Kristi Yamaguchi says she was NOT throwing shade at Nancy Kerrigan when she told her to “break a leg” on “Dancing with the Stars” … explaining it was just an innocent tweet between friends. Social media went crazy over the tweet in which she…
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Dancing with the Stars: Feud Ignites Between Heather Morris and Nancy Kerrigan!
Have you been keeping up with all the goings-on with the latest season of Dancing with the Stars?
Yeah, it just premiered Monday night, but if you’ve been paying attention, there’s been a solid amount of drama already.
The big issue this season — the show’s 24th season, if you can even believe it — is that one of the cast members is none other than Heather Morris.
Heather is best known for playing the dumb but lovable Brittany Pierce on Glee, but the girl has also worked as a professional dancer.
Like, she’s been a backup dancer for Beyonce. She’s going to kill it.
And according to an insider who ran his or her mouth before the season began, “There has been some joking and a little snark about it among the other contestants.”
“But it’s just because there is literally no doubt she’s a professional dancer. It takes the others days or even a full week to learn a routine. She gets it down in a matter of hours.”
Dang right there’s no doubt she’s a professional dancer — you think Beyonce would just grab some pretty girls who can get down at the club or who took jazz classes when they were little?
But while it sounds like there’s a general issue among the other dancers in regards to Heather, now we’re learning that there’s one specific cast member who’s upset about the situation.
And that, friends, is Nancy Kerrigan.
How delicious, right?
A source tells Radar Online that “Heather and Nancy were super cold to each other” during Monday’s premiere, “and already have a duel going on.”
It makes sense — besides Heather, one would think Nancy would be one of the cast members to watch, what with her professional ice-skating background.
But also, both ladies received the same score during the premiere, tying for third place.
And third place was apparently not where Heather wanted to be.
“Heather was visibly upset last night after tying with Nancy for third place,” the source explains, “and said that her score was unfair. She was just so cocky going into the competition.”
But in an interview yesterday, Dancing with the Stars executive producer Ashley Edens explained why Heather won’t automatically destroy her competition.
“We’re not shying away from the fact that she 100 percent has dance experience,” Edens said. “Because of that, she will be judged on a higher level and there will be higher expectations on her.”
So after hearing that, we have to imagine that more meltdowns are in store.
Yep, this sure is a season to watch!
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Nancy Grace Skewers Casey Anthony, I See Why "Caylee Never Had a Chance" (AUDIO)
Nancy Grace is angry and sad about Casey Anthony’s flippant remarks about Caylee — and can’t understand how Anthony sleeps “pretty good at night.” Nancy lit into Anthony when we talked to her about the AP interview where Caylee’s…
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Nancy Pelosi Says Trump"s Being Ridiculous with Wiretap Claims (VIDEO)
Nancy Pelosi thinks says President Trump is up to his shenanigans with the new Obama wiretapping claims, and it’s all just “ridiculousness.” We got the Congresswoman in D.C. Sunday and was indignant over the President’s allegations … scoffing at…
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Nancy Kerrigan on Tonya Harding Movie -- "Nobody Consulted Me" (VIDEO)
Nancy Kerrigan says she’s been kept WAY out of the loop by the producers of the new Tonya Harding movie … telling TMZ Sports, “Nobody consulted me.” The Olympic figure skater says she has nothing to do with “I, Tonya” … the Margot Robbie…
Nancy Kerrigan on Tonya Harding Movie -- "Nobody Consulted Me" (VIDEO)
Nancy Kerrigan says she’s been kept WAY out of the loop by the producers of the new Tonya Harding movie … telling TMZ Sports, “Nobody consulted me.” The Olympic figure skater says she has nothing to do with “I, Tonya” … the Margot Robbie…
Friday, February 24, 2017
Nancy Kerrigan to Go Dancing with the Stars!
We know well she can move around on the ice.
But we’ll soon discover whether Nancy Kerrigan can shake her groove thing under a different kind of spotlight, as Variety has confirmed the former Olympian has been cast on Dancing with the Stars Season 24.
Kerrigan, of course, is best known for her talent and for one of the most shocking scandals in Olympic history.
In January of 1994, Kerrigan was clubbed on the right knee by a police baton while walking backstage during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.
It later came out that the assault was planned by rival Tonya Harding’s sketchy ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly.
Harding has always denied having had any knowledge of the attack prior to its occurrence… but come on. No one ever believed her.
Although Kerrigan’s injury forced her to withdraw from the U.S. Championships, her fellow skaters agreed that she deserved one of the two spots on the Olympic team.
Incredibly, Kerrigan went on to skate very well in Lillehammer at the Olympics and earned a Silver Medal in the process.
According to Variety, a member of Fifth Harmony will join Kerrigan on Dancing with the Stars this spring, which returns with new episodes on March 20.
With Camila Cabello having left the group, this rumor means that either Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane or Lauren Jauregui will compete for the Mirrorball Trophy.
It’s also expected that current Bachelor Nick Viall will Dance with the Stars, which would continue the ABC pattern of slotting the star of one of its reality shows into a position on another network reality show.
From this same franchise, Sean Lowe, Jake Pavelka, Melissa Rycroft and Trista Sutter have all competed on past seasons of Dancing with the Stars.
As reported earlier, two more additions to the Season 24 cast have also been confirmed:
Long-time action star Mr. T is on board, with an insider telling Entertainment Tonight that producers have been trying to rope him in for years.
Last year’s Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles is also on board, as she’ll try to make it back-to-back gymnastic winners on the program, following Laurie Hernandez’s Season 23 victory.
The full cast list will be revealed on Good Morning America on March 1.
Which of the aforementioned Fifth Harmony singers do you want to see compete?
Which Real Housewife do you want to see join? (Come on, you know there will be one.)
Which Nickelodeon star? Which recently-retired NFL player?
We’re just going with recent trends here.
As always, ABC itself is yet to confirm any of these casting rumors.
The network never says a word until the complete cast comes out on GMA, but you can trust us here:
Mr. T, Biles and Kerrigan are all on board right now.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Nancy Grace to Indiana Teen Murder Suspect: You"re a Dead Man Walking!!! (VIDEO)
Nancy Grace is obsessed with a murder case involving 2 teenage girls, and she’s got a message for the suspect — YOU’RE DEAD MEAT!!! Nancy was leaving LAX Tuesday when she told our photog she’s investigating a sad tale in Delphi, IN after…
Friday, October 14, 2016
Nancy O"Dell Separates from Husband, Donald Trump Probably Think He Now Has a Chance
Oh God.
No one tell Donald Trump the following news, please.
We’re afraid of what he might do or say…
Nancy O’Dell has separated from her husband of 11 years, Keith Zubchevich, according to a statement released by the host of Entertainment Tonight.
“Nancy filed for legal separation in early September. It’s very amicable and they talk every day. Their main priority is their three children,” a source has confirmed to People Magazine.
This unfortunate split would scarcely make any celebrity gossip headlines of O’Dell was not at the center of a video released by The Washington Post on October 7.
As most people with a pulse know by now, the video was filmed in 2005 and featured Donald Trump bragging to Billy Bush about how he “moved” on a certain married woman “like a bitch.”
Translation: he tried to sleep with her.
Trump admitted that his advances were turned down, going on to slam this woman for undergoing a boob job and changing who she is entirely.
That woman was later identified as O’Dell.
The longtime TV personality and business executive Zubchevich got married on June 29, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California in front of 65 guests at the Bacara Resort & Spa.
They wrote their own vows for the ceremony, in case you were wondering.
The ex-couple has one child together, a girl named Ashby, while Zubchevich has two kids from a previous relationship.
O’Dell has responded on two occasions to the scandalous footage of Trump talking about her, his proclivity to “grab” the “pussy” of women he finds attractive and other degrading things when it comes to the opposite sex.
First, she released the following statement:
“Politics aside, I’m saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women.
The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling.
“Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender.
“As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.”
After a crazy weekend that included the second Presidential debate and Trump once again blowing off his controversial comments as “locker room” banter, O’Dell hosted a new episode of Entertainment Tonight.
We’ve included the opening of this installment above and the quotes from O’Dell’s message below.
“I released a statement on Saturday and I truly mean what I said,” she said. “There is no room for objectification of women, or anyone for that matter, not even in the ‘locker room.’
“The conversation has got to change because everybody deserves respect, no matter the gender or setting.
“And as a mom, I have to add that our kids, especially our young girls, need to know that their hard work, their achievements, their intelligence, their heart are most important, and those things will not go unnoticed.”
To her supporters, O’Dell concluded:
“I’ve been flooded with your messages from around the world, and I so appreciate all of your kind words. I have been reading as many as I can and they are completely renewing my faith that we all want a better and more inclusive society.
“So, once again, I thank you all for your support.”
Don’t even think about making a move on her now, Donald.
Actually, we take it back: go ahead and do so. We want to see O’Dell shoot you down again.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Nancy Grace: Kim Kardashian Robbery is a Set-Up!
Nancy Grace, famed legal analyst, is guns-out adamant that Kim’s robbery was a set-up.
In fact, she has her own ideas as to what really went down, and they’re raising more questions than can be answered.
Grace complains that the job wasn’t necessarily an inside one, but a set-up nonetheless.
Nancy proclaims, “I definitely believe it was a set-up, but I don’t necessarily think the Kardashians set themselves up.”
In an interview with Sirius XM’s “Wake Up With Taylor,” Grace didn’t mince words.
“What I’m saying is a set-up,” she continues, “[is] in that they got away on bicycles,” as if high-powered, plotting thieves would dare to escape in non-motorized transport.
“And then the story keeps changing about how the doorman let them up,” she asserts, calling into question the motives and integrity of building security.
“Now, the story,” she says, “is [that the thieves told the doorman], ‘We really need to see Ms. Kardashian, and [the doorman] goes ‘Okay!’ “
Grace maintains that somebody’s lying, and that’s why the case will remain unsolved.
“I mean, everything’s just changing and when the story changes – it’s been long, long my theory – when a story changes, somebody’s lying,” she says, perhaps making the most obvious statement ever made.
“When a story is embellished upon,” she continues, “that’s not a problem, because if you ask the right questions, you may get more answers; more information, and it adds on.”
“I can’t tell you from this distance [who I think is responsible],” Nancy concedes, “but I can tell you if the night clerk is giving two different stories – if he actually gave those two stories – that’s impossible; that’s a lie.”
Sounds about right to us.
Unfortunately for Kardashian, it doesn’t look like this case is going to be solved.
And while sometimes it’s better to just let things go and allow them to sort themselves on their own, things haven’t exactly been smooth sailing after the Paris incident.
Husband Kanye West was accused of setting up the robbery in a bid to save his foundering bank accounts, and another rumor claimed that the robbery didn’t even happen at all.
Additionally, Kim was a no-show for the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” wrap party, prompting people to think that the show will be canceled.
One thing is certain, and it’s that nothing is certain. But when you’re dealing with the Kardashians – reality experts extraordinaire – who can really tell the real from the fake anyway?
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Nancy O"Dell Addresses Donald Trump Scandal: WATCH!
Nancy O’Dell used her national TV platform to address the ongoing scandal with Donald Trump on Monday night.
Unlike other pundits and personalities who have done the same, O’Dell has a very personal stake in the notorious video that went viral last Friday:
It features Trump bragging to Billy Bush about a woman many years ago on whom he moved “like a bitch” and “tried to f-ck,” even though she was “married.”
The woman in question was O’Dell.
At the time, O’Dell was working as Bush’s co-host on Access Hollywood.
She was also serving as the co-host of Miss USA, a pageant owned by Trump. According to various reports, Trump tried to have O’Dell fired in 2007, most likely because she turned down his sexual advances.
Soon after this infamous footage went public, O’Dell released the following statement:
“Politics aside, I’m saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women.
“The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling.”
Very well said.
But O’Dell is now the anchor of Entertainment Tonight, so she didn’t think she had much of a choice but to touch on the subject once again to open yesterday’s episode of the program.
“I feel it’s very important that I address you all directly,” O’Dell told viewers, going on to say:
“As a journalist for 26 years now, it is my job to bring you news about others, rather than turning the focus on myself. But by now, I’m sure that most of you have heard the audio tape which became national news and part of the presidential race.
“My name was mentioned and, unfortunately, the release of it has thrown me into the middle of the political arena of which I didn’t ask to be a part.”
Watch O’Dell latest statement below:
“I released a statement on Saturday and I truly mean what I said,” she continued. “There is no room for objectification of women, or anyone for that matter, not even in the ‘locker room.’
“The conversation has got to change because everybody deserves respect, no matter the gender or setting. And as a mom, I have to add that our kids, especially our young girls, need to know that their hard work, their achievements, their intelligence, their heart are most important, and those things will not go unnoticed.”
O’Dell also thanked all her fans for the support she has received since all heck broke loose on Friday.
“I also want to take this time now to thank you, the viewers, who so graciously open your homes to Entertainment Tonight every night,” shel said.
“I’ve been flooded with your messages from around the world, and I so appreciate all of your kind words. I have been reading as many as I can and they are completely renewing my faith that we all want a better and more inclusive society.
“So, once again, I thank you all for your support.”
O’Dell wasn’t the only television host stuck in the middle of this scandal.
Although she was the only innocent one.
Billy Bush, who is heard laughing with Trump and encouraging his lewd discussion about women, has been suspended by The Today Show.
There’s a very good chance we never see Bush on Today again. Or perhaps even on TV again in general? Yes, his role in this footage was that damaging.
Trump, meanwhile, issued a defiant apology on Friday night.
He then dismissed the incident again as “locker room” talk during the second Presidential debate on Sunday.
According to one poll, he is down 14 points to Hillary Clinton right now.
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Nancy O"Dell Breaks Silence, Responds to Donald Trump Scandal
Nancy O’Dell finds herself at the center of a political scandal.
The television personality turned down Donald Trump’s sexual advances over a decade…
… only for that decision to become public knowledge after a video went viral this week in which Trump bragged about trying to bed O’Dell.
The footage, which was filmed in 2005, features Trump and Billy Bush on an Access Hollywood bus, driving to the set of Days of Our Lives and talking in very lewd fashion.
They are wearing microphones, but are unaware the microphones are on; or “hot,” to use industry lingo.
It’s unclear who released the video to The Washington Post or how long that individual had been sitting on it, but it’s very clear what Trump and Bush are discussing.
At one point in the back-and-forth, Trump says of a woman named Nancy:
“I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married. I did try and f-ck her. She was married.”
It didn’t take long for the married woman who rejected Trump to be identified as Nancy O’Dell (who Trump reportedly tried to fire as Miss USA Pageant host in 2007. Hmmm… we wonder why.)
We can’t imagine O’Dell ever thought this incident would resurface all these years later, but here we are.
And here’s what she has to say about it:
“Politics aside, I’m saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women.
“The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling.”
O’Dell is 50 years old and is now the co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight.
She continued:
“Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender.
“As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.”
Both Bush and Trump have since apologized for their conversation, which also depicted the two men degrading Days of Our Lives actress Arianne Zucker.
The footage also included Trump saying that he often just “grabs” the “pussy” of a woman and it’s totally acceptable because he’s a “star.”
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything,” he tells Bush.
“Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed,” Bush said. “It’s no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago – I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I’m very sorry.”
Trump, meanwhile, initially dismissed the talk as being mere “locker room” banter, only to then issue a longer apology in video form.
You can watch it here:
“I never said I’m a perfect person nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret and the words released today on the more than decade-old video are one of them.
“Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong and I apologize.”
In the wake of this scandal, numerous Republicans have pulled their support for Trump.
Many have also called for Trump to drop out of the Presidential race entirely. But he’s made it clear that this won’t be happening.
There’s a second debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton scheduled for Sunday night.
It should be… interesting, that’s for certain.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Nancy O"Dell -- Trump"s Comments Have No Place In Our Society
Nancy O’Dell has broken her silence on the sexually aggressive comments made by Donald Trump that targeted her and others. The Entertainment Tonight host posted a statement to the show’s site Saturday, saying, “When I heard the comments…
Nancy O"Dell Revealed as Woman in Lewd Donald Trump Tape; Journalist Nearly Fired by Mogul
The married woman Donald Trump spoke of trying to f–k in a lewd 2005 video released yesterday has been identified as Nancy O’Dell.
A woman who, it turns out, Trump tried to get fired two years later when she got pregnant and was co-hosting his Miss USA pageant.
In a Friday-night segment on Access Hollywood, the program addressed Trump’s campaign scandal involving former host Billy Bush.
The Republican presidential candidate was on the entertainment program as he prepared to film a cameo on the soap Days of Our Lives.
Behind the scenes, Bush and Trump can be heard on a “hot” mic they didn’t know was recording them as they made very lewd comments.
“There were seven other people on the bus with Mr. Trump and Billy Bush at the time,” host Natalie Morales said of the incident.
A camera crew, Trump’s security guard and publicist were there, she said, and Nancy O’Dell is the unnamed woman Trump was referring to.
The now-infamous recording in question appears below:
The Washington Post posted the tape yesterday.
On it, the thrice-married, then 59-year-old Trump boasts of trying to f–k a married woman who he “moved on like a b-tch” only to be rebuffed.
Bush and others laughed heartily as the real estate mogul described taking O’Dell furniture shopping and trying in vain to get in her pants.
Ultimately, despite how hard he “tried to f–k her,” he just “couldn’t get there,” Trump laments. Hey, you win some, you lose some, right?
Trump also boasted that when you’re a “star,” you can grope women (“grab them by the p-ssy” even), consequence-free. They let you!
The fallout from this was so bad, even by Trump standards, that his presidential campaign – already on life support – did the unthinkable:
Last night, Trump apologized for the comments!
Granted, Billy Bush’s apology was more prompt and sincere, and Trump still qualified his by saying it’s not that big of a deal in the end.
He also threw in the quasi-defense that Bill Clinton is an even bigger pig anyway, which is both dubious and not really relevant here.
Still, a mea culpa from Donald at all? Progress!
It remains to be seen if he can weather the storm in time to pull off an election upset of Hillary Clinton, but this story is far from over.
O’Dell, who he later said changed her look and opted for “the big phony ti-s and everything,” crossed paths with him two years later.
The TV personality was named the host of the 2007 Miss USA pageant by NBC, despite the concerns of Trump, who owned the event.
The businessman tried, but ultimately failed at having her removed from her contracted post because he was dismayed by her baby bump.
According to insiders, Trump didn’t want a pregnant woman hosting the show, but because of O’Dell’s contract with NBC, failed to oust her.
O’Dell, 50, gave birth to her daughter Ashby that year; Nancy and second husband Keith Zubchevich have been married since 2005.
Prior to that marriage, the current Entertainment Tonight co-host was married to her first husband, Dr. Richard O’Dell, from 1994-2004.
It’s unclear when Trump’s advances took place.
Donald Trump -- Tried Firing Nancy O"Dell in 2007 ... Too Pregnant to Host Miss USA
Donald Trump’s relationship with Nancy O’Dell was bumpy … as in he wanted to fire her from the Miss USA Pageant because he felt she was too pregnant to host … that’s what TMZ reported back in 2007. We posted a story on February 22, 2007, citing…
Donald Trump -- Tried Firing Nancy O"Dell in 2007 ... Too Pregnant to Host Miss USA
Donald Trump’s relationship with Nancy O’Dell was bumpy … as in he wanted to fire her from the Miss USA Pageant because he felt she was too pregnant to host … that’s what TMZ reported back in 2007. We posted a story on February 22, 2007, citing…
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Javi Marroquin: In Love with Nancy Gisell?!
Javi Marroquin says there is NO shot his marriage to Kailyn Lowry can be saved … but is it because he’s in love with someone else?
The Teen Mom 2 told Radar that there is zero chance of taking Kailyn back, and that he “has a lot of love” for the new woman in his life.
What does that mean, though? Romantically?
“I love to be in a relationship,” Javi said.
“I love to love one person. I love to do things with one person. There is no rush. If I meet that person, I meet them,” Marroquin mused.
Aaaaaand … is that Nancy Gisell?
The girl he was seen kissing on Snapchat “is not my girlfriend, but I have a lot of love for her … that is one person I have a lot of love for.”
“Our personalities click.”
Well, that’s good; Marroquin explained how they are taking it slow right now: “I have a lot going on, taking care of that is most important.”
“Before anything escalates and goes any further,” he tells Radar, he’s focused on his family. “We’re at a standstill, we’re just friends.”
Ruling out a serious relationship isn’t out of the question, though as he reiterates that he “has love” for her and will “see what the future holds.”
“There is an attraction there,” he said of Gisell, who was deployed with him by the Air Force overseas for the better part of this year.
Friends now, more than friends down the line? Either way, Javi says, “I enjoy her company a lot. That’s one person I would do anything for.”
Clearly, they’re close.
How tight? Gisell has even met Marroquin’s son with Lowry, 2-year-old Lincoln, on a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
As for Lowry’s take?
Kailyn is pissed at Javi for many, many things … and vice versa; Marroquin insists she isn’t heartbroken over this incident, however.
“Kail was like, ‘So you slipped up on your Snapchat?’ I said, ‘I shouldn’t have posted it,’” he said of the pic and all the viral attention it got.
“We were laughing about it.”
He notes that “Kail has no right to say what I do and vice versa,” and will continue to call her out on that, but says this was a non-issue.
Gisell isn’t the only girl in his life making headlines lately; Christina “Peach” Pietrobon‘s relationship with Javi has also sparked rumors.
“She doesn’t like Peach,” he said of Kailyn and his longtime friend. “If Peach knows something, she’s going to bring it to my attention.”
“She found something out, brought it to my attention, so obviously I confronted Kail and asked,” he said, implying again that Lowry cheated.
“When you ask who the source was, naturally you’re not going to like that person,” Marroquin said, though he won’t say how she cheated.
Or with whom.
“[My friends are] the only people I can believe,” he said. “They have no reason to lie to me. Her best friends are telling me this kind of stuff.”
“Why would they lie?” Javi, who promises the truth will come out, asked. “They didn’t like what they saw. They didn’t like what she was doing.”
The plot thickens.
For now, Marroquin is a single man home from deployment and doing his thing … i.e. flirting up a storm on social media and trashing his ex.
Livin’ the dream.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Nancy Dow, Mother of Jennifer Aniston, Dies at 79
Nancy Dow, a veteran actress who was likely best known as the mother of Jennifer Aniston, died this week after having been diagnosed with an unknown disease.
She was 79 years old.
Aniston herself confirmed the sad news via the following statement:
“It is with great sadness that my brother John and I announce the passing of our mother Nancy Dow.
“She was 79 years old and passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends after enduring a long illness. We ask that our family’s privacy be respected as we grieve our loss.”
On the small screen, Dow appeared in such 1960s TV shows as The Beverly Hillbillies and The Wild Wild West.
She also wrote the 1999 memoir “From Mother and Daughter to Friends” about her famous child, which led to a pretty severe rift between Aniston and her mother that lasted for nearly a decade,.
Dow was not even invited to Anison’s wedding in 2000 to Brad Pitt.
However, the former Friends star, who is now married to actor Justin Theroux, and Dow reconciled after Aniston and Pitt divorced in 2005.
Dow was married to Aniston’s father, John Aniston, from 1965 to 1980, with Aniston born four years after their nuptials.
Aniston’s older brother, referenced in her statement above, was born to Dow during her first marriage, which lasted from 1956-1961.
Please join The Hollywood Gossip in sending out condolences to Aniston, her brother and all of Dow’s loved ones.
May she rest in peace.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Nancy Reagan Dies; Former First Lady Was 94
Nancy Reagan – the wife of President Ronald Reagan during his two terms in the White House – has passed away at the age of 94.
Her family confirmed her passing in a statement issued this morning.
While no cause of death was given, Reagan had reportedly been in failing health for the past several years.
Nancy married Ronald – at that time, a young actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild – while they were bot working in Hollywood in 1952.
After supporting him throughout his meteoric rise through the political ranks, Nancy became first lady when Ronald was sworn into office in 1981.
Initially criticized for her expensive taste (Nancy’s purchase of expensive new china for the White House in the midst of an economic recession was condemned by the media, as well as many of her husband’s political rivals.), Mrs. Reagan eventually became one of the most beloved first ladies in our nation’s history, often drawing favorable comparisons Jacqueline Kennedy.
Reagan was widely praised for the “Just Say No” anti-drug campaign that she launched in 1982, though the program has since fallen out of favor, due to what critics describe as a failure to properly address the complexities of addiction and urban crime.
Throughout her husband’s presidency, Nancy was viewed as one of his key advisors, often counseling him on staffing and other internal decisions.
Sources say Nancy will be buried next to Ronald at the site of his presidential library in Simi Valley, California.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Nancy Lee Grahn Apologizes for Slamming Viola Davis Emmy Speech
It may have been the highlight of the 2015 Emmy Awards:
Viola Davis became the first African-American to ever win Lead Actress in a Drama, breaking into tears on stage, quoting Harriet Tubman and earning a standing ovation.
You can watch the stirring speech above.
Nearly everyone who watched the Emmys cited Davis’ triumph as a step in the right direction for Hollywood… all except Nancy Lee Grahn, that is.
“I wish I loved #ViolaDavis Speech, but I thought she should have let @shondarhimes write it,” the General Hospital star wrote, citing the Grey’s Anatomy creator and How to Get Away with Murder producer.
Along with quoting Tubman and giving props to fellow stars Kerry Washington and Halle Berry, Davis said:
“The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity… You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
“So here’s to all the writers, the awesome people – people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman, to be black.”
Grahn took issue with this message.
“I think she’s the bees knees but she’s elite of TV performers. Brilliant as she is. She has never been discriminated against…
“Try being any woman in TV. Wish she’d brought every woman in the picture. I wish I’d opportunity to play roles she gets.”
Following major backlash (note to pretty much all Caucasians: refrain from ever telling an African-American that he or she has never faced discrimination), Grahn jumped back on Twitter and wrote the following:
Viola Davis winning lead actress Emmy’s historic. My upset is acting awards dont fix racial injustice. As an actor I see how irrelevant we r. I never mean to diminish her accomplishment. She is a goddess. I want equality 4 ALL women, not just actors.
We’re sure Davis would say the same.
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