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December 2018

Jason Momoa Scores Major Points with His Mom, Thanks to Julia Roberts

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Jason Momoa took his mom to meet Julia Roberts and it really was the cutest thing.

Offset crashing Cardi B’s set at this weekend’s Rolling Loud Festival (where she was the first woman to ever headline) to apologize and beg her to take him back really pissed me off. He sabotaged her set and festival organizers should have never allowed it.

-Meanwhile, Cardi B will be on tonight’s Carpool Karaoke.

Meghan Markle‘s mother will likely not be spending Christmas with her daughter, despite relocating to the UK. It’s apparently very unusual for non-royal family members to be invited to the festivities.

Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman, who costarred together on Revenge, got married this weekend. I love when shomances last way longer than the show itself.

-Congrats to Flash star Grant Gustin who married physical therapist LA Thoma this weekend. No word on any Flash costars attending, but guests included Supergirl’s Melissa Benoist, Broadway stars Max Chucker, Adam Kaplan, Leela Rothenberg and Daveed Diggs, and model Renée Mittelstaedt.

-CBS announced its former head Les Moonves misled the network about those misconduct allegations. He will be fired for cause and will NOT receive a $120 million severance. The statement from the board also said “investigators concluded that harassment and retaliation are not pervasive at CBS.” Um, what?!

-Speaking of harassment at CBS, after it came to light that the network paid Eliza Dushku a $9.5M settlement based on her interactions with Bull star Michael Weatherly, some of his female costars have jumped to his defense which is just…sigh.

-Orange Is The New Black’s Yael Stone has come forward to accuse Geoffrey Rush, who she costarred with in a play, of sexual harassment — and because of the libel laws in her native Australia, she’s put herself at great risk. She says he danced naked in front of her in their dressing room, sent explicit texts, and held a mirror above her shower curtain to watch her. (While multiple people from the play corroborate her allegations in the report, Rush insists the claims “are incorrect and in some instances have been taken completely out of context.”)

-When asked if the #MeToo movement was difficult, Idris Elba replied “only if you’re a man with something to hide.” Bless him.

Frankie Shaw, the female creator of SMILF, is currently under investigation after several cast and crew members came forward with misconduct complaints, including inappropriate handling of sex scenes and separating writers by race.

-Some guy turned AvengersEndgame.com into an advertisement for Deadpool — and Ryan Reynolds sent him a gift.

-A Daredevil actress says Marvel reps were ‘stunned’ over Netflix’s cancellation of the show. But clearly this is less on Netflix and more about Marvel/Disney’s greater plans, no?

-This John Oliver segment on Brexit didn’t air in the UK because of a weird ban they have on using footage of Parliment.

-Aquaman hasn’t opened here yet, but it’s already killing it overseas.

-Meanwhile, The Mortal Engines bombed hard at the box office — and could end up losing Universal upwards of $100M.

-Is Bumblebee this year’s Shape of Water? Suddenly I’m interested!

-Everyone got really worried about Pete Davidson this weekend following a disturbing post he made on Instagram. Here’s hoping he’s ok and gets whatever help he needs.

Paul McCartney and Emma Stone star a new short that takes aim at bullying.

John Goodman and Vera Farmiga star in the Captive State trailer about a Chicago neighborhood that’s taken over by extra-terrestrial.

CBS Paid Eliza Dushku $9.5M After Michael Weatherly Harassed her

-Aw man. I’ve loved Eliza Dushku since she played Faith on Buffy, and this NYT story on her harassment at the hands of Bull costar Michael Weatherly and the secret $9.5 million settlement that followed is horrible. He should have been fired immediately, and he most certainly should be fired now that it’s come to light.

The custody agreement between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt doesn’t seem to include children Pax and Maddox, possibly because Pitt has no hope of repairing his relationship with them.

Gal Gadot‘s support of Jason Momoa is very sweet.

-Speaking of sweet, I kind of like that Miley Cyrus calls Liam Hemsworth her “survival partner.

-Here’s the full trailer for Lindsay Lohan‘s MTV reality show.

-This video of Mary Queen of Scots costars Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan answering the web’s most searched questions is a total delight.

-All of the royal drama is really starting to bum me out.

Kim Kardashian has waded into the Drake/Kayne West feud, tweeting to Drake that he shouldn’t “threaten” her family.

-I forgot that a Downtown Abbey movie was in the works. Here’s the first trailer.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Search for Happiness

Billy Eichner hit the street with Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the whole video is happy-making. Billy’s face when he says “you make Garfield fan art?!” kills me in every way.

Emma Watson shared a photo from the Little Women set and dammit if it didn’t make me a little tingly.

Julie Andrews‘ granddaughter claims she had an affair with Dax Shepard in 2009 — two years after he started dating Kristen Bell. He is disputing how old the photos she released really are, and pointed out that she’s previously sold stories to the tabs about Matthew Perry, Jack Osbourne and Kid Rock.

Taylor Swift is using facial recognition software to detect stalkers at her concert like she’s in CSI or something, and I effing love this.

-The headline of NYT’s new profileEllen Degeneres Is Not As Nice As You Think” made me think they were diving into some of the blind items about her, but it turns out they’re just being cheeky.

-Meanwhile, I really like this article on how blind items have become more influential during the #MeToo movement and can kick off blockbuster investigations.

Cybil Shepherd says that she once declined Les Moovnes advances — and her show was promptly canceled.

Hailee Steinfeld and Niall Horan broke up after nearly a year together. This would probably have more impact if I knew they were dating.

Jason Momoa performed a Haka dance at the Aquaman premiere and it was pretty damn glorious.

-Grey, meet Grey. Jennifer Grey is coming to Grey’s Anatomy in a mysterious new role.

Lenny Kravitz says it’s “wonderful” that his daughter ended up working with his ex Nicole Kidman on Big Little Lies. “Zoe hadn’t seen Nicole since she was younger, and so it was beautiful that they got to know each other as adults and make this great show together.”

Jennifer Garner and J.J. Abrams will reunite for a one-hour drama coming to Apple, joining their massive list of projects with huge stars and no public plan about distribution.

-FX released its annual report about scripted TV, and tallied a record 495 original scripted streaming, cable, and broadcast series were released in 2018.

-I adore this story about how 10 Things I Hate About You was written largely through snail mail.

-Whoo boy. This thread does not make me want to see Clint Eastwood‘s new movie The Mule anytime soon.

-I wouldn’t be surprised if Marvel didn’t relinquish the reigns of their big action set pieces — female director or not.

Matthias Schoenaerts stars in the trailer for The Mustang as a violent criminal who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs. I’ll watch that guy in anything so why not?