Norman Korpi, Kevin Powell, Julie Gentry, Heather Gardner, and Andre Comeau (with his back to the camera) catch up on The Real World Homecoming: New York . Photo: Courtesy of MTV/Paramount+ “That ignorance was just bliss.” Heather Gardner, one of the seven strangers who shared a loft in the first season of The Real World , says this in the first episode of The Real World Homecoming: New York. She’s sitting on a sectional sofa in the same exact loft nearly 30 years later, remembering what it was like to be young and unencumbered and have her experiences recorded for the benefit of MTV viewers. “I miss what I felt back then,” she says, waxing nostalgic for a time without cell phones, when her parents were still alive, and when an extra 50 bucks meant you had enough money to party for a weekend. The Real World Homecoming: New York , a reunion of the cast of the first Real World, the show that created the template for contemporary American reality television, is designed to be embraced by viewers who also miss what they felt back then. Its target audience is seemingly Gen-Xers who remember watching — or at least absorbing via cultural osmosis — the 1992 iteration of the MTV series and being young around the same time those Real World New Yorkers were young. With its first episode dropping today on Paramount+, the newly revamped iteration of the CBS All Access platform , The Real World Homecoming is also designed as a gateway into the deep library of Real World episodes that are just a click away. (Twenty seasons, just waiting for you!) Season one, in which seven artists move into a Soho loft to have their experiences documented on MTV, is an extra-special sort of TV time capsule. It captures an era when people regularly walked around looking like Evan Dando, when smoking indoors still happened unapologetically, and when there was one single television in an apartment — imagine it, just a single screen that had to be shared — and it was the … [Read more...] about Is a Welcome Revisit of a Reality-TV Time Capsule
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Pippa Middleton’s pregnancy CONFIRMED as mum Carole reveals hopes for more family time in 2021
March 04, 2021 - 13:39 GMT Danielle Stacey The Duchess of Cambridge's mother spoke about her business Party Pieces and her grandchildren in an interview with the April issue of Good Housekeeping The Duchess of Cambridge 's mother Carole Middleton has confirmed reports that her youngest daughter, Pippa Middleton , is expecting her second child this year. In a cover interview for the April issue of Good Housekeeping , the Party Pieces founder was asked about her hopes for 2021. Carole said: "I hope we see COVID-19 coming under control so all of us can have a more normal life. Hopefully this year, more people will get to celebrate their special occasions with friends and family. "I also hope to see more of my family than I could last year, including, of course, my new grandchild. "And at some point I'd like to have a big party. Despite founding Party Pieces, I've never actually had my own big party – and I'd love one!" READ: Carole Middleton reveals fun activities with daughters Kate and Pippa's children Loading the player... WATCH: Meet the Middletons - everything you need to know about Kate's family The 66-year-old and her husband Michael are grandparents to Prince William and Kate's children, Prince George , seven, Princess Charlotte , five, and Prince Louis , as well as Pippa and husband James Matthews' first child, Arthur, also two. Page Six first reported news of Pippa's pregnancy in December 2020, citing a source close to the family. Pippa, 37, and James, 45, who were married in 2017, welcomed their son Arthur on 15 October 2018 in the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London. MORE: Pippa Middleton shows off blossoming baby bump on family day out with son MORE: Kate Middleton to reunite with Pippa Middleton? James and Pippa married in 2017 Kate's sister was pictured enjoying a walk around the capital … [Read more...] about Pippa Middleton’s pregnancy CONFIRMED as mum Carole reveals hopes for more family time in 2021
Carole Middleton reveals fun activities with Kate Middleton and Pippa’s children
March 04, 2021 - 07:27 GMT Gemma Strong Carole Middleton reveals she is a 'hands on' grandmother as she shares sweet family details about her grandchildren, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis Carole Middleton might be an incredibly successful businesswoman – but her proudest role is that of grandmother. The 66-year-old is a grandparent to four children through her daughters, the Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton : Prince George , seven, Princess Charlotte , five, Prince Louis , two, Arthur Matthews, also two. (Pippa is currently pregnant with her second child). And in a revealing new interview in Good Housekeeping , she spoke about their precious family time together. MORE: 7 times Kate Middleton and mum Carole proved they are mother-daughter goals Loading the player... WATCH: Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte are hair twins! Describing herself as "hands-on", Carole shared: "I want to run down the hills, climb the trees and go through the tunnel at the playground. As long as I am able to, that's what I'll be doing. I cook with them, I muck around dancing, we go on bike rides." MORE: Kate Middleton's £4.7million family home where Prince William stayed is rural heaven In the interview, Carole also spoke about her company, Party Pieces, and her strong work ethic, admitting: "I'm not someone to sit on the sofa for a long time. I have a lot of energy and enjoy my work. I grew up watching my parents, who both worked extremely hard. MORE: Pippa Middleton shows off blossoming baby bump on family day out with son "My father was a builder, and my mother worked part-time in a jewellery shop and later, would go to work in a factory. I remember them working hard to make ends meet and give us a lifestyle." MORE: Carole Middleton looks just like Kate in Mother's Day Instagram photo Asked what a typical day at her company … [Read more...] about Carole Middleton reveals fun activities with Kate Middleton and Pippa’s children
Vanessa Bryant makes heartfelt confession about daughters after Kobe Byrant death
March 03, 2021 - 22:41 GMT Rebecca Lewis Vanessa bravely opened up on how her daughters have helped after the tragic death of her husband Vanessa Bryant has bravely opened up on how her daughters have helped her after the tragic death of her husband and 13-year-old daughter. Kobe Bryant and Gigi died on 26 January 2020 after the helicopter they were in crashed north of Los Angeles. Now Vanessa has admitted she cannot "say that I'm strong every day," and that sometimes she often feels like she "can't survive to the next" day. MORE: Vanessa Bryant shares sweetest photo of daughter Bianka Loading the player... WATCH: Vanessa Bryant makes bittersweet Kobe Bryant discovery But her daughters Natalia, 18, Bianka, 4, and 20-month-old Capri have helped her "to smile through the pain," and give her "strength." "This pain is unimaginable [but] you just have to get up and push forward," she told People . MORE: Vanessa Bryant shares heartbreaking post MORE: In memoriam: celebrities who passed away in 2020 "Lying in bed crying isn't going to change the fact that my family will never be the same again. "But getting out of bed and pushing forward is going to make the day better for my girls and for me. So that's what I do." Kobe and Gigi were killed in a helicopter crash She added: "I guess the best way to describe it is that Kobe and Gigi motivate me to keep going. They inspire me to try harder and be better every day. Their love is unconditional and they motivate me in so many different ways." Vanessa marked Kobe and Gigi's first death anniversary by sharing a poignant letter written by her late daughter's best friend Aubrey. The Bryants kept up a family tradition as they went to a tubing park She wrote, in part: "Today I received this sweet letter from one of Gianna’s best friends, Aubrey. "I love you Aubz (as my Gigi would call you). … [Read more...] about Vanessa Bryant makes heartfelt confession about daughters after Kobe Byrant death
The Highs and Lows of NYTW’s
Fredi Walker-Browne and friends at NYTW’s benefit. Photo: Jon Burklund/ZANNI Productions New York Theatre Workshop punches far above its weight. The gutsy little theater on East 4th Street, just in recent seasons, has produced shows like Slave Play, Once , and Hadestown, all of which later traveled uptown to play successfully on Broadway. Its primary impact on the theatrical Zeitgeist, though, struck way back in 1996, with the super-blockbuster Rent , Jonathan Larson’s rock adaptation of Puccini’s La Bohème. To celebrate the show’s silver anniversary, NYTW organized its annual fundraising benefit as a kind of birthday celebration. Between solicitations for donations, it invited current workshop collaborators to talk about Rent ’s impact on their work, Zoomed with old cast and crew members to share their memories of making the show, and presented new interpretations of a few Rent songs by the current crop of Broadway stars. Daphne Rubin-Vega videoed in, looking divine, to reminisce fondly about calling Larson a dork, while Anthony Rapp and Idina Menzel talked about the smash-cut adjustment of going from obscurity (he at Starbucks, she singing at bar mitzvahs) to working on the decade’s buzziest musical. Original cast members Rodney Hicks, Aiko Nakasone, and Fredi Walker-Browne all talked about their abiding love of the material. It was, to put it mildly, an emotional evening. Twenty-five Years of Rent: Measured in Love was broadcast live on March 2, but streaming passes are still available through March 6 — so here’s your Vulture guide to what did and didn’t light our candle. HIGH: Christopher Jackson’s “One Song Glory” The show started with the usual benefit business — though in pandemic times, this means footage of founding artistic director Jim Nicola walking into his own theater for the first time in a year. There, he chatted with Rent director Michael Greif, and the audience was offered a bit of introductory history, including … [Read more...] about The Highs and Lows of NYTW’s
The Sick Minds at
Well, looks like the absolute sickos at the mass-broadcast psych experiment known as The Masked Singer are at it again. Time works differently in the Maskverse, so the show is already on is fifth season somehow, and clearly they’re running out of cute, normal costume ideas like “Mouse” and “Egg.” Now, they mine inspiration by plumbing the depths of our nightmares. It’s the only explanation for this season-five preview clip in which two giant Russian dolls (well, one truly giant and one slightly less giant) duet to “Shallow” from A Star Is Born . Their painted-on eyes stare blankly ahead, immobile and piercing. The larger one’s mouth slides up and down like a sentient ventriloquist’s dummy. The smaller one’s mouth cannot move, yet it must scream. It sprouts legs for the chorus. They don’t even do the “aaaAAAAaaahh” part after the bridge; they just sort of let the song fizzle out. Mercifully, a third, smaller Russian Doll doesn’t climb out of the larger one’s abdomen. They must be saving such terrors for later. A thought: What if, when the Russian dolls are finally unmasked, there’s no one inside? The Masked Singer premieres March 10, and only then will we know. Don’t look now! They’re standing behind you. … [Read more...] about The Sick Minds at