–Lizzo is on the cover of Variety and she’s never more relatable than when she talks about being friends with Rihanna: “If she f—s with you, she f—s with you. By the grace of the goddamn stars, she f—s with me. I’m so happy for her being pregnant. I’m like, ‘S–t. I’m about to get pregnant.'”
-A new book details Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy’s hatred of each other on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road. It sounds like Charlize was professional and on time, and Tom was a Method actor who was consistently late, maybe even to piss her off. When he showed up three hours late and she yelled at him, his response made her scared enough that she says she “didn’t feel safe” and a producer was assigned to be with her. It sounds like he chilled out by the end of the shoot, though. Both Theron and Hardy talk about it in this excerpt.
-In an interview with the Today Show, Matt Hutchins, the husband of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was killed on the set of Rust, said he watched Alec Baldwin‘s interview about the accident and was “so angry to see him talk about her death so publicly in such a detailed way and then not accept any responsiblity after having described killing her.”
–Lindsay Lohan joined TikTok and everyone is surprised that she pronounces her last name “Lo-wen” instead of “Lo-HAN” like she has in the past. I get it. The pronunciation of my last name changes based on where in the country I am, and I just kind of roll with it.
-A pop culture blog posted that the Queen had died and got the internet in a tizzy, and then took it back. (If she had, Kate Middleton wouldn’t still be in Denmark.) The CEO of the site is still standing by the report — but it might actually be a misunderstanding related to the death of Queens of the Stone Age singer Mark Lanegan.
–Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted on a double date with Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in Santa Barbara
-Once again, the Academy is trying to “fix” the Oscars and once again, they’ve just made everyone angry. They’ve just moved 8 rather significant categories (editing! original score!) to the off-air portion.
-This piece on how movie scores get made is eye-opening and depressing, with big names farming their scores out to uncredited, underpaid minions who do most of the work, and now streamers aren’t even paying out royalties.
–Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham quietly eloped last year. While promoting Inventing Anna, Edwards told Esquire, “We’re too old to throw weddings. She’s just spectacular. She’s an amazing singer and she’s a wonderful actress and she’s an incredible person.”
–Abigail Breslin is engaged to longtime boyfriend Ira Kunyansky. She will always be Little Miss Sunshine to me, but she’s actually 25.
-The guy whose tweet sparked a slew of negative stories about Ellen Degeneres is back and this time he’s set his sights on … Jason Sudeikis? It’s comforting that there doesn’t seem to be anyone collaborating his take in the replies, though.
-Country star Sam Hunt‘s pregnant wife filed for divorce, citing adultery — and then she withdrew the petition hours later.
-The Hating Game movie is apparently doing very well on streaming and I can only take credit for 30% of those views. Ok, 40 tops.
-Disney+ in Canada will now have all the Netflix Marvel shows. This just makes sense and I’m guessing the US will follow suit as soon as the hash out a deal with Netflix.
–Euphoria’s Season 2 finale is this Sunday and I swear to god, Fez better make it out unharmed.
-Arrow’s Juliana Harkavy has been cast in the lead in ABC’s L.A. Law revival.
-Here’s the trailer for the new season of Upload, starring Robbie Amell. I really liked the first season.
–Tom Holland says it was Andrew Garfield’s idea to recreate the Spider-Man pointing meme in a newly released pic.
-Here’s the trailer for Hulu FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven, starring Andrew Garfield and inspired by the true crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer.
