Monthly Archives

May 2015

Tina Fey Strips to her Spanx on Letterman

-Marry me, Tina Fey.

Jamie Foxx says he still isn’t dating Katie Holmes; we’re still side-eyeing him.

Amber Rose says Kanye West doesn’t write his own music. Shots fired!

-The upfronts to unveil new TV shows to advertisers are next week, which means cancellations are coming fast and furious today. NBC dropped Constantine (though the CW may pick it up) and State of Affairs, Fox axed Backstrom and The Following, and ABC just cut Forever, Cristela and Resurrection. But in surprisingly awesome news, they renewed Agent Carter!

-True Detective season 2 is dropping the occult angle, which is probs for the best.

Stephen Colbert just solidified his rep as an solid human being at South Carolina schools by funding every single teacher-requested grant.

Archie Panjabi talked about leaving The Good Wife, saying she wanted something “meatier” and “I’ve known I’ve wanted to leave since Season 4.”

Stephen Amell turns 34 today (proving that the best people in the world had bdays this week), so here are 34 times he slayed us with awesomeness.

-Speaking of excellent people celebrating birthdays this week, George Clooney gushed about his new wife while promoting Tomorrowland.

-The next Lip Sync Battle is between Stephen Merchant and Malin Åkerman.

-God help me but I laughed at the end of the red band trailer for the Vacation reboot .

Zooey Deschanel Will Not Pose for “Body after Baby” Photos

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Zooey Deschanel is on the cover of this month’s Cosmopolitan, in which she talks about how she’s not going to worry about her post-baby body.

-Now this is the kind of Marvel crossover I can get behind: Tom Hiddleston is dating Elizabeth Olsen.

-Yes, yes, it’s terrible to prank unsuspecting stars when they’re signing autographs and being nice to their fans, but damn there’s something really satisfying about watching Adam Levine get sugar bombed.

Channing Tatum does it for everyone, including Diane Keaton. Preach.

Kendall Jenner, you stay away from my boy Michael B. Jordan. You stay far, far away, young lady!!

-The Pitch Perfect sequel is getting great reviews and all is right with the world.

Kristen Wiig is the latest celeb to be scared poopless on Ellen’s show.

-A professor put Gwyneth Paltrow’s health advice to the test and proved that we should probably all stop listening to her.

-Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin are reportedly “happier than ever.” If JLaw is now tight with the Lorde/Taylor Swift crowd, how does he handle that. Like, can you picture him tagging along at brunch? So cringe-y!

-I really, really like this prediction piece about how Mad Men will end (though I think whatever the final shot is in next week’s episode, it will be ambiguous and not the type of neat wrap up people seem to be expecting.)

-In other TV articles I enjoyed, this is a really astute take on how The Good Wife has completely fallen apart this season.

-Is Ben Affleck hanging out in Nova Scotia to “get his head straight”? Well, I always did feel better about life after a trip to Pizza Corner.

-No surprise here: Orphan Black has already been picked up for another season.

-In less happy TV news, Fox has canceled The Mindy Project — but there may be hope from Hulu.

-Meanwhile, Mindy Kaling doesn’t seem too worried.

-The Flash/Arrow got a a series order, a premise (finally!) and a title: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. (Well, at least it’s better than Fear the Walking Dead.) Weirdly, the CW passed on Marc Cherry’s Cheerleader Death Squad, despite it having the coolest name ever.

-Weird: Arcade Fire is going to open a Haitian restaurant in Montreal this summer.

-Here’s the trailer for Sense8, Netflix’s new show from The Wachowskis. Colour me intrigued.

-Speaking of intriguing trailers, check out Meryl Streep as a rock star in the new Ricki and The Flash trailer.

Anna Kendrick Covers Glamour, Talks Gender Bias

 

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Anna Kendrick looks lovely on the new Glamour, in which she talks about a new film she’s considering that won’t cut her deal until all the male parts have been cast. Ugh.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel hired two gay nannies for their kid (possibly because Biel doesn’t want Timberlake around ladies?).

Danny Strong and Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s tweets are giving me Buffy feels.

David Letterman and his former writers reveal the 23 greatest jokes that never made it to air.

-Best birthday present ever? Mindy Kaling is writing a new book.

-Human pinkie ring Robin Thicke annoyed fellow passengers by blocking the aisle because he was busy making out with his 20-year-old girlfriend.

Jaden Smith just quit Twitter and now my life has no meaning.

Joss Whedon calls rumours that feminists chased him off Twitter “horseshit.”  Good on him, though I find his statement a bit problematic. The insinuation that declaring himself a feminist has destroyed him artistically is…odd.

-I’m glad Patton Oswald owned up to being wrong about Joss‘ reasons for quitting.

Mark Ruffalo jumped to Joss’ defense in his Reddit AMA,  but also acknowledged that the lack of female superheroes is an vital factor in the critique.

-Speaking of the Joss/Avengers thing, this is the most balanced, articulate piece I’ve read about the issues with Black Widow.

-Also, Scarlett Johansson maybe hated that Age Of Ultron romance, too.

-The New York’s cover illustration of 146 big moments from the last year in TV is awesome. (I knew way too many without having to look them up…)

-I know I should probably stop gushing about Amy Schumer, but last night’s episode of her show reached new heights. In her 19-minute 12 Angry Men sketch, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Giamatti, John Hawke, Vincent Kartheiser, Dennis Quaid and a bunch of other dudes debate whether Schumer is hot enough to appear on TV. It’s perfection.

Jon Hamm‘s character in Wet Hot American Summer is named Falcon. I’m so in.

-Wow, Wendy William’s husband/manager sounds like a real charmer.

Natalie Portman claims she doesn’t know where her Oscar is, and doesn’t care because it’s a “false idol.” Ok, then,

-Here was Gwyneth Paltrow‘s subtle MET Gala slam.

-Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon just pulled a GOOP and launched her own lifestyle site.

-I have little interest in Reese‘s new movie with Sofia Vergara (though I still hope it does well), but their promo tour has been quite cute. Especially this moment where Buzzfeed asked them to draw portraits of each other, and Sofia drew a nude Reese.

-Also, Sofia made the Catchphrase game sexy on last night’s Fallon.

-There’s a new Magic Mike XXL trailer. I repeat, there’s a new Magic Mike XXL trailer!!