Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in The Americans (FX)
-The Americans costars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys have a new mission: parenthood! Now I REALLY wish that show was nominated for stuff this award season, just for the red carpet potential! (Well, not *just*. That show was on my Best TV of 2015 list.)
-Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery filed papers claiming his brother Charles may have been responsible for the murder. Charles? If anyone seems shady in that family to me, it’s Scott.
-iZombie’s committment to turning the show into a full-blown Veronica Mars reunion continues!
–Channing Tatum got a Magic Mike lap dance from his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum. #RelationshipGoals
-During their shows’ winter breaks, the CW is posting some adorable trivia clips with their casts. The Flash one is cute, but I kind of want to live inside the Jane the Virgin one.
-Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now the highest-grossing filmin U.S. history, surpassing Avatar.
-Lots of good TV renewals were announced today at the TCA, including Broad City, Younger and Inside Amy Schumer. Also, the Broad City gals got a new show about a magical, time-traveling bong. So…yeah.
-Based on this trailer, I am so down for Baz Luhrmann and Shawn Ryan‘s new Netflix musical, The Get Down.
-EW just gave us our first glimpse of the Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. I have no idea about the plot but I’m totally ready to revisit that world. Plus, Eddie Redmayne looks so adorably rumpled is some of the gallery shots. His bangs alone have sold me.
-Meanwhile, Miranda Lambert says she’s “not surprised” by the Blake and Gwen news. Shots fired!
–Angelina Jolie’s Q&A with the NYTis well worth a read. “I’m the first female director that Brad’s ever worked with. That doesn’t seem right when you think about it.” Yup.
–Halle Berry‘s first ex-husband, David Justice, elaborated about his Twitter rant. Lucky us.
-Good on The Daily Beast for calling out the recent slut shaming of Halle. It’s been pretty gross.
–Carrie Brownstein (who is an ordained minister) and Amy Poehler helped two fans get married in an impromptu ceremony. I want to live inside that video.
–Harrison Ford looks so confused by Amy Schumer in this clip from the British Academy Britannia Awards. Someone bake a cake for the camera person who panned to him when she was talking about butt stuff.
-This is insane: The Flash (which is on a teeny tiny network that lots of people don’t get) is out-rating Fox’s entire Tuesday lineup.
-Speaking of The Flash, Jesse L. Martin nicknamed the scenes where he makes us all cry “Joements.” Goddamn, that’s adorable.
–George Clooney tries to give Danny Devito suave lessons in his new Nespresso commercial. I can’t tell if this is cringey or cute?
–This dress on Nicole Kidmanis actually hurting my eyes. That thing should come with a pinhole camera so you don’t have to look directly at it.
-The fact that someone at Vulture was actually paid to write Gossip Girl future fanfic makes me really happy — and also really sad that it wasn’t me.
-The best thing about the Room screening at TIFF was Brie Larson‘s adorable interactions with the kid who plays her son. Here, they talk about bonding over Star Wars.
–Emily Blunt doesn’t look nearly schlubby enough to play the lead in The Girl on the Train adaptation, judging from these set photos. Give us more schlub!
-This is an interesting look at how declining TV ratings are going to cost us more money. TV works by people watching ads or subscribing, and ain’t none of us watching ads anymore…
-I never thought I’d see the day where John Krasinski was starring in a Michael Bay actioner, but here we are.
-Way to crush my brodreams, Chris Hemsworth! In his new GQ interview, he talks about watching his little brother flail in life. “I’ve watched Liam do things I did at his age. Like being in relationships he shouldn’t be in, or being reckless just to prove a point. And I had no empathy. My mom had to remind me I was the same way.”
–Zooey Deschanel posted a video of her New Girl costar Max Greenfield lip-synching to Rihanna while wearing a fat suit, and it’s everything.
–Angelina Jolie contracted chickenpox; still looks adorable.
–Leighton Meester is probably the only cast member who’s been reluctant to publicly bad-mouth Gossip Girl since it ended, which I admire. But I also admire her saying that she hopes young girls don’t idolize the relationship between Chuck and Blair because “there was some domestic violence in there.” #DAIRforever
-God bless Diane Kruger‘s Instagram. I really needed this today.
-I did not, however, appreciate Miley Cyrus‘ latest Instagram adventure. Gag.
-Also, Justin Bieber and Chris Brown thought it would be funny and not at all distasteful to post a choking photo. They were wrong.
-So Barbara Walters has named Amal Alamuddin the most fascinating person of the year— not because she’s a kick-ass human rights lawyer with a list of accomplishments miles long, but because getting George Clooney down the aisle “was really one of the greatest achievements in human history.” No, really.
-Speaking of George, the latest Sony leak reveals that he really, really hates bad reviews(but also seems to acknowledge that The Monuments Men kinda blew).
-There’s a very interesting debate happening on whether or not the press should be reporting on the Sony leaks.Aaron Sorkin says no (and while I agree with some of his points, I don’t understand how he can argue that the emails aren’t “newsworthy.”) For smart takes from the other side of the debate, read here, here and here.
-If you thought Gilmore Girls on Netflix was an evil time suck, just wait until the entire Friends library lands in January.
–Mel B’s husband slammed rumourshe had anything to do with those bruises she was sporting on The X Factor.
–Krysten Ritter is geeking out over the chance to work with a female showrunneron the upcoming Jessica Jones series. Man, I heart her.
-Speaking of female showrunners, this interview with Jane the Virgin’s is so thoughtful. That show’s definitely going to make my year-end Best Of list.
-I really love Vulture’s annual “Toughest Scene I Wrote” series. First up is Richard Linklater talking about that final Boyhood moment.
–Rose McGowan talked about stepping away from acting because she was sick of being constantly sexualized. She was recently on an episode of the Chicks Who Script podcast and I was kind of impressed.
–Bill Cosby briefly broke his silence and now everyone’s wishing he hadn’t. Also, Camille Cosby issued a statement comparing the allegations to the UVA rape story. ::headdesk::
-Here’s Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Rihanna starring in a fake trailerthat appears in the new Annie, which is undoubtedly more entertaining than Annie will be.
-I didn’t really understand why everyone was so upset when HBO announced they were remastering The Wire, but I get it now that Fox is remastering Buffy and there are crew members in some shots.
–Jon Hamm has never signed on to play a superhero because he doesn’t want to be stuck in a contract until he’s 50. Also, we already kind of know how he’d fill out the tights.
