Celebrity Real Estate - Marion Davies Edition

The former Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs-adjacent) home of actress and William Randolph Hearst mistress Marion Davies has hit the market for $3.4 million. The 13,908 square foot home features nine bedrooms, eleven bathrooms, a pool, tennis court, and sits on 2.77 acres. See pictures of the property at Curbed.

Christie Brinkley Talks John Mellencamp

Christie Brinkley, 62, recently opened up to People about her relationship with John Mellencamp, 64. Here's what she had to say:

"I thought, 'Oh my gosh, we're really opposites. He's kind of a throwback from another time, like a silent cowboy.' But then we talked and realized that we do have a lot of shared interests. I know guys that go out with girls that are so, so young. They'll throw some reference out, and they're like, 'What's that?' ...When it comes to relationships, there is something nice about just being the same age. John and I are two people that have very full lives. We're just trying to enjoy each other when we can see each other and try not to put too much [pressure] on it."

TV Show Roundup 7/13/16

Casting News:
Lori Loughlin will guest star on the season premiere of CBS's Blue Bloods, reports TV Line.

Cougar Town and Felicity actor Ian Gomez has joined the cast of CW's Supergirl for the show's second season, reports TV Line.

New Show:
TV Line reports that Logo has ordered a new series called Finding Prince Charming, to be hosted by Lance Bass. The show will be a gay-themed version of the Bachelor.

Jennifer Aniston Has a Few Words for the Media

Jennifer Aniston recently wrote a blog post for The Huffington Post called For the Record. Here is an excerpt:

Let me start by saying that addressing gossip is something I have never done.  I don’t like to give energy to the business of lies, but I wanted to participate in a larger conversation that has already begun and needs to continue. Since I’m not on social media, I decided to put my thoughts here in writing.

For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up. I’m fed up with the sport-like scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of “journalism,” the “First Amendment” and “celebrity news.”

Every day my husband and I are harassed by dozens of aggressive photographers staked outside our home who will go to shocking lengths to obtain any kind of photo, even if it means endangering us or the unlucky pedestrians who happen to be nearby. But setting aside the public safety aspect, I want to focus on the bigger picture of what this insane tabloid ritual represents to all of us.

If I am some kind of symbol to some people out there, then clearly I am an example of the lens through which we, as a society, view our mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, female friends and colleagues. The objectification and scrutiny we put women through is absurd and disturbing. The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty. Sometimes cultural standards just need a different perspective so we can see them for what they really are — a collective acceptance... a subconscious agreement. We are in charge of our agreement. Little girls everywhere are absorbing our agreement, passive or otherwise. And it begins early. The message that girls are not pretty unless they’re incredibly thin, that they’re not worthy of our attention unless they look like a supermodel or an actress on the cover of a magazine is something we’re all willingly buying into. This conditioning is something girls then carry into womanhood. We use celebrity “news” to perpetuate this dehumanizing view of females, focused solely on one’s physical appearance, which tabloids turn into a sporting event of speculation. Is she pregnant? Is she eating too much? Has she let herself go? Is her marriage on the rocks because the camera detects some physical “imperfection”?

...I have grown tired of being part of this narrative. Yes, I may become a mother some day, and since I’m laying it all out there, if I ever do, I will be the first to let you know. But I’m not in pursuit of motherhood because I feel incomplete in some way, as our celebrity news culture would lead us all to believe. I resent being made to feel “less than” because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things: “pregnant” or “fat.” Not to mention the painful awkwardness that comes with being congratulated by friends, coworkers and strangers alike on one’s fictional pregnancy (often a dozen times in a single day).

From years of experience, I’ve learned tabloid practices, however dangerous, will not change, at least not any time soon. What can change is our awareness and reaction to the toxic messages buried within these seemingly harmless stories served up as truth and shaping our ideas of who we are. We get to decide how much we buy into what’s being served up, and maybe some day the tabloids will be forced to see the world through a different, more humanized lens because consumers have just stopped buying the bullshit.

Read her full essay at The Huffington Post.

Rapid Fire Questions with Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik recently sat down for an interview with Glamour, where they fired a series of questions at him. Here's what he had to say:

First tattoo? My grandpa’s name, Walter, spelled in Arabic.

First person you let hear your new album? Myself! 

First person you text or call when you wake up? My mum.

Aw. First celeb crush? Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. They’re the same, right? 

First album you ever owned? Tupac, All Eyez on Me. 

First concert you went to? Not telling. 

Ha! First musical inspiration? No question: “Thriller,” by Michael Jackson. 

First song you ever performed onstage? Ne-Yo’s “Let Me Love You.” 

First job? Singing in One Direction.

First thing you like to do after a performance? Pay homage to Bob Marley. 

Say no more. First song you put on to get you in a great mood? Shaggy, “It Wasn’t Me.”

First time you realized you wanted to break off from 1D and go off on your own? An alien spoke to me in a dream…. (Paging Tom DeLonge!)

Wow. OK. First time you really felt like an adult? Just yesterday. 

First thing on your bucket list? I want to invent something. 

First failure? Wearing pastel colors. 

First movie you saw that made you cry? My Girl. 

First time you dyed your hair blond? I was 20. 

What did you do with your first-ever paycheck? Bought myself a beanie, I think—ha! 

First big splurge? I bought a house in Los Angeles. 

First place you would travel to if you had a chopper in your backyard right now? Jamaica. 

You really do love Bob Marley. First thing you do when you’re back in your hometown of 

Bradford, England? Get some home-cooked food. 

First thing you do when you’re with old friends? We do this weird thing: We communicate with words. 

How novel! First time you realized you’d made it as a musician? Have I made it? That’s cool.