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People magazine in a recent interview.“It was not true,” she continued. “Ellen’s wonderful, and she’s just been a support system. If anything, she was a great example to Stephen.

new memoir, “Say Everything,” that she had sex with her “Say Anything” co-star John Cusack years after the 1989 teen rom-com.“I had to get it out of my system,” she wrote in the book.Skye confirmed that her hookup with Cusack, 58, happened after her 1999 divorce from her first husband, Adam Horowitz.Cusack read a draft of Skye’s memoir, she said, and he texted her, “You made the experience sound so meh! It wasn’t ‘meh’ for me.”“I was like, ‘I’m telling a story, and it was more about how all of our chemistry was in our working together and stimulating each other’s minds, not sleeping together!'” Skye told People.“I felt a little bad, but, oh well,” she added.In her book, Skye said that she and Cusack had crushes on each other while filming “Say Anything,” but they never physically acted on their feelings on the movie’s set.Directed by Cameron Crowe, “Say Anything” follows the romance between two high school students, one the class valedictorian (Syke) after their graduation. The cast also includes John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Pamela Adlon and Jason Gould.Cusack has a famous scene in the film when his character, Lloyd Dobler, holds a boombox over his head outside Diane Court’s (Skye) house to win her back,In 2020, Cusack appeared on “Today” and was asked if he minds still being asked about the boombox scene by fans.“Yeah, but they come up about other things too,” Cusack said.

“Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old,” the 59-year-old actress explained why she defended herself against the “Top Gun” star, 62, when he publicly shamed her for taking medication to address her postpartum depression in 2005.“Had Tom taken a public swing at me before I became a mother, I probably would have stayed quiet,” Shields wrote in her book. “I would have ignored his ridiculous rant.

Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation.” “I knew I could do better. After the second take, the director said, ‘Great. What do you guys think?’ I took that as his saying that it was good enough and that we could wrap this thing up.

relationship with Gregg Allman in her bestselling book, “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” and why she said “I do” so quickly.According to the book, Cher’s divorce from her ex-husband Sonny Bono was finalized in June 1975 when she had already begun dating the rocker.The now-78-year-old admitted that she had some reservations about her blossoming romance with the Allman Brothers Band singer.“I didn’t know whether my relationship with Gregory would last or not,” the star wrote, as quoted by People magazine on Wednesday.“I was living each day as it came,” she shared. “Then I found out I was pregnant, and we decided to get married.”According to the outlet, Cher wanted to be married if she was having a baby.“I just kept putting one foot in front of the other,” wrote Cher, as quoted by the outlet.

All FoursMiranda July (Riverhead Books), $29July’s second novel is a story that’s at once eminently relatable to women over 40 and utterly unique. A mom and married artist plans to drive from LA to New York, where she’ll splash out on a stay at the Carlye and catch up with old friends and culture.

From the sudden death of his mother to an uphill battle with addiction, Josh Brolin’s 56 years of life have been filled with heartache, turmoil and oftentimes surreal moments. In his newly released memoir, “From Under the Truck,” the “Goonies” actor opens up about his rocky upbringing, the ins and outs of his alcoholism, fatherhood and various out-of-this-world experiences, including the time he says he witnessed John Travolta heal Marlon Brando in stepmother Barbra Streisand’s living room during a dinner party.

Cher was married to Sonny Bono, he gave a whole new meaning to “I Got You Babe.”The legendary diva — whose “Cher: The Memoir” will be released Tuesday — claims that, during the time she and her then-husband had a singing and TV partnership, she was duped out of her fair share of the earnings by Sonny.“He took all my money,” Cher, 78, told the New York Times. “I just thought, ‘We’re husband and wife.

“The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from this Marvellous Lifetime,” which features a photograph from May 19, 1962 — the night Monroe breathlessly sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to JFK. MacLaine was present at the event and says she attended an afterparty where she saw President Kennedy leave a bedroom with Monroe inside.

Dinner for Vampire.““You tell her this show is about f—ing and sucking and if she’s gonna have a problem with that, she shouldn’t come in tomorrow,” her manager said after speaking to one of the show’s execs.The actress says she and her manager were speechless at this explanation.Even with the bluntness from the exec, Lenz writes, she was attracted to the show because it “felt different from most bubble-gum TV with subliminal agendas” in her memoir.“Grit didn’t scare me, and the ‘One Tree Hill’ pilot had grit,” she continued.During this time, Lenz said, she had turned down the opportunity to star in “What I Like About You,” which went to then-teenager Amanda Bynes.Lenz, who was raised in an Evangelical Christian household, said she was worried that portraying a woman living with her boyfriend would “normalize ‘living in sin’ for young girls.”Lenz later wrote she felt comfortable with the “awkward girl next door” character, whom she viewed as the “most wholesome” member of the main cast.“I didn’t feel too at risk of being objectified,” Lenz wrote. “I believed in this show and its ability to send meaningful, uplifting messages to the audience.” Her character would go on to get pregnant, engaged and live with Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) while she was in high school.

Fox News Digital in an interview published Tuesday. “When I think of islands, I think of the obvious places surrounded by water, and I was raised in New York. I just never thought of it as an island,” Mintz added.Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman outside his apartment in NYC on Dec.

“Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” Sunday night as the bartender to support her pal Snoop Dogg, who was one of the guests on the show.Andy Cohen asked Stewart if she’s read Garten’s new memoir “Be Ready When the Luck Happens” yet, and Stewart confirmed she’s read the “parts” of the book that mention her. Garten, 76, claimed in her memoir that the pair fell out of touch after Garten moved to Connecticut while Stewart lived in Bedford, New York.“She could write whatever she wants,” Stewart said about the fellow famous chef.As Cohen explained to Snoop, 53, what Garten said about Stewart in her book, the “Martha Knows Best” star set the record straight about their falling-out.“That’s not true,” she said about the Connecticut claim.

“We All Shine On: John, Yoko, & Me,” out Tuesday.Mintz, 79, became friends with the couple after interviewing Ono, now 91, for her 1971 album “Fly.” He’s remained close with the Japanese singer, as well as her son Sean Lennon, since John’s death in 1980. “John kept a journal where each day he would write what his weight was,” Mintz alleged in his book about the late Beatles member, according to People.“Yoko and John had endless questions about this subject,” Mintz added.The media consultant said that Lennon once called him at 4 a.m.

Ina Garten’s mom didn’t hold back from sharing her scathing opinion.The Barefoot Contessa star, 76, got candid on how her mother, Florence, thought marrying her now-husband of 56 years, Jeffrey, was a huge mistake — years before the couple briefly separated.“My mother walked into the room and said, ‘I think this is a terrible idea,’” Garten recalled while on “Today” Tuesday. The chef’s parents drove to Syracuse University to see her after assuming Jeffrey’s phone call to them preceded a marriage proposal.“I just pulled myself together,” Garten said to Hoda Kotb.

“Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” Ina Garten wrote that her assistant once “dismissed” a letter from Jennifer Garner asking to appear on her cooking show, years before they formed a close bond.“People who didn’t understand that the guests on my show were my friends in real life often wrote to see if they could cook with me,” Garten, 76, said in her book out Oct. 1, per People.

“Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far.” “I loved my little daughter with the strength of Hercules, despite my own weaknesses,” he wrote, per Entertainment Weekly. “However, I couldn’t handle the realities of an infant coming into my life, and I couldn’t handle being a parent!”Eric, who shares Emma with his ex Kelly Cunningham, admitted that he’s “still not a father figure.”“Emma, on the other hand, certainly knows what that role is — now grown up and a mom herself,” he said. “She’s that person to her first child, Rhodes.”Emma became a parent in Dec.

these flowers.The 68-year-old, who is Julia Roberts‘ older brother, shared that he’s not a fan of one of her most critically acclaimed movies, “Steel Magnolias.”In his memoir “Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far,” Roberts was candid about the 1989 dramedy.“​​Julia was good in ‘Mystic Pizza,’ great in ‘Pretty Woman,’ but not so much in ‘Steel Magnolias,’ in my opinion, even though it brought Julia her first Academy Award nomination,” he wrote, per Entertainment Weekly on Sept. 20. “I don’t want to sound like an actor talking, or a jealous sibling, but I don’t think her performance held up in that movie.”He added, “When I saw her in ‘Steel Magnolias,’ I thought, ‘Okay.

Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” (out Oct. 1), per People, Ina shared that when she was 16, she visited her brother Ken at Dartmouth College. While on campus, her mother asked Ken to fix her up with a classmate.“I’d dressed in my best blue skirt, my favorite blue-­and-­white wool and angora sweater, the new blue Pappagallos that I’d bought with my own money so my mother couldn’t refuse to buy them for me, and a blue grosgrain ribbon in my hair,” the renowned chef wrote in her book.Of course, Jeffrey ended up spotting his now-wife of 56 years on campus, but soon found out there were other ingredients added to the mix that evening.

US Weekly Tuesday while promoting “Connie: A Memoir.” “I believe that you don’t have to be friends with all of his friends, and he doesn’t have to be friends with all of my friends. He can go do what he wants to do, and I’ll do what I want to do.”She added, “We always come together and have dinner together — sometimes we have lunch together too — but we don’t get in each other’s hair.”In Chung’s memoir, the former news anchor writes in detail about her love story with Povich, 85.

Ina Garten needed to add certain ingredients into the mix to make her marriage work. The Food Network star, 76, who has been married to her husband Jeffrey Garten for 56 years, detailed their one-time separation and near-divorce in the ’70s in her upcoming memoir “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” per People Tuesday.Ina was working overtime running the specialty food store that would later shoot her into stardom, the Barefoot ­Contessa, but Jeffrey, 77, “expected a wife that would make dinner,” she wrote in an excerpt.“There were certain roles that we played, and I found them really annoying,” the Food Network host continued.

died on the same day as their mom Patricia, 87, this past weekend. Both causes of death are unknown.David Baker, a friend of Alison’s for nine years, told PEOPLE that Alison and Mariah hadn’t seen each other since either 1994 or 2002.Four years ago, Mariah explained that she cut ties with Alison, Patricia and her brother, Morgan Carey, in her 2000 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.”“For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to literally rename and reframe my family,” she wrote in her book.“My mother became Pat to me, Morgan my ex-brother and Alison my ex-sister … I had to stop expecting them to one day miraculously become the mommy, big brother and big sister I fantasized about.“I had to stop making myself available to be hurt by them.