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Skarsgard's O.Fan Shoes Put His Feet On A Subscription

via The shoes and the photo: E! · The designer explains the joke: WWD · The "Wicker" basket transformation: E!

Alexander Skarsgard wore Saint Laurent's transparent "O.Fan" oxfords, named after OnlyFans, to the BFI London Film Festival screening of "Wicker" on Oct 8, according to E!. The shoe is from the French house's Spring 2027 line: a clear PVC oxford with a black s…

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The DM Was A Press Release: Hefner's Widow Vs. Biel

via The DM and the fallout: Deadline · Biel's casting: Deadline · Searchlight picks up "Playmates": Deadline · Crystal Hefner on the mansion, 2024: The Guardian

Crystal Hefner posted a screenshot of an Instagram DM to Jessica Biel asking her to "please reconsider" playing a fictional wife of Hugh Hefner in Searchlight's "Playmates," according to Deadline. The DM became the press statement. Hefner, who married Hugh Hef…

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Royal Mail Hired A Dead Man For Christmas

via The investigation: Deadline · The AI-actor campaign against the clones: Deadline · Michael Caine signs with ElevenLabs: Deadline · The family's side: AOL UK

After the daughter of late British broadcaster Paul Vaughan recognized her father's voice in a Christmas commercial, Royal Mail admitted the narrator of its 2025 "so much more than just a card" ad was AI-generated, according to Deadline. The campaign was about…

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Crazy Rich Asians Gets The HBO Series Machine

via The series order: Deadline · Rival coverage: Variety · The photo the story ran with: Deadline

According to Deadline, HBO has greenlit a one-hour drama series adaptation of "Crazy Rich Asians," the 2018 film, with Constance Wu, Henry Golding, and Ronny Chieng returning and Michelle Yeoh set to recur. The movie that was the highest-grossing Hollywood stu…

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Affleck Was Banned Twice For Impersonating Himself

via The reveal: EW · The Variety profile where he said it: Variety · Rival coverage: Just Jared · Same quote, different hat: InStyle

According to E!, Ben Affleck revealed in a Variety cover profile that he got banned from Instagram twice for impersonating himself, and that the account, which had six followers, all family, was "just an excuse" for him to look at his kids' social media. The m…

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Lawrence's Apology Email Casts Her As The Sister

via The feud and the email: Variety · The lie detector test where she did it: Vanity Fair · Rival coverage: AOL · The confessional she told it on: E!

According to Variety, Kourtney Kardashian revealed on the season 8 premiere of Hulu's "The Kardashians" that Jennifer Lawrence asked Kim for her contact info and emailed her an apology after calling her "more annoying than ever." Lawrence said it on a Vanity F…

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Manganiello's Memoir Is A Hit Piece With An ISBN

via The claims: TMZ · The exclusive excerpt: PEOPLE · The dog chapter: Page Six · The product: Simon & Schuster

According to TMZ, excerpts from Joe Manganiello's memoir "Bloodlines," out Oct. 13 from Simon & Schuster, claim ex-wife Sofía Vergara refused to hug him and mocked his dog during his seven-year autoimmune battle. PEOPLE has the excerpts. First, the mechanism. …

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Hathaway Debuts Her Letterboxd On A $200M Bomb

via Letterboxd — Anne Hathaway's review of Digger · Just Jared — Hathaway praises "brilliant" Digger after box office bomb · Just Jared — Hathaway joins Cruise in Days of Thunder sequel

Anne Hathaway posted her first-ever Letterboxd review: five stars on Tom Cruise's Digger, the Alejandro G. Iñárritu film now projected to cost Warner Bros. up to $200 million. "Loved this brilliant film," she wrote. "It's smart, trippy, aggressive, funny, and …

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Rogan Re-Signs With Spotify For An 'Estimated' $250M

via Deadline — Joe Rogan extends contract with Spotify · The Wall Street Journal — Joe Rogan re-ups lucrative Spotify deal · Reuters — Spotify renews multiyear deal with Joe Rogan

Spotify and Joe Rogan agreed to a multi-year extension of the podcast deal. Both sides declined to disclose terms and no dollar figure was released, but the Wall Street Journal reports the renewal is similar to Rogan's previous deal, which carried an estimated…

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