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Sean Penn

Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck Try To Charm Us Into Watching The Accountant

–Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck give you permission to call them Benanna.  If that’s your thing.

-Meanwhile, Ben crashed John Krasinski‘s GMA appearance and it was kind of cute.

-A bunch of publicists weighed in on whether or not the Kim Kardashian robbery could have been staged. They all agree that it wasn’t — and that Karl Lagerfeld is a “legendary asshat.”

-Well, this is a bummer. Ryan Murphy says The WB was ‘very homophobic‘ during the making of Popular.

-Conscious uncoupling indeed. Jennifer Lopez is working on her second Spanish album with Marc Anthony.

–Sean Penn‘s mystery blonde has been revealed — and she’s Vincent D’Onofrio‘s 24-year-old daughter. Vincent must be thrilled by this development.

-Wait, so are the rumours about Kristen Stewart and St Vincent being a thing real?

-I like that EW gave This is Us a cover, but it’s a bit spoilery, no?

-I really liked this interview with TV writer Jane Espenson on writing female friendships.

-This is such a great read on the enduring whiteness of TV criticism. I follow A LOT of critics on Twitter and I can’t think of more than two POC.

–Melissa Etheridge apologized for all those things she said about Brangelina‘s divorce. Kind of.

-Meanwhile, Brad has reportedly seen his kids for the first time since the split.

–Robbie Williams’s crazy handjob-in-a-castle story is a work of art. Anna Kendrick and Daniel Radcliffe’s reaction to this is all of us.

-Whoa, there’s going to be an Enchanted sequel? I loved that movie.

-The first Jackie trailer is out. The consensus at TIFF seemed to be that the movie is a bit of a drag, but Natalie Portman gives an Oscar-worthy performance.

The X Files Reviews: The Truth Is Out There…And It’s Not Good

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in The X Files revival
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in The X Files revival. (Fox)

-The trades just filed their early X Files reviews and they are…not good. Not good at all. Sigh.

-Well, at least the press tour continues to be entertaining. As do Gillian Anderson’s tweets about it.  And I’m still going to listen the crap outta Kumail Nanjiani’s podcast with Anderson and David Duchovny.

–Leonardo DiCaprio says he isn’t ruling out children in his new Oscar campaign strategy Rolling Stone cover story.

-Your fake boyfriend Oscar Isaac has a real girlfriend. Sorry!

–Kevin Hart says he caught Lady Gaga when she fell as she walked off the Golden Globes stage.

–Jennifer Aniston’s diet makes me really sad for her. But then I remember she married this and that feeling goes away.

–Seth Meyers explained El Chapo’s capture and Sean Penn‘s involvement with it. I’m still confused, but now I’m also amused. I’m conmused.

-Celebrities continue to geek out over Hamilton.

–Kristen Bell is going to star in a new sitcom from the creator of Parks and Recreation. I like all of those words.

-In other intriguing comedy news, Courteney Cox just signed on to a new show written by someone from The Office.

-The Good Wife creators will exit the show after this season. Please let this mean the show is ending. Please please please!

-A Breaking Bad writer is adapting Anne of Green Gables for a new CBC show. This could be…interesting.

-There’s a new trailer for Hail Caesar! and it made me laugh.

-Here’s the first trailer for Matthew McConaughey’s new movie, Free State of Jones.

 

Gwyneth Paltrow’s International Women’s Day Was Better Than Yours


 

–Gwyneth Paltrow somehow managed to celebrate International Women’s Day and still make women everywhere feel bad about their lives. That takes talent, folks!

–Chris Evans and Chris Pratt continue to surprise patients at children’s hospitals because they’re the goddamn best.

-I don’t think I would have survived this Monday without repeat viewings of Ryan Gosling’s dance videos — or his tweet about them.

–John Mayer regrets being such a dick to his ex-girlfriends in interviews, saying he’s a “recovering ego addict”  but he’s all cured now so forgives-ies, k?

-Vulture details what it’s like to spend an afternoon with Andrew Keegan, former teen heartthrob turned cult leader. (Spoiler alert: it’s f–king weird.)

-Don’t worry, menfolk! Sony is also making a new Ghostbusters just for you!

–Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones’ Brienne) walked the runway at Paris Fashion Week like the goddess that she is.

-Speaking of GoT, Tyrion faces his first dragon in the new trailer.

-I really liked reading this oral history on “Love’s Labor Lost” (aka the episode where we all fell in love with ER and then spent the next decade hoping it would reach those heights again until suddenly we looked up and realized the only person left on the show was the ginger who played Bailey’s BFF on Party of Five…)

-This outtake from tomorrow’s Mindy Project with Stephen Colbert is all kinds of funny.

–Lena Dunham says she stopped using Twitter and gets her assistant to post for her now because she was getting so many threats: “It became a little too much.” Twitter owns my heart, but I always wonder how famous people (esp women) can deal with the nutters.

-Speaking of online threats, Emma Watson says that’s what motivated her to speak out about feminism. Bless her face.

-I don’t watch Empire but star Jussie Smollett talking about his sexuality on Ellen was pretty damn boss.

-Cinderella’s Lily James would like you to stop discussing her teeny tiny corseted waist. I guess we’ll just have to find something else that defies the laws of nature to gab about…

–Sean Penn gives the Sean Penn-iest response to critics of his green card Oscar joke, saying “I’m surprised by the flagrant stupidity. In fact, I have a big f— you for…anybody who is so stupid not to have gotten the irony when you have a country that is so xenophobic.” God, what a charm bomb.

-The Good Wife boss says Alicia and Kalinda are being kept separate on purpose. For, you know, reasons. I’m sure those reasons totally have nothing to do with the actresses.

-Just in case Amal Clooney didn’t already make you feel like an inferior maggot, she’s now going to teach at Columbia Law.

–George Clooney and Britt Robertson try to save the world in the new Tomorrowland trailer — using a magical bathtub?