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Kevin Costner’s getting his receipts in a row for the big legal showdown between him and stunt performer Devyn LaBella.
In fresh court papers, Kevin dropped behind-the-scenes photos from the Horizon western series he produced. He believes these prove Devyn wasn’t blindsided by a rape scene, as she alleges.
Legal showdown: Kevin disputes lawsuit, which Devyn LaBella (right) has brought against him
The shots show her in costume, lying in a wagon with actor Roger Ivens and smiling while Kevin and Ella Hunt look on. According to Costner’s declaration, she wore bike shorts under the costume.
Quick reminder: Devyn’s lawsuit claims that in 2023 she was forced into a violent, unscripted rape scene without warning. She says she was told to lie down while an actor suddenly lay on top of her, her underwear was exposed, and she left the set traumatised.
Kevin’s version? The whole thing was carefully staged… no nudity, ‘no simulated rape or sex’, and it was just a quick shot of a hand pulling a dress hem to imply what was about to happen off-screen.
He’s doubling down by pointing to a ‘thank you’ text Devyn allegedly sent a supervisor afterwards, where she gushed about the ‘wonderful weeks’ she’d had.
This Hollywood standoff is only getting uglier from here.
Alright, Spotlighters. We need to officially investigate the Case of the Cosy Co-Stars, Zoe Kravitz and Austin Butler.
The duo, recently sparked romance chat after being together at some immersive art thing called Viola’s Room, hit the London red carpet for their latest film Caught Stealing, and your resident body language experts (all of us) went into overdrive.
First up: the Gaze-and-Hug. Zoe, glowing like she invented glamour, and Austin, effortlessly rumpled, doing that ‘hi, co-worker’ hug that still makes others glance nervously around like, ‘should we leave?’.
One source says ‘under the radar’, another says ‘just pals’. Either they’re masterfully trolling us for their film, or they’re in that annoying pre-relationship phase where they’re ‘seeing how things go’.
Verdict: We aren’t waiting until one of them posts a joint Instagram from a private island, we’re choosing to believe Zoe and Austin are dating. The people have spoken!
Now let’s start picking couple names. Zostin? Autie? The floor is open.
Okay, so Rita Ora and Taika Waititi rented a villa in Ibiza for his 50th and the guest list was just, you know, casual. Matt Damon, Kate Moss, Sasha Baron Cohen and Sebastian Stan popping by. No biggie.
The vibe pretended it wasn’t ‘exclusive club’, but ‘chill hang’… Linen outfits, silk shirts, and bikinis under sheer dresses. Oh…and Matt Damon doing shots with Rita.
The most extra thing they did was put out a giant platter of cigarettes like it was a charcuterie board of bad decisions. Relatable.
When your friends include supermodels and movie stars, you skip the canapés and just give them what they really want.
It’s the most honestly prepared party snack we’ve ever seen for A-listers and, erm, Keisha from Sugababes.
No fuss, just vibes. We weren’t invited, so they didn’t keep it that real, but whatevs.
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Move over, Montecito Meghan. There’s a new A-lister in the lifestyle lane, and she’s armed with a famous ex and… a dull knife.
Jennifer Garner has entered the kitchen in a glaring lifestyle pivot.
But while celebs from Gwyneth to Lauren Sanchez craft scarily pristine domestic brands, Jen is serving up a dose of reality based on life with her three kids.
She admits her cooking philosophy is basically: ‘Kids don’t care. Families don’t care. No one cares. Just make it.’ High five.
The spark for all this? The Five-Star Weekend, a new Peacock series where Jen plays Hollis Shaw, a food influencer in Nantucket. But off-camera, Jen’s also cooking up a storm.
Jen loves to create dishes for her Instagram followers
She’s leaning hard into her culinary cred, based on her grandma being an Oklahoma ‘ball buster’ who fried chickens at midnight and her mom denying her over-processed Little Debbie cakes. Jen’s even honing her knife skills for the role, though she admits she’s still ‘hacking away’.
We know she is super choosy about what work she takes on. Her ex, Ben Affleck, spent years trying to cast her as his wife in his new film Animals – a request that caused ‘major dramz’ with a certain pop diva he was married to at the time.
Our source revealed that Jen turned him down because it ‘would have been a bad move and sent the wrong message’. In other words: she refused to be a plot point in the Bennifer 2.0 saga.
So, is this a calculated rebrand? The evidence is in the pie crust. Stay tuned for Keeping it real with Jen on a Netflix screen near you.
Now, this is the hard-hitting investigative journalism we need. In her latest press release, sorry, Harper’s Bazaar interview, Dua Lipa has confirmed she’s ‘intensely falling’ for her co-star, Callum Turner, in her real-life rom-com.
Cool, cool. We hadn’t noticed the endless perfectly lit PDA snaps of them looking like two resurrected Abercrombie models who just discovered holding hands.
Cover girl: Dua talks love with Callum right (Instagram)
Their meet-cute? Some fancy London spot, where they bonded over reading the same novel. Of course they did. They probably locked eyes as they both reached for the last artisanal croissant. Now… cut to a diamond ring.
She called love ‘scary but lucky’, which is a solid lyric we’ll all be screaming from her next album.
Dua says she’s ‘letting go’ of her guarded phase. Translation: expect more expertly choreographed PDA.
Everyone swore Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet were done… 45 days apart? In celeb maths, that’s a divorce and custody battle.
He’s been busy shooting Dune: Part Three, a.k.a sweating in desert robes and being weird in Hungary, while she’s holding down the billionaire fort in Hidden Hills.
But Auntie Spotlight knows best and told y’all yesterday the receipts were there: Kylie and the fam were quietly liking Timmy’s pics, which in 2025 is the equivalent of a joint mortgage.
And now… less than 24 hours later – boom. Kylie’s in Budapest, iced coffee in hand, turning their love story into a surprise sequel.
Baristas nearly dropped their cappuccinos, Timmy ducked under his T-shirt like a man dodging spoilers, and fans are left questioning everything. Forget a simple reunion. This is The Return of Kymothee.
Has Jen ever been alone with her new man?
We only ask because this is like the 500th time we’ve seen her and hypnotist boyf Jim Curtis on a date… but with another couple.
She’s been on many a double date with Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka, and this week? On a Malibu date night with Courteney Cox and her forever-fiancé, rocker Johnny McDaid.
The four hit up Nobu. Jen’s in cosy knits, Jim’s got his trusty cane, and the whole squad is double-dating like it’s the 90’s in Central Perk.
Jen either really loves her Friends (we had to) or she’s terrified that Jim will hypnotise the hell out of her if they’re alone.
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