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Gal Gadot Sought Justice on the Justice League Set

Gal Gadot wears a bright yellow coat on the cover of Elle

-In her Elle cover storyGal Gadot says she immediately reported Joss Whedon when they clashed on the Justice League set. “Oh, I was shaking trees as soon as it happened. And I must say that the heads of Warner Brothers, they took care of it…You’re dizzy because you can’t believe this was just said to you. And if he says it to me, then obviously he says it to many other people. I just did what I felt like I had to do. And it was to tell people that it’s not okay…But my sense of justice is very strong. I was shocked by the way that he spoke to me.”

Angelina Jolie’s kids joined her at the Eternals premiere, and her daughter Zahara wore the same dress her mom wore to the 2014 Oscars. I love this.

Kumail Nanjiani wore a sherwani to the premiere — with an assist from his mom. “I wanted to use a designer in Pakistan, not just a Pakistani designer in the U.S. So I called my mom, she gave me names of three amazing designers in Pakistan.”

-Speaking of fashion wins, Zendaya has scored the 2021 CFDA Award for Fashion Icon, making her the youngest person ever to receive.

Florence Pugh explaining why her Black Widow costume is better than Scarlett Johnasson’s for Halloween is gold. “GUYS. I LITERALLY TALK ABOUT POCKETS IN NEARLY EVERY SCENE. Halloween= A LOT OF FREE SWEETIES. Costume+vest+POCKETS= someone who came prepared.”

-Ouch. Jamie Lynn Spears tried to donate a portion of the proceeds from her book to a mental health charity, and they publicly declined her donation.

-If you want to get all up in your feels, here’s Coldplay‘s new song with Selena Gomez.

Kanye West now has a much shorter name. A judge legally approved his request to change his name to Ye.

-I just realized that Shalita Grant (the best thing about this season You) was also the best thing about the latest season of Search Party, and she deserves all the comedic roles.

-The BBC asked TV critics to rank the top 100 TV shows of the 21st century.

Rebel Wilson is handling people’s constant comments about her weight loss much better than I would. “People are so obsessed with it. But I get it. Oprah is one of my heroes. She’s certainly struggled with eating issues and I would always watch her episodes when she spoke about that.”

-Oh god, Margaret Atwood. WYD?

-If you’re still looking for Ted Lasso content, I really liked this thread about how the show used Sam’s soccer subplot to mirror his relationship with Rebecca without making her look like the bad guy.

-We have to take Netflix ratings talk with a grain of salt, but it looks like Maid is reaching Queen’s Gambit levels of viewership.

-The trans employee at Netflix whose Twitter thread about Dave Chappelle’s special wrote an article on the topic, explaining that it was never about Chappelle.

-Here’s the first teaser trailer for Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin‘s behind-the-scenes look at one fraught production week during the making of I Love Lucy. The very brief glimpse we get of Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball looks good, but it’s strange that they’re holding off on showing us more. It also stars Jake Lacy, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale and Alia Shawkat.

Christopher Meloni Gets Cheeky

Christopher Meloni knows about that viral photo of his butt; doesn’t seem to mind.

David Harbour made went live from the Stranger Things set and Millie Bobby Brown made a cameo — and then told him to get back to work.

Charlyne Yi called out James Franco‘s “feminist” peers (including Seth Rogen) for not holding him accountable.

Gal Gadot made a brief statement about her issues with Joss Whedon on Justice League: “I had my issues with and Warner Bros handled it in a timely manner.” God, what happened on that set?

-If the Kardashian PR machine put as much effort into defeating vaccine hesitancy as they did in getting all major platforms to delete a slightly unflattering photo of Khloé, we’d have herd immunity by next week.

-She posted why she wanted the the photo removed. Which is totally her prerogative, but her “bad” pic is what I aspire to.

Tom Holland will star in an Apple TV mental health anthology called The Crowded Room about the first person ever acquitted of crime because of Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Sharon Osbourne still doesn’t know when to quit.

-Same with Piers Morgan.

Henry Cavill is dating a Canadian environmental scientist — but most importantly, she’s not a teenager!

-Wait, there are TWO reboots of Queer as Folk in the works?

-The Other Two is filming season two, which is expected this summer and I’m so happy.

-I really liked this piece about Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu making In the Heights.

-The photos of Lady Gaga and Adam Driver on the set of their Gucci movie continue to give me life.

-The long-delayed Woman in the Window just got a new trailer. It hits Netflix on May 14.

Prince Harry’s Charm Attack

Prince Harry‘s segment with James Corden not only delivered plenty of laughs, it also revealed quite a bit about the disconnect between him and the royal family. This was a PR master class at every level.

-The Daily Mail claims Buckingham Palace is upset with Harry‘s interview because it overshadowed The Queen‘s “rare and important” vaccination video today.

-Variety published a new exposé featuring interviews with former Buffy and Angel crew members, detailing Joss Whedon’s toxic behavior on set. One tidbit: Whedon not being allowed alone in the same room as teenager Michelle Trachtenberg was due to an “improper verbal exchange.”

-Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Cameo’s top creator of the year was Brian Baumgartner, aka Kevin from The Office, who made over $1 million in bookings.

-Wow. Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates is penning a new Superman film for Warner Bros/DC, which will be produced by J.J. Abrams.

-Ocean’s Eleven costars George Clooney and Julia Roberts are reuniting for a new movie called Ticket to Paradise.

-Big Brother Canada announced the latest guests this week, and then promptly fired one after claims of racism, assault, and a video of him saying a homophobic slur surfaced online.

-I really enjoyed this Kaley Cuoco’s profile.

-Hulu had greenlit a limited series about Mike Tyson called Iron Mike, and he’s calling it “cultural appropriation.”

-The runtime for Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut is 4 hours, 1 minute, and 28 seconds. Ha. Have fun with that.

-I cautiously optimistic about Netflix’s Shadow and Bone. I liked the books so much, and every new trailer gives me hope.