Us Weekly 29-Feb-16

Nick Jonas left Super Bowl weekend a winner. After flirting with — and kissing! — former fling Kate Hudson at DirecTV’s February 6 pregame bash, he scored another date four days later. Explains a Jonas source of their February 10 outing to Italian eatery Pace: “They were both in L.A. and decided to meet up.” And appreciate the view. Five months after they first embarked on a no-strings-attached relationship, the chiseled ex–boy bander, 23, and the toned Mother’s Day actress, 36, “are still physically into each other,” says the Jonas pal. “He likes hooking up with her!” The conversation isn’t bad either. The singer recently gushed to Complex that the mom of Ryder, 12, and Bingham, 4, is “incredible. We had an unbelievable connection as two human beings who just…

1.My mom had to have a C-section because I was standing straight up in the womb (a double footling breech)! 2.My favorite comedian is Gilda Radner. My favorite director is Elaine May. My favorite poet is Nikki Giovanni. 3. I was in an elevator with Cindy Crawford when I was 9. I was so excited, I started to cry. 4. I love to water-ski, but am very bad at it. 5. I wanted to be a poet until I was 21. 6. I’ve had more than 20 cavities. 7. My mother was close childhood friends with comedian Andy Kaufman, and my grandpa was his orthodontist. 8. My grandfather ran for sheriff of Southbury, Connecticut, on the Republican ticket. He lost. 9. I love horses and dogs, but my favorite animal…

BEYONCÉ Before Super Bowl 50, the singer, 34, husband Jay Z, 46, and tot Blue, 4, bunked in a $10,000-a-night, fivebedroom San Francisco pad complete with spa, rooftop veggie garden and pool. GWYNETH PALTROW Goop’s guru, 43, and love Brad Falchuk, 44, took Apple, 11 ( left, in January), and Moses, 9, to a $40,000-aweek villa in Punta Mita, Mexico. NINA DOBREV An outdoor hot tub heated up the 27-year-old’s Christmas getaway with boyfriend Austin Stowell, 31, at a $5,000-a-night Coalville, Utah, cabin. MARIAH CAREY Four bedrooms. A Jacuzzi. A guest cottage. The Grammy winner dropped more than $300,000 for a month at a Malibu home (left, on August 3) on Billionaire’s Beach. SHAY MITCHELL At a $4,100-a-night, five-bedroom Jamaican estate on James Bond Beach in January, the Pretty Little…

Don’t mess with Jaimie Alexander. “I collect knives, so I always have a very small one on me,” says the star of the NBC drama Blindspot (which returns February 29 at 10 p.m.). “I’d never want to use it, but I’m skilled!” The Texas native, engaged to actor Peter Facinelli, 42, lets Us take a closer look at her Valentino cross-body satchel. ON THE HOP “Because I wear so many fake tattoos on the show, I can’t sweat too much. I’ll break out my jump rope between takes to get my heart rate up.” SUPER-SKETCHY “I’ve got a Sharpie and a black pen because I like to draw. I do the details with the black ballpoint. It kind of mellows you out when you’re on an airplane.” HEALTHY CHOICE “I…

“Spanx all the way. . . . Even if you don’t need them.” On how she feels confident in her body on “bad” days, ASHLEY BENSON “I remember confessing to a priest that I committed adultery because I thought it meant acting like an adult.” On going to confession at 7 years old, GEORGE CLOONEY I noticed a huge line of people trying to meet him and I was just like, ‘Oh, I’m a kid. I can skip it.’” On approaching Leonardo DiCaprio at the 2016 SAG Awards, JACOB TREMBLAY “I’ll put it this way: The director isn’t going to yell, ‘Too big!’” On filming a nude scene for HBO’s Vinyl, RAY ROMANO My mom would always say about having kids, ‘One is like one, and two are like 20.’” On Kris Jenner’s advice…

CARRIE UNDERWOOD The Nicolas Jebran–clad nominee said her Johnathon Arndt necklace was “a Valentine’s present.” CHRISSY TEIGEN Due in spring, Mrs. John Legend wore a caped Yousef Al-Jasmi studded with 10,000 Swarovski crystals and pearls. CIARA Body party, all right: She said the crystallized Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture made her “feel very sexy.” TAYLOR SWIFT Crop top queen: She debuted a blunt cut with Atelier Versace’s peekaboo silk organza skirt and bandeau. SELENA GOMEZ The presenter said her Calvin Klein Collection sequins “felt like what I would [wear] if I was going on a date.” ARIANA GRANDE Jimmy Choo’s crystal and metal clutch complemented the presenter’s silk crepe Romona Keveža.…