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Nicole Kidman

Paul Rudd is the Sexiest Man Alive

Paul Rudd on People's Sexiest Man Alive cover

–Paul Rudd was named People’s Sexiest Man Alive. What a swerve! His accompanying video was predictably charming. “It’s going to change a lot [about my life]. I’m hoping to get invited to some of these sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B. Jordan. I figure I’ll probably be on a lot more yachts. I’m exciting to expand my yachting life. And I’ll probably try to get better at brooding, like with really soft light.”

-Meanwhile, the fact that Page Six’s scoop about Chris Evans turned out to be not a scoop at all is delicious. And look, Evans is fine, but Rudd is a much more interesting choice, no?

–Shailene Woodley made it very clear that the paps misidentified a random man as Aaron Rodgers and seriously, this feels like the least of her problems right now.

–Benedict Cumberbatch got nicotine poisoning three times while filming The Power Of The Dog. I didn’t even know that’s a thing.

–Jack Black did a Bowie cover with a bunch of cute kids to celebrate the “original school of rock”.

-Lawyers for Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed are claiming she was framed. “We are convinced that this was sabotage and Hannah is being framed. We believe that the scene was tampered with as well before the police arrived.

–Mariah Carey is partnering with McDonalds — but the tweet about it has everyone confused.

-Speaking of fast food partnerships, Justin Bieber is working with Tim’s.

-I really like Avril Lavigne’s new song “Bite Me.” It’s a pop punk throwback.

-Here’s a clip of Andrew Garfield singing the opening song “30/90” from Tick Tick Boom. I’m seeing it this weekend and I’m hoping the Rent vibes hold strong.

–Peter Jackson sold the visual effects studio behind Lord Of The Rings for a monumental $1.6 billion.

–Rebecca Hall‘s Passing, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, dropped on Netflix today. The reviews are quite good.

–John Cleese has cancelled a scheduled talk at Cambridge University over “woke rules“. Charming.

-The new trailer for Being the Ricardos no longer hides Nicole Kidman — but maybe it should?

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 story, Gal 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.

The View Interrupted by Covid

-It was a wild day on The View. They were supposed to have Kamala Harris on today, but in the middle of the show producers announced co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro had to leave the table after testing positive for Covid-19. Joy Behar and Sara Haines just took audience questions for the bulk of the show, and Harris ended up calling in remotely for the last 10 minutes of the show.

–Elon Musk and Grimes have broken up after three years together.

–Prince Andrew has accepted he has been served in a US sexual assault lawsuit. Wow, how big of him.

-Just like with Fyre Festival, Hulu and Netflix have dueling documentaries about Britney Spears — and the Hulu one gets a surprise release tonight.

–Sarah Jessica Parker wrote a touching tribute to the late Willie Garson — “I will miss everything about you. And replay our last moments together.” She also shared some very sweet photos.

–Michael K. Williams’ cause of death has been revealed as an accidental overdose of fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.

-There are no new ideas. A Night Court sequel series starring Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette has been ordered at NBC.

-Meanwhile, Teen Wolf is coming back…again, with a new movie from the show’s creator Jeff Davis for Paramount+.

–Russell T. Davies — who was instrumental in helping revive Doctor Who in 2005 — is set to return as the showrunner of BBC’s cult sci-fi series. “I’m beyond excited to be back on my favorite show.”

–Drew Barrymore interviewed the cast of Dear Evan Hansen as Josie Gellar from Never Been Kissed. There’s a moment when you can actually see Julianne Moore‘s soul leave her body…

–Cary Fukunaga covers The Hollywood Reporter to chat about Bond, but also dished a bit about what went down on True Detective. “[Writer] Nic [Pizzolatto] kept positioning himself as if he was my boss and I was like, ‘But you’re not my boss. We’re partners. We collaborate.’… Nic is a really good writer, but I do think he needs to be edited down. It becomes too much about the writing and not enough about the momentum of the story. My struggle with him was to take some of these long dialogue scenes and put some air into them.”

-The Other Two has been renewed for a third season. Yay!

-The Super Mario Bros animated movie is powering up with an all-star voice cast led by Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong. The internet is SO MAD about the Pratt casting!

-I can’t believe I stuck it out through all of  Nine Perfect Strangers. I also can’t believe no one stopped Nicole Kidman from doing whatever she was trying to do. Melissa McCarthy and and Bobby Cannavale were the only good parts of that show.

-Meanwhile, on the show’s last day Melissa McCarthy proved that Nicole Kidman will hug anyone — no matter how much it scares her.

-A ton of Netflix trailers and featurettes are going to drop tomorrow during their Tudum event.

-A bunch of celebrities help Rob Lowe explain movie tropes in the trailer for Netflix’s Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!