-I’m one of those people who would not be heartbroken if La La Land wins Best Picture, but damn this screenshot of a scene from Moonlight’s screenplay makes its case well.
-Today’s brutally honest Oscar voter is a producer who may be a bit racist (but hey! He loves Moonlight!) His thoughts on Dev Patel: “He really seems like he’s needy as an actor and just wants you to like him, but he shouldn’t be that needy — he’s grown up to be a really handsome, sexy dude, with this mid-range brown color, so everyone loves him.”
-UNreal’s Shiri Appleby directed this Funny or Die shortstarring Tyler Posey.
-These stories about Madonna‘s legendary Oscars partiesare pretty great. Both Jennifer Lawrence and Eddie Redmayne have puked at one!
-Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham is heading back to TVwith a new sitcom on Fox.
-I typically avoid horror films, but Jordan Peele’s Get Out is getting such rave reviews I might have to see it.
-I really like this article about how there’s a total lack of comfort TV these days. From mindless shows like Burn Notice to family-oriented fare like Gilmore Girls, that stuff just doesn’t exist anymore.
-Does Angelina Jolie even need a publicist? Her very selective outlet choices this week suggests no — even though there is a definite shift towards family talk and kid exposure. She even cooked and ate bugs with her kids for the BBC.
-George Clooney says he and Amal will limit their travelto dangerous places now that twins are on the way. He also insists they spend more time together than we know (“People think we are never together, but we have not been separated for more than a week.”)
–George also says he’s tired of Trump and Bannon’s hypocrisy, reminding the world that they are part of the “Hollywood elite.” (“Donald Trump has 22 acting credits. He collects $120,000 a year in his Screen Actors Guild pension fund…Steve Bannon is a failed film writer.”)
–David Cassidy, who just revealed he’s battling dementia, says he “never had a relationship” with his daughter, Arrow star Katie Cassidy.
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom will be starring in a dark comedy with Adam Pally? Put it in my eyeballs now!
-The secret Oscar voter interviews are starting to trickle out, and they’re horrifying as usual. The first one features an actress who HATED Arrival (“It just sucked”), had a hard time voting for Best Actress (“I liked none of them”), and had strong thoughts on the foreign film category (“Germans are not funny!”). The second voter, a publicist, took a more measured approach, but still had some strong opinions (“Let me tell you, I did not understand The Lobster — it made me nuts”). Do Academy members even like movies?!
-The Honest Trailers crew took on this year’s Oscar nominations. I love the Fences bit.
-If you only have time to read one celebrity article this week, make it Page Six’s Angelina Jolie takedown. It’s got everything: a look back at her ever-changing self-branding, a scorching quote from Laura Dern, implications that she has no friends, shade at her directing abilities, etc.
-Meanwhile, Angelina is doing press and sticking to her talking point: it’s all about family.
–Jennifer Lopez talked about dating younger men on today’s Ellen. “It’s not like you have to be younger. It’s not about that…it’s about the person. It has nothing to do with age.”
-Ooh boy: Lindsay Lohan claims she was “racially profiled” at Heathrow Airport for wearing a headscarf.
–George Clooney has opened up for the first time about expecting twins with Amal: “It’s going to change a lot of things, but, you know, that’s life.” (Also, that’s his in-home bar? I kind of want to live there.)
–Cate Blanchettlip-synced “You Don’t Own Me” at a drag show because she clearly knows what the world needs right now.
–Mariah Carey isn’t going to bother trying to explain to you what went wrong on NYE, because she’s pretty sure you wouldn’t understand: “It’s just something where if I can’t explain it to the entire world, then they’re not going to understand it, because it’s not what they do. Just like I wouldn’t understand somebody who had a desk job and how to do that. I couldn’t. I literally am incapable of being in the real world and surviving.”
-Here’s our first look at the Hans Solo spinoff. I’m here for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover! (And I didn’t even recognize Emilia Clarke when I first saw it.)
–Josh Gad promised Daisy Ridley he would no longer ambush her with requests for Star Wars spoilers, so he got Penélope Cruz, Chris Pratt, J.J. Abrams and more to do it for him.
-According to Page Six, Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are “madly in love.”
-I really liked this New Yorker cover storyabout how the Oscars have tried to solve its diversity problem, including the part about the Academy president learning she’d have to announce a slate of all-white acting nominees for the second year in a row.
-Meanwhile, in news that should shock no one, diversity in Hollywood helps the bottom line.
-An Academy voter reveals how he was thrown outbecause he shared screeners with a friend — not knowing his pal was a bigtime movie pirate.
–Jack Black was accidentally slapped in the faceby an overly excited contestant on the celebrity edition of The Price Is Right.
-Whoa. This Is Us managed to dethrone The Big Bang Theory from its ratings perch. I’m still not convinced that show is much more than misery porn, but good for them.
–Emma Watson‘s new Instagram accountis a lesson in sustainable fashion, launched specifically to chronicle her press tour wardrobe for Beauty and the Beast.