Local House Under Construction

Meghan Markle’s new Netflix series exhibiting her cookery and gardening skills is not being shot at the Sussex’s Riven Rock estate.

But, by sheer coincidence, at the nearby eight-acre estate of old friend Tim and Sherri Cipolla, who split their time between our rarefied enclave and their home in Rancho Palos Verdes, an oceanside development founded by Frank Vanderlip, father of an old friend, Le Rosey student Kelvin Vanderlip.

Production trucks were spotted at their Montecito home in readiness for Meghan debuting her new American Riviera Orchard brand.

I presume Tom, 75, and Sherri, 69, signed non-disclosure agreements, so I have not pressed them on the matter.

But what a small world…

Local Couple Talks to One Another

Billy Baldwin, 61, and wife Chynna Phillips, 56, have opened up about the ways they are working to repair their marriage, admitting they were reduced to tears while having a particularly in-depth conversation about the state of their relationship.

In a new video shared on YouTube, former musician Chynna – who converted to Christianity in 2022 – and the actor spoke about the ways they’re reconnecting just weeks after opening up about how her newfound love of Jesus had caused “a rupture in their relationship.”

Chynna explained they were trying a “new thing” – ‘Tell Me How You Are’ – which involved them encouraging each other to speak frankly about how they were feeling.

“It’s a nice way to sort of check in,” Billy told viewers. “It’s like, let’s have a conversation or discussion.

“It’s about connecting and sharing. What’s going on in your head.”

A Life to Carol About

Montecito comedienne Carol Burnett, 90, has been unveiled as the lifetime achievement honoree at the upcoming 49th annual Gracie Awards.

Founded in 1975, the ceremony was named after Carol’s fellow comedy icon Gracie Allen, who rose to fame as a double act with her cigar chomping husband George Burns.

The awards show is held to honor women in media with it having been won by First Lady Michelle Obama, Nicole Kidman, and Sydney Sweeney among others.

Now the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, the organization behind the gala, has announced the longtime Montecito resident will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Carol has been a pioneering TV star with her comedy sketch series The Carol Burnett Show in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and has been a showbiz mainstay ever since, currently acting in the Apple TV+ series Palm Royale.

This year’s Gracie Awards will be held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on May 21.

Sightings

Singer Katy Perry at Coachella… Actor Miles Teller at the Rosewood Miramar… Michael J. Fox and wife Tracy Pollan at the New York premiere of The Jinx – Part Two.

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