Kneecaps Are Forever: Elton John Turns Surgery Into Statement Jewelry

Miranda Lambert says she can’t live without her coffee, … “I love coffee. I’m actually not nice until I have it. My husband knows that so he usually like hands it to me in silence in the bed like, “Have your charm honey.” But yeah I love coffee. I will kind of drink any kind but I’m also just like on the on the bus some like simple Folgers and some cream you know keep it simple.”

RadarOnline.com says Keanu Reeves has allegedly secretly married Alexandra Grant.   A source says, “The wedding took place in Europe earlier this summer, very intimate and very discreet. They’d talked about it for years, but in the end they wanted something that was just for them. Keanu and Alexandra value their privacy, so keeping it a quiet secret fits them perfectly. He has total faith in her judgment. Whenever Keanu is weighing a project, Alexandra is the first person he turns to. And when she’s showing her work, he’s by her side supporting her. The support runs both ways.”

RadarOnline.com says Ben Affleck is allegedly devastated over Jennifer Garner’s wedding plans with boyfriend John Miller. A source says, “For Ben, it’s torture. He was clinging to the hope she’d have second thoughts and call it off, but now that’s clearly not happening. He has to get his head around the fact she’ll be officially wed and tied down to someone else who’s going to be living under the same roof and spending time with his kids. Jen has been back and forth on whether to marry John for a while. Now she’s telling friends it’s happening and how happy they both are and John’s her soulmate. She’s looking into the perfect venue and the invitations she wants to send out, the music, the guest list. It’s open knowledge among her friends that she’s knee-deep in wedding planning.”

When Elton John had a double knee replacement last year, he had a special request for his surgeon . . . to KEEP his kneecaps to turn them into JEWELRY. The right one became a necklace, and the left was turned into a brooch. Elton’s right kneecap was turned into a gold-plated necklace that looks like “an old artifact from Egypt” with an engraved phrase in Latin that translates to “I will no longer bow to any man” because you can’t bow without kneecaps. (You can hear Elton talk about it in a short film here.  The kneecap comments start at 11:06.)

Tim McGraw tells Parade magazine that his wife, Faith Hill, really likes his bald head. “I wanted to try, and I did it. The main thing is my wife loved it. So, I think I’m going to keep it for a while.”

Former murder suspect Amanda Knox is trying her hand at standup comedy.  I’ll let you decide if she’s any good. 

PEOPLE magazine says Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have placed their Beverly Hills mansion back on the market for $52 million after taking it off in July. The 38,000-square-foot estate features a sports lounge, a gym, a boxing ring, and courts for basketball and pickleball. The new price is a significant drop from the $59,950,000 they originally asked for.

Amy Poehler says it’s “hot [B.S.]” that comedy gets ignored by the Oscars because, quote, “comedy is not easy.”  Benedict Cumberbatch adds, quote, “If you can do comedy, you can do anything.” On the latest episode of her “Good Hang” podcast, she spoke with Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman about the merits of comedy.

Pamela Anderson and her sons are producing a TV version of her 1996 movie “Barb Wire”. . . but she’s not starring in it. 

Tinsel Town Talk –Thu 09/25/2025