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September 2015

Hayley Atwell Continues to Win Social Media

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-Is there any cast having more fun on set than Agent Carter’s? It doesn’t look like it.

-Is Gotham’s Morena Baccarin playing a pregnant character this season, or did she just do a *really* good job hiding her baby bump at last weekend’s Emmy?

–Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are trying to win you over so hard right now. Is it working? IS IT??

-Excellent: Netflix has ordered 12 new episodes of Black Mirror that will be “bigger, stranger, more international and diverse stories than before”. The first season only had 6 episodes, but man, they stuck with me. The the American Idol ripoff and the one with Haley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson still haunt me.

-Here are all of this week’s Jimmy Kimmel’s live mean tweets which got increasingly cruel — and increasingly hilarious.

–Matt Damon says he would totally be down to do a Daredevil movie, but only if Christopher Nolan directs.

–Selena Gomez, 23, is complaining about how old she is.

-Wait, did Gwyneth Paltrow‘s GOOP just get hacked, or is this legitimately and intentionally funny?? My world is askew.

-Is Andy Daly‘s Review predicting world events? God, I hope not.

-Add this to your weekend reading list: Buzzfeed’s excellent article on how the Kardashians manipulated the media to become the most famous family in the world.

–Anne Hathaway and Seth Meyers recreated the last scene in every rom-com.

-Is this yet another hint that The Good Wife will end after this season? Let’s hope!

-Here’s a new trailer for Kristen Wiig’s Nasty Baby.

 

Adam Brody & Ben McKenzie Have Big Baby News (Unrelated, Sadly)

Adam Brody and Ben McKenzie in The O.C.
Adam Brody and Ben McKenzie in The O.C. (Fox)

-It’s a huge day for The OC alums. Adam Brody and Leighton Meester welcomed a baby girl (who they adorably named Arlo Day), while Ben McKenzie is reportedly expecting a baby with Gotham costar Morena Baccarin. The pregnancy bombshell dropped in the middle of her divorce case, so this should be interesting…

-Congrats to Usher and Grace Miguel, who tied the knot.

-Oof. This comparision of critical reactions to Ryan Adams‘ cover version of 1989 versus Taylor Swift’s original work is devastatingly sexist.

-Rumours of trouble in Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady’s marriage continue to swirl.

-I’m kind of loving Jimmy Kimmel‘s new method of making stars read mean tweets live, especially when it’s clear that they didn’t sneak a peek beforehand. Andrew Garfield’s reaction to being compared to a pedophile who lives in an RV is priceless.

–Jimmy Fallon got Keenan & Kel to reunite on his show for a “Good Burger” sketch and it was wonderful.

-This is great: the ladies of The Office recreated a photo they took five years ago. I really had to squint to figure out which one was the new one, which I guess means they’re all aging really well!

-I really liked the bits in this article talking about what a tough interview Shonda Rhimes is.

-Also, if you’re tweeting about Scandal’s premiere tonight and don’t like Olitz (because you’re a sane, rational person), you might want to avoid using the #Scandal hashtag. It’ll automatically add a ‘shippery emoji to your tweet.

–Pierce Brosnan doesn’t have high hopes for the next James Bond: “Anything is possible for sure, but I think he’ll be male and he’ll be white.”

–Robert Pattinson admits that Twihards “drove him crazy.” Gee, ya think?

-Even Ryan Reynolds can’t figure out how to build IKEA units.

–Kanye West sees himself as a 17-year-old adopted child of the fashion industry. Well, he’s got the “child” part right…

–Maggie Gyllenhaal just joined James Franco‘s HBO series about porn, which means we all have to watch it now. Sigh.

-My feelings for Terrence Howard prevent me from watching Empire, but damn this picture of its writers’ room makes me think they’re doing something right.

-Also last night’s Empire premiere got a 16M viewers and a 6.5 rating in the A18-49 demo. That’s INSANE these days. It certainly dominated my Twitter TL all night. (My favourite part of this ratings article is the last line: “At 10 p.m., Nashville (5 million, 1.3) existed.”)

-Guys, I would totally eat at Gwyneth Paltrow’s food truck. I can’t be alone in this, right?!

–Jeff Daniels explains the stakes in this new clip from The Martian.

 

Michael B. Jordan Talks Humble Beginnings, Kendall Jenner in GQ

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–Michael B. Jordan is getting some Twitter heat for his GQ interview. I didn’t hate it (though I would have liked it a lot more if he didn’t refer to women as “the females” a whole bunch) and I think the interview as a whole gives a fuller picture than that one quote about Kendall Jenner, but I get it.

-In today’s edition of ‘love is a sham and we’re all going to die alone’ news: Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll have ended their two-year relationship. Excuse me while I go eat my weight in waffles…

-Say what you will about Anne Hathaway, but this video of her trying not to freak out when she spots Mariah Carey at the premiere of The Intern is all kinds of cute.

-It’s pretty likely that Josh Brolin is mocking Ryan Gosling when he talks about “young Hollywood punks” in this new interview.

-Nice! The Agents of SHIELD crew recruited Melissa Benoist and some DC friends for their latest entry in the Dubsmash Wars.

-Awww: Transparent costars Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker are dating IRL.

-The Drake and Serena Williams rumours continue to heat up. I’m so here for this.

–Tom Hiddleson wants there to be more equality between the sexes when it comes to movie nudity, and he’s willing to lead the way.  Dooooo it!

-Podcast lovers: a new report suggests the upcoming season of Serial will tell the story of  Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. solider who was held in captivity in Afghanistan for five years.

–Chiwetel Ejiofor is rooting for Michael Pena to be the next Bond and … I don’t hate it.

–Liv Tyler is the latest actress to speak out against sexism in Hollywood, saying when you turn 38 you become “a sort of second-class citizen.”

-Netflix released some interesting data on how many episodes it takes for shows to hook you, and it’s way longer than I have patience for. In these days of peak TV, if I’m not in by episode four of a show, I’m probably never revisiting it. Of course by that logic, a lot of my favourite past shows (The X Files, Angel, Arrow, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, etc.) wouldn’t have made the cut if they debuted today.

-When I think Britney Spears I don’t usually think “pranks!” but what do I know?

-Despite the fact that it got not great reviews and turned Kermit into a weirdly cynical dick, The Muppets reboot got great ratings. Sigh.
-I’m not watching promos ’cause I’m trying to avoid spoilers (which is impossible, it turns out), but critics got The Flash premiere screener this week and have been gushing about it all over Twitter. Here’s the latest trailer.

-Speaking of CW shows, Legends of Tomorrow just cast the crazy scary woman from Mr Robot, which pretty much guarantees I’m in.

-Rob Lowe isn’t mincing words when he talks about why he left Brothers & Sisters and The West Wing.

-This article about the implications of per-theater box office is kind of fascinating.

-Truth, starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett, got a little lost in the TIFF shuffle this year (especially when compared to Spotlight), but the trailer is solid.