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Taylor Kinney is inspired by Lady Gaga


Taylor Kinney is very proud of Lady Gaga.
The 32-year-old actor, who has been dating the 'Applause' hitmaker for almost three years, admits he is very inspired by her.
Asked about his famous girlfriend, the 'The Other Woman' star told UsMagazine.com: "It's someone who's always in your corner, that believes in you and your work, and vice versa. You know, I love what she does and her work and music and charity. She inspires so many people including myself."
The 'Chicago Fire' star is rumoured to be preparing to propose to the 'Bad Romance' singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, but hasn't found the right diamond ring yet.
A source recently said: "Taylor's been looking at engagement rings for Stef for a couple of months.
"He has told a couple of his close guy friends that he wants to propose soon."
Lady Gaga, 28, previously admitted that she is completely smitten with Taylor.
She said: "He is extremely strange, actually, and we complement each other's weirdness."
The actor also claimed in the past that their relationship "works" because of their many similarities outside of the spotlight.
He said: "I'm reserved. She's not. For whatever reason, it works. It works and that's that."

Selena Gomez drops ‘toxic’ friends


Selena Gomez reportedly stopped hanging out with Kendall and Kylie Jenner because she thinks they're a "toxic distraction."
The 'Come & Get It' hitmaker - who unfollowed the 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' stars on Instagram and deleted all her pictures of them earlier this week - decided to turn her back on many of her old friends because she wants to focus on her career and doesn't want to be known as a party girl.
The 21-year-old star - who sought treatment in rehab in January - formed a close friendship with the reality TV sisters in recent months, but had an epiphany after hanging out with them and her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Justin Bieber, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California earlier this month.
A source told gossip website TMZ.com that Selena decided to cut people, she considers the biggest sources of negativity, out of her life because she hated being surrounded by booze and drugs while hanging out with Kendall, 18, Kylie, 16, Justin, 20, and their entourages at the festival.
The 'Spring Breakers' actress, who is currently following zero people on Instagram, has started going to church almost daily and wants to get her life back on track after a difficult few months, during which she cancelled her world tour and fired her parents as her managers.

Matthew Knowles wins child support fight


Beyoncé Knowles' father has been cleared of being behind on his child support payments.
Matthew Knowles was accused of being a "deadbeat dad" by his former fling, Alexsandra Wright, and failing to provide for their four-year-old son, Nixon, but a judge has ruled the former Destiny's Child manager overpaid her $110,000 and he won't have to pay her any more money for three and a half years.
The judge ordered Matthew, 63, to pay Alexsandra $12,000 a month in February 2013, but reduced the payment to $2,485 recently after he proved that he could no longer afford to pay the original amount.
A source told gossip website TMZ.com that Matthew has now convinced the judge that he should have been paying $2,485 all along, and the judge agreed to give him credit for the overpayment.
Alexsandra recently claimed that she and Nixon are on the verge of being homeless because they can no longer afford their home and are on welfare.
Neither Matthew - married former model Gena Avery in Houston, Texas last July - nor his famous daughters, Beyoncé and Solange, have ever met Nixon.
The 'XO' singer previously hinted that she and Matthew, who split from her mother Tina Knowles in 2009 and divorced her in December 2011 after 31 years of marriage, were still in the process of rebuilding their relationship after they decided he would no longer be her manager in 2011.

Gwyneth Paltrow slams Jessica Alba’s product


Gwyneth Paltrow has slammed one of Jessica Alba's eco-friendly products.
The 'Iron Man 3' actress, 41, named and shamed a cleaning agent from her rival's "non toxic" line, The Honest Company, as being potentially hazardous, after reviewing it with experts for a post titled 'The Dirty on Getting Clean ' on her lifestyle blog Goop.com on Friday (25.04.14).
She wrote: "Many of the 'clean' products I proudly use (and have even touted on goop) have turned out to be a product of marketing, rather than actually safe."
After seeking advice from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Gregg Renfrew of cosmetics company Beautycounter, the Oscar-winning star shared a "What We Were Using" list, featuring dozens of products she now considers to be unsafe, including The Honest Company's All-Purpose Cleaner, which claims to contain "no harsh chemicals."
EWG.org said that Jessica's product: "May contain ingredients with potential for acute aquatic toxicity; respiratory effects; nervous system effects," and gave it a "C" grade.
Gwyneth has decided to stop using the product, adding: "I will never give up my perfume, but maybe I can switch to greener and unscented laundry detergent, and remove some of the hand soaps I thought were great until I checked them on EWG.org . . . Food for thought."
It seems there is no love lost between the blonde beauty and the 'Machete Kills' star, 32, as last year Jessica claimed she was "much more grounded" than Gwyneth.
While promoting her first book, 'The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You,' the 'Fantastic Four' actress and entrepreneur claimed her tips were more relatable than Gwyneth's advice on her website and in her cookbooks because she grew up less well off.
She said: "Gwyneth Paltrow probably lives a very similar lifestyle, but I didn't grow up with a bunch of money, so my tips are much more grounded: repurposing things and making things at home."
The duo have a number of mutual friends, including Gwen Stefani and Nicole Richie.

Kendra Wilkinson feels ‘plump’


Kendra Wilkinson is "very jealous of skinny pregnant women."
The former Playboy model - who is expecting a baby girl and recently revealed her second pregnancy has been "brutal" - is unhappy with her figure and feels "plump," even though she is set to give birth next month.
The 28-year-old beauty wrote on Twitter: "I feel very #plump right now and very jealous of skinny pregnant women. Oh well... That's life. LOL (sic)
"A big Italian meal will help my agony tonight. LOL"
After receiving some reassurance from a loyal fan, who told her that "just means you will have a healthy baby girl," the reality TV star conceded that much of her baby weight is down to the size of her unborn daughter.
She responded: "Yep. Found out she's HUGE today."
The 'Kendra On Top' star has been working out regularly and was determined to stay fit and healthy after struggling to lose the 60 pounds she gained with her son because she developed hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.
She previously said: "I got it by the balls! I have full control now. First time around I'm like, 'I'm a skinny person, I'm going to get back right away.' Oh no. I learned a lot from my first one. I'm working out everyday; doing anything I can to control this this time around."

Malin Akerman is dating Colin Egglesfield


Malin Akerman is dating Colin Egglesfield.
The 'Trophy Wives' star - whose rocker husband Roberto Zincone filed for divorce in November after six years of marriage - recently began seeing the 41-year-old 'Rizzoli & Isles' actor and is really attracted to him.
A source told UsMagazine.com: "They're taking it slow. She thinks he's almost too hot for her."
Another insider close to the Swedish-born beauty told PEOPLE.com: "They're getting to know each other. They're taking it slow."
The couple were first spotted enjoying a romantic dinner date at Sugarfish Sushi in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles earlier this month.
Malin, 35, has an 11-month-old son, Sebastian, with her estranged husband and is besotted with her baby boy.
She previously said: "There's so much love. In such a crazy way, you just keep pinching yourself because they grow so much all the time. Every single moment you have you just squeeze it in and you spend it with your baby."
The 'Couple's Retreat' star also admitted she could see both herself and her estranged husband in their son.
She said: "You keep going, 'Wow, he looks so much like me,' or 'he's doing this, and that's so much like his father.'
"The best part about him is that he cracks himself up with so many things.
"Literally, I'll put him in his bed, and all of a sudden, I'll just hear him laughing in his own bed. He's kind of amazing."

Katy Perry looking for love on Tinder


Katy Perry is looking for a new boyfriend on Tinder.
The 'Dark Horse' hitmaker, who split from John Mayer in February after dating off-and-on for two years, admits she loves scrolling for potential suitors on the mobile dating app, which connects you to people if you both swipe right to indicate you find each other attractive.
Asked if she is still single, the 29-year-old beauty told Power 105.1's 'The Breakfast Club': "Uh, yes I am, hello."
But she added: "I'm really deep on Tinder so I don't have a whole lot of time."
The brunette beauty, who was married to Russell Brand for 14-months until December 2011, dumped singer-songwriter John, 36, because she felt something wasn't quite right between them for a while and hasn't spoken to him since their split.
A source told E! News: "(She's) doing really good. She is in great spirits right now."
The singer was spotted getting cosy with music producer Diplo at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California earlier this month, but plans to stay single ahead of her upcoming The Prismatic World Tour, which kicks off in Belfast, Northern Ireland on May 7.
Another insider said: "Katy is focused on her tour right now. She is not allowing anything to distract her from it."

Shakira and Gerard Piqué have balance


Shakira and Gerard Piqué "discuss everything as a couple."
The 'Can't Remember to Forget You' hitmaker - who has a 15-month-old son, Milan, with the soccer star - insists he isn't controlling and says the "balance of power is fairly equal" in their relationship.
The 37-year-old Colombian star said: "Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term."
She also told Ocean Drive magazine: "Gerard doesn't tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust."
The blonde beauty was recently forced defend the Spanish athlete, 27, on Facebook after describing him in an interview as "territorial" and claiming he told her she could no longer have men in her music videos.
And she added: "It's funny, when I made those comments, it was really in a light-hearted, humorous way. I was surprised to see that it was taken so seriously in the press."
The 'The Voice' USA mentor also opened up about motherhood and how it has changed her approach to life.
She said: "Everything is different. Maybe the biggest change is that I think about the future more, what the world will be like for him when he grows up. But when it comes to living, it's all about the present."

The Wanted attacked at knifepoint


Two members of The Wanted were attacked at knifepoint on Wednesday (23.04.14).
'Glad You Came' hitmakers Siva Kaneswaran, 25, and Jay McGuiness, 23, reportedly got into a scuffle with a homeless man in Denver, Colorado, after he demanded they give him money and pulled out a knife.
A source told gossip website TMZ.com that the terrifying incident took place when the duo passed the man outside a movie theatre, where they had just watched 'Transcendence' while on a break from their farewell tour.
Their assailant asked them for money and Siva obliged, giving him a few dollars, but he then demanded more and threatened them with the weapon.
The singers scuffled with the man and eventually got away.
No one was injured in the attack and the pop stars decided not to call the police.
The group - which also includes members Max George Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes - called time on their four-year pop career in January, releasing a statement on their website revealing they will temporarily split to "pursue personal endeavours" following their 'Word Of Mouth' shows.

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