lifestyle SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2015 G o s s i p Jay Z and Beyonce are still looking for their dream home T failed to secure a house in Beverly Hills after losing a $70 million bidding war to Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, the creator of ‘Minecraft.’ The couple flew in love with LA again after they rented a Holmby Hills mansion, which is on the market for $45 million, for a month over the summer. A source previously said they splashed out around $200,000-amonth on rent for the house during their joint ‘On the Run’ tour. he couple, who have three-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, live in New York City but are eager to find a new base in California before they expand their family further. A source told Us Weekly magazine: “They spend a lot of time on the West Coast. They want to have a baby soon and hope to get this done fast.” The 45-year-old rapper was spotted scouting for properties in Bel Air near Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s home recently, and took a tour of a nearby school the next day. The ‘99 Problems’ star and the ‘Pretty Hurts’ hitmaker, 33, was left disappointed recently when they Katy Perry admits she got puppy to get over John Mayer T he ‘Dark Horse’ hitmaker, who recently rekindled her relationship with the singer-songwriter after splitting from him in February 2014 after two years of dating, adopted Butters when she was “going through a breakup,” but recently gave custody of the dog to her longtime assistant, Tamara, because she is too busy. The 30-year-old star said: “I was going through a breakup and I was like, ‘I’m going to get a dog!’ But honestly, I have to run an empire, and as much as I love animals I don’t know if I have the mind capacity to do it.” Despite being spotted on a dinner date with John, 37, earlier this month, the brunette beauty isn’t ready to define their romance. She told Billboard.com: “What I will say is that to have any relationship at this level you have to just be protective and figure out how to navigate it. There is no handbook. “In all my relationships, I’ve learned how I have to be more careful and that it’s not up for public consumption.” Meanwhile, Katy admits she is very nervous about performing at the Super Bowl today and doesn’t think she’ll be able to compete with BeyoncÈ’s half-time show in 2013. She said: “She brought so much strength, so much sassiness and just the right amount of sex. She’s an icon. Elvis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson - she’s in that category. I’m not. She’s like five notches above me, and those levels are compounded in difficulty. “Everyone has been asking me if I’m going to be nervous before the half-time show. Kerry Washington sends her parents gifts for her birthday T he ‘Scandal’ star, who is celebrating her 38th birthday Friday, admits she usually likes to spoil her mother, Valerie, and her father, Earl, for the occasion because “they did all the work.” Asked if she still receives birthday presents from her family, the actress said: “I do. I actually tend to send something to my parents. Usually I do, because I feel like they did all the work. I just came out, but they did all the work. And I like to put something inappropriate in the card, like ‘Thanks for getting it on!’ “Kerry, who is married to retired NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha, 33, is excited that her birthday falls during Super Bowl weekend. She told ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’: “There have been a couple years where it has been perfect alignment and I feel like the whole nation is partying for me. You can’t tell I’m an only child, can you?” The actress also opened up about her nine-month-old daughter, Isabelle, and hopes to set up a play-date for her and Jimmy’s six-month-old baby girl, Jane. She said: “Life is really great. You know, little girl at home, it’s great. We gotta get them together.” When the chat show host said: “Mine really just eats things and grabs hair and stuff,” Kerry replied: “They have that in common. The hair’s up a lot these days.” Demi Lovato threw Wilmer a star-studded 35th birthday T he ‘Heart Attack’ hitmaker, who has been dating the actor for four years, gathered a large group of his closest friends, including his former ‘That 70s Show’ co-stars Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Danny Masterson, together one day ahead of the occasion at Palm Thai restaurant in Hollywood on Thursday night. Wilmer shared a picture of his birthday cake on Instagram on Friday, with the caption: “IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!!!! Haha!! I was surprised last night by all the people I love!!! I felt so blessed to have looked around & truly know that everyone by my side has & will always have my back. I love you! 35, does that mean is cheaper when I go to Disneyland!?” Ashton, who was enjoying a rare night out with fiancÈe Mila since welcoming their daughter, Wyatt, into the world late September, was also captured on video loudly singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to his close friend and after Wilmer blew out his candle, the group sang ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’. Demi, 22, has been much more open about her relationship with Wilmer in recent months and recently admitted she feels like “the luckiest girl in the world” to be dating him. The singer, who sought treatment in rehab for drug use, an eating disorder and self-harming disorder in 2010, also credited him for encouraging her to seek help again last year after he noticed she was showing signs of a partial relapse. She said: “I almost went back to rehab for my eating disorder last summer. I was obsessing over food and terrified of it at the same time. Wilmer noticed and called me out on it, which was a relief.” AnnaLynne McCord is dating Eliza Dushku’s ex-boyfriend T he 27-year-old ‘Dallas’ actress, who split from Dominic Purcell, 44, in December after three years of dating, has reportedly moved on with 45-yearold actor Rick Fox. The couple were spotted canoodling at a pre-Super Bowl event at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona on Thursday night after arriving separately. An eyewitness said: “As soon as she arrived they were together for the rest of the evening. They were really cute, holding hands, and even while fans asked Rick to take pics he held her hand while he took pics with them.” The source also told PEOPLE.com that the blonde beauty was overheard calling the former professional baseball player, who split from Eliza last June after five years of dating, her “boyfriend.” The ‘Dollhouse’ actress, 34, previously admitted she and Rick, who was also married to actress Vanessa Williams for five years until 2004, decided to go their separate ways after she moved back to her native Boston. She said: “Rick’s an LA guy and I’m a Boston girl. I’d rather be a little physically cold here than emotionally cold in LA I missed my town and my family.” Shakira names her newborn son Sasha Pique Merbarak T he 37-year-old singer, who also has two-year-old son Milan with boyfriend Gerard PiquÈ, welcomed their second child into the world in a hospital in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday night via a scheduled Caesarean section. The ‘Beautiful Liar’ hitmaker and the baby “are in excellent health,” and the couple also explained the meaning of their tot’s name in a statement via Shakira’s website Friday, writing: “We are happy to announce the birth of Sasha PiquÈ Mebarak, son of Shakira Mebarak and Gerard PiquÈ, born January 29 at 9:54pm, in Barcelona. The name Sasha is of Greek and Russian descent and means ‘defender of mankind’ and ‘warrior.’ “The hospital confirmed that both mother and child are in excellent health.” Gerard’s proud father Amador BernabÈu also revealed Sasha looks more like the professional soccer player. He told Hello! Magazine: “They’ve told me he looks like Gerard. Milan looked like Shakira when he was born, but this one looks more like his father.” The musician began dating the sportsman in 2010 and previously spoke about the joy she gets from being a mother, saying, “motherhood is everything to me”, as well as praising her partner’s hands-on parenting style. She said: “He is very involved with his son. He is always there for him, and that’s a big advantage for me as I cannot imagine it any other way.” Meghan Trainor ‘shaken up for months’ T he 21-year-old singer admits she was shocked to find out she had inadvertently helped to change a young girl’s whole life for the better just by having a hit with her song ‘All About That Bass’ and she is particularly surprised because she insists he is “not that cool”. She said: “I did a show and this father came out and yelled at me, ‘Meghan Trainor, you’re the best!’ My management told me he’d said afterwards, ‘Meghan, you saved my daughter’s life.’ “It shook me up so much for months. I kept calling my mum saying, ‘I saved a life? It’s just a three-minute song!’ “At first when you see all these crazy fans you think, I’m not a god, I’m not a doctor, I can’t do heart surgery, I’m not that cool - but then there’s moments when you see how much you affect their lives and you get it.” The blonde star also admitted such positive reactions to her music also help to inspire her to get up in the morning. She added to Britain’s OK! magazine: “It’s my favourite part of the job, because it motivates me when I’m too tired and to get up and beat my face with make-up.”
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