Kendall Jenner covers the May issue of GQ. Add this to the growing pile of magazine covers. So far this month, Kendall’s covered Bazaar’s subscriber issue and starred in Vogue’s new Brat Pack feature. She’s the new It girl, like it or not. This GQ shoot is typically cheesecake, and you can see the whole thing here. Lots of underboob and nips. The interview is titled, “Keezus,” and the journo (Zach Baron) describes Kendall as the Kardashian’s “most refined product yet.” Which is very sly. GQ is saying Kendall isn’t all natural (she’s probably had a subtle nose job), yet she doesn’t get carried away like her sisters.

This interview is interesting, mostly because Kendall talks about how she never chose this life. But she’s no longer opposed to the khaos. She also insists that producers don’t shape the family reality shows, and everything you see is real:

Her unusual/normal life: “My life was always different growing up. I mean, even before the show, my dad was who he is. He’s an Olympic athlete. And we were going to premieres, like Finding Nemo premieres, and we would be little kids, like, before the show, walking down the red carpet. It’s really weird. I understand that it’s not normal. But it is normal.”

On the ending of KUWTK: “It’s actually really hard for me to think of. But that day will come, and it’ll be fine. Everything that happens is still going to happen, just minus the cameras.”

She and Kylie are different: Her mother and sisters chose this life. But “me and my little sister were placed in. We didn’t have a say. It was in our home. There was no way we couldn’t be on it. I was 10 years old when the TV show started. I don’t remember what it was like before.”

The show isn’t scripted: “It’s completely me. It’s all real, so when there’s a story line, it’s all done after the fact that we’ve filmed, because that’s obviously how it makes sense, because that’s just how it actually happened.”

Why she became a model: “I didn’t do it because I felt like I had to prove something. This is a career that I’ve always wanted. And I mean, what else would I be doing? I probably would have gone to school to get the degree to go to work, when work was already there.”

[From GQ]

Maybe Kendall’s storyline is completely authentic, and that’s what she’s getting at. The show IS shaped, characters are written, and yeah, there’s some obvious scripting. The Kardashian’s aren’t actors, and it shows. But they’re fascinating to the public. There’s no denying that fact.

There are a couple of weird stories about Kendall at Coachella last weekend. Both tales involve Justin Bieber, who got kicked out on Sunday night. E! says that a pre-chokehold Bieber threw an enormous fit because staff wouldn’t let Kendall (19) into a 21+ party. They found the Nylon party instead, and Justin started “grinding” on model Josie Conseco. Bieber treated Kendall “like a hanger-on,” and “she left crying, saying, ‘Justin’s a d-bag.’” Ha.

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Freida Pinto covers the latest issue of The Edit, net-a-porter’s online, in-house magazine. The style of the shoot is “warrior” I think, and it’s okay. Freida tends to agree to some weird editorial concepts, almost like magazines are trying to figure out what kind of crazy stuff they can do to her to make her less beautiful. You can see the full Edit piece here. Some highlights:

Meeting Meryl Streep: “I wanted to tell Meryl how inspired I was by her, but the words weren’t coming out properly. Then she turned and said, ‘Oh, Freida!’ I couldn’t believe she knew who I was. She has this larger-than-life persona, but when you’re talking to her, it’s woman to woman. She’s a grand actress and a grand human being, but in every other sense she’s not grand at all.”

Being unfulfilled: “Even though I was happy that the projects kept coming and getting better, there was a part of me that was not feeling fulfilled.”

Becoming an ambassador for the Because I am a Girl campaign: “You hear that phrase so much. ‘I got raped… because I’m a girl’, ‘I can’t go out at night…because I’m a girl’, when really it should be, ‘Because I’m a girl, I can give birth to the next generation of enlightened males.’”

Chasing the ‘white girl’ roles: “It’s hard because the first thing people see when I go into an audition is that I am 100% Indian, but I don’t remember a time in my life when I did not see myself as a world citizen. When I watch films, I can always imagine myself as the female lead – even if it’s Minnie Mouse.”

Being called “beautiful”: “It’s not necessarily the way I see myself. In fact, I don’t even like to look at myself in the mirror. But I’m aware of the perception and I always say that if it’s because of that one line in Slumdog where Latika is described as “the most beautiful girl in the world”, then I have to do everything that I can to change that perception.”

Aging in the industry: “I’m excited about the kind of roles I might get in my thirties; I’m hoping they’re going to be very different. I’m lucky that I haven’t been overexposed. There were a lot of films I said no to, because I wanted to concentrate on longevity.”

[From The Edit]

The “chasing white girl roles” is apparently a joke she has with her agent about what auditions she goes out for and what meetings she takes. I believe that they’re saying that, as with much of Hollywood, almost every script is written for the female characters to be white, and Freida auditions anyway and sometimes she gets the roles.

Meanwhile, remember that story Dev Patel told about Mario Testino telling him he shouldn’t be with Freida because he’s a goofy-looking guy and Freida is beautiful? Well, Pop Sugar asked Freida about it and this is what she said:

“It is a crazy story. I wasn’t actually there, at that show, but [Patel] did come home and tell me about it. And I go, ‘Did you misunderstand what [Mario] was saying, or did he really [say that]?’ And [Patel’s] like, ‘No, that’s what he said.’ [Mario] probably didn’t even mean it that way. I don’t know. I wasn’t there to witness it, but if that’s how someone felt, if they wanted to air it, then they should be allowed to.”

[From PopSugar]

Um… that’s sort of rude? Of course Testino had the “right” to say whatever insulting thing he wanted to say. But why not just say “wow, Testino was rude to my boyfriend at the time.”

Photos courtesy of Chad Pitman/The Edit.

Sarah told me about this last night just before I fell asleep and I’ve read 3 articles about it this morning and I still don’t really understand what’s happening or why.

Here’s what I think I know:

Zack Snyder directed Batman vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Everybody’s been waiting for the …      

Here are some photos of Gisele Bundchen walking her – gasp! – last runway show EVER. Gisele was in Brazil for Sao Paula Fashion Week and yesterday, she walked the runway for Colcci. Gisele announced over the weekend that this would be her last catwalk ever, of her entire modeling career. She’s not retiring in total – she’s still the face of many beauty/fashion/whatever contracts, and she’s still going to model for magazine editorials. She’s just done with the runway.

Her reason for retiring from the runway? She told a Brazilian paper: “Automatically my body tells me if what I do is worth it, and it asked to stop. I respect my body, it’s a privilege to be able to stop. Stopping will leave room for other projects I have for myself.” She also posted this message on Instagram: “I am grateful that at 14, I was given the opportunity to start this journey. Today after 20 years in the industry, it is a privilege to be doing my last fashion show by choice and yet still be working in other facets of the business.”

So what does Tom Brady think of his wife’s decision? He posted this on Facebook:

“Congratulations Love of my Life. You inspire me every day to be a better person. I am so proud of you and everything you have accomplished on the runway. I have never met someone with more of a will to succeed and determination to overcome any obstacle in the way. You never cease to amaze me. Nobody loves life more then you and your beauty runs much deeper then what the eye can see. I can’t wait to see what’s next. I love you. #?GOAT #?thebestisyettocome.”

[From Facebook]

#GOAT meaning “greatest of all time” I’m assuming. A nice compliment from a husband to a wife, but I do wonder if we will regard Gisele as the greatest model of all time. She’s a great model, for sure. She’s one of the biggest and richest models of all time, definitely. Personally though, I don’t think Gisele’s retirement from the runway is such a huge deal because for years now, she’s basically only walked in Brazil. She retired from Victoria’s Secret years ago and I can’t remember the last time she walked a runway in Paris or London or New York. It was probably just before or just after she got pregnant with Ben? It’s been years.

Anyway, so long Gisele. We’ll see you on about a million magazine covers this year, I’m sure.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Dawson’s Creek alum Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri, who turns 9 on Saturday, are quite the cute pair.

The proud mom, 36, and her sweet girl are seen playing dress-up in a couple of Instagram pics posted Wednesday.

While making funny faces at each other, the mother-daughter duo are pictured wearing giant orange glasses and bright-pink feather boas. In the other shot, the duo show off “some serious bling.”

The pretty pair recently attended the Kids’ Choice Awards together, where they were photographed at the show having a blast together.

Decked out in a denim vest and multicolored dress, Suri looked so excited as she threw confetti into the air and down onto the audience. Check out the fun photos in our gallery!

Happy Birthday to Suri on Saturday!

#humpDAAAY!!!!!

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Tuesday night in LA there was a private dinner celebrating the Victoria Beckham collection at Barneys. A big deal for her. David was there to support, obviously. And Burberry’s Christopher Bailey too. The Beckhams and Burberry, seriously, I still can’t get over it. It wasn’t too long ago that the…      

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I haven’t been following the ongoing back and forth in the Kelly Osbourne and Giuliana Rancic feud. We’ve seen Kelly have public beefs and actual fights with many celebrities while Giuliana has been somewhat gracious (shocking, I know) whenever she’s disagreed with or called out someone.

So, in my mind, Kelly is probably the one causing and perpetuating this fight. That does seem to be the case, as Kelly gave an interview last week to People Magazine in which she went on about Giuliana’s Fashion Police comments about Zendaya. I’m not going to do a full recap on the controversy, you probably know the details. Giuliana discussed it again during her book tour, saying that she never meant for the Zendaya dread comments to be racist, that her words were taken out of context and that no one on the Fashion Police set warned her not to say that.

Kelly tweeted “Liars ALWAYS get caught!” right around the time that Giuliana was making those claims, and everyone knew what she was referring to. Then Kelly went on to People about it. She said, in part “Giuliana is not often wrong. She really isn’t, but it’s been really, really heartbreaking to see her behavior that has transpired when she did get caught being wrong. That’s what broke my heart.” She also claimed that “There’s been so much drama surrounded by what went on at Fashion Police that I have chosen to keep quiet about,” which belies belief. If Kelly is pissed off at something or someone, she will tweet and complain about it incessantly.

A new article in US quotes a “source” (Giuliana) who claims that Kelly “is dead to” Giuliana now. It’s all very Corleone, but I don’t blame Giuliana. Kelly quit the show and made such a stink about Giuliana’s comments, which she apologized for. Kelly should have dropped it. Here’s more:

Sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly that Giuliana Rancic believes her former friend and Fashion Police co-host Kelly Osbourne didn’t have her back after she made controversial on-air remarks about Disney star Zendaya Coleman — and she’s still fuming. Says an insider: “Kelly is dead to Giuliana.”

After Rancic mused on-air Feb. 23 that Osbourne’s friend Zendaya, who wore dreadlocks at the Oscars, “smells like patchouli oil, or maybe weed,” the women stopped speaking. One source says that Rancic feels Osbourne, 30 — who tweeted, ‘I DO NOT CONDONE RACISM,’ and quit the show after the incident — “threw her under the bus.”

The feud reignited when Rancic appeared on the Today show April 6 and repeated her claim that a writer scripted the Zendaya remark and blamed her delivery on poor editing. The same day, Osbourne cryptically tweeted, “Liars always get caught.’”The timing of the tweet was no coincidence, says a source: “It was about Giuliana.”

Their once-close friendship — “we are like family,” Osbourne told Us in 2013 — began to unravel after Fashion Police star Joan Rivers passed away in September. Seeing a void, Rancic “tried too hard to be funny,” says an Osbourne pal. Another source agrees Rancic began to grate on her costar: “They didn’t see eye to eye on what was funny versus offensive.”

[From US Magazine]

I think one of the main issues is that Fashion Police doesn’t work without Joan Rivers, and that’s what Kathy Griffin essentially said too. They need to update their format. It’s easier for Kelly to blame Giuliana though.

Meanwhile Giuliana had an interview on Access Hollywood yesterday. She confirmed that she’s moving to Chicago and also that she’s returning to Fashion Police in September. She also said that she’s hoping to land some kind of relationship advice-type reality show with Bill. Of course she is. This is the woman who admitted what a strain her own reality show put on her marriage. Maybe if Giuliana and Bill focus on other people’s problems they’ll be able to minimize their own.

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Mom-of-four Victoria Beckham brought along her 3½-year-old daughter Harper for the launch of her eponymous Spring 2015 collection for Barneys New York.

“I’m with my best friend today at @Barneysnyofficial LA!! Fun day out for the girls!! X vb #BNYxVB,” Beckham, who turns 41 on Friday, Instagrammed a photo holding hands with her braided beauty.

In a series of pics, Beckham shares her daughter’s My Little Pony doll and an exclusive Barneys Barbie.

“Meanwhile in the green room at @Barneysnyofficial LA!! Having fun playing with Harper!! X vb #BNYxVB,” she captioned the My Little Pony.

At the Beverly Hills held on Tuesday, some of Beckham’s A-list pals came out to support the launch, including, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rose Byrne, Eva Longoria and Kate Beckinsale. Not to mention her hunky hubby, football star David Beckham.

The singer-turned-fashion designer – also mom to sons Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 12, and Cruz, 10 – recently shared a funny photo of her oldest passed out after Coachella.

Continue looking through our gallery to see the Beckham family photos…

I’m With my best friend today at @Barneysnyofficial LA!! Fun day out for the girls!! X vb #BNYxVB

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“To my dear sister Jacinta C., whom I miss every day; congrats on getting into the masters degree program! She is one who is doing it all, and I am so proud.” – from Nicole who requested photos from the Sound Of Music. Remember, “anyone can chime in and sing, it doesn’t always have to be Dooneese…      

In the ongoing Cumberbatch Wars, I’ve been accused of many things. Being too pro-Benedict Cumberbatch and too anti-Batch. I’ve been accused of sexism towards Sophie Hunter and accused of treating her too kindly. Meh to all of that. My opinion of Benedict and Sophie changes as we find out more about both of them. At this point, I kind of think this marriage has been built on a pretty shaky foundation, but I’m trying to give Benedict and Sophie some time and space to figure everything out. Which is difficult, because Benedict seems incapable of going undercover for longer than a week and because he’s still going to be in our faces for years to come, with all of his various projects in the theater, TV and film. That doesn’t make him a bad guy, but it does make me wonder if he’s even going to be around for Sophie and the Cumberbaby.

But why even care? Sophie is relaunching her career too. Immediately following Benedict and Sophie’s engagement announcement last fall, Sophie’s CV got fluffed up a bit so she sounded like the poshest, most educated intellectual EVER, and a perfect fit for her Cumberlover. I said at the time that Sophie seemed a bit pretentious and “fart-sniffy” and guess what? She totally is. Anyway, Sophie is now “established” in the media as a legitimate theater director, so of course she got a new gig directing Phaedra at the Beckett Festival, which takes place on two weekends over the summer.

Theatre director Sophie Hunter – who married Benedict Cumberbatch on Valentine’s Day – is to direct a Greek tragedy at the The Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, Happy Days. It’s the fourth year of the festival, which celebrates the work of writer Samuel Beckett and those who influenced him, held in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

Hunter will take on composer Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra, his final work, inside the ruined Necarne Castle.

“At the heart of it is the story of a woman who has taken in poison and is dying over 15 minutes,” Hunter told the BBC. “The music mimics the effect of the poison that is coursing through her veins.”

Hunter added that she hopes to provide an “intimate experience in an epic space”.

[From Radio Times]

This will take place between July 23 and August 3. I’m assuming she’ll give birth in the next few weeks, probably right around Duchess Kate’s delivery. So Sophie will have a few months with the Cumberbaby, then she’ll have to stage and rehearse this play. And it falls during Benedict’s Hamlet run too! He’ll be in London doing Hamlet and she’ll be in Northern Ireland. Sounds about right.

Here are some more photos of Benedict at the Laureus World Sports Awards yesterday.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.