-I’m one of those people who would not be heartbroken if La La Land wins Best Picture, but damn this screenshot of a scene from Moonlight’s screenplay makes its case well.
-Today’s brutally honest Oscar voter is a producer who may be a bit racist (but hey! He loves Moonlight!) His thoughts on Dev Patel: “He really seems like he’s needy as an actor and just wants you to like him, but he shouldn’t be that needy — he’s grown up to be a really handsome, sexy dude, with this mid-range brown color, so everyone loves him.”
-UNreal’s Shiri Appleby directed this Funny or Die shortstarring Tyler Posey.
-These stories about Madonna‘s legendary Oscars partiesare pretty great. Both Jennifer Lawrence and Eddie Redmayne have puked at one!
-Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham is heading back to TVwith a new sitcom on Fox.
-I typically avoid horror films, but Jordan Peele’s Get Out is getting such rave reviews I might have to see it.
-I really like this article about how there’s a total lack of comfort TV these days. From mindless shows like Burn Notice to family-oriented fare like Gilmore Girls, that stuff just doesn’t exist anymore.
-In other big life changes, Mike Myers and his wife Kelly Tisdale have a new baby girl adorably named Sunday Molly.
–Jenny McCarthy wrote a ridiculous op-edin which she tries to backpedal by saying “I am not anti-vaccine.” Does she not realize that we can all just Google her past comments?
-Despite reports, Sean Penn and Charlize Theronare not engaged. Well, not “yet” anyway.
-This is so weird: Johnny Deppwill testify in his fake ex-girlfriend’s murder case.
–Lily Allen continues to break my heart. Following her dumb comments on feminism, she’s now said she will calm her onstage antics in response to her husband’s request.
-Get ready to feel really old: Say Anything is 25 today.
-Oprah interviewed Pharrell Williams, and he started to crywhen talking about “Happy.” He’s so damn cute!
–Lupita Nyong’o hit one million Instagram followers yesterday and posted a total charming (though squeal-y) reaction video.
–Justin Bieberwas a no-show at his assault trial in Toronto today.
–Bieber wasn’t too busy to join Chance the Rapper as a surprise guest at Coachella, though.
-The best thing to come out of weekend one’s Coachella is this video of Leonardo DiCaprio dancing to MGMT’s set.
-During his Reddit AMA, James Van Der Beek picked the episode where he thought Dawson’s Creek officially jumped the shark. I would have gone with the one where his dad dies because he was eating ice cream while driving, but his pick was pretty solid too.
-Speaking of Reddit AMAs, Harrison Ford did one this weekend and was in a surprisingly good mood.
–Taylor Swiftcrashed a bridal shower, but at least she had enough forethought to bring a KitchenAid for a gift.
-The fact that Penn Badgleyjust joined Twitter probably makes me way too happy.
-I love that the new season of Orphan Black is getting such great reviews. “Season one gave us a reason to watch, season two gives us a reason to stay.”
-Speaking of TV, stupid Twitter totally spoiled the stupid twist on stupid Game of Thrones. At least these funny tweets about the big event made me slightly less rage-y.
-In other TV that I missed, a familiar face popped up on last night’s Mad Men. Unfortunately, it didn’t help the ratings. The episode was the least-watched season premiere since 2008.
-I couldn’t watch GoT or Mad Men because I was too busy covering the MTV Awards. The show was kind of a mess (even more so than usual). Jessica Alba pulled a John Travolta and mispronounced Zac Efron’s name, and they didn’t even get the Best Kiss category right.
Hey, guys. I’m heading to Coachella for a few days so there will be no new blog until I’m back next week (April 17). Don’t worry; I promise not to dress anything like these stars while I’m there!
(If you want to catch any of the acts, they’ll be live-streaming some of the shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on YouTube.)