Celeb news from the week of Sept. 19

Rihanna will headline the 2023 Super Bowl half-time show.

The 34-year-old confirmed the news on Sunday (25.09.22) by sharing a photo of her tattooed arm clasping a football on her Instagram, hours after rumours started spreading she would be performing the gig.

Revered jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has died peacefully aged 81 surrounded by his loved ones.

News the musician - whose playing has been hailed a "force of nature" - had passed was confirmed by his record label, Luaka Bop.

Lily James says living in character as Pamela Anderson left her "shot to s***" and a "wreck".

The 33-year-old actress said she was worn out by her method acting while playing the Baywatch star, 55, in Hulu series 'Pam and Tommy', which chronicled Pamela's stormy relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, 59, who was portrayed by 40-year-old actor Sebastian Stan.

Olivia Wilde is being publicly supported by more than 40 crew members and studio executives over her 'Don't Worry Darling' controversy.

They joined forces to deny a report director Olivia, 38, and the film's star Florence Pugh, 26, got in a "screaming match" on the set of the actress' thriller.

Tyler Perry has hit back at Spike Lee's criticism his Madea character promoted negative racial stereotypes.

The filmmaker, 53, said he had used Madea - based on his mother and aunt - to honour "the people who made me who I am".

JK Rowling's Salman Rushdie-linked death threat investigation has been dropped by police.

The 'Harry Potter' writer, 57, was warned "you are next" by an online troll after she voiced her support for 'The Satanic Verses' author after he was stabbed in August on stage as he prepared to give a talk in New York City.

Slipknot are still making the best music of their career because they dropped their "egos and the "bull****".

The metal legends release their seventh studio album 'The End, So Far' on September 30, and the 'All Out Life' rockers insist the reason they've stuck together for more than two decades and continue to release their best work is that they are all equals and still "love" what they do.

Kate Moss is to sell products made out of sea moss.

The 48-year-old supermodel trademarked "soulful, sensual, self-aware" company Cosmoss in early September and is now set to launch "medicinal" beauty products bearing her surname containing Chondrus crispus, which is more commonly known as Irish moss or carrageen moss and found in the Atlantic.

David Hasselhoff has a "heathy ego".

The 'Baywatch' legend, 70, admits he might come across as egotistical at times, but it comes from a place of wanting his work to be "perfect".

Sheila Atim says she had to give a "360 performance" while shooting 'The Woman King'.

The 31-year-old actress - who performed her own stunts in the new movie also starring Viola Davis - shared how the film's director Gina Prince-Bythewood did not want to rely on using cutaways and stunt doubles and so they had to take into account how she would look from all angles of the camera.

Sir Kenneth Branagh's Boris Johnson transformation took three hours "a day".

The 61-year-old star looks uncannily like the former British Prime Minister in Sky's political drama 'This Sceptred Isle'.

Gyles Brandreth has quipped that King Charles might have him beheaded for spilling all on his crush on his wife Queen Consort Camilla.

The 74-year-old broadcaster - who was close to the late Prince Philip - thought Camilla looked "gorgeous" in her tight-fitting horse riding pants when he spotted her smoking "behind the bike sheds".

Season five of 'The Crown' is set to premiere on November 9.

The award-winning drama series - which follows the lives of the British royal family - will return to the streaming platform before the end of the year.

Normani hopes to "inspire" people through her music and her sense of style.

The 26-year-old star - who shot to fame as a teenager as part of Fifth Harmony - wants to be remembered as someone who "didn't play by the rules".

Buckingham Palace has released a photograph of Queen Elizabeth's final resting place.

Britain's longest-serving monarch was buried in The King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle on September 19, and the photograph of the new ledger stone shows her name inscribed in gold lettering, alongside the Queen Mother, George VI and Prince Philip, her husband.

John Legend doubts the pain of losing his son will ever "completely go away".

The 43-year-old musician and his wife Chrissy Teigen lost their son at 20 weeks in 2020, and John admits the tragedy will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Christina Milian feels "proud to be Latina".

The 40-year-old singer is of Afro-Cuban descent, and she loves that Latinos and Hispanics have "a flair for life".

Shania Twain has found music to be a "healing" presence in her life.

The 57-year-old singer has endured lots of ups and downs in her personal life - including being diagnosed with Lyme disease - but Shania has always found comfort in making and listening to music.

Lena Dunham has always enjoyed "being entrusted with freedom and confidence".

The 36-year-old star has directed the new comedy film 'Catherine Called Birdy', and Lena has been determined to give the cast "a lot of freedom".

Louise Fletcher has died aged 88.

The Oscar-winning actress - who was best known for playing Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' - passed away at her home in the south of France.

Kim Kardashian bought a $60 million Malibu mansion to get "autonomy" from Kanye West.

The 41-year-old reality star bought the property - which has four bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms - in Malibu, California, this month but she has no plans to sell her Hidden Hills property, where Kanye also has a home.

Zayn Malik has unfollowed Gigi Hadid on Instagram.

The 29-year-old singer/songwriter only follows 24 people on the app and Gigi - the mother of his two-year-old daughter Khai - is no longer among them.

Chris Rock turned down an offer to host the Golden Globes.

The 57-year-old comedian - who was slapped by Will Smith at this year's Oscars ceremony after making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith - was approached by the Globes committee about hosting the 2023 awards.

Melanie C didn't warn Robbie Williams she'd set the record straight on their romance in her autobiography 'Who I Am'.

The Spice Girl - whose real name is Melanie Chisholm - previously confirmed she dated the 'Angels' hitmaker in the mid-90s and she has told the "truth" about their time together in her new tell-all memoir, but she confessed she didn't feel the need to let him know he's in the book, because of the way the former Take That star has "behaved over the years".

James Corden claims his working class upbringing meant he had to "bully" his way to success.

'The Late Late Show' host, who shares three children with wife Julia Carey and has an estimated net worth of £65million, believes "opportunity" is non-existent for people from humble beginnings, despite them having talent in abundance.

Sylvester Stallone and his estranged wife Jennifer Flavin have reconciled just over a month after the model filed for divorce.

The 'Rocky' actor, 76, and his partner of 25 years, 54, decided to "meet up at home" so they could work through their differences and are now happy, Sylvester's spokesperson told Page Six on Friday. (23.09.22)

Brad Pitt's new genderless skincare range has corrected a declaration it contains "NO Conservatives".

The Le Domaine website selling the 'Fight Club' actor's serums made the boast before it was updated to instead read the products consist of "no preservatives".

Gwyneth Paltrow is accepting her "loosening skin" and wrinkles before she toasts her 50th birthday.

The Oscar-winner, due to celebrate the milestone on September 27, added she has "let go of the need to be perfect" as she ages, after spending years detailing her painstaking and gruelling health, beauty and exercise regimes.

The Doobie Brothers' original drummer John Hartman has died aged 72.

His former bandmates hailed him as a "wild spirit" in a social media statement to mark his passing, which did not state John's cause of death.

Monica Lewinsky lost her "purpose" following the Bill Clinton sex scandal.

The 49-year-old TV personality was involved in a sexual relationship with the former US President between 1995 and 1997, and she admits that her mood became "very, very dark" as she realized the scandal was engulfing her life.

Lil Nas X had very little time to catch up with Madonna at his Radio City Music Hall concert because he needed to take a nervous poop.

The 'Old Town Road' hitmaker was photographed backstage with The Queen of Pop at the iconic New York City venue on Tuesday (20.09.22), with Madonna, 64, wrapping her leg and arms around the 23-year-old rapper.

Kendall Jenner was "pretty chill" about her boobs being on display for her first runway shoot aged 18.

The 26-year-old model wore a sheer top for her catwalk debut for Marc Jacobs in 2014, and she was quite happy to free the nipple.

Oprah Winfrey "adored" Sidney Poitier.

The 68-year-old TV star has joined forces with director Reginald Hudlin to make a new Apple TV documentary about the legendary actor - who died in January, aged 94 - and Oprah has revealed that her admiration for film star extended well beyond his career achievements.

John Legend is "eternally grateful" to Kanye West.

The 43-year-old singer released his debut album, 'Get Lifted', on Kanye's GOOD Music record label, and he'll always appreciate what the rap star has done for him.

John Boyega has come up with an idea for a sequel to his new movie 'The Woman King'.

The 'Star Wars' actor is among the castmembers of the new film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and while the moviemaker has previously stated she's not a fan of follow-ups, John has pitched a suggestion which could be used to bring the story back for another outing.

Saoirse Ronan is to star in Sir Steve McQueen's new movie 'Blitz'.

The 28-year-old actress will lead the cast of the Apple TV+ World War II film, which will be written, directed and produced by the filmmaker.

Kevin Bacon was banned by Kyra Sedgwick from "dancing to 'Footloose' dressed as a giant peanut" for a commercial.

The 64-year-old actor has been married to the 57-year-old actress since 1988, and he's revealed that she "doesn't like it when food talks".

Kanye West "absolutely" has "political aspirations" for the future.

The 45-year-old rapper and Yeezy designer had a disastrous bid to become President of the United States in 2020, with the outspoken star rumoured to have lost more than $14 million on his campaign.

Bill and Melinda Gates "remain committed" to their philanthropy work for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation despite their divorce.

The Microsoft co-founder and former computer scientist were granted a divorce last August after Melinda filed for the separation in May that year after 27 years of marriage.

Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison after killing his mother.

The former 'Riverdale' actor - who played Jeffery Augustine in The CW horror crime drama - pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March after he shot his mum Barbara Waite dead in 2020, and he was sentenced on Wednesday (22.09.22) at the Supreme Court of British Columbia in the Canadian province.

Khloe Kardashian begged TV producers to keep her baby news secret for the sake of her "mental health".

The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star has welcomed second child with ex Tristan Thompson via surrogate earlier this year and she was filmed sharing the news with her sister Kim as well as the producers of the family's latest TV show 'The Kardashians' after it was revealed Tristan was having another baby with another woman.

Meghan Trainor is determined to keep her son in a "bubble."

The 28-year-old pop star has been married to 'Spy Kids' actor Daryl Sabara since 2018 and has 19-month old Riley with him but also lives with her brothers and wants them all to raise her son away from the "scary world" outside.

Amber Heard "doesn't care" who Johnny Depp dates.

The 36-year-old actress was married to 'Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny, 59, from 2015 until 2016 before the couple became embroiled in a $100 million defamation lawsuit- which Johnny won - and is reportedly indifferent to who he chooses to see now, amid reports that he is now dating a lawyer named Joelle Rich.

Lamar Odom just wants Khloe Kardashian to be "happy."

The 42-year-old former basketball player was married to reality star Khloe, 38, from 2009 until 2016 and struggled to watch his ex-wife upset on the new season of 'The Kardashians' as she was planning a baby with on/off partner Tristan Thompson before it was revealed that he had fathered a child with Maralee Nichols.

Queen Elizabeth is "missed" by her corgis.

The late monarch - who passed away at the age of 96 on September 8 after a record-breaking reign of 70 years - bred 10 generations of the dog breed from being given a Pembroke Corgi named Susan at the age of 18 and now former trainer Dr. Roger Mugford has explained that the surviving pair, named Sandy and Muick, will be aware of her death as they go into the full-time care of her second son.

Nicole Scherzinger is '"super proud" of helping to put One Direction together.

The 44-year-old pop star was serving as a judge on 'The X Factor' back in 2010 when she assisted Simon Cowell in choosing solo auditionees Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan for the boy band but admitted that she never thought that the recently unearthed footage which shows her playing a key role in their formation would ever see "the light of day."