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See Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt

-Here’s our first look at Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, and Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in Showtime’s The First Lady.

-The Houston police has declared Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival a “mass casualty event” after 8 people died and hundreds were injured (including a 9-year-old) after the crowd surged forward during his headlining set and security did not stop the show for 40 minutes. Videos of the audience trying to alert the crew and being ignored are heartbreaking.

–Scott has cancelled his upcoming festival appearances as the lawsuits begin to pour in. Drake, who made a guest appearance at the festival, has also been named in one suit.

–Emily Ratajkowski talked about her new book with the Sunday Times, saying that the exploitation of young women is still common in modeling (“I was not at all shocked by [the Jeffrey Epstein] story. I witnessed so much of that in different forms”), revealed that her teenage boyfriend ‘forced himself’ on her when she was 14 (“So many young women I know, their first early sexual experiences border on nonconsensual”), and said modeling gave her a complex relationship with her body (“There is this sense of your body is not yours, it’s ours. In this contract you’ve given it up to be used how we see fit… If you’re not willing to do what the client wants you to do with your body, then there’s somebody else who will be”).

–Bennifer packed on the pre-flight PDA this weekend.

-According to Page Six, Chris Evans will be this year’s Sexiest Man Alive. I like him a lot but the only interesting thing about this whole thing is that People got scooped.

–Lee Pace shared some thirsty pics and that’s just what I needed to save this Monday.

–Vin Diesel held an olive branch out to Dwayne Johnson via an Instagram post, inviting him back to the Fast and Furious franchise.

–Kanye West (no, I’m not calling him Ye) was spotted at a basketball game with model Vinetria.

–Scott Speedman revealed on Instagram that he’s a new dad.

-After Aaron Rodgers hit nearly every anti-v*xxer talking point in an interview, his fiancée Shailene Woodley is insisting her cryptic posts are not referencing it.

–Emilio Estevez is pushing back on a report that he’s not doing season two of Mighty Ducks because he refuses to follow the show’s vaccine mandate. He blames his departure on “contract disputes” and “creative differences” and says he contracted covid in March 2020 and suffers from long haul symptoms. Interestingly, his statement doesn’t say anything about him being vaccinated.

-Production on Black Panther 2 has halted due to Letitia Wright‘s experiencing an “onset injury.”

-In an open letter, George Clooney asked the media to stop publishing photos of his kids. I can’t recall ever seeing any, but I rarely follow the British press.

-A Kelly Clarkson holiday special is coming to NBC next month.

–Isaiah Washington tweeted about how he’d be happy to return to Grey’s and play the lead, as long as Ellen Pompeo was “finally gone”. This is unhinged.

-This is such a great profile on Simon Rex and the highs and lows of celebrity. He partied his way through the early aughts, lost his career for a decade, and is now being lauded by critics for his role in festival darling Red Rocket.

–Will Smith reportedly gave the best wrap gift ever to his King Richard costars: cold, hard cash.

-I saw Eternals this weekend and while it wasn’t my fave Marvel movie, it certainly wasn’t as bad as Iron Man 2 or some of the Thor or Hulk movies, despite getting worse reviews. This is a good piece on how Chloé Zhao may be being punished for playing the Marvel good soldier.

-After Eternals got banned in Saudi Arabia and more due to its openly gay superhero, Angelina Jolie responded: “I’m proud of Marvel for refusing to cut [gay] scenes out…How anybody is angry about it, threatened by it, doesn’t approve or appreciate it is ignorant.”

-Speaking of Eternals, I really liked Chloé Zhao’s answer about Kumail Nanjiani‘s character’s decision, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen in a superhero film before. (I did not, however, agree with her answer about referencing a real-life tragedy in the film.)

–Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell‘s new Apple show Shrink Next Door is getting good reviews.

–Ben Gibbard talked about the legacy of Death Cab for Cutie’s The Photo Album, which is 20 years old. He says his favorite use of a Death Cab song on TV was The OC, which of course it is.

–Benedict Cumberbatch goes west in the trailer for Netflix’s The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion‘s latest which is getting serious Oscar buzz.

Billie Eilish Takes Control

Billie Eilish on the elle cover

–Billie Eilish covers the new issue of Elle and opens up about the scrutiny she receives over her looks. “The other day, I decided to wear a tank top. It wasn’t even a provocative shirt. But I know people are going to say, ‘Holy f**k, she’s dressing sexy and trying to make a statement.’ And I’m like, ‘No, I’m not. It’s 500 degrees and I just want to wear a tank top.'” She also talked about losing fans because she changed her style. “I lost 100,000 followers, just because of the boobs. People are scared of big boobs.”

–Camila Cabello organized a letter-writing campaign that got Cate Blanchett, Shawn Mendes, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Hugh Jackman, and 60 entertainers who are demanding Congress take bold action against climate change.

–Linda Evangelista says she was left ‘deformed’ by a coolsculpting treatment.

–Johnny Depp‘s San Sebastian press conference was interrupted by someone playing a recording of ex-wife Amber Heard. Whoever did this is a goddamn hero.

–Tiger King 2 is coming to Netflix soon. Who wants this??

-Does Lee Pace know how thirsty the internet is for him? I hope so. He deserves it.

–Rihanna‘s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 fashion show hits Amazon Prime tomorrow.

-I’m glad The Other Two seems to be getting more buzz with its second season. It’s so, so funny.

-Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein is reportedly dating British comedian Beth Rylance. Lucky her!

–This interview with Andy Serkis, who directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage, makes me really want to see it. He talks about Eddie and Venom’s relationship in this sequel and says “Absolutely they do love each other and that’s the kind of the center of the movie is that love affair, that central love affair.”

-I’m hearing lots of buzz about Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, a movie about a teen drag queen that just came to Amazon Prime.

-See why Kristen Stewart is generating Oscar buzz for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the first full trailer for Spencer.

–Benedict Cumberbatch plays an artist who became famous for drawing cats in the trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. I saw this at TIFF and liked it more than I thought I would.

Angelina Jolie is Eternal

angelina jolie as her character from the eternals on the cover of EW

–Angelina Jolie and the rest of Marvel’s The Eternals cast are promoting Chloé Zhao’s upcoming film in EW, while a new trailer quietly dropped overnight. Marvel movies are often criticized for their cinematography but this one looks beautiful.

-The assault allegation against Britney Spears leveled against her by a housekeeper seems shady af. Obviously if it’s true, it’s horrible but one can’t help but wonder if this the new strategy against her? Make her seem violent/unstable?

-I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up about those Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum dating rumors because it sounds too good to be true, but dammit. This pic has locked my hopes firmly in the UP position.

–Nicole Kidman was able to skip quarantine in Hong Kong to film her upcoming Amazon series, which is generating some backlash.

-Speaking of Kidman, her new show Nine Perfect Strangers has already dropped its first three episodes — and there’s lots of talk about how it compares to the similarly themed The White Lotus. There’s also lot of talk about Kidman’s awful Russian accent.

–Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is expecting her second child with Jason Statham.

-After a recent Gofundme plea alerted the world that Grace Under Fire star Brett Butler was in desperate financial straits and facing eviction, she sat down with THR for this open and candid interview.

-This piece points out Hugh Jackman‘s long-running tendency to play depressed men chasing after a woman lost in space/time.

–Peter Gallagher is bringing his eyebrows to Seattle Grace.

-Variety’s TV salary report is out, with streamers offering larger than normal payouts. Robert Downey Jr. is rumored to have made at least $2 million per episode for A24’s Vietnam War thriller The Sympathizer — making him one of the highest paid TV stars of all time.

–Nine Inch Nails is the latest act to cancel all remaining concerts of the year.

-Never Have I Ever has been renewed for a third season. I still have to watch the second season but it’s a cute show so I’m glad Netflix is not cutting it short like they so often do.

-Upcoming Jeopardy host Mike Richards has apologized for those offensive podcast comments that surfaced yesterday. As others have pointed out, these comments weren’t decades ago. It was 2014, which is not only not that long ago, but also AFTER there were multiple lawsuits during his tenure at the Price Is Right from models claiming discrimination and insensitive comments.

-Even disregarding his podcast comments, yesterday’s Ringer article clearly lays out how he hustled for the job and stacked the odds in his favour, and is already dismantling the show’s integrity.

–Lee Pace is a ruthless leader in the trailer for Apple’s sci-fi epic Foundation.