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Ian Somerhalder

CTV Moves Up Hip Doc In Tribute To Gord Downie

-In tribute to Gord Downie, who passed away today, CTV has moved up the premiere of the Tragically Hip doc to this Friday night.

Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen and more reacted to Gord’s death on Twitter.

-Meanwhile, of all the stories and tributes that came out today, this Twitter thread is my absolute favourite.

-I follow a lot of TV critics, and absolute favourite has always been Mo Ryan of Variety (previously of HuffPo). She has just as much respect for “low brow” network fare as “prestige” drama, she is constantly and publicly pushing for more diversity in front of and behind the camera, and she frequently gives voice to fan causes (the most recent being the “kill your gays” trope sparked by The 100). So I was absolutely gutted this morning to read her account of being sexually assaulted by a TV executive three years ago at an industry event.

Kevin Smith says he’s going to donate future revenue from his Weinstein-backed movies to charity.

Channing Tatum is walking the walk by announcing that he’s halting development on the movie he was supposed to make with Weinstein’s company.

Laura Dern opened up about being sexually harassed on Ellen’s show today.

Kate Winslet is in the super awkward position of having to talk about Harvey Weinstein — while also promote her new Woody Allen movie. In a new interview, she says she refused to thank him in her 2009 Oscar speech.  “I remember being told, ‘Make sure you thank Harvey if you win.’ And I remember turning around and saying, ‘No, I won’t. No, I won’t.'”

Casey Affleck has just been cast in Alfonso Cuarón‘s horror drama TV series, proving nothing ever changes.

Charlyne Yi took to Twitter yesterday to recall the time David Cross introduced himself with a racist comment. He doesn’t remember it that way.

Johnny Depp is now suing his lawyer, accusing him and his firm of swindling almost $35M.

-Early reactions to Thor: Ragnarok are in — and most critics seem to dig it.

Blake Lively is redefining extra with all these press tour looks.

-My entire Twitter TL is obsessed with a Norwegian teen drama called Skam — and Facebook just announced they’re doing a US remake of it.

-Ex-Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge hopes to discover aliens with his crowdfunded spaceship. You do you, bud.

-The ratings news for Riverdale just keep getting better and better. Now that the live-plus-3 ratings have come in, the premiere saw its teen audience go up by 400%. This stuff just doesn’t happen on broadcast TV anymore. The power of Netflix binges!

-The Pussycat Dolls are disputing a claim made by a former member that the group is a front for a “prostitution ring.” Whoa.

-I’m not entirely convinced that Ian Somerhalder is famous enough to be mocked on SNL, but this certainly does seem like him…

-The first trailer for Louis C.K.‘s I Love You, Daddy has arrived  — at the worst possible timing. I wonder what kind of appetite there is for a movie about a Woody Allen-type character, created by a guy who refuses to address his sexual harassment allegations.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott Expecting

-Oh geez. 20-year-old Kylie Jenner is reportedly pregnant with Travis Scott’s baby. Doesn’t the new season of their show premiere this weekend? Damn, Kris came to play…

Ian Somerhalder said on a podcast he wanted a baby so badly that he threw out Nikki Reed‘s birth control pills and the internet is not happy. (I assumed that it was just a story taken out of context and it wouldn’t sound like he actually took away her consent once I heard the audio — but NOPE!).

Nikki has taken to Twitter to defend Ian, and wrote a long response to a Cosmo article about it.

Prince Harry is here! Since Meghan Markle lives in Toronto, she’s expected to accompany him to a bunch of official Invictus events, so expect a slew of new photos of them together next week.

-Meanwhile, Meghan‘s  ex-husband just sold a TV show about a woman who moves on from a relationship by dating a British prince, which sounds petty AF.

-Vogue did their 73 Questions series with Tracee Ellis-Ross and she was predictably a delight. Her house is a beaut.

-Hills star Audrina Patridge filed for divorce and also requested a restraining order from him.

-This interview with Marilyn Manson is totally bonkers. He greets the Guardian reporter by jumping out from behind a door with a fake gun, and responds to questions by “flicking” the reporter’s testicles. What. The. Hell.

-For the third night in a row, Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a portion of his show to his highly publicized battle against the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill — to much praise.

David Foster is dating Katherine McPhee — and I’m not sure if Foster’s daughter is completely on board.

-The furor over Riverdale star KJ Apa’s car accident continues and Cole Sprouse has asked that the  series provide transportation to castmembers working late hours. On one hand I’m not sure about it because they’re adults who shoot in Langley and choose to live downtown, and they reportedly can call a taxi or stay in a hotel near the set on the studio’s dime if they feel it is unsafe to drive. On the other hand, I get that these guys put in crazy long hours and probably don’t want to always crash at hotels. On Smallville, Tom Wellington‘s co-stars once had to sign a petition to get him a driver on the series so that he wouldn’t end up killing himself while going home in a sleep-deprived state.

-Is anyone having more fun in life than Nicole Richie? I’m doubtful.

-The first trailer for Wes Anderson’s next stop-motion film Isle of Dogs is here.

Taylor Swift Testifies Like a Boss

-On the fourth day of the trial in which a former radio DJ is suing Taylor Swift, claiming her allegations that he groped her butt during a meet-and-greet cost him his job, the singer took the stand to testify — and she was awesome. This asshole should have  just been grateful that all he lost was his job, but instead he decided to try to make some money off of it as if she wasn’t going to own him in court.

-I really, really hate the outfit Marie Claire stuck Emma Stone in on their cover (what’s with that hat?!), but the inside photos are lovely.

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder are officially parents to a girl, who they (unsurprisingly) named Bodhi Soleil. Oh, and Ian says he’s totally ready for babies because he has kittens.

-This is very sweet: Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris,  Évelyne Brochu, Kristian Bruun and more of the Orphan Black cast and crew praise the importance of the show’s fans, known as the #CloneClub

-Oh my god, Ringer did an oral history of the time a dog ate a heart on One Tree Hill and this might be the best thing I’ve ever read! My favourite part: [Chad Michael Murray declined to comment for this article.]

Channing Tatum busted some Magic Mike-style moves in a gas station convenience store. Bless him.

Justin Theroux may not be very fun to live next to. His neighbor filed a complaint about endless barking from the actor’s rescue dogs left isolated for long periods, dropping heavy weights on the floor at 3 AM, and angry outbursts.

The Crown season 2 trailer is here, if you’re craving some very slow-paced royal drama.

Britney Spears was visibly shaken up after a man rushed on stage mid-concert. In the video, you can hear her ask, “Is something OK? What’s going on? He’s got a gun?”

Kylie Jenner‘s makeup brand made $420 million in just 18 months, and it’s only getting bigger.

Halle Berry says Storm and Wolverine were lovers in the X-Men films. This feels more like head canon/wishful thinking than fact.

Paris Hilton is gonna have a reality show again? Who wants that? (Speaking of Paris Hilton, I recently listened to a great podcast in which a publicist and a tabloid editor talk about her gossip heyday. The most fascinating thing is that they used to meet for lunch once a week to plan out coverage of starlets…)

-Yass Kween! You can now buy Broad City-branded sex toys.

-With news that Selena Gomez and Elle Fanning are joining Woody Allen’s new project comes this interesting piece on why young stars still want to work with him. They shouldn’t.

Drew Barrymore‘s interview about wine wasn’t THAT bad. This feels very nit-picky to me. (Or maybe I just have really, really low expectations of celebrities who have their own wine labels.)

-Hollywood is calling this box office season The Summer Of Hell. Really? Cause it seems to me like a lot of small-budget indies are doing just fine.

Better Things’ Season 2 trailer has arrived. This show kind of fell under the radar but I adored the first season.

-I fully agree with this article. When it comes to TV shows, plot is bullshit.

Jimmy Kimmel asked Americans to find North Korea…and they pointed at Canada.

James Corden and Jeffrey Tambor recreated the Brandy/Monica video “That Boy Is Mine” with “The Boyega Is Mine” with John Boyega and it literally made my entire day.