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March 2015

The X Files Revival Is Happening; David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson & Chris Carter All Onboard

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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in TV Guide.

-It’s happening! (Probably.) Rumour has it that the X Files limited revival on Fox is *thisclose* to being greenlit — and could start shooting as early as this summer. That aligns with some hints Gillian Anderson has been dropping. [Update: it’s confirmed! We’re getting 6 new episodes at some point next season. My fangirl heart is about to explode! It was my first TV obsession.]

–James Corden is off to a good start on The Late Late Show. He already got Mila Kunis to admit she and Ashton Kutcher are married.

–Vin Diesel just named his baby girl Pauline after the late Paul Walker and oh god did it just get really dusty in here?!?

-Meanwhile, Michelle Rodriguez opened up about Walker’s death, saying “I went pretty crazy. A lot of the stuff I did last year I would never do had I been in my right mind.” Sigh. I hab sads.

–Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper want you to know that they’re not having sex. They are eating a lot, though.

-Also, I know JLaw has this whole adorkable rep to maintain, but I refuse to believe she didn’t know what V.O.D. means. Refuse!

–Jessica Simpson sounds a little Slurry McSlurryson in this video. Meh, we’ve all been there (just not with a microphone shoved in our faces. Usually.)

-I don’t like who Vogue has crowned Hollywood’s New Brat Pack. Can we toss these ones back and try again?

-Hulu is the latest to get in on the prestige original drama action, ordering a new series from FNL/Parenthood creator Jason Katims. Pretty soon, my toaster will be creating original streaming content…

-This is your weekly reminder that Stephen Amell is a perfect human being. After seeing this Arrow-themed invite to a 12-year-old’s birthday party, he sent her this bday surprise.

-Speaking of perfect human beings, Jon Hamm got advice on surviving the ending of Mad Men from Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston.

-In other Mad Men news, Jessica Pare just welcomed a son they named Blues Anthony.

–Eva Mendes continues the Sweatpants Apology Tour 2015. I hear it’s sold out.

-Wait, now Eva is going after jeans?! Sigh.

–Rob Kardashian compared Kim Kardashian to Rosamund Pike‘s Gone Girl character, which is really mean…to Amazing Amy.

–Jamie Foxx denied rumors that he’s dating Katie Holmes, saying that they’re “just friends.” Never heard that one before. Totally convincing.

–Connie Britton and her perfect hair will play RHOBH alum Faye Resnick in Ryan Murphy’s OJ Simpson series.

–Kerry Washington brought the house down with her speech at the GLAAD Awards. Definitely worth a watch.

-I had a seriously hard time picking between some of the men paired in Buzzfeed’s Hot Guy March Madness. Like, how is one possibly expected to choose between Michael B. Jordan and Jesse Williams?! The struggle is real, you guys.

–Tom Cruise hangs off the side of a plane in the first Mission: Impossible 5 trailer, but Simon Pegg‘s reaction shots steal the show. (Also, movies shouldn’t be allowed to use that Fugees song in trailers. It’s like emotional shortcutting.)

Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively Confirm Daughter’s Name Is James

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Blake Lively announced her first pregnancy on her website Preserve. (Photo: Preserve/Eric Lively)

–Ryan Reynolds finally revealed the ridiculously hotly guarded secret name of his daughter with Blake Lively and it’s pretty damn cute. I mean, Rachel on Friends came up with it first, but still.

-Speaking of being pleasantly surprised by people I’m usually never pleasantly surprised by, GOOP just wrote about supporting something that I’m already heartily supporting which means our beliefs are aligned and I’m so confused.

–Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse are reportedly dunzo. Strange. You’d think a 40-year-old and a 23-year-old would be totally compatible and on the same page re: dreams and life goals.

–Ansel Elgort says of Shailene Woodley, “I’ve never once wanted her sexually.” Way harsh, Tai!

–Kevin Hart’s nice guy rep is no joke. He bought his ex-wife an Escalade for her birthday.

-He was also hilarious on the Daily Show this week, making Jon Stewart totally lose it with his airport bathroom story.

-During Maroon 5’s Toronto show this week, Adam Levine got angry with a broken microphone and threw it (of course he did), and it ended up hitting a concertgoer in the face. Said fan then called it the best day of her life, so clearly she suffered a serious brain injury.

-I feel really bad for that One Direction-er who quit the tour because of social media stress. Not enough to actually learn his name, but still.

–Ryan Gosling is defending his woman and her silly sweatpants “joke.”

–John Stamos has some important sex advice for you: stop asking for selfies.

-YASSS! I can’t wait to do this the next time some douche on the street tells me “to smile.” (But only when I’m not wearing this sweatshirt that my soon-to-be sister-in-law got me).

–Bill Murray brought the weird (even more so than usual) on Kimmel last night.

-Speaking of weird, there are some really gonzo press tours happening right now (that are way more interesting than the projects that are being promoted). It’s a tie for me between Will Ferrell promoting Get Hard, and Madonna promoting her new album.

-This is a great piece on what it’s like to watch Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as a Native American. That was the show’s most uncomfortable plotline to me.

-Also, Tituss Burgess doesn’t think the show has a race problem.

–Justin Bieber‘s former neighbor is suing him over an alleged spitting attack and racial slurs. Geez, doesn’t this person know that Justin is in the middle of his rehabilitation tour?!

-I love this article on how Sylvan Esso is changing pop music. Theirs was hands-down my fave album of last year.

-Ohhh…the writer of THR’s Kyle Chandler cover story just posted some stuff that was left out of the article. Now I want him to make me a bacon sandwich.

-Here’s the first trailer for Infinitely Polar Bear, starring Zoe Saldana and Mark Ruffalo. I saw it at TIFF; it’s twee as hell but still charming.

Rebel Wilson Talks Smizing and Famous Friends

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–Rebel Wilson is not one of those comedians who has to be “on” all the time. She tells Elle Australia she would go “psycho” if she constantly tried to be funny.

-Netflix drops the new Kyle Chandler show Bloodlines tonight. The performances are getting rave reviews. The show itself? Not so much.

–Madonna‘s dream date is Drake?! Oh man, she would eat poor Wheelchair Jimmy alive.

-First, Eva Mendes took away our fake boyfriend. Now she’s trying to take away our sweatpants.

-Holy crap, Us Weekly just coughed up a full retraction of their story about Kendall Jenner reaction to Bruce Jenner‘s transition. You don’t see that everyday.

-Ever wonder would happen if Lena Dunham’s Girls character joined Seth Meyers‘ writers room? Now we know.

–Jessica Lange is no longer going to be on American Horror Story, but she had no problem throwing tons of shade at Lady Gaga‘s casting news.

-Cripes, True Detective! I’m really trying to give season 2 the benefit of the doubt, but you’re already making it so. damn. hard.

-Not surprisingly, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are no longer super tight BFFs who enjoy braiding each other’s hair and texting about Scandal.

-When I first heard they were remaking Little Women I thought it was a terrible idea, but I’ve totally 180’d after learning it’s in Sarah Polley’s hands.

–Michael Buble admits he was a “jerk” to his exes. As someone who was covering celebrity gossip fulltime during his jerkiness heyday, he’s not wrong. (Though I did take perverse pleasure in regaling my mother with all the gross stories I was hearing about him at the time…)

-This trailer for Fox’s upcoming Wayward Pines looks truly terrifying. (Although it stars Terrence Howard so I’m giving it a hard pass.)

-Speaking of shows I refuse to watch because of Mr. “Women Are Unclean,” last night’s season finale of Empire blew everything else away. After 10 weeks of growth(!), it drew 16.7 million viewers(!!) and surpassed Big Bang Theory as broadcast’s top-rated show. Bananas.

-Another day, another TV show oral history — this one on Mad Men. (Did you know Christina Hendricks‘ agent dropped her for doing the show?)

–Joseph Gordon-Levitt will produce and star in a Fraggle Rock movie. Your move, Jason Segel.

-Another great article on how The CW is changing the future of TV. Now that the The Good Wife has been circling the toilet the last few episodes, the only dramas I catch on the regular seem to be on the CW, which is crazy. But from the surprisingly feminist The 100 to the emotional rollercoaster that was this week’s Flash, they’re killing it.

-This new TV spot is my favorite trailer yet for Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s got that trademark Joss Whedon sass.

-Here’s the first trailer for Paper Towns, the latest adaptation from YA author (and my YouTube hero) John Green. I’m still not convinced that Cara Delevingne is anything more than walking eyebrows but damn, this looks like my jam.