Blake Lively, 35, US actress, enjoying her husband’s torment. Lively posted a picture of her TV on Instagram on Monday, with the actor on it Ryan Reynolds, 46, standing in the stands of a football stadium, clasping his hands over his head. “Bought ESPN+ just to watch my husband live as he was gripped by crippling anxiety,” she wrote, adding, “It was well worth it.” Reynolds co-owns British fifth-tier side Wrexham AFC, who played 3-3 against second-tier Sheffield United in the FA Cup on Sunday. That means there’s a replay, so Lively can keep the ESPN subscription right away.
Lakecia Benjamin, 40, US jazz musician, crashed Prince concerts to draw attention to her talent. “Nobody called to book me for concert performances, so I jumped on their stages to convince them to hire me,” the saxophonist told dem Guardians. However, two attempts to crash a Prince performance in Las Vegas in the early 2000s failed: the first time the singer unexpectedly only had inappropriate a cappella numbers in the program, the second time a bouncer got in her way. “I had to do dramatic things to get attention,” Benjamin said. Later in her career she shared the stage with Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder, among others. And with Prince.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 45, US actress, happy about a quiet change in Hollywood. “When I was younger, people screamed on set. Actors, directors, everyone. That doesn’t exist anymore.” Dealing on the film set used to be more stressful for women, but that’s changing now, Gellar said Guardians: “Not a day goes by that you don’t pick up a trade magazine and hear about a showrunner who’s been fired for improper conduct.” However, she is not quite so satisfied with the moviegoers: “Every time a Marvel film tried to have a female cast, it was just panned,” she complains. “Unfortunately, the audience wasn’t that open to it.” There is still “that mentality of the male superhero”.
MarcAnthony, 54, US singer, has managed to catch up with moon traveler Buzz Aldrin. Anthony married his girlfriend, Nadia Ferreira, a 23-year-old Paraguayan model, over the weekend. It is already the fourth wedding for the musician. He was married to model Dayanara Torres for four years, to actress and singer Jennifer Lopez for ten years, and to model Shannon De Lima for three years. He has been together with Ferreira, who took second place in the 2021 “Miss Universe” election, for a year. Ex-astronaut Buzz Aldrin also announced his fourth marriage a week ago. On January 20, on his 93rd birthday, he married 63-year-old project manager Anca Faur.