Freshly Brewed Buzz with Britney Spears and Nicole Kidman
INSIDERS TALK BRITNEY SPEARS: Members of Britney Spears’ inner circle are pushing for her conservatorship to end. In the FX doc “Framing Britney Spears,” Jive exec Kim Kaiman said: “Her mother would do whatever it took, personally and for the family’s sake, for Britney to be a star. I never talked to her father. The only thing Jamie ever said to me was, ‘My daughter is going to be so rich she’s going to buy me a boat.’ That’s all I’m going to say about Jamie.” The show bows Feb. 5th. (Us)
NICOLE KIDMAN TALKS LUCILLE BALL: Nicole Kidman tells ET that she is super excited to take on the role of Lucille Ball, despite controversy over her casting earlier this month. She tells Variety: “With Aaron [Sorkin]’s words and his direction and Javier [Bardem playing Desi Arnaz]… that’s kind of a wonderful prospect to, you know. But yikes, off we go. Give it a go. Try my best — see if I can do it.” (Variety)
JANE KRAKOWSKI + DAVID ROCKWELL: Jane Krakowski is dating famous architect David Rockwell, Page Six reports, not MyPillow’s Mike Lindell, as it was rumored. The source said, “Jane has been dating David Rockwell for a couple of years now, however, very quietly.” (Page Six)
KELLY DODD TALKS ACTIVISM: On the Real Housewives of Orange County reunion, Kelly Dodd responded to questions from fans about not standing with protestors. “Listen, I don’t have anything with protesting …Peaceful protests — I’m all about it,” Dodd, 45, responded. “But that was on a whole other level that I saw in New York. There was looting. There was burning down buildings and I don’t think that’s the way to protest.” She addressed her viral “Drunk Wives Matter” hat too. “I wasn’t being malicious and I get attacked by this cancel culture that’s a bunch of haters that would never have any voice and here they are getting together and [coming] after me,” she said. (Page Six)