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Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The deep 'heartbreak' eating up Taylor Swift: 'She has to deal with this'
Taylor Swift has been granted an extension of the restraining order against her alleged stalker who falsely claimed she is the mother to his child. Now, an insider tells the Daily Mail why the ongoing case is so 'heartbreaking' for the pop star. A Los Angeles judge issued the temporary restraining order (TRO) on June 9 against Jason Brian Wagner. It has now been extended until July 21.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Taylor Swift knows people want to 'HARM her': New details of private 'heartbreak' amid stalker hell
Taylor Swift has been granted an extension of the restraining order against her alleged stalker who falsely claimed she is the mother to his child. Now, an insider tells the Daily Mail why the ongoing case is so 'heartbreaking' for the pop star. A Los Angeles judge issued the temporary restraining order (TRO) on June 9 against Jason Brian Wagner. It has now been extended until July 21.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hailey Bieber Worries Justin Bieber Will Walk Away From Their Marriage, Says ‘Source'
Justin Bieber and marriage troubles have reportedly been intensified due to their ongoing divorce rumors. Moreover, the pop star's recent social media rants have left his fans concerned. Several reports have also suggested that the model has been having a difficult time dealing with his behavior. According to a source, he has been shutting people out, and Hailey is worried that he might 'walk away from their marriage.' Justin and Hailey Bieber's marriage has allegedly become rocky, with divorce rumors making it even worse. Raging rumors of trouble in paradise frequently sparked after his Father's Day Instagram posts. Recently, a source told Star Magazine about the Rhode founder's condition amid the controversies. She has seemingly been concerned about how the singer has been 'turning on people who stand up to him' and that he might 'do the same to her.' She has reportedly been having a tough time with her husband's condition, trying to juggle it with her professional pursuits and mom duties. The insider noted that the model is in 'the middle of this huge business deal' with e.l.f. Beauty. On top of that, she has to take care of their son, Jack. They noted that 'all she wants right now is a calm and peaceful life.' The source added, 'Hailey's strong, but she's finding it hard to keep making excuses for Justin.' They further expressed concern about the singer's well-being. Since he started his music career as a kid, Justin has allegedly been 'used as a vehicle to make money for people in the industry.' The insider implied that it seems to have taken a toll on him, resulting in his erratic behavior on social media. However, the source stated that he has people who care about him and they will not abandon him 'no matter what.' The outlet also mentioned that his loved ones are 'deeply concerned about his behavior,' which appears to be 'as unpredictable and worrisome as it's ever been.' The post Hailey Bieber Worries Justin Bieber Will Walk Away From Their Marriage, Says 'Source' appeared first on Reality Tea.
Daily Mail
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Katy Perry continues to go without her engagement ring in Perth despite Orlando Bloom being in town as split speculation continues to swirl
Katy Perry has once again been spotted without her engagement ring as split speculation between the pop star and fiancé Orlando Bloom continues to swirl. The Roar hitmaker, 40, is currently Down Under on her Australian tour, and was recently joined by Orlando, 48, and their daughter Daisy Dove, four. Despite the family reunion, Katy was without her eye catching floral inspired ruby engagement ring in her latest Instagram post. Katy shared a photo on Monday that showed her standing in front of Perth 's RAC arena. The singer looked almost unrecognisable in a grey hooded jumper which she wore under a beige overcoat. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. With the hood pulled up over he raven locks, Katy kept the incognito theme doing with a pair of dark sunglasses. She was also seen clutching a cup of coffee in her left hand, with her engagement ring conspicuously absent. Daily Australia has reached out to Katy Perry for comment. While Katy doesn't always wear the ring Orlando proposed to her with in 2019, it's absence was intriguing given the fresh scrutiny into her relationship. Katy's ring hand was noticeably bare during a visit to Luna Park in Sydney earlier this month with her four-year-old daughter Daisy, whom she shares with Orlando. The Hot N Cold singer was also spotted sans engagement ring during a recent night out in Melbourne. The couple have been at the centre of rife speculation during Katy's tour of Australia, and the pop star fuelled rumours even more after making a recent telling comment onstage. The American singer was performing the third of her Sydney concerts when she was handed a packet of Tim Tam chocolate biscuits. She was in the middle of her performance of her 2008 heartbreak anthem I'm Still Breathing when she opened the packet and ate one of the treats. 'This song is about a breakup, and this Tim Tam saved me,' she told the crowd during the brief interlude. 'Thank you,' she added, before launching back into the track while kneeling down and offering the biscuits to audience members in the front row. It comes after reports that Katy and Orlando are set to have serious conversations about the state of their relationship. From her controversial Blue Origin space flight to her absence from their Montecito, California, home due to her world tour – things have been a bit rough for the long-time couple lately. And while rumours may be circulating about the demise of their nearly decade-long relationship, an insider told The Sun: 'no one has decided it's definitely the end of the road for Katy and Orlando.' 'They both love each other, but they have been living different lives for at least a year and in different mindsets,' a source told the publication. 'But Katy especially doesn't want to just give up,' the source continued. Katy has been in Australia for the entire month of June, with the last performance of her Lifetimes Tour Down Under on June 30 in Adelaide. Her tour has caused the 'biggest disruption' in her home life with the Lord of the Rings star. The source said: 'Katy and Orlando have been disconnected for a while now, and with their work commitments have been living separate lives. 'She has mentioned jetting back from Australia to spend time with Orlando, Daisy, her sister Angela and her kids. 'They have barely been together for a decent amount of time, without distractions, for many, many months. 'It has been "go, go, go" and they thrived when they enjoyed a more settled life, being together in the same place for a length of time. But that has just not happened.' Additionally, Orlando wasn't in favour of Katy's Blue Origin space flight. However, in spite of their disagreements and obstacles, the source insisted it isn't all over for the couple. 'It is quite a lot more complicated than that. They have been apart for their longest amount of time since they have been together,' they said. 'But there is still a huge amount of love between them, and there is still hope that they can ride out this rough patch. 'Anyone in long-term relationships goes through challenges, and many times when things appear to be done, couples reconnect and make things work.' Despite recent tensions, the source remains optimistic: 'The type of people they are, there still remains a lot of hope. Katy has never been happier in her life than with Orlando.' 'If this reunion can revive those times, then they could come through this.' Katy also sparked fresh split rumours this week after quietly renting out the home where she and Orlando had vowed to raise their daughter, exclusively revealed. She has handed the keys of the $30million mansion in Montecito, California to actor Chris Pratt – raising fresh questions about the state of her relationship. Sources tell that Chris 46, and his author wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, 35, recently moved into the sprawling estate on a short-term basis while they build a new mansion. 'The arrangement suits Chris, but it's a bit of a surprise given how Katy fought tooth and nail to get her hands on the house,' a source revealed. 'She [Katy] previously suggested it was the ideal place for her and Orlando to raise a family. After all that time, energy and money, it seems unthinkable that they are not going to live in it.'
Telegraph
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
No visa, no work: Why celebrities are suddenly terrified of Trump
Earlier this year I interviewed a well-known British pop star who made some vaguely disparaging comments about the US president. Nothing particularly odd about that – liberal-leaning artists (i.e. most of them) have always tended to speak their minds. But no sooner had this person's comments filtered up the chain of command – from their publicist to their manager – than a message came back. 'Probably better it's not in the article,' said the manager, who has a decades-long reputation for not giving a fig about upsetting anyone. I obliged, largely because I found the comments tasteless and tangential to the matter in hand. Yet the incident was telling: people in the creative industries are desperate not to upset the Trump administration for fear that they'll be denied a visa, and therefore entry, into the potentially lucrative country. And musicians, actors and writers – and their teams – are taking pre-emptive action. My pop star's manager is not the only one. Last month Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk – a man who in the past has appeared to criticise Trump with little prompting – was asked in a Telegraph interview about parallels between the president and one of the characters in his grizzly South Korean drama. 'I have to visit the United States quite often and you know how they are getting trickier issuing their visas… So why don't we return to this subject after [Trump] has left office?' Hwang said. Other big names are equally aware of the situation. In March, the Liverpool-born Harry Potter and White Lotus actor Jason Isaacs said that although he has a US work visa, he was unsure whether his 'clear dislike' for the president would affect his ability to work there. In general, the chorus of disapproval that stars voiced during Trump's first term has fallen noticeably silent. The issue of US visas and the arts re-entered the news today when Liam O'Hanna, a rapper who goes by the stage name Mo Chara in controversial Belfast hip-hop group Kneecap, appeared at Westminster magistrates' court on a terror charge after allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a London gig last year. Kneecap are due to play a sold out US tour in October. O'Hanna, who has denied the charge, was released on unconditional bail until a further appearance in August. Legally, Kneecap can still go the US. But will they be allowed in? Kneecap aside (and we'll come back to them), music promotors say working visas are already hard to get.'Visas for America are a major issue. Getting them has definitely got worse, and more expensive,' one high-profile tour promoter tells me. 'They're just making it really difficult.' US immigration officials and officers are known to search publicly available information about potential visitors, including their social media and online profiles. These searches can take place either when a visa is being applied for or at an airport on arrival. Electronic devices can be confiscated and searched. An author friend tells me that he's been advised buy to a new laptop rather than risk any contentious manuscripts being found on his old one. Border control agency the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is principally looking for information regarding a person's planned activities in the US, according to Tamizdat, a Brooklyn-based organisation that helps international artists navigate US visa policies and is a huge advocate of cross-border cultural mobility. 'But if an officer discovers politically sensitive statements in your devices, it is reasonable to assume this will not improve your chances of being admitted to the US,' Tamizdat says on its website. Earlier this year, three members of punk rock band UK Subs said that they were denied entry and detained on arrival in Los Angeles. Bassist Alvin Gibbs took to Facebook in March to explain that he was questioned at length at LAX after being 'flagged' by the computer system, firstly because he had an 'incorrect visa' and for a second reason he claimed agents wouldn't disclose to him. 'I can't help but wonder whether my frequent, and less than flattering, public comments regarding their president and his administration played a role – or perhaps I'm simply succumbing to paranoia,' Gibbs wrote. But paranoia may be what's at play here after all. Matthew Covey co-launched Tamizdat and founded law firm CoveyLaw, which last year helped arrange US visas for nearly 1,000 UK artists. Covey says that 'no artist has been denied a visa, detained or deported [under Trump] who would not have been subject to the same process under [former US president] Biden. We have certainly seen denials and we've seen people being turned around at the border, but every one of those follows a well-established fact pattern.' Artists, to date, have not been banned due to their political opinions, the content of their art or their public statements, he reiterates. 'They don't want to be Springsteened' What has changed among the arts community, Covey says, is a creeping 'fear' about what could happen, given what's happened to academics and students. Earlier in June, an Australian writer and former Columbia University student called Alistair Kitchen was denied entry into the US and sent home due – he claimed – to his writings on the pro-Palestine student protests at Columbia. The CBP denied this, saying Kitchen had 'provided false information on his ESTA [visa waiver] application'. But creatives are concerned. They don't want to be Springsteened, to coin a phrase. US citizen Bruce Springsteen has been excoriating about Trump on his current European tour, calling the administration 'corrupt, incompetent and treasonous'. Trump, in return, took to his Truth Social platform to call The Boss 'highly overrated' and 'a pushy, obnoxious JERK'. Neil Young is another case in point. The US-Canadian dual citizen, who will headline Glastonbury next week, is a long-term Trump critic. In April the 79-year-old rocker openly wondered whether he'll be barred from US when he returns from his European tour in August. 'I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminium blanket. That is happening all the time now,' Young wrote. You can see why some worried Britons are self-censuring. On top of this, the cost of visas has risen. The cost to a hypothetical British actor obtaining a work visa for a stint on Broadway, including legal fees, has risen from 'under $3,000' three years ago to 'at least $5-6,000' now, Covey says. This latter fee includes 'fast-tracking', which is all-but essential these days. Add into this the rising cost of living once in the US, and an artist has to be sure that the juice is worth the squeeze. 'I haven't heard of anyone giving up yet,' says the music promoter. 'But I imagine if you're fee isn't that great you'll give up. I think the fees have to be solid enough to make it worth your while to employ the correct visa people to do the work.' Cost, red tape and paranoia Covey argues that it is the cumulative impact of cost, red tape and paranoia about potential rejection due to political views that is worrying artists. 'The barriers of entry to the US market were already so high – in terms of cost and administrative lift – that for years many artists have been questioning whether the US is worth the effort. I think that adding fear into the mix is the straw that breaks the camel's back, for many artists,' he says. (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, was approached for comment.) But the reasonably benign situation could change 'in a heartbeat', says Covey. And that heartbeat might have occurred on Wednesday in the broiling heat of Westminster magistrates' court in central London when Kneecap's O'Hanna appeared. Even if O'Hanna is eventually found guilty, he could, technically, still legally travel to America to perform. This is because while section 2.12(a) of the US's Immigration and Nationality Act can deem anyone with a criminal history ineligible for entry, there is a waiver for this. Meaning the tour could still happen. 🚨🚨North American Tour🚨🚨 We're off to Canada and the US in October for our Smashing Walls Tour! Tickets: — KNEECAP (@KNEECAPCEOL) April 18, 2023 At the time of writing, there is no suggestion that Kneecap's 21-date US tour in October will not going ahead. However, a music industry source is doubtful. 'Realistically, Kneecap would have a major issue with any American tour now. I imagine they're working under the assumption they're going to get turned away,' the source says. (Kneecap was approached for comment.) There's also a time issue. Visas take months to arrange. Their cause may not be helped by a poster for an earlier 2023 US tour which showed a cartoon of the trio holding a makeshift bomb that bore a distinct resemblance to Donald Trump's head. Meanwhile, the UK music industry says that it fully backs creative expression. 'Freedom of creative expression is one of the cornerstones of music. Singers and songwriters throughout history have never been afraid to use their voice to protest and bring about positive change,' Tom Kiehl, the chief executive of UK Music, which represents the industry, tells me.
