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Suicide Squad cast: Soho Met or the Shangri-La?
Juice factor: 9/10
We pride ourselves on what we get up to when we find out all the juiciest gossip of the week, so we were a little surprised to get called out on social media for taking Roz & Mocha’s word for it that Jared Leto, Will Smith, Cara Delevingne aka the BatPack (our new name for them because we’ve run into them individually every where from College Street to Fresh on Spadina) aren’t actually staying at the Soho Met as *apparently* they’re at the Shangri-La. So we do apologize if we’re wrong but in the same breath will point out that “rumour has it” is the language we used which does not confirm they are staying at the Soho Met. APPARENTLY photographic evidence of stars surfacing on social media somehow discredits the Soho Met. Um, last time we checked, they were right down the street from each other (and us) and casts were capable of staying at different hotels. Or visiting friends. Or having sex with “friends” in hotels that aren’t either of those hotels but are nearby. Gawd, Toronto — let’s try not expose ourselves so soon.
…in the meantime, at least we didn’t pull this amateur move like CBC
Juice factor: 9/10
Um, we’ve tracked down stars in some pretty strange ways, and even partied with them in the process, but shouldn’t CBC know better than to tweet at Ryan Reynolds with a phone number to get an exclusive interview after the Vancouver native was involved in a hit-and-run while on foot at the Shangri-La parking lot in Vancouver? He wasn’t hurt by the reckless driver, but this tweet’s as insensitive as it is embarrassingly naive for our most prominent broadcast network. Good thing Reynolds is Canadian and gets that. Check out his Canuck-style response: #Beachcombers
Put Beachcombers back on the air and I'll call. https://t.co/g9jbBppMHu
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 12, 2015
Couples who workout together stay together
Juice Factor: 8/10
A couple of weeks ago we spotted Will Smith pumping iron at Studio Fitness on Bathurst Street and apparently his wifee of 18 years came for a visit and joined him. Social media was ablaze with comments about her perfect bod and workout regime. No surprise there – 18 years and counting means daily squatting and planking.
How to keep plastic surgery secret while also denying it openly in Hollywood
Juice factor: 8/10
In throwback Cher from Clueless fashion, Kylie Jenner showed off her Valley Girl sass when speaking out for the first time about whether her tabloid-making controversial big lips are inherently Jenner or injectible? “I’m like, ‘Stop talking about my lips,’ Kylie tells UK’s Grazia, but here’s where it gets interesting. “I haven’t had plastic surgery. I’ve never been under the knife,” she continued (note the wording). “People flashback to pictures of me when I was 12 and say ‘Kylie’s so different’ but how can I look the same from 12 -18?” First up, if you’re in the industry as we are, you know that denying buzz words like “plastic surgery” and going “under the knife” make it seem like you’ve candidly denying altering your looks, but that’s what a lot of stars say when they’ve had what’s called a “non-invasive surgery,” which can be anything from lip injections, cheekbone implants, and filler. It’s not lying to say she hasn’t had plastic surgery, but she made a point of addressing her lips and then denied having surgeries you would never use on lips anyway. Interesting, right? The trend of openly denying having plastic surgery of one kind while secretly having had another is only getting more popular now that things like butt makeovers are now often done via fatgrafting and don’t use implants at all. We mean, you could X-ray your butt if it was fat-grafting to your liking and you wouldn’t see implants on the X-ray.
Bobby Flay is single, ladies
Juice factor: 7/10
It looks like there’s not much charm for everybody’s favourite Irish Iron Chef Bobby Flay. The 50-year-old ginger just filed for divorce No. 3 and — while marriage records are exactly the same as Michelin stars — you’ve gotta give him credit for heading to the alter and then the courtroom like a good sport on an Iron Chef America losing streak. Best of luck at judging panel, Chef Flay.
Madonna’s new naked scandal
Juice factor: 8/10
Well, just when you thought Madonna had nothing else left up her sleeve — you were kinda right. She’s more than just sleeve-free in a never-before-seen Playboy nude photo shoot. Here’s the catch: Madge stripped down for shoot in 1979 when she was just 21-years-old (so almost like a virgin… maybe?) for photographer Martin H.M. Schreiber. The photos were allegedly lost until now — hence the name of the June 2015 issue editorial: “Madonna: The Lost Nudes.” Throwback AND SEO-friendly. Well, given that we only found out a few weeks ago that she was once romantically involved with Tupaq, we’re loving these Madonna blasts from the pasts that we never got the first time round. Man, it’s like she’s some kind of image visionary who planned it our something…
Baby, Baby, Oh noooo… Justin Bieber in Trouble With the Law AGAIN
Juice factor: 8/10
In this week’s Justin Bieber drama, Canada’s most toxic export (just ahead of Alberta crude oil) got in legal trouble not once but twice! First, an Argentinian judge has demanded for the Biebs’ “immediate detention” stemming from a 2013 incident when the pop tart allegedly asked his body guards to attack paparazzo Diego Pensoa at a club in Buenos Aires. And then, just when sh*t couldn’t get crazier for the star (who recently apologized for his deviant behavior following his Comedy Central roast), he was allegedly put into a chokehold this weekend by Coachella security following being barred from Drake’s concert due to overcapacity — and trying to go in anyways. He is now looking to potential press charges against the festival though our Scenesters at Coachella tell us his entourage were hardly innocent in the whole affair. He’s the Lindsay Lohan of the 2010s, except in Samantha Ronson’s body.
And in MORE Justin Bieber News… but really, do you care that much?
Juice factor: 7/10
Looks like the Biebs may have been at Coachella not only to see Drake but also his suspected new amore, Kendall Jenner. These two are Hollywood’s hottest under-the-radar romance — we’ll keep you up to date with how it unfolds…
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