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David Duchovny

Michelle Obama Raps with Missy Elliott in Carpool Karaoke

-Here is Michelle Obama‘s full Carpool Karaoke segment, and it’s glorious. She will always be the coolest First Lady in history.

-This Divergent news is HILARIOUS. The last movie flopped so badly that that Lionsgate has jettisoned the finale in favor of a TV movie. And there’s no guarantee that the original stars will sign on. (Why would they?) Let’s hope this is the final nail in the coffin of franchises who think they should stretch the final book across two movies.

–Leonardo DiCaprio is being dragged into the growing Wolf of Wall Street money-laundering scandal. It tickles me that he’s only referred to as  “Hollywood Actor 1” in the suit.

-I guess I shouldn’t make too much fun of Leo today since he raised $45 million for environmental causes last night. But I’m assuming that was mostly all Mariah’s doing.

–Idris Elba says he’s ‘too old’ to play Bond now. We’ve ruined this for him, haven’t we?

-Kate Hudson is hooking up with Diplo? Oh god. I’m already dreading the twitter tirade when she dumps him.

–Johnny Depp reportedly doesn’t want to give Amber Heard any deets on his financial records until she pinky swears to keep it secret.

–Gillian Anderson posting old glamour shots of David Duchovny will never not be funny.

–Mario Batali has opinions about pal Gwyneth Paltrow’s exes. He liked Brad Pitt, but wasn’t a fan of Ben Affleck.

–Taylor Swift has a long history of being a technophobe, even before Snapchatgate.

-Meanwhile, Vulture takes a deep dive into when exactly the media turned on Taylor.

-Ruh roh. Michael Moore is convinced Donald Trump is going to win.

-For some reason, I’ve had the pleasure of attending not one, but two events this month that featured Daniel Franzese (Damian from Mean Girls), and he’s an absolute teddy bear. Maybe that’s why this video of him proposing to his boyfriend in the Starbucks where they met reduced me to a sobbing puddle.

–Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter is perfection in Fox’s reimagining of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Walking Dead’s Richonne Breaks the Internet

-I gave up on The Walking Dead awhile ago, but it still warmed my heart to watch the internet break last night over the Rick/Michonne stuff. And I love the fact that no one ships it harder than star Andrew Lincoln. You just know that he fell down rabbit hole of Tumblr gifsets today…

–Jack Antonoff has offered to produce new music with Kesha, saying “if you want to make something together & then leak it for everyone I’m around.”

–Taylor Swift donated $250,000 to Kesha for her court costs in show of support (which was first revealed by Kesha’s mom), and for some reason that made Demi Lovato really angry and she accused Swift of using feminism to further her brand. Hey Demi: judging other women’s choices and publicly dragging them is pretty un-feminist.

–Taylor was the maid of honour at the wedding of her BFF (who must be the most confident person ever).

-Whoa. Mashable has issued a hell of a correction to that Meryl Streep “We’re all Africans” story.

–Kim Kardashian shared the first photo of Saint West. I guess that’s one way to distract everyone from the fact that your hubby seems to be having a full on public breakdown.

-At the very least, Kanye needs a nap — but he’s too busy breaking up fights by hugging.

–John Oliver‘s Last Week Tonight was on fire last night, first doing a blistering segment on Hollywood white-washing and then tackling abortion.

-If you have a half hour this week, I strongly advise you to listen to this podcast with a woman who helps actors with their Oscar campaign strategy. The Leonardo part is fascinating.

-I’m not happy about this Prison Break casting news, entirely for irrational shipper reasons.

–Johnny Depp promises that even though he looks like a hobo, he smells “really good.” Sounds fake but ok.

–Tina Fey‘s expression in this photo is like “how is this my life?!”

-One of Will Smith‘s costars in Ali just went on a radio show and talked about how Will was a huge jerk to him during the shoot and implied it was because he was on steroids for the role. Welcome to unemployment, random actor dude.

-I know people aren’t super impressed with Pepper Potts coming back for Civil War, but I love this news. That role is Gwyneth at her most tolerable to me.

–Kaley Cuoco says she’s not dating Sam Hunt. (Is it because she’s dating Captain Lance??)

–Mekhi Phifer is coming to the CW? And it’s for a Frequency reboot? Yasss!

–Peter Facinelli and Blindspot’s Jaimie Alexander have ended their engagement. What do we think of her? I keep hearing…stuff.

–Shia LaDouche slapped a fan while spending 24 hours in an elevator for his art. Expected.

–Madonna posted a photo of son Rocco with the caption “‘I miss this boy” as the custody battle continues.

-A new study confirms what we already knew: Hollywood is so, so, so, white (and male, and straight).

-Deadpool beautifully mocked Kanye West in response to the internet’s Saturday Night Live petition.

-So the Justice League movie is going ahead with filming. No pressure, Batman v Superman!

-Glee’s Lea Michele and BF Matthew Paetz have split after nearly two years of dating.

-A new Bieber song leaked today. It’s very <finger quotes>sexy</finger quotes>.

-The X Files revival wraps up tonight — but David Duchovny is already talking about how he “would love to” make more episodes.

–Drake crashed a bat mitzvah in New York City and it was wonderful.

-Meanwhile, Rihanna and Drake just blessed us with a two-for-one music video for “Work.” That restaurant they’re in is The Real Jerk on Gerrard St! I can vouch for their chicken roti.

 

Gillian Anderson’s Fight for Equal Pay with David Duchovny Is Decades Old

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files reviva
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files revival (Fox Broadcasting Co)

-I’m glad that the news that Gillian Anderson was initially offered half of David Duchovny’s pay for the new X-Files is causing such a buzz. But it’s CRAZY that no one has brought up Duchovny’s jerkface comments to the press when their pay discrepancy first surfaced in 1998. Maybe I remember it so well because I was so immersed in the fandom or maybe it’s because it was the first time a celebrity crush truly broke my heart, but he gave an interview to the Guardian that I still haven’t forgiven. Some highlights: “If she’s making less money than me, she should blame her lawyer, her agent or herself. She shouldn’t blame the fact that she’s a woman, or me.” He also complained that Scully always won fights on the show while Mulder lost: “Gillian is 5’2″, I’m 6′; the odds are that I’d probably win more. However, because she’s a woman, Scully can’t lose. You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail.” Oh, and don’t even get me started about the part where he bemoaned sexual harrassment lawsuits, saying “an employer saying one time, ‘Gee, that girl has nice [breasts].’ I shouldn’t have to lose my business because of that.” Yeah, dude was a real mensch back then.

-Which leads me to this article:  why Dana Scully deserves everything and Fox Mulder deserves nothing.

-I’m going to do a mini-X Files rewatch this weekend before attending a screening party at a friends’ house Sunday night, and Kumail Nanjiani’s picks are pretty much what I had decided on (before seeing his list). This top 10 list is also pretty solid.

–Mariah Carey and James Packer are engaged and I’m already checking her Instagram account hourly in anticipating of some EPIC wedding prep pics.

–Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are moving to London. I haven’t read the article to find out why, but I’m guessing it’s for the curry takeaway.

-Oh god. Charlotte Rampling says the Oscar diversity row is ‘racist to white people‘. I was going to go to 45 Years this weekend, but not now. Thanks for clearing up my schedule, Charlotte!

-Also spouting stupid privileged nonsense is Michael Caine, who thinks black actors must ‘be patient’ in the Oscars race. Old white actors claiming there isn’t a problem is a big part of the problem.

–Madonna dropped the c-word when talking about Guy Ritchie.

–Kate Hudson Instagramed a photo of her butt to make Nick Jonas horny? Okey dokey then.

–Patrick Dempsey and his estranged wife, Jillian Fink, just called off their divorce.

–Shonda Rhimes will produce a Romeo and Juliet sequel for ABC. Since it’s a sequel, I’m guessing R+J won’t be making an appearance?

–Grant Gustin is squashing any rumours a beef with Ezra Miller, who plays his Flash counterpart on the big screen. Man, I like this kid.

-The 100 premiered up in the ratings! It probably got some spillover from the Legends of Tomorrow debut (which was a MESS), but I’ll take it.

–Diane Kruger is sending a lot of mixed signals about her relationship with Joshua Jackson lately.

-Did Julianna Margulies just confirm the end of The Good Wife?

–Zac Efron landed a reservation at Jiro Sushi? God, I think I hate him.

–Hailee Steinfeld and Vince Vaughn‘s terrible hair star in the trailer for Term Life.

–Tris and Four venture beyond the wall in the new Allegiant trailer. So they’re still making these movies, huh?