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Prince Andrew Crashes and Burns

-I’m assuming whoever arranged for Prince Andrew to do that TV interview this weekend is now fired, because wow that went even worse than anyone could have predicted. As Lainey says, when it comes to the Palace getting their shit together it’s been amateur hour over there.

–Kanye West has announced his first-ever opera, Nebuchadnezzar, named after the longest-reigning king of ancient Babylon. Honestly, every headline about him these days just sounds like mad libs on crack.

-The Swifties came through. Taylor Swift and her former label Big Machine Records have reached a compromise — she can officially perform whatever songs she’d like at this weekend’s AMAs, including those bought by Scooter Braun earlier this year.

-Oh wait — it’s not over yet. AMAs producers are disputing Big Machine’s statement about her performance. Dick Clark Productions just released their own statement saying, “At no time did Dick Clark Productions agree to, create, authorize or distribute a statement in partnership with Big Machine Label Group regarding Taylor Swift’s performance at the 2019 American Music Awards.” All the sighs.

-Fresh from jail, Felicity Huffman was spotted taking homemade cupcakes to The Teen Project on Sunday, an organization dedicated to “serving at risk homeless and sex trafficked young women” in LA.

-I don’t watch Doctor Who but man this got me.

-I can’t stop reading Survivor takes and this is a good one on how CBS’s handling of misconduct on the island was “an exercise in ass-covering” disguised as “starting a conversation.” I’m still angry about last week’s episode — and that was the first episode I’ve caught up on in years. I can’t imagine how fans who’ve been sticking with it feel.

-Speaking of the garbage fire that is CBS, two female writers of Carol’s Second Act quit the show after they complained about inappropriate conduct by exec producer David Hunt, who is married to series star Patricia Heaton. One of the writers took to Twitter to expand on the story, saying that she only wanted a low intensity response to a difficult situation. Instead, it appears that she and her only ally were driven out.

-I could watch hours of Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter interviewing each other forever, mostly because HBC sounds like my spirit animal. Colman: “At lunch time today I said “Helly should we have lunch together? And you said ‘you can have 10 minutes of eating and talking and then I will be lying down and you can lie down next to me but silence after that.'”

-Oh god. Now Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck are tweeting their support in the push to release Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League. I thought the consensus was this thing didn’t even exist? This has been the most exhausting trending topic on film Twitter for two years and I can’t believe we’re back at it.

-Oof, Alan Moore’s take on pop culture’s current obsession with superheroes is scorching. (Weirdly, I don’t think that’s what Damon Lindelof is doing with his source material on The Watchmen.)

-I’m here for pretty much whatever content @ira wants to give me, but the premise of his new show sounds fantastic.

-I’m really bummed that Charlie’s Angels underperformed at the box office. Here’s hoping word of mouth helps it in the coming weeks.

-The Mad About You revival is on a network no one really has, but that’s ok because the reviews are not great.

-With the release of Apple+ and Disney+ and the upcoming launch of HBO Max, there’s been a ton of coverage about the streaming wars, but this take might actually be my favourite. So much content is getting churned out that quality/rewatchability is starting to not matter, and there’s no incentive for creators to take risks. Even more ground shifting, everyone is going to be watching different things, so “how we talk about TV to each other is going to radically change when your content has nothing in common with mine.”

-The trailer for the final season of Schitt’s Creek is here. You fancy, huh?

Helena Bonham Carter Slays on UK Harper’s Bazaar

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–Helena Bonham Carter on the cover of UK Harper’s Bazaar is feeding my soul today.

–Johnny Depp‘s assistant (who’s still working for him) says the texts that ET posted that were allegedly between him and Amber Heard referencing past abuse were “heavily doctored.” Interesting that he didn’t just flat out say they were faked, no? I’d think it’s easier to fake a text conversation than to edit an existing one.

–Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are in Italy together and reportedly aren’t acting very ex-like. This is really messing with my dreams for her to find a new career on a prestige cable drama in such a way that it successfully erases this relationship from our collective minds.

-Hey girl, Ryan Gosling just declared that “women are better than men.”

-People is reporting that Calvin Harris dumped Taylor Swift because he was intimidated by her success.
-I didn’t know Mike O’Brien was still shooting “7 Minutes in Heaven,” but there’s a new one with Sarah Silverman so yay!

-The season 2 premiere of UnREAL hasn’t even aired yet, and already it’s been renewed for a third season. Luckily, critics are loving the new season. I was so worried they wouldn’t be able to keep it up.

-This is an awesome video about The Wonder Years TV’s Danica McKellar and her love of math.

-I’m seeing Robyn in concert this weekend. I really hope she wears this.

–Jimmy Kimmel made an innocuous joke about Megan Fox‘s pregnancy and when HuffPo tried to call him out for it, he promptly told them to f*ck off.

–Grant Gustin will always be The Flash to me so I’m not super looking forward to the big screen adaptation with Ezra Miller, but good on Dope director Rick Famuyiwa for landing that gig.

-It’s been confirmed that Prince died of an opioid overdose. Sigh.

-Well, this isn’t surprising. Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda will reportedly leave the production next month, while the original cast is jockeying for raises.

-In happier Lin-Manuel Miranda news, James Corden got him to star in Carpool Karaoke.

-I don’t watch The Bachelorette, but this is both diabolical and hilarious.

–Michael Bay says his comments about Kate Beckinsale‘s looks were misconstrued. Uh huh.

-Holy crap, does this make me happy: Brie Larson is the front-runner to play Captain Marvel.

-This graph of TV ratings is nutso. Only one returning broadcast show (Law and Order: SVU) grew in ratings this year, while only three (Arrow, Carmichael Show, Chicago PD) remained steady. EVERY OTHER SHOW declined year over year.

–Chelsea Handler reportedly had an exec fired from her Netflix show.

–Tom Hardy says he constantly changes his number to stop hackers. Oh! That must be why he never returns my calls!

-This is a juicy look at how ego, the ghosts of the Sony hack, and leaks ended in an executive being ousted.

–Dave Franco and Emma Roberts get sucked into an online game in the new Nerve trailer.

 

Nina Dobrev Goes Topless for Obamacare

–Nina Dobrev is going topless to raise awareness for Obamacare.

–Tim Burton was pictured “embracing a mystery blonde” with wife Helena Bonham Carter nowhere it sight, but her publicist has since shot down any affair rumours with a statement saying he and the woman are just friends. (Bonus points for incorporating the word “whilst”!)

-The promo for Glee’s Cory Monteith tribute episode is super sad and also really uncomfortable to watch. I’m not sure I’m going to want to see this episode.

-In happier Glee news, Naya Rivera is showing off her engagement ring from rapper Big Sean.

–Sinead O’Connor is not very happy with Miley Cyrus’ response to her open letter, and has responded by penning YET ANOTHER one. Anyone else kind of hate them both right now?

–Sandra Bullock says she and George Clooney used to have rap battles on the set of Gravity. Picturing George singing Sugarhill Gang‘s “Rapper’s Delight” is pretty much making my life right now.

-Also making me happy is this photo of George at the Gravity premiere. Day-um!

–Stephen Colbert officiated the wedding of a couple who had to postpone their nuptials because of the gov’t shutdown, and it was surprisingly sweet.

–Adam Scott doesn’t seem too confident about a Party Down movie, but could see it return for a limited Netflix run. I love this idea!

-ABC’s Lucky 7 just became the first new show of the season to get the axe. What’s next? My money’s on Dads.

-Someone in the crowd yelled “get healthy!” to Fiona Apple in the middle of her performance. It really didn’t go over well.

–Halle Berry is the latest movie star making the jump to TV — which seems like a really good idea at this stage in her career.

-If you follow Aaron Paul on Twitter, you’ll know that he really, really loves pizza. Now he’s even showing the delivery guy his affection.

-Just in case you ever thought Aubrey Plaza‘s awkwardness was just part of her schtick, her story about meeting Chris Bosh will change your mind.

-A rehabbed Zac Efron looks healthy and happy in a video posted by Rob Lowe.

-This Don Jon review is the best. It’s titled “Everyone at My Don Jon Screening Was Totally Nuts.”

-A surprising person has jumped to Miley’s defense: her sometimes-frenemy Demi Lovato.

–Chris Pine and Keira Knightley are teaming up in the new trailer for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.