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September 2013

Peter Dinklage Sings on Sesame Street

-Game of Thrones stars Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey both taped appearances on Sesame Street recently. Bonus: Dinklage sings!

-Amazon’s new Alpha House just signed on Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris, Wanda Sykes and  Julie White. Who needs network TV?

-Apparently Orlando Bloom is getting rave reviews for his Broadway debut in Romeo & Juliet. What’s happening?

-After some Instagram teasing, Justin Timberlake’s new single has dropped.

-I love Blake Lively’s jumpsuit (and I so rarely use the words “love” and “jumpsuit” in the same sentence).

-God bless Buzzfeed for this feature on the 19 gifts Idris Elba has given the world.

Miley Cyrus apologized to Lordes after her fans attacked the young singer on Twitter for beating Miley on the charts.

-Also, Miley is apparently not super stoked that Liam Hemsworth moved on so quickly.

-I feel like this is the first time we’ve seen Natalie Portman in public forever. Love the texture of the dress, but wish it was a different length.

Charlie Sheen is denying reports that he taught Zac Efron how to ride the white pony on the set of Anger Management.

Jesse Plemons talks about what it’s like to play a psycho on Breaking Bad.

-I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the Sleepy Hollow premiere. The show is batshit, but it totally owns its batshittery. Now I like it even more since Fringe’s John Noble has signed on.

-Why isn’t Jesse L. Martin a bigger star? I’ve pretty much worn out the “Santa Fe” part of my Rent DVD. Here is he as Marvin Gaye in the new Sexual Healing trailer.

-I really like Mila Kunis‘s cute sweater in this photo.

Mindy Kaling is getting lots of flack for that gun joke she had in the season premiere.

Jon Hamm is getting his beard on during Mad Men’s hiatus.

Louis CK has no plans to let his kids have cellphones anytime soon.

-Meanwhile, Louis talking about the time he tried to hit on Gwyneth Paltrow and she was having none of it.

Idris Elba Talks Drug-Dealing Past, Mistaken Paternity in GQ

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-GQ went to Ibiza with Idris Elba, and the resulting interview makes me love him even more. When he talks about being tricked by his ex-girlfriend into thinking he had a son? *sob* I needed to watch the behind-the-scenes video of him talking about how bowties give him hardons a few dozen times to cheer up.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel wore matching tuxedos to his Runner Runner premiere, cause gawd forbid she outshine him on his big night.

Julie Chen insists she didn’t get a nosejob. Everyone with eyeballs disagrees!

-Now that Hugh Jackman is earning Oscar buzz for Prisoners (which I saw last night and thought it was amazing!), industry insiders are wondering if it’s time for him to retire Wolverine’s claws.

Famke Janssen‘s home intruder was…Famke Janssen.

-It turns out reportedly Zac Efron went to rehab twice this year for his alleged cocaine addiction, once in spring and again after his comedy Neighbors wrapped.

Miley Cyrus is topless on the deluxe version of upcoming album Bangerz because of course.

Kate Winslet says she was never going to change her last name to Rocknroll so everyone needs to simmer the eff down.

Bryan Cranston is breaking away from Breaking Bad. The actor has signed on to play blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

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Amy Poehler details what she looks for in a BFF: “Money, connections, power, sexiness, thick hair, fast cars, a sweet-ass booty, and a desire to travel.” Hmmm…I have 1 out of 8 of those things. Close enough?

-When Britney Spears met Miley Cyrus, she laughed hysterically — as one does.

-Hunger Games: Catching Fire is going to premiere at the Rome Film Festival. Oh, you fancy, huh?

Solange’s new video once again will make you want to dance in public.

Justin Timberlake defended Miley Cyrus–kinda, sorta.

-Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes had her third child — a girl.

Aaron Paul’s beard is getting a little too beard-y, but he was adorable on Jimmy Kimmel last night, revealing that he can tell the sex of a dog just by petting it, and talking about scary fans.

-Speaking of Breaking Bad stars, I talked about the last episode on the Canada.com podcast.

Jennifer Aniston Denies Pregnancy Rumours

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-We’ve heard many, many, many reports about Jennifer Aniston being pregnant, but never from Us Weekly. It’s not like they’re People or anything, but they’re not exactly InTouch either. In any case, her camp has already issued a denial. Plus, if she were trying to hide a belly bump, this stomach-accentuating dress is not the way to do it.

James Franco instragrammed a photo of him kissing another dude, which turned out to be his brother. Yawn.

-More details are emerging about Zac Efron‘s rehab. Apparently he was addicted to coke and molly.  It’s weird; I usually assume pretty much everyone in Hollywood is on coke, but this one surprised me.

-Now Liam Hemsworth has unfollowed Miley Cyrus on Twitter. Gasp!

-Meanwhile, Liam was spotted visiting some non-twerking friends.

-Everyone’s piling on Miley today. Cher said “her body looks like hell,” while Pink called her twerking “tacky.”

-Giving a new spin to the term “soccer mom,” Beyonce played with some kids in Rio.

Kaley Cuoco’s sister Briana (who I love from LBD) may be featured on the new season of The Voice.

-If my Twitter feed was filled with nothing but Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart’s buddy photos, I’d be a happy gal.

Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake joined together for yet another sketch last night.  Someone needs to warn these two about the law of diminishing returns.

-A VIP table wasn’t available when George Clooney went out to dinner in Vancouver the other night, so he sat at the bar with the rest of the plebs and was totally awesome about it.

-Also, the photo of him winking on the set of Tomorrowland is making my life.

-Even George R.R. Martin knows that Game of Thrones better win an Emmy on Sunday ’cause it has no shot in hell of beating Breaking Bad next year.

Gwyneth Paltrow is joking about her pubic hair again. Yay?

-A bodyguard who died during an altercation with the police earlier this month was recently fired by Beyonce and Jay Z after they reportedly discovered that he’d hired a prostitute while on duty.

-Universal has hired bodyguards to protect Charlie Hunnam since the Fifty Shades of Grey casting news broke. But isn’t his character supposed to like it a little rough?

Taye Diggs is going to guest-star on New Girl, which makes me stupidly, incandescently happy.

Cate Blanchett just suffered a rare fashion fail.

Blake Lively showed up at the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week today, where she cozied up to Anna Wintour.

Guys, I love Penn Badgley and I don’t care how embarrassing that is. I mean, this is just adorable!

-This FunnyorDie clip proves that kids should never, ever watch Samuel L. Jackson movies.

-Speaking of FunnyorDie, it looks like Dean Norris is shooting something with them.

-Emmys’ producer Ken Ehrlich is defending the show’s In Memoriam choices. I’m sorry, but to honour Cory Monteith and leave out Larry Hagman is bananas.

Julianne Moore looks weirdly stiff on the new cover of InStyle.

A podcast featuring both Jon Hamm and Nick Offerman? Yes, please!

-Is it weird that I don’t hate Jared Leto‘s cover of Rihanna’s “Stay”?

-This is a very good (but long) read about why Breaking Bad viewers are still trying to sympathize with Walter White.  As someone who keeps getting into arguments with people who claim that Jesse is just as bad as Walt, I cosign this.

-Meanwhile, Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul went to the happiest place on earth — which he probably really needed after that last ep.

-The extended Thor trailer has landed. I’m much more interested in this movie now that I know Joss Whedon rewrote parts of the script. Also, is that Idris Elba I see in one blink-and-you’d-miss-it scene? I’m in!