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‘I don’t like seeing old people on TV … That’s why I obviously never did another TV series’—JERRY SEINFELD, cracking about why he hasn’t returned to television after Seinfeld, on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show‘I can’t be her. I’m not supposed to be her!’—TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, on getting compared to her mom, Diana, to Rolling Stone‘If he comes back, maybe we’ll have to do it all from our homes again, which is fine with me’—BLAKE SHELTON, pretending he “can’t even be in the same room” as fellow Voice coach Nick Jonas, during a virtual press conference for the show‘Wearing daytime pajamas and then changing into nighttime pajamas sets a good example for your children’—SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, on her quarantine wardrobe, on Instagram‘After seeing you in the Ed Hardy [fashion] show,…

5 things we’re talking about this week!

1 Mindy Kaling is writing Legally Blonde 3 Seventeen years after the second movie’s release, the Mindy Project star will team with Parks and Recreation writer Dan Goor to pen the next installment of the beloved Reese Witherspoon franchise. What, like it’s hard? 2 A Friends cookbook will hit shelves in September Finally, a guide to help fans re-create Rachel’s infamous English trifle, Monica’s Thanksgiving feast and Ross’s purloined “moist maker” sandwich. 3 Twitter Spreads the Love To help people express gratitude to essential workers, this new emoji appears when users write #thankful and #grateful. 4 The Trikini Hits the Beach Could this be the summer’s hottest swimwear trend? Italy’s Elexa Beachwear debuted two-piece swimsuits with matching masks. Just beware of weird tan lines. 5 Jason Derulo Shows the Wrong Way to Eat Corn on the Cob When the…

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HOT WHEELS! STARS’ BEST FRIENDS THE BELLAS BUMP ALONG “Just a couple of pregnant ladies waiting for their homemade linguine pasta,” Brie Bella captioned this May 19 selfie with her twin, Nikki. LIZZO TAKES A DIP Lizzo enjoyed the warm weather, posting a pool photo on May 23. OWEN’S BEACH DAY Malibu, May 19 Owen Wilson went for a swim in the ocean during a trip to the beach. PROUD PARENTS On May 21 Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos congratulated son Michael Consuelos, 22, on his virtual graduation from New York University. STARS STAYING ACTIVE PIECE BY PIECE In a May 21 Instagram post Oprah Winfrey wrote that she “never in a million years” expected to be “doing a puzzle on a weekday night” with longtime partner Stedman Graham—“but after two months in quarantine, we’ve had to figure out different ways to…

ana meets ben’s kids: it’s getting serious!

When Ben Affleck and his girlfriend Ana de Armas stepped out to walk their dogs in L.A. over Memorial Day weekend, he brought along some special guests: his three kids, Violet, 14, Seraphina, 11, and Sam, 8. It was the first time Affleck’s children (who live primarily with their mom, his ex-wife Jennifer Garner) have spent time with de Armas. Their visit also included a sleepover at Affleck’s home, another sign that the couple are taking their relationship to the next level. “Ben is very serious about Ana,” says a source of the pair, who met last fall on the New Orleans set of their upcoming thriller Deep Water before taking their romance public this year. “He wants the kids to spend time with her so they can get to…

matt lauer battles ronan farrow

Nearly eight months after former NBC staffer Brooke Nevils’s shocking allegation that Matt Lauer raped her was first published in Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill, Matt Lauer insisted that he was “falsely accused” in a Mediaite op-ed on May 19. The former Today anchor—who was fired from NBC in 2017 because of his inappropriate relationship with Nevils, though he maintains the affair was consensual—attacked Farrow’s reporting. Lauer, 62, claims Farrow, 32, “betrayed the truth in writing his book.” New Yorker journalist Farrow, also the subject of scrutiny from The New York Times in early May, responded with a tweet (inset), saying, “Lauer is just wrong.” ‘MATT CARES SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HIM’—A LAUER SOURCE A source says Lauer broke his silence because “he wanted to be able to…

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Split Lili Reinhart & Cole Sprouse The Riverdale costars—who play love interests on the show—have split again, a source says. Reinhart, 23, and Sprouse, 27, have dated on and off since 2017. New Couple Meghan King & Christian Schauf The Real Housewives of Orange County alum, 35, has been dating the Utah businessman, 39, since March. “We are looking forward to… seeing where life takes us,” says King, who split from husband Jim Edmonds last year. Happy Anniversary Kim Kardashian West & Kanye West The reality star, 39, and the rapper, 43, celebrated their wedding anniversary on May 24. “6 years down; forever to go,” she captioned a throwback photo (above) on Instagram. Heating Up Max Ehrich & Demi Lovato The pop star, 27, and her actor-singer boyfriend, 28, are going strong. They have quarantined together during the pandemic, and on…