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Jennifer Lawrence

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts Make History

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts essence cover

–Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the first same-sex couple to cover Essence.

-Congrats to Jennifer Lawrence, who has reportedly given birth to her first child.

–The Weeknd was seen kissing deejay Simi Khadra while celebrating his 32nd birthday in Las Vegas on the weekend (and Selena Gomez was quick to point out that she’s cool with it).

–Prince Harry is suing the Mail on Sunday over an article alleging he attempted to keep details of his battle to reinstate his police protection secret from the public.

–Priyanka Chopra responded to Rosie O’Donnell‘s public apology after the TV host mistakenly referred to the actress as the daughter of Deepak Chopra. “If you wanted to make a public apology for a very awkward private encounter, I think probably best to take the time to google my name before doing it or even try to reach out directly.”

-The pandemic brought Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor back together. Five years after their separation, he moved back in with her and their kids during lockdown, and they rekindled their relationship.

-I’m not usually a fan of boob cutout dresses, but I love Zoe Kravitz’s look at The Batman premiere.  Someone on Twitter called it a “nipple thong” and now that’s all I can see.

-Speaking of promo looks, I also really dig Sandra Bullock’s dress here.

-Did we need the star of the 90210 reboot weighing in on Putin via poetry? Nope, but we got it anyway.

-Also, Sean Penn is currently on the ground in Ukraine filming a documentary about the invasion.

–Megan Thee Stallion filed a lawsuit against her record label for the third time.

-I missed this video earlier from Vogue of Kim Kardashian showing off weird objects in her home.

–Lilly Singh is recovering after being hospitalized for ovarian cysts.

-The week before Better Things returns, Pamela Adlon talked to Rolling Stone about what makes the show so special, what separates her life from Sam’s, and her boyish early roles.

-Country singer Sam Hunt‘s divorce is back on. After his wife withdrew her divorce filing, she re-filed in a different county.

–Tom Holland played with puppies while being interviewed by Buzzfeed.

-This is an interesting piece about why movies so long now, even though when directors sign on to major studio movies, they have a contractual obligation to deliver it at 2 hours. Many executives blame it on the rush to meet a release date; there’s less time to make surgical edits that would prevent moviegoers from dozing off.

-Five assassins wind up on a Japanese train and soon realize their assignments are connected in the first teaser for Bullet Train, starring Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry and Zazie Beetz. The teaser doesn’t give us much but whew, that cast!

Hoyeon Jung Lands Vogue

Hoyeon Jung on Vogue's February cover

-Squid Game’s Hoyeon Jung is on Vogue’s February cover. She talks of how a lull in her modelling career led her to acting (“Getting farther away from other people’s gaze let me find what I wanted again and gave me time to study it. What’s important in life is not when your career is up, but when your career is down and how you spend that time. That’s something I learned”), the weightloss-inducing stress of becoming absurdly famous in the span of just a few days (“I don’t know why, but I couldn’t eat. I was so confused, and it was so chaotic. I didn’t believe it. I didn’t trust it”) and her future plans (“I have always wanted to go to Hollywood and to act in America, and I still do. But Squid Game changed my mindset. It doesn’t have to be an American movie or a European movie, it’s the story and the message that are more important”).

-In THR’s Actor Roundtable, Nicolas Cage, Peter Dinklage, Andrew Garfield, Jonathan Majors and Simon Rex share their fears about showing vulnerability, their sense of responsibility when wielding guns on sets, and their thoughts on the future of theatres. There’s also a hilarious exchange when Cage talks about filming with a horse called Rain Man that tried to kill him, and Majors says he’s also rode that horse. “I think I may have been older when I got him.” “I just wrapped three weeks ago!”

–Shonda Rhimes is on the latest cover of Time magazine. “I think the girlboss archetype is bullsh-t that men have created to find another way to make women sound bad.”

–Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette talk about returning to the Scream franchise in this new NYT interview. Said Arquette of the new film, “There were moments when I felt Wes’s spirit around a lot. There would be a wind blowing and I’d see Courteney’s hair move back. And then it’s just like” — he made an exaggeratedly mournful weeping noise. “It made it really easy to tap into those feelings.”

-Uncut Gems star Julia Fox and Kanye West actually appear to be a thing.

-A very pregnant Jennifer Lawrence did a round of quick-fire questions with Stephen Colbert.

–Jason Derulo got into a fight with two strangers in Las Vegas allegedly because they mistook him for Usher.

–Steven Soderbergh once again released his annual pop culture diary. I love how there’s prestige TV like Succession and Hacks, but also SO much Below Deck.

–Keanu Reeves continues to live up to our dreams; he reportedly donated 70% of his salary for the original Matrix film to cancer research.

–Jon Stewart has accused author J.K. Rowling of dealing in anti-Semitic tropes in her Harry Potter franchise, specifically the tellers at Gringotts Bank.

–Chris Noth was supposed to appear in a cameo in the finale of And Just Like That — but no more.

–Marisa Tomei did a “simple” makeup routine for Vogue and it is the only one I’ve ever watched that actually is simple.

-Omicron continues to wreak havoc on Hollywood. The Sundance Film Festival is going virtual only, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the film academy’s annual Governors Awards, and the planned broadcast of the Critics Choice Awards have all been scrapped, and the Grammys are being postponed. Meanwhile, Grey’s Anatomy and a handful of other ABC shows have paused production.

-Two years after the fact, Gal Gadot has admitted that the “Imagine” video might not have been a good idea.

-The internet can’t stop making fun of Matt Damon’s crypto ad, and I’m here for it.

-Here’s the trailer for AppleTV’s Fraggle Rock.

-Here’s the latest trailer for Hulu’s Pam & Tommy.

Jennifer Aniston Talks Reunions and Rumours

 

jennifer aniston thr cover

–Jennifer Aniston‘s THR cover story feels like the most substantial interview we’ve gotten from her in years. She talks about how hard the Friends reunion was on her (“It just took me by surprise because it was like, ‘Hi, past, remember me? Remember how that sucked? You thought everything was in front of you and life was going to be just gorgeous and then you went through maybe the hardest time in your life?’ “), how the industry has changed (“It’s not that glamorous anymore. It’s slowly becoming about TikTok and Instagram followers. It’s like, we’re hiring now based on followers, not talent? Oh, dear”), and dealing with tabloid rumours (“I used to take it all very personally — the pregnancy rumors and the whole ‘Oh, she chose career over kids’ assumption. It’s like, ‘You have no clue what’s going with me personally, medically, why I can’t…can I have kids?’ They don’t know anything, and it was really hurtful and just nasty”).

-Meanwhile, Aniston and friends did a great job on last night’s Facts of Life live. The old school ads they ran during the special were amazing.

-I really like the photos that accompany this interview with Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín.

–Meryl Streep had just come to accept that Jonah Hill kept calling her GOAT, and Jennifer Lawrence had to explain to her that it was a compliment.

-Meanwhile, when Stephen Colbert asked Jennifer Lawrence what she’d been doing just her 3-year hiatus from Hollywood, she said “I just had a ton of sex.” Fair enough.

–Prince William says that at a charity fundraiser, Taylor Swift encouraged him to join her and Jon Bon Jovi on stage to sing “Livin’ on a Prayer” — and he didn’t know the words. “Honestly, even now I’m cringing at what happened next, and I don’t understand why I gave in…if Taylor Swift looks you in the eye, touches your arm and says, ’Come with me,′ you basically do what she says. I got up like a puppy and went, ‘Yeah, OK, that seems like a great idea ― I’ll follow you.’ ”

–Christina Ricci (who is currently doing fantastic work in Yellowjackets) just welcomed her second child.

-This is a very good list of the best TV performances of the year.

-For those of us who spend a lot of time watching TV and movies while turning the volume up and down, this article explains a lot.

-A court has dismissed Rose McGowan’s RICO lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers.

-Disney+ is working on a reboot of Firefly — minus Joss Whedon.

-Director Daniel Cretton is returning for the Shang-Chi sequel.

-Has Jeremy Strong been teasing his Succession character’s fate for months? (I’m still not convinced that what everyone thinks is happening is really happening.)

-I’m super bummed that The Hating Game is only available in VOD in Canada and not in theatres (so far). Still, this clip of the infamous elevator scene is good enough to have me watching it however I can this weekend. (I also love that they have her make the first move; plays way better than the scene in the book.)

–Alicia Silverstone is stranded at sea in The Requin trailer.