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February 2017

Rachel Lindsay Named ABC’s First Black Bachelorette

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Rachel Lindsay has just been cast as the first black Bachelorette and people have lots of opinions, ranging from it’s beyond overdue to it’s too little, too late. Meanwhile, she’s already downplaying it, saying “Even though I’m an African-American woman, it’s no different than any other Bachelorette.”

-Harrison Ford has been involved in another airport incident after he flew too close to a passenger plane while piloting his private plane.

-Here’s the trailer for Apple’s reality series with Gwyneth Paltrow, which is like Shark Tank but with more apps and Jessica Alba.

Ryan Murphy called Glee’s feud between Lea Michele and Naya Riveraa shitstorm of difficulty.” He added, “There were many boys on our show that didn’t get along and you never hear about that. You never hear about that in our culture.” I’m listening…

-Speaking of Ryan Murphy and feuds, here’s the latest trailer for his new show.

-Wow. When the final ratings come out, there’s a chance SNL will be the No. 1 broadcast series of last week in the A18-49 demo.

Mandy Moore is having a moment. She stars in the Dawes’ new music video, and Vulture just called her presence on This Is Us “a stroke of ingenious casting.”

Hugh Jackman shared a personal sunscreen PSA after another skin cancer treatment.

-Is Angelina Jolie finally getting a publicist?

-If you’re not already OD’ing on all the Girls press this week, I really liked this writers roundtable.

Kerry Washington might be in the next Deadpool movie.

Robert Pattinson should probably go ahead and burn this sweater.

-I don’t watch TVD anymore, but this BTS clip is very cute.

-They just released the trailer for Everything Everything and it’s giving me all the squees! I adored that book. (The author tweet replied to me yesterday, which also squeed me up.)

Jennifer Lopez “Loves” Drake

Jennifer Lopez talked about Drake on the red carpet, and now everyone’s dissecting that convo. I think if she loved Drake she wouldn’t actually say “I love Drake!” but I’m a cynical b*tch so maybe?

Katy Perry, you can shade Taylor Swift all you want but you best be leaving Britney alone.

-In case you missed it, here’s Beyonce‘s full Grammy performance. Part of me was like ‘this is weird and strange and you’re not the first person to get pregnant’ but then a larger part of me was like ‘eff yeah!’

-Is it weird that I wasn’t super impressed when Adele restarted her George Michael tribute? I mean, she looked really sad at the end and all, but all I could think about was the acceptance speeches that were going to get played off even quicker because she did that. I just might need to nap more, though.

-Well, I never thought Moby would be the one claiming to have insider information that Trump is in “collusion with the Russian government.” Then again, I didn’t think national parks employees would be the first to lead the revolution, so I guess it really is a brave new world.

-Meanwhile, John Oliver figured out an ingenious way to teach Trump some facts.

-Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe wore this dress to the BAFTAs. On purpose.

-I went back and forth on Emma Stone’s pantaloons. I *think* I hate them? They confuse me.

Leonardo DiCaprio may not be my fave, but this BAFTA moment with Maggie Smith was hella cute.

-Wow, they’re turning Prep into an HBO pilot? I devoured that book. Pick it up, HBO!

-Pregnant Ciara’s tribute to Whitney Houston is pretty damn impressive.

-I can’t believe Jared Padalecki is pulling this crap again. The last time he did it to a bartender, and she got death threats and was fired. Famous people: if you have a customer service issue, ask to talk to a manager instead of siccing your millions of followers on them.

Justin Theroux shared a rare photo of Jennifer Aniston on Instagram to celebrate her birthday.

Will Smith, Ariana Grande, John Legend, Alicia Keys, and John Cena are singing while commuting in this Carpool Karaoke series trailer.

Titus has a Beyonce moment in the trailer for Kimmy Schmidt, which returns May 19.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s twitter exchange gave me life this weekend.

-I do not have time for you and your articles about why Casey Affleck should be judged only for his work onscreen, THR! Especially because you went so hard after Nate Parker. Not today, satan!

Jamie Dornan explaining his sex sounds to Keanu Reeves is a sight to behold.

Keanu Reeves is everywhere these days and I don’t hate it! (He’s like Colin Farrell; they just work their asses off on weird, interesting films and then disappear into their private lives, which I love.)

Scarlett Johansson is a lean, mean, cyborg-killing machine in this new Ghost in the Shell trailer. She also shared reservations about a Black Widow movie. I seriously think she just doesn’t want to do one, and I can’t say I blame her. Why do a standalone when you can work less and make the same kind of bank in a big ensemble film?

-This 3-and-a-half-minute Avengers: Infinity War teaser is pretty dope.

Madonna Adopts Twin Girls from Malawi

-Twins is definitely the theme of 2017 so far. Madonna is the latest high-profile celeb to jump on the double trouble bandwagon, adopting twin girls named Estere and Stelle.

Matt Damon revealed that George Clooney pulled him aside last fall and told him Amal was expecting twins — when she was only eight weeks along.  Damon recalls telling him, “‘Are you out of your mind?! Don’t tell anybody else! Don’t tell anybody else! Don’t you know the 12-week rule?’ Like of course he doesn’t.”

-Ed Sheeran says we’ve never really heard of a Taylor Swift song leaking because she makes it impossible to happen. In the news, Ed Sheeran just jinxed Taylor Swift.

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling won’t be performing at the Oscars — but at least Lin-Manuel Miranda will!

Shia LaBeouf‘s anti-Trump installation has been canceled over safety concerns.

-It’s pilot season and accord to THR, actors juggling multiple offers include Nathan Fillion, Linda Cardellini, Corey Stoll,Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga, Michael Cudlitz, Steven Yeun, and Lizzie Caplan.

-ABC just renewed all of Shonda Rhimes’ TGIT shows, meaning Grey’s is heading into season 14(!).

-The Girls cast plays “Marry, F*ck, Kill” and the answers were pretty great: “Kill Shoshanna and Marnie. I’d kill them together. Double homicide. Make the scene look like an accident. ”

Christine Baranski wants to play Betsy Davos on SNL and someone needs to make this happen!

-The Walking Dead returns this Sunday and it’s hilarious watching the producers trip over themselves trying to lure viewers back.

-I really liked this essay on how we need to give Keanu Reeves more credit for his ability to embody loneliness.

Emma Watson is caught in a tech nightmare in the new trailer for The Circle, costarring Tom Hanks and John Boyega.