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Celebs Flock to Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Funeral

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-A ton of stars attended Philip Seymour Hoffman’s private funeral today, including Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Joaquin Phoenix, Louis C.K., Spike Lee, Mary Louise Parker, John Slattery, Marisa Tomei and Chris Rock.

-Meanwhile, I really liked this EW article: “The night Philip Seymour Hoffman changed my life”.

-Continuing this bummer theme, Amy Adams broke down in sobs when asked about Philip Seymour Hoffman during her taping of Inside the Actor’s Studio.

–Stephen King issued a pretty good apology for his comments on Dylan Farrow‘s supposed “bitchery.”

-God bless Vulture for creating a timeline of George Clooney‘s history of pranking.

-I’ve been obsessively totally normally taping all of Clooney‘s talk show appearances this week, and he just keeps telling same two stories over and over (incredibly charmingly, but still). So it’s nice that Matt Damon took over last night to read Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s letters to Clooney on Letterman.

-The L.A. County D.A. is recommending Justin Bieber be prosecuted for felony vandalism in that egging incident.

-Now that Dakota Johnson is the star of Fifty Shades of Grey, do you think she’s now stuck with a decade of cheesy/sexy posing?

–Jay Leno went out not with a bang but with a whisper last night. At least the ratings for his final episode were good — not good as Conan‘s NBC exit, though.

-Speaking of late night, the latest “Mean Tweets” segment from Jimmy Kimmel is golden.

-I love this look on Diane Kruger. I’m nabbing myself some of those Peter Pilotto for Target clothes this weekend if it’s the last thing I do!

-Her boyfriend is looking mighty fine himself.

–Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal attended a Pussy Riot party in NYC last night because they’re awesome like that.

-Aca-awesom! Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson have officially signed on for Pitch Perfect 2.

–Olivia Wilde wore some perfectly normal clothes and got called out for her “hipster pregnant look” because people don’t know how to use words.

-Whoa. A Vanity Fair piece alleges that Wendi Deng physically abused Rupert Murdoch.

–Oprah Winfrey may be heading to Broadway. Any YOU get a Tony! And YOU get a Tony!

-I loved her on Roswell and I loved her on Girls, so I’m happy Shiri Appleby landed a new role. It weirdly sounds like that made-for-TV movie about a Bachelor rip-off starring Bradley Cooper and Jason Priestley. (Seek it out — it’s a charm-bomb!)

-Shhh, Alison Williams. Just…shhh.

–Blake Lively sat down for a three-hour meal, making her my new favourite person.

–Joe Jonas is covering New York Fashion Week for The Cut. Wait, what??

–David Duchovny and Hope Davis star in the new Louder Than Words trailer.

George Clooney Covers Variety, Reaffirms His Twitter Hate

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-Our pretend boyfriend George Clooney covers this week’s Variety, where he talks about being held at gunpoint in Darfur, why he’ll never join Twitter, and how everyone on the cast of The Monuments Men “worked for super cheap, like crazy cheap.”

–George met that fan who won a date with him, and he was as great as you’d want him to be. He was also incredibly charming on Letterman last night (as was his dad).

-Also, everyone on the new Vanity Fair cover gushed about him in a behind-the-scenes interview (except for Jared Leto, whose “Come on, you gotta do a Clooney question!” seemed a bit passive aggressive).

-Meanwhile, George commented on Philip Seymour Hoffman‘s death at last night’s Monuments Men premiere.

–Hoffman’s autopsy results were inconclusive and further tests are needed, says the NYC medical examiner, while People magazine’s new cover story details the last weeks of his life.

-Whoa. It turns out Selena Gomez secretly entered rehab for two weeks in January (right after her brief reconciliation with Justin Bieber). Her reps says the visit was “not for substance abuse,” but TMZ is reporting otherwise.

-Meanwhile, according to a police report, pilots on Justin Bieber’s plane last weekend reportedly wore oxygen masks to avoid all the pot smoke, and he and his dad were so abusive to a flight attendant that she hid in the cockpit.

-In a rare exception, NY Times may agree to publish Woody Allen’s op-ed response to Dylan Farrow’s open letter.

-Meanwhile, Lena Dunham has jumped to Dylan Farrow’s defense.

-I love Cate Blanchett and her fashion risks, but even she can’t pull off a sequined turtleneck. All this Woody Allen crap is starting to hurt her Oscar chances; girlfriend needs to bring it!

-According to Tom Sizemore(!), Elizabeth Hurley and Bill Clinton once had an affair. She’s denied it.

-There’s lots of talk about who’s currently screen-testing for Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot. Hollywood should just give Miles Teller all the jobs.

-The Biggest Loser winner was revealed last night, and the Internet is FREAKING OUT over how skeletal she is.

-Isn’t this interesting: Kristen Stewart took a meeting in Paris with Karl Lagerfeld.

-Not gonna lie: Clay Aiken’s ad about running for Congress made me tear up a little.

-I hate that it came from Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, but this is a pretty good explanation of how some celebs work with the paparazzi.

-This continues to be the year of Matthew McConaughey (or, as I like to call it, the McConaussaince). He just signed on to star in Gus Van Sant’s new movie.

-Here’s a great oral history of Kanye West’s College Dropout. 10 years! I’m so old.

-I also love this behind-the-scenes account of Mean Girls.

–Nick Cannon is bringing a Drumline sequel to VH1. I don’t hate this at all.

-Nice. Peter Dinklage will be the voice of NBC’s opening ceremony montage.

-After the Olympics, there are a LOT of really interesting new TV shows heading our way.

–Flea’s non-apology for the Red Hot Chili Peppers pretending to play their instruments at the Super Bowl is pretty lame. Even Axl Rose thinks so.

-Netflix’s new series just keeps getting better and better. First, Linda Cardellini was cast as Kyle Chandler’s sister. Now Sissy Spacek has been cast as his mom.

-There are more rumblings that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are dunzo. Her rep denies the rumours, though.

-Here’s the first trailer for Maladies, starring James Franco and Catherine Keener.

The New Divergent Trailer: Shailene Woodley Explains the Factions

-The final Divergent trailer actually does something the previous ones failed to do: properly explain what being “divergent” actually means. I’m really liking the look of this, although Theo James‘ voice might drive me crazy if I have to listen to it for more than 7 seconds at a time.

–Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were photographed heading out to dinner last night. Man, she looks skinnier than ever, no?

-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter addressed those rumors of an epic Gwyneth Paltrow “takedown” in his Letter to the Editor.  He claims the story was never going to be a vicious exposé, but also says of her demand that other stars boycott the publication: “Kim Jong-un couldn’t have issued a more blanket demand.”

–Mariah Carey posted a revealing bikini pic on Instagram and tried to convince us it was about her bad hair day.

–Amy Adams had lovely things to say about working with Philip Seymour Hoffman, while Becky Ann Baker remembers Christmas caroling with him. My favourite tribute is Patrick Fugit‘s memories of their time on the Almost Famous set.  Oh, and James Franco also penned an essay on him, because of course.

-Meanwhile, Hoffman had reportedly been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend three months ago because of his heroin abuse.

–Chris Brown escaped jail time, as long as he stays in rehab.

-Somewhere in Hollywood, Jonah Hill is squeeing loudly. He’ll team up with bromance buddy Leonardo DiCaprio again for a film about the 1996 Olympic bombing.

–Benedict Cumberbatch tries to convince the cast of Sesame Street that he’s not really Sherlock in this very cute clip.

–B.J. Novak‘s secretive Amazing Spider-Man 2 character has been revealed, which is all well and good, but does Spider-Man 2 have too many villains? There are at least three confirmed, and more rumoured.

–Barbara Walters jumped to Woody Allen’s defense on The View yesterday. Never did I think the day would come where I’d be nodding along in agreement to something Jenny McCarthy said.

-Also wading into the Woody Allen fray is author Stephen King, who tweeted that there was a “palpable bitchery” to Dylan Farrow‘s open letter.

-A “source” tells Us Weekly that Kim Kardashian won’t be on the cover of Vogue after all.

-Meanwhile, a sketchy British tab claims Kimye are trying to hash out a prenup that will see her get $5 million for every child she gives him.

-A teaser for Michael Winterbottom’s Amanda Knox movie has landed.

-I don’t watch The Bachelor but apparently this season’s guy had sex with one of the contestants before he was supposed to (wait, there’s a schedule?!), and now everyone’s clutching their pearls in horror.

-A couple who won a trip to the set of Bones made the most of it by getting engaged in front of David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel.

-Leave it to Taylor Swift to make Glamour look like Seventeen.

-Speaking of magazines, Lupita Nyong’o looks amazing in Vogue Italia.

-I keep forgetting (repressing?) the fact that Joel Kinnaman and Olivia Munn are dating.

–Gwen Stefani posted a photo of her 14-year-old self getting an autograph from Sting and it’s adorable.

-This makes me stupidly happy: Ken Marino and Casey Wilson will star in a new NBC sitcom from the creator of  Happy Endings.

-Speaking of new shows, Zooey Deschanel is developing an animated fairy-tale comedy for Fox. Because *of course* she is.

-Meanwhile, I really like this article comparing New Girl with The Mindy Project. It’s true — the same time I stopped liking NG was around the same time TMP started getting really good.

-Sweet! Pharrell will perform at the Oscars.

–Linda Cardellini has just been cast as Kyle Chandler‘s sister in a new Netflix original series that I want to watch RIGHT NOW.

–Eddie Izzard did a Reddit AMA today and it was delightful. Will Ferrell also did a funny one.

-In other AMA news, the creators of How I Met Your Mother did one and revealed that Jennifer Love Hewitt almost played Robin, and Britney Spears saved the show.

–Jennifer Lawrence says she’s turning her phone off for a year the day the last Hunger Games movie wraps, which might not be a bad idea.

–Howard Stern had the best birthday party ever. Pretty much every famous person alive showed up, and Ryan Phillippe gave Robin Quivers a lapdance.

–Beyonce gets glitter-bombed in her new perfume ad.

–Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Joel McHale, Seth Meyers, Neil Patrick Harris, and Lena Dunham all appear in the trailer for the next season of Billy on the Street.

-The fact that the Veronica Mars cast is going to live-tweet a rewatch makes me want to break out my old DVDs.

–Lea Michele forgot her pants on the cover of her new book.

-If there was ever any doubt that George Clooney would be an awesome guy to go drinking with, this video should squash it.