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May 2016

George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jodie Foster Cover EW

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-The new EW cover is awkward, no? I don’t know if it’s because Julia Roberts looks like she’s trying to make it all about her, or because George Clooney‘s hand is reaching out of frame, or because Jodie Foster is having no part of it, but there’s a cringe factor there. The interview is cute though, especially the part where Julia remembers crushing on George when he was on Sisters.

–Jodie on Kristen Stewart: “She’s a little bit of a shaking leaf, and it makes me want to put my arm around her and tell her that I’ll make her dinner, you know?”

-Meanwhile, the best part of this Buzzfeed interview with Jodie is when she lets it slip that she only had eight days to film Julia‘s part. Like, what else was she doing?!

-Also, Julia walked the Cannes red carpet barefoot. Remember last year when they were kicking women off the red carpet for not wearing high heels? But Julia gets to Julia it up.

-Some Tumblr peeps just wrote the best movie script in the history of ever.

-CBS is in talks to create a Good Wife spinoff starring Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo for their streaming service. Um, what?

-It’s official. Supergirl was renewed — but it’s moving from CBS to the CW. I’m surprised the were able to keep Calista Flockhart, since production is moving from LA to Vancouver. Also, when exactly is the network that renewed all of its current shows (and just ordered three new ones) going to schedule it on their already crowded lineup? Best case scenario: it forces them to cut all of their 23-episode shows into tighter 15-18 episode seasons, and repeats/hiatuses disappear.

-Speaking of the CW, this interview with super producer Greg Berlanti is great.

-In other network news, the CSI franchise is finally dead, and ABC just cancelled Nashville. Go hug your moms.

–Robert Downey Jr liked Happy Endings so much, he hired Adam Pally to do his social media for him. God, I love rich people.

–Nicolas Hoult’s dubsmash is some pretty great X-Men marketing.

-Being pals with Anna Kendrick has its perks: she supplied her BFF’s “something borrowed” on her wedding day: thousands of dollars of borrowed diamonds.

–Woody Allen‘s publicist says it’s “only natural” she’d ban THR from a Cannes lunch because they published Ronan Farrow‘s essay. Sure.

-Meanwhile, Blake Lively ripped Cannes for that controversial Woody joke. She would.

–Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys‘ bloopers from The Wine Show are adorable. I will no doubt be recreating many of these on my wine tour of France next week…

–Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to star in Marvel’s Black Panther (yasss!) as the love interest (boo!).  She should be leading her own superhero movie. Black Canary? Vixen? I’m not picky.

-Watch Chris Pine rob banks in the new Hell or High Water trailer.

–Michael Fassbender goes back in time in the first trailer for Assassins Creed.

Kelly Ripa Opens Up About the Michael Strahan Drama

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-In this week’s People cover story, Kelly Ripa talks about what really happened when she found out that Michael Strahan was leaving (“I didn’t just not show up”), and explains why she basically forced him out months earlier than the original plan.

-Speaking of People magazine, they’re laying the groundwork for a Bennifer reunion. Are you ready? ‘Cause their PR camps really want you to be ready.

–Jenny Slate has ended her three-year marriage — and is now reportedly dating Chris Evans! Sad about her marriage, but as someone who listened to those two flirt their way through Anna Faris’ podcast, I’m one million percent here for this.

-These photos of George and Amal Clooney at Cannes make me realize that I’m going to be bopping around France the same time they’re there. Get the bail money ready!

–Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick sang “True Colors” in Cannes, for some reason.

-Newly single Kristen Dunst is slaying her first Cannes looks. I adore this dress.

–Drew Barrymore opened up about her divorce on the Chelsea Show premiere, saying she felt like “the biggest failure.”

-Meanwhile, Chelsea Handler is over single shaming.

-I actually feel bad for Justin Bieber and totally get why he doesn’t want to take photos with fans anymore. MTV News’ piece on Justin’s panopticon of fame is worth a read.

–Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow wrote an excellent response in THR for their cover story on Allen, and it’s required reading for journalists who cover famous people and feel they have to pull their punches for continued access. He also demands answers from the actors who continue to work with Allen.

-Meanwhile, Kristen Stewart clumsily defended working with Woody Allen, proving Ronan’s point.

-In non-Woody Allen THR news, their showrunners roundtable is a must-read about writing in Hollywood.

–Emma Watson is the latest famous name to crop up in the Panama Papers, but she denies dodging taxes.

–Sophie Turner says Jennifer Lawrence “punched me in the vagina.” That seems on-brand.

-If you sue Nicki Minaj, she will destroy you on Twitter.

-The worst thing about Donald Trump‘s campaign is that it took The Newsroom’s Will McAvoy out of retirement.

-I really like Jon Stewart, but his critique of Hilary Clinton is pretty terrible. Instead of talking about her policies, he focuses on her how authentic she looks? Ugh.

-Was the Peggy mention on this week’s Agents of Shield proof that Agent Carter is cancelled? *pouts*

–Minnie Driver sounds like an absolutely delightful neighbour.

-I seriously don’t know if I can commit to another hourlong drama, but the early reviews for Preacher are flames.

-Speaking of hourlongs, I’m still not over the f*ckery that was The Good Wife finale. This article about it is great, especially the third bullet about the showrunners’ strange comments.

-Deadpool just crashed his own Honest Trailers video.

-It looks like Supergirl might actually move to the CW. Production-wise, it shouldn’t be that much of a visual step down (The Flash often looks better made on a much smaller budget), but is it good for the CW? Do they even get a say?

-Speaking of The Flash, last night’s Kevin Smith-directed episode might have been its best yet.

-Here’s the trailer for Nerve, starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco and Juliette Lewis.

Kristen Stewart Won’t Define Her Sexuality or Star in Crappy Sequels

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–Kristen Stewart is in total DGAF mode during her Variety interview, and I love it. On not returning for the Huntsman sequel, she says “I read a few scripts. None of them were good. None of them were greenlight-able. And I had a meeting with Universal about the places where the story could go. Maybe Chris [Hemsworth] was more into it. I actually don’t f—ing know.” She also has no interest in defining her sexuality for you. “Me not defining it right now is the whole basis of what I’m about. If you don’t get it, I don’t have time for you.”

-Congrats to Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes, who welcomed their second daughter, Amada Lee Gosling, on April 29.

-Speaking of new dads, Justin Timberlake is just constantly covered in poop these days.

-I bought the new Radiohead album the second I found out that “True Love Waits” is on it. I’ve been waiting for an official version of that song for 20 years.

-Here’s an  interesting look at who exactly is behind the Beyhive.

-In yesterday’s late night shenanigans, Cyndi Lauper and James Corden sang a parody called ‘Girls Just Want Equal Funds‘, Elizabeth Olsen and Anthony Mackie practiced their Scarlet Witch choreography, Jodie Foster braved Egg Russian Roulette with Jimmy Fallon, Ryan Gosling bulged out, Stephen Amell admitted to being scared by little girls, and Daveed Diggs (Lafayette!) proved he’s the fastest rapper on Broadway.

-Meanwhile, Seth Meyers is killing it with his Trump coverage.

-I seriously don’t know who convinced Daniel Radcliffe to play a farting corpse in Swiss Army Man but I’m intrigued by its weirdness. Here’s the latest NSFW trailer.

-They’re remaking The Craft? Hollywood is populated by monsters.

-This week’s GOOP arrived with with the subject line “sex issue” so I thought it would be a swell idea to open it in a meeting. It wasn’t. Besides all the hippy-dippy stuff about making your own organic lube, there’s also sex toy recommendations that include a $15,000 dildo.

–John Oliver tries to separate the bullshit from the science in his new segment on widely reported studies.

–Geena Davis staged a League of Their Own reunion!

-If you tweet a headline that says “We need to talk about Jon Snow’s butt on Game Of Thrones”, I’m a hundo p gonna click on that link.

-It was a big day in TV trailer news. Here’s the trailer for season 2 of for UnREAL, and the trailer for season 4 of Orange Is The New Black.

-I loved this video on Unrealistic TV Acting With Empty Coffee Cups. Someone on the Extra Hot Great podcast suggested gluing a small bean bag at the bottom of takeout cups to make them look weighted. Get on that, Hollywood!

-Faking that you’re a victim of revenge porn to promote your new album was probably not your best move, YACHT. (Their PR company insists the band didn’t have anything to do with it.)

-Even though I didn’t love Captain America: Civil War as much as everyone else seemed to, it did make me give a crap about Spider-Man. Which is something I never thought would happen again.

-Speaking of superhero movies, here’s an interesting look at why X-Men: Apocalypse is generating so little excitement. The early reviews are basically the embodiment of the shrug emoji.

-I like Candice Patton‘s comments about how some superhero TV audiences don’t want to watch women characters evolve (“I think some audiences today are reticent to actually watch characters, especially women, have an arc”). Unfortunately, I don’t think that has anything to do with why audiences haven’t warmed up to her character on The Flash. She’s just been really poorly written.

-Speaking of The Flash, it’s been in a quality nosedive this season but I’m actually kind of looking forward to tonight’s episode, which is directed by superfan Kevin Smith. He’s already using the press tour for tonight’s ep to push for an Arrow gig.

-Meanwhile, the trailer for Kevin Smith‘s new movie Yoga Hosers is beyond weird.

-Disney just dropped the first trailer for Queen of Katwe, starring Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, Madina Nalwanga. That’s cool. I totally wanted to cry at my desk today.