Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield have been married for nearly 12 years now, which doesn’t seem mathematically possible, but after the pandemic I’ve broadly come to grips with the fact that time doesn’t follow any rules. In any event, I’m happy for Melissa that she’s found joy and support with Timothy, because the previous guy really put her through the wringer. Melissa was married to Bruce Boxleitner for 16 years before they divorced in 2011. By Melissa’s own account, she had a bit of a mid-life crisis in the aftermath, getting Botox, a convertible, and flaming red hair all in the hopes of feeling younger. But then in 2012 Melissa met Timothy, a few months later they were engaged, and by 2013 they were married and moved to NYC. Cut to now, Melissa is promoting an off-Broadway show, and she told Page Six that LA was not “a safe place for me to age,” whereas she’s relished the experience on the East Coast, declaring that her sixtieth year has been “incredible.”

Melissa Gilbert left Hollywood in 2013 and hasn’t looked back since.

The “Little House on the Prairie” alum, 60, tells Page Six in an exclusive interview that she left Los Angeles for New York City because it was “so anti-aging.”

“I just didn’t feel like that was a safe place for me to age. It’s so anti-aging, which is one of my least favorite expressions in the world,” she says. “Anti-aging means dead.”

Gilbert explains that, while living in California, she felt pressured to confirm and “not get any older and stay at a size 2 or 4 or whatever [she] was at that time.”

However, following her cross-country move, she says that her mentality about aging immediately changed.

“I went from, ‘Oh God, I better not get older!’ to ‘Oh God, I’m so glad I’m older!’” she says. “I love the age I am right now. Sixty has been the most incredible year, just to look back on all the things I’ve done and to know that I’ve earned my opinions, I have value, I am wise.

“I have done so much and I continue to do it and it’s not over by any stretch of the imagination.”

Though the actress is now happily settled in Manhattan’s Upper West Side neighborhood with her husband, Timothy Busfield, she still has a lot of love for LA.

“I did not realize the depth of love that I have for my hometown until the wildfires,” she points out, referencing the Pacific Palisades blaze that started on Jan. 7, 2025. “The amount of people I know who have lost everything, and not movie stars and television stars.

“It’s devastating and I do love so much about Los Angeles. It just wasn’t the right place for me to live any longer but it will always be my hometown.”

[From Page Six]

I am pro Melissa’s anti anti-aging comments! I know she says a lot of the negative aging feelings came around her second divorce, but I can’t help but wonder about the added impact of her having been a child star. She probably already went through a period of being told “you’re too old for this now,” when she transitioned from child star to young woman. Which is crazy to hear as a twenty-something! But again, I’m just wondering if there’s an extra layer of mindf–k for child stars, like “great, here it comes again!” The main thing is I’m glad Melissa feels not just content, but exuberant with herself these days. She’s also feeling plenty confident enough to clap back at idiots on the internet. And by “idiots,” I mean Megyn Kelly. Megyn, who likely still hasn’t recovered from the plot twist in Conclave (based on an eight-year-old novel), piped up recently to preemptively heckle Netflix not to “woke-ify” the newly announced Little House on the Prairie reboot. Melissa has nothing to do with the reboot (so far), but she schooled Megyn that the original series was plenty woke. As Melissa put it, “the reason I opened my big fat mouth, was because someone else opened hers.” If Melissa ever did a talk show, she should call it Big Fat Mouth in a Little House.

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More photos of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Sunday, at the Invictus Games. They watched some events and, early in the morning, they attended an “Invictus family” event with dozens of kids who were there with their Invictus parents. Meghan read a book to the kids and she also fielded questions in what seemed like an impromptu kids’ press conference. I love that, that kids were like “so, let’s hear more about you, MEGHAN.” For that morning appearance, Meghan wore a heather/olive green ensemble by La Ligne, once again one of her favorite labels. I loved the green look – super-flattering on Meghan, and very ladylike. To me, this was where you see Meghan’s inherent princess-ness, and I mean that as a compliment.

Later in the day, Meghan wore a La Ligne chunky sweater in navy and a pair of Victoria Beard jeans. But she also mixed up her outwear too, depending on how cold she was. For some of the events, Meghan wore a puffer jacket by Hermes – we saw her wearing the same coat last year, also in Canada. At other points in the day, Meghan wore a Doen blazer, the Duccio Jacket. Can I be real? That’s my least favorite thing she’s worn in Canada so far. I know why she picked it out and I can tell it’s her taste, but it didn’t look great paired with the sweater.

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The Duchess of Sussex read a book to children at an event with families during the 2025 #InvictusGames in Vancouver, Canada pic.twitter.com/QiC1fukWxz

— PA Media (@PA) February 10, 2025

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King Charles and Queen Camilla have planned a trip to Italy this year. They will travel to Rome and Vatican City in April. They’re making some kind of special pilgrimage to the Vatican for the Catholic Jubilee Year, and according to CNN, “pilgrims are encouraged to pass through one of the “Holy Doors” located in Rome’s four major basilicas, while Pope Francis has called for this jubilee to be centered on ‘hope.’” This Italian trip has been in the works for a while, only it was originally supposed to happen last year, and Prince William and Kate were supposed to go. Charles and Camilla yanked it from them and everyone is being told that Kate will not travel for a while (unless it’s a vacation, apparently). Charles and Camilla will also be in Italy for their 20th wedding anniversary. I hope Pope Francis calls them sinners and homewreckers.

In any case, Charles and Camilla are extremely jazzed about their big trip to Italy & the Vatican. So much so that they organized a “taste of Italy” dinner at Highgrove on Friday night. Special guests included Stanley Tucci (he “inspired” the menu) and his wife Felicity, Donatella Versace, Helen Mirren and… David and Victoria Beckham. First of all, noted Italians David Beckham and Helen Mirren?? Mirren’s ancestry is Russian. I thought David’s ancestry was working-class English bloke, but then I googled it and it turns out that he’s partly Jewish? I truly had no idea. Mazel tov!

Anyway, David Beckham is still desperately trying to get that knighthood. Victoria is playing along like a dutiful wife, but my gut is saying that she’s not into all of this, and by “this,” I mean eating Italian food. All of this reads like Charles and Camilla simply wanting to have a dinner party and they’re trying to make it into a work event. I hope we get some more stories about how David Beckham should take over Prince Harry’s royal duties now.

PS… Charles was doing all of this to hype his Rome trip… meanwhile, he still hasn’t offered any support or best wishes to British Invictus veterans.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images.

Here are some photos from Friday night’s Critics Choice Awards. This will probably be Angelna Jolie’s final appearance during the awards season, unless she’s invited to present at the SAGs or Oscars, I guess. You never know – she is a two-time Oscar winner already, so it’s more than possible that the Academy would invite her to be a presenter. Anyway, Angelina did not leave the awards season with a bang. She chose this peachy-beige-tea-rose lace Elie Saab Spring 2025 gown which… eh. I’m mad at the color, I’m mad at her hair these days. But overall, I’m happy that it wasn’t a sack dress and it also feels like she’s been venturing out of her comfort zone here and there. It ended up being an okay night for Jolie – that POS Chelsea Handler didn’t even say her name, and Demi Moore went over and hugged Angelina when Demi won Best Actress. It feels like Angelina has made some new friendships during this season.

Michelle Yeoh kind of disappointed me too? She wore this absolutely terrible Balenciaga look. Her hair also looked… not-great. She has great hair too, but it’s too “flat” and lifeless here.

Lupita Nyong’o was one of several women wearing Chanel. I, uh, don’t think Lupita got the best Chanel look, honestly. She’s always beautiful, but this is a minidress with black tulle and it looks like a homemade fashion project.

Margaret Qualley in Chanel – she’s been wearing Chanel throughout the awards season, and she has a good Chanel contract. I actually sort of like this? It’s more flowy and romantic than I would normally associate with Chanel.

Jodie Foster in Chanel – the dress is super-conservative and very “Jodie,” but can I just say? I love her hair these days. That choppy bob is killer and I love the subtle grey streaks. Her colorist is doing a great job.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

I fully admit that I have never “gotten” Schiaparelli. I’m missing that gene, I guess. At the Grammys, one of the few “fashion conversations” was Beyonce’s ill-fitting Schiaparelli dress – it was a custom piece, and you would have thought that meant that it would fit her like a glove. It did not. She was scared of popping out of it all night, and her underwire was exposed in many of the photos. It should have been an even bigger conversation, that Schiaparelli can’t be trusted to provide good looks for women at awards shows. But women are still trusting this couture house. Well, Demi Moore wore Schiaparelli to the Critics Choice Awards and once again, I’m asking WHY? Why do this to your bust, ladies? Why wear such unflattering, ill-fitting pieces? Anyway, Demi won the Best Actress Award, and given the mess with Karla Sofia Gascon (who did not attend the CC), I think it’s safe to say that Demi is a massive front-runner in this Oscar race.

Marianne Jean Baptiste wore Oscar de la Renta. I love this. It’s age-appropriate but it still feels fresh and youthful. It reminds me of something Jill Biden would wear. Marianne was one of several women who were notably “snubbed” for a Best Actress Oscar nom.

Kathryn Hahn in Oscar de la Renta Pre-Fall 2025. LMAO. She looks like she’s wearing a deconstructed black swan costume.

Sarah Michelle Gellar also wore Oscar de la Renta – I like this? We see her so rarely at these awards shows, it’s a nice treat. She just turned up in a relatively “simple” black dress, really.

Leighton Meester & Adam Brody both wore Dior. Adam won a Critics Choice Award and Leighton was really emotional about it! They seem really solid. I’m fine with her dress, but the bangs are killing my soul.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

Cynthia Erivo has been nominated for tons of awards and she’s been in tons of awards seasons. But it feels like this is the first time where she’s really gotten this kind of attention, this kind of hype, and she’s been in the center of a major hit movie? What’s nice about that is Cynthia has really met the moment. I’ve said this before, but I expected Wicked’s promotion and awards season to be messy, because both Cynthia and Ariana had reputations for being a bit prickly or not very easy-going. But they’ve both surprised me so much. Cynthia has been full of grace, good humor and professionalism, as has Ariana. Anyway, Cynthia wore Armani to the Critics Choice Awards – while she didn’t win, she looked great and I loved seeing her in a sleek look like this.

Meanwhile, Ariana Grande went for a completely bonkers Dior look at the CCAs. It’s wicker basket couture, y’all. It’s terrible but also really funny. I hope she had fun.

Speaking of weird structural garments – which are on-trend currently – Hannah Einbinder wore this custom Louis Vuitton. SO BAD.

Rachel Brosnahan in custom Miu Miu. Like… I did NOT know Lois Lane had all of that going on. Very sexy look.

Natasha Lyonne wore Saint Laurent. I love her, she’s so funny.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

A clip from the Spanish reality show, La Isla de las Tentaciones, has gone massively viral this week and that’s why everyone is saying “Montoya Por Favor!” This is one of the funniest memes I’ve ever seen. [The Evening Standard]
Henry Cavill & Natalie Viscuso attended the AACTA Awards & it looks like Natalie was wearing an engagement ring. [Just Jared]
Brie Larson has a buzzcut?? [Go Fug Yourself]
Angelina Jolie’s Q&A session & speech at the SBIFF were great. [LaineyGossip]
Lance Bass & Lisa Vanderpump posed together. [Socialite Life]
Mormons are having a (sexually repressed) moment. [Pajiba]
Cynthia Nixon defends LGBTQ rights. [OMG Blog]
Mikey Madison’s stylist finally got her out of those satin dresses. [RCFA]
I did not even recognize Heidi Klum. [Seriously OMG]
A couple of Duggars started a YouTube channel. [Starcasm]
Rest in peace, Irv Gotti. [Hollywood Life]
Everything old is new again with workplace sexism. [Buzzfeed]

He ran on water during a storm to stop the babe he cheated on from cheating back. This is cinema and was what R&B used to be about https://t.co/N68MORSByF

— Mbadawe (@LazarusKumi) February 6, 2025

MONTOYA POR FAVOR pic.twitter.com/cpkQZ5zrET

— Netflix España (@NetflixES) February 6, 2025

The past six weeks have been full of drama, lawsuits, accusations, leaked texts, leaked voice memos and leaked footage from Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Some people have already begun to detach themselves from the drama of it all, and I’m not sure if Blake and Justin can keep this up for another year. There was one gossip thread which I was curious about, and curious to see how it would play out in the coming months. That would be Blake Lively texting Justin Baldoni late one night and referring to herself as the Khaleesi and calling Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Swift her “dragons.” Blake’s text came after Taylor and Ryan apparently tried to persuade Baldoni to use “Blake’s rewrites” on some scenes for It Ends With Us. Baldoni took the khaleesi text as what it was, an implied threat that Blake was going to get her way.

For weeks now, Taylor Swift has avoided saying anything about Blake or Justin or any of it. Taylor also hasn’t been seen out with Blake since last fall. Now TMZ says that Taylor really doesn’t appreciate being dragged into this whole chaotic legal situation, and she really doesn’t appreciate Blake leveraging her name to pressure Baldoni.

Taylor Swift feels she was used by Blake Lively in her war with Justin Baldoni, and she resents Blake calling her one of her “dragons” and leveraging her name.

As we reported, there was a critical meeting at Blake and Ryan Reynolds’ NYC penthouse with Justin to discuss a scene that Blake had rewritten for “It Ends with Us.” Justin has said the meeting got super heated, and he felt ambushed because Ryan and Taylor showed up.

But a well-connected source close to Taylor tells TMZ … Taylor came to Blake’s apartment at the time Blake told her to, not knowing anyone else would be there. In other words, Taylor had no idea there was a meeting going on with Justin.

The source goes on to say … Justin was about to leave after the 2-hour meeting as Taylor walked in, and she was introduced to him for the first and only time. We’re told all Taylor said to Justin was how excited she was to see the movie because he was her friend’s boss. Our source says Taylor believes Blake timed her meeting with Justin so Taylor would arrive before he left and is baffled by Blake later characterizing her as her “dragon.” The source adds, “It’s weird to say that about a friend.”

And there’s more … the source says Taylor is also learning Blake has been inappropriately leveraging her name for a long time, like telling a young actress that Taylor “cast her,” which simply did not happen.

But, one source close to Blake has a different take, telling TMZ … Blake believes the relationship is “not strained” with the two still talking regularly. Another source close to the situation says Taylor was pissed about the extent to which she was involved, and specifically she was angry about the “dragons” remark … but Blake has since apologized, they had a good cry and hugged it out.

[From TMZ]

I wonder, I really do. On one side, people close to Taylor aren’t running to TMZ with this kind of info. On the other side, it actually sounds pretty reasonable that Taylor would be like “WTF?” when she read Blake’s dragon text. The detail about Taylor arriving at Blake’s apartment when Blake asked her to come is interesting too. I wonder how Taylor’s publicist Tree Paine is managing this tricky situation.

Interestingly, TMZ wasn’t the only outlet to get a sus Swift exclusive on Thursday. Us Weekly ran a piece called “Taylor Swift Had No Creative Involvement in Blake Lively s It Ends With Us Amid Lawsuit Sources.” Multiple sources tell Us that: “Taylor has always been Blake’s friend, but Taylor doesn’t have any involvement in the case. She wasn’t part of the movie. Taylor was not a producer on the film and had no creative involvement.” Ah… there are concerns in the Swift camp because Baldoni’s lawyers are threatening to depose Taylor and ask her about the dragon text and the meeting in which (Baldoni claims) Taylor pressured Baldoni to use Blake’s rewrites.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid.

Elon Musk and his merry band of Nazi youths are taking a wrecking ball to the federal government. There’s no coming back from any of this, and I sincerely wish American voters understood last year how f–king bad this would get. But here we are, with Musk and the Nazi youths giggling about how it would be cool to loot the Treasury and eliminate Social Security. Well, the Wall Street Journal continues to be extremely skeptical of the sh-tty politics, business and policy of the Trump administration. So WSJ did some digging on one of Musk’s Nazi youths. Guess what they found? A fork found in the kitchen! A childish dumbass with a history of racism and antisemitism online.

A key DOGE staff member who gained access to the Treasury Department’s central-payments system resigned Thursday after he was linked to a deleted social-media account that advocated racism and eugenics. Marko Elez, a 25-year-old who is part of a cadre of Elon Musk lieutenants deployed by the Department of Government Efficiency to scrutinize federal spending, resigned after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection to the account.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” the account posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.

“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on X in September. “Normalize Indian hate,” the account wrote the same month, in reference to a post noting the prevalence of people from India in Silicon Valley.

After the Journal inquired about the account, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that Elez had resigned from his role. In recent days, Elez had emerged at the center of a legal battle over access to sensitive taxpayer information and systems the Treasury Department uses to process trillions of dollars in payments annually. Thursday morning, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Elez could continue to access the department’s payment systems, but limited his ability to share the data. Elez resigned later that same day.

Musk personally urged people to apply to DOGE on X in December, promising long hours and little pay in exchange for the chance to fundamentally remake the federal government. Some of those who answered the call appear to be young Musk loyalists, steeped in internet culture, who share his worldview.

The account, @nullllptr—a misspelling of a keyword in the C++ programming language—was deleted in December, but hundreds of brash, sometimes-sophomoric posts have been archived. The user appeared to have a special dislike for Indian software engineers. “99% of Indian H1Bs will be replaced by slightly smarter LLMs, they’re going back don’t worry guys,” the user posted in December, referring to large language models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In June, the user weighed in on the conflict in the Middle East, offering some sympathy for Israel but also posting, “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”

[From WSJ]

I hate all of these people with the power of a thousand suns. I hope everyone who voted for this is impacted directly, I hope this childish, asinine, white supremacist bullsh-t comes to every Trump voter’s door. I’m honestly surprised this douchebag even resigned, and I bet Musk was telling him he didn’t even have to.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, PBS screencap.

This is the calm before the storm – there’s so much happening this weekend, so this should be just an FYI for everything we’re going to cover in the coming days. Tonight, we have the Critics Choice Awards, which will be a pretty low-key event, and we’ll have some fashion coverage on Sunday. There are other awards shows this weekend too, notably the DGAs and PGAs, both held on Saturday in LA. Then we’ve got the Super Bowl on Sunday, and the Super Bowl tends to dominate all of the news for at least 24 hours. But also happening alongside all of that: the Invictus Games. The opening ceremony in Canada will be on Saturday as well. According to GB News, Prince Harry and Meghan are flying up to Canada today:

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to arrive in Vancouver today for the 2025 Invictus Games, making the nearly three hour journey from Santa Barbara via private chartered jet.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will check into a city centre hotel ahead of the international sporting event for injured and sick military veterans.

[From GB News]

I’m honestly a little bit surprised they haven’t come even earlier – there are so many advance events, receptions and meetings happening around the games. I also hope Meghan is coming with Harry today and that she’ll be there for the whole Invictus games. In any case, we’ll obviously have lots of Invictus coverage too, especially if we get some good photos.

As I’ve been saying, all of the highly visible events over on Isla de la Saltines have been pretty obvious. I would assume that the Windsors have made so many plans and schemes for how they will try to “thunder-steal.” GB News did a separate story about how “senior royals will be hoping Harry’s attention stays firmly fixed on Canada and that the Duke of Sussex does not distract from the Royal Family’s brilliant start to 2025.” Meaning, the Windsors are focused on what’s happening in Canada and they’re going to throw themselves in front of every camera for the next week.

Last thing: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer sent his best wishes to the British Invictus team. It would shock me if any of the Windsors even tweeted “good luck” to the veterans participating in the games.

Wishing the best of luck to Team UK ahead of the @InvictusGames25 on Saturday. https://t.co/Y95mfmKNq6

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) February 6, 2025

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images, Invictus.