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It’s likely unintentional – maybe just a coincidence, or a reflection of the people they’ve spent their lives around. But once you see it, it’s hard to unsee. For some celebrities, that sense of familiarity shows up in an unexpected way: their romantic partners bear an uncanny resemblance to their siblings. The reasons include psychological…

It’s that time of year when normal people tearfully drop their college freshman off for the first time, experiencing all the bittersweet emotions of releasing a child into the wild. But for celebrities, it’s a chance to vomit their feelings in self-congratulatory social media posts, broadcasting how ‘special’ their nepo-babies are, to prove how ‘heartbroken’,…

It’s the final twist that no one wants to see coming. Being left out of a parent’s will is a shock for anyone – but for the children of mega-wealthy celebrities, being left empty handed is an especially devastating affair.  This week, shock reports surfaced that Bindi and Robert Irwin inherited a meagre payout from…

There was a time when, as a showbusiness journalist, an angry – or occasionally threatening – phone call from a celebrity’s publicist following a story they didn’t like was the ultimate reproach. I’ve been on the receiving end of many of those, some relations never mended – Geri Halliwell-Horner really didn’t like it when, in…