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True Blood’s Nelsan Ellis Dead at 39

-This is tragic: Nelsan Ellis, who starred in True Blood and Get on Up, died Saturday of heart failure. His family says he had spent four days in the hospital fighting complications from alcohol withdrawal. Stephen Moyer, who played the lead vampire on the series, wrote a short Instagram essay about his costar. Meanwhile, let’s celebrate his most iconic scene from the show.

-This is cute: Macklemore‘s grandmother turned 100, so he took her out for the day and made a music video about it. They egged some houses, hired a male stripper, and made the internet melt.

-HBO continues to let Larry David take as long as he likes to make Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Six years(!) after the eighth season wrapped in 2011, it’s returning for Season 9 on October 1.

-So Bradley Cooper, Allison Williams and Anderson Cooper walk into a bar in Tahiti…

-Gotham actor Donal Logue‘s child is safely back home after being missing for more than a week.

–Blac Chyna has been granted a restraining order against Rob Kardashian.

-Well, this is depressing:  studio head Amy Pascal says an Oscar-Winning actress is in talks for the live-action Barbie movie.

–Zoe Kazen, who is great in The Big Sick, talked about the on-set sexual harassment she and her actress friends have experienced.

-The craziest thing about this story on how HGTV’s Fixer Upper has a dark side is that it’s apparently illegal to do your own research about the neighborhood you’re buying a house in in Texas. That can’t be a thing. Can it??

–Jamie Dornan was on a golf course when this photo was taken so it’s most likely a golf ball in his pocket, but the internet lost its poo anyway.

–Johnny Depp once passed on Face/Off when he found out it wasn’t a hockey movie.

-This is a good article on how “It gets good after 6 episodes!” is becoming increasingly untenable in Peak TV. There’s no longer time for “hope watching” until things get better.

-In news that should surprise no one, Shia LaBeouf was arrested for disorderly conduct.

-That stunning brunette that Ashton Kutcher was spotted hanging out with? Turns out it’s not his mistress, it’s his cousin.

-The plot thickens: Lena Dunham‘s dog trainer defends her decision to give up the pup.

-Nice: Wonder Woman is all but certain to pass Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and win the summer box office.

–Hilary Duff recreating that tragic Disney wand promo is all I’ve ever wanted.

-Here’s Elisabeth Moss in The Square trailer. This thing won the Palme D’or.

-Here’s the trailer for HBO’s The Deuce, in which James Franco plays not one, but two characters, and Maggie Gyllenhaal sports a curly blonde wig. It’s from The Wire’s David Simon.

Gwyneth Paltrow Made Divorce Easier For You All

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–Gwyneth Paltrow delivered a late Christmas gift with her new InStyle cover story, in which she congratulates herself for being a lifestyle guru trailblazer, boosts about how Chris Martin would still take a bullet for her, and pats herself on the back for introducing the world to “conscious uncoupling” because “I honestly think Chris and I have contributed something positive to the culture of divorce.” Amazing levels of goopy goodness to close out the year!

–Justin Bieber is doing yoga on a yacht. Sure.

-Teen Vogue continues to slay, this time with their takedown of the plot of Passengers.

-Congrats to Pink, who had new son Jameson Moon Hart on Boxing Day.

-In other baby news, Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo welcomed her third child with husband Chris Ivery.

–Amanda Palmer gushing about how Donald Trump is “going to make punk rock great again” is so gross.  I hate this take that the world being awful is somehow going to be a boon for pop culture. Art is not more important than the people who make it. Not to mention that the people who romanticize the struggle are rarely the ones stuck with the most struggling.

-Sometimes Ariana Grande says something that makes me like her so much… and I feel so confused by it.

-In her new Shape cover story, Kate Beckinsale says she’s never actually finished an alcoholic drink in her life. Sigh. Fine, Kate. I guess I’ll just continue drinking enough for the both of us.

-Netflix needs to pump the brakes on those rumours of a new season of Gilmore Girls. We’re still recovering from the last one.

-I’m so glad Felicity Jones‘ Rogue One Beijing premiere dress is ending up on so many worst dresses of the year lists. Terrible design is one thing, but bad fit is unforgivable.

-Serial’s Adnan Syed will not be released before his murder retrial.

-Here’s the first trailer for I Am Michael, which stars James Franco as a gay rights activist who became a fundamentalist pastor.

James Franco Talks Gay Rumours, Gawker in Rolling Stone

 

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-According to Rolling Stone’s new cover story, James Franco is either the hardest working man in showbiz — or totally insane. Guess which one I’m betting on?

–Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan are making a dance competition show for NBC. I’d prefer it if was just a show consisting of them recreating their Step Up routine every week, but I’ll take what I can get.

-Speaking of dance TV, someone is making a Center Stage TV movie and oh my god what is air?!?

–Alan Cummings continues to confuse me by posting adorable BTS photos from The Good Wife set.

-The Daily Mail’s interview with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s daughter and her new husband is very weird.

–Justin Bieber is getting a lot of crap for cancelling meet and greets, but this seems totally reasonable to me. The only analogous situation I’ve seen is photo/autograph opps at a con, and I remember walking away from that experience thinking about how draining and difficult it must be for the celebrities. You’ve got people who paid a LOT of money to spend a total of 15 seconds with you, and there’s a lot of pressure to make those the best 15 seconds of their life.

–Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t understand her kids’ math assignments. “When homework time [comes around], I’m such an a**hole.”

–George and Amal Clooney are pulling out the big guns for Hilary Clinton by hosting back-to-back fundraisers.

-Meanwhile, George says that he’s “working on a prank that will end [Brad Pitt’s] career. If you take the time, if you’re willing to sit on one for a couple of years, and just plant the seed…there’s no rush.”

-The reviews for Batman v Superman are in, and they’re pretty dismal. I knew we were in trouble when Drew at Hitfix slammed it, since he’s the only critic I follow who still stans for Man of Steel. Even the reviews marked fresh on Rotten Tomatoes don’t sound especially glowing.

-Meanwhile, thanks to some very clever editing, Ben Affleck plays both Superman and Batman in a new fancut trailer.

-Those assault charges against Orange Is the New Black’s Dascha Polanco have been dismissed.

-This RuPaul interview is well worth your time, especially for the comments on why he’s never been on Ellen.

–Jimmy Fallon played a perfect game of Catchphrase with delightful human beings Saoirse Ronan and Don Cheadle.

-Game of Thrones isn’t giving critics advanced screeners this year, but President Obama might have an in.

-The Love And Friendship trailer is hitting me right in the Austen-y feels.

-I just watched the new trailer for Deepwater Horizon and I have so many questions. Was this movie sponsored by big oil? Did Mark Wahlberg say “how’s it going” exactly the same as SNL’s “say hi to your mother for me” on purpose? What’s my girl Gina Rodriguez doing in this?

-Here’s the first trailer for Bridget Jones’ Baby. I dunno, guys. I just dunno.