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May 2018

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Rumoured to Be Honeymooning in Canada

-Gotta say, I really didn’t expect Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s honeymoon destination to be Alberta. (The Jasper Park resort says it’s not happening, though. I’m guessing they cancelled the second it got leaked.)

-Also, Emilia Wickstead has hit back after reports suggested she criticized Meghan’s dress for being “identical” to hers.

-Oh god, the first thing I thought of when I saw Bryce Dallas Howard’s outfit was that Meghan Markle has launched a chalky pantyhose trend. Say it ain’t so!

-So Drake’s new song kinda sucks, huh?

–Jacob Tremblay is on a mission to hunt down Ryan Reynolds. I’ve never related to a kid more…

–Jennifer Lopez wears more than $4.5 million worth of Tiffany & Co. diamonds in the “Dinero” music video. So, you know, typical Monday.

-She also opened up about the #MeToo movement: “I’m all about women speaking up and demanding what they want. I feel like that’s where the world is at right now…It’s like we don’t have to mince words anymore. We found our voice, we’re being strong, we’re standing up for ourselves.”

–Harvey Weinstein is rumoured to be pitching a documentary “that he can control” about the allegations against him. That’s swell.

-In Vulture, Rebecca Corry reflects on how the decision to speak out against Louis C.K. has affected her life: “For 12 years, I actively tried to not be part of the C.K. masturbation narrative. But no matter how hard I tried, it kept finding me.”

-Hot Neville got married! He looked predictably hot.

–Dax Shepard posted a video of Kristen Bell sobbing after the red wedding episode of Game of Thrones.

-Oh, how I would love to know what Andy Cohen and Armie Hammer are talking about in this photo.

-Solo: A Star Wars Story landed the lowest opening for a Disney Star Wars film, bowing with $103 million over four days.

-I don’t even care if this is an ad; I’m still charmed by everything Chris Hemsworth does on Twitter.

-I was getting a pedicure this weekend and scrolling through my Twitter feed, and ended up falling into a deep fan convention photo opp rabbit hole. This pose is my favourite, followed closely by this one.

–Zack Snyder‘s rumoured next project will be an adaptation of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. Gosh, that’s so many things I don’t like combined in one project…

–Nicki Minaj may have just been joking about dating Eminem, but she still has lots of relationship advice to dole out.

-The Christopher Robbin trailer is actually pretty damn adorable.

Arrested Development’s Press Tour Turns Into Apology Tour

-Man, that Arrested Development cast interview with the New York Times left me *fuming* last night. Not because hearing Jessica Walter cry while her male costars go to great lengths to comfort Jeffrey Tambor is as bad as what Tambor was accused of doing on the Transparent set. It’s just that this interview — and especially the 1-minute audio clip from it –perfectly distills the entire issue with male “allies.” It’s how Jason Bateman starts the conversation by threatening to quit if Tambor is fired, clearly declaring sides. It’s how Walter (the victim) is the one who is required to do all the emotional labour during the convo and her forgiveness is an expectation (Tambor’s “absolutely” response tells me he’s learned nothing). It’s how Bateman manexplains to Walter, who won a Golden Globe when he was just two years old, how on-set dynamics work. It’s how he speaks over Alia Shawkat. It’s how a sobbing Walter keeps insisting that Tambor’s behaviour is not normal in Hollywood, and Bateman, David Cross and Tony Hale keep dismissing her with talk of an actor’s “process” and how “families” fight and some tired BS about how creatives should be given a free pass to be assholes. Even Bateman’s apology with all the “it sounds like…” annoys me. No. It didn’t sound like. It was.

–Tony Hale has also apologized for his comments in the interview.  And I’m guessing David Cross had some apologizing to do when he got home.

-I thought NPR had a very good take on it. (“The disrespect felt so benign in the delivery and so destructive in the effect.”) Also, I loved Thomas Sadoski’s Instagram post sticking up for Walter, who he once costarred with: “I worked in shitty greasy-spoon kitchens growing up: it wasn’t acceptable behavior THERE and most of us were on HEAVY DRUGS. It certainly isn’t acceptable for some man-baby millionaire to do on a cozy ass tv show set. And it is even less acceptable for his male cast-mates to excuse it away IN FRONT OF THE PERSON THAT IT HAPPENED TO….(wait for it)….WHILE SHE IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW TRAUMATIZING THE EXPERIENCE WAS. What in the halfpenny fuck is happening?!”

-Not surprisingly, all Arrested Development cast interviews that were scheduled for the remainder of the week have been canceled.

-In more “never meet your heroes” news, eight women have accused Morgan Freeman of inappropriate touching and behaviour, according to a new investigation from CNN. He’s given one of those “I’m sorry if you were offended” non-apologies.

-Meanwhile, SAG-AFTRA is already reconsidering the lifetime achievement award they bestowed on the actor at the annual SAG Awards this past January.

–Harvey Weinstein is reportedly going to turn himself in on sex crime charges in New York tomorrow.

-We all needed something to brighten our day. Luckily, Chris Hemsworth delivered with a Miley Cyrus dance routine!

-You’d think the movie Show Dogs couldn’t get any worse, but it is undergoing edits amid concerns of “disturbing” touching scenes.

-Cops threatened to pull over Adam Levine and James Corden while they were filming Carpool Karaoke.

–Michelle Williams  sent her BFF Busy Philipps a lifesize cutout of herself so she wouldn’t get lonely.

-Ha! Gwyneth Paltrow called her relationship with Ben Affleck “a lesson.”

–Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman talked about a possible Parks and Rec reboot. Don’t tease me!

-Whoa: Netflix is now worth more than Disney.

–Will Smith wants everyone to “stop the divorce rumors and mind your damn business.”

-The Sisters Brothers trailer, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed and John C. Reilly, has me intrigued.

 

TV Drama Actresses Cover THR

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-The Hollywood Reporter’s actresses roundtable features Angela Bassett, Claire Foy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elisabeth Moss, Thandie Newton and Sandra Oh, and it’s well worth a read.  They talk about pay parity, sex scenes and deciding when to weigh in on decision making on sets.

-This is exactly what I wanted to hear about Ocean’s 8.

-Jesus, how is The Bachelorette still able to survive? A season 2 producer arranged for a masseuse to come to Meredith Phillips‘ room during production in L.A., and that masseuse drugged and assaulted Meredith, she says.

-Anyone else get the feeling that David Cross is… a lot? During his interview with Colbert, he got so offended that he walked off the set. I mean, I get that it was a bit but I find him exhausting.

–Sarah Silverman was interviewed by GQ and was pretty damn forgiving about controversial comedians in her circle. She spoke about Al Franken (“I understand that I may have cognitive distortion, because I love him so much. But all I can say is, and he may not be excited about this, but he has no sexuality. I believe in my heart of heart of hearts he never copped a feel”), Louie CK (“He’s my brother, so it’s hard. I may not have a very clear perspective on it, but I’m trying to…I don’t have some definitive sound bite or nutshell of how I feel about it, even to myself. But I’m also okay with that”), Aziz  Ansari (“I was just like, ‘Gross, I don’t wanna know that about Aziz!’ Hopefully he’s dealing with things, looking inward, and will blossom from it”) and Roseanne (“I had the gall to get high one night and watch episodes one and two of Roseanne. And I thought it was lovely.”)

-Seeing as her own sister accused Louis CK of masturbating in front of her 20 times, I’m surprised she’s this understanding.

-You know what, I really like Ariana Grande. Like, a lot.

-Interesting look at what TV critics are picking as their fave new pilots in the upcoming season.

–Damon Lindelof wrote an emotional letter to fans about his vision for The Watchmen.

–Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan‘s marriage falls apart in Paul Dano‘s directorial debut, Wildfire. This is a really, really well done trailer.