Billie Lourd could be shopping for a Grammy night outfit soon … now that her late mom Carrie Fisher’s been posthumously nominated. We got Billie in Bev Hills Tuesday, hours after Carrie’s 2016 memoir, “The Princess Diarist,”…
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Carrie Fisher"s Daughter Billie Lourd Will Inherit Nearly $7 Million
Carrie Fisher — who starred in the globally iconic ‘Star Wars’ franchise as Princess Leia — left an estate worth nearly $ 7 million to her daughter, Billie Lourd. In new docs filed by the executor of Carrie’s estate, Billie stands to inherit…
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Billie Lourd Recalls Final Time She Saw Carrie Fisher
Billie Lourd has given her first interview since she suffered not one, but two unimaginable losses in the span of just over 24 hours last December.
First, the young actress said goodbye to her mother, beloved Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher.
Then, the very next day, Lourd’s grandmother (and Fisher’s mother), Debbie Reynolds, also passed away.
Lourd, best known in the entertainment world for her role on Scream Queens, has commented here and there about the tragic deaths via her Instagram page.
But she opens up in major detail for the first time in this Q&A with Town & Country.
Speaking to American Horror Story star Sarah Paulson for the latest issue’s cover story, Lourd contrasts life with her organized father against that of her famously chaotic mother.
“He gets home at the same time every day, and we eat dinner together, we do homework together, we watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and cry, and then go to sleep,” Lourd explained of living with her dad.
“At Mom’s it was like, ‘Let’s put Christmas lights in the palm trees at 2 a.m.’
“Do you remember when Sharper Image was 24 hours? We went there all the time, 1 a.m. or 3 a.m., just picking up little trinkets… as if that was what you do!”
Both Fisher and Reynolds became household names in the entertainment industry, but Lourd says neither wanted her to follow in their acting footsteps.
“I think in a normal family they would have looked at me and been like, ‘Hey, this kid’s a performer.’ But I was so scared. I was embarrassed, honestly,” she tells the publication, adding:
“Because they were like, ‘This is going to be a really s–tty lifestyle, and everyone’s going to be scrutinizing you deeply and constantly.’
“My mom wrote five books and a one-woman show; they didn’t want more things for people to be able to Google about me.”
Fisher was known for being outspoken. At absolutely all times.
Lourd says she was initially turned off by just how honest and raw her mother was – on stage, writing in books or when speaking to reporters – but she eventually came to admire it.
Now, Billie says she wants to emuluate Fisher.
“Looking back and watching her interviews, I try to model what I do after her. She was so good at it. She would get so annoyed with me if I ever did a fake interview.
“She’d say, ‘Tell the real story."”
Billie says she surprised everyone (including herself) with how comfortable she felt on the set of her first film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and her family quickly became supportive of her burgeoning career at this small role.
“Debbie was still encouraging me to put an act together. Literally three days before she died, she was like, ‘What numbers are you going to put in your act? Who are you going to impersonate?’
“I said, ‘I don’t think people do acts as much anymore,"”
“And she came back, ‘That’s why if you do one you’ll be more successful than anyone else. The act is a dying art, and someone needs to revive it.”
Elsewhere, Lourd says she’s keeping her mother’s compound (“It’s so magical.”) and that she relied on humor to get her through the hardest week of her life:
“If life’s not funny, then it’s just true – and that would be unacceptable,” she says, quoting her mom.
“Even when she died, that was what got me through that whole thing.
“When Debbie died the next day, I could just picture her saying, ‘Well, she’s upstaging me once again, of course – she had to.”
Billie, of course, would give anything to have her loved ones alive and back in her life.
But there’s an opportunity now for her to become more independent.
“I’ve always kind of lived in their shadows, and now is the first time in my life when I get to own my life and stand on my own,” she says.”
“I love being my mother’s daughter, and it’s something I always will be, but now I get to be just Billie.”
When was the last time she saw her mom alive? What does she think her mother would say to her now?
“The last time I saw her in person, this episode of Scream Queens was on, and it was a big episode for me.
“I had tons of scenes, and I was so hard on myself about it – I hated how I looked, hated my performance. I was really frustrated. She told me, ‘Come over right now. I want to watch this with you.’
“And she made me sit down and watch it, and she forced me to see the good parts. She was incredible like that.
“But she was really hard on me, saying, ‘Shut up. You’re great in this. Have faith in yourself. Be more confident."”
In conclusion, Lourd is in as much awe of her late mother’s honesty as any Star Wars fan out there.
“It’s good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it’s not helping other people, then don’t do it.
“There were a couple incidents I wish she could have kept to herself. But, you know, that was the beauty of her.”
Friday, July 7, 2017
Billie Lourd and Taylor Lautner Broke Up!
Billie Lourd went through what we hope will be the hardest experience of her life last December, and boyfriend Taylor Lautner was there by her side for that. Even as recently as May, the two still seemed joined at the hip, attending a Britney Spears concert together and posting about it.
But for over a month now, they’ve both seemed to ignore each other on social media, declining even to “like” each other’s photos. People noticed and wondered if something was up.
Well, it looks like this young, unspeakably beautiful couple has called it quits.
Billie Lourd is one of the stars of Ryan Murphy’s Scream Queens and she appeared in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, but the world knows her best as Carrie Fisher’s daughter.
And, of course, as Debbie Reynolds’ granddaughter.
Fans knew who she was, but she became impossible to miss after Carrie Fisher’s tragic death.
That’s no insult to her budding career.
Taylor Lautner might not have such famous relatives, but he’s extremely well-known.
Mostly, even now, for his role in the Twilight series that made no shortage of grown women tweet all sorts of things before finding out that he was only 17 when New Moon came out.
The guy’s got abs for days.
Together, they were a lovely couple.
This is no longer just speculation based on who does and doesn’t double-tap photos on Instagram.
Billie Lourd and Taylor Lautner have broken up for realsies, according to People.
“They aren’t together anymore but they are still friendly,” their source says.
“She’s really focused on her work right now.”
That’s more than understandable.
We’re not going to make this about Carrie Fisher’s death and Billie throwing herself into her work to cope.
(Though that could be a factor)
Billie is only at the start of what could be a long and epic career, and she surely wants to be taken seriously as an actress.
But we really don’t know what brought about this split.
And though Billie Lourd included the term “Eiffel Tower” in the captions of this photo of herself with Taylor Lautner and John Stamos a while back … we don’t think that this breakup was caused by post-threesome fallout.
(Probably)
She might not even know that Eiffel Tower is a sex position … even though that level of naivete would be hard to imagine in anyone her age, especially Carrie Fisher’s daughter.
Whatever the cause, gone are the days when Billie Lourd appears to post about wanting a threesome with John Stamos.
(Maybe)
But you know what?
We’re not going to fall into that trap of bemoaning a couple breaking up just because we got used to the idea of them as a couple.
They’re both young and talented and beautiful.
(Yes, even Taylor Lautner, who we swear wasn’t just hired for his almost comically perfect body … probably)
They have their whole lives ahead of them.
Billie and Taylor will always have their memories, but life usually involves a whole bunch of different lovers before you find your perfect match.
If you ever do.
We hope that they’re both doing okay, emotionally.
Breakups are hard.
And we especially hope for the best for Billie, because let’s not pretend that seven months is enough time to get over losing two of the most important people in your life.
Honestly, I’m still not over Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
It’s impossible to imagine that she is.
But Billie Lourd is well-spoken and a skilled actress.
She’s amazing and she can do anything.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Billie Lourd Speaks Out about Carrie Fisher"s Toxicology Report
Look, we know that there’s always the temptation to not talk about Carrie Fisher’s toxicology report and to just leave her alone.
But she wouldn’t want us to, and you don’t have to take our word for it.
Take it from her daughter, Billie Lourd.
We all know that, drug-wise, Carrie Fisher had a little bit of everything in her system when she died.
Her daughter, Billie Lourd is speaking out about the toxicology report, and she’s honestly an inspiration.
We know that she must be hurting about it all, because how could she not be.
But her words are wise and a fitting tribute to her mother.
“My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it.”
Technically, sleep apnea with other undetermined factors isn’t always drug use, but … drugs can take a hell of a toll on the body.
And when drug use and abuse is a direct result of mental illness, as is so often the case, you wonder if people ever stood a chance.
“She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases.”
It’s so important that Billie said that.
Carrie’s battle was a personal one but it wasn’t a secret.
“She talked about the shame that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases.”
It’s clear that Billie isn’t ashamed of the amazing woman her mom was.
“I know my Mom, she’d want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles.”
That is the most extreme case of making good out of a bad situation that we’ve ever read.
But she’s right.
Carrie Fisher was so open all along because she hoped that, if she spoke about it, others would feel open to discuss their issues.
And to maybe do more than speak.
“Seek help, fight for government funding for mental health programs.”
That’s a great cause.
Maybe people will find places and donate in Carrie’s name.
Or at least in honor and memory of Carrie Fisher’s death.
But real change can only come through guaranteed funding from the state.
And, of course, in ending the stigma so that people aren’t afraid to seek help.
“Shame and those social stigmas are the enemies of progress to solutions and ultimately a cure. Love you Momby.”
Billie Lourd’s so well-spoken about her mother’s death.
She has her mother’s courage.
As much as she’s hurting — more than any of us, which is a lot — she’s not wasting any time in making sure that everyone understand what her mother stood for.
In the process, she’s putting her mother’s death and the factors that lead to it in a helpful context.
Because, just like her mother and grandmother, Billie Lourd is better than we deserve.
Anyway, we’re not crying, we’re just allergic to sadness.
Carrie Fisher was mentally ill and an addict for life.
That’s not the kind of struggle that even a phenomenal woman like Carrie overcomes overnight.
And that, medical and legal jargon aside, is how she came to die at 60.
We don’t need to dwell on the details of her final days.
But loving Carrie Fisher and her memory means accepting and understanding the complicated person she was.
And the battles that she fought — and ultimately lost — during her too-short life.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Billie Lourd Dresses as Princess Leia, Honors Carrie Fisher
During a special 40th anniversary celebration in honor of the Star Wars saga this morning, Billie Lourd got up on stage in Orlando and delivered a powerful speech about her mom.
While dressed as Princess Leia.
The event – attended by such stars as Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and director George Lucas – was billed as a look back at various stories and memories related to the beloved franchise.
But it was a panel was dedicated to the late Carrie Fisher that drew the most attention.
Especially afterward, once word of Lourd’s speech spread across the Internet.
Fisher, of course, portrayed Leia in multiple Star Wars movies.
She died of a heart attack at the age of 60 in late December, a stunning and sad development that continues to affect all her knew her well.
“She could hold her own against anything,” Lucas said of Fisher this morning.
“She wore a dress through the whole thing, but she was the toughest one of the group. And that’s the key to Carrie being able to play that part. It was a hard part to play, and she pulled it off brilliantly.
“And it really shows the level of her talent. And at the same time, she was fun to be with.”
Incredibly (and tragically), Fisher’s famous mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, died one day after her daughter.
The two were honored together last month in a public memorial service.
“There are not many people like her, one in a billion. We’ll all love her forever and ever,” Lucas added.
And then Lourd was called on to say a few words.
“My mom used to say she never knew where Princess Leia ended and Carrie Fisher began,”said Lourd, donning a dress that paid homage to her mother’s Leia costume.
“She was imperfect in many ways, but her imperfections and willingness to speak about them are what made her more than perfect.”
Continued the young actress, speaking to a sold-out crowd:
“She taught me three important things. One thing all mothers should teach their daughters.”
Lourd then recited Leia’s legendary “help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi” monologue:
Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father’s request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack and I’m afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed.
I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.
Concluded Lourd:
“I learned by knowing her that the the most evolved person is seemingly a contradiction:
“They’re both the strongest and the most vulnerable person in the room. And that was her. That is Leia. Thank you for loving her and carrying on what she stands for. I am beyond grateful.”
Since her mother’s unexpected passing, Lourd has made various statements on social media and shared a couple precious throwback photos.
“Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist,” she wrote on January 2, breaking her silence over losing both her mother and grandmother.
She added of Reynolds and Fisher:
“There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my own and only Momby.
“Your love and support means the world to me.”
Out of respect for Fisher and her family, we’ve transcribed Lourd’s entire speech below:
My mom used to say she never knew where princess Leia ended and Carrie Fisher began. She went from being an unknown actress, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, to Princess Leia — a character synonymous with the idea of the ultimate strong woman.
A soldier. A fighter. A beyond-capable, independent, sensible woman in control of her own destiny. A rebel who resisted the norm. She was imperfect in many ways, but her imperfections and willingness to speak about them are what made her more than perfect.
My mom, like Leia, was never afraid to speak her mind and say things that might have made most people uncomfortable – but not me, and not you.
That is why she loved you, because you accepted and embraced all of her; the strong soldier of a woman she was, and also the vulnerable side of her, who often openly fought her own dark side, knowing early on that we all have a dark side of our own, whatever it may be.
But she knew it wasn’t about the fight you were fighting, but how you fought it; the way you resisted.
No one could have known what this once-little dream of a movie would eventually become, what it would be to millions worldwide, mostly not her. But in our world, Star Wars ultimately became a religion, our family, and a way of life. And I wanted to be here with all of you because I know that many of you feel the same way.
When she surrounded herself with fans at celebrations like this, she never felt more at home. She could spend hours talking to people and learning about their lives, and how Star Wars and Leia touched them in the same way it touched us.
If left to her own devices, she would have always been the last person to leave at a convention center, having met and shared a Carrie moment with every single person there.
Nothing about her was a performance. She loved you, she loved these movies, she loved the people she got to make them with, and she loved this incredible character she got to create — this force called Leia.
She taught me three important things: one thing all mothers should teach their daughters.
Secondly, she taught me that if life isn’t funny, then it’s just true, and that is unacceptable.
And finally, I learned by knowing her that the most evolved person is seemingly a contradiction: They’re both the strongest and the most vulnerable person in the room.
And that was her. That is Leia. Thank you for loving her and carrying on what she stands for. I am beyond grateful.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Billie Lourd Snags "American Horror Story" & Taylor Lautner (PHOTO GALLERY)
Billie Lourd is making big TV deals as the same time she macks it up with Taylor Lautner. Carrie Fisher’s daughter just snagged a role on “American Horror Story,” which begins shooting in June. The theme is the 2016 Presidential election. The…
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Billie Lourd Pays Tribute to Carrie Fisher: See the Throwback Pic
About two months after the world said goodbye to Carrie Fisher, the late actress’ daughter took to social media in order to once again pay tribute to the legendary star.
Throwback photo style.
On Wednesday night, the 24-year-old actress shared an old picture of herself as a child… sitting in the lap of her famous mother while in a stretch limousine.
Lourd merely captioned the sentimental image with twinkle stars and an angel emoji.
As all movie fans and celebrity gossip fans know by now, tribute comes several weeks after Lourd lost not only her mother in Fisher – but also her grandmother in Debbie Reynolds.
The stars died within days of one another.
This is the image Lourd posted to Instagram last night:
Both Fisher and Reynolds died toward the end of 2016, with Lourd breaking her silence on these losing her parent via a Tweet on January 2.
“Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist,” it read.
She then addressed the death of Reynolds:
“There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my own and only Momby,” she wrote, concluding at the time by once again addressing her supporters as follows:
“Your love and support means the world to me.”
Lourd also shared another throwback photo with fans in early January, taking Instagram followers back many years with the picture below:
Last month, Glen Powell, an actor who appeared opposite Lourd on the series Scream Queens, spoke to Entertainment Tonight about his friend having to bid farewell to her two loved ones in a matter of days.
“If there’s anybody that can take something so tragic in their life happening, it’s Billie,” the 28-year-old said.
He continued:
“She’s a person who was raised by two very strong women, and she’s a very strong woman. I think she’s digesting it very well.
“She’s very emotionally intelligent, and I think she’s got a great group of friends around her that are supporting her, and I hope I am one of them.”
It remains surreal that Fisher is no longer with us.
She suffered a heart attack while on board an airplane just before Christmas and remained hospitalized for a few days afterward, eventually succumbing to the internal injuries suffered.
Within 24 hours, Reynolds suffered a stroke and also passed away.
Truly heartbreaking stuff.
Our thoughts remain with Lourd and her family.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Billie Lourd Shares Sentimental Throwback Photo, Honors Carrie Fisher
Billie Lourd has shared an especially sweet and poignant tribute to her mother online.
The actress, best known for her role on the Fox comedy Scream Queens, is the daughter of the late and great Carrie Fisher, who died at the age of 60 back on December 27.
But her influence continues to be felt and remembered by all who knew her well.
And Lourd, of course, sits at the top of that emotional list.
A few days after Fisher passed away, Lourd broke her silence on this tragedy, signing on to Instagram in order to send gratitude to her friends and followers.
“Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist,” Lourd wrote on January 2.
She also addressed the stunning death of her grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, who died just one day after Fisher.
“There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my own and only Momby,” Lourd added, concluding by once again addressing her supporters:
“Your love and support means the world to me.”
Now, Lourd has taken again to Instagram, this time sharing a throwback photo of when she was a child.
The pictures features Lourd and Fisher sitting in what appears to be the back of the car. Mother and daughter are smiling at the camera and leaning toward each other.
In the caption, Lourd pays tribute to Fisher’s legendary and beloved sense of humor.
“If my life weren’t funny then it would just be true and that is unacceptable,” Lourd wrote, quoting her mother and then adding her own words:
“Finding the funny might take a while but I learned from the best and her voice will forever be in my head and in my heart.”
What a great photo.
What a moving message.
Lourd’s message and this image come weeks after her her mother and grandmother passed away.
Since then, she has received an outpouring of support, largely her Scream Queens costars, including Taylor Lautner, who she was seen with on Monday in Los Angeles.
Lautner is “a great guy and has really been there for Billie,” an insider tells People Magazine.
Fisher and Reynolds were laid to rest in a joint funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California this past Friday.
Reynolds was buried with some of Fisher’s ashes, which were in an urn shaped like a Prozac pill.
The veteran actress may have been best known for her role in Star Wars, but she was also widely respected and admired for how she handled her bipolar disorder.
Fisher talked openly about the illness and how she learned to cope with it.
In the last few years of her life, she was almost never seen in public without her therapy dog, Gary, by her side.
We still can’t believe she’s gone.
We continue to send our thoughts and condolences to Lourd and to Fisher’s other close friends and loved ones.
Monday, January 2, 2017
Billie Lourd Breaks Silence, Thanks Fans for Well Wishes
Billie Lourd has spoken out for the first time since the death of her mother.
And her grandmother.
The child of Carrie Fisher, Lourd stunningly and tragically lost both loved ones over the course of 24 hours last week; first when Fisher passed away from a heart attack and then when Reynolds died from a stroke.
It was a shocking and heartbreaking turn of events.
Fans have been sending their condolences to Lourd ever since, wishing all the best to the Scream Queens 2 star in this impossibly challenging time period.
And now Lourd has acknowledges their messages.
“Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist,” Lourd wrote on Instagram.
She added:
“There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my own and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me.”
As you can see below, Lourd included a photo of herself as a child with the post.
It also features younger versions of Fisher and Reynolds:
At 60 years old, Fisher, died unexpectedly on December 27, four days after suffering a heart attack on board an airplane.
Reynolds, her 84-year-old mother, proceeded to pass away the next day after suffering a reported stroke.
According to Reynolds’ son, the veteran actress said she wanted to be “with Carrie” just prior to passing away.
The 24-year-old Lourd, whose father is Hollywood agent Bryan Lourd, appeared opposite her mother in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
She is not a household name, but all of Hollywood and everyone on Twitter has had Lourd in their thoughts and prayers in the days since these terrible events.
On December 12, Lourd appeared opposite Seth Meyers and talked about life as the daughter of an icon.
She told the talk show that that Fisher and Reynolds originally attempted to dissuade Billie from pursuing acting, yet were overwhelmingly proud of her accomplishments after she decided to take this path.
The young star even said at the time that Reynolds offered a suggestion for how Lourd should be referred to in Hollywood.
“She gets really upset when I get called ‘Carrie Fisher’s daughter,’” Lourd told Meyers.
“She wants people to call me ‘Debbie Reynolds’ granddaughter.’ It’s very offensive to her. She does not like to be cut out — not at all.”
Great stuff.
Also: sad, sad, sad stuff.
Over the past week or so, a great number of of Lourd’s Scream Queens costars have reached out via social media to send their support.
Here’s a look at what celebrities have said in the wake of Fisher’s death:
As previously reported, Fisher and Reynolds will be mourned at a joint funeral later this week.
We continue to send our condolences to Lourd and everyone else so closely touched by these tragic passings.
Billie Lourd Thanks Fans After Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds" Deaths
Billie Lourd has broken her silence since losing both her mother, Carrie Fisher and her grandmother, Debbie Reynolds … and her words are touching. Lourd posted a pic of the three generations, with a big thank you to fans for their support.…
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Billie Lourd Photos: Who is Carrie Fisher"s Daughter?
When Carrie Fisher died this week at the age of 60, she left behind an enormous Star Wars family and untold millions of fans worldwide.
While the iconic actress Fisher belonged to all of us in a sense, the single closest person to her was her only child, daughter Billie Lourd.
Billie is 24 years old.
Like her mom, Lourd was born in Los Angeles, California, and as the daughter of an actress and talent agent, had showbiz in her blood.
Billie"s father is agent Bryan Lourd, a partner and managing director of the Creative Arts Agency, and who later came out as bisexual.
Through Carrie Fisher, Lourd is the granddaughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, and the niece of Todd, Joely and Tricia Leigh Fisher.
Lourd studied religion and psychology at New York University, graduating in 2014. In February 2015, Lourd was cast in Scream Queens.
Her character on the horror-comedy, rich and disillusioned sorority girl Chanel #3, wears earmuffs as an homage to Fisher"s Star Wars hairstyle.
Here are some pictures of a young actress who is starting to come into her own, and we expect to see plenty more of in the years to come …
1. Billie and Carrie
A wonderful throwback to Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd in the mid-1990s.
2. Baby Billie and Mom
Carrie Fisher and baby Billie in 1992.
3. Praise the Lourd
We wish we could claim credit for that. Her Instagram handle is @praisethelourd.
4. Billie Lourd Smiles
Billie Lourd is the only child of the late Carrie Fisher.
5. Billie and Her Bulldog
Just about the sweetest (and most patriotic) pic you’ll find.
6. Billie Lourd Photo
Billie Lourd recently got her big break on the show Scream Queens.
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