A deeper connection. Rihanna reflected on her bond with mom Monica Braithwaite amid her pregnancy. “Today is my Queen’s birthday!!!” the singer, 34, captioned a throwback photo via Instagram on Tuesday, April 5. “Being on the verge of motherhood unlocked new levels of love and respect I have for my mommy in a way that I could never explain! She’s the true MVP and I wanna give her her flowers every second I can!
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton enjoy living a simple life. For them, that means escaping the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles and heading out east to the country singer’s sprawling ranch in his native Oklahoma. When the couple of more than three years are in L.A. with her three sons, Kingston, 13, Zuma, 10, and Apollo, 5 (whom she shares with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale), they prioritize family. The duo “go to church on the weekends or to Orange County to see Gwen’s parents,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Here comes the bride! It looks like there’s going to be a wedding in the Spears family after all — Britney‘s little sister, Jamie Lynn, is engaged to her boyfriend of three years, Jamie Watson. Spears, 21, announced the happy news on Twitter, with an Instagram picture of herself flashing the ring and hugging her fiance, 30. “Guesssss what??????” she captioned the sweet shot. Minutes later, she posted another photo: a close-up of the huge, round-cut diamond.
Breakin’ it down! Jason Aldean told Billboard magazine (very adamantly!) in its Sept. 27 issue that he would like people to move on from his affair with Brittany Kerr. “It has been two years of this s—,” Aldean, 37, said of his cheating scandal. “Get over it, already! And then when I finally do get enough of it and say something, every newspaper grabs it. And I’m not trying to get in the headlines — I’m just trying to get people to stop running their mouths.
New girlfriend alert. Jason Oppenheim and his new flame, Marie-Lou Nurk, officially made their red carpet debut. The Selling Sunset star, 46, was first spotted with Nurk in July 2022 in Mykonos, Greece, sparking rumors about their relationship. An insider told Us Weekly at the time that the Netflix personality was “really happy and in a good place” with his new love following his December 2021 split from costar Chrishell Stause after less than one year together.