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May 2020

Succession’s Sarah Snook on Dressing Down and Disco

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-In a show filled with exceptional performances, Sarah Snook still manages to be one of the best on Succession. In her Vanity Fair article, she says that Australians call sweatpants “Trackie Dacks,” and that her and the friends she’s quarantining with do a weekly Thursday night event called Doomsday Disco.

–Mary-Kate Olsen‘s estranged hubby Olivier Sarkozy has reportedly moved his ex-wife into his Hamptons mansion.

-Hello, Twitter? I’d like to report a murder.

-Not only did Carly Rae Jepsen drop the surprise album Dedicated Side B last week, but now she says she’s created a whole new album in quarantine. I’m lucky if I remember to wash my face.

–Catherine O’Hara played herself off during her acceptance speech for the Canadian Screen Awards.

-I’m waiting for Jojo Siwa to have a Miley Cyrus–post-Disney moment.

-Now that they’ve reached a custody agreement, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly getting along better.

-Celebrities including Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, LeBron James and more have spoken out on the death of George Floyd.

-Conversely, director James Gunn is getting dragged for tweeting shit like this instead of reading the room.

-A discrimination suit has been filed against Disney and CBS Studios, alleging the companies allowed Criminal Minds cinematographer Greg St. Johns to get away with sexual harassment for 14 years.

-Another day, another reason to ask “Is Grimes ok?” The Canadian singer announced a new online art exhibit and says she’ll be putting part of her soul up for sale.

-In an Instagram post, Ruby Rose talked a little bit more about quitting Batwoman. “It wasn’t an easy decision.”

-Netflix’s Space Force, which reunites Steve Carell with The Office creator Greg Daniels, is getting mixed reviews, but apparently the 10-part show improves in later episodes.

-This is a great piece on how the second Sex and the City movie singlehandedly destroyed the entire franchise’s legacy.

–Michaela Coel’s new HBO show I Will Destroy You tackles sexual assault head-on in the trailer.

–Judy Greer adopts a murderous dog in the trailer for Hulu’s Good Boy.

John Boyega Has No Time for Racists

–John Boyega tweeted “I really f*cking hate racists” and people got all huffy in his replies and he was NOT having it. His responses were amazing. Then he took it up a notch on Instagram Live: “I’ll say it again. F*ck you racist white people. I said what I said. If you don’t f*cking like it, go suck a dick…If you’re a fan of me and you support my work and you’re racist and you’re arguing with what I was saying, f*ck off, you f*cking dickheads.” I love him with my whole heart.

-In her new Variety cover story, Gabrielle Union is breaking her silence on what went down on America’s Got Talent.

–People’s latest cover story is Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli‘s first step to image rehabilitation. Sources tell the magazine, “Lori and Mossimo deeply regret what they did. They want to serve their sentences, pay their dues and put this behind them.”

-This is a pretty great breakdown of that Tatler cover story on Kate Middleton. Meanwhile, Kensington Palace has hit back at Tatler’s article, saying “This story contains a swathe of inaccuracies and false misrepresentations which were not put to Kensington Palace prior to publication.” Which is surprising, seeing as many believe the article was sanctioned by Kate.

–Billie Eilish has shared a short film about body shaming titled Not My Responsibility.

–Josh Gad brought Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah and Ron Howard back together for a Splash reunion. Howard recalled one time John Candy was late to the set and offered up the most amazing excuse. “He said, ‘Look, I’m drunk!’ Here’s what happened … I’m at the bar and Jack Nicholson’s at the bar. Jack Nicholson knew my name, Ron. He starts buying me drinks, I said, ‘I gotta go shoot’ and he said, ‘You’ll be alright kid, don’t worry about it.’ I never went to bed, Ron, I never went to bed!”

–John Krasinski explained to Rainn Wilson why he decided to sell Some Good News to a TV network. Surprisingly, the phrase “cash grab” didn’t come up.

–Lisa Kudrow says Matthew Perry gave her the “Cookie Time” jar from the set at the Friends wrap party.

-I love how much TV Cate Blanchett is doing. She’s currently in Mrs America (which is very good) and she’s about to be in a limited series on Netflix.

-Speaking of TV, HBO Max dropped today. In Canada, we won’t get all of the past TV and movie catalog, but we are getting most of the original series through Crave.

-HBO Max’s first scripted series, Love Life starring Anna Kendrick, is getting mixed reviews.

-My favourite thing about the Sesame Street characters doing press for Elmo’s new talk show on HBO Max is when they stay on the Zoom calls after to chat with the interviewers’ kids.

–J.K. Rowling has unveiled a new children’s tale The Ickabog as free online serial. You can read chapters 1-5 here.

-Toronto rapper Houdini has been identified as the victim in yesterday’s fatal downtown shooting.

–Scott Disick and Sofia Richie have split up after three years of me not even knowing they were together.

–Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher are offering a glimpse into their private life in a new four-part series called Mike and Carrie: God & Country. Wait, if she’s the country part, is he supposed to be…god?

You’re the Worst’s Kether Donohue deserves bigger things than a Darren Criss show on Quibi.

-Here’s a new trailer for the Love, Simon TV spinoff, Love, Victor.

–Gemma Arterton finds her maternal side in the trailer for Summerland.

Royal Rumour Rush

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-According to a new report, Kate Middleton has been working from home during the pandemic and source say she’s finding her workload has been hard to manage ever since Harry and Meghan moved to North America. “She feels exhausted and trapped. She’s working as hard as a top CEO, who has to be wheeled out all the time, without the benefits of boundaries and plenty of holidays.” It’s interesting to note that the editor of Tatler is a friend of Kate’s.

-In another royal report, insiders share what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were apparently thinking when they decided to make their royal exit. “She was convinced there was a conspiracy against her and so she basically put herself in self isolation when they moved to Frogmore. I think she felt like an outsider from the start. This wasn’t the life she was used to and she wanted out.”

-According to the Daily Beast, a new documentary that drops on Netflix this week features new revelations about Prince Andrew’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

–Tom Holland had an unexpected guest in the form of a pigeon.

–Cardi B‘s giant back tattoo is now complete. Yay?

–Justin and Hailey Bieber are threatening legal action after a plastic surgeon suggested she’s had work done.

-A new YA book is raising a lot of eyebrows on Twitter. It sounds like a ripoff of ‘Red, White and Royal Blue’ but with some problematic racial/political elements? I’ve been reading everything I can get my hands on in isolation, but this sounds like one I’m going to avoid.

–Brad Pitt is hanging with Flea in Malibu? Sure, why not.

–Ashley Benson spent Memorial Day weekend with rumoured new bf G-Eazy.

–David Ayer says no one has ever seen his version of Suicide Squad – and he wants to release it on HBO Max. You see what this Synder cut nonsense has unleashed?!

–Hannah Gadsby has a new comedy special on Netflix, and critics are loving it.

–Jennifer Lopez says she and A-Rod have put their wedding planning on hold until life gets back to normal-ish.

–Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood fight off a Taliban invasion in The Outpost trailer.