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–Ava DuVernay is on the subscriber cover of InStyle and looks so amazing that I wish it was on the newsstand (no offense, Gigi Hadid).

-The Oscar ceremony won’t require vaccination proof, which makes me wonder which A-listers fought against it.

–Kanye West said he won’t perform at Coachella unless Billie Eilish apologizes to Travis Scott for something she didn’t even do.

-A housing development in Ohio will not include affordable housing in it after Dave Chappelle and other residents opposed it.

–Julia Garner took Jimmy Fallon through the process of nailing con-artist Anna Delvey’s accent for Netflix’s Inventing Anna.

–Tom Hardy allegedly spat at Armie Hammer during his Mad Max audition. Not all heroes wear capes.

–JLo‘s Marry Me is hovering around the fresh/rotten threshold on Rotten Tomatoes, which is actually way better than I expected.

-We have our first look at Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series, with the creators confirming there will not be nudity and gratuitous sex like Game of Thrones.

-Futurama is coming back for a new season on Hulu but John DiMaggio, who voices foul-mouthed robot Bender among half a dozen characters, is not returning for the revival due to stalled contract negotiations. The role is currently being recast ahead of the first table read on Monday, but let’s hope it’s resolved before the begin filming.

-AMC says final season of Better Call Saul will roll out in two parts: seven episodes beginning April 18, then the final six starting July 11.

-In The Heights’ Anthony Ramos is on board for Marvel’s Iron Heart series on Disney+. The new show will follow lead actress Dominique Thorne as she develops the most advanced tech since Tony Stark.

-Justice League director Zack Snyder is getting back together with his Cyborg star Ray Fisher for the Netflix sci-fi film Rebel Moon.

-Masterpiece’s Jane Austen drama Sanditon has debuted its season 2 trailer. They must have had to pivot hard once Theo James, who played the lead romantic hero, bailed.

-Instead, Theo James is heading to The White Lotus, alongside other new cast members Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, and Leo Woodall.

–Alex Garland is back. Watch the teaser trailer for Men, starring Jessie Buckley.

-There’s a new Super Bowl trailer for Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum‘s The Lost City. I CANNOT wait!

-In the first trailer for Netflix’s The Adam Project, Ryan Reynolds plays a time-traveling pilot who meets his younger self. Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo costar.

–Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are back in the trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion. Following the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park in the last film, genetically engineered dinosaurs were auctioned off by companies and are now roaming around in the human world.

Adele’s New Wine Anthem

-The tracklist for Adele‘s new album includes songs titled “I Drink Wine”, “Can I Get It” and “Oh My God.” I’m here for all of it.

–Lil Nas X is WSJ magazine‘s music innovator of the year and talks about his social media savviness (“Anybody who tries to s— on me on Twitter, it’s just not gonna work”) and courting controversy (“You take certain things like kissing a guy onstage: I know that’s going to be something that’s talked about. But let’s get into the root cause of why it’s being talked about”).

–Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson were photographed holding hands while riding a roller coaster at a Halloween event on Friday night, but sources insist they’re just friends.

-In his new book, Kal Penn reveals he’s engaged to his boyfriend of 11 years — and that he’s had a boyfriend for 11 years.

–Mariah Carey‘s annual Nov 1’s post included pumpkin smashing this year.

-On a new podcast, Hailey Baldwin talked about standing by Justin Bieber amid his mental health struggles. “I was in it. I made a decision. I know for a fact that I’ve loved this person for a very long time and now would not be the time to give up on him. I just wouldn’t do that to him. Imagine abandoning somebody in the middle of the worst time of their life, potentially. I’m not that type of a person. So I was going to stick it out no matter what the outcome was going to be.”

–Hannah Waddingham and Sharon Stone met on a red carpet this weekend and freaked the hell out over each other.

–Chris Pratt is really leaning into voice work. He’ll play Garfield in a new animated feature. He had had a lead voice role in Disney/Pixar’s Onward, and was recently announced to be voicing Mario in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie.

–Florence Pugh debuted her new, short hairstyle. I dig it.

-I’m not sure that the guy who reportedly handed Alec Baldwin the gun on the set of Rust should be releasing statements that scold the film industry about safety.

-Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants alums Blake Lively and Amber Tamblyn hung out for Halloween.

–Steve Buscemi was the best dressed celeb this Halloween.

-Outspoken anti-v*xxer Kristy Swanson has reportedly been hospitalized with covid.

–Ice Cube has dropped out of a comedy costarring Jack Black after declining to get vaccinated. He walked away from a $9 million payday in the process.

–Ed Sheeran says Elton John is good (maybe too good?) at keeping in touch. “I think people think I’m exaggerating and lying when I say he calls every day. He calls me every single morning. Even if it’s like 10 seconds, every single morning he calls.”

-With The Good Place’s William Jackson Harper in the lead, this season of HBO Max’s Love Life is getting glowing reviews.

-I gave up on The Morning Show but have not given up on the recaps to see what wildly ill-conceived plot twists they keep coming up with.

-The upcoming Disney+ Mandalorian spinoff, The Book of Boba Fett, got its first trailer today. It stars Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen and Jennifer Beals.

–Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson star in the trailer for Roland Emmerich‘s Moonfall.

The View Interrupted by Covid

-It was a wild day on The View. They were supposed to have Kamala Harris on today, but in the middle of the show producers announced co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro had to leave the table after testing positive for Covid-19. Joy Behar and Sara Haines just took audience questions for the bulk of the show, and Harris ended up calling in remotely for the last 10 minutes of the show.

–Elon Musk and Grimes have broken up after three years together.

–Prince Andrew has accepted he has been served in a US sexual assault lawsuit. Wow, how big of him.

-Just like with Fyre Festival, Hulu and Netflix have dueling documentaries about Britney Spears — and the Hulu one gets a surprise release tonight.

–Sarah Jessica Parker wrote a touching tribute to the late Willie Garson — “I will miss everything about you. And replay our last moments together.” She also shared some very sweet photos.

–Michael K. Williams’ cause of death has been revealed as an accidental overdose of fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.

-There are no new ideas. A Night Court sequel series starring Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette has been ordered at NBC.

-Meanwhile, Teen Wolf is coming back…again, with a new movie from the show’s creator Jeff Davis for Paramount+.

–Russell T. Davies — who was instrumental in helping revive Doctor Who in 2005 — is set to return as the showrunner of BBC’s cult sci-fi series. “I’m beyond excited to be back on my favorite show.”

–Drew Barrymore interviewed the cast of Dear Evan Hansen as Josie Gellar from Never Been Kissed. There’s a moment when you can actually see Julianne Moore‘s soul leave her body…

–Cary Fukunaga covers The Hollywood Reporter to chat about Bond, but also dished a bit about what went down on True Detective. “[Writer] Nic [Pizzolatto] kept positioning himself as if he was my boss and I was like, ‘But you’re not my boss. We’re partners. We collaborate.’… Nic is a really good writer, but I do think he needs to be edited down. It becomes too much about the writing and not enough about the momentum of the story. My struggle with him was to take some of these long dialogue scenes and put some air into them.”

-The Other Two has been renewed for a third season. Yay!

-The Super Mario Bros animated movie is powering up with an all-star voice cast led by Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong. The internet is SO MAD about the Pratt casting!

-I can’t believe I stuck it out through all of  Nine Perfect Strangers. I also can’t believe no one stopped Nicole Kidman from doing whatever she was trying to do. Melissa McCarthy and and Bobby Cannavale were the only good parts of that show.

-Meanwhile, on the show’s last day Melissa McCarthy proved that Nicole Kidman will hug anyone — no matter how much it scares her.

-A ton of Netflix trailers and featurettes are going to drop tomorrow during their Tudum event.

-A bunch of celebrities help Rob Lowe explain movie tropes in the trailer for Netflix’s Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!