George Clooney is engaged. I never thought I’d be typing that sentence, but it appears to be the case. Page Six first posted the rumours, quoting a source who claimed 36-year-old humanitarian lawyer Amal Alamuddin was spotted showing off an engagement ring while the couple dined with Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber on Thursday night. The rumours suddenly became a lot more credible when his rep responded, “I don’t comment on my client’s personal life.” Considering how quick his camp has been to denounce false rumours (or clarify reports) lately, most are taking it as a soft confirmation.
On paper at least, Alamuddin appears to be the best-matched woman Clooney’s dated in a while (a fact Stacy Keibler reminded us all with last week’s desperate red carpet appearance), but this relationship seems to be progressing really fast by normal standards — and breakneck fast for the world’s most famous bachelor. They were first spotted together in October. Could this be a shotgun wedding? George Clooney married with kids? Just the thought of it makes my brain sweat.
–Justin Bieber was detained by U.S. customs at LAX last night for hours for reasons that are still unclear. Maybe the TSA had Bieber fever?
–Selena Gomez decided to freeze out the Jenner sisters because A) she hated their entourage at Coachella, B) one of them slept with Justin Bieber, or C) she just realized neither was planning to bring her as their +1 to Kimye’s wedding.
-Despite rumours of relationship rockiness, Matthew Bellamy asked the Coachella audience to serenade Kate Hudsonwith “Happy Birthday” during Muse’s set.
-Speaking of fangirling, Amy Poehler‘s reaction to meeting Michelle Obama on the season finale of Parks and Rec was priceless.
–Gwyneth Paltrow gave Jessica Alba‘s natural cleaning products a C grade on GOOP. It’s a lifestyle guru throwdown!
–Chris Martin obliquely referred to his split from Gwynethin a new interview with BBC, referencing recent “challenges” and “false headlines.”
–Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen made a rare appearance on Ellen and revealed that they don’t really know that much about each other.
-I keep forgetting that Vincent Kartheiser is engaged to Rory Gilmore. I also keep forgetting that he shaves his hairline for Mad Men, so these photos of it growing out were jarring.
–Chrissy Teigen wants everyone to stop commenting on her weight gain. People suck.
-Someone uploaded video for The Office finale table read. I love that Creed actually sings “All the Faces” and makes everyone cry, and John Krasinski does a Jim look-to-the-camera at the end.
–A Chocolate Box Kind of Life, a trailer treatment of Forrest Gump in the manner of Wes Anderson, is exactly what you’d expect.
–Kit Harrington really has a thing for his GoT costars, huh?
–Jaime King celebrated her bday with her Hart of Dixie costars (minus Rachel Bilson — Summer Roberts wouldn’t be caught dead bowling).
-I love how Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons and Mark Ruffalo react incredulously to Taylor Kitsch’s story about needing to get the crotch on the jeans he wore in The Normal Heart elongated.
-Meanwhile, I really liked how this review of The Other Woman turns into an examination of Cameron Diaz’s current career state. “[The Counselor] led her to drive What Happens in Vegas straight to hell. This is a woman whose stardom has evolved. She knows it’s time to stop being f**ked and start f**king you.”
–Aaron Cartercan’t stop talking about how ex-girlfriend Hilary Duff is the one that got away, which is totally awkward and creepy.
-I’m intrigued by the new trailer and clip for The Two Faces of January. Oscar Isaac needs to be a huge star already.
–Natalie Portman’s Jane Got a Gun has just been moved to the movie wasteland that is February. This thing has been doomed from the start.
-Courteney Cox‘s new sparkler is sparking false engagement rumours.
-The Jem movie castingis crazy underwhelming. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen episodes of Nashville that included Aubrey Peeples but I still have zero recollection of her.
-Screw you, haters. Neil Patrick Harris really liked the HIMYM finale.
-BuzzFeed asked 25 fashion companies if they were still planning to work with Terry Richardson, and the results were depressing.
-No surprise here given his real-life antics, but Scandal’s Columbus Short will not be returning for season 4.
-Jason Sudeikis looks like a proud new papa on the set of his new movie.
-These photos from Variety’s Power of Women event make me wonder why they asked everyone to awkwardly pose in a corner?
-Speaking of movies that got a great reaction at TIFF, here’s the trailer for Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which was 12 years in the making. They starting filming it when the kid was 6 and wrapped when he was 18.
–Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis welcomed a son named Otis, who we can only presume is the funniest, most attractive baby in history.
-Don’t you dare insult George Clooney‘s friends! He will deliver a verbal smackdownand then he’ll follow it up with official statements confirming his verbal smackdown skillz!
–Rihanna and Drake are reportedly getting serious. My heart just pooped its pants.
-I think Jezebel’s click-baity headline about Tori Spelling faking her marriage troubles for TV isn’t really backed up by the article, but it does bring up some eyebrow-raising points about the timing. Their camp’s response isn’t exactly definitive, either.
-Did Katy Perry hook up with Jared Leto at Coachella? But I thought she hooked up with Diplo at Coachella? I can’t keep up with Katy’s vagina.
-Does it bum anyone else out to learn that Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to join Disney’s Jungle Book, especially the day after the People cover? Maybe it’s just ’cause I recently rewatched that Chris Rock bit at the Oscars about how black people can only play animals in animated films…
-An L.A. judge is refusing to releaseChris Brown back out into the world, making him by new hero.
-This review of The Other Woman made me laugh out loud. (“It seems like a dreadful missed opportunity that they didn’t call this ‘Right, Fellas?: The Movie.’ Someone in marketing was not keeping his [probably his] eye on the ball.”) Also, a movie with three female leads doesn’t pass the Bechdel test? Ugh.
-I hate Taylor Swift’s shorts here, though I do applaud her sudden and total transformation into a New York hipster.
-I really want to see this documentary on TV showrunners, which follows Joss Whedon, JJ Abrams, Jane Espenson, Ronald D. Moore, Kurt Sutter and more.
–Anthony Bourdain did a Parts Unknown episode on Vegas (just in time for my visit next weekend!). His riff against EDMis pure gold. “Are we just old, or are we non-douchey?”
-Is there anyone in the Pretty Little Liars cast that James Franco hasn’t been in bed with?!
–This spoof script for the now-infamous Game of Thrones scene is perfect. It mocks both the scene and the controversy surrounding it.
-Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Joe Lo Truglio married his girlfriend in front of the most awesome collection of wedding guests ever.
–Avril’s response to the totally valid criticism that her new video is racist? “LOLOLOL!!!” Seriously, someone needs to do an intervention with this woman and remind her that she’s no longer 15.
–Lake Bell announced her pregnancy by showing up to an event in an awesome maternity jumpsuit.
-I’ve heard nothing but amazing things for the UK show My Mad Fat Diary, but American remakes are usually never a good idea. You can watch the original here.
-Speaking of American remakes, here’s the first photos for Fox’s Broadchurch adaptation Gracepoint. I want to be skeptical of this because the original was so good, but the stills look moody and right.
-In other news concerning rain-drenched TV shows, Netflix just announced that the final season of The Killing will debut on August 1. That show totally won me over last season (and then lost me again in the season finale). Still, that prison scene with Peter Sarsgaard might have been the best thing on TV last year.
–Lily Allen is calling out Beyonce, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Lorde in her new video because she’s kind of the worst.
-This is nuts: The woman who created the Vampire Diaries books, L.J. Smith, was fired from the series a few years ago and is now completing her version of the books through fan fiction.
-Yes to this article about the latest Parks and Recreation plot development. I spent a lot of the last episode praying it was all a dream sequence.
