EXCLUSIVE - Jennifer Garner Leasing $14M Estate While Her Dream Home Construction Is Completed

Posted on Wed Feb 6th, 2019 10:54am PDT       By X17 Staff


Movin' on up! And out! Jennifer Garner is ditching her Pacific Palisades home that she just sold to Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo for a cool $32 million and moving just a few blocks away -- closer to ex Ben Affleck, in fact -- for a few months while her new dream home is being finished.

The Peppermint actress has snatched up a $14 million traditional (see the gallery HERE) in the Riviera neighborhood, where she's expected to spend about six months while her Brentwood mansion finishes construction. We spotted her moving trucks unloading boxes into the house on Tuesday.

X17online broke the story of Jen's new dream home a month ago -- it's a downsized traditional (still around 9,000 square feet!) less than a mile from her current home that she used to share with Ben. But following all the work of performing the Super Bowl halftime, it seems Levine is ready to move in and get settled so Jen's gotta get out ... and her new house isn't ready! So she'll shack up in this 6-bedroom, 7.5-bath, 10,500 square-foot home while she waits. Hey, she may not want to move out!

The house has a stunning view of the Palisades and Rustic Canyon; it features a home theater, sauna and billiards room across three levels. Violet, Seraphina and Samuel will have fun here -- and they can walk to dad's house! There's a huge back yard with a pool and BBQ and the house is just minutes from Violet and Samuel's school. Morning drop-off will be a snap!

Meanwhile, Jen's Brentwood manse is getting close -- electrical is being completed and soon the finishes will start going in. So it'll be a lot of moving this year for Jen, but after all she's been through, we imagine this'll be nothing for her! And she's perhaps a step closer to inviting boyfriend John Miller to move in ... is that her plan for her custom Brentwood home? Will she and John SHARE a home in six months? Stay tuned!

 

Angelina Jolie Visits Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh

Posted on Wed Feb 6th, 2019 10:08am PDT       By X17 Staff


Angelina Jolie isn't the type to stay home in her huge, private estate and bake cookies ... nope, she left the kids with a nanny and jetted to Bangladesh to visit Rohingya refugees at the world's largest refugee camp.

It was the UNHCR ambassador's first visit to Bangladesh where the Cox's Bazar camp houses the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled the Myanmar military and have poured into Bangladesh since August 2017.

Jolie spoke with reporters and to the people in the camp, saying, "The people responsible for human rights violations must be held accountable for their actions. While UNHCR is ready to support efforts to improve conditions, there have been very little progress on the ground. The Rohingya cannot return to Myanmar at this time."

Drawing attention to the international community's inaction on this matter, Jolie said, "I want to say, I am humble and proud to stand with you today. You have every right to live in security, to be free and practice your religion and to co-exist with people of other faith and ethnicities. You have every right not to be stateless. And the way you have been treated shames us all."

 

Meghan Markle's Friends "Speak The Truth" About The Duchess

Posted on Wed Feb 6th, 2019 9:00am PDT       By X17 Staff


Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's friends are coming to her aid ... but did she really need the help?

People magazine has published a cover story on the pregnant royal's challenges since marrying Prince Harry, telling the world she's the calm, cool, collected one amid all the noise surrounding an American's marriage to a British royal. They say Meghan's endured too much criticism and too many false, negative stories about her and now her pals are coming to Markle's defense.

The mag says Meghan's BFFs spoke to them because they want to "stand up against the global bullying we are seeing and speak the truth about our friend." People calls the source a "friend and former costar." Hilariously, the mag "anonymously" labels the pals as two women "who requested anonymity to protect the private relationships they hold dear." Well who were her two best female friends from Suits?! Duh!

The Suits costar went on to dish: "Meg has silently sat back and endured the lies and untruths ... We worry about what this is doing to her and the baby. It’s wrong to put anyone under this level of emotional trauma, let alone when they’re pregnant."

One of the friends told a story of spending time at Meghan in hers and Harry's cottage: "We had a couple of days together recently. Her husband was out of town on work. In the room she made up for me, there was a candle lit by the bed, slippers and a robe. We were the only two in the house. It was our time. She made the most lovely meals. She made tea every day. It was raining and muddy outside, so the dogs got all dirty, and she’s wiping them off with towels. How much she loves her animals, how much she loves her friends, how much she loves feeding you, taking care of you — none of that has changed.”

Regarding Meghan's relationship with her family -- which has been perhaps the biggest source of strain since she married Harry -- the source says of Meghan's father Thomas and her half-sister Samantha, "They have been made to appear as siblings who had this falling out, and that’s not the truth at all. They were not a part of her life.”

Now if only her family members would shut up and leave the Duchess alone!

 

Jennifer Lawrence Is Engaged To Cooke Maroney

Posted on Wed Feb 6th, 2019 8:05am PDT       By X17 Staff

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He put a ring on it! Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend of seven months Cooke Maroney.

Lawrence and Maroney, an art dealer, started dating last summer when their relationship was outed as they were spotted in Paris and New York, holding hands and looking lovey dovey. The pair have been quite about their romance, but a source told Us Weekly last month, "They definitely appear to be in it for the long haul," noting the couple had moved in together. "Cooke plays very coy when speaking about her to his friends and colleagues. He is clearly smitten about her," the source said.

Lawrence was last linked the director Darren Aronofsky, to whom she seemed to be engaged at one point during their year-long relationship that ended in 2017.

 

Report: Ben Affleck And Lindsay Shookus Are Seeing Each Other Again!

Posted on Tue Feb 5th, 2019 12:03pm PDT       By X17 Staff


Ben Affleck might actually be making a good decision this time! Not sure we can say the same for Lindsay Shookus ...

The former couple are back ON, according to a Us Weeklynew report. "They’ve been talking and have seen each other again. Ben is in a much better place health-wise and is a lot happier," the source tells the mag. And apparently it was Lindsay who reached out the Ben!

Affleck, 46, and the SNL producer Shookus, 38, broke up in August, right before Ben headed to rehab.

Lindsay even packed up and moved out to LA briefly but returned to New York full time when things didn't work out. In fact, Us Weekly's source says, "They will keep talking and see what happens. It wouldn’t be surprising if they got back together, but with the distance and living on different coasts it’s difficult."

We'll see, indeed! Maybe that's why Ben had a spring in his step this morning ...

 

Kendall Jenner Is Bangin'!

Posted on Tue Feb 5th, 2019 8:15am PDT       By X17 Staff

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Bangin!

Supermodel Kendall Jenner posted this pic and a couple videos Monday night ... but are the bang real?! She captioned the set: "yes, no, maybe so?" which leads us to believe the fringe is clip-in. What would YOU say -- yay or nay?

 

Andy Cohen Welcomes A Baby Boy Via Surrogate

Posted on Tue Feb 5th, 2019 6:31am PDT       By X17 Staff


Andy Cohen's a dad!

The Bravo producer/host/king welcomed a baby boy via surrogate Monday evening, he announced with this adorable Instagram. "WOW! This is my son, Benjamin Allen Cohen. He is 9 lbs 2 ounces !! 20 inches !! Born at 6:35 pm, PT. He is named after my grandfather Ben Allen. I’m in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I’m a dad. Wow. ♥️🌈"

Cohen announced his surrogate's pregnancy in December on WWHL: "After many years of careful deliberation, fair amount of prayers and the benefit of science, if all goes according to plan, in about six weeks time, I’m going to become a father thanks to a wonderful surrogate who is carrying my future. Family means everything to me and having one of my own is something I’ve wanted in my heart for my entire life and though it has taken me longer than most to get there, I cannot wait for what I envision will be the most rewarding chapter yet."

This baby will have plenty of Housewives ready to babysit him. Congrats, Andy!

 

Demi Lovato Quits Twitter After Controversial Comments About 21 Savage

Posted on Mon Feb 4th, 2019 10:37am PDT       By X17 Staff


How did THIS happen?

This is the most benign thing ever to cause someone to leave social media, leaving us to believe trolling has gotten WAY outta control. Demi Lovato was live-Tweeting during the Super Bowl and commenting on how boring it was -- which is what we were ALL thinking -- and posted: "So far 21 savage memes have been my favorite part of the Super Bowl." No biggie, right?

Well fans disagreed! Rapper 21 Savage was arrested for overstaying his visa Sunday and when news broke, people were shocked to learn their favorite Atlanta "native" is actually a British citizen.

Well Demi posted to her Instagram story to explain that this is the meme to which she was referring ...


Pretty harmless, right? Well Savage fans didn't think so. Some responded with scathing critiques like: "Go shoot some more heroine [sic] Demi. She’s a hypocrite let’s pull out the heroin memes and see if this bitch doesn’t get emotional." Rapper Wale Tweeted: "Why is somebody freedom funny … I don’t get the joke. A lot of people were sending you love, light, prayers etc. When people were making jokes about u at a rough time. A lot of people. Bless up."

Demi responded: "Wasn’t laughing at anyone getting deported. I know that’s not a joke.. not have I EVER laughed at that. The meme I posted/was talking about was of him being writing with a feather pen. Sorry if I offended anyone. But it’s no excuse to laugh at someone’s addiction let alone their OD.” She went on: "Lastly, I wasn’t making fun on [sic] anything having to do with deportation or even anything against him. I was laughing at who the f—k knew 21 was British? Literally no one. That’s it. It doesn’t go deeper than that. I’m sorry if I upset people truly."

Has hating gone too far, people? Is finger-pointing being cloaked as political correctness or is Demi really at fault?

 

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