I said it about Justin Timberlake and it applies to John Mayer – a quote by Maya Angelou:

“When someone shows you who they are believe them.”

How long have we been sh-tting on John Mayer for? A long time. Because he keeps showing us who he is. And still, for whatever rea…      

I’ve always thought Cressida Bonas was and is a pretty girl, but this cover sucks, right? Bad lighting, bad angle, and Miss Vogue (a supplement with Vogue UK) made her look sort of dead-eyed and mouth-breathy. Still… Cressida Bonas is going to be a star! Harvey Weintstein thinks so. Cressida has already phased out the potential for royal life with Prince Harry and has phased in fame, films and modeling. She’s one of the new faces of Mulberry. She’s already shot her first film role in Tulip Fever. And now she’s on the cover of Miss Vogue.

Cressida Bonas’ star is on the rise. The 26-year-old, who famously dated Prince Harry for two years, has a blossoming Hollywood career, an impressive fashion portfolio and recently appeared on stage to critical acclaim in the hit play There’s a Monster in the Lake. The chance to take on another persona appeals greatly to the pretty blonde.

“I don’t really understand it; in real life I’m often so shy – paralysingly so,” she recently confided to Miss Vogue magazine, “But when I’m performing, it’s totally different. I feel free.”

Performance has long been a passion of Cressida’s; she graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Dance, before deciding to continue her training at The Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich. Mulberry, which has described Cressida as the company’s muse, recently cast her in a 30-second film after watching the video of her final dance from her time at Leeds. The company’s talent-spotters were “charmed by her movement”, a spokesperson for the fashion brand said.

Later this year, Cressida will make her film debut in Harvey Weinstein’s new movie Tulip Fever, alongside the likes of Dame Judi Dench and Cara Delevingne. The Hollywood mega-mogul has predicted big things for the burgeoning actress. “People will see what a fantastic actress she is,” Harvey has said. “It will be the first of many roles for her.” He went on to praise Cressida for “not taking advantage of any media profile.”

[From Hello Mag]

I’ll admit it, I don’t understand people who are all “I’m so shy” and then seek a career in front of the cameras, who search out the spotlight and fame at any cost. I’m sure those people exist, and maybe Cressida is one of them. But I don’t know… she doesn’t seem that shy to me. She’s reserved, for sure, but she seems at home in this phase of her life.

Hello Magazine also says that Cressida is “determined to support herself” instead of relying on her parents, although there are some rumors that Cressida’s family – while well-connected and posh – are not really all that wealthy. So, Cressida might be doing some of this out of financial necessity. But she did go back to a well-connected ex-boyfriend named Harry… Harry Wentworth-Stanley, the son of the Marchioness of Milford Haven.

Photos courtesy of Sean Thomas/Miss Vogue.

Mom-to-be Terri Seymour is counting down the days until her first child is born.

“Nearly there! #Bump,” the Extra correspondent, 40, Instagrammed an image on an exercise ball.

Seymour has been sharing several shots via Instagram, including one in an animal print bathing suit, going for a swim, and posing with Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry.

Not to mention, a special shout-out to Celebrity Baby Scoop after running our exclusive interview.

“Thank you #CelebrityBabyScoop,” she captioned the screen shot.

During the interview, the mom-to-be dished on her birth plan.

“I’m hoping natural, but I’m not ruling out an epidural, I’m going to be honest,” Seymour told Celebrity Baby Scoop. “If I need an epidural my girlfriend has told me to go for it, so I’m listening to my girlfriend. And I don’t have a planned C-section. I’m hoping I do not have to have a C-section. I’d like to do it as naturally as possible.”

The mom-to-be and her boyfriend, 24-year-old British model Clark Mallon, are expecting a daughter any day now.

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Chris Evans and Chris Pratt made a Super Bowl bet that the loser would have to dress in his superhero costume and visit sick kids in the winner’s city. Since Evans’s Patriots won, Pratt made good and visited kids in Boston dressed as Star-Lord. But as I mentioned when this bet was fir…      

Sunday was International Women’s Day, and the United Nations’ HeForShe goodwill ambassador Emma Watson did a live Facebook Q&A to celebrate. Emma went viral last year when she made her first speech at the UN, discussing feminism, equality and why men should proudly proclaim they are feminists as well. I was surprised by the reaction to Emma’s speech, because she really didn’t say anything groundbreaking. I suppose it was “new” to a generation that grew up alongside Emma though.

Anyway, after Emma’s speech went viral, Emma got some really awful threats and comments from “men’s rights activists”. There was even the “threat” to release nude photos of Emma… because she talked about feminism or something. That site threatening to release the photos ended up being a hoax or some kind of advertising for something else, although let’s be honest: there were lots of men’s rights activists who were truly pissed off at her. In her Facebook chat, Emma spoke about the situation:

On the backlash to her speech: “There was a website set up that was threatening to release naked images of me, with like a countdown and whatever else. I knew it was a hoax. I knew the pictures didn’t exist.”

Whether that moment was evidence of gender inequality: “A lot of people close to me knew gender equality was an issue but didn’t think it was that urgent. You know, ‘We live in Great Britain – this is a thing of the past. We’re fine. We’re good. We have got far enough.’ When they saw that the minute I stepped up and talked about women’s rights I was immediately threatened. I mean within less than 12 hours I was receiving threats. I think they were really shocked and one of my brothers in particular was very upset.”

Gender equality in small gestures: “I actually took a man out for dinner and I chose the restaurant and I offered to pay. It was really awkward and uncomfortable – I’m just going to say that. It was not going down well! He was just like ‘I’m not really sure about this.’ It was making him a bit tetchy. But the cool thing about it was we were both willing to have the conversation about why it was awkward and why it was uncomfortable. We were able to have the dialogue ‘It’s OK. I chose the restaurant as it is my favorite restaurant and I would love to pay. But next time you chose the restaurant and you pay.’ “

[From People]

Do you find it disingenuous that Emma talks so much about the naked-photo-hoax without acknowledging that it was in fact a hoax? I don’t, but that’s because I wouldn’t blame her at all for not keeping up with that story and how it all turned out to be a hoax. And there were days when no one knew if it was a hoax and it just seemed like so many “men’s rights activists” were legitimately pissed. As for Emma’s attempt at going dutch or outright paying for a date… is that really still a thing? Even when I was in college, I would still offer to pay and sometimes the dudes would take me up on it. Maybe I’ve just known really unchivalrous men in my life.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Benji Madden was in Australia last week working on The Voice. While he was away he would post Instagram photos for Cameron Diaz. One was with a puppy:

Rule #1 When you’re away from home working and you meet a puppy, always take pics to send to Bae ??????
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Last week, the world was astounded by the “other” blonde at Paris Fashion week. Jared Leto showed off his Karl Lagerfeld Jr. realness at the Balmain show. This was an in-between stage for his eventual Joker look. Now Karl’s Jr. (his new nickname) revealed the mysterious reason why he wore those glasses. He wasn’t trying to look cool — he was protecting us from the full reveal of his shaved eyebrows. Quick, prepare yourself!

This isn’t the first time Jared’s shaved his eyebrows for a role. He previously did so for Dallas Buyer’s Club, which made more sense. I don’t know why he’d need to shave his brows to play the Joker. Is he going to wear some neon green merkin brows? With Jared, anything is possible. He’ll go to any lengths for a role, but I appreciate that he won’t talk our ears off about his “craft.” Dude lets his work speak for itself.

Jared’s all over Paris. He attended the Lanvin and Balenciago shows and spread his photobombing obsession. Here he is sneaking up behind Gigi Hadid at a Galaxy event. This is how one knows they’ve truly arrived — getting photobombed by Jared Leto.

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Theirs is known as one of the most solid show business marriages. Both of them are talented. Both of them work steadily. Both are well-respected. Both can be rather high-brow though they’ve tried at blockbusters and secretly aspire to big movie status without the big movie star lifestyle th…      

Girls Season 4 Episode 8 recap

I read something recently that said Lena Dunham hopes to leave the characters in Girls ‘better than we found them’, like a campsite. It’s not so unusual a concept, but on a show like this, that seems to revel in the continual return of the char…      

Team Breezy is leaking like a sieve and it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. As we learned last week, Chris Brown is now the father to a 9-month old baby girl named Royalty Brown. The baby-mama is a sometime hookup named Nia. Chris was obviously with Karrueche Tran at the time, and Nia was married at the time she got knocked up with Royalty, because Chris Brown’s life is an episode of Maury. This whole time, I’ve been sort of wondering why we’re finding out about this baby right now. My half-assed theory (I didn’t give it a lot of thought) was that Nia probably leaked/sold the information to TMZ. Guess what?

Chris Brown is headed for family court, where his baby mama is now in danger of raking in a lot less in child support because of her big mouth. Sources connected with Brown tell TMZ … the singer didn’t know he was the father of 9-month-old Royalty until last month, when Nia Guzman dropped the news. We’re told Chris quickly made a deal with her where he would pay monthly child support.

Our sources say Chris is forking out substantially more than he’d be required to pay if a judge ordered formal child support. There’s a scale on how much a parent pays, based largely on income. We’re told Chris upped that amount and in return demanded that she keep her lips sealed. We know Chris now believes Nia has been leaking stories and talking about their relationship. As a result, our sources say his lawyers are now preparing legal docs, in which he will ask a judge for an order requiring him to pay child support. It sounds strange, but he’ll pay less than he does now.

[From TMZ]

You gotta love TMZ’s unapologetic inside track on this. TMZ pays Nia for information, photos, details and a timeline, Team Breezy blows up and freaks out and Nia leaks that info to TMZ, so now she and TMZ are now working together to make Chris look like a guy who will not fully financially support his kid (because she leaks to TMZ).

And here’s something else I love: Karrueche Tran is using the same GD playbook. As soon as the news came out about Royalty Brown, Karrueche has been leaking information all over the place, wanting everyone to know that SHE dumped HIM, that she’s moving on, that she’s totally done and that Chris is blowing up her phone trying to get back with her. And TMZ also got a suspicious tip (totally from Karrueche) that Chris and Karrueche had been talking about getting married and having a baby together for a while. TMZ’s sources (Tran) say that Chris begged her to have a baby with him but she wanted to get married first and he wouldn’t propose.

Photos courtesy of WENN.