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Matthew McConaughey Rails Against “Hollywood Elites”

-Ruh roh. In a recent episode of the podcast Under the Skin with Russell Brand, Matthew McConaughey criticized the “far left” and urged Democrats to be nicer to Trump supporters. People far smarter than I have explained what a privileged stance that is.

-I adored this piece on Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, especially when it gets into her songwriting craft.

–Cardi B is headed to trial for putting a man’s tattoo on her first album’s cover.

-Rough day for Cardi. She’s also getting heat for tweeting about wanting a $88,0000 purse.

–Miley Cyrus continues to be an agent of chaos.

-Black Panther’s Letitia Wright has deleted her social media accounts after getting criticized last week for sharing a YouTube video about the dangers of covid vaccines.

-The MTV Movie and TV Awards took place last night, and Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar recreated their Cruel Intentions kiss. Or at least tried to.

-According to Aubrey Plaza, Kristen Stewart got coronavirus while filming The Happiest Season. “COVID was on our set. Kristen got sick, but we didn’t know…It was the last week of February, so people were starting … to talk about coronavirus, but people were kind of laughing about it. Nobody really understood how serious it was. But I think a bunch of people on our set got sick.”

-Euphoria’s second special episode, centered on Hunter Schafer‘s Jules, will premiere Jan 24.

–Hugh Jackman shared a video of himself taking a polar bear plunge.

-Netflix is not bowing to the silliness coming from the UK government over The Crown. In a statement, they said “We have always presented The Crown as a drama — and we have every confidence our members understand it’s a work of fiction that’s broadly based on historical events. As a result we have no plans — and see no need — to add a disclaimer.

–Prince Harry has filed a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers — the same group Meghan Markle is already suing.

-A charity event with reality contestants from a number of shows is getting criticized for its lack of social distancing.

-This thread on how the characters of Gilmore Girls would react during quarantine is perfect.

-Legendary Entertainment is reportedly set to challenge Warner Bros. over the latter’s decision to send Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong to HBO Max on the same day they are set for theatrical releases. Legendary only had 30 minutes notice before WarnerMedia’s 2021 HBO Max plan was announced.

–Steven Soderbergh is hopeful about the future of theatrical releases:  “Let’s be clear: there is no bonanza in the entertainment industry that is the equivalent of a movie that grosses a billion dollars or more theatrically. That is the holy grail. So the theatrical business is not going away.”

-One the flip side, here’s a look at what former and current WarnerMedia execs think about what’s been going on there over the past couple years.

-It’s hard to tell how good a superhero movie is going to be from early reactions because they’re always hype, but initial buzz on Wonder Woman 1984 is strong.

-The creators of Black Mirror are making a ‘Death to 2020’ Netflix special and the cast is stacked: Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, Diane Morgan and Joe Keery.

-Little Red Riding Hood gets the horror treatment in the trailer for Hunted.

-The trailer for A Recipe For Seduction, a co-branded production between KFC and Lifetime, dropped today and the internet went crazy. This is product placement on steroids. I honestly don’t think anyone had “chicken sex thriller” on their 2020 bingo card.

Mariah Carey Is Making Spirits Bright

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-Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey graces the December  digital issue of Elle. In the interview, she talks about why the season is so special to her: “After I kind of emerged from my first relationship-slash-marriage [to Tommy Mottola] I created the Christmases that I wanted to have. A lot of very bad stuff happened to me when I was 12. But also, there is the spirit of that kid, that fighter who doesn’t give up, who does embrace who she is, even though the world didn’t understand that from my point of view.”

–Miley Cyrus gave another no-holds-barred interview to Howard Stern, saying that during the pandemic “I have a lot of Facetime sex” and that there was “too much conflict” in her marriage to Liam Hemsworth: “When I come home, I want to be anchored by someone. I don’t get off on drama or fighting.”

-It’s Britney Spears‘ birthday and she’s celebrating with her most disturbing IG post yet.

-The Morning Show just cast Julianna Margulies in season 2 and while I didn’t love the first season, this is damn fine casting.

–Taylor Swift has debuted her re-recording of Love Story in a Match ad with Ryan Reynolds.

–Hailee Steinfeld has been seen filming Hawkeye as Kate Bishop, even though Marvel hasn’t even confirmed she’s in it yet.

-The Academy insists the upcoming Oscars will be in person. That’s cute.

-I don’t usually care about NBA players’ marriages, but damn this is messy.

–John Mulaney says he was investigated by the Secret Service after his SNL monologue. “I guess they opened a file on me because of the joke, and I have to say: Am I stoked there’s a file open on me? Absolutely. Did I enjoy it in the moment? Not so much.”

-Wow, Sasha Obama is gorgeous.

–Kaley Cuoco and Margot Robbie might both portray Harley Quinn but they’re not feuding — cause they’ve never even met.

-I will buy the shit out of Jennifer Lopez’s skincare line.

-I saw Our Friend at last year’s TIFF and Jason Segel and Dakota Johnson were so good, I completely forgot about the Casey Affleck of it all.

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-The Canadian star of Juno and Umbrella Academy announced today that he is transgender in a heartfelt Twitter post — and also took a shot at haters like (presumably?) J.K. Rowling: “To the political leaders who work to criminalize trans health care and deny our right to exist and to all those with a massive platform who continue to spew hostility towards the trans community: you have blood on your hands. You unleash a fury of vile and demeaning rage that lands on the shoulders of the trans community, a community in which 40% of trans adults report attempting suicide. Enough is enough. You aren’t being “cancelled,” you are hurting people.”

-Celebs were quick to show their support, which is lovely. (I never read the comments, but I made an exception on his post because they were generally incredibly positive.) It’s also been really interesting to see which outlets managed to cover this without deadnaming him.

-Has Rihanna found love with A$AP Rocky? They were spotted together in NYC amid multiple reports that the pair might be dating.

-This annual Billie Eilish interview with Vanity Fair is always a fun watch, but this year’s is especially good as she reflects on how all of her predictions from last year blew up.

–Mariah Carey just called two of my favourite novels of the year (The Vanishing Half, and Such a Fun Age) her “essential 2020 reads” and I’m both confused and elated?

-Congrats to Mean Girls’ star Jonathan Bennett, who is engaged to Jaymes Vaughan.

–David Ramsey (who played Diggle) is returning to the Arrowverse. He’s set to direct five episodes and appear on camera in five more across the network’s superhero shows. But when he shows up on Legends, he won’t be playing Diggle. Maybe as the Green Lantern that was teased in the Arrow finale?

-I love that everyone who watched Happiest Season is all “justice for Abby! Screw Harper!” They’re not wrong.

–Hugh Grant says he got The Undoing ending he wanted. Well, that makes one of us.

-Meanwhile, this article claims that Nicole Kidman didn’t wear a wig in The Undoing. Which can’t be right. It’s like, physically impossible.

The mayor of LA changed course after anger erupted over a plan to shut down a covid-19 testing site at Los Angeles’ Union Station to film a She’s All That remake.

–David Boreanaz is getting in on the debate Stacy Abrams kicked off, saying Buffy belongs with his character Angel. I agreed for the first few seasons, but then I jumped to the Angel/Cordelia ship.

-This rundown of the best movies of 2020 made me realize how few movies I’ve seen this year. And then I got sad.

–Rita Ora has been fined $12k for throwing a large birthday party in London during lockdown.

–Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster and Shailene Woodley star in the The Mauritanian trailer about lawyers who defend a detainee at the U.S military’s Guantanamo Bay detention center.