-So far, I don’t think any quarantine content has topped the Happy Endings reunion yet, but the The Fast Times at Ridgemont High live reading that took place last night came a close second. Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt shared a cute greeting as well as an extremely risqué scene awkwardly narrated by Morgan Freeman, Shia LeBeouf was so committed he apparently memorized all of his lines, and Julia Roberts just seemed delighted by all the messiness. Watch the full hour video here.
–Justin Bieber works an oil rig in his new video for “Holy” featuring Chance the Rapper.
–Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr just can’t stop making out in public, masks be damned.
–Lady Gaga released a new short film on YouTube for her song “911” and said “This short film is very personal to me, my experience with mental health and the way reality and dreams can interconnect to form heroes within us and all around us.”
-Broadway star’s Nick Cordero posthumous album debuted at No. 1.
-A new Rich Aucoin album is out today. His music is totally happy-making.
–Sarah Polley recently Tweeted about “the many damaging and inappropriate things that happened while making” Road to Avonlea, including having to kiss a 26-year-old actor when she was 14.
-In The Devil Has A Name trailer, starring David Strathairn, Kate Bosworth, Alfred Molina, and Martin Sheen, sees people going up against oil companies.
-My god, the Allure cover and photo spread with Hunter Schafer might be my favourite in a long, long time. In the interview, she talks about not always wanting to talk in the press about her transition, and how Euphoria is a “wildly expensive TV show”, with season one reportedly costing about as much to produce as season one of Westworld.
–Angelina Jolie’s legal team is asking for the private judge assigned to their divorce case to be disqualified for failing to disclose his business relationship with one of Brad Pitt’s attorneys. Pitt’s team (via Page Six) is spinning it as “a delay tactic“.
-I was really worried when I woke up to see Patton Oswalt tweeting concern about LaKeith Stanfield’s well-being. Despite some disturbing posts the Knives Out actor made on Instagram last night, he seems to be fine.
-In Marie Claire’s new digital issue, Meghan Markle opens up about why she’s voting in Nov: “I know what it’s like to have a voice, and also what it’s like to feel voiceless.”
-Meanwhile, it turns out the royal book Finding Freedom isn’t as juicy as we’d hoped it would be. We do learn, however, that Harry fell for her when she “happily” peed in the woods during a camping trip.
–Alyssa Milano said she was hospitalized for complications due to COVID-19 in April and that she still has long haul symptoms of the disease months later.
–Jessica Mulroney returned to Instagram — obstinately to wish her sons a happy birthday, but that caption is a lot.
-This is an interesting look at how Pharrell Williams is breaking the chains of music’s troubled past by leading Black artists’ fight for equality, equity stakes and the elimination of triggering ‘master and slave’ terminology from music biz contracts.
-In a new interview, Ruby Rose talks about leaving Batwoman after one season, saying “Being the lead of a superhero show is tough. Being the lead in anything is tough.”
-This video of Shia LeBeouf getting tested for Covid getting tested for covid is weirdly endearing. I like how he says his nurse Yesenia’s name repeatedly.
-An episode of black-ish that ABC refused to air two years ago because it was too political is now available on Hulu.
–Katy Perry puts away the whipped cream bra and goes for respectable on the new cover of Forbes, which just released its highest-paid celebs list(she came in at #3).
-There are very, very few people who could wear an outfit to their movie premiere that actually references the movie and get away with it, but Sandra Bullock is pulling it off.
-Now there are trailers for music videos? Oy vey. Here’s a teaser for Rihanna‘s “Bitch Better Have My Money.”
-Speaking of sentences that include Rihanna and bitch, check out her reaction when a BET exec told her she couldn’t throw money into the crowd during her appearance. Seriously, in what other profession/world can you throw something right at someone else’s face and prance away without consequence? (I’m asking because I would very much like to live in that world. Is there a passport application?)
-This might be the best description of Magic Mike XXL I’ve read so far: “It plays like an R-rated Step Up sequel as shot by Soderbergh.” Seriously, this movie needs to get in your eyeballs.
-I don’t know if the world needs a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but the world definitely needs more photos from Nia Vardalos of a shirtless John Corbett. (Anyone else have the urge to rub his tummy because he ate too much chicken? Just me?)
-I’m really looking forward to Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck, but the promo tour is also going to be a treat. She’s already speaking outabout her refusal to conform to what Hollywood wants, saying “It’s very therapeutic for me to be like, ‘Yes, I’m not going to look like a malnourished bird.'”
-Also, Amy had a great responseto that article from The Guardian criticizing her for racial insensitivity.
-She also says she turned down a Daily Show hosting job offerwhich, considering the year she’s having, was probably the right call.
-Look, we all have feelings about Paris Hilton and they’re probably not all that warm ‘n fuzzy, but tricking her into thinking her plane was crashing for the sake of an Egyptian TV show seems a bit harsh, no? (And this is coming from someone who once had to schedule her vacation around Paris’ court appearance…)
–Jennifer Lawrence continues to prove that she’s living life betterthan any of us could ever aspire to.
-Alright, Iggy Azalea. We’ve put up with a lot from you but blaming Britney Spears for your latest flop? THAT IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR, MISSY!
-I really liked this article on how when it comes to TV, plot isn’t important, story is. I think that’s why I had such a hard time getting through this season of Orphan Black. Plot became the most important thing, and it was incomprehensible.
-Speaking of the Clone Club, Tatiana Maslany is in a new music video, playing a bored housewife who gets caught up in daydreams.
–Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie joined Prince Will and Princess Katefor tea, where they discussed “illegal wildlife trade.” I’m assuming that’s just code for Wills & Kate pestering them for a Mr. & Mrs Smith sequel…
-I have started watching Amazon’s Catastrophe yet, but Vultureand Grantland are both calling it the show of the summer.
–Shania Twain talked about that time her and her former BFF ended up swapping husbands, and why they no longer talk. “I don’t see her, ever. I don’t invite that trigger into my life. She’s not my future—she’s not my past.”
-Irony alert: Cara Delevingne thinks female superhero costumes are sexist; clearly is repressing her Suicide Squad outfit.
–This deleted scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past makes me sad that Anna Paquin was basically cut from that entire movie.
-Here’s a good rundown of everything we know about Marvel’s movie future. My eyes still haven’t de-glazed from my coworker’s lengthy explanation about why Spider Man is soon going to be a black/Latino teenager (I lost interest after repeated mentions of the words “alternate universe” and “Tony Stark-led Illuminati,” but I’m weird like that…)
–Donald Trump has officially been dumped by NBC (finally) after his remarks about immigrants from Mexico. Cue a million “You’re Fired” headlines tomorrow…
-For such a dark show, the gag reel for The 100is surprisingly funny. I had no idea most of the cast has accents. Does the CW get a group rate on Australians or something?
-Now that it’s legal in all states, celebrities like Ke$ha and Stephen Amellhave offered their services for officiating gay weddings.
-Speaking of Stephen Amell, he was in the 6 this weekend and attended the Jay’s batting practice — where he proceeded to hit a home run because he’s stuffed with perfection, deep fried in awesomeness and lightly dusted in sugary supremacy.
–John Oliver continues to kill it. Here’s last night’s segment on transgender rights.
