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Rihanna Is a Work of Art in Essence

–Rihanna is covering Essence to promote her new skin care line, and the stunning photo shoot is courtesy of artist Lorna Simpson, part of her ongoing project reinterpreting images of Black women who have posed in the pages of Ebony and Jet magazines.

-According to Ice T, Dr. Dre is home and doing well after suffering from a brain aneurysm.

-Oh boy. Armie Hammer’s finsta has leaked. He’s really, really bad at this.  Has he had zero media training? It’s like he didn’t even try to cover his tracks.

–Bella Thorne, of all people, has come to Hammer’s defense.

–Tom Cruise is now outsourcing his onset covid safety rants to robots.

-On THR’s podcast, Ben Affleck reflected on his relationship with Jennifer Lopez (“People were so fucking mean about her — sexist, racist. Ugly, vicious shit was written about her in ways that if you wrote it now you would literally be fired for saying those things you said”) and how it affected his career (“I was actually in the very worst position you can be in in this business, which is you can sell magazines but not movie tickets”).

–Kate Winslet explains why her husband changed his name back from Ned Rocknroll to something less insane.

–Kate also told a sweet story about her Sense and Sensibility costar Alan Rickman: “Whenever Al would go out to supper and anyone else would try and pay, he would somehow have phoned ahead or slipped his credit card ahead of the meal so no one even got a look at the check. He’d just say, ‘I’ve got two words for you: Harry Potter.’ And he became known for doing that.”

–Betty White turns 99 this weekend. She can never leave us.

–Kelly Clarkson thanked Jennifer Love Hewitt for being nice to her at an award show during her American Idol years — because most celebs weren’t. “You ran up to me right when [I was in the] final three of Idol…People were really mean to us, because we’re from a talent show, and it was the first season. Everyone was so rude to us on the carpet, at the show. It was so bad. It was a horrible experience. You came up to me, ran up to me out of nowhere, and said ‘Oh my gosh, I’m really rooting for you.'”

-The cast and creator of FXX’s You’re the Worst are reuniting for a fundraiser to benefit Feeding America. I basically started watching The Boys based solely on Aya Cash‘s participation, so I’m in.

–John David Washington, 36, addressed the criticism over the age gap between him and Malcom & Marie co-star Zendaya, 24. “I wasn’t concerned about it because she is a woman, Washington responded. “People are going to see in this film how much of a woman she is.”

–Ethan Hawke is making his superhero debut, joining Oscar Isaac in Marvel’s Moon Knight.

–Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni reunite in these Law and Order: SVU set pics.

-I really liked this interview with Cristin Milioti and John Magaro.

-Ted Lasso season two has started filming. Maybe that’ll distract Jason Sudeikis from the tabloid wars.

-A new trailer for Sia‘s controversial film Music starring Kate Hudson and Maddie Ziegler has dropped.

Steven Yeun’s Big Year

Steven Yeun Variety

–Steven Yeun is on the cover of Variety to promote his critically acclaimed new film Minari — which, for some reason, won’t compete in the Best Picture category at the Golden Globes and has been relegated to Foreign Language category, despite it being an American story set in America and made by an American director.

-I can’t believe that Margaret Qualley is dating Shia LaBeouf. On purpose.

-Good on John Mulaney for facing his problems. I hope he gets better.

–A fresh wave of Wonder Woman 1984 reviews came out today because the screener embargo was lifted — and they’re much less glowing than the select early reviews Warner Bros curated.

-On the opposite end of the spectrum, Promising Young Woman also debuts on Christmas Day and the reviews seem to be getting even better.

-Oof.  Warner Bros is reportedly considering moving Dune back to a traditional theatrical release to “preserve its franchise potential.”

–Prince William, Kate Middleton and their kids were reportedly spotted strolling with Prince Edward’s family — despite not being in the same covid bubble.

-This is an interesting look at why only a handful of celebs dominated this year’s media coverage. “With fewer people to photograph, almost every star was bound to get some traction just for stepping outside—and some say the stars have been cooperating to make it happen.”

-HBO Max is eyeing a Samantha-less Sex and The City revival. Don’t.

-This is a great examination of why J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans stance shouldn’t be surprising. Her books are all about identifying/putting people in their place (wizards vs muggles, sorting hat, etc.) and she’s always seemed entrenched in her opinions, reluctant to allow much room for interpretation in her novels and “determined to map and describe every corner of her fictional world.”

-I missed the Eddie Izzard announcement but I love her and hope she’s happy.

–Dominic West’s family holiday card is as awkward as you’d expect after the year he’s had.

–The reviews for Netflix’s Bridgerton are glowing. “Frothy, silly escapism” is exactly what we need to ride out this craptastic year. Here’s hoping this leads to a wave of romance adaptations.

-This old ABC promo is blowing my mind.

–Viola Davis and her husband take nightly baths together just to soak and talk—and sometimes she gives him facials. They have it all figured out.

–Selena Gomez has cut ties with Hillsong Church. I’m surprised it took this long.

-So it’s been a few days since Ariana Grande’s engagement. Have we figured out why her ring is sideways yet?

–Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan trying to make the twist in Wild Mountain Thyme make sense when asked about it in interviews is their best acting yet. (If you don’t know what the twist is, please please please give yourself an early xmas gift and spoil it.)

–Mads Mikkelsen laughing off the suggestion of speaking to Johnny Depp about taking over his Fantastic Beasts role with “I don’t know him” is, well, fantastic.

-The more Chris Pratt jokes about being named the worst Chris, the more obvious it is that it bugs him immensely.

-The fact that Kirk Cameron grew up to be such a garbage person would have crushed my 1986 self.

-Not surprisingly, the Mission Impossible 7 crew are reportedly walking on eggshells after Tom Cruise‘s rant.

-FX has greenlit a comedy series about Native American teenagers called Reservation Dogs from Taika Waititi and filmmaker Sterlin Harjo.

–Denzel Washington and Rami Malek hunt for a serial killer in The Little Things trailer.

 

Jason Momoa Swings Timothée Chalamet Like a Rag Doll

-I honestly don’t know what could possibly lead into my xmas vacation better than this video that Josh Brolin posted from the set of Dune of Jason Momoa spinning Timothée Chalamet around like a rag doll and then just tossing him aside. It’s literally art.

–Gillian Anderson and The Crown creator Peter Morgan have broken up after four years together.

-Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot has spoken about her experience with Joss Whedon, and many people have pointed out that her complaints about him were received by the studio very differently than Ray Fisher’s.

-I was just thinking yesterday that after Tom Cruise‘s reputation bump following that audio leak, he might try to keep the goodwill going with some dating rumours. And lo and behold, there’s chatter of him dating his MI7 costar Hayley Atwell.

-Meanwhile, 5 crew members reportedly quit after Cruise‘s rant.

-Sony will be removing its long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 game, which features Keanu Reeves, from its online store and offering refunds after a bug-plagued release. There’s also accusations that the game is racist. Keanu deserves better.

–Emilio Vitolo and Katie Holmes have gone Instagram official.

–Connie Chung said her treatment from Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer at ABC was “not unlike what Tonya Harding did to Nancy Kerrigan.”

–Alicia Silverstone is getting heat for praising her son for never taking antibiotics.

-Everything old is new again. Night Court and LA Law are being rebooted with some of the original cast.

–Margot Robbie‘s screenwriting lab, which gives female creators a space to develop and refine their ideas with the help of other women creatives, continues to churn out success stories.

–George Clooney says he’s doing seven loads of laundry a day during lockdown. Can he come to my house?!

–Fiona Apple has criticized the Grammys for nominating Dr. Luke despite Kesha‘s allegations against him of sexual misconduct.

-Eminem regrets taking Chris Brown’s side after he beat Rihanna. As he should.

-The saga with Nancy Meyers‘ daughter just got another wrinkle. Reese Witherspoon told Vulture a story that made it sound like her mom had directorial control on the set of Home Again.

-The Ringer has compiled the best songs of the year, and I don’t hate this list.

-I also really liked this Goodreads list of the year’s best reviewed books.

-Despite being a perfect little one season show, HBO Max has renewed The Flight Attendant.

-The Morning Show is the latest series to halt production after someone on the staff tested positive for covid.

–Russell T Davis takes on the AIDS crisis in the trailer for his new series It’s A Sin.

–Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris star in Netflix’s Outside The Wire trailer.