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Michelle Obama Gets Third Vogue Cover

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–Michelle Obama looks stunning on the cover of the December issue of Vogue, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. World, let’s make this the No. 1 selling Vogue in history, ok?

-This is a great deep dive into People, the magazine that revealed one of their writers was sexually assaulted by Trump, and has now put him on their new cover. My favourite quote in the feature comes from Lainey: “People appreciates that the minivan majority came out hard for Trump. So they’re doing what they do best: report from inside the assholes of celebrities.”

-Also, in this Twitter thread a People employee defends the cover. The ensuing conversation is interesting.

–Samantha Bee called out white people, and specifically white women, for ruining America.

–RIP Leonard Cohen. Also, screw you, 2016.

-Turns out JK Rowling gave her full blessing when it came to casting Johnny Depp, completing this week’s mission to kick us all in the nuts.

–Bella Hadid and The Weeknd have reportedly split. But he’s already used his dramatic post-break up haircut pass!

–The Rock says he might run for president? I love him…but no.

–Bill Cosby fully expects to resume his career once his sexual assault case is over. Of course.

-At least we have Amy Adams and Jimmy Fallon‘s cute singing whisper challenge.

–Shia LaBeouf talked about his new marriage to Mia Goth in a radio interview. And then he freestyle rapped for four straight minutes. The worst part? He didn’t suck.

-On Ellen, Kristen Stewart talked about her exploding fame during the Twilight era.

-Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail “leaked” a Season 3 script page that reveals Elliot’s thoughts on the election.

–Meghan Markle was spotted at Kensington Palace.

-There’s a new trailer for Collateral Beauty. God bless Will Smith for putting out yet another mediocre-looking but inoffensive film during the holidays that we can all take our moms to.

-We get a closer look at the Death Star in the new Rogue One trailer.

–Ben Affleck wears a jaunty hat and becomes a gangster in Prohibition era in the Live By Night Trailer.

Game of Thrones Is Ending Sooner Than You Think

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-I hate the styling of the inside photos of Sophie Turner’s InStyle UK photo shoot (why does it look like it was lit with a Bic lighter?), but at least they picked an OK cover photo.

-Speaking of Game of Thrones, the creators say there is only 15 episodes left — at most. Hmm, I wonder if HBO knows that?

-Meanwhile, Game of Thrones producers don’t want to hear your bitching about how fast Varys travels, mm-kay?

–Tom + Lorenzo’s take on Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston‘s clumsy PR moves is predictably perfect.

–Bradley Cooper has joined the long and cherished tradition of famous white dudes dancing awkwardly at musical festivals. He gets bonus points for the backwards ball cap.

-More proof that the Tarzan movie is doomed: they wouldn’t let Alexander Skarsgard wear a loin cloth.

-Despite starring in a blockbuster, Leslie Jones says no one wants to dress her for the Ghostbusters premiere. This is bullshit!

-My friend and I were talking about how we should arrange a girls’ night out on Ghostbusters opening night, just like we all did  for the first Sex and the City movie. Buzzfeed has 11 other suggestions.

–Jesse Williams expanded on his BET Awards speech, saying he wants people to know “they are not alone.”

-Meanwhile, this is a really good take on what was wrong with Justin Timberlake’s tweets about Jesse Williams.

–Leah Remini is reportedly filming footage for a show about how Scientology tears families apart and I want it in my eyeballs now!

-Bored? The full one hour+ video of the THR Drama Actress Roundtable is now online, featuring Jennifer Lopez, Kerry Washington, Sarah Paulson, Julianna Margulies, Regina King, Constance Zimmer and Kirsten Dunst.

-Speaking of TV dramatic actresses, Vulture makes a really good case for why The Leftovers’ Carrie Coon deserves Emmy love.

–Bobby Cannavale is pretty “down” about Vinyl’s cancellation and needs a hug.
–Tyrese Gibson will return for Transformers 5 — because he begged for it on social media.

-The Daily Show’s abortion tweet was bad. Their apology was worse.

–Samantha Bee‘s segment on Brexit is fabulous. She talks about how the US needs to learn from the UK and dump Trump in a landslide, and then recruits David Tennant to read Scottish Trump insults.

–Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey face off over fatherhood in Bridget Jones’s Baby trailer. God, I’ve missed her voice!

Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Spray Cheese, Being “a Sexual Being”

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–Gwyneth Paltrow is on the new cover of Self and posted a new Q&A for GOOP,  and there’s a lot we need to unpack. In Self, she talks about how no one can seem to reconcile that she’s a businesswoman, a mother and a sexual being. “Like, ‘Gwyneth has sex? Really?’ It doesn’t seem to go together.” That’s good — self-deprecating while calling out some sexist BS. But then just when you start reconsidering your opinion of her, she tells GOOP she’d still rather smoke crack than eat spray cheese. “Hell, yes. You know, crack might be extreme, but spray cheese is not my kind of party.” Sigh. She was thisclose!

–Tatiana Maslany is getting crucified on Tumblr for her comments about a gay character being killed off of Orphan Black. Personally, I think she handled the question ok, but it’s such a no-win situation right now.

-HBO just released three more Game of Thrones clips, if you’re into that sort of thing.

–Megan Fox is pregnant with baby No. 3 and she didn’t immediately announce who the father is, which led to a morning of rampant speculation from people who seem to think her uterus is totally their business. (At least she had fun with the #NotTheFather hashtag for a while, which makes me really like her.)

-Meanwhile, Megan Fox is coming back to New Girl — which was just renewed. I’m glad — she was great on that show.

–Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz are dating? That’s all kinds of cute!

–Samantha Bee tried to explain what superdelegates are. I’m still confused, but now I’m amused and confused. I’m amfused.

-Despite rumours, Lindsay Lohan‘s rep says she is not actually engaged to a Russian heir so we can all go back to ignoring her again.

–Jeremy Renner actually said we lack “strong, badass female” roles. That’s a little rich coming from him, but his publicist deserves a win so I’ll allow it.

-Speaking of the Avengers cast, Team Captain appeared on Kimmel last night and Paul Rudd was a total charm bomb.

-This is an interesting look at HBO’s current drama problem.

-Say what you will about Ariana Grande (and I certainly have) but I love how unapologetically feminist she is.

-The Walking Dead boss swears that the season 6 finale wasn’t meant to toy with the audience.  That’s cute, guys.

-Here’s the number of revival eps each Gilmore Girls cast member is credited for. Imma gonna need 90% more Paris Gellar.

–Meghan Trainor says Jennifer Lopez didn’t know her new song was produced by Dr. Luke. Still doesn’t explain why JLo chose such a terrible track as her single.

–Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana learn journalism isn’t a cake walk in Netflix’s Special Correspondents trailer.