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Beyonce and Jesse Williams Light Up BET Awards

-I was switching between the BET Awards and the Game of Thrones finale last night, but luckily I happened to catch the two moments from the ceremony that everyone is talking about: Beyonce’s insane opening number with Kendrick Lamar (which was not announced in advance — probably because BET was burned the last time they hyped her appearance and she ended up only showing up via Skype), and Jesse Williams’ amazing speech. (The fact that one of the first thing he acknowledges is the contributions of black women — when has that ever happened before?!) His Tumblr is also great, as is this Twitter story of him previously stepping up without wanting any acknowledgement or publicity.

-Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake hit up Twitter after Jesse‘s speech with some weird tweets that veered dangerously close to #AllLivesMatter territory, so Twitter hits back.

-In Game of Thrones news, here are all the times before last night’s finale when the show tried to tell us who Jon Snow’s parents are.

–Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are working overtime to land him Bond show off their love. They were photographed getting cozy at dinner, and then hanging out with his mom — twice!

-So Kanye West dropped an new video on Friday that features a bunch of “naked” celebrities — including Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Bill Cosby, Amber Rose, and Chris Brown. Legally, how is this a thing he can do?!

-In less controversial debuts, Rihanna premiered “Sledgehammer” this weekend.

–Blake Lively‘s terrible chopping skills are giving me life.

-Meanwhile, Blake says “there’s a strong chance” there will be a third Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants movie. Huh.

-When Rory Gilmore met Michelle Obama…

–Diane Kruger gushes about Joshua Jackson in a new interview and now I’m even more confused about the status of their relationship!

–Mindy Kaling has a list of very reasonable requirements for her spin instructors.

–Matthew McConaughey says he had “a big crush” on Sarah Jessica Parker when he was younger. Sure, but do y’all remember when he called her “peculiar” on Oprah? #NeverForget

–50 Cent was arrested in the Caribbean for swearing. Remind me to never go to the Caribbean.

–Jenny Slate and Chris Evans attended the The Secret Life Of Pets premiere in NYC together and they look adorable! I mean, I wish he’d dressed up a little but the adorableness is still overshadowing it.

-Last night, John Oliver warned that Brexit vote is a warning call to US voters that “there are no f*cking do-overs” before tackling Olympic doping scandals.

–Jesse Eisenberg scolded anti-gay protesters in London.

-Last week’s two new episodes of Comedy Bang Bang were filled with awesome guest stars, from Tegan and Sara doing a Hitchcock homage to Emily Bett Rickards starring in a She’s All That spoof.

–Winona Ryder talked  about her relationship with Johnny Depp, saying he was “never abusive at all towards me” when they dated — 23 years ago.

-Meanwhile, Johnny continues to live life to the fullest ’cause why not.

–Rami Malek feels a little weird about being your internet boyfriend — but he’s cool with it.

-Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner talks about directing the final episode of Orange Is the New Black’s latest season (don’t read if you’re not caught up!).

-Keanu director Peter Atencio was really unhappy how the film was marketed to kitten lovers. (But the kitten was seriously the best part!)

-Speaking of movies, Independence Day Resurgence is so bad that I walked out of it this weekend. Like, I bolted before the midway mark.

–Kate Mara and Paul Giamatti get all Orphan Black-y in the Morgan trailer.

RIP, Prince

-2016 has been brutal when it comes to celebrity deaths, but Prince? Man, this one hurts. That man was the goat.

-Vulture has compiled 24 outrageous Prince stories. My absolute favourite remains this (very long, but very funny) one by Kevin Smith, who was once hired to shoot a documentary for him.

-Meanwhile, The Onion’s headline is perfect.

-Also, how did I not know until now that Maya Rudolph has a Prince cover band called Princess?

-Um, that’s not how hashtags work, Sharon Stone.

-Esquire always does right by George Clooney. They tend to get him to open up in a way other publications don’t. (Remember when he shit-talked Leonardo DiCaprio’s basketball skills?) His latest cover story doesn’t disappoint.

–Julianna Margulies says we’ll either ‘love or hate’ the Good Wife’s series finale. Ruh roh.

-Teach me your shade ways, Kelly Ripa!

-Arrested Development’s Maria Bamford is starring in a new Netflix show , and it looks fantastic. (The trailer hooked me as soon as she and Ana Gasteyer started doing my go-to drunk move: laser tits.)

-I’m not sue who this comedian is who recreated a bunch of celebrity Instagram poses, but I think I love her.

-The Bones lawsuit is offering a good glimpse of how a hit show loses money. Despite pulling in over a half a billion dollars in their first seven seasons, however, Bones somehow ended up over $43 million in the red.

-I love The Hollywood Reporter’s tips for getting a divorce in Hollywood: “plan for your future ex’s reality show.”

-Time’s 100 Most Influential People articles are great, mostly because they’re written by other stars. Rita Moreno writes that Gina Rodriguez is “a young woman who knows her true north,” while J.J. Abrams says Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “wit would be intimidating if not for his natural and infectious charm.”

–Michael Keaton plays the founder of McDonalds in the new trailer for The Founder.

–Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart see the sights in the new trailer for Woody Allen‘s Café Society trailer.

-I’m intrigued by the new Jason Bourne trailer (mostly because I don’t think I could have sat through another movie of him need to re-learn about Treadstone all over again). Also, Julia Stiles is back and seems to have a bigger role! That makes me weirdly happy.

Miles Teller Just Ruined Miles Teller For You

miles teller esquire

-The older I get, the more I love reading celebrity profiles in which the celeb in question acts like a total dick. There’s something mad refreshing about watching someone throw out all their media training and just let their diva flag fly. Miles Teller takes it to the next level in his Esquire interview by Shia LaBeoufing before our eyes. From needing the reporter to *cut his meat* for him to him calling Joaquin Pheonix “Joaq” to his backhanded compliment of Aaron Eckhart (as Andy Greenwald tweeted, it’s “the Inside the Actor’s Studio version of hugging you while hitting you”), that interview got me like

-In much better cover story news, Idris Elba is the first man to ever grace Maxim magazine’s cover. And how!

Gavin Rossdale‘s split from Gwen Stefani may have been caused by the nanny, because all famous men are apparently idiots.

-Speaking of idiots, Ben Affleck was photographed with the infamous nanny (who allegedly tipped off the paps about where they’d be.) Meanwhile, People magazine is putting a glamour shot of Jen Garner on their cover and penning sympathetic articles about how she weathered his “ultimate betrayal.”  Us Weekly is following suit. For those of you keeping score at home, she’s totally winning the PR war.

-Despite the summer of splits (even Miss Piggy/Kermit and Reba McEntire are getting in on the action), at least Will and Jada Smith are still going strong. (The fact that she calls him her “king” in her tweet about it makes me thinks she really is her Magic Mike XXL character…)

–Halle Berry is also bucking the divorce trend.

-While promoting American Ultra, Kristen Stewart interviewed Jesse Eisenberg and asked him all the typical questions actresses get during junkets. It was glorious.

–Kyle Chandler revived his Coach Taylor character from Friday Night Lights for a very important (fake) PSA.

-In other fake PSA news, Kevin Bacon calls for more male nudity in a mock ad.

-Just in case you were confused about who’s winning the Meek Mill vs Drake feud, Meek has now resorted to threatening Drake with a wedgie.

–Jason Katims’ Netflix drama keeps sounding better and better. Hugh Dancy just joined the cast.

-The award for this year’s most awkward panel at the TCAs goes to Amazon.

-A couple of UnREAL costars are dating IRL (but probably not the ones you’re shipping).

-The Mindy Project bloopers are as funny as you’d expect.

–HBO knows that you all hate True Detective this season, but it swears next year will be better. (Apparently the last episode wasn’t totally terrible?)

–Mariah Carey is set to star on Empire. I wonder who they’re going to cast as the person who carries her everywhere?

–Gwyneth Paltrow reveals that it was not her idea to describe her divorce as “Conscious Uncoupling.” Ok, but was it her idea to announce it on GOOP instead of through a publicist, and then have the balls to claim she doesn’t care about pageviews?

-The moment Shanice Williams learns she’ll play Dorothy on NBC’s The Wiz might give you feelings.

-Is there nothing Jay Z can’t fix? Taylor Swift says he’s a big part of the reason why she and Kanye West are now on good terms.

-In one of his last episodes, Jon Stewart very sweetly plugged his wife’s book.

-The early reviews for Fear the Walking Dead are in — and they’re not pretty.

-Now we can see the Deadpool trailer without having to watch shaky cellphone video that was snuck out of Hall H. It’s violent, hilarious, vulgar and just what Ryan Reynolds‘ career needs.