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September 2019

Aaron Paul Breaks Bad Again

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-In the new THR cover story, Aaron Paul explains why he agreed to a Breaking Bad movie despite his fears of messing with the series’ perfect legacy: “I’m like everybody else on the planet — I think Vince [Gilligan] and the rest of the writers really nailed the landing with the ending of Breaking Bad, and why mess with that? But it’s Vince we’re talking about. I would follow Vince into a fire. That’s how much I trust the man. I would do anything that he asked me to.”

Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney were spotted at New York City’s marriage bureau on Monday — where they were seen with two security guards, a photographer and another friend — sparking rumours that they got married.

Kevin Spacey‘s accuser has died in the midst of his sexual assault lawsuit. The late accuser’s lawyer released a statement, slamming Spacey for publicly announcing the death before the family was ready.

-In her new Rolling Stone cover story, Taylor Swift once again revisits her feud with Kanye West.

-In a Today show interview that ran Wednesday, Celine Dion revealed that she is still mourning her mentor-turned-husband René Angélil, who died in 2016. “I’m very lucky and happy to have so many people in my surrounding to make me — they make me laugh, but I miss to be touched. I miss to be hugged. I missed to be told, ‘You’re beautiful.’ I miss what a boyfriend and I miss what a husband would do.”

Aaron Carter has fired back after brother Nick took out a restraining order against him: “We’re done for life.”

-The Navy confirmed that the UFO videos posted by the organization founded by Blink 182 rocker Tom DeLonge are real and should not have been released.

-It’s a big day for Blink-182 news. DeLonge is divorcing his wife of 18 years.

-On her talk show, Kelly Clarkson staged an American Idol reunion with guests Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Justin Guarini.

Tekashi 6ix9ine is testifying against two former fellow gang members in a Manhattan federal court trial today, and Snoop Dogg called him a snitch because of it.

-I’m glad that Lizzo recognized that putting a delivery person from Postmates on blast on Twitter to her nearly 1M followers was a dumb and dangerous thing to do. I hate hate hate when famous people sic their followers on service people who are just trying to do their jobs (looking at you, dude from Supernatural).

Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel got together after they bonded on the set of Carpool Karaoke over their shared love of music.

-If someone told me that an actor confessed he and his wife are swingers in a revealing interview with Playboy, I could never have guessed it’d be the mousey guy from Silicon Valley.

Britney Spears was granted a new conservator earlier this month and Britney’s mom is already asking a judge to remove her.

-I had no idea that Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter were together, but her tweet about his dad, the late great John Ritter, is so so sweet.

-I love how out in the open Joe Manganiello is about his nerdom. I remember listening to a podcast once where he talked extensively about his Dungeons and Dragons expeditions.

-Todd Haynes returns with Dark Waters, a corporate thriller starring Mark Ruffalo as a tenacious attorney who connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one the world’s largest chemical corporations. Anne Hathaway plays his wife.

Victoria Beckham Opens Up About Her Childhood

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-In her Glamour UK cover story, Victoria Beckham recalls being “mentally and physically” bullied as a child. “I was never the popular girl at school and I never found anything easy and I was told ‘No’ constantly…I was bullied a lot at school, mentally and physically, and the fact that I can talk to Harper about that and how girls should be kind to girls – really I use my own experiences and share that.”

-Out magazine put Dan Levy on the cover of their fashion issue and this is a v. good choice.

Lady Gaga just dropped a new makeup line on Amazon, and her eyeliner is already a number one best-seller.

Kanye West confirmed that his new album, Jesus Is King, will drop next week.

-Meanwhile, Brad Pitt praised Kanye’s Sunday Service: “I think he was doing something really special there. It’s a pure celebration of life and people. It’s really delightful. It really is.”

Mandy Moore just dropped the music video for her first new song in over a decade.

-Huh. One of the biggest TIFF deals was for Hugh Jackman’s Bad Education, which HBO bought. I thought it was just ok (though Allison Janney was predictably fabulous).

-Canadian Lilly Singh debuted her late night talk show last night — and she did great! Watch clips here.

-That fired SNL comedian might have just offered the worst non-apology in the history of Hollywood, which is really saying something.

-Much like his ex Jennifer AnistonJustin Theroux has gotten himself a new Apple+ show.

-NBC’s upcoming streaming service is called Peacock and it will include a Saved By The Bell reboot with original stars Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez reprising their roles, and a Battlestar Galactica revival, with a new take from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail. Parks and Rec will also move from Netflix to this new streaming service.

-Speaking of the streaming wars, Big Bang Theory has set a record-setting, eye-popping multi-BILLION-dollar streaming deal with HBO Max.

-Even Tinder is launching a streaming service? We’ve officially entered TOO MUCH TV land.

Jake Gyllenhaal shared some delightful Spider-Man bloopers on his IG.

Scaachi‘s excellent Buzzfeed profile of Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca is what everyone is talking about today. It’s a roller coaster ride of an article that started being about Duca’s new book and her Twitter fame, and ended up being about how her entire NYU summer class filing a formal complaint against her. This line took my breath away: “Congratulations, you thrillingly, thrillingly adept journalist, you have discovered that Lauren Duca is not perfect. Put it in the headline, baby.”

-The new Last Christmas trailer does nothing to allay fears that Henry Golding is playing a ghost or angel.

 

Brad Pitt Shoots For the Stars in Ad Astra

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Brad Pitt is on the cover of the latest issue of GQ. I have no idea why they used the obscured hoodie/sunglasses photo when the pics of him playing ping pong are SO MUCH BETTER. In the interview, he says New York is off limits to him (“It’s always been tough for me. Just the paparazzi. I can’t have freedom there. So without that — it takes the fun out of it”) and talks about how his views on religion have changed (“Oh, man, I’ve gone through everything. Like, I cling to religion. I grew up with Christianity. Always questioned it, but it worked at times. And then when I got on my own, I completely left it and I called myself agnostic. Tried a few spiritual things but didn’t feel right. Then I called myself an atheist for a while, just kind of being rebellious. I wasn’t really. But I kinda labeled myself that for a while. It felt punk rock enough. And then I found myself coming back around to just belief in—I hate to use the word spirituality, but just a belief in that we’re all connected”).

-In another interview (this one with EW), Pitt says he’s going to “abstain” from Oscar campaigning. “I find chasing it actually a disservice to the purity of your telling a story, and a shackling thing to focus on.” It sounds like he’s pretty much a lock for a supporting nod for Once Upon a Time, and a strong possibility for a lead nomination for Ad Astra, so it probably won’t matter. Also, aren’t all these magazine covers a form of campaigning?!

-Backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys this weekend, Rachel Bloomannounced she’s three months pregnant.

-There are some odd hair choices being made by Young Hollywood right now. Stranger Things’ Joe Keery proved that 98% of his hotness stemmed from his hair after he debuted this horrendous new ‘do, while Noah Centineo’s blonde beardisn’t winning any fans.

-Hustlers opened even better than expected with $33M at the weekend box office (which is huge for an R-rated non-franchise release). More than two-thirds of the audience was women.

-If you were anywhere on the internet this weekend, you saw Hustlers star Keke Palmer‘s “sorry to this man” meme. She’s since commented on it: “After finding out who he is, I’m glad I didn’t know.”

-A week after announcing her split from her husband, Zooey Deschanel is dating Property Brothers’ Jonathan Scott.

Charlize Theron says she’s having a threesome with Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. I’m into it.

-This article on the “toolification” of Jeremy Renneris worth your time.

-It took a while, but SNL has fired Shane Gillis for his racist remarks just days after announcing he was joining the show. “We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days… We are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our standard.” Ignore the manbabies whining about this on Twitter. It’s not cancel culture — it’s the consequences of people speaking up against a racist.

-I started Netflix’s Unbelievable this weekend and the first couple of episodes are slow but it starts cooking once Merritt Wever and Toni Collette team up. Here’s a great interview with Wever, who remains a ball of insecurity. She even revisits her hilarious “Thank you. I gotta go. Bye” Emmy speech.

-The Downton Abbey cast discuss their TV series’ stateside success and the possibility of another movie in a new interview with Town & Country.

Taylor Swift will be a mentor on The Voicethis season. Blink twice if you’re being blackmailed into this, Taylor!!

-I’m really liking this series on film festival background players. The latest: a bartender reveals what it’s like to work a star-studded party at TIFF.

-The director of Suicide Squad is sensitive, y’all.

Charlie Hunnam just landed a new Apple+ drama. I saw in IRL last week and I get it now.

-This is super fun: ABC just announced a “Cast From the Past Week,” in which former costars will reunite on various ABC shows during the second week of October. Charmed stars Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs will play sisters on Grey’s Anatomy, Cheers vets Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt will reunite on The Goldbergs, The Drew Carey Show’s Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles and Kathy Kinney will appear on American Housewife, and more.

-Huh. I thought for sure it would go to Hulu because of the NBC-ness of it all, but Netflix just nabbed Seinfeld.

-Netflix’s new YA series, Daybreak, has dropped its first trailer. I’m very into a post-apocalyptic high school drama — and intrigued that @ira is on the writing staff.

Paul Rudd fights with a superior version of himself in the new trailer for Netflix’s Living With Yourself.