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Bill Cosby Is a Free Man

-Oof, what a rough day. Despite 60 women accusing him of assault, Bill Cosby was released from prison today because the courts overturned his conviction based on a technicality.

-Smallville’s Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years in prison for her involvement with the NXIVM sex-cult. Prosecutors had asked the judge for leniency because she helped them seal their case against Keith Raniere on multiple sex trafficking, racketeering, fraud and conspiracy charges. He was sentenced to 120 years in prison last October.

–James Franco has agreed to pay $2.2 million to resolve the sexual misconduct lawsuit that alleges he pushed his acting students into performing explicit sex scenes on camera.

–Ed Sheeran sounds like a terrible houseguest. He says he stays with pal Courteney Cox every time he’s in LA, and has this running bit where he orders Cox S&M leather gimp masks using her Alexa.

–Britney Spears is asking the paparazzi and fans to give her space while she vacations in Maui.

–Madonna compared her VMAs kiss with Britney Spears to Lil Nas X‘s video, and it did not go over well.

–Kaley Cuoco, Lena Waithe, Jean Smart, Cristin Milioti, Aidy Brant and Holly Hunter sat down for THR’s Comedy Actress Roundtable.

-The Vatican’s dress code prohibits visitors from wearing clothing that exposes their knees, shoulders, or chest. So naturally, Kim Kardashian broke the rules.

–Ryan Reynolds has joined TikTok.

–Amy Sherman-Palladino is recreating the Gilmore Girls on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. First Milo Ventimiglia joined the new season, and now it’s Kelly Bishop’s turn.

–Jonathan Taylor Thomas was photographed for the first time in years. He still looks great!

-Ohhhh, this is great casting: Nick Offerman will play Tom Hanks’ role in Amazon’s take on A League of Their Own.

-I still can’t believe Showtime has made a Ray Donovan finale movie, but there’s the first trailer.

-I wish the reviews of Zola were a bit better, but I still want to see it!

–Peter Bradshaw’s review of Black Widow in the Guardian is getting lots of heat for its thirstiness.

–Sandra Oh “is in f*cking charge” in the first teaser for Netflix’s dramedy, The Chair.

-Amazon dropped the first teaser for Kay Cannon‘s Cinderella, starring Camila Cabello and Billy Porter.

Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock Strike a Pose

-Look at this photo of Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock in Lost City Of D, a movie about a reclusive romance novelist who goes on a book tour with her cover model. Get in my eyeballs, already!

–Brad Pitt won joint custody of his kids and everyone seems kind of surprised by it (which is probs a bad sign). Angelina Jolie‘s team is appealing the decision.

-In this week’s episode of KUWTK, Kim Kardashian revealed that she had covid last fall. Buzzfeed dove into the timeline and worked out that it came soon after her infamous private island birthday bash.

-According to Heather Morris, Naya Rivera was the only “honest” one about Lea Michele‘s behavior on the Glee set. “It’s like, we absolutely could have stepped up and gone to the Fox execs and said how we felt about the situation and nobody really did. So now we are living in a culture where it’s acceptable to go do things like that, whereas I think many people were very scared.”

-I liked this profile on Emma Stone, who talks about Cruella, long cigarette holders, and her own origin story: “All I wanted to do was play the daughter on a sitcom!”

–Rosario Dawson tweeted after the court dismissed the anti-trans case against her: “That these false claims came from someone we’ve known as chosen family for decades and who we were trying so hard to help out, as we have many times in the past, was very heartbreaking. Nevertheless, we have great empathy for him and have only ever wished him well.”

–Miles Teller is replacing Armie Hammer on The Godfather making-of series, The Offer.

-Speaking of Miles, he was reportedly punched in the face by a stranger while on a trip with his wife, Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley.

-If you need ANOTHER reason to adore Jean Smart, she played her own wax figure in an episode of Hacks (which I just started watching and find delightful).

-Black Panther star Danai Gurira is  getting her own Disney+ series exploring the origins of Wakanda’s Dora Milaje.

–Gwen Stefani defended herself against longtime cultural appropriation claims, saying “All these rules are just dividing us more.” Oh no, girl.

-I was pretty skeptical of it, but the Friends reunion was pretty great, especially when it was just the six of them telling stories.

-Everyone’s talking about the Friends reunion but I’m more excited for the Kids in the Hall one.

-I still can’t believe this is Kelly Osbourne.

–Chris Noth is coming back as Mr. Big for the Sex and the City reboot.

-The first look at the new Gossip Girl reboot is here. I’m intrigued that Tavi Gevinson is part of the cast, and surprised that Kristen Bell is back to narrate.

Mindy Kaling and Maya Rudolph Are Comedy Queens

 

mindy kaling maya rudolph vanity fair

-In Variety’s Power of Women in comedy issue, Mindy Kaling says she’s been busier than ever during quarantine, executive producing “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and Never Have I Ever, as well as co-writing scripts for the third Legally Blonde movie and a Priyanka Chopra wedding comedy. Meanwhile, Maya Rudolph talks about burnout, Beyoncé, Bridesmaids, and becoming a bonafide Disney villain for Disenchanted.

–Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy and Law Roach cover the Most Powerful Stylists issue of the Hollywood Reporter.

-The royal rebranding continues: Prince William and Kate Middleton are launching a YouTube channel.

-Warners and DC are reportedly committed to hiring a Black director to tackle what will be the first cinematic incarnation of a Black Superman. Barry Jenkins, Steven Caple Jr., J.D. Dillard, Regina King and Shaka King are said to be under consideration.

–Adrien Brody is the latest to join Succession season 3. Clearly, they have a height requirement.

-Italy would like the stolen Roman sculpture in Kim Kardashian‘s house back.

-A Joker 2 with Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly still in the works. Oh god, I can’t take another news cycle about it.

-Also, a DeuxMoi blind suggests Joaquin Phoenix was the celeb Alia Shawkat talked about in this video and I can’t stop thinking about it.

-I don’t watch the Food Network but Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond holding a maskless wedding for her daughter at their ranch — where a couple months ago her husband almost killed their nephew while racing fire trucks — seems bad.

-Here’s our first look at House Of The Dragon, the new HBO Game Of Thrones spinoff.

–Julianna Margulies posted about how her “in-person’ Oprah interview was done via green screen, apparently unaware that we’re all obsessed with her history of green screens.

–Jennifer Garner has reportedly rekindled her relationship with John Miller.

-I was so excited to see the headline that Henry Golding has joined Dakota Johnson in Netflix’s update of Persuasion, assuming he was playing Captain Wentworth (my fave Austen leading man). But it turns out he’s playing the awful Mr. Elliot. Who in the world are they going to cast as Wentworth who will come off as more charming than Henry Golding?!

–Jodie Turner-Smith was on Seth Meyers‘ show and talked about how she and Joshua Jackson met. “We had a one-night stand.”

-Loki will drop on Disney+ on Wednesday, leading Tom Hiddleston to say “Wednesdays are the new Fridays.”

–Anderson Cooper has scored the lowest ratings among Jeopardy guest hosts so far.

-If you think you’re going to have anxiety on your first plane ride post-pandemic, Joe Jonas wants to help you destress with a… [checks notes] … replica of his hand.

–Tallulah Willis announced her engagement to film director Dillon Buss.​

-The reviews for HBO’s Hacks are super positive. The Jean Smart renaissance continues!

-Here’s the latest teaser from Quiet Place II.