in this interview too. She’s very concerned about putting anything into her body if she doesn’t know where it came from. She sounds exhausting.
The idea of beet juice as lipstick shouldn’t surprise me. Beets are awful. I feel the same way about beets as Shailene does about craft services.
Here’s Shailene’s 2013 hair. I forgot how addicted to highlights she was back then. She probably used lemon juice while she was sunning her vadge.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
Congratulations are in order for Rachael Leigh Cook and Daniel Gillies.
The She’s All That actress, 35, and her The Vampire Diaries star husband, 39, welcomed their second child – son Vigo Sullivan Gillies – on Saturday, April 4, in Los Angeles, E! News reports.
Baby Vigo was born at 5 a.m., weighed in at 8 lbs., 14 oz., and measured 20.5 inches. The new addition joins big sister Charlotte Easton, 18 months.
“Welcome to the party, Little Buddy. We love you so much,” the proud new mom-of-two Tweeted Wednesday.
The Originals star Gillies, and Cook, whose TNT show Perception aired its final episode in March, were wed in 2004.
A few years ago, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were both working at the same time, thousands of miles away from each other. He was in England working on Fury, she was in Australia working on Unbroken. They had broken their “rule” about “never working at the same time,” but after ten years together, I guess they figured they were strong enough as a family to handle it. And they did. They also wrote letters to each other, the old-fashioned way. Not emails. Like, they put pen to paper and wrote each other WWII-esque love letters. Well, according to the National Enquirer/Radar, those letters have been stolen/misplaced!
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s most shocking and embarrassing secrets – including details of their marital woes, cheating fears, parenting problems and even drug abuse – may be publicly exposed after the loss of the couple’s personal letters! The sensitive missives were in Pitt’s care at their estate in France and were somehow misplaced during recent renovations, a new report in The National Enquirer reveals.
“Brad went into a panic because he couldn’t find them,” said a close friend of the couple. “He’s terrified that they were lifted by someone who wants to publicly humiliate them.”
The A-list couple’s deeply personal and often contentious correspondence went missing in 2013, when Pitt was filming Fury in England and Jolie was in Australia directing Unbroken, according to the report.
“Late 2013 was the low point in their relationship,” the source explained. The messages included heated arguments about whether they should adopt another baby and how it might affect their suffering sex life, the source claimed. “Brad was open about how he worried that Angie might fall for a woman again, and he even brought up her previous issues with drugs.”
[From Radar]
I’m sure the letters also featured arguments about how Brad is always running away from conflicts so he can cry whilst riding his motorcycle down the lonely road. And of course, the letters also feature fights about:
The Gerbils of Doom
The Leg of Doom
Sack Dresses
Angelina’s Maleficent Horns
Angelina’s Veins
Brad’s Goatee
Brad’s Sunglasses
Jennifer Aniston’s Hair
Shiloh’s Montenegro Style
Maddox’s Girlfriend
R + L = J
The Award-Winning Miraval Rosé
Marijuana
Justin Theroux’s Jorts
Jacques the Bulldog
Angelina’s Preference for ‘70s Style Jewelry
Brad’s Linen Pants
Or… you know, they could just be love letters.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Rand Paul became the second Republican to officially throw his hat into the presidential ring this week. Many complimented his announcement speech, although it’s worth noting that Rand’s famous father Ron Paul was not in attendance (leading to some speculation of “daddy issues”). I’ve been looking forward to Sen. Paul’s entrance into the election cycle for several reasons. One, he’s going to push the debate in interesting ways because of his libertarian bent. Two, Sen. Paul has an awkward history with sketchy staffers and it will be interesting to see that get more attention. Three, I think Paul is going to do a lot better in the primaries than the GOP establishment is willing to predict.
And here’s another reason why we should all look forward to seeing more of the Paul candidacy: it’s not even his first full week of being a presidential prospect and it’s already a hot mess. Paul gave his first big network interview to Savannah Guthrie of Today (broadcast live yesterday). Paul lost his temper within minutes and started shrieking at Guthrie as she attempted to detail his flip-flops on foreign policy.
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If you don’t feel like witnessing Sen. Paul’s hissy fit, Jezebel has the breakdown here. On one side, I guess Sen. Paul believes that slamming a Today anchor will be good for his “brand.” On the other side, HE chose the venue and he likely chose Guthrie because he thought that she would lob softballs and when she actually got into the nitty-gritty of his I’ll-say-anything-about-Iran policy shifts, he went bonkers. This isn’t the first time he’s arrogantly attempted to shut down a female journalist either – a few months ago, he told a CNBC reporter to “calm down” and “Shhhh!!” when she was asking him policy questions too.
Or maybe it’s not a female thing – the Associated Press did an interview with Paul this week about the “evolution” of his opinion on a woman’s right to choose and he was very surly there too. The AP even “editorialized” by noting that when pressed on abortion exceptions, “Paul grew testy” and told them, “I gave you about a five-minute answer. Put in my five-minute answer.” How presidential, to get squirrely and hyper-defensive when asked relatively mundane policy questions.
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