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Kim Kardashian Channels Jackie Kennedy Onassis

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–Kim Kardashian‘s Interview cover is so weird — and not just because she’s posing as a First Lady. Why does she look so dead-eyed? Why is her eyeline different than her kid’s? Why is her kid even there?

-Oof, Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” video, which premiered last night at the VMAs, is so, so  bad. I didn’t mind most of it (yes, she’s borrowing from a lot of different people, including Beyonce, but at least it’s pretty). But then came the last 10 seconds. Are you kidding me? That’s not meta-commentary; that’s just commentary. That’s not subtext; it’s just text. There’s nothing sly or coy or clever about just parroting what people say about you. Why is she so scared to go full villain?

-Another low point of the VMAs was Lorde‘s performance. I love that little weirdo and I think her new album is one of the best of the year, but what was that? If she was too sick to sing than she shouldn’t have performed.

-At least Pink‘s performance and speech were great.

-I really like this thread about how Game of Thrones screwed up Dany/Jon. I can’t really get behind them because of all the icky ancestry stuff, but the fact that the build up was so mishandled that we didn’t even get first kiss scene is pretty telling.

–Ed Skrein just dropped out of the Hellboy reboot following its whitewashing controversy, and his statement about it is amazing.  I hope he gets a ton of publicity (and subsequent job offers) for doing what major stars like Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Gylenhaal,Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Stone would not.

–Russell Brand (remember him?) got married again.

-OITNB’s Jenji Kohan talks about all the sexism she faced in TV writers rooms and it’s pretty horrific.

-Paramount Network (is that a thing?) just unveiled the first Heathers promo, proving that very few actors can pull off classic lines like “f*** me gently with a chainsaw.”

-SNL’s Taran Killam tries to murder Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Killing Gunther trailer.

–Liam Neeson puts a ruthless spin on Deep Throat in the new Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House trailer.

Was Gal Gadot Underpaid for Wonder Woman?

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-Look, I’m all for pointing out the Hollywood pay gap, but that Elle article that went viral this morning about how Gal Gadot earned $300k for Wonder Woman while Henry Cavill made $14 million for Man of Steel was complete BS. Cavill’s deal included other movies and back-end. Gadot’s initial pay is industry standard (Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans made roughly the same for the first Thor and Captain America movies, respectively, and RDJ made $500k for the first Iron Man). The real money will come with the sequel, and she hasn’t even signed that deal yet so she basically has Warner Bros by the balls.

-I love Sarah Michelle Gellar, but this is a bad tweet.

-Holy shit, Warner Bros. has confirmed Bachelor in Paradise has been cleared in the misconduct investigation, and they are RESUMING PRODUCTION. No one thought ABC would even attempt to salvage this show, let alone this season.

–Miles Teller denied being arrested for public intoxication in San Diego this weekend. And then the San Diego brought out the receipts.

-Sadness: Prodigy, half of the incredibly influential Queensbridge rap duo Mobb Deep, has died at 42 of to Sickle Cell complications. Nas, QTip, Nicki Minaj, Chuck D and more have posted their condolences.

–Jenny Slate was spotted at the movies with Jon Hamm. She’s really living her best life right now…

–Lorde apologized for a Guardian interview in which she said that maintaining friendships with famous people is “like having a friend with an autoimmune disease.”

–Angelina Jolie met with young survivors of sexual violence today on her humanitarian trip to Kenya.

–Gwyneth Paltrow says she gets GOOP advice from Walmart’s e-commerce guy. Seems about right.

–Kim Kardashian responded to those blackface allegations associated with her makeup line’s new marketing, making a lot of excuses before saying she’s “learned from it.”

–Elle Fanning was on Kimmel last night and told the story of how she ended up having Robert De Niro and his entire family over for Easter dinner, and they just ordered a bunch of pizza.

-Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis says he’s done with acting.

–Stephen Amell had a little fit on Twitter today because people were making fun of his belly at the Jays game (try being a woman on the internet, you delicate flower, you), but then Robbie Amell shut him down the way only family can. Twice.

–Johnny Depp emails have been made public, and they reveal he knew he was in financial trouble (but still refused to fly commercial because that would be “a f**king nightmare of monumental proportions.”)

–Michael Keaton, Dylan O’Brien and Taylor Kitsch star in the American Assassin trailer. Um, what the hell happened to Taylor Kitsch’s career?

–Lily Collins battles anorexia in the trailer for Netflix’s To the Bone. It’s the directorial debut of Marti Noxon from Buffy and UNreal, and the supporting cast is stacked (Keanu Reeves,  Lili Taylor, Carrie Preston).

Chrissy Teigen Covers Marie Claire

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–Chrissy Teigen looks great on Marie Claire! (Gucci did right by her.) And despite all the attention her “butthole” quote is getting, she actually talks about other things, including postpartum depression, a desire to adopt, and her tendency to be too honest.

–Jada Pinkett Smith went on Twitter to list all the ways All Eyez on Me misrepresents her relationship with Tupac Shakur.

–Ronan Farrow just won Instagram, guys.

–Bill Cosby‘s jury is still deadlocked after 37 hours of deliberations, and tempers are starting to flare.

-Meanwhile, the judge in the case is not amused by Cosby’s PR machine.

–Chris Hemsworth improvised his best bits in Ghostbusters? He also improvised the “he’s a friend from work” line in the new Thor trailer?  Damn, now I have to change my Chris rankings again.

-This is a really interesting read from Buzzfeed on how Kim Kardashian‘s first pregnancy ushered in an age of pregnancy performance in public.

-I have a really complicated relationship with my feelings about Joss Whedon. He created two feminist-leaning shows that were chocked full of the amazing female characters I needed to see in my formative years. He also created Dollhouse, in which the lead character was basically a mindless sex doll every other week. He still bangs the drum for female stories. But he also created this super pervy script for the Wonder Woman, which leaked last night. It’s bad. Like, really, really bad, especially when compared to what we ended up getting. It’s so bad that women who were hilariously live-tweeting it had to give up. I agree with this thread about how even the most well-meaning Hollywood players have to actively work to be better.

–Barack Obama paid tribute to Jay-Z during the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, and he might have revealed the sex of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s twins.

–Jay Z made a rare return to Twitter to thank all the rappers who’ve inspired him (including Beyoncé).

-The fact that Lorde ran a secret Instagram account dedicated to rating onion rings is delightful.

–Katy Perry just became the first Twitter user to hit 100 million followers. I’m just waiting for Taylor Swift to say “hold my beer.”

–Ashton Kutcher says his and Mila Kunis‘ 2-year-old daughter “occasionally tries to murder the young one” with over-enthusiastic squeezing.

–Leonardo DiCaprio has voluntarily surrendered to the government an Oscar awarded to Marlon Brando.

-This video of Naomi Campbell doing yoga in a doorway is insane.

–Colin Trevorrow (who got handed the keys to the Jurassic Park and Star Wars: Episode IX after only doing Safety Not Guaranteed because he’s a white dude), is getting SAVAGED by critics for his new movie, The Book Of Henry.  So much so that people are starting to wonder if he’ll lose the Star Wars gig because of it.

–Arcade Fire dropped a new song today called “Creature Comfort.”

-This is an excellent read on what we’re losing with the end of Orphan Black. It’s the show I always point to when making a case for character over plot. I haven’t been able to follow what’s going on for years, but I keep watching because they make you care so much about the “seestas.”

–Drew Barrymore is dating an exec at the company that makes her cosmetic line.

–Rihanna is the best thing about DJ Khaled’s new video. (The worst thing is the Santana sample.)