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Idris Elba Talks Bond Rumours

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–Idris Elba is looking mighty fine on the cover of Esquire, where he talks about his relationship with his father, and trying  to shake those Bond rumours.

–Beyonce and Jay Z‘s daughter Blue Ivy freestyles on a 4:44 outtake, and she’s better than I could ever hope to be.  Also, I think it’s super weird for a 5-year-old to have fans, but the fact that they’re dubbing themselves The Ivy League is kinda cute.

-Ha ha ha: the owner of the dog shelter where Lena Dunham got her dog (which she just gave away) is disputing the actress’ claims that the dog has a history of aggression and abuse. And then Dunham disputed their claim?  This story is crazy and I love it.

–Rooney Mara says the first time she ever tried pie was last year while shooting a movie scene. Just in case you were wondering why she always looked so miserable…

–Ben Affleck is back on the dating scene. He’s apparently seeing SNL producer Lindsay Shookus. (Best. Name. Ever.)

–Prince‘s music videos are now on YouTube, something that would never have happened when he was alive.

-Parenthood’s Mae Whitman spent the 4th of July with her TV mom Lauren Graham and that makes me weirdly happy.

-Spider-Man: Homecoming delivered $15.4 million from Thursday previews, which is even stronger than expected so look for it to blow up this weekend.

–Broken Social Scene just released their first album in seven years and the reviews are glowing. They also landed on the cover of Spin.

–Jeremy Renner insists a few arm fractures won’t stop him from doing whatever he spends his time doing (which I assume includes flipping houses).

-I don’t watch Agents of Shield but I follow Chloe Bennet because she’s done a lot of good charity work for women’s health in Haiti — and her Instagram stories are adorable. So I’m a little bummed that she’s broken up with Walking Dead’s Austin Nichols. She seems to be doing just fine tho.

-I agree with every single thing on this list of the worst characters on CW’s superhero shows.

–Halle Berry is desperate to get her son back in the new trailer for Kidnap.

Prince William Opens Up About Diana’s Death

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-In a new interview with British GQ about the royal family’s mental health initiative, Prince William talks about the loss of his mother. “I would like to have had her advice. I would love her to have met Catherine and to have seen the children grow up. It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her.”

–Chris Pine is not at the top of my famous Chrises list, but he’s certainly saying all the right things on the Wonder Woman promo tour.

-Meanwhile, Chris Evans remains at the top of my list thanks to tweets like this.

-Remember when Robin Wright fought to get equal pay on House of Cards? It sounds like it didn’t actually work.

-Congrats to Shamless star Emmy Rossum, who wed Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail yesterday. She invited Vogue to her final dress fitting which is…something.

–Armie Hammer was incredibly diplomatic when asked how eccentric Johnny Depp was on the set of The Lone Ranger almost five years ago now. He was less diplomatic about kissing Leonardo DiCaprio.

-Did Orlando Bloom end up getting shared custody of Katy Perry’s dog during the split?

-Speaking of Katy, I like this take on how woke pop may not be a good look for her.

–Tiger Woods was arrested on DUI charges in Florida and the mugshot is stellar.

-I go on vacation for a few days and Ben Stiller ends his 17-year marriage to Christine Taylor?

–Jaden Smith tweeted that the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto “spiked” his pancakes with cheese and kicked him out. At least half of that story isn’t true.

-“We’re making movies for a global audience,” is how a Disney exec explained Pirates of the Caribbean’s lackluster opening in North America.  Oh, so global audiences are dumb and want to watch dumb stuff? Got it.

–Harry Styles, the Arrow cast, and John Legend are among the celebs brightening the days of the Manchester concert attendees and their families.

-A brand new cut of Spider-Man 3 mysteriously appeared online — and then vanished — this weekend .

-Actor weirdos Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix made their public debut as a couple in Cannes.

–Joshua Jackson congratulated ex Diane Kruger on her Best Actress win at Cannes because he’s a goddamn prince.

-After watching 20 films in 10 days for their role as Cannes jurors, Jessica Chastain and Will Smith are pointing out the need for more diversity behind the camera.

-The last season of Game of Thrones will only be six episodes long.

-Not surprisingly, Kim Kardashian has not talked to Taylor Swift since exposing her on Snapchat.

–Channing Tatum and Adam Driver are brothers who plan to rob a speedway in Steven Soderbergh‘s Logan Lucky trailer.

Britney Spears’ Beach Activities Are Not Like Your Beach Activities

–Britney Spears posted a video of her writhing on a beach. I can only assume this is meant to serve as a judge-y reminder that I skipped leg day last week…

-Speaking of fit-looking celebrities, I may have rewatched Chris Hemsworth’s workout video a few times…

-Hmmm. According to TMZ, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s divorce is still “very much on.”

-I kind of love that Emma Watson stopped an interview to tell a reporter that she had a pen mark on her chin — and then proceeded to rub it off. “You would do this for me and I would do this for you.”

–Jake Johnson says that there’s a 50/50 chance that New Girl won’t be renewed.

–Early buzz about American Gods is really positive. I still can’t believe that it’s basically going to be impossible to watch this legally in Canada…

-Iron Fist star Finn Jones says the show isn’t made for critics, so please just ignore all those bad reviews. Jeez, between this and his diversity comments, did this kid get any media training AT ALL?

-“I’m so old that when I was a baby, the first word I uttered was in Latin.”  Christopher Plummer has jokes, y’all.

–Patrick Stewart is fostering a pit bull and the videos he’s posting on Twitter may actually kill me.

-Oopsie. Justin Bieber was caught on camera telling off a fan trying to get a selfie.

-Awww. Colton Haynes accepted his boyfriend’s proposal with a little help from Cher, who sang “I Got You Babe” for them via satellite just before he popped the question.

-Get Out, which cost $4.5 million to make, just crossed the coveted $100 million mark at the box office (without international!).

-Also exceeding expectations at the box office is Kong: Skull Island — but will it be enough? It cost $185M to make and at least $135M to market, which means it will need to make $500M in global ticket sales to be in the clear.

-It’s been confirmed that Game of Thrones’ eighth season, which premieres in July, will be just six episodes long.

-I really, really like this review of last night’s Big Little Liars, especially the part about how a lot of male reviewers are dismissing it using gendered terms like “soapy” and “trashy” because it focuses on rich, white folks.  (One of my fave TV critics leveled a similar critique of it on a recent podcast and then he proceeded to talk breathlessly for 20 minutes about The Young Pope. True story.)

-TMZ staffers are reportedly “grossed out” by Harvey Levin‘s close ties to Trump.

–John Barrowman’s birthday party seemed…nice. I wonder if I can convince Stephen Amell to wear that to mine?

-Lots of surprises are coming out of SXSW this week. Terrence Malick‘s Song to Song, starring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender, is getting trashed, with EW calling it “a humiliating wreck of a movie” and Variety is suggesting “Malick might want to consider another lengthy hiatus.”

-Meanwhile, The Disaster Artist (James Franco‘s movie about the making of Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult favorite The Room starring himself, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Zac Efron, and Alison Brie), is getting raves, with THR calling it “wildly funny,” Indiewire deeming it an “exuberant buddy comedy,” and multiple film critics predicting that Franco will get an Oscar nomination for it.

-Also getting a lot of head at SXSW is Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, starring Ansel Elgort. The trailer certainly intrigues me.

-Wonder Woman gets an origin story in the new trailer.