In the culinary world, there is no shortage of curious food names and their origin stories. One example is elephant ears, a fair favorite with a heavy history.
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Jennifer Lopez is reportedly mad at Bad Bunny.
But not because she’s a racist who thinks this Puerto Rican native is somehow a bad influence on America.
Instead, a source claims Lopez was hoping to make an appearance last Sunday night during the Super Bowl halftime show that has launched a million think pieces and created a manufactured and ridiculous uproar.
The mini concert included cameos by Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga — but not Lopez, who also hails from Puerto Rico.
”She’s been trying to make a comeback,” a Hollywood insider allegedly told News Nation.
“Nothing is working. Her movie [“Kiss of the Spider Woman”] bombed. Her shows in Vegas over the New Year did okay — but it was the New Year — and her singing is being mocked online. She’s performing every song live in Vegas and there are some people who are better off lip synching if you know what I mean.”
We know what this person means, yes.
He or she means Jennifer Lopez doesn’t exactly have Adele’s vocal range.
On the day of this year’s Super Bowl, the artist posted multiple photos of her and Bad Bunny from six years ago, writing along with the upload:
“Sending you love, positivity and the biggest hug in the world! We are all behind you tonight. I know you are going to kill it! I am here with you the way you were there with me.”
Doesn’t sound like someone who is overly bitter, does it?
Still, it does seem true that Lopez is almost better known these days for her failed marriages than for her very successful career.
“She could use the association right now,” this same source claimed of Lopez and Bad Bunny. He’s hot — she’s not.”
The source adds that Lopez’s recent gym selfie (which featured a great deal of cleavage) came across as a “desperate” attempt for “attention.”
Lopez, of course, actually performed alongside Shakira at halftime of the Super Bowl in 2020.
According to an unscientific poll of every male on the planet, it was the best halftime act of all-time.
Jennifer Lopez: I Was Snubbed by Bad Bunny! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Meghan Markle has been so famous for so long that it feels like we know just about everything about her.
But in reality, the Duchess of Sussex has done a rather impressive job of keeping certain aspects of her life hidden from public view.
For example, until this week we had never seen the face of Meghan’s daughter, Lilibet!
Yes, the Sussexes are famously protective of their children’s privacy, and outside of some baby pics of Archie, we’ve seen much of either kid’s face.
But Meghan made a slight exception for her Valentine’s Day post with a photo in which Lilibet’s face is partially visible.
“These two + Archie = my forever Valentines,” she captioned a photo of Prince Harry holding his daughter.
Meghan wisely turned off comments on the post.
People are constitutionally incapable of being normal about her and Harry, and many Brits regard it as their patriotic duty to harass Meghan at every opportunity.
Speaking of Harry, despite persistent rumors to the contrary, all appears to be going well in the Sussexes’ relationship.
“He loves me so boldly, fully, and he also has a different perspective because he sees media that I wouldn’t,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in November.
“No one in the world loves me more than him, so I know he’s always going to make sure that he has my back.”
Many have speculated that Harry is the one who insists on absolute privacy for the couple’s children.
That would make sense, as he knows firsthand the traumatic effect that overexposure to the media and public can have upon a child.
That said, we very much doubt that Harry is setting these rules by himself.
We’re sure he and Meghan have come to some sort of agreement about the extent to which they should share their kids’ lives with the world.
Meghan and Harry are both products of chaotic childhoods, and they’re probably doing everything in their power to preserve a tranquil environment for their own kids.
Someday, Archie and Lilibet will find out that they have royal titles and mega-famous parents.
But until that day comes, they can enjoy the illusion of just being normal kids.
Meghan Markle Shares First Photo of Daughter Lilibet’s Face: Did She Go Against … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Anderson Cooper is ending his time with 60 Minutes.
Nearly 20 years after joining the television program, the journalist announced his exit from the television show Feb. 16.
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With a creamy, scratch-made queso, fresh pico, and zesty seasoned beef, our Copycat Applebee’s Neighborhood Nachos are perfect for game day or any day.
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Paul Hollywood and Marcela Valladolid may have lacked chemistry on “The American Baking Competition,” but made up for it in their off-screen romance.
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Trauma leaves its mark. Childhood trauma most of all.
When Dove Cameron was just a little girl, her friend was murdered.
This terrible tragedy should never have happened. And Dove should never have found out the way that she did.
This horror has left a lingering mark upon her psyche for life.
A vicious crime and a trauma that will always follow her
During a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, Dove opened up about a life-altering childhood trauma.
When she was 9 years old, her childhood friend, Hayley, died.
Hayley’s father, Steve, killed both of his daughters and himself.
Both girls grew up in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Dove had known Hayley from the time when both girls were only 2 years old. Losing a friend of 7 years would be a horror for anyone, but for a 9-year-old, it’s essentially her entire life.
“Some little girls they meet each other, and they’re like, ‘Oh, that’s like you, and it’s funny,’” Dove recalled of their childhood similarities.
Growing emotional multiple times during the interview, the actress and singer admitted that she “rarely talks about this.”
Dove clarified: “Not because it’s a problem to talk about, but just like it’s so not the first thing that people usually ask me.”
She remembers Hayley’s parents going through a “messy” divorce. The girls still hung out, but even as a child, she could tell that something was wrong.
“I had stayed with her dad for like quite a lot of the summer before [the murder] happened,” Dove described. “And I think even at 8, it was like a dark energy. He was a very angry man.”
She wasn’t supposed to learn about the murder this way
Dove was home sick from school as a third grader and picked up the landline phone, overhearing a call that her parents received from Hayley’s school’s principal.
“She basically said like, ‘This is going to be a really, really disturbing call. Hayley and [her sister] Kelsey are gone. Steve is gone, and he took the girls with him,’” Dove recalled.
“I think they heard me like express some sort of child noise, like a gasp,” she admitted.
Dove continued: “And then I they came in and and we just like didn’t get out of bed for two days.”
She acknowledged: “It was so impossible to process.”
At the time, Dove’s parents tried putting her in therapy to cope with the trauma of her friend’s murder.
“I was very very very very very disturbed by knowing someone for all that time and being like raised around them,” she described.
“And,” Dove continued, “then realizing that they are capable of doing something so harrowing,”
She characterized the trauma of losing her friend by saying that it had “fissured” her brain, forever altering how she processes things.
“I still have issues,” Dove acknowledged.
What happened?
On November 22, 2004, Steve Byrne murdered his daughters, Kelsey and Hayley.
Police found both girls in their bed without an immediately apparent cause of death. Their killer had taken his own life with a gun.
One of the biggest motives for family annihilators is a sudden loss of control. Children growing up and changing, a divorce, losing a job. Sometimes, there is an element of revenge against a survivor — like an ex-wife.
According to Byrne’s attorney, he believed that the legal system was unfair to fathers. He was also apparently furious about his ex-wife’s move following their acrimonious divorce.
There is a depth of evil in people that most never suspect until it springs to the surface.
Dove Cameron Details Murder of Childhood Friend, Lasting Trauma was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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