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LOS ANGELES — Charlize Theron isn't leaving the United States over racism concerns, but the white South Africa-born actress, who has adopted a black daughter and son, says she's “constantly concerned” about her children's safety.
In an Elle magazine interview published last week, Theron was quoted as saying she wouldn't travel with her family to parts of the United States due to worries about racism and had thought about leaving the country to keep her children safe.
The 42-year-old actress-producer said in interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that her comments were “taken to the extreme” in media reports. Theron spoke while promoting her motherhood-focused movie, “Tully,” due in theaters on May 4.
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NEW YORK — Pop singers-turned-Broadway-stars Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will co-host the Tony Awards, the theater industry's biggest ceremony.
They take over hosting duties from Kevin Spacey, the disgraced former “House of Cards” actor who played that role on the telecast last year.
The Tony Awards will be held June 10 at Radio City Music Hall.
Both Bareilles and Groban starred in Broadway shows last year. Bareilles was in “Waitress,” for which she also composed the music and lyrics. Groban starred in “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” for which he received a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical.
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LOS ANGELES — Emily Ratajkowski was being literal, not cryptic.
The actress and model says she wasn't signaling that she was pregnant when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption “Bearing fruit.”
The 26-year-old tells USA Today she was in a tree holding fruit and “bearing fruit” seemed like the right caption. She says it was sweet that people were excited, but she's “not pregnant.”
Ratajkowski was in Los Angeles on Tuesday night at the premiere of the movie “I Feel Pretty.” In the film, she appears as the perfect woman in the eyes of Amy Schumer's character.
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LOS ANGELES — Pink is on the cover of People magazine's beauty issue, and she's got some adorable company — her young children.
The magazine has rebranded its “Most Beautiful” issue as “The Beautiful Issue .” It features dozens of celebrities, including some posing with their best friends, their rescue pets and without makeup.
People Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle says the magazine adopted the approach to “make clear the issue is not a beauty contest.” Cagle says Pink was chosen after editors saw photos of the singer with her children, who are 15 months and 6 years old.
Pink offers her thoughts on parenting and says she believes in giving affection and letting her son and daughter know they can count on her and her husband, Carey Hart.
The issue is on newsstands Friday.
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