Us Weekly 21-Mar-16

Don’t let them be misunderstood: The estate of late soul singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone is furious that Zoe Saldana plays her in the drama Nina, out April 22. After the Puerto Rican and Dominican actress, 37, tweeted the Simone quote “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me — no fear . . . I mean really, no fear” March 2, Simone’s official account fired back, “Cool story but please take Nina’s name out your mouth. For the rest of your life.” Later, the account posted that the situation is “ gutwrenching, heartbreaking, nauseating, soulcrushing.” At issue: Saldana wore a prosthetic nose and dark makeup to portray Simone, who died in 2003 at age 70. The legend’s daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly, has been vocal about her discontent.…

ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT “Well, I like the mandate. . . . I don’t want people dying on the streets.” FEBRUARY 18 “I will repeal all of #ObamaCare, including the mandate, period.” FEBRUARY 19 ON IOWA “How stupid are the people of Iowa?” NOVEMBER 13 “I love Iowa. We’ve done really well here.” JANUARY 26 ON HILLARY CLINTON “Hillary Clinton, I think, is a terrific woman. . . . She really works hard. . . . I like her.” MARCH 2012 “Hillary Clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of the United States.” JULY 8, 2015 ON TED CRUZ “I really do, I like Ted Cruz a lot.” DECEMBER 11 “He’s a nasty guy. . . . Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know…

Angela Bassett’s clutch is a double agent: adult on the outside, kidfriendly on the inside. “We’re always on the go,” she says of twins Bronwyn and Slater, 10, with husband Courtney B. Vance, 56. “So I carry a lot for them.” The star, who plays a Secret Service director in London Has Fallen (out now), opens her & Other Stories pouch. WHO’S IN CHARGE? “My iPhone 6 Plus has too many pictures and videos of my kids . . . and lots of games. My son likes Subway Surfers. My daughter has Sunnyville Salon. It’s a split between boy apps and girl apps.” VOTE OF CONFIDENCE “I have my Hillary Clinton for President button because I was just in Charleston, South Caro lina, as a surrogate for her. Go, Hillary!”…

ROSIE HUNTINGTONWHITELEY She tiered up in silk chiffon Gucci Nov. 7. BEL POWLEY A mink-trim collar adorned the actress’ Nov. 30 silk satin midi. DAKOTA JOHNSON How to Be Single’s star took a bow in a silk creation Nov. 7. SAOIRSE RONAN Brooklyn’s heroine (Nov. 7) was tickled by a silk crepe mini. LUPITA NYONG’O Chopard gems (98 carats’ worth!) finished her chiffon last May. OLIVIA COOKE On Aug. 19, the Brit paired lace with Paula Cademartori sandals. SIENNA MILLER Last May, she cinched a leather top and lace skirt with a floral belt. ELLE FANNING The 17-year-old (Sept. 12) first spied her silk dress on the runway! SALMA HAYEK A Plexiglas clutch accented her silk georgette gown Nov. 7. GWYNETH PALTROW Aquamarine paillettes flecked the mom of two’s tulle…

“I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I didn’t know Ed Sheeran was at the party!’ He got really offended.” On mistaking Prince Harry for the singer, MARGOT ROBBIE “He was like . . . ‘Girls, they can send you pictures . . . and it deletes!’ I was like, ‘What is that?’ So he set my Snapchat up for me.” On Justin Bieber, TYGA “I want flowers; I don’t want to text. What does that make me? What kind of dinosaur am I?” On not dating since her split from Ben Affleck, JENNIFER GARNER “You’d think that [ babies] would come with instincts around fire and large falls, and they don’t. I don’t understand how prehistoric man lived.” On parenting 17-month-old daughter Wyatt with wife Mila Kunis, ASHTON KUTCHER “There…

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