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Lil Nas X and Lena Waithe cover EW’s Pride Issue

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-In his EW interview with Keep It’s Ira Madison II, Lil Nas X talks about breaking barriers: “I’m thankful. But it also feels good to prove people wrong.”

-I don’t follow country music but Luke Bryan’s baby drama sounds insane.

–Ben Affleck meme’d himself for being thirsty on Raya.

–Britney Spears would like a break from having documentaries made about her. “These documentaries are so hypocritical … they criticize the media and then do the same thing.”

–Julianna Margulies is releasing a memoir and says he didn’t want it to be a “tell-all.” Ok, but if she doesn’t address the Archie Panjabi stuff, she can keep it.

-A day after announcing “I’m in the worst shape of my life” comes news that Will Smith will be in a Youtube fitness show.

-Elizabeth Olsen was reportedly pursued for several high-profile series from top producers after the success of Wandavision (rightly so), and she ultimately chose HBO Max’s Life and Death, a limited series by David E. Kelley in which she’ll play Texas killer Candy Montgomery.

–Andrew Garfield insists he’s not in the upcoming Spider-Man movie, but no one believes him.

-An Ontario couple got married at Schitt’s Creek’s Rosebud Motel, and Dan Levy sent them a video message.

-Nocturnal Animals costars Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal are teaming up again after winning the rights to the book Finding the Mother Tree.

–Meghan Markle is releasing a children’s book.

-There’s going to be another Spice Girls movie? Huh.

-The Flash is losing two original cast members.

–Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal are fast friends in the Here Today trailer.

–Al Pacino and Meadow Williams star in the first trailer for American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally.

-Here’s the trailer for Netflix’s new romantic drama The Last Letter From Your Lover starring Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones.

Elizabeth Olsen Won’t Return to Instagram

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–Elizabeth Olsen is on the (unflattering) cover of Glamour UK digital, and says she has no plans to return to Instagram (“I’m never going back to social media. And it’s not even like I was bullied. [I thought] Wait, why am I even trying to create a character version of myself and put it out in the world?”), she didn’t always want to be an actor (“I thought I was going to be on Wall Street. I don’t know what I wanted, I was just good at math”), and reveals the career advice she got from her famous sisters (“The word ‘No’ specifically was something that I remember my sisters isolating and it becoming really empowering. And for women, it’s a really empowering word. People say ‘Just say no to drugs’, but truly, you can just say no whenever the hell you want! It’s really a powerful thing”).

-Ruh roh. Jennifer Lopez has been “leaning on Marc Anthony” since her split, according to People.

-The Queen reportedly Facetimed with Meghan Markle and Archie before the funeral.

-Meanwhile, The Cambridge family released a new photo of Prince Louis on his way to his first day of nursery school to mark his 3rd birthday. Such a cutie.

-The crazy thing about Oscar predictions is that I literally have no clue how most of it is going to shake out. Not to mention there’s probably never been a year where there’s been less familiarity from the general public for the nominated performances/movies.

-Despite the historically low viewership of every awards ceremony so far this year, ABC has sold out ad inventory for the Oscars.

-I really like this review of Mare of Easttown. I was worried it would be too Broadchurch-y for me to want to watch right now, but it’s not just another grim murder show.

-The popular blogger Reality Steve is creating his own drama. He’s apologized after Demi Burnett accused him of making unwanted sexual advances.

–Paris Jackson will star in the next season of American Horror Story.

-Speaking of famous offspring, Madonna‘s daughter Lourdes Leon got the Vanity Fair treatment. She’s gorgeous!

-Wow, the BBC is going to try to adapt Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life. Great book, but that’ll be a challenge.

-Speaking of adaptations, Dakota Johnson is set to star in Persuasion for Netflix and I’m here for it.

–Wanda Sykes and Kim Fields star in the upcoming Netflix series, The Upshaws.

Demi Lovato’s Mother Breaks Her Silence About Daughter’s Overdose

-While promoting her new book, Demi Lovato‘s mom is talking about her daughter’s recent overdose. “We just didn’t know for two days if she was going to make it or not.”

–Maroon 5 is rumoured to be headlining the next Super Bowl halftime show because apparently there isn’t enough depressing news in the world already.

–Brad Pitt is seeing his kids more often — but still in the presence of a monitor from the Dept of Children and Family Services.

-Also, according to ET, Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently had a “secret meeting” at her house to call a truce.

–Millie Bobby Brown says she’s friends with Drake and he texts her advice about boys. I’m choosing to believe that’s cute and not creepy…

-I swear, the new Fall TV season hasn’t really made much of a dent in my brain (despite writing multiple articles about it!). But there’s a new Amy Poehler-produced sitcom called I Feel Bad premiering on NBC tonight that sounds like it has potential.

-Speaking of new TV, I watched the first episode of Sorry For Your Loss last night and Elizabeth Olsen‘s performance is phenomenal.  (Facebook has uploaded four episodes.)

-The editor of The New York Review of Books is out after the magazine published an essay by Jian Ghomeshi. Good.

-When talking about his Emmy win, John Oliver revealed he has a three-month-old.

-The mystery of who was dressed up like Teddy Perkins at the Emmys continues to deepen.

–Avril Lavigne is back with new music after a 5-year hiatus. It’s an intimate piano-driven ballad and it’s lovely, but I was really hoping her first comeback single would be a bop instead of a weeper about Lyme disease.

–Kesha also has a new song.

-This is a good take on how the celebrity profile is dying because of A-listers afraid to have real conversations and C-listers who give it all away on social media.

–Domhnall Gleeson is defending his Last Jedi costar Kelly Marie Tran, who was chased off social media by trolls. “People having an opinion about the film is absolutely fine. You pay your money, and you’re allowed to have an opinion. The stuff with Kelly was bullshit. That’s a different thing altogether, so those people are just morons. Those people are just assholes. It’s a different level of stuff. You don’t buy that when you buy your tickets.”

-Emma Approved is coming back? It’s a web series based on the Austen novel and it’s *adorable*!

-I missed this Anna Kendrick‘s bts interview with Noah Trevor a few days ago, but it’s super funny. “She’s wing manning for her own boyfriend and I respect that!”

-Now that TIFF is over, the Oscar race is finally starting to take shape.

–Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are honeymooning (and busking?) in London.

-So Ticketmaster is actually working with scalpers? Swell.

-I have no interest in watching The Predator, but this Ringer list of questions about The Predator is highly entertaining.

–Suki Waterhouse reveals she accidentally shot someone while filming Assassination Nation in New Orleans.  How can that be a thing?!

–Michelle Yeoh is not impressed by James Corden. Same.