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John Mulaney

Taylor Swift Wins Big at the Brits

-The Brits are taking place right now, and Taylor Swift just became the first woman and youngest artist ever to win the Global Icon award.

-This excerpt from Seth Rogen‘s new book about his encounter with Tom Cruise reminds us that he really does have some harmful and damaging beliefs, and yet he’s like teflon when it comes to anything bad sticking on his reputation.

-Meanwhile, if someone had told me this first picture is of Seth Rogen I wouldn’t have believed them.

-According to TMZ, Ben Affleck began emailing Jennifer Lopez in early February, shortly after his breakup with Ana de Armas (but when she was still engaged to ARod).

–Ed Norton is the latest addition to the Knives Out 2 cast. I hope all the characters have wildly different accents.

-When the controversy erupted over Chris D’Elia, director Zack Snyder decided to digitally scrub him from every scene of Army of the Dead during postproduction — and swap in Tig Notaro.

-Prodigal Son has been canceled after two seasons at Fox, and the internet is surprisingly sad about it.

–Chloe Zhao writes fan fiction? I wonder what her AO3 handle is?

–Paul Bettany once pitched A Knight’s Tale sequel: “William and Jocelyn have a daughter and she wants to get into jousting… You follow this woman who’s 18 or 20 years old as she seeks out his friends for help.” I want this.

–Mickey Rourke is a newly converted Law & Order: SVU fan, and his Instagram post about it is spectacular.

-Look, I get why Theo James isn’t coming back to Sanditon. The show was dead in the water and he’d probably lined up other work before its surprise renewal. But I hate his statement about why he’s leaving: “I’ve always maintained that his journey concluded as I wanted it to. The broken fairy-tale like ending between Charlotte and Sidney is different, unique and so interesting to me.” Buddy, you were playing the lead in a Jane Austen adaptation. If you didn’t realize that it would end up as a HEA, you failed to do the required reading.

–John Mulaney is performing a comedy residency this week, and it sounds like he doesn’t shy away from the tough subjects, saying at one point “When I’m alone I’m with someone who tried to kill me.” He also revealed that his intervention involved Seth Meyers, Nick Kroll, Fred Armisen, Natasha Lyonne, and Bill Hader.

-It seems every cast member who’s ever been on Grey’s Anatomy is returning for guest spots, but when asked if she’d thought about it, Sandra Oh said “Oh my gosh, no.”

–Barry Jenkins‘ The Underground Railroad adaptation is getting incredible raves, with the only criticism seeming to be that Amazon is doing it a disservice by dropping it all at once because it’s so dense and overwhelming.

-Here’s the trailer for David Lowery’s Arthurian tale The Green Knight, starring Dev Patel.

–Matt Damon fights to get his daughter out of jail in the Stillwater trailer.

Bennifer Rises!

-Bennifer is back, baby! 17 years after calling off their engagement, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were spotted on a romantic vacation in Montana.

-So the Golden Globes are pretty much dead, huh? Netflix kicked things off on Friday by announcing they were “stopping any activities” with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association until changes were made about their lack of diversity, and Amazon quickly followed suit. Then today, NBC announced it wouldn’t air the show next year, stars like Scarlett Johansson, Ava DuVernay and Mark Ruffalo called them out, and Tom Cruise GAVE BACK the awards he’s won over the years as a sign of protest. (Hopefully we’ll finally get justice for Brendan Fraser.)

–John Mulaney and his wife Annamarie Tendler are splitting up after six years of marriage — and it seems like it was his decision. In a statement to People via her rep, she said “I am heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage. I wish him support and success as he continues his recovery.”

–Gal Gadot says Joss Whedon treated her badly on the Justice League set: “He kind of threatened my career and said if I did something, he would make my career miserable. I handled it on the spot.” That lines up with what a source told the Hollywood Reporter in their exposĂ© about it: “Joss was bragging that he’s had it out with Gal. He told her he’s the writer and she’s going to shut up and say the lines and he can make her look incredibly stupid in this movie.”

–Aubrey Plaza confirmed that she’s married to her longtime boyfriend Jeff Baena — and the internet was weirdly mad about it.

–Kristen Bell continues to overshare about her sex life with Dax Shepard.

-Who thought it was a good idea to put up Gina Carano for Emmy consideration for The Mandalorian, the show she was fired from?

-I really loved this interview with Sierra Teller Ornelas, the Native co-creator of Rutherford Falls.

–Seth Rogen says he has no plans to work with James Franco again after his sexual misconduct allegations. “What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that.”

-He was asked about it when promoting his new memoir, which is getting rave reviews.

-Grey’s Anatomy has been renewed — but Jesse Williams is leaving the show. (Though he and Sarah Drew teased a spinoff about their characters.)

–Helen Mirren is helping Italy’s vaccination effort with a viral video.

-There’s an oral history of Tom Holland‘s performance of “Umbrella”!

-Amid all the controversy about Doctor Who actor Noel Clarke, his costar John Barrowman has apologized for repeatedly exposing himself on set. I remember the Arrow cast talking about him doing this all the time like it was a funny joke. David Boreanaz used to brag about doing this on the Buffy set, too.

-In case you missed this wildly depressing news last week, LaKeith Stanfield moderated a Clubhouse chat dedicated to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories where Jews were repeatedly compared to Satanists and termites.

–Dave Bautista is set to join the cast of Knives Out 2.

-I’m not sure why the New York Post thinks Leonardo DiCaprio looks unrecognizable in the first photos of the new Scorsese film. He looks like he always does? (The replies to their tweet are hilarious.)

-Actually unrecognizable is Lily James as Pamela Anderson. Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee still looks like Sebastian Stan, though.

–Woody Harrelson’s Carnage battles Tom Hardy in the new Venom 2 trailer.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Still Not a Medical Expert

-In news that is no way shocking, doctors are urging people to ignore Gwyneth Paltrow’s advice about how to fight covid.

-This is insane: Lady Gaga’s personal dog walker was shot multiple times in LA, and two of her French bulldogs were stolen. She’s offering $500k reward.

-Despite a Daily Mail article and some DeuxMoi chatter, Emma Watson‘s publicist insists she’s not stepping away from acting.

-In their People cover story, Mariska Hargitay recalls being “sad” and “devastated” when Christopher Meloni left Law & Order: SVU.

-This is a great read on Joss Whedon and the myth of the Hollywood male feminist.

–John Mulaney is reportedly out of rehab and “doing well.”

–Britney Spears‘ dad is going on the defensive. A little late, but sure.

–Prince William and Kate are said to be “appalled” that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle agreed to a sit down with Oprah. Appalled or jealous?

-Meanwhile, courtiers and other royal hangers-on are said to be bracing for the interview.

-I like this piece on how WandaVision is the first show to encapsulate the pandemic.

–Khloe Kardashian says her feet are *supposed* to look so stretched and alien in those GA ads. Oh. Good job, then.

-I gave a bunch of my girlfriends mask chains for xmas (from a Canadian company), and I’m loving the one Sarah Jessica Parker wears here.

-Reply All’s Test Kitchen will no longer release the remaining episodes of the Bon AppĂ©tit-centered miniseries — which is a shame. Clearly, there were storytelling problems, but the POC employees who spoke out deserve to be heard.

-This is an excellent – if awkward – interview with the real-life white female film critic who is assumed to have inspired John David Washington‘s character to get so angry in Malcolm & Marie.

-I watched the Russo Brother’s Cherry starring Tom Holland the other night and … woof. Holland tries his best but it is a long, bleak slog.

-This oral history on the ending of Lost is a great read. Josh Holloway on the church scene: “We also got drunk, I think, while we did it. A little bit, you know, because we’re all celebrating. That was the last scene that we all did together. So we were slipping over to each other’s trailer and having a glass of wine, going back in and doing some more scene. It was great.”

-The documentary Framing Britney Spears is *finally* out in Canada legally this weekend via Crave.

-The Handmaid’s Tale dropped a trailer for its fourth season, which starts April 28. I forgot this show was still around…