Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 11:40am PDT By
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Candice Swanepoel landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday afternoon, and the very next day she posted several sexy snapshots from the beach. But of course!
Based on her Instagram caption, it appears as though the 25-year-old South African stunner was doing a photo shoot for Victoria's Secret, and last week she worked the catwalk for Michael Kors and Diane von Furstenberg.
"I don’t do the whole Fashion Week like I used to, but I’d say to just stay calm and stay positive," she recently told Elle UK. "The nice thing about Fashion Week is I get to see friends that we don’t get to see much as we’re all traveling."
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 11:10am PDT By
X17 Staff
Miley Cyrus has covered a number of songs over the years, and her latest one has us wishing she'd ditch the pop anthems and switch to rock 'n roll!
Over the weekend Miley tweeted a link to her version of Led Zeppelin's "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You," and she wrote, "Check dis sh*t out." While the track starts out slow, the 21-year-old singer starts belting it out just before the one minute mark -- it's like she has the lungs of Courtney Love, but with the pitch of Lea Michele!
The song was written by Anne Bredon and also performed by Joan Baez, but clearly Miley is going for the style that Led Zep used when they put the tune on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.
Miley previously covered Dolly Parton's "Jolene," Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness," and The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," and she stated that her next one will be Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man."
She also posted a cover of Roy Orbison's "It's Over" ... Click thru to listen!
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 10:40am PDT By
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She's always camera ready!
Nicki Minaj is usually more of a costume dresser, but she kept it relatively classy in a leopard print top and black leggings after hitting the stage with Beyonce and Jay Z for a surprise appearance during their On The Run tour. The rapper treated the audience to her "Flawless" remix, then spent some downtime with new pal Cara Delevingne after the show.
She might have received a warm welcome from hip hop's power couple, but she didn't get quite the same greeting from her old alma mater! The "Anaconda" songstress recently attempted to visit LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perorming Arts to speak to students, but was rejected by the school's principal!
"It has been brought to our attention that Nicki Minaj is attempting to generate publicity for herself by posting negative information about our principal, Dr. Lisa Mars, and LaGuardia Arts High School. The fact is that Ms. Minaj was told by the NYC Department of Education (DOE) that she would not be allowed to enter the school with a television crew. The DOE has policies in place to protect the privacy and security of all its students. I’m sure we all appreciate the strict enforcement of these policies with regard to the safety of our children," the school said in a statement.
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 10:09am PDT By
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This high profile couple is doing anything but keep a low profile!
After sparking pregnancy rumors over the weekend, Beyonce and Jay Z are keeping the rumor mill pumping by releasing their Bonnie and Clyde tour footage in the first of a three-part short film series.
The power couple recorded the short trilogy with director Dikayl Rimmasch during their On The Run tour. The description of the stylized black and white video reads: "Two American outlaws speed through the Californian desert in a dusty 1960s Pontiac GTO with a manifest poise and stylish swagger that could only be embodied by the world’s foremost musical couple: Beyoncé and Jay Z."
Over the weekend, Bey and Jay started a media frenzy during their final On The Run show in Paris on Saturday night. When taking the stage for "Beach Is Better," Jay seemingly switched the lyrics at the end from "'Cause I replace it with another one" to "Cause she pregnant with another one."
Beyonce, 33, and Jay Z, 44, first became an item in 2002 and got married in 2008. In January of 2012 the couple welcomed daughter Blue Ivy.
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 9:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
Kimmy K is trying new things down under!
Kim Kardashian is currently in Australia promoting her Kardashian Kollection and supporting husband Kanye West on his tour, and the reality star took time out of her busy schedule to take daughter North to see some wildlife at the zoo with daddy Yeezy. The brunette beauty even cuddled a furry koala during the outing!
"Thank you @AustraliaZoo for having us today. So many good memories #AustraliaZoo," the mother-of-one captioned a snapshot of herself with the critter.
Little Nori might have a companion for these family adventures soon, if the Keeping Up with the Kardashian star's latest interview is any indication!
During a sit down with Australia's Today show, the E! starlet confessed she and Yeezus are hoping to give their baby girl a sibling sooner rather than later when asked if they plan to expand their brood. "I hope so, I mean we're trying, so it's all in God's hands," she revealed to host Tim Dormer.
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 9:03am PDT By
X17 Staff
Is this life imitating art or art imitating life?
After hitting the Emmy red carpet together, Orange is the New Black writer Lauren Morelli and one of the show's stars, Samira Wiley, who plays Poussey, Taystee's lesbian best friend -- are definitely out and proud about their relationship. And while many on social media are thrilled about the duo -- we imagine one person might not be so jazzed about their blossoming love -- Morelli's soon-to-be ex husband of two years, Steve Basilone.
Morelli, who came out in an essay in Identities.Mic in May, said that writing about the show's main lesbian couple, Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) and her ex-girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon), helped her to come to terms with her own sexuality -- unfortunately it happened just months after marrying her then-husband.
"I was nervous about the first love scene I'd written for Alex and Piper," Morelli wrote. "I'd loved writing it, loved watching a tenderness emerge in their relationship where passion always seemed to be the ruling principle, but by that time, I was so deep in my own self-doubt that I constantly felt like a fraud. I was sure it was bleeding into my writing. How could it not? I was married to a man, but I wasn't straight."
But at least the writer knew she had to do something about it. Morelli and Basilone have both filed for divorce. And now she's taken her new life and relationship in stride. The couple have been dating for a few months but went public with their relationship when they took to the Emmy red carpet hand in hand.
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 8:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
Kourtney Kardashian and baby daddy Scott Disick went shopping at the Grove in Los Angeles on Sunday with son Mason and daughter Penelope, and while Kourt was all smiles, Scott wasn't feeling so chipper.
The previous day the two took their adorable kids to a party in Beverly Hills, and he looked just as down in the dumps then too. Scott obviously loves his children, but he's made it pretty clear over the last few months that he's been incredibly stressed, and on one of the last episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians he told Kourt, "You just keep suckering me into these kids. I can't handle this responsibility. I just can't take care of more kids. I can barely take care of myself."
Is Scott about to snap? Their third child is due later this year, so hopefully the couple work out all their issues...
Posted on Mon Sep 15th, 2014 7:55am PDT By
X17 Staff
Django Unchained and Weeds star Daniele Watts was arrested after police reportedly caught her having sex in public with her boyfriend, Brian James Lucas, but the couple insist they were just kissing, and that they were targeted because Watts is black ... AND because cops thought she was a hooker!
Police said they received a 911 call, and Officer Sally Madera told reporters, "There was an indication on the radio call that a male white and female black were involved in a sexual act inside a Mercedes with the vehicle door open." Eyewitnesses from the nearby Directors Guild office told police that the man was sitting in the seat, the woman was straddling him and one eyewitness told cops the couple cleaned themselves up with a tissue afterwards. EW!
Lucas, who is a celebrity chef, said in a Facebook post that he believes LAPD officers came up to them because they "saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO & a TRICK."
The cops then demanded to see their IDs, at which point Lucas complied but Watts refused. Watts accused cops of targeting her because of her race, and when the situation got even more heated, apparently she tried to play the fame card. The actress stormed off, but the cops caught up with her, cuffed her and took her to a local station. “Two people were briefly detained, but it was revealed no crime had been committed,” Medera added.
Watts claims the handcuffs were so tight they cut the skin on her wrists and made her bleed. Lucas added that the couple have hired a lawyer and they're planning on filing a complaint with the LAPD. The couple have made a number of TV appearances over the last 24 hours, and Lucas even posted video of the incident below: