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Dakota Johnson and Andrew Garfield Talk Fame and Films

-The Social Network costars Dakota Johnson and Andrew Garfield reunited for a conversation for Vanity Fair. “It makes you focus on the things that matter and the relationships that matter,” Garfield says about fame. “Sometimes… if someone says, ‘Hey, are you the guy from the thing?’ I’m like, ‘No, I look like him,’ and then we can have an actual conversation.”

-Meanwhile, Andrew Garfield says he’s open to reprising his role as Spider-Man, which should surprise no one at this point.

-“I feel like nobody knew what the f**k to do with me,” says Jenny Slate in Marie Claire of the parts she was getting (or not getting) offered.

Bella Hadid is giving us permission to cry. Way ahead of ya, girl.

Kristen Stewart has never been more relatable than when she talks about being starstruck by Neve Campbell at a restaurant.

-The writers for And Just Like That know that everyone hates what the revival has done to Steve’s character, but are sticking to their guns. (Not that they can change anything now, but I’m guessing the backlash about the Che Diaz character took them by surprise, too. But them not anticipating that Che would be such a loathed character is pretty indicative of how clueless this show is.)

-Following backlash, West Side Story star Rachel Zegler apologized for reenacting Britney Spears’ recent tweets to her sister Jamie Lynn.

Willem Dafoe and Katy Perry have been announced to appear on next weekend’s SNL, which got this story trending again.

-The George Clooney and Julia Roberts rom-com Ticket to Paradise is temporarily suspending production due to rising COVID cases in the Queensland, Australia.

Paul Walter Hauser (the character actor from Richard Jewell, I Tonya, Cobra Kai) went a little crazy last night on Twitter over …*checks notes*…the NYT’s film critics daring to make an Oscar wish list.

-Yellowjackets is working towards a season two premiere later this year, which is wild. Godspeed, writers room!

-I’m glad Leighton Meester is coming back to TV, but I wish it was on a better reviewed show than How I Met Your Father.

-Welp. I’m guess I’m going to stop linking to the A.V. Club so much, which is a shame because it’s one of my fave sites for pop culture criticism. It’s awful to watch yet another beloved publication consumed by a private equity consolidation and callously dismantled.

-In a truly odd casting choice, Daniel Radcliffe will play Weird Al Yankovic in Roku’s upcoming biopic about the musician and comedian.

-Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has surpassed Frozen’s hit “Let It Go” as the highest-charting song from a Disney animated movie in 26 years. I watched the movie with my niece over the holidays and that song is *still* stuck in my head.

-Gotta say, I love Twitter’s new billboard campaign, which features celebs who once tweeted about their now-fulfilled dreams.

-Adam Scott finds a creepy way to achieve work/life balance in the trailer for the Apple TV drama Severance.

Oscar Isaac is afraid to fall asleep in the trailer for Disney+’s new Marvel series Moon Knight, costarring Ethan Hawke. This video of those two reacting to the trailer is better than the trailer itself. I gotta assume that enthusiastic hug at the end has already been GIF’d.

Sex and the City Stars Speak Out about Chris Noth

Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis joined forces to issue a joint statement about the accusations against Chris Noth, and it’s good.

-Meanwhile, Noth has been fired from CBS’ Queen Latifah show The Equalizer following rape allegations from three different women.

-The Return to Hogwarts trailer actually has me looking forward to this reunion special. But even if JKR isn’t in it, will she still profit from it?

-In this new deep dive by Variety, Blake Stuerman shared his first-person account about his four years with director Bryan Singer, saying it was abusive and traumatizing. Variety says they spoke with 20 people to corroborate it. Meanwhile, Singer’s lawyer says Stuerman “simply has an axe to grind.”

Britney Spears’ dad is still being a jerk. Now he wants her to pay his legal bills.

Lorne Michaels says he’ll retire from SNL in three years.

Willem Dafoe (who was the best part of Spider-Man: No Way Home) once needed a body double in a nude scene because — according to director Lars von Trier — “Will’s own [penis] was too big…too big because everybody got very confused when they saw it.” So there’s that.

-Spider-Man: No Way Home made even more money than the most optimistic predictions.

-Speaking of Zendaya projects, a new Euphoria trailer has landed! The series returns in a couple of weeks.

-This is a great profile on Melanie Lynskey, who is currently killing it on both Yellowjackets and Don’t Look Up.

Keanu Reeves continues to cement his reputation as the best human alive by not getting fussed about how people watch the new Matrix movie. “I mean, sure, stream it if you have to.”

-Meanwhile, his Walk of Fame speech just consisted of him shouting out Toronto places and yet it made me very happy.

The reviews for the new season of Emily In Paris suggests the show has slightly improved.

Armie Hammer is front and center in the new Death of the Nile trailer, despite allegations of emotional abuse, manipulation, coercion and rape against him.

-Kidman new wig watch! Here’s the first trailer for Robert EggersThe Northman starring Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, and more.

Jamie Spears Finally Relents

-Finally some good news on the Britney Spears front. TMZ is reporting that Jamie Spears is not waiting for the next hearing at the end of September and instead has filed court docs to step down as his daughter’s conservator. He’s a whiny little jerkface about it, but still! In the filing, he slams Lynne Spears and adds, “There are, in fact, no actual grounds for suspending or removing Mr. Spears as the Conservator of the Estate … and it is highly debatable whether a change in conservator at this time would be in Ms. Spears’ best interests.”

-Meanwhile, police are monitoring death threats being made to the judge who’s overseeing Spears’ conservatorship case.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis broke down and bathed their children. Peer pressure works!

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck hit up celebrity hotspot Craig’s for dinner with her daughter after returning home from their European yacht trip. Every time I go to a fancy restaurants and see kids there I think “god, they must be so bored.” Though I guess getting papped would add some excitement/terror to the evening.

-This is in interesting look at how celebrities alerting the paparazzi to their whereabouts has changed during the pandemic, when the lack of red carpets is making some stars desperate for coverage.

-At this point, it takes a lot for shoe designers to really make a shoe stand out based on sheer ridiculousness, but Rebecca Hall’s just did it. “Toe condoms” sound about right.

Kristin Chenoweth did this 18-page musical number in one take on Schmigadoon!, a show that has really grown on me, even though I know nothing about the era of musical theatre it’s spoofing.

-Scotland Yard said they will cooperate with American authorities regarding Prince Andrew — while Charles is worried how the optics are going to overshadow the Queen‘s Platinum Jubilee. The priorities of this family remain eyebrow raising….

Sarah Jessica Parker will not attend this year’s Met Gala, reportedly because of her production schedule with the SATC reboot.

-The fact that Beyonce‘s fans are called the Beyhive and she just revealed that she has beehives on her roof is breaking my brain.

-Netflix has shared the first look at Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick‘s 6-episode biopic series, Colin in Black & White.

-Oof, Jennifer Hudson‘s Respect is NOT getting good reviews.

Ryan Reynolds is promoting his new movie with Stray Kids to appeal to k-pop fans, which is an unbelievably smart way to get your movie trending fast.

Kanye West supposedly taught Kim Kardashian to be more confident. Yes, that’s clearly what she was missing.

-Disney+ is pulling together a Home Alone reboot starring Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, and Kenan Thompson. I like all those people!

-During Disney’s earnings call today, CEO Bob Chapek defended the distribution strategy behind Black Widow that led to a lawsuit from Scarlett Johansson.

Willem Dafoe won’t confirm or deny that he’s going to be in Spider-Man: No Way Home. At this point, it’s almost a sure thing that the movie is going to have all the reunited actors who played Spidey recreate that pointing-at-each-other meme, right?!

Michael B. Jordan keeps a journal for his newborn son while stationed overseas in the trailer for A Journal for Jordan.