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December 2014

Anna Kendrick Talks Dildos, Ambien on Letterman

Anna Kendrick’s interview on The Late Show with David Letterman
Anna Kendrick on The Late Show with David Letterman on Dec. 16, 2014. (CBS)

-As expected, Anna Kendrick was a total delight on Letterman last night, talking about fur-covered dildos and Ambien-induced surprises.

-So it looks like the theatre chains’ reluctance to show The Interview is hitting Canada, too. Since the majority of theatre owners are declining to show it, Sony went ahead and canceled the film’s release entirely. Just when you thought things between studios and theatre owners couldn’t get more tense…

-In other “whoa” industry news: HBO is no longer releasing overnight ratings, instead focusing on the L+7 (live plus seven, which includes anyone who watched their shows within a week, including DVR ratings), which will be hard for the press to verify. This is big news for TV geeks.

–Amy Adams and Taran Killam get romantic in their new SNL promos. Her fan-girling over 1D at the end is the best.

-I’m not proud that I just clicked on a headline that said “The Best Shirtless Moments From TV This Year“, but here we are.

–Jamie Dornan already has this media promo thing down. He’s talking about visiting a “sex dungeon” for 50 Shades research.

–Sam Smith, Demi Lovato and a couple of boy banders I don’t know modeled the raddest ugly Christmas sweater ever.

-God bless whoever put the lip synch scene from The Skeleton Twins on Youtube! I’m going to watch this whenever I’m having a bad day. There was no better crowd reaction that I experienced in a theatre this year than when Kristen Wiig finally joined in. (And I’m including the time that guy yelled, “Yeah, girl — you take out that weave!” in the middle of Beyond the Lights).

-Some woman who once dated Idris Elba is now writing sad songs about him. I’m just impressed she can still find the strength to get out of bed.

-More Mel B sadness: she’s reportedly moved out of the house she shares with her husband Stephen Belafonte amid those abuse rumours.

–Blake Lively cooks with Top Chef winner Hung Huynh ’cause she’s better than you in every way.

-Deep breaths, everyone. Serial’s final episode drops tomorrow. The Funny or Die spoof about how the last installment will go is so, so perfect.

-A teeny, tiny teaser for Game of Thrones has landed.

-The Interwebs is now lusting over Jennifer Lawrence’s bodyguard. They may have a point.

-Here’s a great interview with Joss Whedon, talking about the next Avengers movie.

–Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon played BFFs at summer camp on The Tonight Show last night. It wasn’t very funny, but they did break a lot, so there’s that.

 

Jennifer Aniston Talks Feminism, Baby-Shaming

Jennifer Aniston Allure

–Jennifer Aniston is trying to win us over with her Oscar campaign — and it’s kind of working. She opens up about feminism and womb-watching in the new issue of Allure. “This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don’t want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.”

-Proof that no one is ever completely happy with their body: Scarlett Johansson thinks hers is just “ok.”

-Jesus. There’s video of Chris Pratt singing the Li’l Sebastian eulogy at the Parks and Rec wrap party and it’s killing me. Ahem. I am not crying. My eyes are just sweating.

–Brad Pitt just made blue nail polish a thing for men. Tell everyone you know.

-A little kid made Justin Timberlake cry.

-Also, did Joey Fatone just confirm Timberlake’s pregnancy secret? D’oh!

-Ish just got real with the Sony hack. Seth Rogen and James Franco have cancelled all press appearances after the group claiming responsibility for the hack threatened attacks on theatres showing The Interview.

-Meanwhile, the fallout from the hack continues. Aaron Sorkin called the Sony hack ‘worse by magnitudes‘ than the leak of nude photos of female celebrities earlier this year. (Um, one hack revealed information about a multi-billion dollar industry that tightly controls its image via strict PR. The other hack was a sex crime. So….no. No, it’s not.). Sorkin also said some ridiculously stupid shit about how male roles have a higher degree of difficulty than female roles. If Sorkin is so worried about women having complex roles, why does he keep writing scripts like this? His entire behaviour this month makes me want to burn my Sports Night DVDs…

–Julianne Moore has lots of nice things to say about her Still Alice costar, Kristen Stewart.

-Uh oh. That thing happened to Emma Stone where all the camera flashes made her look like she just nose-dived into a giant vat of cocaine.

-Last night, Oprah and Jimmy Fallon pretended they were once in a soap opera together and it was glorious.

-A Wet Hot American Summer series might be coming to Netflix? Yes please!!

-Here’s an excellent interview with Selma director Ava DuVernay. I went to a Q&A with her last week and she was wonderful and articulate. I hope she wins all the awards.

-The new trailer for the final season Glee actually looks…pretty good? I’m sure it’s a trick, though.

–Reese Witherspoon loves Mindy Kaling‘s hilarious “Wreath Witherspoon” creation.

-The annual Jimmy Kimmel vs. John Krasinski/Emily Blunt holiday prank wars really stepped it up this year. This is kind of epic.

Chris Hemsworth Had “No Empathy” for Liam’s Failed Relationships

Chris Hemsworth GQ

-Way to crush my brodreams, Chris Hemsworth! In his new GQ interview, he talks about watching his little brother flail in life. “I’ve watched Liam do things I did at his age. Like being in relationships he shouldn’t be in, or being reckless just to prove a point. And I had no empathy. My mom had to remind me I was the same way.”

-Congrats to Eddie Redmayne, who just got married.

–Zooey Deschanel posted a video of her New Girl costar Max Greenfield lip-synching to Rihanna while wearing a fat suit, and it’s everything.

–Angelina Jolie contracted chickenpox; still looks adorable.

–Leighton Meester is probably the only cast member who’s been reluctant to publicly bad-mouth Gossip Girl since it ended, which I admire. But I also admire her saying that she hopes young girls don’t idolize the relationship between Chuck and Blair because “there was some domestic violence in there.” #DAIRforever

-God bless Diane Kruger‘s Instagram. I really needed this today.

-I did not, however, appreciate Miley Cyrus‘ latest Instagram adventure. Gag.

-Also, Justin Bieber and Chris Brown thought it would be funny and not at all distasteful to post a choking photo. They were wrong.

–Maisie Williams has issues with Emma Watson‘s “first-world feminism.”

-So Barbara Walters has named Amal Alamuddin the most fascinating person of the year — not because she’s a kick-ass human rights lawyer with a list of accomplishments miles long, but because getting George Clooney down the aisle “was really one of the greatest achievements in human history.” No, really.

-Speaking of George, the latest Sony leak reveals that he really, really hates bad reviews (but also seems to acknowledge that The Monuments Men kinda blew).

-Also leaked: Cameron Crowe’s upcoming movie with Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone was labelled “ridiculous,” Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence make less money than their male co-stars, Sony execs are worried about how bad The Interview is, and Channing Tatum’s emails are everything you’d want a Channing Tatum email to be!

-There’s a very interesting debate happening on whether or not the press should be reporting on the Sony leaks.  Aaron Sorkin says no (and while I agree with some of his points, I don’t understand how he can argue that the emails aren’t “newsworthy.”) For smart takes from the other side of the debate, read here, here and here.

-If you thought Gilmore Girls on Netflix was an evil time suck, just wait until the entire Friends library  lands in January.

–Mel B’s husband slammed rumours he had anything to do with those bruises she was sporting on The X Factor.

–Krysten Ritter is geeking out over the chance to work with a female showrunner on the upcoming Jessica Jones series. Man, I heart her.

-Speaking of female showrunners, this interview with Jane the Virgin’s is so thoughtful. That show’s definitely going to make my year-end Best Of list.

-I really love Vulture’s annual “Toughest Scene I Wrote” series. First up is Richard Linklater talking about that final Boyhood moment.

–Rose McGowan talked about stepping away from acting because she was sick of being constantly sexualized. She was recently on an episode of the Chicks Who Script podcast and I was kind of impressed.

–Jonathan Rhys Meyers convinced someone to marry his crazy eyes.

–Bill Cosby briefly broke his silence and now everyone’s wishing he hadn’t. Also, Camille Cosby issued a statement comparing the allegations to the UVA rape story. ::headdesk::

-Shake it off! Taylor Swift and Beyonce danced together at Justin Timberlake’s concert.

-Here’s Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Rihanna starring in a fake trailer that appears in the new Annie, which is undoubtedly more entertaining than Annie will be.

-Charming: Beyoncé’s estranged dad tried to shop a Destiny’s Child biopic.

-It’s a good sign that this new clip from Agent Carter passes the Bechdal Test.

-I didn’t really understand why everyone was so upset when HBO announced they were remastering The Wire, but I get it now that Fox is remastering Buffy and there are crew members in some shots.

–Jon Hamm has never signed on to play a superhero because he doesn’t want to be stuck in a contract until he’s 50. Also, we already kind of know how he’d fill out the tights.

-Whoa, the BBC is turning the book Wolf Hall into a limited series? I want.

–Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis will save you from cyberterrorists in the new trailer for Blackhat.