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Amanda Kloots has scattered some of her late husband Nick Cordero’s ashes in the Pacific Ocean.

The Broadway star passed away in July after losing his battle with COVID-19 aged just 41, with Amanda documenting much of his long battle with complications related to the disease online.

In an Instagram Stories Q&A on Sunday night, Amanda revealed that she scattered some of his ashes off the U.S. West Coast on their anniversary.

“I put some of them in the Pacific Ocean on our anniversary because his dad’s were also put in the Pacific,” she explained, according to People magazine.

The fitness instructor did not dispose of all of his remains, however, as she is thinking of having necklaces, “made with some of his ashes,” revealing, “I’ve heard this can be done and haven’t had time to research it yet.”

Amanda had previously spoken about picking up the Rock of Ages actor’s ashes on her Instagram page, revealing it was, “beyond surreal and horrible.”

She added: “But they’re in my possession and a good friend of mine said some beautiful advice: look at it as you have him with you now. Which is really a nice way of looking at it, which is true.”

During the Q&A the fitness instructor also told fans she is not going to, “wallow in anger and self pity about what happened to Nick,” as her priority has to be looking after their 15-month-old son Elvis Eduardo.

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Kanye West

Kanye West called himself “the new Moses” as he went on a Twitter rant on Monday night, telling fans he won’t release any new music until he’s released from his record label contract.

The 43-year-old rapper, who is also running for U.S. president in the upcoming November election, started his storm of tweets as he began: “I’m not putting no more music out till I’m done with my contract with Sony and Universal … On God … in Jesus name … come and get me.”

He continued: “I’m not industry bro … I don’t care… I’m in service to Christ … we need world healing … I miss my brothers… I refuse to argue with black men on labels we don’t own… even twitter.

“I have the utmost respect for all brothers … we need to link and respect each other… no more dissing each other on labels we don’t own. Let’s stop killing each other … let’s show God that we are Gods people … my ego gets the best of me too… God doesn’t measure us by money in his kingdom … let’s love each other… I love my brothers and I miss my friends … real talk.”

Kanye then tweeted, “I’m the 2nd richest black man in America … I need all my people with me for us to get free”, but decided to delete that post as he added: “I deleted that tweet about riches… the wealth is in our love of family and our brothers and our service to God … let’s rise up… let’s communicate.”

The father-of-four also tweeted that he wants Drake and J. Cole to apologize to him, and wants to arrange a meeting with JAY-Z.

He went on: “I need to see everybody’s contracts at Universal and Sony. I’m not gonna watch my people be enslaved. I’m putting my life on the line for my people. The music industry and the NBA are modern day slave ships. I’m the new Moses.”

Concluding his rant, the Stronger star told fans that they need to “evolve” and “use government money” to “buy land” and property, before adding: “My kids gonna own my masters.”

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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is reportedly circling a new X-Men character for an upcoming Marvel blockbuster.

The pop superstar, who showed off her acting skills in A Star is Born, is in talks to play Emma Frost, aka the White Queen, according to We Got This Covered.

Frost was previously played by January Jones in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, but fans criticized the portrayal, insisting Jones’ character was not true to the character from the comics.

If she signs on, Gaga might not be the only singer suiting up for the new X-Men movie – Janelle Monae recently expressed interest in playing Storm, a mutant character previously portrayed by Halle Berry.

“A lot of women have played Storm and they’ve done an exceptional job, and I would love to be in that line of artists and get to do Storm justice,” she told Empire.

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Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson has returned to work on Red Notice after battling COVID-19 over the summer.

The action man’s brother-in-law and producing partner Hiram Garcia insists the star is in good health as he resumes work on the Netflix production.

“It’s been an incredible process and undertaking to get a production up-and-running,” he tells Variety. “Netflix has had the attitude that whatever it will take to keep things safe for the crew, they are 100 per cent behind.”

Johnson revealed earlier this month that himself, his wife and daughters Jasmine, four, and Tiana, two, all tested positive for the coronavirus.

“Testing positive for COVID-19 is a lot different than recovering from nasty injuries, getting evicted or being broke, which I’ve been more than a few times,” the movie star said. “I wish it was only me that tested positive. It was my entire family and it was a kick in the gut. We are good, we’re on the other end of it and no longer contagious. Thank God, we’re healthy.”

Johnson’s Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds documented his return to the film over the weekend, taking to Instagram to document the coronavirus testing process on set.

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Bill Wyman

An auction of items once belonging to Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has shattered records.

The musician’s gear went under the hammer over the weekend and led to the biggest sum ever paid for a bass guitar and amplifier at auction.

Over 1,000 pieces from the star’s storage, including stage costumes and awards, were on the block at the Julien’s Auctions sale in Beverly Hills, and the musician’s 1969 Fender Mustang bass, which he played on Rolling Stones recordings between 1969 and 1970, went under the hammer for a whopping $384,000.

Paul McCartney’s Hofner bass previously set the world auction record in 2013, when it sold for $204,800.

A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit the Prince’s Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, and the Central Caribbean Marine Institute.

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TV chef Rachael Ray has thanked “the kindness of a stranger” for saving her life when her New York state home went up in flames last month.

The star, her husband, John Cusimano, and their dog Bella all made it to safety when their Lake Luzerne property was destroyed by fire on Aug. 9, and now Ray has offered up details of the drama, explaining she was trying to make her man feel good after a bad round of golf.

“He didn’t like his performance, so I thought, ‘I’ll make pasta and I’ll light a fire – that’ll put him in a good mood’. It was a cool evening,” Rachael tells Good Morning America. “A few minutes after we started the fire in the fireplace a fella came through the back yard screaming, ‘The roof is on fire!’ He was a stranger who was riding his ATV through our backyard.

“We ran outside and sure enough, it was (on fire).”

Ray ran upstairs to gather important items, but her years of working with first responders made her realize it was time to get out: “I could hear the fire crackling through the walls and spreading through the building,” she explains.

The TV star and her husband then started fearing for her mother’s house across the street: “We were just so thrilled the fire didn’t come down the hill and wipe out her home.”

After watching the fire rip through their residence, Ray and her husband moved into the guest house they had built on their property and she admits the toughest part of the whole ordeal was watching demolition crews tear down the home.

“I watched the house go down… It’s tough to watch it… just all go away… but we have so much to be grateful for. We’re still here!”

Ray is now hopeful that excavation crews can find a few keepsakes amid all the rubble, revealing she has lost letters and notes from her mom and her notebooks containing “40 years of my life’s work.”

“We may get back some things… but there’s not a lot there,” she says.

The fire was sparked by an unidentified creature, which had burrowed into the chimney and set up a home there.

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Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum and Jane Seymour have been voted the sexiest 60 and 70-something celebrities in a new poll.

The Jurassic Park star beat out Viggo Mortensen and Liam Neeson to top the OnBuy.com poll, while former Bond girl Seymour edged out Oscar winners Susan Sarandon and Jane Fonda as the sexiest actress over 60.

Helen Mirren and Sigourney Weaver also made the ladies’ list, while Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger were named among the celebrity men approaching 70.

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T.I. onstage at the 51st NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Rapper and actor T.I. has settled civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he helped promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, agreed to a civil settlement with the SEC that was announced Friday. He is paying a $75,000 fine and agreeing not to sell or market similar securities for at least five years.

A representative for the rapper did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Monday.

Harris got into trouble, the SEC said, because he used his social media accounts to promote FLiK, falsely claiming to be a co-owner, and asked an unnamed actor and comedian to also promote FLiK, providing language calling it T.I.’s “new venture.” The SEC says both of those moves broke federal laws against selling securities without registering with the SEC.

The charges against Harris were part of a larger enforcement action against others including film producer Ryan Felton, who faces wire fraud and other charges in a 28-count indictment unsealed Wednesday.

Felton and William Sparks, T.I.’s social media manager, also sought to trade on his name to sell and promote the cryptocurrencies, federal authorities said.

Federal officials allege Felton took in more than $3 million from investors in two cryptocurrencies — FLiK and CoinSpark — in 2017 and 2018.

“Despite promising to use the funds raised from investors to build the FLiK and CoinSpark online platforms, Felton instead used the funds to buy a Ferrari, a million-dollar home, diamond jewelry, and other luxury items for himself,” the SEC civil complaint states.

Lawyers for Felton did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment Monday.

Officials say Felton paid cash for a $1.5 million house, $180,000 for a 2007 red Ferrari 599 GTB Firoana, plus tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry. The government wants Felton to forfeit his gains.

Prosecutors say Felton had claimed that all the money would go to expand the businesses, used fake names to build excitement in CoinSpark, and then sold thousands of coins to take advantage of inflated prices based on his misrepresentations.

Also charged in the civil proceeding were Owen Smith and Chance White, who both work in the film industry in Atlanta. They, like T.I. and Sparks, agreed to settle the civil charges.

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Ryan Reynolds shared a snap of himself having a COVID-19 nose swab test as production resumed on his film Red Notice.

Work on the Netflix heist movie starring Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson was postponed in March to allow cast and crew members to put their families first during the coronavirus crisis.

On Saturday, the Deadpool actor tweeted he has returned to production and shared photos of him, taken by his actress wife Blake Lively, undergoing the coronavirus nose swab test.

“The Covid Test is quick and easy. The doctor places the swab up your nose, just deep enough to tickle your childhood memories and then it’s over,” he wrote in the caption. “No matter what you say to him, he won’t buy you dinner first.”

Reynolds’ co-star Gadot also shared a similar social media post, confirming that Red Notice production is up and running once again, last Wednesday – confirming that she too was “getting ready to head back to the Red Notice set.”

“Prep looks a little different now #staysafe,” she wrote, alongside a picture of herself having her nose swabbed.

Red Notice was one of a number of Netflix productions paused amid the global uncertainty, which prompted studio officials industry-wide to shut down shoots.

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Justin and Hailey Bieber marked their second wedding anniversary on Sunday by heading out on a romantic picnic.

The couple tied the knot in September 2018 in a courthouse in New York, before exchanging vows in front of friends and family a year later in South Carolina.

And to celebrate their official second anniversary, Justin and Hailey opted for a low-key outing together – taking their favourite foods on a picnic.

Hailey shared a picture of the occasion on her Instagram page, in a snap of herself laying on a picnic blanket while showing off her toned stomach in a cropped T-shirt and high waisted jeans.

“Picnic lady,” she captioned the image.

Justin didn’t share any pictures from the picnic on his Instagram page, but he did share a sweet video of his wife singing Jhene Aiko’s Never Call Me, writing alongside it: “2 years today @haileybieber .. xoxo.”

He also shared images of himself and Hailey – wearing the same T-shirt as she was at the picnic – pulling funny faces at the camera, writing: “Sunday funday.”

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Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone is adamant that looks do matter.

The actress, who stars in the new Netflix drama Ratched, a prequel to the classic 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, tells Britain’s Daily Telegraph, “You don’t even realize how much they matter until they start to go.”

It’s a “big, fat stupid lie if anyone says that they don’t,” the star says, insisting she has a workout routine consisting of doing “30 squats a day, and lift(ing) these seven-pound lead balls when I’m watching TV,” to stay in shape.

Stone goes on to reflect on allegations she’s “difficult” or “hard to work with,” and insists she’s since mellowed herself out and now lets some smaller annoyances slide – and she even had kind words for U.S. President Donald Trump.

“Actually, I have empathy for him,” she explains. “I think he’s had some childhood trauma. I look at this man and it feels to me like whatever his traumas are, he is torturing himself and hurting himself.

“And it’s affecting so many people that are coming out in support (of him), with Nazi masks and all that stuff,” continues Stone. “Those are also people who have a heartbreaking level of internal rage, and that rage comes from feeling so insecure and so hurt.”

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Frances McDormand’s acclaimed new movie Nomadland was the unsurprising winner of the Venice Film Festival’s top award on Saturday.

Cate Blanchett and her jury named Chloe Zhao’s new movie the winner of the 2020 Golden Lion honor for best film, while there were also big wins for former The Crown star Vanessa Kirby, Pierfrancesco Favino, and filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who took home the Silver Lion prize for Best Director.

Meanwhile, the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize went to Michel Franco’s film Nuevo Orden and newcomer Ana Rocha de Sousa picked up two rookie awards for her film Listen.

The full list of winners is:

Golden Lion – Nomadland

Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize – Nuevo Orden (director Michel Franco)

Silver Lion, Best Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Wife Of A Spy)

Best Actress – Vanessa Kirby (Pieces Of A Woman)

Best Actor – Pierfrancesco Favino (Padrenostro)

Best Screenplay – Chaitanya Tamhane (The Disciple)

Special Jury Prize – Dear Comrades (director Andrei Konchalovsky)

Marcello Mastroianni Award for for Best New Young Actor or Actress – Roohollah Zamani (Sun Children)

Horizons Best Film – The Wasteland (director Ahmad Bahrami)

Horizons Best Director – Lav Diaz (Genus Pan)

Horizons Special Jury Prize – Listen (director Ana Rocha de Sousa)

Horizons Best Actress – Khansa Batma (Zanka Contact)

Horizons Best Actor – Yahya Mahayni (The Man Who Sold His Skin)

Horizons Best Screenplay – Pietro Castellitto (I Predatori)

Best Short Film – Entre Tu Y Milagros (director Mariana Saffon)

Lion of the Future Luigi De Laurentiis Award For A Debut Film – Listen (director Ana Rocha de Sousa)