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Kieran Culkin on His Succession Success

Kieran Culkin‘s THR cover story is delightful. He opens up about his strange celebrity childhood, his fears about fame, and why everyone on the Succession set loves Sarah Snook.

-I liked this interview with Julianna Margulies on joining The Morning Show. “I went to Sarah Lawrence college. I think if there isn’t a better place to learn about what being gay is, I don’t know.”

-This article about Matthew Rhys on a boat is so very charming.

-Oh god. THR’s new story on how Hollywood is divided on vaccines includes a bit about how Letitia Wright, who is currently reprising her role as Princess Shuri in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as it films in Atlanta, has reportedly continued to express anti-vaccine skepticism on the set of the film.

Britney Spears‘ boyfriend Sam Asghari seems to be encouraging her that she return to the stage. Should she, though?

Emily Ratajkowski says the story about Robin Thicke allegedly groping her while shooting the Blurred Lines video was “frustrating” because that passage from her book “was leaked” against her will. “I feel like it just turns into a clickbait frenzy, and all of a sudden words like ‘sexual assault’ and ‘allegations’ are getting thrown around rather than people reading the actual essay, so, again, I’m just looking forward to when people will be able to hear things in my own words.”

Diplo may face criminal charges for sexual misconduct stemming from allegations in an October 2020 police report.

-A judge ruled that Charlie Sheen no longer has to pay child support, which ‘blindsided’ Denise Richards, according to her camp.

-Fans are going nuts about the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion trailer.

Jake Gyllenhaal was talking about shooting sex scenes with Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl and explained that for intimate scenes, a pillow was placed between the actors. “The pillow technique was used. That was just preemptive and used generally always when actually in a horizontal place in that movie…I think that was actually a Jennifer suggestion. She was very kind to suggest it before we began. She was like, ‘I’m putting a pillow here.'” Smart!

-Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon has just been named a Global House Ambassador for Louis Vuitton. I love her and want only good things for her.

-Meanwhile, this Halloween’s hottest costume is the Squid Game jumpsuit.

-According to reviews, Michael Keaton and Kaitlyn Dever will break your heart in Dopesick, Hulu’s harrowing drama about the origins of the opioid crisis in America. It looks so good, and yet I don’t think I have it in me to watch something that dark right now.

-The official trailer for festival breakout Red Rocket is here, starring Simon Rex as a washed-up porn star returning to his small Texas hometown.

-Here’s the trailer for the musical Cyrano, from director Joe Wright and starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Charlie Sheen Says He Was Extorted Millions To Keep His HIV Diagnosis a Secret

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Charlie Sheen admitted that he’s the person behind all those blind rumours about an actor who’s HIV+. He says he was diagnosed four years ago, and was then extorted for $10 million by people who knew and wanted to be paid for their silence.

-Meanwhile, Sheen‘s ex-wife Brooke Mueller and his twin sons are not HIV-positive, says their rep.

-Following Sheen‘s announcement, Justin Bieber reportedly “requested a dressing room away from” him this morning on The Today Show.

-Also, here’s a great read about Bieber‘s inevitable turn toward Christianity.

-People offered a sneak peek at their Sexiest Man Alive (which will be announced tonight on Kimmel). Does that look like Will Smith‘s ankle?

Amy Poehler and George Clooney get festive in the new trailer for Bill Murray’s Netflix holiday special.

-Speaking of Amy, she’ll join Tina Fey and Ryan Gosling(!) among SNL’s December hosts.

-CW’s Seed platform is becoming a thing. Last week they announced they were streaming The OC; now it’s Pushing Daisies.

-Meanwhile, here’s a look at how The Flash has turned the CW into a ratings contender on Tuesdays (TL;DR: every other network’s programming sucks).

-I think I might like Adele’s new song more than “Hello” (and I really like “Hello”).

-This is a great interview with my Master of None crush Kelvin Yu. I had *no* idea he was the kid in Popular.

-I don’t know anything about the comic book character John Constantine (with the exception of the time he was in an episode of Arrow), but if Matt Ryan can’t play him on the big screen, Colin Farrell seems like the next best choice.

Idris Elba is previewing the new Luther special. Can’t wait!

-Here’s Sarah Jessica Parker looking very Carrie Bradshaw-y on the set of her new HBO show, Divorce.

-Speaking of HBO, they just reupped their deal with True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. Sigh.

-The trailer for Gods of Egypt, starring Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, has landed and it looks like a pile of hot garbage.