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Rihanna about her five-year relationship with rapper A$AP Rocky, with whom she has two children: sons RZA, who turns 2 next month, and Riot, 8 months.“He grabbed my ass!” Rihanna, 36, told Interview magazine about their first meeting at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.“That was the day that we thought we met. At rehearsal, so it was, like, manager to manager, client to client … My team was worried that I wanted to have his head on a f—king mantle.”However, the “Disturbia” singer was not at all disturbed.“I was like, ‘Ah, nah,’” said Rihanna. “That’s why everybody was like, ‘Oh my god.

big mood. Nicola Coughlan, the current star of the Shonda Rhimes hit “Bridgerton,” would often cry on set from exhaustion. The reason? She was simultaneously filming the comedy series “Big Mood.”“I remember that I was so tired, I would just start crying randomly,” Coughlan, 37, told AP Entertainment on Tuesday.

wallflower finally blooms this spring when Season 3 of “Bridgerton” premieres on Netflix.The long-awaited return of the hit romantic period drama will come in two parts — with the first debuting on May 16 and the rest of the season’s episodes concluding on June 13.A teaser trailer for the third installment dropped on Thursday, with main characters Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) taking center stage. The previous season debuted on the streamer in 2022 and viewers have been anxiously waiting for the next piece of the story.“We have been apart for far too long,” Julie Andrews as the infamous gossip writer Lady Whistledown narrates in the teaser.

the idea of it. Anne Hathaway’s newest film “The Idea of You” divided social media users on Wednesday following its trailer debut. Based on the 2017 romance novel by Robinne Lee of the same name, the movie follows single mom Solène Marchand (Hathaway, 41) who attends Coachella with her daughter only to have a chance encounter with the dashing Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine, 29) from the fictional band August Moon.

Kate Winslet claims that she gets stopped more often for her 2006 rom-com “The Holiday” rather than the 1997 drama that made her famous, “Titanic.”“People come up to me in the streets more about ‘The Holiday’ and the episode of ‘Extras’ that I did than ‘Titanic,’” she said during “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday.The British actress appeared on an episode of the sitcom “Extras” in 2005, where she played a fictionalized version of herself. Years earlier, she starred as Rose DeWitt Bukater in the James Cameron-directed drama, alongside a young Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson.After becoming a household name, Winslet went on to major success — and joined “The Holiday” in 2006.

Jennifer Lopez’s much-anticipated new album “This Is Me… Now” — the sequel to 2002’s “This Is Me… Then,” which drops on Friday — once again revolves around her Hollywood love affair with “Gigli” co-star Ben Affleck.But just like that much-maligned romantic comedy did in 2003, Lopez’s first studio album in 10 years — since 2014’s “A.K.A.” — proves yet again that sometimes art and amor just don’t mix.First off, like most sequels, it pales compared to the original.While it was hardly Janet Jackson’s “The Velvet Rope,” Rihanna’s “Anti” or Beyoncé’s anything, “This Is Me… Then” was probably J.Lo’s most “artistic” album.Yes, it had two hit hip-pop bops in “Jenny from the Block” — which infamously featured Affleck in its video — and the lip-licking LL Cool J collab “All I Have.” But Lopez’s third studio LP also found the singer-actress digging for more emotional depth than she had shown on either 1999’s “On the 6” or 2001’s “J.Lo.”But you know what? “On the 6” and “J.Lo” were ultimately better albums because Lopez played to her strengths with booty-shaking beats — the better to hoof it up in some killer couture — rather than heart-tugging feels.And “This Is Me… Now” leans even more into J.Lover rather than J.Lo.While the first single, “Can’t Get Enough” — another hip-pop bop that samples Alton Ellis’ ’60s reggae classic “I’m Still in Love with You” while nodding to Marcia Aitken’s 1977 version of the song— would’ve been a hit 20 years ago, the rest of Lopez’s ninth studio album finds the Bronx-born diva stuck in a romantic rut.

Fellow Travelers, in which Bomer and Jonathan Bailey star as secret lovers who meet in McCarthy-era Washington.While a rapt audience inside the screening room enjoyed the series’ racy, ’70s-era Fire Island episode, Bomer, prompted by our discussion of whether actors are destined for certain roles, mused on his uncertain path to his SAG Award-nominated role as closeted WWII vet turned State Department official Hawkins Fuller.“It’s so interesting, because this came to me early on and I was so pessimistic about it,” he says. “I started out in this industry — I’ve been doing this almost 30 years — at a time when something like this just wouldn’t get made, period.”Still, throughout his career, the erstwhile White Collar lead has represented the LGBTQ community admirably offscreen, and in stage and screen revivals of The Boys in the Band, and his Golden Globe-winning portrayal of a writer with AIDS in HBO’s The Normal Heart.“We have seen this slow ebb of progress happening in Hollywood in our storytelling,” he says, citing Fellow Travelers creator Ron Nyswaner’s “beautiful scripts,” and the support of Showtime and Paramount for the show as prime examples of that progress.

James Cameron’s 1997 film “Titanic” made her feel, well, “horrible.” “I felt like I had to look a certain way or be a certain thing, and because media intrusion was so significant at that time, my life was quite unpleasant,” Winslet, 48, told Porter magazine for their cover story. “Journalists would always say, ‘After “Titanic,” ‘ you could have done anything and yet you chose to do these small things,” Winslet continued.

Couple to Throuple all bed down for their first night, the show could be any other in the proliferating genre of hookup TV, populated by bed-hopping singles shacked up in sex mansions.But look closely, once the screen shifts to spy-cam night vision of bodies writhing beneath the sheets, and you’ll not mistake a third eager, willing participant bumping and grinding with the main pair. Set to boldly explore the bounds of polyamory, the show’s couples and singles — thirds, if you will — might represent a lighthearted, next logical step in society’s surging discourse on ethical non-monogamy.Then again, to more traditionally-minded viewers, or those simply with different tastes in popular entertainment, these semi-exhibitionist throuples might just speak to the unrelenting decline of American culture.

“The View” Thursday to discuss why “it’s hard to get male movie stars to make rom-coms.”“As long as we can get more Marvel guys to like, you know, ‘Hey, come to a rom-com!,’ I think that that’s a big part of the formula too,” she said.Co-host Sara Haines then asked the “Fool’s Gold” actress why there is a “misstep” between masculine entertainers and the allure of romance films.Hudson explained: “I think it’s about the writing, and how we’re investing in telling the story of the writing and the directors.”“If you look at the classic rom-coms or movies that last forever — ’cause they do, they’re the ones that last forever; people go back and back — they had the best writers,” she went on.She added that it’s up to the studios, as they are “investing in the talents.”One of Hudson’s most memorable roles was in 2003’s “How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” in which she starred alongside Matthew McConaughey.She noted on the talk show how that film’s script was “well-written” and didn’t need to follow a “certain formula” for it to be successful. “There is a formula that works — but it does also start with the writing.

Foolish Games.” Kevin Costner and Jewel, who are in the early stages of dating, have more of a history than one may think. “Kevin and Jewel had an extremely high opinion of each other and have always gotten along great,” a source recently told Us Weekly.

Love Actually,” “Two Weeks Notice” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary.”“I got a bit better,” the British native said regarding his acting abilities. “I got a little less bad after I had children, got married, got happier.”Despite Grant’s pleasure at finally starting to focus on character roles, including the primary villain of the 2017 film “Paddington 2,” Barrymore is reportedly holding out hope that Grant will return to the realm of rom-coms. “We should do another one,” the “Charlie’s Angels” alum, who worked with Grant in 2007’s “Music and Lyrics,” said.

died on Dec. 8 at the age of 82.Co-star Ali MacGraw released a statement on Saturday regarding his death.

steamy chemistry in a teaser that dropped Thursday.Bea (Sweeney) and Ben (Powell), who once hooked up, now decide to pretend to be a couple at Bea’s sister’s destination wedding in Australia years later. Their fake romance turns real when both of their exes arrive to stir up drama at the party.There is, however, one special part in the trailer that is totally NSFW!“There’s no way we can convince anyone that we actually like each other,” Bea tells Ben as they contemplate how to work out their plan.

“The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love” (Quirk). It almost always goes, “Girl meets boy.

Variety. “John and Katherine are fantastic together, and during rehearsals, they had so much chemistry,” Vallelonga, 64, told the outlet.

Fellow Travelers unfolds volumes of engaging plot and story in its eight hour-long episodes. At the center of it all are Hawk and Tim, two well-matched yet wildly different men, who meet and become lovers in McCarthy-era Washington, D.C.Impeccably played by Matt Bomer and Bridgerton fave Jonathan Bailey, Hawk and Tim live an intense, forbidden love.

Season 32 “Dancing With the Stars” partners Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater didn’t address romance speculation after they were photographed holding hands in Beverly Hills. However, they did finally break their silence once his estranged wife, Kyle Richards, publicly said she was “hurt” by their actions.“For full clarity we are not dating,” Umansky, 53, shared in an Instagram Story video on Thursday.

that they’re prudes, or anything.“While it’s true that adolescents want less sex on TV and in movies, what the survey is really saying is that they want more and different kinds of relationships reflected in the media they watch,” study co-author Dr. Yalda T.

Gerry Turner, 72, the star of ABC’s new “Bachelor” spinoff, “The Golden Bachelor.” Both got a second chance at true love after experiencing painful loss.“A church friend told me about a friend’s brother who she really thought I should meet,” Bang, 71, a park equipment manufacturer from Phoenix, told The Post. “But I said, ‘I’m not interested!’”It wasn’t until Bang did a quick Google search of her would-be paramour, Danny White, a former professional football player who was also 70 at the time, that she agreed to meet him for dinner.And just four short months after their first date on Oct.

wed his girlfriend Alba Baptista in an intimate, at-home ceremony on Saturday surrounded by close friends and family. According to Page Six, Evans, 42, and Baptista, 26, asked the star-studded assembly — which reportedly included Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner — to sign NDAs as well as forfeit their phones before entering the “locked down” event.

Tapestry of Love” (literally — in a notebook) after beginning her writing career at an Amish newspaper.The second novel in her “New Directions” romance series chronicles the romance between two traditional Amish youngsters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and has sold close to a million copies, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.But Byler has gotten blowback from some community elders who claim the success of her tome is fueling sexual abuse, she told the outlet.“They are very tame books,” Byler said, dismissing comparisons to the sadomasochistic “Fifty Shades of Grey” novels, which shocked and titillated readers just over a decade ago.“There’s nothing unclean in them. There is some touching, my publisher said it would have to be discreet, and a little bit of a kiss,” she said, adding there was no sex in the book.Byler began newspaper reporting when her husband went bankrupt and later transitioned to publishing books for children before writing about the amorous side of Amish culture, where premarital sex — not to mention divorce, cars, electricity and cellphones — are verboten.Her books have increasingly become popular in the conservative US Bible Belt and other Christian communities, and Byler said she has earned a lifetime of money for her and her husband.However, she claims she is being unfairly blamed for recent publicized cases of sex abuse in the Amish community.“In the last 10 years or so, romance novels have become wrong in the community,” Byler told the Daily Mail.

“What Happens Later” — her first movie since 2015. It also stars David Duchovny, with Ryan even taking on the roles of director and screenwriter.“Truly, the easiest part was acting in it.

a podcast, a YouTube channel and written books. “I’m interested in any conversation that spans the dialogue around what it means to find love, have healthy sex, and exist intimately in this world,” Boodram, 37, told The Post. “And I think that the show gave a once-in-a-lifetime look at a concept that we’re all familiar with, but have never really seen in practice.

“Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair,” author William J. Mann offers up surprising revelations about the storied pair. “They did have their differences,” Mann told told Fox News.

Ken-ergy baby!When it comes to one of the biggest names in Hollywood, everyone knows the talented and handsome Ryan Gosling.Catapulted to fame as a child on the “Mickey Mouse Club,” the brilliant actor has had an extensive career that seems blessed by the stars. Having portrayed iconic characters in some of the most celebrated romantic movies and hits of the modern times, such as “the Notebook,” “La La Land” and most recently “the Gray Man,” Gosling, 41, is the gift that just keeps on giving. Soon to be debuting as Ken from the new “Barbie” film, he will continue to build—and evolve—his legacy.

“madly in love” with each other — but Swifties aren’t convinced, taking to Twitter to share their confusion.“Stop saying Taylor Swift is dating Matty Healy. Her taste in men is bad but even trash has categories,” someone scoffed.“[Healy] could never pull Taylor.

his and Anna Wintour’s Met Gala debut as a couple, saying in a statement that he and the Vogue editor-in-chief have a platonic relationship.“Bill and Anna have simply been great friends for two decades,” the “Love Actually” star’s rep told Page Six Monday.“They are not in a relationship.”The duo arrived together at Wintour’s big night and walked the red carpet arm-in-arm, prompting viewers to speculate that the fashionable fund-raiser was their big debut.Both Nighy and Wintour had attended previous Met Galas solo.The Post even heard that Wintour’s closest friends were “thrilled for them to be making it official at the Met.”Apparently, they were only firming up their friendship — depending on whom you believe.The alleged non-couple sparked romance rumors in 2018 when they were spotted taking in two plays together, but even then the “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” actor shut down any hearsay.The new couple, who are both Brits, also set tongues wagging last December when they were spotted together at a New York screening of Nighy’s Oscar-nominated film, “Living.”But the friendship appeared to take a romantic turn three years ago when they dined together, and eyewitnesses told The Post that Wintour, 73, was “beaming” the whole night.“She looked happy and in very good company.

Hollywood Reporter.The company gave her a cap of $130 million, according to the report, but the filmmaker requested $150 million.The flick had Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson in talks to star.The name was allegedly titled “Paris Paramount” and Meyers was set to write, direct and produce the feature.The project was announced last year and the plot would have chronicled a young writer-director who falls head over heels for a movie producer.The Post reached out to Meyers for comment.The synopsis is semi-autobiographical for Meyers, as she was married to director Charles Shyer for almost two decades.The duo worked on a few iconic comedies over the years such as “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride.”The movie would have been Meyer’s first flick since the 2015 Anne Hathaway rom-com “The Intern.”In December 2022, Meyers responded to rumors about a sequel to her much-loved 2006 film, “The Holiday.”But she shot down any chatter about a second installment on social media at the time, saying: “So many DM’s about this — sorry but it’s not true.” It was reported previously that the possible sequel had returning stars Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Jack Black on board, with production beginning earlier this year.The “Titanic” star, 47, also separately denied that there was a sequel for “The Holiday” in place.“I read something about that, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it,” Winslet told People at the time. “I promise you not an agent or a representative or anyone from the first one around has had any conversation with me about that.

Meaghan Oppenheimer to “Tell Me Lies,” her new 10-episode Hulu series starring Grace Van Patten and Jackson White that premiered Sept. 7.“I think there a couple of things we haven’t seen much on TV.