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Michelle Yeoh’s a Leading Lady

Michelle Yeoh wears black dress on THR cover

–Michelle Yeoh — the ballerina turned beauty queen turned martial arts star turned screen legend — finally gets her first top billing in a Hollywood theatrical feature with Everything Everywhere All at Once, which is earning raves. She talks to THR about stepping into the spotlight and overcoming adversity.

-In her new Vogue cover story, Bella Hadid reveals that she had a nose job at 14, but now regrets it. “I wish I had kept the nose of my ancestors. I think I would have grown into it.”

–Kim Kardashian says Pete Davidson has “a few” tattoos dedicated to their relationship, as well as a “branding” of her first name.

-Meanwhile, Kanye West‘s latest wild jab is that he fears Pete will get Kim into drugs.

-This is a great interview with Joe Wright on Cyrano and how The Woman In The Window ended up being far removed from what his original vision was. “The film that was finally released was not the film that I originally made. I was like, ‘Oh, fucking hell. You live and you learn.’ It got watered down…There’s a great scene where she had sex with the bloke downstairs and stuff like that. It was very different.”

-Oh god, Russell Brand called Trudeau a ‘tyrant’ for his handling of the trucker protest and parroted Russian state propaganda about Ukraine.  (But he rejects the alt-r*ght label.)

–Norman Reedus is recovering after getting a concussion on the  Walking Dead set.

-I’m really liking everything Anne Hathaway is wearing on the We Crashed promo tour. That trans flag purse!

–Kristen Stewart wore an excellent jumpsuit on Kimmel’s show for one last pitch before Oscar voting opens.

-Speaking of promo style, I’m not a fan of Sandra Bullock‘s latest wrinkly outfit.

-There are many, many things I disliked about Licorice Pizza but wow the Asian accent thing is way up there.

-Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney just made the big leagues: she’ll star alongside Dakota Johnson in the upcoming live-action Spider-Man spinoff film Madame Web.

–Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston are starring in a new period limited series for Apple and I want it now.

-Speaking of shows I want now, Starstruck Season 2 starts March 24 on HBO Max. Here’s the new trailer. (The Lost City, Sanditon, Bridgerton and Starstruck all dropping in the same week is huge for Romancelandia.)

–Mike Myers plays eight different roles in his new Netflix series The Pentaverate. Here’s the trailer.

-Barry season 3 has its first trailer.

-SNL’s Vanessa Bayer chases her lifelong dream of becoming a home shopping channel host in the trailer for Showtimes’ I Love That For You.

-Here’s the Gaslit trailer, starring starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.

Matthew McConaughey Rails Against “Hollywood Elites”

-Ruh roh. In a recent episode of the podcast Under the Skin with Russell Brand, Matthew McConaughey criticized the “far left” and urged Democrats to be nicer to Trump supporters. People far smarter than I have explained what a privileged stance that is.

-I adored this piece on Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, especially when it gets into her songwriting craft.

–Cardi B is headed to trial for putting a man’s tattoo on her first album’s cover.

-Rough day for Cardi. She’s also getting heat for tweeting about wanting a $88,0000 purse.

–Miley Cyrus continues to be an agent of chaos.

-Black Panther’s Letitia Wright has deleted her social media accounts after getting criticized last week for sharing a YouTube video about the dangers of covid vaccines.

-The MTV Movie and TV Awards took place last night, and Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar recreated their Cruel Intentions kiss. Or at least tried to.

-According to Aubrey Plaza, Kristen Stewart got coronavirus while filming The Happiest Season. “COVID was on our set. Kristen got sick, but we didn’t know…It was the last week of February, so people were starting … to talk about coronavirus, but people were kind of laughing about it. Nobody really understood how serious it was. But I think a bunch of people on our set got sick.”

-Euphoria’s second special episode, centered on Hunter Schafer‘s Jules, will premiere Jan 24.

–Hugh Jackman shared a video of himself taking a polar bear plunge.

-Netflix is not bowing to the silliness coming from the UK government over The Crown. In a statement, they said “We have always presented The Crown as a drama — and we have every confidence our members understand it’s a work of fiction that’s broadly based on historical events. As a result we have no plans — and see no need — to add a disclaimer.

–Prince Harry has filed a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers — the same group Meghan Markle is already suing.

-A charity event with reality contestants from a number of shows is getting criticized for its lack of social distancing.

-This thread on how the characters of Gilmore Girls would react during quarantine is perfect.

-Legendary Entertainment is reportedly set to challenge Warner Bros. over the latter’s decision to send Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong to HBO Max on the same day they are set for theatrical releases. Legendary only had 30 minutes notice before WarnerMedia’s 2021 HBO Max plan was announced.

–Steven Soderbergh is hopeful about the future of theatrical releases:  “Let’s be clear: there is no bonanza in the entertainment industry that is the equivalent of a movie that grosses a billion dollars or more theatrically. That is the holy grail. So the theatrical business is not going away.”

-One the flip side, here’s a look at what former and current WarnerMedia execs think about what’s been going on there over the past couple years.

-It’s hard to tell how good a superhero movie is going to be from early reactions because they’re always hype, but initial buzz on Wonder Woman 1984 is strong.

-The creators of Black Mirror are making a ‘Death to 2020’ Netflix special and the cast is stacked: Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, Diane Morgan and Joe Keery.

-Little Red Riding Hood gets the horror treatment in the trailer for Hunted.

-The trailer for A Recipe For Seduction, a co-branded production between KFC and Lifetime, dropped today and the internet went crazy. This is product placement on steroids. I honestly don’t think anyone had “chicken sex thriller” on their 2020 bingo card.

Pete Davidson’s Triumphant Return

–Pete Davidson‘s appearance on SNL this weekend was all kinds of wonderful. I love that he did it with his friend and former SNL writer John Mulaney, who knows a little something about substance abuse and anxiety.

-I can’t stop watching this video of Bryce Dallas Howard crying on command. What kind of witchcraft is this?!

-This is my favourite Keanu Reeves story of the week, but then again it’s only Monday.

-I’m highly skeptical of the Sun’s story about Brad Pitt and Charlize Theron dating, but man that would make for some juicy gossip. Especially since there’s been rumours of friction between Theron and Angelina Jolie.

-Meanwhile, homeowners who bought Make it Right houses in the wake of Katrina are suing Brad Pitt and the foundation for shoddy workmanship, who are in turn suing the architect in charge of the project.

–Leslie Jones isn’t wrong to be pissed about the new Ghostbusters announcement. The way that it all went down definitely makes it seem like they’re trying to erase the last one.

-This is nice: Bon Jovi‘s restaurant is giving away free meals to furloughed workers.

–Gillian Anderson is going to play Margaret Thatcher on The Crown. Between this and Olivia Colman on board to play Queen Elizabeth II, I might have to break down and watch this thing again.

-It didn’t take me long to stop following Noah Centineo on Instagram because his posts were killing my crush real quick, so I’m not super surprised by his defense of Logan Paul. Still gross, though.

-Here’s the first official image of Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding in Paul Feig‘s romantic comedy Last Christmas and I can’t wait to watch the crap out of this!

–This thread about how the world treated Sinead O’Connor in 1992 is so worth your time (and will make you love Kris Kristofferson).

-I watched the Netflix doc on the Fyre festival this weekend, and the fact that Ja Rule is now trying to cast himself as a victim is rich.

-Also, if you watched it and were saddened by how the Bahamians were treated during the festival’s meltdown, consider donating to this GoFundMe for Maryann Rolle, who lost $50k of her personal savings in order to pay her staff when the fest organizers bailed. It’s already raised $140,071 of its $123,000 goal.

–Russell Brand is in hot water after giving an interview in which he basically admitted to letting his wife handle most of the child-rearing duties.

-Ugh. While promoting Incredibles 2’s Oscar campaign, Brad Bird defended disgraced Pixar exec John Lasseter. “You’re navigating a world where men have acted a certain way for thousands of years. Way too late, but all of a sudden, they’re expected to change that on a dime and it’s necessary and it’s right. But it’s a little bit a gray area.” (Seems like a good time to revist this article.)

–Millie Bobby Brown tries to make a connection in the new Godzilla: King of the Monsters teaser.

–Judi Dench is accused of being a spy in the Red Joan trailer.