Taylor Swift Drags Leo, Selena, Lena to Midwest for Another KC Chiefs Loss, Team Is Now Literally 6-7, Couple Not Marrying At Famed Rhode Island Inn
EXCLUSIVE
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are not getting married at Ocean House in Westerly, Rhode Island.
“Not happening,” says a very inside source who knows what’s going on.
Makes sense that Ocean House was used as a decoy. A red herring. Do you really think Taylor and Travis are giving six months’ notice to paparazzi and stalkers of their time and place? LOL.
Meantime, Travis’s Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Houston Texans 20 to 10 yesterday, making them literally “6 – 7” for the season. Now we know what that means exactly. “6 – 7” means you’re not going to the Super Bowl at this rate.
Taylor dragged in a bunch of celebrity friends to watch the game in Kansas City, Missouri. They included Leonardo DiCaprio, Selena Gomez, and Lena Dunham. That gang came from either New York or LA to watch a game the Chiefs lost. That’s embarrassing.
Even if you fly private, like Leo, it’s a shlep, and then you’re actually in Kansas City with nothing to do but leave ASAP. So that’s what? $20,000 minimum for the day. But at that level of income, with no work going on, that’s like pocket change. Plus, you don’t pay extra for the aisle seat!
No Kennedy at Kennedy Center Honors: RFK Jr and Cheryl Hines in Hiding, Event Posts 150 Fewer Photos, Charlie Kirk Cited
The Kennedy Center Honors are the expected disaster we thought they’d be.
Online, at wireimage.com, there are only 205 photos from the red carpet. Last year there were 379.
Noticeably absent: Robert Kennedy Jr and wife Cheryl Hines. They are hiding, certainly, after the Olivia Nuzzi aka Nutsy week of publicity. Nutsy’s book is DOA and Cheryl’s book has been dead since its publication a month ago. Cheryl’s “Unscripted” is number 56,548 on amazon.
So there are no Kennedys at the Kennedy Center Honors. Donald Trump got what he wanted.
According to Twitter accounts, Trump gave some kind of toast to the late Charlie Kirk.
Otherwise there are no real celebrities. And seat fillers are taking up a huge number of spots in the room.
The picture below is of Trump with the honorees. What’s weird about this shot, emblematic of all of them from the Oval Office? Gloria Gayner, who is Black, is cut from most pictures. In this one, she’s sitting off to the side not looking like part of the group.
Trump says he's hosting the Kennedy Center Honors gala recognizing Stallone, Kiss, Gaynor and others https://t.co/gs8UBv5rzK pic.twitter.com/BoXFHv1iIe
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 8, 2025
“One Battle After Another” Adds One Prize After Another with Los Angeles Film Critics Best Picture, Director
This movie season the film critics are all going in one direction.
Like the NY Critics Circle, the NBR, and so on, “One Battle After Another” been chosen as Best Picture of the Year this time by the Los Angeles Film Critics. Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director for the same movie.
The runner up was “The Secret Agent.”
It took them an hour to figure that out in a very slow process that arrived at the same conclusion as everyone else.
The LA Film Critics gave lead acting prizes to Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You” and Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon.” The runners up were two more men: Timothée Chalamet, in “Marty Supreme,” and Wagner Moura, for “The Secret Agent.”
Supporting went to Stellan Skarsgård, for “Sentimental Value,” and Teyana Taylor, for “One Battle after Another.”
Best Film Editing, Winner: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, MARTY SUPREME
Best Cinematography, Winner: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS
Best Film Not in the English Language, Runner-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Best Screenplay, Winner: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Best Animation, Winner: LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
What does it all mean? Why didn’t Timmy Chalamet get Best Actor for “Marty Supreme”? Probably fear of a Kardashian attending the sonorous ceremony. Actually Ethan Hawke deserves it, and I think may win the Oscar.
Rose Byrne? Best Actress at the Oscars? Nomination, definitely. But it’s a weird movie, and Kate Hudson is a Hollywood story.
Listen, we need some drama here! March is a long way away!
UPDATING Ken Cen Red Carpet D List: Kelsey Grammer, Frank Stallone, Dr. Oz, Shannon Tweed, Mike Farris, Criss Angel
It’s time for the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors.
Meryl Streep? Harrison Ford? Denzel Washington? Lorne Michaels? Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
Nooooooo. Who needs THEM? They’ve been replaced with MUCH bigger stars, the kind of stars no one’s ever seen!
Guests include the honorees rock group KISS, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, Michael Crawford, and Sylvester Stallone.
That group is D List enough, but new Ken Cen chief Tricky Dick Grenell has some nice surprises for us.
Top of the list is Kelsey Grammer, who is desperate for his own Honor next year. It looks like the former “Cheers” and “Frasier” star has brought one of his daughters. Also on hand: Frank Stallone, Sly’s brother.
Also getting paparazzed: Dr. Oz, someone named Mike Farris, and KISS leader Gene Simmons’ wife, Shannon Tweed. The latter is not smiling in the pictures and seems to be straining her leash.
Also part of the D team: actor Neal McDonough (he’s the one who says he got fired from a TV show because he didn’t want to kiss an actress), and low rent Vegas musician Criss Angel — not be confused with former KISS member Peter Criss, who’s shrunk a bit since leaving the group.
Did I mention David Ellison, son of Trump lackey Billionaire Larry Ellison, new owner of CBS Paramount?
And of course Pam Bondi, and purveyor of War, Pete Hegseth.
Bill Conti, who’s made a fortune from the “Rocky” theme, is there. I guess he’s performing the song with the orchestra.
Where are Trump ambassadors Jon Voight and Mel Gibson?
keep refreshing!
Now arriving on the Kennedy Center red carpet: the Chairman of the Kennedy Center, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, and the host for tonight’s 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Donald J. Trump, accompanied by the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump. pic.twitter.com/9ZndDC0ahx
— The Kennedy Center (@kencen) December 7, 2025
Trump, Bloviating, Thinks Jimmy Kimmel Once Hosted Kennedy Center Honors, That State Dept Dinner for Guests Never Happened Before
The best part of the Kennedy Center Honors this year is Donald Trump.
Bloviating, talking through his hat, making wild claims that aren’t true, filibustering on irrelevant subjects.
At the White House ceremony yesterday he speculated about his hosting Sunday night’s show. He said Jimmy Kimmel was talentless, and “horrible” when he did it.
Kimmel has never hosted the Kennedy Center Honors.
Then Trump said they were all going over to the State Department for dinner — the first tim ever this has happened!
Ahem. The State Department Dinner is an annual tradition.
Trump may be confused because when he was president the first time, he never went to the Honors. Also, all the honorees boycotted him.
But this year, the Honorees– which Trump called the greatest ever — are middling choices, some of whom don’t deserve the prize. But they accepted.
Trump has changed the look of the Kennedy Center medallion so that when his term was over, and the traditional look is restored, his honorees will be wearing a physical asterisk forever.
Hollywood Celebrities Walk the Red Carpet in Saudi Arabia, Oblivious to Human Rights Violations Reports: The Need for Adulation
It’s actually shocking.
To watch the Hollywood celebrities walking the red carpet at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia speaks so much to their lack of education.
There’s actually a Page Six video report from the red carpet. You can see it below.
Here’s an excerpt: “In several cases the government did not punish officials accused of committing human rights abuses, contributing to an environment of impunity. Following the high-profile October 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, a court sentenced five officials to death and three officials to prison on December 23. The court ruled that guilt could not be established in the case of three other defendants.”
The need for adulation is so pathetic. If any of these celebrities touched down in Riyadh for an hour as a regular tourist they’d be arrested, if not chopped up for a salad.
The locals they’re talking to on the red carpet have no rights whatsoever. The Red Sea Festival isn’t happening independently of the royal family. If that’s what these actors think, they’re really more clueless than we imagined.
More to come. Just waiting for Angelina Jolie, UN Ambassador, to arrive!
Box Office: Four Nights of “Five Nights at Freddie’s, Pt. 2” Produces Eye Popping $63 Million, “Wicked” Sequel Falls Short
Four nights of “Five Nights at Freddie’s, Pt. 2” scared up a lot of good memories.
The horror sequel, panned viciously by critics (a stunningly low 12% on Rotten Tomatoes), was a smash hit over the weekend.
The total take from Thursday through today comes to $63 million. A lot of movies of much higher artistic quality playing now would love to see that number. The ostensible 2026 Best Picture, “One Battle After Another,” in theaters for 73 days, has made just $70 million for example.
At the same time, the fast starting hit “Wicked For Good” could not cross the $300 million finish line this weekend. The “Wicked” sequel is huddled at the five yard line, or $296.9 million, after slugging it out all week. Touchdown may come Monday or Tuesday, much to the relief of everyone.
Also: revival of “Kill Bill” with missing scenes, etc made $3.8 million for Lionsgate. Enthusiasm for the combined parts 1 and 2 was dampened by director Quentin Tarantino’s uncalled for take down of the very fine actor, Paul Dano, on a podcast. We’re all still waiting for his apology, which is already a day late and a dollar short.
One thing we did learn: one hour with Quentin is as long as five nights at Freddie’s!
Box Office: “Wicked 2” Wobbly After Two Weeks, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” Opens with $30 Mil, “Zootopia 2” Eyes $200 Mil
Has “Wicked for Good” gone into over-saturation mode?
Maybe.
The big deal sequel that took the box by storm last weekend has significantly quieted down.
Yesterday, Jon M. Chu’s spectacular took in a very good but not outstanding $4.5 million. After 15 days, the total is $284 million. Unless today the numbers take a sharp turn up, “WFG” won’t cross $300 million.
That all of this has happened in just 15 days points to lowered expectations.
Yesterday, also the Critics Choice Awards gave nods to the movie and Ariana Grande, but not to Cynthia Erivo. That’s a shock — I voted for her — but it feels like the wind is out of the sails for the gang from Oz. “WFG” is also lagging behind the first movie by about $11 million.
“Five Nights at Freddie’s 2” really has passionate followers. With very poor reviews, “FNF2” already has banked $29.8 million. If it adds $20 mil tonight and tomorrow night, holy moly! Maybe their popcorn bucket is really exceptional!
Buzzing along: “Zootopia 2” will hit $200 million tomorrow in its second weekend. Disney’s long awaited sequel spent a lot less on promotion than “WFG,” that’s for sure, and its audience seems much more animated!
Good news from the more serious film crowd: “Hamnet” is building nicely, trying to catch the wind from Critics Choice, National Board of Review, and American Film Institute accolades. Stay tuned…
Vanity Fair Kicks Olivia Nutsy to the Curb, Writer’s Book Flops All Because of RFK Jr “Digital Affair”
Olivia Nutsy Nuzzi is out at Vanity Fair.
Conde Nast is not renewing her contract as west coast editor after less than a year.
The magazine spent a lot of money on Nuzzi, excepting her book, plus paying salary and expenses.
Meantime, Nuzzi’s book, “American Canto,” is a sales disaster. No one wanted to pay for the story of her “digital affair” with Robert Kennedy Jr.
Nuzzi has lost everything: she was fired from New York magazine when they discovered Nuzzi’s involvement with Kennedy after she profiled him.
She also lost her creepy fiancée Ryan Lizza, who cashed in on the misery as a scorned lover.
Next up for Vanity Fair. How about Marjorie Taylor Greene?