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June 2013

No, Miley Cyrus is Not Pregnant

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(Instagram.com/mileycyrus)

–Miley Cyrus had to deny pregnancy rumours…because somehow all of those half-nekkid photos she’s been posting on Instagram haven’t convinced everyone yet.

-Apparently, the whole Kaidence report was just a big psych-out and Kim and Kanye‘s baby’s name is still a mystery. Great, ’cause we really didn’t want this story to end any time soon…

–John Travolta said some very nice things about James Gandolfini on GMA today, including revealing that James stayed by his side when his son Jett died.

-Meanwhile, there’s talk that Gandolfini‘s posthumous project, directed by Nicole Holofcener, may premiere at TIFF.

-I got lost down a rabbit hole of the incredible Gandolfini retrospectives that were written today, which made me sad. Then I read about the latest Kickstarter controversy, which made me sadder. But then I saw this, and life got a little better.

-A new (but maybe really old) Drake song has debuted online.

–Kate Upton posed topless on a horse and the internet exploded.

–Nicole Richie is showing off her dance moves in a new YouTube video, in which she goes to a dance studio to learn some new hip hop routines.

-FX has picked up a Kelsey Grammer/Martin Lawrence sitcom. This will lead to nothing good.

-I really liked this Variety article on TV Men Behaving Badly (namely Charlie Sheen and Dan Harmon).

–EW posted a chapter excerpt from Chuck Klosterman‘s I Wear the Black Hat. I can’t wait until this book comes out; I’ve re-read Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs a lot.

–Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Greene are showing off bikini pics from their vacation in Bali.

-I love this. NME gave Tom Odell‘s new album zero stars, which led to his dad phoning the magazine to complain old-school style.

–Emma Stone and Judd Apatow had what appeared to be the most fun lunch date in history.

–Max Greenfield just confirmed that he’ll be back as Deputy Leo in the Veronica Mars flick. Yay!

-Meanwhile, I’m liking all the pics that are coming from the set.

-People really, really like David Beckham. His appearance in China caused a stampede among fans, injuring at least seven people.

-I always kind of got the impression that Shameless costars Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin hated each other (mostly because of interviews like this), but she says she had a panic attack when she found out he was leaving the show.

–Gaby Hoffman (who I love — so glad she’s back!) recalls a time when Mel Gibson screamed at her on set and made her cry.

–George Stroumboulopoulos was very cute and charming on Chelsea Lately last night.

–Robert Downey Jr. just signed on for the next two Avengers movies, as if there were any doubt. But what about Iron Man 4?

-In other sequel news, we’re apparently getting Bad Teacher 2 for some unknown reason.

–Nigella Lawson has been spotted sans wedding ring following that choking incident.

–Russell Brand says he tried to flirt with Mila Kunis on the set of Forgetting Sarah Marshall but she was having none of it.

-Somehow, Jennifer Lopez managed to land a star on the Walk of Fame.

-The elusive Meg Ryan just made a public appearance in Italy. It almost physically hurts to look at her face these days.

-You know those ridiculously useless “next week on Mad Men” promos, which basically feature characters closing doors and saying things like “what?” and “oh”? Matthew Weiner admits that they’re just there to mess with us.

-Celeb stylist Rachel Zoe is reportedly pregnant with her second child.

-The first trailer for The Spectacular Now has landed. It had me even before I saw Coach Taylor. And then Saul Goodman popped up!

Tributes Pour in for James Gandolfini from Celebrities, Costars

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James Gandolfini in the final scene of The Sopranos. (HBO)

-The news of James Gandolfini‘s death is so very, very sad. He was on vacation with his family in Italy when he had a heart attack. Celebrities were quick to react on Twitter with condolences and memories. His costars have also weighed in.

-I very much liked Emily Nussbaum‘s article on how Gandolfini changed the whole notion of acting on television.

-Between Vulture’s beautiful piece on Gandolfini and Stephen Colbert‘s tearful tribute to his mother on last night’s Colbert Report, I’m a bit of a mess.

-God bless Jimmy Kimmel for creating a music video for “(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum,” featuring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Olivia Munn, Gabourey Sidibe, Miley Cyrus and — wait, was that Matt Damon?

–Mariah Carey‘s Instagram page continues to deliver more gifts than Santa himself. Check out the skimpy bikini pics she just posted.

-Don’t try to grab Rihanna while she’s in the middle of a song. She’ll hit you with her microphone. Hard.

-Meanwhile, she just passed Justin Bieber as YouTube’s No. 1.

-Is Justin’s ex Selena Gomez hooking up with Ed Sheeran? And is it weird that I’m kind of rooting for them?

–Serena Williams tried to clarify what she meant when she basically told Rolling Stone that the Steubenville rape victim was asking for it.

–Entertainment Weekly has some exclusive video from their Divergent cover shoot with Shailene Woodley and Theo James. Man, I hope they let him keep that accent in the movie.

-Meanwhile, Shailene revealed that she’s been cut from the next Spider Man movie. I’m relieved. I’m sure she’ll be fine as Mary Jane, but I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to Emma Stone‘s Gwen yet.

–Bryan Cranston did a rather awesome AMA on Reddit yesterday, where he talked about the end of Breaking Bad, throwing pizzas, and pranking Aaron Paul with dildos. We also learned that he voiced a bunch of big bads on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

–New Girl’s Jake Johnson and Parks and Recreation‘s Aubrey Plaza play a couple in JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound‘s new music video.

-Speaking of music videos, Miley Cyrus‘ new one for “We Can’t Stop” features stretch pants, french fry skulls and crotches that emit smoke. And back arching. SO MUCH BACK ARCHING.

-No surprise here: Charlie Sheen ended up getting Selma Blair fired from Anger Management yesterday.

-I could not devour this THR story about Aaron Sorkin and the drama in The Newsroom‘s writing room fast enough.

-It’s really cute how Tyra Banks keeps trying to make us believe she eats bacon.

–Paula Deen doesn’t just use butter liberally; she also is very generous with her use of the n-word.

-What? Sam Taylor-Johnson has reportedly signed on to direct 50 Shades of Grey, with her (awesomely much younger) hubby Aaron Taylor-Johnson in talks to play Christian Grey? WHAT??? (Or, as Ana’s stupid inner goddess would say, “Holy crap!”)

–Brad Pitt and Jimmy Fallon yodelled on some NYC rooftops last night.

–Kristen Stewart looks exactly like I would look if asked to pose with a bunch of Hooters waitresses.

–Questlove talks about the time he went roller-skating with Prince and Eddie Murphy in this excerpt from his new book.

–Axe Cop is shaping up to be the perfect animated comedy, landing voice talent from Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Ken Marino and Patton Oswalt.

-In other voice news, the new LEGO movie trailer just came out, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Elizabeth Banks, and Anna Faris.

-Did Tom Hardy quit Twitter already? But his feel was SO. GOOD.

-Sadness: Nick Stahl was placed on a an involuntary psychiatric hold last night.

–Beyonce laughs in the face of pregnancy rumours by posting photos of her in a crop top.

–Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony reunited last night to be surprise guests at Pitbull’s Hollywood Bowl concert, which also featured (ugh) Chris Brown.

-Sweet! New episodes of Luther will start airing in the UK (and, god willing, all over the interwebs) on July 2!

–Madonna just showed us how to do wigs well. Cher just showed us the opposite.

-Pour yourself a glass of scotchy scotch scotch — the Anchorman 2 trailer has arrived.

Drake Talks about Rihanna, Chris Brown in GQ

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-In the new issue of GQ, Drake talks about Chris Brown, saying “I don’t want my name to be synonymous with that guy’s name. I really don’t.” Word.

-Meanwhile, there is a very sketchy report about Rihanna going to treatment for sex addiction to get over Chris Brown. Doubtful, but a lovely thought.

-In other Rihanna news, a trespasser was arrested lurking around her house last night.

-I actually don’t hate the fact that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West called their new daughter Kaidence, but that might be because I initially read a false report that they named her Khrist and I totally believed it.

-Meanwhile, Kim‘s friend Brittny Gastineau says “the baby is beyond beautiful.”

–Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth were pictured together for the first time in five months last night.

-Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus wants everyone to know she’s a stoner — but doesn’t want to actually say “I’m a stoner.”

–Howard Stern was kind of a jerk to Jimmy Fallon last night about the latter’s ability to host The Tonight Show, but being a jerk to Fallon is the talk show equivalent of kicking a puppy. I’d much rather watch Russell Brand’s take-down of some insipid MSNBC hosts.  I’m going to try to work “Thank you for your casual objectification” into everything.

-Speaking of take-downs, Katy Perry does a fine job herself when talking about Russell in the new issue of Vogue, revealing that she learned of his plans to file for divorce from a text.

–Dan Harmon has apologized for crapping all over Community’s last season. More importantly, he’s apologized for comparing watching the most recent episodes to “being held down and watching your family get raped on a beach.” Can we just retire the “rape” hyperbole that guys keep throwing around once and for all?

-Cool: Defamer is streaming the premiere of Ray Donovan, a new TV show that is getting crazy good buzz.

–Demi Lovato combined a nap with a manicure while in Toronto for the MMVAs. She might actually be a genius.

-The fate of Jennifer Love Hewitt‘s show The Client List is reportedly in the air because her pregnancy is causing lots of backstage drama. She wants it to be written into the show (with her real baby daddy playing her fictional one), while the showrunner is pushing for the guy who plays her brother-in-law to be the main love interest. If only the show were this interesting.

–Hugh Jackman is the rare celebrity who seems to realize that it takes more time and energy to be a jerk than to just treat everyone like a human being.

-Wait, so now James Franco is trying to Kickstart a project?! The profits are going to charity which is all well and good, but word is that he got paid $7 million for Oz.

–Melissa Etheridge said some stupid shit about Angelina Jolie‘s double mastectomy being a “fearful choice.” Her and Brad Pitt used to be really tight, so he deflected the question when asked about it.

–Lil Wayne says that video of him sleeping on an American flag that everyone’s so upset about was actually just a camera trick and he didn’t really do it. So there?

–Amanda Bynes and Wyclef Jean are discussing a potential collaboration. Uh oh.

-After initial denials, Nigella Lawson’s husband Charles Saatchi has admitted to assaulting his wife and accepted a police citation.

–Justin Bieber has been cleared of accusations that he hit a photographer with his car.

–John Mayer got the Prancercise lady to prancercise in his lyric video for his new song, which is totally about Taylor Swift.

–Robert Pattinson gets to mack on a model in his new Dior campaign.

-More proof that Henry Cavill is awesome: he used to walk this woman‘s dog.

–Johnny Depp opens up about his personal life, including his split from Vanessa Paradis and his issues with drinking, in the new issue of Rolling Stone. (It’s adorable that he thinks TMZ is called TLC!)

-His Lone Ranger costar Armie Hammer is also getting in on the overshare action, talking about his “dominant sexual appetite.”

-Here’s our first peek at Matt Damon in Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem.

-In other movie news, the Veronica Mars film started shooting this week.

-I really hope this Scientology documentary airs in North America.

-The new trailer for I Give It a Year is out — looks kind of hilarious.

-I’m also digging the trailer for Touchy Feely, in which Rosemarie DeWitt plays a massage therapist who hates touching people and Ellen Page plays her niece.