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Martha Ross

Walnut Creek

Writer for Mercury News, East Bay Times, BANG on pop culture, entertainment, life. Retweets do not constitute endorsement. [email protected]

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  • 1 day ago | mercurynews.com | Martha Ross

    During Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood’s lengthy interview published in Variety this week, “The White Lotus” co-stars didn’t just go to great lengths to dispel rumors that they feuded off-screen while playing star-crossed lovers on the hit HBO show. They also revealed that they worked together very closely on filming an “intimate sex scene” involving their two characters, Rick and Chelsea, for the season’s final episode.

  • 2 days ago | mercurynews.com | Martha Ross

    Maybe rookie lifestyle influencer and “female founder” Meghan Markle got some advice from her new Montecito pal Gwyneth Paltrow about cashing in on controversy online. “I can monetize those eyeballs,” the Goop founder once told a class of Harvard MBA students about her reported special “dark art” — using “cultural firestorms” around her controversial advice on vagina steaming and other women’s reproductive health topics to drive traffic and potential customers to her website.

  • 2 days ago | mercurynews.com | Martha Ross

    A lawyer for U.S. gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton said she is “in good spirits,” despite being arrested last month on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in her hometown in West Virginia. But Retton’s being in “good spirits” apparently is news to family members in Fairmont, West Virginia. The Daily Mail reported they that they haven’t heard from Retton since her May 17 arrest.

  • 2 days ago | mercurynews.com | Martha Ross

    Hugh Jackman may have more reasons to be “extremely disappointed” by Deborra-Lee Furness’s increasingly public anger about their pending divorce. Furness, 69, is reportedly planning to release a “no-holds-barred” “divorce diary” that will detail what she herself has described as the “traumatic journey of betrayal” she’s endured since she and the “Wolverine” actor split after 27 years of marriage, according to the Daily Mail.

  • 1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Martha Ross

    News that Mary Lou Retton was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this month in West Virginia is sure to raise new questions about what’s happened in recent years to the decorated Olympic gymnast who once came as close to anyone to defining the idea of America’s sweetheart. People magazine and other outlets reported Monday that Retton, 57, was arrested May 17 in Marion County, West Virginia, according to court records.

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Martha Ross
Martha Ross @marthajross
16 Aug 24

Thus far, Harris seems to be winning the pop culture war against Trump -- who's also known for his complicated history with celebrity. The 'Kamalanomenon': Will pop culture stardom propel Harris to the White House? https://t.co/zUO3nAbE9l

Martha Ross
Martha Ross @marthajross
8 Aug 24

RT @votevets: JD Vance attacking another Veteran holds no honor and no semblance of reality. This is a blatant, baseless, and abhorrent att…

Martha Ross
Martha Ross @marthajross
8 Aug 24

RT @KamalaHQ: Unearthed audio: Trump tells Tim Walz in 2020 he is “very happy” with his handling of George Floyd protests: “I fully agree w…