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Leah Remini is coming to Bravo!

Season 16 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is adding two new (famous) faces.

Remini is recently divorced following a marriage that spanned decades. She is also famous for her anti-Scientology advocacy.

This casting decision is a genuinely good move by Bravo.

Welcome to ‘Real Housewives,’ Leah Remini!

Andy Cohen has been cooking!

Bravo has selected the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for the upcoming Season 16.

Two new women are joining. Neither are strangers to cameras, and most viewers will recognize one if not both.

One is Million Dollar Listing star Tracy Tutor.

The other is Leah Remini, famous actress and famous anti-Scientology activist.

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Normally, we’d have to quibble (however politely) about reports on casting.

However, when the news broke on Instagram, Remini replied.

“It’s true!!” she wrote, sharing the post so that her own followers wouldn’t have to find out from someone else.

The Season 16 cast will also include Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Bozoma Saint John, Sutton Stracke, and Rachel Zoe.

We’ll be seeing Jennifer Tilly as a “Friend of” this season. Unfortunately, we can also expect Kathy Hilton to show up as well. (We’re not Kathy haters, but she does bring a weird tension to the show that’s just not as fun as it should be.)

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What storylines is she likely to have?

Sometimes, we can only guess at what storylines will jump out with a cast member. That remains true of even big names in the entertainment industry.

(Who among us would have predicted Denise Richards’ biggest storyline when she was first cast?)

In the case of Lean Remini, however, we do know two big things that she has gone through that will, at the very least, inform her choices and attitudes.

The first is that she is divorced. In 2024, she and her long-time husband split after over two decades of marriage. That is an adjustment, even two years out.

More famously, Remini’s innocent questions about Shelly Miscavige’s whereabouts in 2006 led to her apparent persecutions by the Church of Scientology. Eventually, she and her family escaped from the widely condemned organization, and she has used her platform to speak out against them ever since.

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Within a couple of years of escaping the Church of Scientology, Leah Remini and her immediately family converted to Catholicism.

Though Catholicism is a religion and has never, to our knowledge, been classified as a predatory business by any government entity, there are some superficial and structural similarities.

This seems like a natural leap for someone who grew up in Scientology, as both are powerful institutions that own property all over the world, have a confessional apparatus, and are deeply controversial.

It is unclear if Remini’s new beliefs will be a factor as she joins the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast, however.

We may end up seeing her work, her relationships, her activism, or even feuds as she enters her Bravo era. It could be exciting!

Leah Remini Joining ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Season 16 After … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Is Kylie Jenner pregnant? This would mean Baby #3, presumably by Timmy this time.

The makeup mogul is responding to the latest rumor — but not jumping to confirm or deny anything.

Instead, Kylie’s reasoning that fans will figure it out eventually, one way or the other.

It’s true. Pregnancy or non-pregnancy becomes obvious over time, unless you hide for months. And hiding is its own answer.

Is Kylie Jenner pregnant?

On the Wednesday, August 26 episode of the Better Half with Stas & Vic podcast, Kylie caught up with old friends.

Speaking with longtime friend Stas Karanikolaou and former employee Vic Villarroel, she responded to the latest pregnancy rumor.

“I think that I’m so used to people creating their own narrative,” Kylie admitted, “that I actually have to just laugh about it.”

She added: “And I really don’t care.”

Kylie shared: “I just assume people will figure it out eventually, which is what they always do.”

“Like, people think I’m pregnant right now,” Kylie then acknowledged.

“At least,” she then added, “I saw some things.”

Just because she does not always respond to rumors and speculation does not mean that she does not necessarily see these comments, especially when her superfans are doing the posting.

Unlike her older sisters, Kylie has basically never known a time when she was not in the spotlight.

She has developed a somewhat pragmatic attitude towards dispelling rumors. Mostly, that means letting them dispel themselves.

Kylie Jenner wants her boobs bigger 😳🤭 pic.twitter.com/M6oqY7hzku

— Ky💖 (@Khydaily) August 27, 2026

‘The rumors will be squashed’

Kylie Jenner explained exactly why rumors about her, be they absurd or merely untrue, don’t keep her awake at night.

And, more to the point, why she doesn’t feel the need to confirm or deny things.

“I’m not going to address everything ‘cause it’s, like, I’m going to be in a bikini somewhere or I’m going to be out,” Kylie reasoned.

“And,” she predicted, “the rumors will be squashed.”

At the risk of sounding pedantic, quashed is when something is invalid. Squashed is when something is compressed or destroyed. We’d argue that, in this case, both meanings apply.

Kylie Jenner wspomniała o „hate that i made you love me” Ariany podczas nowego wywiadu/podcastu, wymieniając ten utwór jako swoją aktualnie ulubioną piosenkę🫶 pic.twitter.com/9NscYR0hkI

— Ariana Grande Polska ꕤ Arizone (@grandepolska) August 27, 2026

“I, kind of, just don’t feel the need to say anything ever,” Kylie characterized.

(Some of us are dedicated yappers, but it seems that she is not.)

“I can’t, like, talk [or] comment on everything,” she explained.

“So,” Kylie added, “I just laugh about it and join in on the party.”

That sounds like a healthy attitude. But it’s also not one that’s likely to dispel these rumors.

When you’ve kept pregnancies secret in the past, don’t be surprised when people are on the lookout for another.

Kylie Jenner Pregnant? ‘I Don’t Feel The Need to Say Anything Ever’ was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Dolly Parton was workin’ 9 to 5 until the very end.
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In the wake of Dolly Parton’s death, we have a bit of good news:

The music legend has at least one more song that has yet to be released.

The bad news is, we won’t get to hear it until 2046.

Parton recorded “My Place in History” in 2015, around the time her Dollywood DreamMore Resort & Spa opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Rather than releasing the song immediately, she placed it inside a special time capsule known as the “Dream Box.”

The chestnut box is currently displayed in the lobby of the resort and is not supposed to be opened until January 19, 2046 — what would have been Parton’s 100th birthday.

According to a plaque displayed alongside the box, Parton specifically intended “My Place in History” to be released as her final song.

“As a final tribute, Dolly has placed a song which she has written to be released as her last,” the plaque reads. “Entitled, ‘My Place in History,’ only Dolly knows its melody and content until 2046.”

The song’s title certainly sounds fitting for an artist whose career spanned roughly seven decades and made her one of the most recognizable figures in music history.

And Parton apparently had plenty of thoughts about the unusual arrangement.

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In her 2020 book, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, the singer admitted she wasn’t sure whether she wanted to live to 100, but joked that if she did, she planned to be there when the box was opened.

She also had one major concern: Would the technology — or the recording itself — actually survive that long?

“There’s no telling what music is going to be by then,” Parton wrote. “Hopefully, it will play and the whole thing ain’t rotted.”

During a 2022 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Parton confessed that keeping the song locked away had become something of a torment.

“You have no idea how much that has bothered me,” she said. “I wanna go dig that up so bad.”

Parton added that it was “a really good song,” making the 20-year wait even more difficult.

The Dream Box reportedly contains a recording of the song along with equipment capable of playing it, ensuring future generations will hopefully be able to hear the mysterious track exactly as Parton intended.

For now, “My Place in History” remains one of Dolly Parton’s biggest secrets.

And in perhaps the most Dolly Parton move imaginable, she made sure that even after her death, she would still have one more song waiting for the world.

Dolly Parton Recorded Secret Song to Be Released on 100th Birthday was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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The world is in shock at the loss of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry.

Both of these talented, widely beloved icons entertained generations. Both were 80.

And, though the news came at different times, they both died on the same day.

Because both were also LGBTQ+ icons, some communities are taking these losses extra hard.

Dolly Parton showed that kindness is what you do

In addition to being a talented entertainer, Dolly Parton was a staunch supporter of workers and unions.

Her Imagination Library helped boost child literacy — which extended to mailing braille books to blind children.

Dolly’s financial support for her hometown saw the high school dropout rate plummet from 30% to 6%.

She built up a 9-figure fortune. She could have become a billionaire if she’d cared more about numbers than she did about people, but she chose to make the world a better place instead of pointlessly hoarding wealth.

There are millions of people who love Dolly for all of this and more. But, for the LGBTQ+ community, there are still more reasons to mourn the loss of this national treasure.

For decades, Dolly Parton spoke very openly about her love for gay friends — particularly Lily Tomlin, with whom she worked multiple times.

In the 2010s, many public figures and organizations did this — either because it was safe to do, or to farm for positive PR, or both. Dolly was doing this amidst the rank homophobia of the ’80s and ’90s.

Following her tragic passing on Tuesday, the world has also seen a series of anecdotes in which transgender folks — especially women — share stories of Dolly directly or indirectly helping to pay for their top surgeries.

(And yes, some have made the obvious joke that it seems appropriate for the famously busty musician to be helping other women to fill out their shirts.)

People also uncovered an article about Jason, the trans man who was Dolly’s limo driver in Los Angeles back in the 1980s. Or, more recently, when Dolly defended trans folks’ right to use the bathrooms and generally exist in public during that first failed wave of concocting a bigoted narrative to win elections.

Didn’t know this until today but Dolly Parton had a transsexual man named Jason Pirro work as her Hollywood chauffeur in the 1980s, per an interview he gave to The Sun in 1990. “Dolly has been good to me…Dolly knows all about me.”

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Tim Curry is one of the most important figures in entertainment media history

The same day that the world lost Dolly Parton, we also lost pop culture icon Tim Curry.

An actor of television and film, who lent his voice to animation and video games for decades, he left an indelible imprint upon arts and culture.

Whether our first exposure to him was as Nigel Thornberry or Captain Hook or in Muppet’s Treasure Island or Dragon Age: Origins or Legend or It, we have all seen him. We have all heard his voice.

His most iconic role is indisputably that of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. As such, he has been an LGBTQ+ icon since the 1970s.

Tim Curry didn’t have a theme park with inclusive bathrooms or a famous pansexual goddaughter. His most legendary role (yes, more iconic than in Legend) was a symbol for generations. A symbol and a bit of a right of passage.

My friend said its “Gay 9/11” in a group chat to which my other friend responded with this image. pic.twitter.com/vBzqw7rCBA

— Undead Media VHS (@undeadmedia_) August 26, 2026

Following Dolly Parton’s passing, some have tried to brand her as “neutral” in America’s various culture wars.

That is sort of true. She never fired an opening salvo or attempted to pick fights. She also turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom multiple times — in an effort to avoid appearing partisan.

When it comes to Dolly’s own choices, sure, she avoided fights. But when she had gay, bi, and trans folks in her life and loved and supported them, including when they were attacked by malicious cultural forces. That’s not neutral.

Whether she was redirecting “I Will Always Love You” royalties to the Black community or proudly supporting unions or helping hundreds of thousands of children learn to read, Dolly prioritized kindness and doing the right thing. Now, she and Tim Curry are both gone.

Without saying that we’re superstitious, we will spend the rest of the week deeply anxious about other LGBTQ+ icons in the entertainment industry. Particularly those who are precisely 80 years old, it seems.

Dolly Parton & Tim Curry Mourned as LGBTQ+ Icons was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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There are many store-bought bakery items that use high quality ingredients, so you don’t have to spend much money to buy items that are closer to homemade.

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