-What is with all the book shaming lately? First it was Slate telling us that we should be embarrassed to read YA, and now a bunch of critics are railing against The Goldfinch. True, I didn’t love it as much as everyone else seems to, but we shouldn’t have to justify reading Pulitzer-winning fiction.
-Orange Is The New Black’s Matt McGorry fake-auditioned for Magic Mike 2, and it was great. I keep forgetting that all that is hiding under his guard uniform.
-SNL’s Vanessa Bayer gives Drake some very terrible career and dating advice in this new video.
-Here’s a very long but very fascinating read on the history of Entertainment Weekly and how it informs its current identity crisis. I love that mag, but seeing this cover arrive in my mailbox almost made me rethink my sub.
-Breaking Bad’s’ R.J. Mitte made a funny Father’s Day video for Bryan Cranston.
-Vegas Britney Spears might be the healthiest Britney Spears. It made me really sad when I saw her there, but my judgement may have been slightly impaired at the time…
-Is Kanye West still smarting over no-shows at his wedding? He dropped Jay Z’s name from his lyrics during a live show.
–Dave Chappelle went on “Letterman” last night and talked about why Jay Z almost makes him regret leaving television.
–Donald Glover and Danny Pudi have lots of thoughts about the perfect “Community” videogame
–Ansel Elgort is pretty swoon-worthy in this Interview piece.
In the new issue of Vanity Fair, Shailene Woodley says, “I look at Miles [Teller] and, like, I’m sort of Julia Roberts in the same way she is to [George Clooney]. Their relationship I could see being our relationship in 20 years, and that really is special.”–Shailene Woodley looks amazing (though very un-Shailene Woodley-y) on the cover of Vanity Fair, where she talks about her dream of continuing a platonic working relationship with Miles Teller, calls George Clooney “an angel in my life,” and says she’s hesitant to date another actor because most “don’t want to get dirty.”
–Taylor Swift made a Drake-themed craft project for Ed Sheeran and it’s awesome. It shows a cross-stitched Sheeran and Swift climbing a staircase and reads, “STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, NOW WE HERE.”
-Today, Angelina Joliekicked off a 4-day summit that will involve more than 100 countries and discuss ending sexual violence during conflict. Watch video of her powerful speech here.
–Hugh Jackman just shaved his head for his role in the upcoming Pan. Still hot.
-There was a Roswell reunion (yay!) and everyone showed up except Katherine Heigl (yay squared!).
-Everyone who complained about how white The Hollywood Reporter’s drama actress roundtable was is really going to be unimpressed by the drama actor one.
–Halle Berry has been ordered to pay her ex Gabriel Aubry$16k per month in child support.
-In case you’ve heard that Tracy Morgan‘s leg was amputated, it’s not true.
-Meanwhile, FX has issued a lovely statementon the future of Tracy‘s new series, saying “his show will be waiting for him.”
–Jennifer Lopez rocked some tight pantswith Jimmy Fallon last night.
-In other late night news, Lena Dunham did an interpretive dance to Sia’s “Chandelier” on Late Night with Seth Meyers. I don’t entirely get it, but it was entertaining.
-Also on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Steve Buscemi confronted the Buscemi-Eyes meme.
-Fox won’t even burn off episodes of Us & Them, starring Alexis Bledel and Jason Ritter. The network simply won’t be airing the show at all.
–Sandra Bullocklaughed off questions about her relationship with Chris Evans — without confirming or denying anything.
-Today in real estate porn, this is where Rihanna is rentingfor $60k/month.
–James Franco wrote a really terrible short story about his much-discussed encounter with Lindsay Lohan — and he calls her “damaged.”
-God bless BuzzSugar for capturing my entire experience of watching The Fault in Our Stars in GIFs.
-Speaking of TFIOS, this is the perfect response to that stupid anti-YA article in Slate.
-I haven’t watched this week’s Louie because I’m still trying to process the last episode (more on that here), but by all accounts, Jeremy Renneracted the shit out of it.
-EW has a great lookback on the 20th anniversary of Speed, which makes me want to rewatch it immediately.
-This promo for the ATX festival is awesome, mostly because of the FNL alums.
–Kate Hudson has no sympathy for exes Lance Armstrong and Alex Rodriguez, saying they “should reap the consequences” of their doping scandals.
-I love and adore Sutton Foster (Bunheads!). She deserves better than starring in a show with Hilary Duff — though it does look sort of cute.
–Kate Hudson poses in a bikini on the new cover of InStyle, but though she wants you to look at her body, she doesn’t want you to question it. In the interview, she says her biggest pet peeve is rampant plastic surgery speculation. “That’s like asking someone if they see a therapist.” No, it’s really not.
–Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin continue to prove that not all Hollywood splits have to be brutal. They were photographed having a cosy dinner together again this weekend.
–Taye Diggs opens up on his split from Idina Menzel in the new issue of Redbook, saying: “I’d be lying if I said there weren’t times when I thought, ‘Oh, man, people are going to trip out…It was easy for people to root for us.”
-It wasn’t all good news for Sandra this weekend. A man obsessed with her broke into her housewhile she was asleep.
–Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal were spotted at the same place again. It’s probably because they’re both researching a movie, but everyone is still hoping it turns into more.
–Lil Kim had her first child, and the name she’s saddled the kid with is a doozy: Royal Reign.
–ShaileneWoodley adopted a really terrible disguise to sneak into a theatre with her costar undetected.
-Like everyone else in the world, Shailene cried at a premiereof TFIOS. Thank gawd I ended up at one of the few theatres in Toronto that’s licensed. I had two rye & gingers and still barely got through the last 1/2 hour.
-Also, this interview with the parents of the girl the book/movie is based on killed me. KILLED.
-Speaking of TFIOS, is the character of Augustus Watersjust a boy version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl? Maybe, but this video of the actor breakdancingwill make me forgive him for anything.
-Everyone is assuming that this shirt Brad Pitt wore features a picture of him and Angelina Jolie holding hands. Um, if you say so.
-Speaking of oral histories, here’s one about the comedy group The Groundlings, in which Kathy Griffin talks about prank calling J.J. Abrams when he was a receptionist.
