Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards soon to be a great-grandfather
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will soon be a great-grandfather.
The 82-year-old rock star’s granddaughter Ella Richards posted a photo on Instagram seeming to show her with a sizable baby bump. The only caption accompanying the image was a heart emoticon and the Instagram handle of photographer Sasha Von Bismarck, whom she’s dating.
Ella is a 29-year-old model whose father is Keith’s son Marlon Richards. Her mom is model Lucie de la Falaise. Ella has worked on fashion campaigns for brands including Burberry.
Her older sister, Alexandra Richards — also a model — excitedly commented “Can’t wait to see you.”
Fellow English fashionista Poppy Delevingne also weighed in on social media.
“So SO beautiful,” she posted.
Keith is a father of five and grandfather of eight. Marlon, 57, is his eldest child. He was born to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame strummer’s first wife, Patti Hansen.
Keith said in a 2024 interview with Howard Stern that Rolling Stones hits “Angie” and “Wild Horses” were inspired by his children.
“Angie” is an ode to his 53-year-old daughter Dandelion Angela Richards. Keith wrote “Wild Horses” before regretfully leaving his family to go on tour. The chorus repeats “Wild horses couldn’t drag me away.”
He said in a 2023 interview with The Telegraph that he’s a family man.
“I love my families. I have several — extended,” Keith said. “And they all love each other.”
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PHILADELPHIA — Aubrey Plaza’s new adult animated series, “Kevin,” is set to premiere on April 20.
The Prime Video comedy, written and executive produced by Plaza, was co-created by the “Parks and Recreation” actress and Joe Wengert, who also serves as showrunner. All eight episodes will drop together in more than 240 countries and territories.
The streamer also revealed the show’s title sequence, which features the original song “I’m Coming Home,” performed by actor Jason Schwartzman, who plays a lead role in the series. Schwartzman co-wrote the song with series composer Dan Romer.
The show follows a cat named Kevin who leaves his humans after their unexpected breakup, and moves into a pet rescue in Astoria, Queens. He joins a “chaotic band of misfit animals,” who help him figure out what he “truly wants out of life,” according to the series logline.
Schwartzman voices Kevin and Plaza voices Dana, one half of the broken-up couple Kevin leaves behind.
The stacked cast includes Whoopi Goldberg as Cupcake, John Waters as Armando and comedian Aparna Nancherla as Judy. They each play Kevin’s new cat roommates at the local pet rescue, which is run by Seth (Gil Ozeri) and his dog Brandi (Amy Sedaris).
Plaza, a Wilmington, Del., native who started out performing improv and sketch comedy at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, first rose to stardom playing the deadpan but hilarious April Ludgate in “Parks and Recreation.”
Plaza has previously produced (and starred in) “The Little Hours,” the 2020 movie “Black Bear” and the 2022 crime film “Emily the Criminal.” She made her directorial debut in the 2021 series “Cinema Toast,” directing and writing the episode, “Quiet Illness.”
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NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the release of video from his Long Island DUI arrest, during which he told an officer the incident would “ruin” his world tour.
In court documents obtained by People, lawyers for the NSYNC alum argued that the release of the footage would essentially amount to an invasion of privacy and asked that the judge “enter an emergency stay prohibiting” its disclosure.
“The harm from public exposure — stigma, harassment, reputational injury, and the permanent loss of privacy — is immediate and irreparable,” the documents read.
His attorneys further argued that public distribution of the video would reveal the inside of Timberlake’s car, as well as “expose highly personal details unrelated to public oversight of governmental operations.” The footage also includes “intimate, highly personal, and sensitive details concerning (Timberlake) and his family, and includes information of medical, familial, otherwise confidential nature that is not necessary to inform the public about governmental operations or the performance of official duties.”
Timberlake’s petition was filed after the Sag Harbor Village Police Department, its Chief, Robert Drake, and the Village of Sag Harbor received a request for the release of the footage via the Freedom of Information Law.
Sag Harbor and its police department had intended to make public some clips, with “certain” redactions, Vincent Toomey, a lawyer for the Village of Sag Harbor, said in a statement NBC News.
“Mr. Timberlake sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the Village from doing so,” he added.
Timberlake was pulled over in the Hamptons in the early hours of June 18, 2024, shortly after leaving the American Hotel in Sag Harbor. The “Cry Me a River” crooner was stopped around 12:30 a.m., after police said his 2025 BMW blew through a stop sign, and then failed to stay in its lane.
Bodycam video from that night also allegedly shows Timberlake lamenting his arrest, telling an officer that it was going to “ruin the tour,” only for the officer to respond: “What tour?”
“The world tour,” Timberlake told him, referring to the Forget Tomorrow World Tour.
The Grammy-winner initially claimed he only had a single martini before getting behind the wheel, but the arresting officer said his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, and that his breath reeked of alcohol, according to a criminal complaint. He also performed “poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests” and thrice refused to take a breath test before he was charged with one misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated.
He pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2024, to driving while impaired as part of plea deal that required him to do 25 to 40 hours of community service and pay a fine.
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By Tribune News Service
