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December 2014

Keira Knightley is Pregnant

Ethan Hawke and Keira Knightley
Ethan Hawke and Keira Knightley cover the latest issue of Variety. (Ben Hassett/Variety)

-Congrats to Keira Knightley, who confirmed those pregnancy rumours to Vogue the day after snagging a Golden Globe nom.

-It’s the last day on the set of Parks and Recreation and the photos the cast and crew are posting are breaking my heart. Look at this and just try not to weep!

-Meanwhile, here are the best answers from Nick Offerman’s Reddit AMA.

–Emma Watson and her boyfriend of a year have called it quits.

-Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham has ended her two-year engagement. On the plus side, by all accounts the show has finally figured out how to make her character badass, so that’s something.

-There are more reports that Amber Heard is having second thoughts about marrying Johnny Depp.

–George Clooney predicted the Sony hacks in a jokey leaked email to Amy Pascal. (Sidenote: his abuse of ellipses breaks my heart.)

-In other Sony hack news, Kevin Hart has shot back at the email that called him a “whore.”

-Also, one of the leaked emails shows Joel McHale asking for a discount on a Sony TV after Community was cancelled. Smart!

-Meanwhile, a leaked Sony email shows that the Russo brothers may be on board to direct Avengers: Infinity War.

–Judd Apatow tweeted that “releasing private Sony emails to hurt people is the same as releasing nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence.” Uh, it’s really not. Here’s a more nuanced view of it.

-Feast upon this super awkward photo of Amy Pascal running into Angelina Jolie following the “spoiled brat” email leak.

-The latest THR roundtable features directors Angelina Jolie (Unbroken), Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game). Nolan wins the discussion when he talks about The Dark Knight. “Try making a Batman film — trust me, they’ll come and burn your house down after.”

-If you want to fall even deeper down the Serial rabbit hole, this examination of the cellphone records is pretty eye-opening.

–Benedict Cumberbatch will NOT photobomb you, so stop asking him to.

-It’s Tris vs Tris in the new Insurgent trailer.

The Serial Podcast Ends Next Week

Sarah Koenig and Stephen Colbert discussed "Serial" on "The Colbert Report."
Sarah Koenig and Stephen Colbert discussed “Serial” on “The Colbert Report” on Dec 10. (Comedy Central)

–Stephen Colbert called Serial host Sarah Koenig his “favourite guest of all time.” It was a great segment (“Did you always want to do true crime reporting that people listen to on a treadmill?”) Koenig also confirmed that the Dec. 18 episode will be its last. *sob*

-More evidence that Ariana Grande is a mini Mariah Carey. Here’s a photo of her being carried around like a little baby. (She says she doesn’t like being carried around, if that helps.)

–Liam Hemsworth and Kate Winslet might be hooking up. I don’t even want to read any more about this story because it’s undoubtedly not true and I want to keep this beautiful dream alive!

-Congrats to Zoe Saldana, who’s reportedly given birth to twins.

–Steve Carell sang ‘Sexual Healing’ with Jimmy Fallon‘s barbershop quartet last night. It was creepy.

–Taylor Swift wants you to know she is happily single so stop worrying about her, ok?

-Yesterday it was Scarlett Johansson, and today it’s Mila Kunis who’s praising breastfeeding for helping her lose baby weight.

-And the hits just keep coming. Supermodel Beverly Johnson claims Bill Cosby once drugged her and yanked her down the stairs. Meanwhile, Vulture has compiled a timeline of all the allegations. 

-Well, this is weird. Zooey Deschanel is being sued by a horse owner because she allegedly injured a rented stallion named so badly that he will never be the same again.

-One of the best surprises from this morning’s Golden Globe nominations was all the love for Selma. I saw it last night and adored it.

-The Sony hack is messing with The Interview’s promo tour.

–Colin Firth plays a dirty James Bond in the new red band trailer for Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Sony Exec Calls Angelina Jolie a “Spoiled Brat”

Maleficent Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie’ in Maleficent. (Photos: Disney Enterprises, Inc.)

-Please tell me you’ve read the hacked emails from Sony execs Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin fighting over Jobs and Cleopatra! If and when those movies get made, I guarantee they still won’t be as entertaining as the emails about them. Rudin (who, by all accounts, isn’t exactly sweetness and rainbows himself), calls Angelina Jolie a “minimally talented spoiled brat.” And that’s just the beginning!

-In other weirdness that has surfaced as a result of the hack, Sony is planning a Men in Black/21 Jump Street crossover. Oh, and they have no idea what they’re doing with Spider-Man. Also, there’s a hilarious email trail about Seth Rogen complaining about having to edit The Interview (but it’s spoiler-y).

-It turns out that Diddy and Drake‘s big fight was about the song “0 to 100/ The Catch Up” which was just nominated for two Grammys. Yawn. Turns out if Drake isn’t fighting over Rihanna, I don’t care.

-Here’s another plausible– if incredibly depressing — Serial theory.

-Despite my conflicting feelings about it, Fargo is probably going to end up on my Top 10 list of the year (coming soon!) because it was just so damn different. Next year is shaping up to be even better: Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons (Landry!) just signed on.

–Lena Dunham wrote an eye-opening piece about the disturbing response she’s gotten from writing about her sexual abuse.

–Freida Pinto and Dev Patel have broken up after six years together and love is dead.

-The Screen Actors Guild nominations were pretty underwhelming on the television front (with the exception of Tatiana Maslany finally being recognized). There were more shockers in the movie categories, including Selma and Gone Girl being snubbed, and the fact that Jennifer Aniston’s campaign actually worked. (I’m going to a Selma screening tonight that features a Q&A with the director and star — can’t wait!)

-In other movie award news, Harvey Weinstein suddenly remembered that he forgot to launch an Oscar campaign for The Immigrant, starring Marion Cotillard.

–Scarlett Johansson is a big fan of breastfeeding. I hope that information somehow enriches your life.

–Avril Lavigne has an undisclosed health problem but she doesn’t want to talk about it, mm-kay?

-This writer hilariously tried to lose a guy in 10 days like Kate Hudson did in the movie and it made me laugh so hard my sides now hurt.

-Speaking of Kate Hudson, it sounds like she and Derek Hough are actually a thing.

–Aaron Paul continues to be the cutest, most loving husband ever.

–Columbus Short blames his Scandal exit on his struggles with drug abuse. Gee, ya think?

-I really liked this defense of TV hatewatching. “No one truly hatewatches something they actually hate. What they hate is the execution, not the premise, which means that hatewatching is engaging with the potency of the idea versus the potency of its reality.”

-Speaking of shows that are hatewatched, Olivia Munn defended Aaron Sorkin‘s handling of the campus rape discussions.

-Also, Munn spent most of her Letterman interview trying not to flash the nation.

-Yay! Felicia Day wrote a book!

-Grantland’s oral history of Boogie Nights is not only an amazing read, it also looks super cool.

–Martin Freeman has a dance party (and a tea party) in his new SNL promos.

–Shonda Rhimes delivered a very powerful speech about glass ceilings at today’s THR Power Women event. It’s worth watching all eight minutes.

-Every year, The New York Times Magazine produces a series of videos that features famous people doing little scenes. This year’s nine smooch-filled vignettes includes romantic pairings between Benedict Cumberbatch and Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Laura Dern, Rosario Dawson and Jenny Slate, and Shailene Woodley and Jack O’Connell.

–Mark Ruffalo interviewed Jessica Chastain and it was all kinds of charming.

-I really, really like the Foo Fighters‘ Sonic Highway show on HBO, but this critique of its lack of women is on point.

-The Mad Max: Fury trailer is chocked full of insanity. I want this movie in my eyeballs right now!