As the negative Royal stories continue about everyone except Prince Andrew, the Daily Mail ran a story about Naomi Campbell’s “rum chums,” with the underlying point that she is undeserving of a philanthropic award from the British Fashion Council. Naomi runs with famous people and billionaires and s…

“I just took a DNA test, turns out…”

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 21, 2019

Hillary Clinton loves Lizzo and they’re both 100% That Bitch. [Just Jared]
Here’s the rabbit or raven optical illusion, wtf! [Dlisted]
TIFF is going to be lit this year, I hope. [LaineyGossip]
The international September covers. [Go Fug Yourself]
Damn it, I might be interested in this Scarlett Johansson movie. [Pajiba]
Kirsten Gillibrand shouldn’t have all of this on her shoulders. [Jezebel]
Sean Spicer is going on Dancing [Towleroad]
La La Anthony’s dress would be so much better sans shoulder pads. [RCFA]
Drag Race UK looks ah-mazing. [OMG Blog]
Don’t click on this link if you’re queasy about blood. Ugh. [The Blemish]

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I wrote last week about Gigi Hadid and Bachelorette runner-up Tyler Cameron and what this means for the celebrity ecosystem as reality show celebrities continue to cross over into other celebrity streams. Gigi and Tyler spent a few days in upstate New York with some friends and last night they were …

I wrote last week about Gigi Hadid and Bachelorette runner-up Tyler Cameron and what this means for the celebrity ecosystem as reality show celebrities continue to cross over into other celebrity streams. Gigi and Tyler spent a few days in upstate New York with some friends and last night they were …

Live from the heart of the Keanuaissance, comes the shocking announcement that The Matrix 4 is happening, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss set to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity, respectively, and Lana Wachowski is returning to write, direct, and produce. Notably, her sister, Lilly Wach…

Live from the heart of the Keanuaissance, comes the shocking announcement that The Matrix 4 is happening, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss set to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity, respectively, and Lana Wachowski is returning to write, direct, and produce. Notably, her sister, Lilly Wach…

I’ll give Simon Cowell credit for something: he’s never treated women like they’re disposable. Even when he’s broken up with a woman, he makes sure she’s taken care of and he often employs her, and more often than not, the ex-girlfriend is added to his makeshift harem of ex-girlfriends who vacation with him and are still in his life as close friends. Even though he’s with Lauren Silverman now – messy as it is – and they have a son, he still has many of his ex-girlfriends around. Like Sinitta, one of his most famous girlfriends and then ex-girlfriends. They’re still very close. Close enough where Sinitta was the one to tell him to lose weight. In the name of friendship.

We all know Simon Cowell has an excellent relationship with his exes – and probably his most famous amicable ex is Sinitta. The former pop star and the X Factor music mogul dated in the eighties, but since then, they’ve been thick as thieves. From working together, partying together and holidaying together, the pair are the ultimate BFFs. If you’re wondering whether the secret to their friendship is Sinitta showering him with compliments, think again, she tells Simon things he might not want to hear – like that he needs to lose weight.

In a video posted on ITV’s Lorraine, the former pop star set the record straight about how the conversation happened, she said: “We had just finished filming X Factor – the last year with Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul and Dianne Warren – everybody was there. And as we were leaving, I was kissing him goodbye and saying thank you, and as I said goodbye I whispered in his ear: ‘Babe, I’m really sorry to say this but I love you so much, and I’ve got to do this. You’re too handsome, you’re too fabulous, to let yourself go like this.’ And I kind of put my arms around him – I had my arms around him because we were hugging – but I just kind of grabbed him a little bit around the love handles of his waist, and his little cheeks. And I just said ‘I want you to be healthy, I want you to look good, I want you to feel good. This is not you and I think we need to address this.’

“He’s used to me being on to him about these things… about health. On holiday, I would always make sure we have power plates, exercise bikes, everything, because we once found that we put on ten pounds in two weeks on a yacht on holiday, because you just sit and eat, and talk and laugh and drink, so yeah, he’s used to that from me.”

The 55-year-old continued: “He was really sweet because he received it really well. He was like, ‘y’know what, I promise you, the next time you see me, you won’t recognise me’. And then I’d get little updates, ‘I’ve gone vegan’ and ‘I’ve gone vegetarian’, ‘I’ve stopped eating sugar’, ‘I’ve stopped eating wheat.’ And, true to his word, he’s gotten his act together and he’s looking and feeling fantastic. And it’s really good because he’s feeling fantastic, he has energy, he can think clearer, he’s sleeping better, so it’s not just the aesthetics and not just what he looks like … very proud.”

[From Hello]

I don’t doubt that Sinitta told him that and I have no doubt that her words were one of many things which instigated the change we see in Simon. But… is it better? I mean… he’s on a quacky elimination diet because some naturopath faked some BS tests and, in addition to all that, Simon looks very much like he’s undergone some lipo and plastic surgery. As for what Sinitta said and whether it’s nice to tell your close friend to lose some weight… I think it’s kind of mean? Trust me, your friend f–king knows that they need to lose weight. And by getting in their face – even if you’re doing it in a loving, supportive way – about their weight, you might send them into an unhealthy tailspin. Which might explain why Simon looks the way he does now.

The most surprising entertainment marriage of the decade is the union between Sony and Marvel, who have co-produced Spider-Man together since rebooting the character in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. Their marriage was medieval in that it was entirely about property acquisition, giving Marvel…

The most surprising entertainment marriage of the decade is the union between Sony and Marvel, who have co-produced Spider-Man together since rebooting the character in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. Their marriage was medieval in that it was entirely about property acquisition, giving Marvel…

YSL x ZOË mad shades. coming sooooooon. ? @yslbeauty. #121 Arlene’s Nude drops tomorrow. available at YSLBeauty.com

A post shared by Zoë Kravitz (@zoeisabellakravitz) on Aug 19, 2019 at 2:15pm PDT

Zoe Kravitz is the face of YSL lipstick, and she has her own signature collection with YSL Beauty (the YSL lipstick collection is called Rouge Pur Couture). They let her create/launch a collection of six lipstick colors, and she got to name the shades too. So she named them after people close to her – Arlene’s Nude for her grandmother (lol), Lale’s Red for her mom, and on and on. Would you spend $38 on one tube of lipstick? I would not, but then again, I just wear tinted lip balm anyway. To promote this YSL line, Zoe chatted with Vogue Magazine and I found some of her answers kind of cool:

Quick beauty answers: How does the Big Little Lies star relieve stress? Wine, weed, and sleep, she says. A beauty mistake she regrets? Wearing too much of it. The beauty trend she wishes would go away? Over contouring. The beauty trend that shocks her? Botox for sweat. (“That is the dumbest, scariest thing I’ve ever heard,” she says. “Don’t do that—sweating is key.”)

Naming the lipstick shades: “We started with the colors first, so we had to think of six names. I just wanted them to be personal; it means something to me when I hear those words.”

Why she chose these six lipstick colors: “We started really classic and simple, which to me is really the foundation of my style. It’s great to have really simple colors that you can build on top of, wear crazy outfits with, do a crazy eye with, which is why we kind of stayed with the nudes and the reds for this collection and go crazier as we go on. I hope they’re a good kind of accent to help people feel more confident.”

What she likes in makeup: “I’ve kind of come to to learn the things that I like [from wearing makeup at work]. I don’t like when things are too chalky. I like when things are matte but still have a little bit of moisture in them. I tried to make things that I would wear personally.”

Makeup shouldn’t make everyone look the same: “I think we’re at an interesting time right now with makeup. A lot of people are completely re-sculpting their faces and it makes everyone look the same, which to me is a shame. Everyone is unique and different in their own way—I think that’s a beautiful thing, and makeup should be used to enhance that.”

[From Vogue]

I’m really with her on the contouring thing and people “re-sculpting” their faces. I can’t wait for this trend or phase in beauty to be over, because it should be OVER. People spending an hour on contouring needs to be over. Dropping thousands of dollars on makeup needs to be over. People getting tweaked to look like an Instagram filtered photo come to life needs to be over. Whatever happened to taking a shower, dabbing on some moisturizer and a swipe of lipstick and going out into the world? Why is beauty so homogenized and expensive and time-consuming these days?

Also: Botoxing sweat glands… I agree, it seems like a risky and dumb thing to do.

@YSLBEAUTY #YSLBEAUTYXZOECOLLECTION …comin soon ?

A post shared by Zoë Kravitz (@zoeisabellakravitz) on Aug 12, 2019 at 12:32pm PDT

Photos courtesy of Zoe’s Instagram.