-In a new interview with Women’s Health Australia, Hilary Duff says she had a year-long eating disorder when she was 17 and on Lizzy McGuire. “Because of my career path, I can’t help but be like, ‘I am on camera and actresses are skinny.’ It was horrifying.”
-I love all the magazine profiles Quinta Brunson is getting lately. Here’s her latest in GQ.
-In Charlize Theron’s new THR interview, she dropped a total of 154 F-bombs over the course of 3 hours. She says, “I guess I grew up around women who were kind of like guys — not that they were trying to be guys, but they liked a certain kind of humor that maybe wasn’t socially or societally acceptable for women.” She also talks about joining the MCU: “[My friends are] crazy Marvel fans, and I always used to make fun of them. Like, ‘Oh my God, you guys are such fucking nerds.’ Then one spring break we rented a house and our kids were in a camp and they were like, ‘You need to fucking sit down and watch.’ So, we watched all the movies, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, they’re so fucking good.’ And the kids got in on it, too, and it was such an enjoyable ride.”
–Toni Collette has clarified her divorce timeline after photos surfaced of estranged husband Dave Galafassi making out with another woman. She edited her Instagram post to say “After a substantial period of separation, it is with grace and gratitude that we announce we are divorcing.”
–Ziwe trying to get Amber Riley to spill tea on Lea Michele was hilarious.
–R. Kelly is still in prison, but that didn’t stop a mysterious new album from him from dropping this morning. It’s since been pulled from streaming platforms, and Sony confirmed it was a bootleg, not an official release.
-In happier music news, SZA‘s new album is finally (finally!) out and the reviews are great.
-A script coordinator on Law & Order: SVU quit, then came a number of allegations against the popular TV drama’s showrunner.
-This is an interesting character-by-character breakdown of what could happen next to the DC Extended Universe now that James Gunn has taken over. It’ll be kind of hilarious if Henry Cavill left The Witcher to be Superman again, and it doesn’t go beyond that small cameo in Black Adam.
-After helming her ‘All Too Well’ short film, Taylor Swift will make her feature directing debut with a screenplay she wrote herself. Details on her upcoming project with Searchlight are scarce, but during her TIFF talk, she pointed to women directors like Nora Ephron, Chloe Zhao and Greta Gerwig as influences.
–Trevor Noah gave a tearful goodbye to The Daily Show, and thanked Black women for their support and guidance. Watch the clip here.
-In their Actors on Actors interview, Ana de Armas tells Eddie Redmayne that she had over 100 looks in Blonde: “If the hair and makeup or something was off, it takes you completely out of the movie. They really made it seamless.”
–Jennifer Lawrence is clarifying remarks she made during her recent conversation with Viola Davis about how before the Hunger Games a woman hadn’t led an action movie. She said, “That’s certainly not what I meant to say at all. I know that I am not the only woman who as ever led an action film. What I mean to emphasize was how good it feels…But it it was my blunder and it came out wrong. I had nerves talking to a living legend.”
-I can’t stop reading speculation on the White Lotus finale. Mia was given the master key by Valentia — that’s gotta come into play.
-Here’s the I Am Ruther trailer, starring Kate Winslet, Mia Threapleton and Joe Anders.
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