Anna! Happy Belated Birthday with love from Kelley who requested for you David Tennant, John Taylor, David Gandy, and Matt Bomer. Hope you like your present!

“Happy Birthday Melissa! I hope you have the best day and feel loved and cherished like you are!” xo Carlee      

Dear Gossips,

Been on a really heavy reading streak the last few months. By heavy I mean volume and content. Part of it is that I let my shelf get too high. And I’ve been preparing for Canada Reads. The debates begin next Monday. Click here to see this year’s list. I’ll be d…      

Isn’t it such an unexpected pleasure to see a 48-year-old woman on the cover of a major magazine? Major as in, not the AARP Magazine, or More Magazine, or Good Housekeeping. Robin Wright is enjoying one of the highest points of her career and her personal life right now – she’s on the widely acclaimed and award-winning House of Cards, and she’s back with her young lover Ben Foster. She talks about her public and personal life in the April issue of Vanity Fair – you can read VF’s excerpt here. Some highlights:

On her relationship with Ben Foster: “I’ve never been happier in my life than I am today. Perhaps it’s not ladylike [to say], but I’ve never laughed more, read more, or come more than with Ben. He inspires me to be the best of myself. There’s so much to learn. It’s endless. How great! It took me a long time to grow up. Love is possible as life is possible.”

On her divorce to Sean Penn: “I’m not in the business of talking about what ‘isn’t,’my eyes are set forward and I’ve never been happier. I have too much respect for Sean and our two extraordinary children to sell our past joys and woes for public consumption and fodder.”

What she learned from being married to Penn: “I believe we were together not only to have our beautiful children but to learn how to love … for the next time around, the right way. And then, what I’m looking for in people now is kindness.”

Her now-famous super-short hairstyle: “I was just cutting off damaged hair—too much bleach over months of [appearing in] different movies. It was a mercy killing, but it works for the character.”

Late stardom: “I feel as though I’ve just graduated. I mean, I never went to college. I was pregnant at 23. You hear people say how they have ‘arrived,’ but it was just always there, waiting to come out. For me, it just took a long time. I’m 48. I’m finally a person. I think I’m finally ready.”

[From Vanity Fair]

VF also contacted Sean Penn’s rep to see if he would comment on the record, but all they got was a message that Penn was traveling and unable to comment. If you go back to his recent Esquire interview, I think Sean already said what he wanted to say about his marriage to Robin. I think it’s safe to say they were toxic together and they might have even brought out the worst in each other. But I like the way Robin speaks about it, like she learned a lot from the back-and-forth drama with Sean and she’s a lot happier these days. Which I believe. But I’d still like to see her grow out her hair just a little bit!! I’m sorry, but I do find this cut too severe.

Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of Vanity Fair.

Whenever I hear that Naomi Campbell got into some kind of beatdown with some other woman, I almost always think “That poor other woman.” But not this time. This time, Naomi Campbell might have picked a fight with a woman who will not only fight back, but who could possibly win in a hand-to-hand smackdown. According to Page Six, Naomi got into it with… Cara Delevingne. I don’t give Cara credit for much, but she’s scrappy as hell and it sounds like she gave as good as she got. This story totally involves weave-pulling too!!

Naomi Campbell and model of the moment Cara Delevingne got into a supermodel catfight when a screaming match turned physical during Paris Fashion Week. Witnesses said Naomi was angrily shouting at Cara, and the pair began pushing and shoving each other. Sources said Cara was seen grabbing Naomi’s hair during the high-fashion fracas. The two models apparently got into a fight over their mutual friend Rihanna while at a chic party for Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Magazine at Paris club Castel Sunday night.

A witness told Page Six, “Naomi accused Cara of ‘disrespecting’ Rihanna and started yelling, ­before Naomi pushed Cara, who pushed back.” Another witness added, “Cara pulled Naomi’s weave, but it didn’t come off.”

Naomi and Cara, along with Rihanna, have been spotted together at events for Paris fashion week. But the witness said, “Naomi was angry because she felt Cara had said something negative about Rihanna.”

A separate source said Naomi, 44, unexpectedly started ranting at Cara, 22, at the glamorous bash, with guests including Bianca Brandolini and Lauren Santo Domingo. The source said, “It was a noisy and packed party. Naomi was saying all these nonsensical things, she was ranting. There was a messy pushing match. Cara didn’t understand because there’s no problem between her and Rihanna. Cara didn’t want to be involved and was telling Naomi, ‘Get away from me!’?”

Another source at the event said Naomi had been chatting with Dakota Fanning, who was at a table with models including Cara and Lily Donaldson. The source said, “Naomi didn’t do anything wrong. We are talking about a very tiny club in Paris with a very busy table — if someone pushes someone, it’s because there is no space.”

Despite the supermodel tussle, Naomi later went partying at Up & Down’s pop-up at Raspoutine, where a spy said, “Everyone was talking about the drama with Cara, but Naomi just smiled angelically.” Reps for both Naomi and Cara declined to comment Monday night.

[From Page Six]

This comes just weeks after Naomi assaulted a cameraman in Cuba, and this comes after more than a decade of assaults and bedazzled phone beatdowns from Naomi. Let’s just say this… you could spin a crazy tale of Naomi assaulting just about anyone and I would believe you. Chica is unhinged and violent. And I find myself liking Cara more for fighting back and trying to yank Naomi’s weave off, Jerry Springer-style. And how in the world is Cara supposed to have disrespected Rihanna? Rihanna and Cara are BFFs!! Naomi is one messed up woman.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame performed for OU’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter last May, but he won’t be doing it again. I live in Oklahoma where bedlam battles between OU and OSU dominate much of the sports talk. It’s not often this state makes national news, and this is not the desired way to do it. You’ve probably heard about the video featuring a busful of OU SAE brothers chanting, “There will never be a n*** in SAE.” You can see the video on Twitter without a shoutout to OU President David Boren. Action came swiftly and with zero tolerance. Boren kicked the fraternity brothers out of their house and released the following statement:

To those who have misused their free speech in such a reprehensible way, I have a message for you. You are disgraceful. You have violated all that we stand for. You should not have the privilege of calling yourselves “Sooners.” Real Sooners are not racist. Real Sooners are not bigots. Real Sooners believe in equal opportunity. Real Sooners treat all people with respect. Real Sooners love each other and take care of each other like family members.

Effective immediately, all ties and affiliations between this University and the local SAE chapter are hereby severed. I direct that the house be closed and that members will remove their personal belongings from the house by midnight tomorrow. Those needing to make special arrangements for positions shall contact the Dean of Students.

All of us will redouble our efforts to create the strongest sense of family and community. We vow that we will be an example to the entire country of how to deal with this issue. There must be zero tolerance for racism everywhere in our nation.

[From University of Oklahoma on Facebook]

Boren made his decision to close the house without hesitation. Good. The frat boys are without a house, which is all that Boren can do (speech codes usually don’t hold up under the 1st amendment) without getting sued. SAE also released an official statement to close its OU chapter, saying the fraternity is “disgusted” and “embarrassed” at the brothers’ behavior. Oh, and there were Tri Delta girls on the bus. Their chapter is investigating too.

There’s more. These SAE boys booked Waka Flocka for a performance at their frat house later this month! The rapper cancelled his appearance with this Instagram caption: “SMFH.. I know for a fact the whole school and SAE don’t agree with those kids actions so know that I’m not madd at the whole #SAE just those disgusting kids!!!!!! #WFF We can’t change history but we damn sure can create our own future #DeathToRacism” Here’s more of Waka Flocka’s message.

SMFH.. I know for a fact the whole school and SAE don’t agree with those kids actions so know that I’m not madd at the whole #SAE just those disgusting kids!!!!!! #WFF We can’t change history but we damn sure can create our own future #DeathToRacism

A photo posted by Waka Flocka (@wakaflockabsm) on Mar 9, 2015 at 8:14am PDT

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Joel McHale has a new interview with The Daily Beast to promote the upcoming sixth season of Community, which will premiere with two episodes available on Yahoo! screen on March 17. (Yahoo! isn’t releasing all the episodes at once and the rollout will be in a traditional weekly format.) I’m so excited for my favorite sitcom of all time to come back. There will be some missing castmembers, notably Troy (Donald Glover/Childish Gambino) who left midway through season five, and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) who is now starring on The Odd Couple reboot, with Matthew Perry. (I tried to watch that and couldn’t stick with it.) Still, the core cast is there, especially leader Jeff Winger, who is of course deftly played by McHale.

McHale also hosts and co-writes E!’s The Soup, a weekly hilarious, often rude send up of the most ridiculous moments in pop culture and television. While McHale has admitted that they’re not allowed to mention Kim Kardashian’s sex tape, they are able to mock almost every other aspect of the Kardashians’s lives, and for that he’s grateful. I can relate. Here’s some of what McHale told The Daily Beast, with more at the source:

On The Kardashians
Once it is fused to your spine and to your brain, it cannot be undone. They are a part of my DNA. Their celebrity has reached a level that E! never dreamt of, and for The Soup, they are in the news every day—even if they do nothing.

Yesterday it was ‘Kim Kardashian Is Taking Piano Lessons!’ This is not news! No one really cares about it, but everyone talks about it, and it’s happening! I guess I have to thank them for the cars that I own and the house that I live in and for the education for my children, because they have, in a very weird way, paid for it.

On The Soup mocking E!
If we couldn’t make fun of E!, I don’t think the show could exist because it would be such a glaring hole. Even with what happened with Giuliana the other week, E!, even though they were incredibly nervous about it, they still let us tell jokes about it. I have great respect for that because it was a touchy situation. Obviously, Giuliana will be fine and the network will be fine, but they let us go for it, and Giuliana let us go for it.

On meeting Michelle Obama when he hosted the Correspondents’ Dinner
I know that Michelle [Obama] watches The Soup, and I’m pretty sure her daughters are familiar with Community. I got to sit next to her and talk to her, and I was absolutely enamored by her. She is the real deal.

On being able to make jokes at the President’s expense
I was speaking to reporters in Europe after [The White House Correspondents Dinner] and I said to them, ‘I live in the greatest country in the world,’ and they said, ‘Wait a minute, Mr. American…’ And I said, ‘Because I can tell jokes like that about the leader of the country that I’m a citizen of, and I wasn’t put in jail for it.’ There are so many other countries where if I said 5 percent of what I said to the president, I’d be in jail for the rest of my life cracking rocks.

[From The Daily Beast]

As Kaiser often says, the Kardashians are easy gossip filler. There are many days that are a dearth for gossip until Kim Kardashian wears a terrible outfit, takes an ass selfie or paints an orange stripe on her nose. Plus she has four sisters who are similarly inept at fashion, makeup and life choices. I too thank them for making our job easier. Many Bravo shows and reality stars have attempted to take the mantle away from The Kardashians and no one has even come close.

In terms of McHale’s gratitude for the Kardashians, his job and ‘Murica, he’s awesome and he proves it every time he opens his mouth. I just love him. Community is back March 17th!

photo credit: WENN.com

Reading books before bedtime!

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Mar 9, 2015 at 12:08pm PDT

I actually forgot that North West was in Paris with her parents this week! If you remember, Kris Jenner flew out of LA with North last week, and Kris and North met up with Kanye in London, then the three of them flew to Paris and Kim met up with them there. North’s been there the whole time! We just haven’t seen her during this Paris Fashion Week because Mummy’s Little Accessory was already used enough during New York Fashion Week. And maybe we aren’t seeing North as much because Anna Wintour finally put her foot down and told designers to ban babies from the front row.

Anyway, Kim posted the above Instagram last night. North sleeps in a pearl necklace? Granted, I really don’t know that much about babies or toddlers, but I would think a pearl necklace would probably be a strangulation hazard for a child? And even if it’s not that common, why push your luck? Don’t let your babies wear pearl necklaces to bed. The More You Know.

I’m also including some photos of Kim and Kanye out in Paris yesterday. Out of all the crazy outfits she’s worn in the past week… this barely breaks the Crazy-Stupid Top Five. Kanye looks like he’s already bored with playing with his Blonde Real Doll though.

Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN and Fame/Flynet.

Woody Allen averages one film a year, good and bad. He doesn’t really care if the films are well-received or if they make money. He’s always “on to the next one.” He’s worked out some kind of deal with Sony Pictures where they pay the relatively paltry production costs and no one gives Woody any notes. That deal has spawned Oscar-winning films like Vicky Christina Barcelona, Midnight In Paris and Blue Jasmine. That deal has also spawned deeply flawed films like To Rome With Love and Whatever Works.

Woody’s 2015 release will be Irrational Man, starring his latest young “muse,” Emma Stone (she was the lead in WA’s Magic In the Moonlight too). But even though Irrational Man isn’t even out yet, Woody has written the script for his next film and he’s already cast the leads: Jesse Eisenberg, Bruce Willis… and Kristen Stewart.

Woody Allen has begun casting his 2015 feature film, and he has set Jesse Eisenberg, Bruce Willis and Kristen Stewart to lead the ensemble, I’m told. No comment from the Allen camp. As usual, the film is untitled and there are no plot details, and it’s being produced by Letty Arsonson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson, his usual collaborators. Allen might be the one director who, when he courts talent, doesn’t really show them a script. Everybody wants to work with him and they consider themselves lucky to be asked and if they’re available, they say yes almost always.

Allen’s next release, Irrational Man, stars Emma stone and Joaquin Phoenix and it will be released by Sony Pictures Classics July 24th.

[From Deadline]

Ten bucks says Kristen Stewart is Bruce Willis’ love interest in the film. Right? I know there’s a lot of hate towards Woody Allen these days, but I guess I’m able to compartmentalize how I feel about him as a person (he’s gross) and how I feel about him as an artist. I saw and loved both Midnight In Paris and Blue Jasmine. Jasmine especially seemed like an incredibly mature work from him. I’m not sure how he can go from charming wood nymph Emma Stone to… lip-biting artiste Kristen Stewart. We’ll see. It’s notable that despite what all of us in the cheap seats think about Woody, major actors still say “yes” to him when they’re offered a role.

PS… I think Kristen’s general twitchiness and awkwardness will actually fit pretty well with a Woody Allen-written heroine.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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The only time I ever really cared about Marvel’s presence at the annual San Diego Comic-Con was the year Tom Hiddleston arrived in his Loki get-up and told all the nerds to quake before his thunder (I might be paraphrasing, but not by much). That was 2013. Tommy really out-did himself and after that, Marvel was all “Damn, what can we do to top that?” The answer is… not much. James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, said as much in a recent Q&A session online.

The biggest reveal from the Facebook interaction came from an answer to what seemed to be a really straight question: “Are you going to comic con this year?” Seems like an easy question to answer, if it needed answering at all. Gunn could be hard at work on Guardians of the Galaxy 2 or he could join Marvel for what, in San Diego years past, have been large hyped Marvel events.

But here’s what Gunn said: “I’m not sure. Marvel isn’t going so I’m not sure I will either.”

[From Geek.com]

I guess it makes sense? Marvel will have already blown their proverbial wad during the promotional trail for Age of Ultron throughout April and May, and Comic-Con will be in July. You know what else Marvel has coming out in July? Ant-Man. So there will be no Ant-Man at Comic-Con? Huh. I guess I have to give it Marvel – they’re in such a position of strength, they literally don’t even have to show up and all of the comic-book people will still make all of the Marvel films huge hits.

And since I’m using photos of Tommy, might as well add this – Tom Hiddleston has narrated a children’s adaptation of Henry V for British schoolkids. The film will be shown during Shakespeare Week (next week). Hiddleston said: “With WillShake, Joe Talbot and Emily Blacksell have achieved something wonderful. They have completely reimagined the possibilities for children and their first contact with Shakespeare. Their Henry V film is fresh, dynamic and so lovingly crafted that it’s impossible not to stand up for it. Bravo.”

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Here are some photos of the royal family attending a service at Westminster Abbey yesterday. There was a special Commonwealth service for Commonwealth Day. The Queen is the head of state to 53 nations, including Canada and Australia. For the service, the royal attendance was actually kind of light. I’ve only seen photos of the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Queen and Prince Philip, plus Prince William and Kate. No Princess Royal? No Duke of York?

This was one of Kate’s final public appearances before she gives birth next month. She’s due to make some more appearances this week, including her trip to the set of Downton Abbey, and then after that… we probably won’t see much of her until she gives birth. I think for the birth, we’ll probably see the same wall-to-wall hospital coverage and Will and Kate will make a big public debut of the baby after he or she is born. I’m assuming? But there’s bound to be less excitement with this second baby.

As for Kate’s look here, she did a repeat. She wore this pale pink Alexander McQueen coat when she was pregnant with George, back for the 2013 Trooping the Colours. The hat and the earrings are new though. The hat is by Jane Taylor and the earrings are morganite and diamond drops by Kiki McDonough. Kate’s clutch is by Prada. The whole ensemble is very… eh. Familiar, girlish, but hey… at least she looked occasion-appropriate. The Queen wore a suit by Karl Ludwig, but I swear, I thought the Queen was wearing Chanel! Perish the thought!

You can read more about the event here at People. Kate spoke to a few commoners and they found her charming.

PS… It’s good to see Philip out and about. That man is 93!!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.