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April 2016

Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Spray Cheese, Being “a Sexual Being”

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Gwyneth Paltrow is on the new cover of Self and posted a new Q&A for GOOP,  and there’s a lot we need to unpack. In Self, she talks about how no one can seem to reconcile that she’s a businesswoman, a mother and a sexual being. “Like, ‘Gwyneth has sex? Really?’ It doesn’t seem to go together.” That’s good — self-deprecating while calling out some sexist BS. But then just when you start reconsidering your opinion of her, she tells GOOP she’d still rather smoke crack than eat spray cheese. “Hell, yes. You know, crack might be extreme, but spray cheese is not my kind of party.” Sigh. She was thisclose!

Tatiana Maslany is getting crucified on Tumblr for her comments about a gay character being killed off of Orphan Black. Personally, I think she handled the question ok, but it’s such a no-win situation right now.

-HBO just released three more Game of Thrones clips, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Megan Fox is pregnant with baby No. 3 and she didn’t immediately announce who the father is, which led to a morning of rampant speculation from people who seem to think her uterus is totally their business. (At least she had fun with the #NotTheFather hashtag for a while, which makes me really like her.)

-Meanwhile, Megan Fox is coming back to New Girl — which was just renewed. I’m glad — she was great on that show.

Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz are dating? That’s all kinds of cute!

Samantha Bee tried to explain what superdelegates are. I’m still confused, but now I’m amused and confused. I’m amfused.

-Despite rumours, Lindsay Lohan‘s rep says she is not actually engaged to a Russian heir so we can all go back to ignoring her again.

Jeremy Renner actually said we lack “strong, badass female” roles. That’s a little rich coming from him, but his publicist deserves a win so I’ll allow it.

-Speaking of the Avengers cast, Team Captain appeared on Kimmel last night and Paul Rudd was a total charm bomb.

-This is an interesting look at HBO’s current drama problem.

-Say what you will about Ariana Grande (and I certainly have) but I love how unapologetically feminist she is.

-The Walking Dead boss swears that the season 6 finale wasn’t meant to toy with the audience.  That’s cute, guys.

-Here’s the number of revival eps each Gilmore Girls cast member is credited for. Imma gonna need 90% more Paris Gellar.

Meghan Trainor says Jennifer Lopez didn’t know her new song was produced by Dr. Luke. Still doesn’t explain why JLo chose such a terrible track as her single.

Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana learn journalism isn’t a cake walk in Netflix’s Special Correspondents trailer.

 

Game of Thrones Trailer Pits Tyrion Against Dragons

-I had given up on Game of Thrones, but now that Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan are doing the aftershow I guess I’m back in? Dammit show, why can’t I quit you?! At least the new trailer looks intriguing.

Scarlett Johansson implied she and Ryan Reynolds were too competitive to be compatible. That seems like a diplomatic way of calling him a jerk. Well done.

Hugh Dancy just joined the cast of Fifty Shades Darker. The fact that they keep adding to this movie — which is actively shooting — is fascinating. What the hell is happening on that set?

-Way to COMPLETELY miss the point of Hamilton, New York Times!

John Oliver hilariously tackled credit reports last night.

-I gave up on Sleepy Hollow after season one, but I can’t believe what I read happened in Friday’s episode. No wonder Twitter was lit. Vulture and Black Girl Nerds both posted excellent, merciless breakdowns of how the writers destroyed their own show. Also, I guess we now know the answer to that TV blind item from a few weeks ago.

-Speaking of which, it was a brutal week for killing off major female TV characters.

Gary Oldman is shading Spotlight’s Oscar win, for some random reason.

-This oral history of the late, great sitcom Happy Endings is wonderful…with the exception of this Eliza Coupe quote: “My best friends are both my brothers, and I don’t really have any girlfriends. It’s not that I don’t get along with women, it’s that they bore me.” Like…what?

-I liked Jessica Chastain’s dress…but it was way not appropriate for the MTV Movie Awards. Where exactly did her publicist tell her she was going?

-The best part of Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine’s kiss at the MTV Awards is how presenter Stephen Amell is awkwardly standing off to the side.

-I actually liked the new Suicide Squad trailer they showed at the MTV Awards last night. Clearly, BvS has taught me nothing.

-The new Captain America clip they showed at the MTV Awards is very action-y.

-The first press screenings for Captain America: Civil War happened this weekend, and the tweets about it were overwhelmingly glowing.

-The trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them looks pretty damn spectacular.

Jennifer Lawrence Talks Body Image and Pay Gap in Harper’s Bazaar

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-I really like Jennifer Lawrence‘s new interview with Harper’s Bazaar, in which she admits she works hard for her “average” body. “Everybody says, ‘We love that there is somebody with a normal body!’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t feel like I have a normal body.’ I do Pilates every day. I eat, but I work out a lot more than a normal person.” She also smartly responds to the controversy over her pay gap comments, saying, “I try not to be too sensitive to the ‘poor rich girl’ jokes. I was saying my reality is absolutely fabulous, but it is not the reality of a lot of women in America.”

-Congrats to Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman for welcoming a baby boy — and for doing it a month ago without anyone finding out. And for giving him a normal name. Really, they’re just winning at life right now.

Melissa McCarthy’s deal to appear on Gilmore Girls just happened to go through the day before her critically panned movie opened. What are the odds?

Kate Hudson talks about deliberately hiding from her children in her new InStyle cover story. Sounds like my kind of parenting.

Jennifer Aniston says she started eating pasta again after meeting Justin Theroux. The rest of her diet sounds super sad, though.

-I’m actually surprised it took this long for Cameron Diaz to be featured in GOOP. She’s talking about the science of humans cells so at least it’s unintentionally hilarious.

-They’re once again trying to do a US remake of Misfits. Why, Hollywood? Whyyyyy???

-I’m really glad Edge of Tomorrow is getting a sequel. That is maybe the most underrated Tom Cruise movie in decades.

-This is the most Nic Cage thing that Nic Cage has ever done.

-If you just got let go from your steady TV gig and are looking for a new job, maybe don’t tweet support for an article that says the show will suck without you. Network execs see that stuff, fool.

-An oral history of Bridget Jones’s Diary from Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and more? Well, if you insist.

Paul Walker‘s 16-year-old daughter Meadow has received a $10 million settlement from the driver in the fatal crash.

-I really liked this week’s AV Club Q&A about body shaming in TV and movies.

-Brace yourselves for some shocking news: Leonardo DiCaprio is dating another model.

-How did I not know that there’s a movie version coming of The Office UK?