–George and Amal Clooney appeared on CBS Mornings to talk about their Albie Awards to honor global justice defenders. They also talked about their first impressions of each other, how he used to write her love letters from his dog, how they’ve never had an argument, and say that they made a “terrible mistake” in teaching their 5-year-old twins Italian, a language neither of them speak. “We’ve armed them with a language that they can harm us with, and we don’t really know what they’re saying.”
-For Time’s 100 Next list, Quinta Brunson paid tribute to The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, Ryan Reynolds talked about Joe Alwyn, Lizzo praised SZA, Lilly Singh complimented Simone Ashley, Queen Latifah honoured Keke Palmer, and more.
-Speaking of Quinta, Abbott Elementary returned last night and the cold open was perfect.
–Coolio died Wednesday in Los Angeles of a suspected heart attack. He was 59.
-Lots of Paramore news this week. The band isn’t just back with new music; members Hayley Williams and Taylor York also confirmed they are dating.
-Speaking of new couples, are Brad Pitt and Emily Ratajkowski dating?
–Mila Kunis talked about reprising her That ’70s Show character on Netflix’s upcoming sequel series That ’90s Show, and revealed she’s a Jackie/Fez shipper: “My husband and I are together in [the new show], which is weird because we shouldn’t have been. You know what, I called B.S. I was like, ‘My character would be with Fez.’ And I was like [to Ashton], ‘Why are you and I together?'”
-The reviews for Hocus Pocus 2 are overall better than I expected (not that it would matter much).
-Here’s an interesting look at how the messy Oscar race for best actor is shaping up, and the two frontrunners (Brendan Fraser in The Whale and Hugh Jackman in The Son) are for performances that most critics liked way more than the movies themselves.
-Ouch: Netflix canceled Grendel despite having already shot the whole series.
–Brad Falchuk appeared on wife Gwyneth Paltrow’s podcast, in which she talked about not wanting to be seen as the “evil stepmom” when she first met his kids.
–Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine star in the trailer for Amazon’s new psychological thriller The Devil’s Hour.
-Here’s the trailer for Spoiler Alert, starring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, and Sally Field. It’s based on the tear-jerking memoir of TV critic Michael Ausiello.
–Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell fall in love while killing people (and maybe eating them?) in the Bones and All trailer.
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