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November 2014

Britney Spears Reads Mean Tweets

–Britney Spears is going to appear in Jimmy Kimmel’s eight edition of Mean Tweets tonight. At least she seems to have a sense of humour about it.

–Kim Kardashian tried to adopt an orphan and the kid very wisely was all “um, thanks but I’m going to take a hard pass.”

-ABC has forbidden Iggy Azalea and Jennifer Lopez from rubbing their butts together during the AMAs. Ass crack is also frowned upon.

–Angelina Jolie isn’t quitting acting just yet. She says she still has “a few more” in her.

–Raven-Symoné wants no part of those rumors that Bill Cosby molested her.

-Meanwhile, Cosby told an AP reporter: “If you want to be serious,” don’t ask me about rape.

–Aidy Bryant‘s great skit about Twitter was cut from last week’s SNL, which I’d be more upset about if the rest of the show wasn’t so funny.

-Meanwhile, James Franco, Martin Freeman and Amy Adams will host in December. Adams‘ ep should be musical and fun, Franco will bring the weird, but I’ve had no time for Freeman since I read this interview.

-The Guardians of the Galaxy blooper reel makes me wish Michael Rooker was still on TWD.

-Oh god. Hollywood wants to make a movie out of Serial, which is such a bad idea.

-Shameless’ Justin Chatwin just joined the cast of Orphan Black, which is wonderful because he’s swell (and so, so pretty).

-In other TV news, Jon Hamm is returning to Parks and Recreation for its final season.

-Congrats to Sean Hayes, who secretly wed Scott Icenogle after 8 years together.

–Keira Knightley is very wisely frightened of Benedict Cumberbatch’s fans.

-The trailer for  Age of Adaline is out, if watching Blake Lively make googly eyes at Harrison Ford is your thing.

-The Pitch Perfect 2 trailer has arrived. I’m not sure why they’d use “Cups” again, but otherwise it’s full of goodness.

Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson Are Pitch Perfect for EW

Anna Kendrick Pitch Perfect 2

-I usually blindly love any magazine cover that features Anna Kendrick, but the shot that EW chose for their Pitch Perfect 2 cover is all kinds of awks, no? It looks like her leg is trying to swallow Rebel Wilson. The shot of them in the club is so much better.

-I’m super underwhelmed by People’s Sexiest Man Alive choice this year (but maybe that’s just because of the ’90s hair he’s sporting on the cover).  But last year was Adam Levine, so I guess there’s a *bit* of course correction happening.

-Meanwhile, Jason Bateman says he’s ticked at not being chosen.

-Also, we’ve suspected it but now sources seem to confirm that Ryan Gosling hasn’t been named People’s Sexiest Man Alive yet because he rejected them multiple times. Is that why Chris Pratt didn’t make it this year?

–Janice Dickinson says Bill Cosby raped her. There was an immediate “but she’s a crazy model jumping on a bandwagon” backlash on Twitter, until someone pointed out that she told Howard Stern a similar story back in 2006. If she’s lying, she’s playing a hell of a long game.

-Here’s the threatening letter Bill Cosby’s new attorney sent to Buzzfeed’s Kate Aurthur, who’s been doing some really good work on this story.

–THR’s actress roundtable this year features Amy Adams, Reese Witherspoon, Patricia Arquette, Laura Dern, Felicity Jones and Hilary Swank. I love Reese’s dress in the photo. I don’t think I’d wear it, but it’s so very *her*.

–Jennifer Lawrence appeared on Elizabeth Banks’ YouTube show, “Ask a Badass,” and is very excited to be the first “lady badass.”

–Anna Wintour knows the Vogue Kim Kardashian/Kanye West cover wasn’t tasteful…and that was her point.

-Meanwhile, here’s a very sanitized view of what it’s like to be Anna’s assistant.

-This is making yesterday’s news of an American Luther adaptation go down easier: BBC America says Idris Elba will film two new hourlong episodes of original Luther next March to air later in 2015.

-For reasons I won’t even try to comprehend, Aubrey Plaza’s basketball team made a fake Burger King commercial.

-It’s cute how Ansel Elgort is trying to make it seem like it ain’t no thing that he’s suddenly swimming in groupies.

-Why is Shailene Woodley gracing one of GQ’s Men Of The Year covers?

-This new Dave Chappelle interview is great (minus the pimp intro). He talks about meeting Rob Ford, and makes some pretty smart comments about Tyler Perry.

-I feel like The 100 is going to be added to my holiday binge-watch list. Every TV critic I follow on Twitter (and I follow a lot of them) won’t stop raving about this season. Can anyone out there second this?

–FKA Twigs says dating Robert Pattinson is “very worth it” despite the Twihard-y haters.

-I’m glad the Foo Fighters’ HBO show is getting lots of critic love. It really is pretty great.

-I like this article about what Tom Hardy’s new TV show says about future of TV and movies.

-The first Cinderella trailer looks ok (mostly because of Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter), but man, Robb Stark’s beard clearly held all of his sexy power.

 

Amy Adams Gets Stretchy for Vogue

Amy Adams Vogue

–Amy Adams’ Vogue cover is gorgeous, and she shows off her ballet stretches in her 73 questions video. The print interview is great too, in which she talks about how she thought she’d be more put together by the time she turned 40. (“I still don’t do laundry so I’m always out of things; I’m just not a grown-up at all.”)

-I’m not really sold on Variety’s cover image of Angelina Jolie. It looks like she’s been blown out by an overly aggressive Instagram filter. Her Oscar game remains strong, though.

-Are George and Amal Clooney trying to adopt a baby? Probably not, but just typing that sentence made the floor tilt a bit…

-I learned so much from Vulture’s One Direction glossary of terms. So very much.

-Meanwhile, 1D’s Zayn Malik was not super impressed by Matt Lauer’s substance abuse comments.

-There is already a Jaden and Willow Smith poetry generator and it’s a thing of beauty.

-There are many reasons why I’m creeped out by the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, but Anna Kendrick’s reason might be the best.

–Rachel McAdams celebrated her 36th birthday this week in Toronto, but apparently not with her rumoured boyfriend — who might not be her boyfriend anymore.

-In their lengthy feature, Vulture got Benedict Cumberbatch to say “all the feels.” Hilarious.

-Also, Benedict tried to get Jimmy Fallon to say ‘booty’ on The Tonight Show.

-Jesus Christ, Evangeline Lilly. I want to support you in everything you do but this outfit is making it SO HARD.

–Amber Tamblyn says her BFF Blake Lively “is going to be more like the dad, and Ryan’s going to be more like the mom.” Huh.

–David Letterman and Jason Sudeikis really, really love Taco Bell.

-In terrible idea news, Idris Elba is adapting Luther for Fox. As much as I love and adore the original (it’s on Netflix; watch it now!), there’s no way Fox will keep it as gritty and real. Plus, Elba’s insane charisma elevated the show and disguised a lot of its flaws, which will be way more obvious in a Luther without him or Ruth Wilson.

-In TV news that actually sounds great, Tom Hardy will star in a new period drama for FX that’s based on a story written by him and his dad (the awesomely named Chips Hardy). Have you seen Locke? It’s basically just two hours of Tom Hardy driving and it’s absolutely mesmerizing.

-Hulu also ordered a bunch of new shows, including an Amy Poehler-produced comedy starring Billy Eichner and a new series from Jason Reitman.

-This new Hunger Games clip reminded me what happens in the book — including the parts I didn’t like. Hopefully the movie glosses over those.

-I very rarely praise Justin Timberlake, but his Twitter response to a guy who said he jumped on the Grizzlies bandwagon was pretty swell.

-Everyone can go home now. Selma has basically already won Best Picture.

-I am so on board with this trailer for The Duff! I’m even willing to overlook the offensiveness of someone as petite and cute as Mae Whitman being called a “designated ugly fat friend.” It hits all my teen movie requirements (not to mention Allison Janney crying while drinking wine and riding a lawn mower). Plus, I’ve been waiting for Whitman to be a movie star ever since she wailed outside her dad’s car in Hope Floats.