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Robert Pattinson’s GQ Cosplay

Robert Pattinson GQ

-Robert Pattinson is on the cover of GQ to promote The Batman. In the interview, he talks about loving soccer (“There’s just something so lovely about having something every single Sunday, where it’s like, This is what I’m doing. Rather than just, when anybody asks me, What are your hobbies? I’m like: Fucking fretting. Worrying about the future”), and his take on Bruce Wayne (“I’ve definitely found a little interesting thread. He doesn’t have a playboy persona at all, so he’s kind of a weirdo as Bruce and a weirdo as Batman”).

-The 2022 Oscar nominations brought plenty of surprises (Kristen Stewart scoring a nod for Spencer) and snubs (Lady Gaga being shut out for House of Gucci). Other big surprises include stronger than expected showings for Nightmare Alley, Drive My Car, Being the Ricardos, King Richard and Jessica Chastain. Snubs include Caitríona Balfe, Ruth Negga, Denis Villeneuve, Simon Rex and Ben Affleck.

–Kirsten Dunst talked about being nominated alongside her partner Jesse Plemons, and the chaos that ensued in their household this morning.

–Andrew Garfield wants to perform a musical number at the Oscars, ideally “Welcome to Miami” with his fellow best actor nominee Will Smith.

-The Brit Awards are happening right now, and Adele just showed up wearing a giant diamond ring.

–Pete Davidson called Kim Kardashian “his girlfriend.”

-Ted Lasso season three might be delayed because of the football scenes that have yet to be shot.

-The 100 costars Bob Morley and Eliza Taylor are expecting their first child.

–Kate Middleton read a bedtime story on a BBC show to mark Children’s Mental Health Week.

–Jeremy O’Harris is an amazing playwright. But to praise Euphoria by repeatedly claiming it’s somehow more elevated than regular television is some snobbish BS.

-Speaking of Euphoria, there’s been a lot more male full-frontal on TV lately than usual.

-This is an interesting deep-dive into how the pandemic blew up the budget for Mission: Impossible 7.

-Here’s Amanda Seyfried as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the trailer for Hulu’s The Dropout.

Kristen Stewart and Nicole Kidman Reunite

-Today’s Variety Actors on Actors is Kristen Stewart and Nicole Kidman. Stewart talked about being a child actor and working with Kidman on Panic Room before she dropped out of the film due to an injury (“We spent a couple weeks rehearsing…The way you treat kids is so telling. I just felt like I was buds with you. You were so nice to me…You gave me walkie-talkies for Christmas!”), while Kidman gushed about her costars in Being the Ricardos. (I also love how both Stewart’s dog and cat were making tons of noise during the interview.)

-Ruh roh. Marvel/Lost actress Evangeline Lilly attended the D.C. anti-vax protest last weekend, saying she’s for “bodily sovereignty.”

–Mike Schur (whose creation of the philosophical sitcom The Good Place led him to write a new book about moral philosophy called How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question) says anti-maskers aren’t headed for The Good Place.

–Olivia Munn and John Mulaney‘s PR teams are working overtime these days.

-Is Adele’s Vegas residency actually going to happen? It sounds like the stage sets have already been pulled down.

–Guillermo del Toro‘s Nightmare Alley is getting a second shot at movie theaters — this time in black and white.

-With Bradley Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch dropping trou in their Oscar bait movies, Hollywood’s male stars aren’t scared of full-frontal nudity anymore.

-Ohhh, Deuxmoi’s new podcast was going well but now that they’ve gone after Meghan Markle, I wonder if the tide will turn.

-This entire Nicolas Cage quote is perfection: “[My pet crow] has taken to calling me names…it’s comical, at least, it is to me. When I leave the room, he’ll say, ‘Bye,’ and then go, ‘Ass.’ Crows are very intelligent. And I like their appearance, the Edgar Allan Poe aspect. I like the goth element. I am a goth.”

-The NFT craze has now claimed Gwyneth Paltrow, which is frankly not surprising. The woman loves a good grift.

–Keanu Reeves‘ involvement in a Tibet independence concert is sparking a boycott in China of The Matrix Resurrections. China is also making headline for dramatically editing Fight Club to change its ending.

-Streaming television is going to make less money — probably a lot less money — for entertainment companies than cable did. This thread explains it well.

-I stopped watching Legends of Tomorrow a while back, but I’m glad to see that it continues to be an amazing show for representation, with a regular character coming out as ace this week.

-This is the first positive piece of criticism I’ve seen yet for the Sex and the City revival.

– Josephine Decker’s Apple TV+ film The Sky Is Everywhere follows a 17-year-old girl mourning the loss of her older sister. It’s an adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s 2010 YA novel.

Taylor Swift Claps Back at Damon Albarn

–Taylor Swift is NOT happy that Blur/Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn said in a new interview that she doesn’t write her own songs. (When the interviewer tried to correct him, he said, “That doesn’t count. I know what co-writing is. Co-writing is very different to writing. I’m not hating on anybody, I’m just saying there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes. Doesn’t mean that the outcome can’t be really great.”) Swift tweeted in response, “I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this. I write ALL of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging. You don’t have to like my songs but it’s really fucked up to try and discredit my writing. WOW. PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering.”

–Jack Antonoff added: “I’ve never met damon albarn and he’s never been to my studio but apparently he knows more than the rest of us about all those songs taylor writes and brings in. if you were there … cool … go off. if not … maybe …. shut the f–k up?”

-Likely feeling the heat from Swifties, Albarn quickly jumped onto Twitter to try to diffuse the situation, posting “I totally agree with you. i had a conversation about songwriting and sadly it was reduced to clickbait. I apologise unreservedly and unconditionally. The last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting.” I mean, it was a Q&A so I don’t really see how things were taken out of context but sure, man.

-Also, lots of people are pointing out how many co-writers he had on his last album, and also that Billie Eilish (who he praised in the interview) co-writes with her brother. Why bother going after one of the world’s biggest female singers in the first place, let alone when you don’t have a leg to stand on?

–Garrett Hedlund is having a rough few days. Sources confirmed to People the rumours that have been floating around for a while that he’d split from baby mama Emma Roberts, and on Saturday he was arrested in Tennessee for public intoxication.

–Evan Rachel Wood details more alleged abuse by Marilyn Manson in her HBO documentary Phoenix Rising, which debuted at Sundance. She accuses him of violently dragging her through a hotel, says he threatened to “fuck up my whole family from the bottom up, starting with my dad,” and says she was “essentially raped on camera” during the filming of Manson’s 2007 video “Heart-Shaped Glasses.”

–Kristen Stewart says she and fiancée Dylan Meyer celebrated their engagement before things started locking down again. “We were kind of moving about the world a little more freely at the time. We did have an engagement party, which was nice and lucky and obviously not something we could have done now so I’m thankful for that.”

–Kanye West and Julia Fox rocked some Canadian tuxedos in Paris.

-After Emilio Estevez bowed out of the Mighty Ducks series amid rumours that he disagreed with its covid protocols, Josh Duhamel has stepped in for season two.

–Eric Clapton continues to try to drive any remaining fans away, claiming people vaccinated against covid are under ‘mass formation hypnosis.’

–Adele apologized to some fans with Facetime calls after she abruptly postponed her Vegas residency.

-The Wire creator David Simon reveals that he almost had to choose a completely different theme song because Tom Waits could not figure out how to use a VCR.

–Brad Pitt has teamed up with music producer Damien Quintard to relaunch the historic Miraval Studios in France, where Pink Floyd, Sting, The Cure and AC/DC recorded their albums.

-Did every TV writer decide this was the season that their characters were going to have heart attacks after a Peloton ride?

–Prince Andrew having 72 teddy bears is the least disturbing rumor about him to surface lately.

-This is a fun piece about which celebrities are actually reading the books they claim to be reading.

–Will Arnett, Ken Jeong, Annie Murphy, Conan O’Brien, Sharon Stone, Marshawn Lynch and more improv their way through crime scenes in the official trailer for Netflix’s Murderville. Improv can be hard to watch but this trailer intrigues me.