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Aunjanue Ellis on Essence

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–Aunjanue Ellis was the best thing about King Richard, and she deserves all the covers. Here she is on Essence.

–Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are engaged, three years after starring together on Broadway.

–Wendy Williams broke her silence about her show ending with a phone interview with GMA (she didn’t want to be on camera) and the entire interview was…odd.

-An appeals court ordered Empire actor Jussie Smollett released from jail on Wednesday, just seven days into a 150-day sentence for faking a hate crime.

–Oscar Isaac wore an amazing skirt to the London premiere of Moon Knight. (People are calling this a kilt but there’s no tartan. This is a skirt and it’s awesome.)

-This sums up my feelings about Jared Leto perfectly.

-This is a great video clip of Nicolas Cage, in which his castmates teach him about “caging” — where people hang photos of him in random places. “What is this? Is this really a thing? Is this a trip or is this real?”

–This piece on Jane Campion’s comment about Venus and Serena Williams is so, so good.

–Channing Tatum says the next Magic Mike movie is “a reverse-role Pretty Woman story that ends up with a lot of dancing in it.” Yup, sign me up.

–Arcade Fire‘s new album, WE, will be released on May 6 and I’m already in love with its first single, “The Lightning I, II”. Here’s the video.

-This year’s Met Gala hosts are Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Designer Tom Ford, Instagram’s Adam Mosseri, and Vogue’s Anna Wintour will continue their roles as honorary co-chairs.

-I love that Stephen Colbert wanted to sing “Barrett’s Privateers” during his interview with Michael Bublé (and that he knew it way better than the singer).

-This is an interesting/depressing interview with Rachel Shukert, the showrunner of The Baby-Sitters Club, who says that despite being critically acclaimed and widely watched, her show was cancelled by Netflix because people were watching it at their own pace instead of in a quick binge. “At Netflix, it’s more about if the show works on the platform than if the platform is working for your show. They want people to watch it a certain way, and they want shows that people will watch that way — not shows that people want to watch in their own way.”

-The whole Rachel Shukert interview is great, and I didn’t even watch the show. I also liked this part: “I think female audiences are trained not to take their own stories as seriously. Stuff men were obsessed with when they were 9 is treated like Hamelt. How many Spider-Man movies are there? How many Star Wars? They tell it over and over again from different perspectives. That’s all fine, obviously. But what if someone treated something for girls that seriously? Even with a fraction of the money.”

-Squid Game’s Hoyeon has joined the cast of Alfonso Cuarón‘s upcoming Apple TV+ thriller alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline. Love this for her.

–Jessica Biel is a housewife-turned-axe-murder in the trailer for Hulu’s limited series Candy, costarring Melanie Lynskey.

–Kaley Cuoco becomes a CIA asset in the trailer for season two of The Flight Attendant.

–Sienna Miller stars as a wife grappling with a rape accusation that’s been leveled against her husband (Rupert Friend) in the trailer for Anatomy of a Scandal.

Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s Influence

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on the cover of Time

-Time’s 100 Influential People issue has arrived, and among those honoured are Prince Harry and Megan Markle. In his tribute to them, chef and activist José Andrés writes, “In a world where everyone has an opinion about people they don’t know, the duke and duchess have compassion for the people they don’t know. They don’t just opine. They run toward the struggle.”

–Angelina Jolie visited the White House today to meet with officials from the Justice Department to discuss reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.

–Drew Barrymore hosted a Never Been Kiss cast reunion on her show, and it was all kinds of cute. Michael Vartan remembered getting a little too into their kissing scene.

–Cameron Diaz also appeared on Drew‘s show and offered dating advice.

–Octavia Spencer said she reached out to Britney Spears and Sam Asghari to apologize for her “get a prenup” comment.

-It looks like Britney is taking her advice anyway and working on a prenup. Thank heavens.

–Britney deleted her Instagram, but it’s all good. She tweeted, “Don’t worry folks … just taking a little break from social media to celebrate my engagement. I’ll be back soon”

–Chrissy Teigen says she got the fat sucked out of her cheeks. I thought people paid to put that in?

-I didn’t know that Tom Hiddleston was dating Zawe Ashton but I’ve like her since Misfits.

–Jurnee Smollett shared a lovely tribute on Instagram to he Lovecraft Country co-star Michael K. Williams.

–Wendy Williams has pushed back the season premiere of her show after testing positive for COVID-19.

–Brie Larson’s abs are making me wish I worked out more (and also could afford to spend all day working on my abs, like she clearly does).

-News of a remake of The Bodyguard was not met with much enthusiasm.

-Despite what fans want to believe, it wasn’t social media chatter that saved Manifest.

-I hate it when literary critics praise Sally Rooney books for her romance tropes, while still acting like they’re above romance novels.

-Sony is already teasing Venom 2’s post-credits scene.

-The new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s grandiose adaptation of West Side Story staring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler is here.

Shailene Woodley Is On a Mission

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-In a new interview with Shape, the usually private Shailene Woodley opens up about starting a romance during the pandemic with NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers (“We jumped in headfirst and got some of the sticky bits out of the way early”) and her eco-activism (“I don’t want to save the ocean because my mind says it’s the right thing to do. I want to save the ocean because I can feel that she’s suffering. I can feel that turtle drowning from the plastic in its belly. I can feel the temperatures rising on the algae that is killing other species”).

-It’s possible that the palace staff found out that Meghan Markle gave birth the same time as the rest of the world this weekend.

–Jennifer Lopez was reportedly recently seen “scouting out new schools” in Los Angeles, where Ben Affleck lives.

-Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Minka Kelly and Trevor Noah are back on.

–Chrissy Teigen dropped out of her surprise role in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever following those bullying claims.

–Ellie Kemper apologized for her participation in a controversial pageant when she was a teen. “I was not aware of the history at the time, but ignorance is no excuse. I was old enough to have educated myself before getting involved.”

-This is an interesting piece on celebrities demanding pre-sex NDAs.

-Yay! Netflix has renewed Shadow & Bone for a second season, and had the cast announce it. Here’s hoping for 90% more Crows storylines.

-Here’s a great interview with Laverne Cox on the current wave of anti-trans legislation, what “allies” need to know, and the unique pressure that comes with being tokenized throughout one’s career.

–Mariah Carey shot down The Sun’s report on a feud with Jay Z.

–Danny Masterson’s trial on multiple rape charges looks likely to start in November, and he had to give up his passport today.

–Michaela Coel won big at the BAFTA TV Awards and dedicated her win to I May Destroy You’s intimacy coordinator, which must be a first.

–Simu Liu’s co-star Jean Yoon echoed his complaints about Kim’s Convenience in a Twitter thread, saying “the lack of Asian female, especially Korean writers in the writers room of Kims made my life VERY DIFFICULT & the experience of working on the show painful.”

–Tom Hiddleston was so invested in shooting the new Loki series (which drops this week), he gave the cast and crew lectures on the character’s background.

-I guess the Cruella streaming numbers were good. Disney is already in early development on a sequel, with director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Tony McNamara both expected to return.

–Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are attached to star in She Said, a new movie about the New York Times sexual harassment investigation against Harvey Weinstein that kicked off the #MeToo movement.

–Tom Hanks penned an essay for the NYT about the lack of education around the Tulsa massacre.

-I’m really intrigued by Kevin Can F**k Himself, AMC’s new show starring Schitt’s Creek’s Annie Murphy that tells the story of a family sitcom from the wife’s perspective.

–Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, and Chloe Coleman kick ass in the Gunpowder Milkshake trailer.