Posted on Fri Nov 4th, 2016 9:45am PDT By
X17 Staff
Lena Dunham is rapping for Hillary!
The Girls creator made a three-minute video for Funny or Die in which she raps about her love of Hilary Clinton, as a new alter ego MC Pantsuit.
Dunham told Vulture in an interview that the tongue-in-cheek vid is meant to be a parody of celebrity endorsement videos.
The funny lady said, “I’m like a crazed Hillary Clinton fan, and wondered what it would be like if I took this character one step further to the most delusional Hillary Clinton fan."
The 30-year-old said, “She’s MC Pantsuit and wears a sensual pantsuit. I liked the idea of a well-meaning, ridiculous white girl who thinks she’s helping the election by exposing her body and writing thoughtless rap music.†Sounds a lot like Dunham's talking about Dunham!
The video features the super awkward Dunham, wearing a fiery red pantsuit a la the first debate and rapping about her love of the Democratic presidential nominee and features Power 105.1’s Charlamagne tha God and Tony-winning star of The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo.
There's been a lot of online criticism of the video -- but we kinda dig it!
Posted on Fri Nov 4th, 2016 9:15am PDT By
X17 Staff
This is any parent's worst nightmare and we're sending so many prayers.
Michael Buble and wife Luisana Lopilato's 3-year-old son has been diagnosed with cancer, the singer shared in a heartbreaking Facebook post today.
"We are devastated about the recent cancer diagnosis of our oldest son Noah who is currently undergoing treatment in the U.S. We have always been very vocal about the importance of family and the love we have for our children," the couple wrote in a statement.
The crooner, 41, and Lopilato, 29, are also parents to son Elias, 9 months.
"Luisana and I have put our careers on hold in order to devote all our time and attention to helping Noah get well. At this difficult time, we ask only for your prayers and respect for our privacy. We have a long journey in front of us and hope that with the support of family, friends and fans around the world, we will win this battle, God willing," they added.
We can't imagine a more difficult thing to go through.
Posted on Fri Nov 4th, 2016 7:56am PDT By
X17 Staff
She's so in lurve!
Khloe Kardashian finally spilled some deets on her new romance with Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson when she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night. We've reported that Khloe's knocked up with Tristan's baby -- so obvi we want to know all the deets!
The 32-year-old has kept quiet about the budding romance previously but Jimmy got her to really dish on the relationship during the interview, and she even talked about loving spending time in Cleveland because she gets some privacy.
Unfortunately, the reality star, who was outfitted in a sheer top and sexy Good American jeans, didn't mention the whole preggers/about-to-be-engaged thing, but she can only hide a baby bump for so long!
After an hour of belting it out during his sixth LA date on the Saint Pablo tour, Kanye West gave up ...
The rapper's voice was giving out and he stopped singing, took a knee, and told fans the show couldn't go on. He said, "I'll do better next time."
The crowd booed and Kanye left the stage. Many concert-goers demanded a refund, though it's unclear whether Ticketmaster will offer any compensation. The set was only ten minutes shorter than planned -- for an extra concert date that was added only six days ago. Kanye's next stop is San Jose on Nov. 17, so he has a little time, now, to go home and relax and eat chicken soup with wife Kim K.
Speaking of Kim -- she was THERE! Kim went back to see her fourth LA show, with sis Khloe. But they stayed for only 45 minutes and then had their driver take them home. Weird!
Meanwhile, celebs like DJ Khaled and Usher seemed surprised by the shortened performance, heading out early from the Forum. New dad DJ Khaled left his baby boy and fiancee at home to fly out to LA to see the show ... guess he'll have to catch another show if he wants the full Saint Pablo experience!
Posted on Thu Nov 3rd, 2016 1:53pm PDT By
X17 Staff
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West let go their longtime bodyguard Pascal Duvier within days after the robbery of the reality star, according to an X17online source. Reason? - Kim now needs armed security after the life-threatening scare. It was a month ago today that KK was held at gunpoint in her Paris apartment and robbed of $10 million in jewelry.
A source tells us: "It was nothing personal; Pascal was just reassigned to another client by his parent company. He doesn't carry a gun, so Kim needed someone else to take over her security staff, to make sure all the bodyguards have gun permits."
E! Entertainment agreed to pay for the new staffing -- but the bills are racking up! Round-the-clock armed security for Wests is costing the network an arm and a leg and the show's producers are warning the family it won't go on forever: "The price of having these people constantly following Kanye around, sitting outside in a car while he's in a meeting, escorting Nori to the park -- it's insanely expensive. It's not going to last," our source tells us.
Still, despite the claim Duvier's firing wasn't personal, it certainly is curious that the Swiss bodyguard had filed for bankruptcy right before the robbery, due to the fact his company, ProtectSecurity, had racked up debts totaling around $1,226,205.
The 43-year-old first started working with West in 2012 and then later with Kardashian in 2013.
Posted on Thu Nov 3rd, 2016 1:45pm PDT By
X17 Staff
This is 47, people!
Jennifer Lopez singlehandedly made big booties a thing, paving the way for Kim Kardashian and a host of other enhanced starlets, so she took to Instagram today and showed off her enviable bum just to remind everyone who the queen is!
Clad in a skimpy black bodysuit, the singer flashed some serious sideboob and her perfect bubble butt while posing on a bed. Caliente!
Someone should rename her ex Casper Smart to Casper Stupid, because he cheated on this!
Posted on Thu Nov 3rd, 2016 12:45pm PDT By
X17 Staff
She's slowly creeping back into the spotlight...
Kim Kardashian quietly attended Kendall's 21st birthday with Kanye last night at Delilah's in West Hollywood, and we have a feeling she's trying to have these low-key "spottings" get written about before she's fully back on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Kimmy K is definitely returning to the family reality show despite her Paris robbery, thanks to a fat payday!
"It wasn’t clear to the rest of Kim’s sisters how much of an impact Kim really has until she was gone. Their personal apps are plummeting and paparazzi on the entire family is half of what it was prior to Kim’s robbery. Everyone in the family has been aware of the fact that if Kim did not return, their show would be done after this season. So Kris had no other choice than to offer Kim a deal that she could not refuse," a source dished to Radar.
So how much dough are they throwing at her to keep the hit E! program alive?
"Kim is getting a $20 million bonus to return and she is also getting more control over the show in terms of production and direction. In addition, Kim insisted that she get her own camera crew instead of sharing one with her other family members, as well as her own team of personal security to make sure that she is safe. Kim knows her value now more than ever and she loves her fans," the source added.
This is all so calculated, in true K clan fashion!
Posted on Thu Nov 3rd, 2016 11:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
Mila Kunis ain't staying silent!
The Bad Moms actress has written an open letter in A Plus magazine, which is husband Ashton Kutcher's online publication about positive journalism, about sexism in Hollywood -- and it's blowing up the Internet!
"Throughout my career, there have been moments when I have been insulted, sidelined, paid less, creatively ignored, and otherwise diminished based on my gender," she wrote. "And always, I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt; maybe they knew more, maybe they had more experience, maybe there was something I was missing. I taught myself that to succeed as a woman in this industry I had to play by the rules of the boy's club. But the older I got and the longer I worked in this industry, the more I realized that it's (expletive)! And, worse, that I was complicit in allowing it to happen."
In the letter, the Ukrainian-born actress detailed two specific experiences in her career where she dealt with sexism. In one instance, she says a male producer threatened that if she didn't pose semi-nude on the cover of a men's magazine that she would "never work in this town again."
The former That '70s Show actress wrote:
"I was livid, I felt objectified, and for the first time in my career I said 'no.'"And guess what? The world didn't end. The film made a lot of money and I did work in this town again, and again, and again. What this producer may never realize is that he spoke aloud the exact fear every woman feels when confronted with gender bias in the workplace."
The actress then noted that a different male producer sent an email in which he called her Ashton Kutcher's "wife and baby momma!!!"
The 33-year-old wrote:
"He reduced my value to nothing more than my relationship to a successful man and my ability to bear children. It ignored my (and my team's) significant creative and logistical contributions. We withdrew our involvement in the project."
The outspoken lady also made sure to say: "If this is happening to me, it is happening more aggressively to women everywhere." She's right!
She went on, "I am fortunate that I have reached a place that I can stop compromising and stand my ground, without fearing how I will put food on my table."
The brunette continued, "I am also fortunate that I have the platform to talk about this experience in the hope of bringing one more voice to the conversation so that women in the workplace feel a little less alone and more able to push back for themselves."