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April 2016

Emilia Clarke Says She’s “Photoshopped and Drunk” on Esquire Cover

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Emilia Clarke says she was “photoshopped and drunk” during her Esquire cover shoot. The Photoshopped part was pretty obvious. I could barely recognize her.

-Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner does a pretty mean Jon Snow impression. Her Professor X impression could use some work, though.

Is Colin Farrell the reason Kirsten Dunst reportedly broke up with her boyfriend of four years Garrett Hedlund? I’m doubtful, but if true, she really needs to read the memoir his ex Emma Forrest wrote. Seriously gurl, read it!

-The fact that Michael Buble is being mercilessly mocked for the gross way he eats corn makes me way happier than it probably should.

-Prayer circle time, y’all. Prince has reportedly been hospitalized after an emergency landing in Illinois.

-Tough crowd. Jennifer Aniston was reportedly booed when she showed up late to the premiere of Mother’s Day. That’s seems like an overreaction. I’m sure she was only a little … wait… what’s that? She showed up an hour late? Never mind. Resume booing.

-I know celebrity pregnancy news comes in threes, but I’m super side-eying this report about Katie Holmes expecting with Jamie Foxx.

-Vulture’s piece examining why Hollywood keeps disrespecting Melissa McCarthy is so, so good. Why is everyone whining about how she needs a new agent instead of lining up to work with her? (I take issue with the notion that she surfaced out of nowhere, though — 7 seasons on the Gilmore Girls is a lot of exposure.)

-Sad news: Aisha Tyler and husband are divorcing after more than 20 years of marriage. She the bestest human ever and deserves a life filled with only happiness, rainbows and chocolate sprinkles.

-Jesus Christ. Did grown ass man Henry Cavill really give his 19-year-old girlfriend a promise ring? I was worried she would be too immature for him. Not anymore.

-The Ghost in the Shell producers are really leaning into the crapstorm. They reportedly ran VFX tests to make white actors appear Asian.

-MTV’s ‘delete you account‘ column is my new favourite thing. Erykah Badu wasn’t surprising but Parker Posey broke my heart a lil’ bit.

-Here’s a trailer for Mr Robot’s season two. I want it now!!

-This video of Paul Rudd getting excited when he heard his name being called by a kid is the best thing ever.

-The second best thing ever is this video of Stephen Amell correctly identifying photos of celebrity abs. It went from being impressive to being kind of scary. “That’s a before shot of Michael B Jordan.” Dude, let’s be friends. I think we share a lot of common interests….

Drake joined Rihanna onstage during her performance in Toronto last night.

-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s second season is now on Netflix, and critics are saying it feels more like 30 Rock. Sign me up!

-Following news that Louis C.K.‘s experimental web drama Horace and Pete put him millions of dollars in debt, here’s an interesting examination of TV’s modern business models and the worth of art.

-I mean, I’m seeing this Nine Lives trailer and yet I still can’t quite bring myself to fully believe that Kevin Spacey plays a talking cat.

-This story about how a movie critic once pooped his pants while waiting to talk to James Cameron about Avatar might be the best thing I’ve read all week.

-A clothing company is claiming Beyonce didn’t give them enough credit in her Elle photo spread. Isn’t that the magazine’s job?

-Here’s the trailer for Nate Parker‘s eagerly awaited The Birth of a Nation, which set a record at the Sundance Film Festival when it was sold for $17.5 million.

Taylor Swift Takes Vogue Reporter to BFF’s Wedding

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-Everyone’s shading Taylor Swift for taking a Vogue reporter to her BFF’s wedding for her new cover story and yes, that is eyeroll-worthy. But I still love it. She’s never been someone I look to for authenticity; she’s someone I look to for insane control over her image, and this profile certainly doesn’t disappoint. The solipsistic implications are just a bonus.
Ryan Reynolds is having a great week. First, he made an adorable little video with Amber Tamblyn. Then, Deadpool 2 got the official green light. Then, he and Blake Lively announced they are expecting their second child.

-It’s a beautiful people baby boom! Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are also expecting their second kidlet.

JLo looks lovely on the cover of W magazine. In the interview, she talks about how she knew “very quickly” that her marriage to Marc Anthony “wasn’t the right thing.”

James Cameron just promised four Avatar sequels. Pray for us all.

-A Vox reporter spent six months on The Americans set to find out how one of the best shows on television gets made, and the result is a very long, but very fascinating read.

-Speaking of great reads, Buzzfeed took a deep dive into the 11-year drama surrounding the movie Nina, from its fatal casting of Zoe Saldana to its internal fights.

-Do we believe that Drew Barrymore is really pregnant? Cause I’m in the “hells no” camp. Pregnant women don’t get tats.

Kate Hudson‘s impression of Garry Marshall is perfect.

The first image of Scarlett Johannson as the lead in the remake of the Japanese manga, Ghost In The Shell, arrived today and accusations of white-washing were quick to follow. How is Hollywood still doing this?!

Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she wasn’t too fond of her “very sexist” SNL years.

-Canadian singer Grimes says “numerous” male producers tried to blackmail her into having sex. Men are gross.

Alden Ehrenreich is your latest Han Solo front-runner. I like this kid. I remember seeing him in Beautiful Creatures and not liking the movie but really liking what he was doing.

-Rodarte just failed Hailee Steinfeld so hard. All the nopes!

LeAnn Rimes’ rep is denying claims that the singer has a diva attitude. Sounds fake, but whatever.

Charlize Theron is trying to walkback her complaints about being too pretty for good roles. Ok.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen posted their first selfie ever. Say “prune!”

-What’s going on between Sean Penn and Minka Kelly?  I worry.

Maisie Williams was adorable on the Seth Meyers’ show, talking about how she gamed the system by scoring the most comfortable Game of Thrones costume on the show.

-It was Team Iron Man’s turn on Kimmel last night. What the what is Paul Bettany wearing?!

 

Selena Gomez Poses Topless for GQ

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Selena Gomez loses the makeup (and the shirt) for her new GQ photo spread, and says she refuses to publicly complain about fame. “I chose this. So I’m not gonna sit here and say, ‘Oh, my God, poor me, I didn’t have a normal childhood.'”

-Speaking of new cover stories, Willow Smith totally owns this Teen Vogue article.

-Despite their pregnancy announcement, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green‘s divorce is still moving ahead.

-Speaking of breakups, let’s pour one out for Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund, who split after four years together.

Lindsay Lohan roped her parents into her big engagement tease. Such a staged sweet family moment.

-This Vulture interview with all the kids from ABC comedies is adorable — but also kind of depressing because they already sound more mature than me.

-I’m so done with all these crazy stories about Jared Leto on the set of Suicide Squad set. The latest: he gave his costars anal beads and used condoms. Seriously, what is the promotional strategy behind this?!

-Civil War’s Team Cap actors tried to answer personal trivia about each other, failed miserably.

-Oh hey, Chris Evans in InStyle. Hey, boo.

Robert De Niro spewed a lot of thoroughly debunked anti-vaccination nonsense in a crazy new interview on the Today Show.

-YASS! San Diego Comic-Con will finally stream its Hall H panels this year.

Anna Wintour got lost and cried at Kanye West’s Madison Square Garden show. But doesn’t that mean Anna Wintour is capable of human emotion? I’m…so confused.

-Also, her wanting to sit next to Idris Elba is making her even more relatable to me.

-So the 21 Jump Street /Men In Black crossover is actually happening? For realsies?

Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim are shooting Master of None in Rome and took a break to make a hilarious music video set to Kanye’s “Famous.”

-On the Tonight Show, Amy Schumer experimented with some new ways to sit in the interview chair, and talked about her boyfriend’s mother’s inability to say “no comment.”

Matt LeBlanc is reportedly at war with his Top Gear cohost. So, not Friends then?

-I’m not feeling Margot Robbie’s oversized blazer here, but she’s promoting Tarzan so I guess she’s allowed to totally give up at this point.

Ben Affleck will officially direct and write an upcoming standalone Batman film — but will he be able to overcome the age issue?

-I really liked Vulture’s exploration of what the hell Girls is doing to Hannah’s character. That show doesn’t get a lot of attention anymore, but it’s having a stellar season.

-The Doctor Strange trailer has arrived. I’m hoping my love for Rachel McAdams and Tilda Swinton will overshadow my ambivalence for Benedict Cumberbatch. Also, guess how many Asians there are in this trailer about a guy going to Asia to learn Asian mystical arts? Yeah.