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Melissa Rivers says her controversial comedian mother, Joan Rivers, always felt like an 'outsider' in Hollywood

Melissa Rivers said that not every successful female comedian working today admires pioneer Joan Ri…

Doree Lewak   


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Whoopi Goldberg says her drug abuse hit rock bottom when she got 'sloppy' at work and a hotel maid found her sitting in a closet

Whoopi Goldberg opened up about her previous cocaine abuse in her new book, "Bits and Pieces: My Mo…

Olivia Singh   


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A former 'Bachelorette' star says many of the contestants are rich girls who 'are bankrolled by their parents'

Desiree Hartsock — who was "The Bachelorette" in 2013 — wouldn't go on the show today because she'd…

Anneta Konstantinides   


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Celebrity PR experts weigh in on Jada Pinkett Smith's strategic decision to wait 7 years before revealing her and Will Smith's separation

Jada Pinkett Smith recently revealed that she and Will Smith quietly separated in 2016. Experts tol…

Olivia Singh   


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A 'Sopranos' screenwriter who was fired from the show reveals that James Gandolfini insisted on taking him out to dinner the night he was let go

"Jim called me up after he finished work that day. He knew what had happened, and he said, 'I'm tak…

Libby Torres   


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Jamie-Lynn Sigler reveals how her 'Sopranos' costar James Gandolfini 'stepped up' to make sure she was 'taken care of' following her MS diagnosis

Sigler, who played Meadow Soprano, split from her first husband in 2005 and was diagnosed with mult…

Libby Torres   


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'Succession' star Brian Cox turned down the chance to play King Robert on 'Game of Thrones'

The "Succession" star was offered a role for season one of the hit series before playing Logan Roy …

Yasmin Garaad   


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Will Smith says he nearly 'choked to death' on his chicken and waffles when he first laid eyes on Jada Pinkett Smith

In his memoir, the actor said that he saw Pinkett Smith for the first time when she exited the "Fre…

Olivia Singh   


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Will Smith says he wanted to date 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' costar Karyn Parsons, but she told him 'hell no'

In his new memoir, Smith spoke about working with Parsons, who played his on-screen cousin named Hi…

Olivia Singh   


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Will Smith says he monitored Tom Cruise's global press activity so he could surpass him as the biggest movie star in the world

"Tom Cruise's global promotions were the individual best in Hollywood," Smith said in his new, self…

Olivia Singh   


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Will Smith says he and director Michael Bay had '1 of our biggest disputes' over whether or not the actor should be shirtless in 'Bad Boys'

In his memoir, Smith said that he told the director that it would be "corny" and unnatural to be sh…

Olivia Singh   


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James Gandolfini once stood up for a 'Sopranos' actor who was uncomfortable being nude in a scene, according to a new book

"Jim recognized, on my face, that there was an actor in trouble," Peter Riegert said in "Woke Up Th…

Libby Torres   


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Will Smith says that he improvised the fan-favorite piano scene from the 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' pilot

In his self-titled memoir, Smith said that he went off-script during a scene from the series premie…

Olivia Singh   


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James Gandolfini once got a 'disturbing' anonymous phone call in the middle of the night that eventually inspired an iconic 'Sopranos' line

"I think Jim was disturbed by it. Who knows who made the call — but the invasion of privacy was def…

Libby Torres   


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Marrying a prince is supposed to be a fairy tale. The British royal family shows it's anything but.

Princess Diana, Kate Middleton, and Meghan Markle's lives looked like fairy tales. But each princes…

Samantha Grindell,Anneta Kons…   


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Alan Cumming had suicidal thoughts the day he auditioned to be Bond villain Boris Grishenko in 'GoldenEye'

In his memoir, "Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life," Cumming detailed the lasting mental impac…

Tom Murray   


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Will Smith says he borrowed $10,000 from a drug dealer after he went broke from not paying taxes

During the London leg of his book tour, Will Smith said he relocated to Los Angeles in the 1990s fo…

Ashley Turner   


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Will Smith says he 'fell in love' with co-star Stockard Channing during his first marriage

Smith says in his memoir that he "fell in love" with Channing while filming "Six Degrees of Separat…

Ayomikun Adekaiyero   


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Will Smith reveals he once considered killing his dad to 'avenge' his mother

Will Smith wrote in a new memoir that he thought about pushing his father down the stairs in his wh…

Rebecca Cohen