Celebrity Buzz

COMMON AND TIFFANY HADISH SPARK DATING RUMORS: The Blast reports that rapper/poet Common and actress Tiffany Hadish sparked dating rumors after leaving a late-night party together Wednesday. He escorted the actress and comedian past photographers and into the back seat of a waiting black SUV that he also got into. They’re both filming a new movie, The Kitchen, starring Hadish, Elisabeth Moss and Melissa McCarthy.

SHAQ WANTS TO BE AS BIG AS THE ROCK: In an interview with the Associated Press, Shaquille O’Neal, who stars in the movie Uncle Drew, described his Hollywood aspirations as wanting to be as big as Rock (Dwayne Johnson). He went on to say that both are former athletes in transition, and he’d like to get into similar movies, like thrillers, comedies and dramas. “I want to do a thriller where I’m like a hero and beat up all the bad guys.” Shaq also went on to say his favorite movie was Stepbrothers. “All day, every day. I know that movie by heart.”

AMBER TAMBLYN TOLD TO LOSE WEIGHT AFTER SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2: E! Online reports that actress Amber Tamblyn revealed her agent was told by a Warner Bros. executive that Tamblyn should lose weight after the successful Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Her agent was told that she was going to be a huge star, but she needed to lose weight. Tamblyn said she was 21 at the time, telling E!, “I think at that point I was 128 pounds and I’m 5-7. I remember my agent saying to me and she was a woman, ‘You have a real choice here. You can either be Nicole Kidman or you can be a character actress.”

THE CAPUTOS FROM ‘LONG ISLAND MEDIUM’ SET FOR DIVORCE: TMZ reports that the star of Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo, and her husband Larry Caputo are moving forward with divorce after 28 years of marriage. Larry has moved on with another woman on the West Coast in Santa Monica, while Theresa remains back in Long Island. Larry said he’s not sure what this means for the future of the show.