Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Could Idris Elba be the next 007??

Once Daniel Craig hangs it up (which is likely after this next 007 film), the topic about who will take over has been Once Daniel Craig hangs it up (which is likely after this next 007 film), the topic about who will take over has been on going for years now. There's been quite a few in the running to be the next 007 such as: Idris Elba, Tom Hardy (lol), Tom Hiddleston (lmao), Michael Fassbender, and Henry Cavill, who has been pretty vocal about his interest in being the next James Bond, just to name a few. I want this, people. He is every ounce the sex appeal and room commander that the 007 role deman...

David Hockney to become most expensive living artist

David Hockney, the 81-year-old British painter of saturated landscapes and portraits, could become the most expensive living artist at auction this year. Hockney’s “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)” is being offered for sale to auction houses by billionaire Joe Lewis, who’s seeking at least $80 million for the work, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The current highest price for a living artist is $58.4 million for Jeff Koons’s orange balloon dog. ...

Amanda Bynes conservatorship extended until 2020

[caption id="attachment_175890" align="aligncenter" width="634"][caption id="attachment_175890" align="aligncenter" width="634"] (pictured in court May 2013)[/caption] Amanda Bynes will remain under conservatorship for the next two years. I can only assume that's needed. I'd love a good interview with her. The 32-year-old actress and fashion student - who was sectioned in 2013 after a very public breakdown - has control of her own finances but her mother Lynn is conservator over her 'person' and will continue 'to make decisions about health and medical issue...

Cher is releasing a new album!

Cher will release “Dancing Queen,” a new album of Abba covers, on Sept. 28, Warner Bros. Records announced on Thursday. The singer and actress — who has won Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Awards — was inspired to record the album following her performance in the recently-released hit film, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” according to the announcement. “I’ve always liked Abba and saw the original ‘Mamma Mia’ musical on Broadway three times,” Cher said. “After fil...

Matt Lauer’s Manhattan pad sells at top dollar

Matt Lauer is the worst of my fellows to drop from the #metoo movement. But he still has gorg real estate to sell. At more than 28-feet-long with dark, coffee-colored hardwood floors and chunky coved ceiling moldings, the graciously proportioned living room highlights a delicate, carved stone antique fireplace opposite a trio of deeply set sash windows. Perfectly aligned double doors open one end of the room to a carpeted library and the other to a formal dining room snazzily wrapped in snappy, teal-colored Chinoiserie-style wall covering while the service areas incorporate a sleekly equipped up-to-date if not especially spacious kitchen, an adjoining breakfast room, and a laundry room/home office. Two ample guest bedrooms have private, windowed bathrooms while the sprawling master suite comprises a gentleman’s study easily converted to a third en suite guest bedroom, a bedroom lined entirely in butterscotch velvet wall panels, two bedroom-sized dressing rooms, and two lavishly outfitted if perfectly average-sized marble bathrooms. Location: New York City, N.Y. Price: above $7.35 million Size: (approx.) 3,500 square feet, 3-4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms   Matt Lauer is the worst of my fellows to drop from the #metoo movement. But he still has gorg real estate to sell. At more than 28-feet-long with dark, coffee-colored hardwood floors and chunky coved ceiling moldings, the graciously proportioned living room highlights a delicate, carved stone antique fireplace opposite a trio of deeply set sash windows. Perfectly aligned double doors open one end of the room to a carpeted library and the other to a formal dining room snazzily wrapped in snappy,...

Richard Gere, 69, ‘set to become a father again

Hollywood actor Richard Gere is reportedly set to become a dad again just a year short of his 70th birthday. The screen icon-turned humanitarian activist is expecting his first child with new wife Alejandra Silva, respected Spanish daily ABC has claimed. The Madrid-based newspaper broke the news of Gere’s wedding to the pretty Spaniard, 33 years his junior, earlier this year. The Pretty Woman star tied the knot with Alejandra after four years together at a civil ceremony in Spain in April before...

Brad Paying Angelina millions more than required

Word is Angelina Jolie is being SOOO difficult and venomous in her bid to destroy estranged husband Brad Pitt that her own attorney is rumored to be quitting her case because she can't handle it anymore. That makes it a little easier to believe Brad's camp when they say they've more than paid the agreed upon child support. In fact he's paid a LOT more. Angelina claims in her legal docs, since their split nearly 2 years ago, Brad has not paid "meaningful child support." TMZ sites a so...

Kourtney Kardashian & Younes Bendjima Have Broken Up – he’s already moved on

It appears that Kourtney Kardashian may be single again! And Younes Bendjima could be back on the market. That’s right, the two have apparently called it quits as of August 7 according to TMZ. Some people saw it coming a mile away. Others, who were blinded by all those fancy vacation pics, didn’t see it at all. So, what’s social media going to look like now that Kourtney Kardashian and Younes Bendjima have broken up? Well, here’s one thing I know for sure: there won’t be any shortage ...

Johnny Depp’s Notorious B.I.G. movie delayed amid his troubles

City of Lies, a crime drama Johnny Depp stars in, has been yanked from its initial September 7 release. The 55-year-old A-lister plays Det. Russell Poole in the film - which examines the aftermath of law enforcement examining The Notorious B.I.G.'s March 1997 murder in the wake of Tupac Shakur's October 1996 killing - using the 2003 book LAbyrinth as its source material. It was not immediately clear when the Brad Furman-directed film would be put out, as no new date has been announced by its ...

Lady Gaga to launch Las Vegas residency in December

Lady Gaga is heading to Las Vegas for a residency in December and offering fans two kinds of shows. The singer announced Tuesday that she will kick off the first of 27 performances at the Park Theater on Dec. 28. “Lady Gaga Enigma” will highlight the pop star’s biggest and upbeat hits, while “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano” will feature more stripped-down songs. Tickets go on sale Aug. 13. Gaga has won six Grammy Awards and is best known for her dance-pop hits like “Poker Face...

Murphy Brown 13-episode revival to tackle #MeToo movement

When Emmy-winning comedy Murphy Brown returns to CBS television for the first time in 20 years, it will include an episode that addresses the #MeToo movement. Series creator Diane English told reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills Sunday that the show's fourth episode will be titled #MurphyToo, a play on #MeToo, the movement in which women break their silence about sexual harassment. English said #MeToo was 'a powerful movement' and that they wanted to do it...