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Emily Blunt and Selena Gomez have hilariously mocked the viral lip reading of separate conversations they had at the Golden Globes. The 31-year-old singer took to her Instagram Story on 12 January to share the snap with Blunt at the AFI Awards in Los Angeles, California. Their mini-reunion came after Gomez went viral for seemingly gossiping with Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes, prompting speculation that they were talking about Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet, which are claims that Gomez has since shut down. Blunt also made headlines for her conversation with her husband John Krasinski at the event, with fans and lip readers speculating that the Office star told her he wanted a divorce. In the photo shared on Gomez's Instagram Story, the Rare Beauty founder and Blunt mocked speculation surrounding their conversations by covering their mouths with their hands, ensuring no one could read their lips. In the caption, Gomez wrote: "We shall not speak lol." During the Golden Globes on 7 January, Gomez first appeared to utter the word "no" to Swift and her friend, Keleigh Teller. As Gomez was seen leaning towards her bestie, the "Shake It Off" singer then let out a shocked gasp. At the time, fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, speculated that Gomez was talking about how Jenner allegedly told her not to take a picture with Chalamet. "I asked for a picture with him and she said no," one fan wrote, when sharing the viral conversation. In another video shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Teller can be heard exclaiming, "With Timothée?," as Gomez nodded in response. This prompted fans to further speculate that the viral conversation was about the reality star and Wonka actor. However, Gomez later shut that speculation down in the comment of an E!News post, which asked if "Selena Gomez was gossiping about Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet at the Golden Globes". "Noooooo I told Taylor about two of my friends who hooked up. Not that that's anyone business," the Only Murders in the Building star wrote in her Instagram comment. After the Golden Globes, Chalamet also shut down rumours of a feud between Gomez and Jenner, while he was spotted by paparazzi on 8 January in Los Angeles, California. When a TMZ reporter asked him whether he was "cool" with Gomez, who he co-starred in the 2019 rom-com A Rainy Day in New York, he simply responded: "Yeah, of course." When asked whether there was any "beef" between Jenner and Gomez, the Little Women star also told TMZ: "No." Leading up to the awards ceremony, Blunt also went viral for her own conversation on the red carpet. In a TikTok video posted by CBS last week, Blunt and Krasinski were seen posing for the camera, with the video's sound only picking up the background noise. However, the Jack Ryan star was seen moving his mouth, prompting viewers to speculate that he was talking about ending his marriage, with one writing: "Did he say I can't wait to divorce?" However, one TikToker - who goes by Nina, the "lip reading girl" - then shared her take on the conversation, clarifying what she actually believed Krasinski and Blunt were talking about. Despite what most people assumed, Nina said that Blunt told her husband: "It's chilly here, right?" Then, Krasinski apparently responded: "Can't wait til we're indoors. It's windy." Days after the Golden Globes, a source told Us Weekly that Krasinski and Blunt were never talking about splitting up during their viral conversation. "There are no issues with Emily and John. They are absolutely not talking about divorce," the source claimed. "They think the rumours are funny and ridiculous."

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by independent.co.uk

Ed Davey facing general election challenge from former Post Office worker

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey will be challenged in his constituency at the general election by a former Post Office worker who is demanding justice for all those affected by the Horizon scandal. Yvonne Tracey, who spent three decades at the Post Office, said Sir Ed, who served as postal affairs minister from 2010 to 2012, can't be allowed to stand again "unchallenged" in his southwest London seat of Kingston and Surbiton, where she lives. Sir Davey, who has faced calls to resign over the hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses who were wrongly held responsible for accounting errors created by faulty software, earlier this week said he "deeply regretted" not getting to the bottom of the scandal but refused to apologise. Conservative ministers have accused Mr Davey, who said he had been lied to repeatedly on an "industrial scale" by the Post Office, of not asking the right questions. Ms Tracey, a 68-year-old grandmother, told Sky News those affected by the scandal are "still not hearing the truth", adding that the recent ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which brought the affairs back into the public spotlight, made her "very sad" and "very angry". Sir Ed initially refused to meet sub-postmaster Alan Bates, whom the ITV drama is named after, saying in a short letter that it "wouldn't serve any purpose". He met Mr Bates later and he was the first minister on public record to do so. A sub-postmaster who ran a post office in Sir Ed's constituency lost his home, his business and attempted to take his own life on more than one occasion after being caught up in the scandal, Ms Tracey, who waselected to Kingston Council in 2022 and represents the local residents' group, said. "He tried three times to get in touch with Sir Ed and every time he was turned away, refused or ignored," she added. The Liberal Democrats said the sub-postmaster lived outside Sir Ed's constituency and parliamentary convention meant he was therefore unable to get involved in the case. On Wednesday prime minister Rishi Sunak announced new legislation to exonerate wrongly convicted Post Office branch managers after one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history. The prime minister also said there would be a new upfront payment of £75,000 for some of those affected. Mr Sunak said a new law would be introduced so people wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal are "swiftly exonerated and compensated''. He told the Commons: "This is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation's history. "People who worked hard to serve their communities had their lives and their reputations destroyed through absolutely no fault of their own. The victims must get justice and compensation."