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Kendall Jenner Nabs Sept Issue of Vogue

-I had a lot of guesses about who was going to land the cover of September Vogue. Kendall effing Jenner was not at the top of my list.

-Also serving up cover: Gina Rodriguez on Health.

-In a new interviewAmy Schumer talks about Twitter hate and maintaining her confidence. “Just spend shorter amounts of time thinking you’re the ugliest person in the world.”

Hugh Jackman posted a photo of him looking really old, and news outlets didn’t get that he was wearing makeup for a movie.

-What the hell? Criminal Minds’ star Thomas Gibson was suspended after kicking a writer-producer. This is the second time he’s had a physical altercation with a producer on this set. Man, the Dharma & Greg folks have not aged well.

-More stories about how Vin Diesel isn’t exactly a gem continue to surface.

-This article about what it means to be a difficult actor versus a difficult actress is worth your time.

-Speaking of difficult actors, here’s an interesting read on how Jared Leto has ruined method acting. It’s “become more about ego and marketing than good performances.” (On the plus side, maybe actors will stop talking about their “craft” and “process” in interviews.)

Leslie. Jones. Has. Landed. In. Rio.

-The producers of the all-female Oceans Eleven reboot are reportedly worried about a Ghostbusters-type backlash. Funny how this has been the summer of sequel flops and no one’s hand-wringing about those.

-The staff of a Toronto hospital staff sang ‘Courage’ in a tribute to Gord Downie. No, YOU’RE crying!

-Us Weekly claims that Taylor Kinney is already trying to crawl back to Lady Gaga.

-When Adele invited a fan up on stage with her, she had no idea that fan was a Grammy-nominated artist.

Hugh Grant has a pretty laid back attitude about being fat-shamed recently by British tabloids: “They weren’t wrong. I looked shocking. It was awful.”

-Meanwhile, Hugh and Meryl Streep participated in a rather charming AMA on Reddit.

Jonah Hill says he doubts the 23 Jump Street-Men in Black crossover movie will get made. Prayer works!

Jared Padalecki wants you all to know that he was not actually the Trump Tower climber.

-I tend to not like white dresses but Amal Clooney‘s flapper-inspired one is working for her.

-Days after being fired from SNL, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah have both landed new leading man gigs.

-This is a long but great read on TV’s current drama slump. “An increasing number of not-great dramas with a prestige-y sheen are piling onto a field that was already standing-room only.”

-The fact that Emmy season means Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are now doing a bunch of joint interviews/photo shoots makes me giddy.

-The TCAs saved my favourite network for last. Lots of goodies from The CW dropped today, including that a character on one of the superhero shows will come outDolph Lundgren will star as Arrow’s villain during their last year of flashbacks, and The Flash and Supergirl are planning a musical crossover that may include Arrow and Legends cast members. Amell has already bowed out, but if we can get a song between Victor Garber, Jesse L Martin, John Barrowman and the Glee alums, I’ll be happy. Remember when Grant Gustin did “Smooth Criminal” and made us all forget that we were supposed to hate his character?

Rachel Weisz is suffering an identity crisis in the Complete Unknown trailer.

Reese Witherspoon Doesn’t Want Your Judgement

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Reese Witherspoon looks retro chic on the cover of of Harper’s Bazaar UK, in which she begs us not to judge her based on her looks. Ok, we’ll go back to judging her on her drunken arrest, then.

-Good read on how tonight’s Arrow/Flash crossover has trumped the film version of Batman vs. Superman.

-Now we have video of George Clooney on Downton Abbey. For the first time, I wish I watched this show.

Jimmy Kimmel set out to create a new holiday song with The Killers, and the results are pretty great.

-This is why Mo Ryan is one of my fave TV critics: she spends a great deal of her interview with Sleepy Hollow’s EP telling them why this season sucks and explaining how Katrina is the worst. (Seriously, last night’s winter finale was dreadful.)

-This new interview with Tilda Swinton is as batshit as you’d hope.

-Also, Amy Schumer‘s tribute to Tilda Swinton is profane and perfect.

-At the BFAs last night, Rihanna forgot her pants.

-Speaking of the BFAs, Harry Styles presented an award to Emma Watson and the internet exploded with hopes and fan fic.

-Jane Krakowski‘s fake audition for Peter Pan Live is glorious.

Jimmy Fallon played Pictionary with Martin Short, Jerry Seinfeld and Miranda Sings last night.

-Speaking of Fallon, Gabrielle Union told him a cute story about how she was invited to a party at Prince‘s and thought it would be a good idea to bring a tuna casserole. It wasn’t.

 

CW Promises a Flash-y Fall Season, Arrow Delivers Finale Twist

-The CW was the last network to present their fall TV schedule.  I really like the trailer for the Arrow spinoff, The Flash. (“Lightening gave me abs?!”) Plus, Tom Cavanagh! And anything by Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is definitely worth a look.

-Speaking of The CW, my DVR has suddenly decided to stop recording Arrow so I missed the big finale twist, but everyone’s freaking out about it. Sidenote: Are Felicity and Roy dating IRL? Her Instagram feed seems to suggest so.

-Speaking of cosy CW costars, Joseph Morgan is engaged to an actress he met on the set of The Vampire Diaries.

-Also, Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev want main Vampire Diaries characters to start dying (even if that means theirs).

Solange posted photos of Beyoncé on Instagram yesterday but was she  throwing shade in the process?

-Meanwhile, the latest theory about the elevator fight was that Solange was mad about Jay Z’s flirtation with Rachel Roy.

-Also, TMZ reportedly shelled out $250K for the elevator footage. Bargain!

Beyonce, Jay Z and Solange released a joint statement about how they’re all one big happy family and we should all just ignore the footage, mmm-kay?

Drake and Rihanna have reportedly split again. :: sad trombone ::

-Also, Rihanna has been accused of cyber-bullying a teen for her prom outfit.

-A couple of new Maleficent clips have landed.

-In other Disney princess news, here’s the first teaser for the new live-action Cinderella.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard had a hardcore makeout session in NYC, destroying any lingering love we may have felt for him.

Neil Patrick Harris says he turned down the Late Show, but he’s eyeing a variety show instead.

Tina Fey thinks Ellen will be the first Queen of Late Night TV.

James Franco pulled a Shia and plagiarized some art.

-All the old cohosts from The View reunited to send Barbara Walters off today. Did Jenny McCarthy really tell Meredith Vieira that she “grew up” watching her? Gross.

Sarah Silverman advises women to not “talk s–t” about themselves in her new advice column for Glamour.

Emily Blunt was adorable on Kimmel last night talking about the time she took Tom Cruise to a sex club for Matt Damon‘s birthday.

Julianne Moore’s Coin coif in Mockingjay is fierce!

Rob Lowe hates Air Canada Rouge as much as the rest of us.

-EW has a new clip from Godzilla.

-As if Helen Mirren wasn’t enough to hook you, the Hundred-Foot Journey trailer serves up a whole lot of food porn.