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Lil Nas X Under Pressure

Lil Nas X in a white feathered sweater on the cover of Out

–Lil Nas X covers Out magazine and talks about the pressures of being a Black gay musician: “Mentally, it’s really draining and straining sometimes.”

–Pete Davidson and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor have reportedly split after five months of dating.

-Some people don’t like Lizzo‘s new song, but the body shaming she’s endured over it is insane and uncalled for. Cardi B came to her defense after she broke down on an IG Live.

–Johnny Depp says he feels he is being boycotted because his latest film, Minamata, has yet to be released in the United States, calling his fall from Hollywood graces as an “absurdity of media mathematics.” I mean, he’s about to be honoured by not one but two film festivals, but sure.

–Alicia Silverstone re-created a classic scene from Clueless wit a different Christian — Christian Siriano.

–Channing Tatum threw Sandra Bullock in a pool to celebrate production wrapping on The Lost City Of D (a movie I CANNOT WAIT to see).

–Madonna celebrated her 63rd birthday by announcing a new partnership with Warner Music Group that will see her entire catalog reissued over the next few years.

–Britney Spears isn’t the only celeb trapped in a conservatorship nightmare. Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura in the original series, has been under conservatorship since 2018, since her only child filed a petition for it. It’s a 3-way fight, with her former manager and a concerned friend legally battling for what they believe are her best interests.

–Chris Evans‘ new show on Middle Eastern politics seems really misguided and poorly timed.

-Stunt Coordinator Brett Chan talked about working on Netflix’s Iron Fist: “Everyone’s fighting and the main actor didn’t want to train, it’s like ‘Guys give me something to work with here.’ That’s why all the best sequences were with Jessica Henwick ’cause she trained 4 hours a day!’ ”

-I’m still in my feels from the first episode of Modern Love season 2. Minnie Driver made me bawl (and also wonder why she hasn’t been cast on a prestige drama yet).

-The xmas episode of Ted Lasso also made my heart grow three sizes.

-Also, the woman who plays Higgins’ wife in Ted Lasso is his wife IRL!

-Friends Michaela Coel and Cynthia Erivo were interviewed together for Vanity Fair, and Erivo tells a story about confronting a Broadway producer over the fact that they replaced her costar without warning her. “I go, ‘Why wouldn’t you tell me what’s going on?’ and he flies off the handle. Yells at me in the corridor, points at my face, says, ‘You don’t have the right to talk to me like this. You just do this show.’ And Michaela, this is after I’ve won the Tony.”

-Free Guy opened well ahead of expectations and grossed a healthy $28.4 million. (It wasn’t also available to stream immediately.)

-Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds says Disney already confirmed they want a Free Guy sequel.

–The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” broke the record for the longest-charting song ever on the Billboard Hot 100, sitting at 88 straight weeks.

-The Good Place creator Michael Schur is working on adapting Field of Dreams into a TV series for Peacock, which seems like a match made in heaven.

-Despite rumors she would follow Scarlett Johansson’s lead and sue Disney, Emma Stone has signed onto Cruella 2. I wonder if the sequel was part of an unofficial settlement package?

-The cast of The Goldbergs paid tribute to George Segal.

–Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci play lawyers fighting to compensate the families of 9/11 victims in the Worth trailer.

The Rock is Pro Showers

–Dwayne Johnson is not joining the non-bathing celeb cult. He says he showers three times a day because he usually works out twice and then goes to work.

-Here we go: a woman named Virginia Giuffre is suing Prince Andrew. She says Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with the royal three times between 1999 and 2002, when she was underage. “I am holding Prince Andrew accountable for what he did to me.”

-A judge has denied a request from Britney Spears’ attorney to expedite her next hearing regarding the suspension and removal of the singer’s father from her conservatorship. The hearing date will remain Sept. 29.

–Dev Patel discussed his acting career in an interview with The Guardian, and talked about how he expected to be offered more roles after his success in Slumdog Millionaire — but it didn’t happen. “I was dating my co-star at the time, Freida [Pinto], and she went on to do all of these amazing things. But in a way, she, too, was being type-cast, as this exotic beauty next to all these Caucasian leading men.”

–Kanye West has delayed his Donda album twice – leading some to think he’s setting up a release-date battle with Drake. Or maybe it’s just because — like past releases — someone will have to pry it from his grip and convince him to finally release it.

-Yet more proof that “getting cancelled” is not actually a thing: Johnny Depp will receive the San Sebastian Film Festival’s top honour.

-This a good piece on how Ted Lasso seems almost determined to remain unsexy, and yet it’s expertly attuned to the romantic and the sentimental. “You don’t discuss what the show is about but, rather, how it feels to watch it.”

-Meanwhile, poor Harry Styles can’t grow a mustache without being compared to Jason Sudeikis.

–Catherine Zeta-Jones will play Morticia in Netflix’s Wednesday Addams series.

–Renee Zellweger is dating a reality star, which leads to hanging out with other reality stars, granting them an instant level up.

-30 Rock is back on US Netflix, and the episodes featuring blackface have been omitted (though they don’t make that clear).

-In a memo to staff, Jeopardy! EP (and possible new host) Mike Richards addressed the pregnancy discrimination lawsuits filed against him when he was at the Price Is Right. They still can’t be going ahead with this guy, right?

-Sorry Beyonce. Even you can’t make me want to wear denim chaps.

-There’s lots of chatter about how DC’s The Suicide Squad “underperformed” this weekend at the box office by earning $26.5 million. I don’t really get how people are seeing this as a failure when a) it was simultaneously released on HBO Max, b) the fourth wave of Covid is scaring people away from theatres again, and c) the entire industry has changed and we can’t still be measuring success using the old goalposts.

-Meanwhile, comic book writers and artists are speaking out about their struggles for fair payment at Marvel and DC. “They sent a thank you note and $5,000 – the movie made $1B.”

–Cardi B is teasing a new collab with Lizzo that’ll drop on Friday.

-Following his health scare, Bob Odenkirk tweeted, “I’ve had my very own “It’s a wonderful life” week of people insisting I make the world slightly better. Wow! Thank you, I love everyone right now but let’s keep expectations reasonable!”

–Taylor Swift and Simone Biles joined forces to tug at our heartstrings.

–DaBaby has deleted his Instagram apology, because of course he did.

-This is a great profile on Luke Kirby, who is playing one of the olds in the Gossip Girl reboot. (I’m so glad he’s in a good place. I saw him to a Q&A once for Take This Waltz and it ended with him lying on the stage…)

-The Good Fight is having a flawless season and not enough people are talking about it.

-Here’s our first glimpse of season 4 of Stranger Things, a show I completely forgot existed. I’m glad they shot this soon after the last season so the kids still look like kids.

Cardi B Is Expecting Baby No. 2

–Cardi B pulled a Beyonce and announced her pregnancy at an awards show.

-Speaking of the BET Awards, Zendaya’s Versace dress was amazing.

–Queen Latifah accepted BET’s Lifetime Achievement Award last night and emphasized “Black is beautiful” in her speech.

–Jamie Lynn Spears addressed Britney’s conservatorship testimony in videos on her Instagram stories, saying  “I think it’s extremely clear since the day I was born I’ve only loved, adored, and supported my sister… I have nothing to gain or lose… This situation does not affect me.” Nice sentiment, but it doesn’t really square with her request last year to control more of her sister’s assets.

–John Mulaney and Olivia Munn were papped together — possibly on purpose.

–Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead have announced that they have welcomed their first child, a son, together.

-Don’t expect Succession to last much longer. Writer and executive producer Georgia Pritchett said, “I think the maximum would be five seasons, but possibly more like four.” They’re currently filming season three.

–James Corden has responded to the claims that the his segment “Spill Your Guts” is “racist af.”

-F9 had a huge opening ($70m), breathing life back into theatres.

–Kaia Gerber wished Jacob Elordi a happy birthday with a sexy bed shot of him and a caption that called him “my love.” That’s one way to announce a relationship, I guess.

-Smallville’s Allison Mack apologized for her involvement with the NXIVM sex cult case ahead of her sentencing on Wednesday.

-Is NBC going to have any shows left? They’ve canceled Good Girls.

-I still feel like I have PSTD from Chris Carter during my X-Files fandom phase, but this is a very good piece from him in the NYT about UFOs.

-Kevin Can F**k Himself is much darker than I was expecting, but I really like it. This is a good piece on how it toggles between a sitcom and a dark drama.

-There are lots of reports that Olly Alexander is close to being unveiled as Jodie Whittaker’s replacement on Doctor Who. (He denies it.)

-I loved loved loved Starstruck on HBO Max/Crave. It’s a six-episode romcom about a normal girl who falls for a movie star and it’s soooo damn charming.

–Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins tells the origin story of the mysterious commando from the G.I Joe series. It stars Henry Golding.

-If you ever wanted to see Mark Wahlberg sing Lady Gaga, the Joe Bell trailer is for you.

-A hearing girl with deaf parents tries to become a singer in the trailer for Coda, which was a big hit at Sundance.