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Cate Blanchett Talks Sony Hacks and Feral Cats

Cate Blanchett in GQ
Cate Blanchett in GQ (MARK ABRAHAMS)

-I really liked GQ’s profile on Cate Blanchett.  She sucks down martinis while talking about her Oscar chances, the wage gap,  and feral cats.

-Despite what Twitter was saying all day, Leonardo DiCaprio does NOT get raped by a bear in The Revenant. The internet is weird, y’all.

–Holland Taylor (who recently opened up about her sexuality) is dating Sarah Paulson? I heart this so much!

-Speaking of dames who still have it going on, Helen Mirren continues to be perfect.

-If the fate of your TV show is hanging in the balance, maybe don’t sue your network at this same exact moment?

-It’s very sweet that Justin Bieber is playing a charity show in Toronto for a shelter he and his mother used as a child, but I’ve never been happier that I don’t live in that neighbourhood anymore. It’s going to be overrun.

-Hey, look everyone! Alex Pettyfer is still a total garbage person!

–Jennifer Lawrence‘s squad continues to impress:  Rebel Wilson says they go on BBQ dates together.

-I’m weirdly proud that Emily Bett Rickards is big enough to get papped now. Vacation photos are still gross, though.

-We get it, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani. You’re in the most perfect relationship that ever relationed. Enough now.

-This has the potential for greatness: Reese Witherspoon is developing a biopic about the creator of Barbie.

-Whoa. The new Star Wars will feature music from Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda.

-This makes sense: Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan will share the Performer of the Year Award at the Santa Barbara Festival. I’ve seen both of their movies and I don’t know how to pick between them. It’s a two-horse Oscar race right now.

-There are rumours floating around that Jennifer Lopez might do the Super Bowl halftime show. I wouldn’t hate that.

-Wait, Zoolander 2 has an Owen Wilson-Justin Theroux dance fight? I LOVE dance fights!

–Julianne Moore cries on command in Times Square on Billy On The Street.

-No longer friends: Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have ended their engagement after 17 months.

-Part of me is really proud of the Daily Show’s staffers’ reluctance to book Chris Brown, but the other part of me wonders if they just wanted us to know they booked Chris Brown?

-The new trailer for Outlander is here. I gave up on that show because it got way too brutal.

-Here’s the new Batman v Superman trailer. I mean…sure?

Helen Mirren on Talks Gambling and Guys

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Helen Mirren for L’Oreal

-When Helen Mirren tells you how you can be just like Helen Mirren, you drop everything (which, in my case, was a half a bag of Cheetos) and LISTEN. Her advice: be on time, don’t whine, and go to the races. Oh, and don’t let a guy put his arm around you.  “It annoys me when I see men with an arm slung round their girlfriend’s shoulders. It’s like ownership. Of course, when you’re young, you want the guy to take your hand and look after you. But when I see girls being leaned on, I want to say, ‘Tell him to get his damned arm off your shoulder.'”

–Ariana Grande‘s impressions of pop singers are actually surprisingly great. But why isn’t she opening her eyes?

–Matt Damon apologized for those tone deaf diversity comments, but his apology was pretty weaksauce. Why did he have to same “some people”? Just “people” would have been swell. And claiming that his comments were taken out of context is pretty rich, considering it’s his show and he should theoretically have full control over what airs.

-In other celebrity backtracking news, Emilia Clarke has clarified her comments about onscreen nudity, saying she is “always in control” on Game of Thrones.

-Speaking of GoT, Kit Harington has finally changed his tune about the show. Shocker.

-So Liam Hemsworth was being kind of a dick at TIFF? It’s ok, guys. I met Liam’s Danish doppleganger earlier this week and he’s a goddamn delight. He’s already by second favourite Hemsworth.

-Has there ever been a more appropriate use of Robin Thicke than James Corden‘s “Lay It On Thicke” segment? (Spoiler alert: there hasn’t.)

-This is pretty astonishing: an actor from The League admitted he made up his story about escaping 9/11. His costars are tweeting their support.

-Someone created an all-female version of the late night hosts Vanity Fair photo and I want to get a mortgage on it so I can live in that photo forever.

-Ian Somerhalder didn’t actually profess his love for Nina Dobrev on Twitter; he was just hacked.

-NBC still has reboot fever. They’re now planning to remake Hart To Hart centered around a gay couple.

–Jake Gyllenhaal sent a message to cake thief Amy Schumer on Stephen Colbert‘s show last night.  Sigh. Full flirt Jake is my favourite Jake of all.

–John Mellencamp has moved on from Meg Ryan to Christie Brinkley. Moral of this story: John Mellencamp can still get it.

-I still think Fear The Walking Dead is a bullshit show, but this defense of it is pretty great.

–Drake was pissed because the DJ at Serena Williams’s fashion show played the explicit version of his song instead of the clean one.

-Why ya gotta trash talk Jason Statham, Paul Bettany?

–Hayley Atwell and James D’Arcy just took the Dubsmash war to the next level by recruiting Stan Lee for round 2.

–Jessica Biel is launching an online sex-ed series. Yup.

-Hollywood insiders picked the 100 best TV shows, proving that Hollywood insiders are kind of lame.

-You can now watch The Mindy Project in Canada (and you should. The season premiere features the line “It’s like I’m in 13 Going on 30 — but I’m still 26!”)

-Also, Mindy Kaling believes in couples on TV. I hope she’s right. It seems like every show I watch right now is putting together the main couple, and the thing that freaks me out about that is if/when they ever break up, it always seems like the writers immediately start destroying the female character (probably so we don’t resent the guy for not being with her). Though I guess Mindy doesn’t have to worry about that, since she IS the writer.

–David Blaine astounds Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Jada Pinkett-Smith in his new video.

-The new Creed trailer is pretty damn great.

All-Female Ghostbusters: First Look

-Here’s our first look at the female Ghostbusters cast all suited up. We’ve only gotten photos so far and yet this is already my favourite movie ever.

–Jennifer Lawrence brought her dog to Comic-Con and the entire Internet died.

-Meanwhile, J. Law belted out Cher’s ‘Believe’ last night on Conan and showed off her potty mouth.

-Yes, it was Jennifer Garner‘s unrealistic expectations that broke up her marriage. Sure thing, People.

-This is the week of celebrities taking action against Broadway texters. First Patti Lupone went all badass and stole someone’s phone in the middle of a show, and now Jonathan Groff is calling out Madonna. “That bitch was on her phone. You couldn’t miss it from the stage. It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show.”

–Jon Hamm doesn’t need to land a new TV role anytime soon. He just needs to keep crashing other people’s interviews and we’ll all be happy.

-I managed to miss both the Beach House and Destroyer album leaks yesterday? But how? The internet is where I live!

–Ariana Grande just can’t stop apologizing for #DoughnutGate; we’re still not buying it.

-L’Oréal actually didn’t airbrush out Helen Mirren‘s wrinkles in her new ad; she’s just that freaking perfect IRL.

-Game of Thrones star Lena Headey just welcomed her second child.

-Is this the most uncomfortable-looking photo ever? (Spoiler alert: it is.)

-Firefly star Alan Tudyk‘s crowd-funded Con Man trailer is pretty damn great (and very well-timed). So. Many. Cameos.

-I’ve been burned by The Walking Dead before (like every goddamn season since 1), but the season 6 trailer they showed today at Comic-Con is undeniably lit. Plus, Ethan Embry! I can’t hardly wait.