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May 2020

Let Jake Gyllenhaal Serenade You From a Distance

-Here’s Jake Gyllenhaal singing a quarantine song called “Across the Way”, as part of the viral monologue series, The 24 Hour Plays. Watch the whole song here.

-The Office cast recreated Jim and Pam’s wedding dance for a real-life Zoom marriage on John Krasinski’s Some Good News show. He even cut his tie!

–Charlize Theron has rallied Kristen Stewart, Viola Davis and more to join her in a new campaign aimed at ending gender-based violence during the pandemic.

-This is exactly the type of content I need right now: here’s an oral history of Centre Stage!

-The Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer split is getting increasingly messy — and nerdy. I’ve never seen someone shade their ex using a GoodReads page before.

-This is a welcome first: both Jemima Kirke and Kelly Clarkson both acknowledged their nannies on Mother’s Day.

-Speaking of Mother’s Day posts, the one Joshua Jackson dedicated to Jodie Turner-Smith was adorable.

–Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande debuted a new Mothers Day version of their “Stuck With U” music video

-Stars paid tribute to the late Jerry Stiller, who passed away at 92.

-People make fun of Guy Fieri a lot, but he’s raised over $20 million for out-of-work restaurant staffers.

–Diplo had a baby!

–America Ferrera also welcomed a new baby.

-This is a really good observation: everyone started publicly shading Ellen Degeneres after Dakota Johnson did it first.

-In a new interview, NYT chef Alison Roman took unnecessary swipes at Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. The most ridiculous part of all of this (beyond the grossness of a white woman making fun of accents and calling out two POCs)? She somehow didn’t realize that Teigen is exec-producing her new show.

–Emma Stone might have gotten married after all.

-CW actresses of colour came together to talk about the Ahmaud Arbery case.

-People are not happy at Khloe Kardashian for TPing Kourtney’s house in the middle of a toilet paper shortage.

-Terrible: YouTuber Corey La Barrie died in a drunk driving accident on his 25th birthday this weekend.

–Billie Eilish has been granted a restraining order after an obsessive fan visited her L.A. home seven times.

-My god, why do people still watch Outlander?

-Here’s the trailer for Judd Apatow’s The King Of Staten Island, starring Pete Davidson.

Jake Gyllenhaal Talks About His Family Dreams

jake gyllenhaal british vogue

–Jake Gyllenhaal talking about wanting kids someday in British Vogue is… really something. “Yes, of course, I do. I definitely do. The act of making love to make a child…the real thing is life. You get to the end of the show and that’s what it’s about. Children. Children and art.”

–Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande‘s new video for “Stuck With U” features a ton of celebs and their significant others – and also confirms a few rumoured relationships.

–Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are living in Tyler Perry’s Los Angeles mansion. I know that sounds like mad-libs, but it’s not.

-Upload, which I really liked, has already been renewed for a second season by Amazon just one week after its premiere. I think this review, which calls it “a more cuddly looking Black Mirror,” nails it.

–Madonna would like to remind us that she’s donated $1.1 million in COVID-19 research and isn’t just spending her time bragging about having antibodies.

–Elle Fanning and Sarah Ramos recreated the “you’ll never be Jello” scene from My Best Friend’s Wedding.

-Greys Anantomy star Caterina Scorsone has filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

-Insecure star Amanda Seales called out white celebrities like Justin Timberlake for posting about Ahmaud Arbery but turning off their comments.

–Elon Musk “well, actually’d” Grimes after she’d just given birth to their kid. Why am I not surprised?

–Sandra Bullock was joined by her daughter when she made a surprise appearance to bring smiles to moms’ faces in Red Table Talk’s Mother’s Day–themed episode.

-I’m jealous of Reese Witherspoon‘s kid’s bed. That’s not weird, right?

-I love that Normal People viewers are as obsessed with Connell’s chain as I am.

-Netflix is bringing The Baby-sitters Club back, and here’s the first trailer.

–Elisabeth Moss stars as horror novelist Shirley Jackson in the trailer for Shirley.

Taylor Swift Wants #JusticeForAhmaud

-Good on Taylor Swift for being among the celebs to speak out about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. I don’t think she would have done that just a few years ago.

-Engagement rumours surrounding David Harbour and Lily Allen have kicked into high gear after her latest IG post featured a ring.

–Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson reportedly broke up last month after two years of dating. I wonder who got custody of the sex bench?

–Ron Weasley is a dad!

–Diane Keaton taking us on a tour of her closet is great content.

–Vince Vaughn takes part in Joe Manganiello’s Dungeons & Dragons games? That’s unexpected.

–Macaulay Culkin has “crazy, erotic sex” with Kathy Bates in the new season of American Horror Story, if that sounds like something you’d be into.

–Cobie Smulders channeled her HIMYM alter-ego Robin Sparkles and sang a stay-a-home version of “Let’s Go to the Mall.”

-I’d love to know what 50 Cent’s vision boards look like.

–Hilarie Burton wrote a book, and in it she recounts the time Ben Affleck grabbed her boob on TV when she was a 19-year-old MTV host. “One of MTV’s top brass called me and said, ‘You handled that so well.’ I didn’t realize that I was being groomed—trained to be a good girl and a good sport, someone who would put up with much worse behavior.”

–Sarah Michelle Gellar wore her prom outfit from season 1 of Buffy (which aired in 1997) and she looked the same.

–Emily Giffin is backtracking on her Meghan Markle hate.

-Speaking of romance authors wilding out on Instagram, Meghan March is getting a lot of flack for whining about her rights being infringed upon during the pandemic.

-This is a great piece about how our response to Adele’s weight loss says more about us than it does about her.

-Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge is taking credit for Pentagon’s recent UFO releases, and says “people need to buckle up” because “so much more is coming.”

–Kevin James makes quite a departure from his usual schlump dad/mall cop persona in the trailer for Becky. He plays a villainous escaped convict who wreaks havoc on the life of a teen and her family at a summer cottage.