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March 2016

James Franco Talks Gay Rumours, Gawker in Rolling Stone

 

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-According to Rolling Stone’s new cover story, James Franco is either the hardest working man in showbiz — or totally insane. Guess which one I’m betting on?

–Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan are making a dance competition show for NBC. I’d prefer it if was just a show consisting of them recreating their Step Up routine every week, but I’ll take what I can get.

-Speaking of dance TV, someone is making a Center Stage TV movie and oh my god what is air?!?

–Alan Cummings continues to confuse me by posting adorable BTS photos from The Good Wife set.

-The Daily Mail’s interview with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s daughter and her new husband is very weird.

–Justin Bieber is getting a lot of crap for cancelling meet and greets, but this seems totally reasonable to me. The only analogous situation I’ve seen is photo/autograph opps at a con, and I remember walking away from that experience thinking about how draining and difficult it must be for the celebrities. You’ve got people who paid a LOT of money to spend a total of 15 seconds with you, and there’s a lot of pressure to make those the best 15 seconds of their life.

–Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t understand her kids’ math assignments. “When homework time [comes around], I’m such an a**hole.”

–George and Amal Clooney are pulling out the big guns for Hilary Clinton by hosting back-to-back fundraisers.

-Meanwhile, George says that he’s “working on a prank that will end [Brad Pitt’s] career. If you take the time, if you’re willing to sit on one for a couple of years, and just plant the seed…there’s no rush.”

-The reviews for Batman v Superman are in, and they’re pretty dismal. I knew we were in trouble when Drew at Hitfix slammed it, since he’s the only critic I follow who still stans for Man of Steel. Even the reviews marked fresh on Rotten Tomatoes don’t sound especially glowing.

-Meanwhile, thanks to some very clever editing, Ben Affleck plays both Superman and Batman in a new fancut trailer.

-Those assault charges against Orange Is the New Black’s Dascha Polanco have been dismissed.

-This RuPaul interview is well worth your time, especially for the comments on why he’s never been on Ellen.

–Jimmy Fallon played a perfect game of Catchphrase with delightful human beings Saoirse Ronan and Don Cheadle.

-Game of Thrones isn’t giving critics advanced screeners this year, but President Obama might have an in.

-The Love And Friendship trailer is hitting me right in the Austen-y feels.

-I just watched the new trailer for Deepwater Horizon and I have so many questions. Was this movie sponsored by big oil? Did Mark Wahlberg say “how’s it going” exactly the same as SNL’s “say hi to your mother for me” on purpose? What’s my girl Gina Rodriguez doing in this?

-Here’s the first trailer for Bridget Jones’ Baby. I dunno, guys. I just dunno.

Chloe Grace Moretz Turns Down Offer to Be in Taylor Swift’s Squad

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-In her Complex cover story, Chloë Grace Moretz implies that Taylor Swift tried to get her to join her squad, and she said no. Cool story, bro.

–Jake Gyllenhaal is pretty adorable when he’s explaining how he blew a Lord of the Rings audition.

–Orlando Bloom laid on top of Katy Perry in public. Ok.

–Wolfgang Puck is shit-talking Victoria Beckham because she seems “uptight” when she goes to his restaurant and only eats vegetables. Wait, did he expect her to eat real food? Gurl, please.

–Harrison Ford seems really happy in interviews recently. It’s weird.

-After doing a ton of petitioning on social media (and presumably on TV mom Lauren Graham), Mae Whitman has landed a cameo on the Gilmore Girls revival.

-Ohhhh….Gwendoline Christie has joined Top of the Lake season two.

-It’s kind of lovely that Rachel Bilson is tweeting her support of Mischa Barton’s DWTS’s stint.

-The author of The Martian wrote Ready Player One fan fiction, and now it’s canon. God bless the internet!

-This clip of Matthews Rhys and Matthew Goode in a tiny car is sustaining me today.

-Of course Drake is a very good ice skater. I mean, come on.

–Stephen and Robbie Amell just released a short film called Code 8 and they’re crowd-funding it to turn it into a movie. One of the perks is an invite to Stephen’s birthday party. Quick, who can spot me $250k?!

–Nardwuar is back (looking and sounding healthy!) with a DJ Khaled interview.

-I remain in pleasant disbelief that Crazy Ex Girlfriend got renewed. Last night’s ratings scored a dismal 0.2 demo and only 750,000 total viewers.

-Congrats to Hilary Swank, who just got engaged. Also, where the hell has Hilary Swank been?

-Everyone’s making plans in the new Huntsman: Winter’s War trailer.

-The first trailer for Sky is out and available for us to scrutinize endlessly and try desperately to discern hints about Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus‘s relationship.  Have fun!

Reese Witherspoon’s B-Day Party is the Height of FOMO

–Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Downey Jr., Nicole Kidman, Tobey Maguire, Jason Bateman, Kate Hudson…it might be easier to list the celebrities who *weren’t* at Reese Witherspoon’s 40th birthday party.

–Drake And Rihanna took a break from being all flirty-flirt to visit a cancer patient. Then it was back to flirting.

-Also, the look on Rihanna‘s face when she let a fan sing and then realized he was outshining her is perfect.

–Jeremy Renner says he would be “open” to a Hawkeye series on Netflix. Ya don’t say. He could shoot for a couple of months, make a bunch of Netflix money, and then go back to his real love: flipping houses and giving terrible interviews.

-I love this article on how every woman on TV now has the same. damn. hair. It’s crazy, especially because I’ve never seen anyone in real life pull off that style.

–Mariah Carey’s manager is causing drama, right before her reality show debuts? GASP!

-Meanwhile, Mariah is complaining about how overhead lighting is “abusive.” God bless her.

-This is a really good read on how Jennifer Garner went from being named the Sexist Woman Alive to headlining Christian movies.

-Meanwhile, Ben Affleck says his giant back tattoo is fake and was just for a movie, but we all be needing proof.

-This is terrifying: Adele‘s personal photos, including baby scans, were reportedly stolen by hacker who broke into her bf’s email.

-Meanwhile, Adele is twerking it out.

-After 3 weeks of Twitter outrage, The 100’s showrunner finally broke his silence about the show’s controversial death…and his comments kinda sucked. The fact that he chose to be soft-ball interviewed by someone how isn’t Variety’s Mo Ryan (who has always been the show’s staunched defender — and now toughest critic), is telling.

-Meanwhile The Walking Dead picked a really bad month to lean on the Dead Lesbian trope.

–Amy Schumer continues to be the shit.

-The Prison Break revival is bringing back more original stars. Wait, didn’t those characters all…die?

–Emma Stone and Jonah Hill are set to star in a TV series from director Cary Fukunaga. I like three out of those four names!

–Lexi Alexander (my favourite director to follow on Twitter) ranted about the fact that Max Landis is getting paid $3 million for a script despite a string of recent flops, and his wittle bitty feelings were hurt. Muffin!

–Buffy cast reunions fill me with more joy than is probably considered socially acceptable.

-The director of the Maze Runner has given an update on Dylan O’Brien’s injuries, saying he’s been “overwhelmed with feelings of anger and sadness and guilt” but adding that the actor “is going to be just fine.”

-Allow John Oliver to explain why Trump’s border wall is just like getting a pet walrus.

-Meanwhile, George Clooney warned of Trump-like rhetoric in a letter supporting Hilary Clinton.

-The Game Of Thrones showrunners say season 6 is “the best one we’ve done.” Fingers crossed that means at least 75% less rape.

-Meanwhile, I had no idea that GoT’s Melisandre was dating Guy Pearce, let alone that they’re expecting a baby.

-A U.K. judge ruled that Madonna‘s custody hearing can move to NYC, and also warned her and Guy Ritchie against wasting the last years of Rocco’s childhood.

-The trailer for Seth Rogen‘s Sausage Party might have made us all laugh last week, but critics are calling it “a garbage movie that belongs in the compost bin.”

–Prince has signed a deal to write a memoir. I’m torn between wanting to read it and wanting to shower his poor ghostwriter in hugs and Prozac.

-I will never not want to read about Freaks and Geeks.

–Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are reunited again, this time for Genuis, about a book editor who oversaw works by Wolfe, Hemingway and Fitzgerald.