Celebrity Buzz

ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S LAST MEAL ON PARTS UNKNOWN: The late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain‘s final meal on CNN‘s Parts Unknown was a simple repast: hard-boiled eggs consumed in a friend’s apartment on the Lower East Side. The episode aired Sunday night and followed Bourdain as he returned to his home city to reminisce with pals, including Blondie‘s Debbie Harry. When his friend, the musician and painter John Lurie offered him eggs, he said: “I am grateful and honored.” Bourdain died by suicide in June at age 61.

RUTH WILSON TO PLAY HER OWN GRANDMOTHER: The Affair‘s Ruth Wilson has signed on to play her own grandmother in a new BBC drama. Mrs. Wilson follows the true story of Alison Wilson, her grandmother, who found upon her husband’s death that he was a spy and a bigamist. The show will air on Masterpiece in 2019.

MARTI NOXON SIGNS MEGA-DEAL WITH NETFLIX: Sharp Objects, Buffy and Dietland scribe Marti Noxon has signed a multiyear, eight-figure deal with Netflix to give the streaming service a first-look at all upcoming features. “Who can resist the allure of Netflix?” Noxon said in a statement. “Not only do they continually produce ground-breaking and visually stunning content, they’ve developed a platform that’s so influential its become a verb. I Netflix at home, happily, and now I’m even more excited to Netflix for a living.”

PIPPA MIDDLETON NAMES SON FOR FAMILY MEMBERS: Pippa Middleton and husband James Matthews have reportedly chosen to name their baby boy in tribute to members of both sides of their family. Arthur Michael William Matthews was named to honor Pippa’s late father Michael Middleton, Matthews’ brother Michael Matthews (who died in 1999 at age 22 while scaling Mount Everest). The baby also shares a first name with his six-month-old cousin Louis, the second name of Duchess Kate and Prince William‘s third child.