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October 2014

Nicki Minaj Doesn’t Want To Talk About Her Ass – Or Anything Else

Nicki Minaj GQ

-If you want to maintain a good opinion of Nicki Minaj, you might want to skip her new GQ profile. She falls asleep on the interviewer (four times!), dismisses questions about what “Anaconda” is trying to say about body image (“I knew that I wanted a gym theme. And that’s that.” ), and generally comes off as bored and inarticulate.

-The stars from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants reunited again this weekend to support America Ferrera’s Broadway performance. The fact that those four still hang out is more incredible to me than a pair of magical jeans that fit them all.

–Jada Pinkett Smith (the best thing about Gotham) landed her role because she arrived at her audition with a man on a leash.

-This video of Jamie Oliver and Taylor Swift having a “bake off” for charity is surprisingly adorable.

-I actually kind of think Taylor Swift’s advice to Selena Gomez about not being the smartest person in the room is a bit mean girl-y. Just me?

-Oh dear. Buffy star (and newlywed) Nicholas Brendon was arrested this weekend on suspicion of damaging property and resisting arrest in Idaho, where he was attending the Tree City Comic Con. He’s blaming a mix of prescription meds and alcohol. I hope his past problems haven’t resurfaced.

-Secret emails reveal that Kim Kardashian now demands $1 million per endorsement.

-James Franco looks pretty happy for someone who just tackled a paparazzo.

–Seth Rogen fulfilled his lifelong dream (and mine) to sing “Poison” onstage with Bell Biv DeVoe.

-Glee star Matthew Morrison married model Renee Puente this weekend. This People story about it feels like a copy and paste from a press release. Did we really need to know who the event planner, photographer and videographer were?

-In other weekend wedding news, Candice Accola got hitched and most of her Vampire Diaries costars showed up to help her celebrate.

–Tom Hanks has written a short story for the New Yorker because there’s absolutely nothing that man isn’t good at.

–Jennifer Garner is taking credit for Ben Affleck going full-frontal in Gone Girl. But what if you blinked and missed it? What then? Don’t fail me now, Tumblr!!

–Ansel Elgort went to Amsterdam and visited the bench from The Fault in our Stars, which is kind of sweet. I guess I’ll forgive him for making dumb comments about how his social media outreach is stronger than any publication’s.

-As you gaze upon the hotness of Lenny Kravitz‘s photo spread in Uptown Magazine, remind yourself that he’s now 50.

-I finally caught up on the Serial podcast and now I’m obsessed. Finding this subReddit where people have made insanely detailed timelines and evidence lists isn’t helping.

-It looks like Mulaney‘s Fox sitcom might be the first casualty of the new TV season. I love his standup (and he wrote the Stefon bits for SNL), but his show is really, really bad.

–Jessie Ware says Momofuku’s pork buns have shaped her life. I feel her.

–Ryan Reynolds was honoured at Canada’s Walk of Fame, but Blake Lively didn’t accompany him. Perhaps if she had, she would have talked him out of that terrible tux.

–Blake, meanwhile, was spotted shopping in New York in an outfit that doesn’t make sense for any temperature.

-Here’s the trailer for The Comeback. I’m going to have to catch up on this show, aren’t I?

Evan Rachel Wood “Felt Like Meat” During Vanity Fair Photo Shoot

Evan Rachel Wood Vanity Fair

–Evan Rachel Wood wrote a series of sad tweets about her 2003 Vanity Fair cover shoot. “I was 15 and felt for the first time my identity being erased and the pressure to shut up and do what you are told.”

–Iggy Azalea is NOT happy with her Maxim Australia cover.

-In other cover news, Kerry Washington looks fresh-faced and amazing on Allure.

–Blake Lively made her first red carpet appearance since she announced she’s expecting and I thought she was going to strain something the way she was pushing out her tummy so hard.

-Also, there are more suggestions that parts of Blake‘s Preserve is plagiarized.

-I’m not a comic book fan so the only thing I know about the Suicide Squad is what I’ve gleaned from superhero shows on The CW (where I’m mostly  only paying attention to the abs), but I might have to read up now that Ryan Gosling, Will Smith, and Tom Hardy are rumoured to be joining the cast of the upcoming movie adaptation.

–Jane Campion‘s Top of the Lake is officially returning for Season 2. As much as I admired that show, I think I’m taking a break from unrelentingly bleak TV for a while.

-To that point, I didn’t stick with The Knick, but this direction-focused recap makes me want to pick it up again.

-Speaking of bleak TV, I steered clear of Gracepoint after watching the terrible first episode, but every TV critic I follow on Twitter seems united in their belief that Anna Gunn is really, really bad in it.

-It’s been a rough week. Here’s a lovely photo of Joshua Jackson in Glamour, where he says he and Diane Kruger aren’t married because they’re both children of divorce and “not religious.”

–Gillian Anderson thinks the next X Files movie should be of the “monster of the week” variety. I don’t disagree. I was a HUGE fan of that show and I still have no idea where the mythology ended up. Something about bees, maybe?

-I don’t know about you, but I always feel better knowing that George Clooney is in the same country as I am.

-The cast of The Wire came together last night for a reunion at PaleyFest. Here are 12 revelations from the panel, or you could just watch the whole thing here.

–Chris Rock‘s Top Five was really well received at this year’s TIFF. Here’s the first trailer:

 

Jamie Dornan In British Vogue

-For those of you who don’t think Jamie Dornan is hot enough to play Christian Grey,  A) you clearly didn’t see his hotness in The Fall, B) that character is a gross, stalking creeper so he can’t be hot anyway, and C) his new spread in British Vogue will change your mind.

-Just when you thought Blake Lively’s ode to slave owners couldn’t get any worse, she might have plagiarized it. A kind of love how Gawker is just going  for it.

-Here’s a new clip of Keira Knightley playing coy with Sam Rockwell in Laggies, a movie I thought was pretty cute.

–Brad Pitt and Jimmy Fallon did a skit about breakdancing that unfortunately featured very little of Brad dancing. The two seconds of robot he did were pretty great, though.

–Brad wasn’t the only star who danced on the Tonight Show last night. Shailene Woodley taught Fallon how to dance like a goth, before exploding a pumpkin.

–Frances McDormand would like to give her plastic surgery-addled Hollywood friends a stern talking to.

–Casey Wilson says Ben Affleck let the Gone Girl cast borrow his Porsche when he wasn’t in town.

–Kristen Stewart continues to give zero f*cks about what you think of her.

–Chelsea Handler confirmed that Jason Biggs is a terrible person by recounting the time he peed on her face. “To me it’s funny that somebody could be that rude to another person, so that made me happy.”

-In a new interview, Channing Tatum says, “I’ve never considered myself a very smart person.” Some need a hug?

–Jude Law is expecting a baby with an ex. This will be his fifth, for those of you keeping track at home.

–Paul Rudd invited all of Kansas City to a post-game party at his mom’s house. She must have been thrilled.

-Excuse me while I devote the next few hours to combing over this oral history of The Wonder Years.

-This is depressing: Mindy Kaling is in a bit of a tiff with one of my favourite TV critics.

–Nick Offerman and Megan Amram are making science fun in this new Funny and Die video.

-Uh oh. Uma Thurman‘s multimillionaire ex is suing her for custody of their daughter.

–Laurie Holden of The Walking Dead is a badass in real life, too. She just worked with Operation Underground Railroad to rescue 55 Colombian sex workers.

-I am terrified of whales so I can’t watch the new trailer for Ron Howard‘s In the Heart of the Sea. I’ll just leave the link right here.

-Speaking of trailers, here is the latest for Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken. Yeah, Jack O’Connell is going to be a huge star.

–Katniss‘ house is destroyed in this hastag-tastic new trailer for Mockingjay Part 1.