–Kim Kardashian talked about Tristan Thompson’s cheating scandal on Ellen: “I don’t even know how to describe it besides it’s just so f**ked up. We really were rooting for Khloe and we still are, she’s so strong and she’s doing the best that she can.”
-A new report says Ann Currywarned NBCof a sex harassment claim against Matt Lauer.
-Meanwhile, Lauerbroke his silence to defend himself against the report (“I fully acknowledge that I acted inappropriately as a husband, father and principal at NBC” ) and Tom Brokawwas NOT happy to be dragged into it (“I was ambushed and then perp walked across the pages of The Washington Post and Variety as an avatar of male misogyny, taken to the guillotine and stripped of any honor and achievement I had earned in more than a half century of journalism and citizenship”).
–Justin Bieber paid a surprise visit to the Stratford, Ont. museum exhibit — on himself.
-Not surprisingly, Avengers: Infinity War’s box office is already breaking records.
-The Infinity War cast joined a tour bus and sang their own version of “We Are The World” for James Corden.
-Whoo boy. The CW, home of all my fave current shows, kind of imploded this weekend after Variety’s Mo Ryan talked to 15 women and 4 men about alleged sexual harassment from CW showrunner Andrew Kreisberg of Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl. (Ryan tweeted Monday: “If this story were published today, the number would be higher. I had an interesting weekend.). Among the allegations: he once told a woman “Wow, you look so tired that I don’t even want to have sex with you anymore” in front of her kids, he put his hands on a man’s hips and mimicked having sex, he asked an array of women for their bra sizes, he asked a woman to lie on his office floor while he assumed a push-up stance over her and then he asked her to choke him “for research.” He has been suspended.
–Carina Mackenzie, a writer on The Originals who worked on an episode of The Flash last year, tweeted(and then deleted): “When I left The Flash I told my agents I would rather live in a cardboard box under a bridge than work with AK again…I was at that show for a few short weeks & was disturbed by the way he spoke about women, the way he treated assistants and — to be honest — even the way FICTIONAL females were discussed.” (She also defended super producer Greg Berlanti, though a writer who worked on Legends of Tomorrow for two years seems to think Berlanti knew.)
-The ladies of the CW immediately stepped up, with Melissa Benoist, Caity Lotz,Emily Bett Rickards, and Chyler Leigh releasing statements. I was particularly impressed with EBR’s tweet, because it directly addressed the Arrow showrunner’s stupid, tone deaf tweet after the story surfaced about “reverse sexism.” That’s her boss! If she gets fired (or her character suddenly gets reduced screentime/plots), we’re burning that network down…
-It took a while for the CW men to get in on the action, but eventually Arrow’s David Ramsey,and Supergirl’s David Harewoodvoiced their support. Stephen Amell waited a whole day but eventually put out a pretty boss Facebook video, saying “I thought that it was appropriate before I spoke publicly to speak with our cast and our crew, which I got the chance to do this morning…I told them this morning and I tell you now and I meant it, if anyone ever feels anything less than 100% safe…that they should come to whomever they’re supposed to go to and that I’ll stand right beside them. I’ll speak on their behalf if need be. If you’re not an active part of the solution than you are part of the problem.”
-A writer on Hannibal (the darkest show ever) called BS on the notion that you have to act disgusting in a writers room for “research.”
-Screw everyone who made Mel Gibson‘s new movie a box office success this weekend.
-I watched Lady Bird this weekend instead (it’s lovely) and then I immediately texted my childhood BFF because of the movie’s generous, perfect use of “Crash Into Me.” It also did crazy good at the box office. Expect Oscar buzz on this one.
–Gal Gadot will reportedly only sign on for a Wonder Woman sequel if accused sexual harasser Brett Ratner is completely removed from the franchise. Bless her! (It just got an earlier release date, away from Star Wars, so I’m guessing she won.)
-A dozen cast and crewmembers told THR about the time in 2003 when actor Tom Sizemore was removed from a movie setin Utah for allegedly violating an 11-year-old girl.
-Because everything is terrible in Hollywood these days, someone asked Twitter for their stories about nice celebrity encounters and everyone delivered. (If you don’t want to read the whole thread, here are some highlights. This tweet about Chris Pineis my fave.)
-Thor: Ragnarok has started a jam warbetween Jack Black and Chris Hemsworth (except only one of them knows what that means).
–Steve Carell shocked and aroused the internet with these new photos of him looking like a silver fox. He didn’t even look this good after his makeover in Crazy Stupid Love! He responded to the attention by joking “My wife finally said she’s in love with me.”
–Michelle Rodriguez says she’ll leave the Fast & Furious franchise if they don’t ‘show love to the Women’ in the next film.
-This sucks: The Big Bang Theory’s Johnny Galecki‘s house burned down in a massive fire.
-Speaking of shows with a large social media following, I really like this interview with showrunners about what happens when fans help trend/promote a show and then feel ownership.
–Shonda Rhimes says people treat her differently after she lost 150 lbs. — and she hates it.
-It’s a big day for Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda has celebrities singing the soundtrack for an amazing cause, Nicole Kidman and The Beguiled kids performed “Schuyler Sisters” for #Ham4All, and there’s a new Hamilton Mixtape video with K’naan and Riz Ahmed.
-Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Julian Dennison joins Ryan Reynoldsin Deadpool 2. It’s Ricky Baker! (If you haven’t seen the movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople yet, it’s on Netflix and it’s great!)
-The first trailer for Hugh Jackman’s circus musical is here. The trailer doesn’t do much for me but the cast includes Michelle Williams, Zac Efron and Zendaya so I’ll try it.
