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Spider-Man: Homecoming co-stars Zendaya and Tom Holland have seen that report claiming they are dating.

"Wait wait...my favorite is when it says we go on vacations together HA! I haven't been on a vacation in years!hbu @TomHolland1996," Zendaya tweeted Thursday in response to a fan's excitement over a People magazine story stating she and Holland are a couple.

"Does the press tour count," Holland replied, prompting Zendaya to declare, "I'm done."

People magazine said the actors -- who also appeared together on a recent edition of Lip Sync Battle -- started seeing each other while they were filming the movie and are still enjoying each other's company.

"They've been super careful to keep it private and out of the public eye but they've gone on vacations with each other and try and spend as much time as possible with one another," the publication cited an unnamed source as saying.

Isn't it always the way. You show some on-screen chemistry, you go around promoting your movie, and then you're automatically a couple. Movies are not really life. Let the movie be the movie and leave these to kids alone. The press needs to concentrate on more inportant things like the Kardashians or The Real Housewives of Notgonnawatchit!

Be Well,
Steve

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Beyonce announces the name of her twins, shares photo
Beyonce sent her fans into a frenzy late Thursday when she shared on Instagram a photo of her newborn twins alongside a caption that confirmed their names.

"Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today," the singer wrote alongside an elaborate image of herself holding up the twins while donning a brightly-colored dress and standing against a backdrop of flowers.

The image is the first photo of the twins that Beyonce gave birth to in June. Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z had kept the names and genders of their newborn children a secret until now.

Beyonce and Jay-Z, who tied the knot in 2008, are also parents to 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy.


'Stranger Things,' 'Handmaid's Tale' to compete for Best Drama at the Emmy Awards
The sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and sci-fi epic Westworld led the field with 22 nods apiece when Emmy Award nominations for excellence in television were announced.

Shemar Moore and Anna Chlumsky read the names aloud Thursday morning. Winners will be celebrated at a gala at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, with Stephen Colbert serving as host. The ceremony is to air on CBS.

The nominees for Best Drama are Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, House of Cards, Stranger Things, This is Us and Westworld.

Up for Best Comedy are Veep, Atlanta, black-ish, Master of None, Modern Family, Silicon Valley and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Shortlisted for Best Actress in a Drama Series are Claire Foy for The Crown, Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid's Tale, Robin Wright for House of Cards, Evan Rachel Wood for Westworld, Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder and Keri Russell for The Americans.

In the running for Best Actor in a Drama Series are Sterling K. Brown for This is Us, Anthony Hopkins for Westworld, Bob Odenkirk for Better Call Saul, Matthew Rhys for The Americans, Liev Schreiber for Ray Donovan and Milo Ventimiglia for This is Us.

The nominees for Best Actress in a Comedy Series are Ellie Kemper for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Allison Janney for Mom, Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep, Tracee Ellis Ross for black-ish, Lily Tomlin for Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda for Grace and Frankie and Pamela Adlon for Better Things.

Mentioned for Best Actor in a Comedy Series are Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent, Aziz Ansari for Master of None, Donald Glover for Atlanta, Anthony Anderson for black-ish, William H. Macy for Shameless and Zach Galifianakis for Baskets.

Nominated for Best Limited Series are Big Little Lies, Fargo, Feud, Genius and The Night Of.


LOOSE LIPS:
"My friends say, 'It takes a real man to make a boy.' I'm like, 'Dude, it takes a king to make a princess.'""
--Kobe Bryant, on being a father of three girls, to Extra



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Who's jazz concert was interrupted by topless protestors?


Lily James to star in 'Mamma Mia!' sequel
British actress Lily James is to play the younger version of Meryl Streep's character Donna in the sequel to 2008's musical blockbuster, Mamma Mia!

The Hollywood Reporter said James will play the role in flashbacks explaining how the relationships at the heart of the story were formed.

Ol Parker wrote and will direct Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, which is set for release on July 20, 2018, Deadline.com noted.

The original movie's stars, including Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and Colin Firth, have signed on to return. The soundtrack will once again be packed with hit songs by the Swedish pop group ABBA.

The first movie was about the three ex-boyfriends and two lifelong girlfriends who arrive on a Greek island for the wedding of Donna's 20-year-old daughter, Sophie, who is dying to know who her father is.

James, 28, is known for her work in the films Darkest Hour, Baby Driver, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Cinderella, as well as on the TV show, Downton Abbey.


Loretta Lynn postpones tour, album release after stroke
Loretta Lynn will postpone additional tour dates and the release of her new album as she continues to recuperate from a stroke.

The 85-year-old country star said in a statement on her website Wednesday that she's focused on "making a full recovery" after having a stroke in May.

"Thank you so much for all of your prayers, love, and support," Lynn wrote. "I'm happy to say that I'm at home with my family and getting better by the day! My main focus now is making a full recovery so that I can get back to putting all of me into what I love, sharing my music with you."

"My new album, Wouldn't It Be Great, was originally scheduled to come in August this year. I now want to wait to release it next year because this record is so special to me," she explained. "It deserves me at my best and I can't wait to share it."

"I want to thank everyone for hanging in there with me," the star added. "I am getting stronger every day and can't wait to get back out there with all of you. I'm just letting everybody know that Willie [Nelson] ain't dead yet and neither am I, and I can't wait to see all of you on the road!"

Lynn's official Facebook page confirmed May 5 that the singer was admitted to the hospital after having a stroke at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., the night previous. Her website shared an update May 15, saying Lynn was "doing great" in the wake of her stroke.

"Loretta wants to thank everybody for their prayers love and support. Loretta has been moved from hospital facility in to rehabilitation and we're happy to report she is doing great!" the post reads.

Lynn announced Wouldn't It Be Great a day before her 85th birthday in April. She was to perform July 21 in Dubuque, Iowa, before performing at different shows across the country through May 2018.


??? Guess Who ???
Who's jazz concert was interrupted by topless protestors?

Topless protesters from the feminist group Femen, interrupted a jazz concert in Germany recently that featured Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band.

Two women ran on stage at the sold-out Elbphilharmonie concert hall as Allen was 21 minutes into his performance. The activist were seen wearing flowers in their hair and messages written on their bodies from the filmmaker's adopted daughter Dylan Farrow's 2014 letter that stated Allen sexually abused her as a child.

Security guards were quickly able to remove the protestors as Allen looked on. The 82-year-old, who was playing the clarinet, and his band then continued on with their performance.

"Although the incident occurred decades ago, Dylan (now 31) is still suffering the consequences. Woody Allen is not just the neurotic and charming director, actor and musician, but a father who likes to stick his finger in his daughter. We'd like to remind the world, and jazz fans, of that fact," the activists said, translated from German in a statement.

Farrow accused Allen of sexual abuse in 2014 as part of an op-ed piece in the New York Times. Allen has denied the allegations and has never been charged. In May 2016, Dylan's brother Ronan penned an essay for The Hollywood Reporter in which he cited the "danger" in leaving accusations against his father alone.

"That kind of silence isn't just wrong. It's dangerous. It sends a message to victims that it's not worth the anguish of coming forward. It sends a message about who we are as a society, what we'll overlook, who we'll ignore, who matters and who doesn't," he wrote.