Oscar winning beauty joins celeb dating app Raya after declaring ‘someone needs to step up – I’m shockingly available’
SHE is one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood and now A-lister Charlize Theron is back on the market.
I can reveal she has split from her boyfriend — model Alex Dimitrijevic, who she began dating early last year — and is looking for love online.
The Mad Max: Fury Road actress has signed up to celebrity dating app Raya and has linked her profile to her official Instagram account — where she has 7.7million followers — to prove it really is her.
Charlize, who counts actors Sean Penn and Stuart Townsend among her exes, has hidden her real name and is just going by “C” on the app.
Her profile features a series of images, including one of her with bright red lipstick in a polka dot outfit and another where she is sporting a joke moustache.
The rest of the South African actress’s profile gives little away, but features the song Wonderful Night by Fatboy Slim and states she lives in Los Angeles and works in “film and television”.
Charlize, who has two adopted daughters, Jackson and August, went on a string of dates with Alex last year, but they are believed to have been separated for some time.
Channing Tatum and Cara Delevingne have used Raya, which is an invite-only service that connects people in the creative industries and costs about £124 per year.
Speaking about dating in 2020, Charlize said: “I’ve been on a few dates, but I haven’t dated anybody for over five years.
‘Grow a pair’
“I feel like I’m in a place in my life where you gotta come with a lot of game.
“Not the kind of game that we think of. The kind of game that’s like, ‘My life is really good, so you better be able to bring that and maybe better’, because I just won’t accept anything less.”
Before that, she joked: “Somebody just needs to grow a pair and step up. I’m shockingly available.”
I’ve been there, done that. But I’m sure she has no shortage of offers.
AJ’s big party
IT’S little wonder AJ Odudu has a grin this big – she can finally put her feet up after wrapping up work on Big Brother.
AJ, who co-hosts the show with Will Best, threw at a massive party at The Standard hotel in the capital to celebrate the final episode.
She wore a leather and lace outfit for the bash, where she put on a free bar with Ciroc vodka cocktails to get her pals in the mood for dancing.
AJ has got a four-month break until the next series of Celebrity Big Brother, which returns in 2025 with a new bunch of barmy stars ready to spill their guts on the box.
It’s often car crash telly, but I love it.
MARIAH CAREY is staying as delusional as ever, refusing to acknowledge it has been 30 years since her festive hit All I Want For Christmas Is You came out.
Speaking on the Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, the singer – who calls her birthday her “anniversary” because she hates getting older – said: “I don’t like the word ‘time’ and ‘thirty’, so I don’t know what that means.”
She added: “I would have to say it seems real that it’s been thirty minutes since I put out All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
If you say so, Mimi.
IT’S ALL A LITTLE EAR-Y FOR WICKED WITCH CYNTHIA
AS if sorting out her green body paint wasn’t enough, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo had an assistant on the set solely to deal with her ears.
I’ve learned that the British actress, who is receiving rave reviews for her turn as Elphaba in the musical movie, had to wear prosthetics because of all the piercings in her ears.
But it meant there had to be a make-up artist on hand at all times to make sure Cynthia’s prosthetic ears were in tip-top condition.
An on-set source said: “There were two make-up artists for Cynthia – one who sprayed her green and another who created her ears daily.”
The specialist had worked on elf ears for other productions, which is certainly a niche skillset.
Cynthia spent between two and four hours getting greened up each day on set – but it was her own choice.
She said: “There was the option to do CGI.
“I was asked if I wanted to do that, or to do practical [make-up], and I knew I wanted to do practical because I wanted to be able to look at my hands and see green hands. I wanted to look in the mirror and see a green face.”
Each to their own.
THERE’S nothing worse than someone next to you in the cinema who won’t shut up, but Dwayne Johnson is encouraging viewers to raise their voices when watching his new movie Moana 2.
He shared his views when quizzed about people who sing along to movies in public, saying he’s all for it.
Dwayne, who plays Maui in the film, which comes out on Friday, added to the BBC: “Especially if you love music, that’s the fun part. Sing!
“You’ve paid your hard-earned money for a ticket, and you’ve gone into a musical. Sing.”
I’ll keep my fingers crossed he isn’t in the same screen as me.
Ed’s all set fir Xmas hit
ED SHEERAN was all smiles with Richard Curtis after the filmmaker asked him to provide the song for his new animated festive flick That Christmas.
Ed wrote Under The Tree for the film, which comes out in select cinemas on Friday and on Netflix on December 4.
Our pals at the streamer shared these exclusive behind-the-scenes pictures of Ed when he filmed the music video, which fans will be able to watch for the first time today from 2pm.
The singer also helped decorate a tree with Richard and his on-screen girlfriend for the day, Bridgerton star Claudia Jessie.
He said: “I’ve been mates with Richard for years and we’ve done a load of fun work for charity, and then both were heavily involved in the movie Yesterday.
“He came to me two years ago to play me the rough version of That Christmas. It was just sketches and voices, but it blew me away.
“So emotional, yet so heartwarmingly funny, like all of Richard’s movies.”
And it’s had the seal of approval from Ed’s two daughters, Lyra and Jupiter, with Ed adding: “I find it mad that there aren’t more animated Christmas films for kids, but this is going to become a holiday staple, at least in our household.”
Let’s hope they like the music video just as much.
ROB MADE GARY ‘BAD AS VADER’
IT’S no secret that Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow didn’t have the best relationship in the early days of Take That.
But Gary was left fuming by an early script for his former bandmate’s biopic, Better Man, claiming he was made out to be “worse than Darth Vader”.
However, the Rock DJ singer blames Michael Gracey, who wrote and directed the film.
Robbie said: “Gary and I had a fractious relationship.
“And in the script, I speak how I spoke and I think how I thought back then, which wasn’t complimentary to Gaz, and we sent him the script.
“He rang me and he’s like, ‘Rob, I come off worse than Darth Vader in the first half’.”
It sounds like there may have been some changes in the final movie though, as Rob confessed they had to get rid of some “villains” to avoid being sued.
And he agreed to soften the portrayal of Gary.
Robbie told Deadline: “I’m quite happy to be the main villain in this movie.
“There were many villains in this movie until we legally couldn’t have many villains in this movie. And now the only villain in this movie is me.”
Meanwhile, Gary has just announced his massive Songbook Tour for 2025, which will include 41 dates across the country, kicking off in the Isle of Man on April 17 and ending in Suffolk in June.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, so that could make a nice Christmas present, followed by a trip to the cinema on Boxing Day when Rob’s move is released.
CHARLI’S BRAT SUMMER TWO
BRAT summer is continuing into 2025, with Charli XCX confirmed to headline Lido Festival in East London’s Victoria Park.
Charli, left, will play on June 14, topping a bill that includes 070 Shake, The Japanese House, The Dare and A.G. Cook.
Rumour has it that in the coming days she will also be announced as a headliner for Manchester’s Parklife Festival.