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Leslie Jones Won’t Let Trolls Keep Her From Twitter

–Leslie Jones gave her first interview since racist Twitter trolls brought her to tears, saying “The insults didn’t hurt me. Unfortunately, I’m used to the insults. But what scared me was the injustice of a gang of people jumping against you for such a sick cause.”

-She also returned to Twitter, saying ‘Who else is going to live tweet #GameofThrones?’

–Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are back in LA. What are the chances she’s going to accompany him to Comic Con?

–Idris Elba’s arms have arrived at Comic Con!

-I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed Jon Stewart delivering jokes about the news until he returned last night.

–Michael Moore‘s film festival lineup features films that are all directed by women. I freakin’ love it!

-Here’s the first trailer for A Tale of Love and Darkness, Natalie Portman‘s directorial debut.

-New music from Bon Iver is coming!

-Sweet! Lin-Manuel Miranda will tell the story of Alexander Hamilton on Drunk History.

–Kristen Bell says if another Veronica Mars reboot happens, it will probably be a mini-series on TV or Netflix. I’m cool with that.

-Congrats to Lizzy Caplan, who just got engaged to British actor Tom Riley.

-Set your DVRs: The Looking movie is on this weekend and it’s wonderful!

–Amber Heard may be dating Elon Musk. Still less creepy than Depp.

-I question the existence of Blake Lively‘s maternity dress slit.

–Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin, and Melissa Benoist were quite cute on Conan last night. (Look how nervous she was with her bouncing knee. Awww.)

–Roxanne Gay is writing a comic book series for Marvel and suddenly, I’m going to start reading comic books!

-It was an impromptu Lost reunion today at Comic Con!

-I’m weirdly excited to follow this weekend’s Comic Con news, considering all the goodies we’ve already gotten. So far, Marvel on Netflix is winning, from the first teaser for The Defenders to the news that they’ve renewed Daredevil for season three. But most importantly, the Luke Cage trailer that debuted last night is fire!

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?

Adele’s Carpool Karaoke Is Just What We Need Today

–Adele’s carpool karaoke is as wonderful as you wanted it to be. Her reaction when James Corden starts harmonizing on “Hello” is priceless. (Everyone forgets he was in Into the Woods and has bonafide pipes.)  Apparently, they shot for two hours and the first edit was 54 minutes. I would watch that whole damn thing.

-Thank god for Adele brightening up this day because it was rough. It started with Alan Rickman‘s tragic passing. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Matthew Lewis and more penned lovely tributes, but no one punched me in the heart guts like Emma Thompson.  “Alan was my friend…this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye.” Excuse me, I have to go rehydrate because I just cried ALL the tears.

-Also sad, Céline Dion‘s husband René Angélil died after a long battle against cancer.

-And as if today didn’t kick us all in the junk enough, then came the Oscar nominations. I’m glad Spotlight came out swinging since the buzz around that movie had quieted considerably in the last few weeks, but there were some big snubs. No Carol? No Jacob Tremblay? No Creed, Michael B. Jordan, Compton or Idris Elba? No wonder #OscarsSoWhite trended this morning. But hey, Jennifer Lawrence was rewarded with her fourth nomination for a performance in an unworthy film.

-In happier Jacob Tremblay news, this is him being adorable and telling Jimmy Kimmel what it was like to live our dream meet Oscar Isaac.

-I wish it was Grant Gustin‘s birthday every day, because his CW alums are sending him some pretty rad tributes. Colton Haynes reunited Glee’s Warblers, while the iZombie cast did their best Flash impression.

-Speaking of Colton, he and Emily Bett Rickards donned drag for a new photo shoot.

–Selena Gomez has explained that photo of her and Brad Pitt at a Golden Globes party.

-Everyone on my Twitter TL is buzzing about One Direction‘s Rainbow Bondage Bear conspiracy. Clearly, I need to follow different people.

-Ruh roh. Steven Avery’s ex-fiancée, Jodi Stachowski, says “he’s not innocent” in a new interview. (My friend interviewed the doc creators yesterday and after he asked the question I asked him to, they cut the interview short. But I need answers, dammit!!)

-Friends “reunion” update: Matthew Perry is not coming.

-Interesting. If the Netflix numbers NBC offered up yesterday at the TCAs are accurate, Jessica Jones is about as big as Quantico.

-Speaking of Netflix, CBS is planning to pull all of the CW shows from the service. Sigh.

–Cameron Diaz wrote a new book about aging gracefully. Um, ok.

-Here’s the first clip from Batman v Superman. God, is this movie ever going to NOT feel like homework?