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November 2015

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Janet Jackson is Life!

–Joseph Gordon-Levitt is killing it this week. His lip-sync of “Rhythm Nation” is a beautiful thing. He also showed off his drumming skills.

-In other late-night antics, Bryan Cranston sang about mortgages and credit scores in his grown man boy band on James Cordon’s show.

-Oof. I’m guessing Jimmy Fallon’s Esquire cover story interview was conducted before all the gossip surfaced. I assume NBC PR isn’t thrilled with his opening anecdote.

-Fox is going to stop reporting overnight ratings — which is a bold move. Personally, I still think they’re important for indicating people’s viewing priorities, but whatever.

-The trailer for Shameless season 6 is here. As much as I liked the last season I was going to drop this one because #peakTV, but then in the promo Dylan McDermott takes off a pair of panties with his teeth and goddamit I’m back in!

-Speaking of peak TV, I was following a Twitter convo between TV critics about all the shows they have to catch up on before compiling their year-end ‘best of’ lists, and one of them put it all in a Google doc. I think I watch too much TV, but I haven’t seen half of these.

-People is confirming that Kate Beckinsale has separated from her husband Len Wiseman.

–Tyra Banks quit her own daytime talk show after just two months.

-When the NYT’s Maureen Dowd started reporting on sexism in Hollywood, an executive dismissively told her she should “call some chicks.” So she did, and the result is a pretty amazing article.

–Jenny McCarthy should not be allowed to publicly discuss any medical issue ever again, k?

-Go to this site, type in the password “XPhiles” and enjoy the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it spoilers. I totally blocked out the fact that Mulder and Scully have a son named William.

–Melissa McCarthy plays Kristen Bell’s worst nightmare in the new trailer for The Boss.

 

Missy Elliott Talks Comeback in Billboard

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–Missy Elliott‘s new Billboard cover is giving me life.

-Just clicked on a link from the GOOP email like a goddamn sucker. This “sleep shirt” is $625, because of course it is.

-Meanwhile, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are such friendly exes that they have a song together on Coldplay’s new album.

-Reviews for the final chapter of the Hunger Games movies are decidedly mixed. It’s gotta be better than the last one though, right?

–Jennifer Lawrence was delightful on Fallon last night, dancing, talking about her many falls, and being her usual charming self (I’m so stealing her “Jennifer is my father; please call me Jen”).

-During a Twitter rant, Khloe Kardashian told fans “get off my dick.” Yeah, I’m stealing that, too.

-God bless whoever convinced Harrison Ford to un-grump for the Star Wars promo tour.

-The reviews for Jessica Jones (which drops on Netflix tomorrow) have been universally great, but I especially like the bit at the end of the NYT one, where they talk about the Netflix-drama aesthetic and the value of not bingeing it.

–Ellen Degeneres proved she’s a monster by releasing a montage of all the times she’s scared celebrities.

-I’m tired just reading about Greg Berlanti’s typical week. I guess that’s what it’s like when you’ve got five shows on the air and two in development.

–Anna Paquin took to Twitter to deny that she’s pregnant or fat — she just wore an unflattering dress.

-Did Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman quietly separate and no one noticed?

–Kevin Smith is really nice to waitresses.

-I remember listening to a podcast where some actor was talking about getting an IV on set whenever they got sick because production couldn’t afford to shut down for a day, and I thought “That sounds fake, but ok.” Sophia Bush’s Instagram is proving me wrong.

-It’s been a rough week. These photos of Idris Elba help. Thanks, buddy.

-The red band trailer for Dirty Grandpa with Zac Efron and Robert De Niro is even worst than the the first trailer, which I didn’t know was physically possible. Kudos.

Claire Danes Talks MSCL, Body Shaming and Baldness

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-I really love Claire Danes‘ new Allure cover story, where she talks about how fans still approach her about My So-Called Life (my top 3 show of all time, just behind Buffy and TXF), how she once burned all her hair off with a perm, and how she’s learned to accept her body: “I’m attractive enough. I can do the work I want to do. I’ve found a wonderful man who wants to make out with me. I’m good.”

-Ohhh boy. It’s great that The Hollywood Reporter gathered 6 actresses from all different age groups to talk about the pay gap in their new roundtable interview, but how did anyone look at this photo and not think “hmmm, we may have a problem here”? And their “mea culpa” about its whiteness after Twitter bashed them for it is laughable. I mean, they’re right that it reflects a disturbing lack of diversity among this year’s predicted Oscar hopefuls. But perhaps that’s something that should have been addressed in their story?

-Also, did Brie Larson forget that she actually got the part she’s lamenting here?

-In less problematic cover news, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt get cuddly for the cover of Vanity Fair Italia.

-The Ant Man gag reel is short but cute. Kinda like Ant Man.

-The season 2 trailer for Agent Carter has landed and I am so here for it! (And her killer red sunglasses.)

-This woman won a lunch date with George Clooney and is somehow coherent enough to talk about it without fainting.

-Just when I thought I had reclaimed my life, there’s more to the “Zola’s Road Trip with a White Bitch She Met at Hooters” story! I’m going to need at least four days to fully process this…

-People magazine skipped over Chris Pratt, Daniel Craig and Idris Elba to name David Beckham the Sexiest Man Alive?!?

-Now that the embargo has lifted, the early reviews are coming in for Michael B Jordan‘s performance in Creed — and they’re glowing.

–Jesse Eisneberg wrote a piece about film critics for The New Yorker and film critics are supes unhappy with him right now.  (I thought it was funny.)

-Welp. A judge just granted a new hearing in the Serial case surrounding Adnan Syed.

-It’s cute that all the One Direction boys (except for Harry Styles) are fronting like they’ve never hooked up with a fan.

–Rose McGowan (sort of) apologized for her rant against Caitlyn Jenner — while spelling her name wrong.

-Has Avril Lavigne moved on Ryan Cabrera? That headline would be so lit if this were 2006…

–Nene Leakes appeared on The View — and then tweeted about how much she hated it.

-I only know Bella Thorne as the mean girl in The Duff, but if she keeps dropping thinly veiled blind items I’m going to join (start?) her fan club.

–Joel McHale‘s The Soup has been canned (like soup).

–Matthew McConaughey and Kate McKinnon are banter-ific in his SNL promos.

-I don’t hate the first trailer for The Huntsman: Winter’s War, mostly because it’s all about Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Charlize Theron chewing scenery and treating Chris Hemsworth like eye candy.

-The Zoolander 2 trailer made me laugh a couple of times, so that’s something.