Already Sold Out

Meghan Markle’s As Ever rosé wine went on sale last week and is already sold out.

Customers are able to buy three bottles for $90, six for $159 and 12 for $300.

It is made by Fairwinds Estates, a California vineyard that creates wines for celebrity labels, according to the tabloid, London’s Daily Mail. This move came after the winery lost its vineyard and tasting room in a 2020 fire, with only the cellar surviving. 

The As Ever wine is Meghan’s first ever alcoholic product and joins other products, including raspberry spread and herbal teas.

Coincidentally, or not, the release date would have been the 64th birthday of Princess Diana, husband Prince Harry’s mother.

Waiting for Something Special

Former Montecito resident Michael Douglas says he has ‘no real intentions’ of acting again and explained why he has been on indefinite hiatus.

Michael, 80, son of the late screen legend Kirk Douglas, says he decided to stop acting during a press conference at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

“I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realized I had to stop,” he said before explaining that he wanted to enjoy time off after his decades-spanning career.

“I had been working pretty hard for almost 60 years, and I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set,” the two-time Oscar winner elaborated.

Michael later emphasized that he does not consider himself officially retired because he would be open to returning to Hollywood if the right opportunity came along.

“I have no real intentions of going back. I say I’m not retired because if something special came up, I’d go back – but otherwise, no.”

Suspicions Confirmed

Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry and British actor Orlando Bloom have confirmed their unfortunate breakup.

“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding the relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on coparenting,” reps for the former twosome said a joint statement to the New York Post’s Page Six.

“They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is – and always will be – raising their daughter, Daisy Dove, with love, stability, and mutual respect.”

Katy is now facing more than just heartbreak following the split. She is also now heading for a major High Court showdown in a matter of months.

The former Dos Pueblos High student, 40, is preparing to defend herself in a high-profile legal battle – a trademark war with Sydney fashion designer Katie Perry – that’s been raging over a decade.

The High Court of Australia – the country’s top court – has set a date for September 9 to hear the dispute over the use of the name “Katie Perry” – a label registered by the Australian designer in 2008.

Katie, who was born with surname Perry but later used the surnames Howell and then Taylor, claimed the singer’s decision to put her name on clothing merchandise during the 2014 Australian tour infringed on her fashion label’s trademark and damaged her business.

“My fashion label has been a dream of mine since I was 11 years old,” said the designer. “And now that dream that I have worked so hard for, since 2006, has been taken away.”

Sightings

Oscar winner Zoe Saldaña and family watching the Village 4th parade… Former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Troy Aikman noshing at Lucky’s… Actor Chris Pratt at Pierre Lafond.

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