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May 2017

THR Calls Wonder Woman a “Gamble,” Twitter Claps Back

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-This take is TRASH: the Hollywood Reporter’s cover story says Warner Bros is “gambling $150M” on Wonder Woman’s female director because her only prior big screen credit is the $8M Oscar-nominated, critically acclaimed Monster. Seriously? As Twitter was quick to point out, Hollywood handed the keys to the Jurassic franchise over to Colin Trevorow, who had only done the $750K Safety Not Guaranteed, which wasn’t nominated for shit and no one saw it. Or what about Josh Trank, who jumped from teeny tiny indie Chronicle to Fantastic Four? Same with Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Gareth Edwards, Jon Watts, Alan Taylor, David Yates, James Gunn, etc. Hollywood throws money at white men who barely have a YouTube channel all the time. But this is a gamble that requires hand-wringing? Nah, son.

-Meanwhile, This Wonder Woman featurette is 13 minutes of pure joy.

-Felicity reunion alert! Keri Russell and Scott Speedman appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live together and it made my heart grow three sizes. The part where he talks about how they dated and he was “such a disaster of a boyfriend”? Kill me.

-Oh god, did Robin Wright take Sean Penn back? Why????

– Jennifer Garner is on the cover of People and it confused everyone because it’s kind of a nothing article. It turns out she had no involvement in the story at all. She took to Facebook to say “This isn’t a tragedy by any measure, but it does affect me and my family and so, before my mom’s garden club lights up her phone, I wanted to set the record straight: I did not pose for this cover. I did not participate in or authorize this article. While we are here, for what it’s worth: I have three wonderful kids and my family is complete.” A celebrity calling out People like this? Yikes.

Arcade Fire is going full glam-era Bowie with their new track, which is impossible to link to because it keeps getting pulled from YouTube.

-NBC changed its mind and won’t move This Is Us to Thursday nights after all. Why mess with the only genuine hit of the year?

Kathy Griffin apologized for her Trump decapitation photo, saying “I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong.” CNN has fired her anyway.

Drake scored a huge victory in his sampling lawsuit with a fair use argument about “real music.”

-Less of a victory: JLo just dismissed him as a booty call.

-67 million of Katy Perry‘s followers may be fake.

-Vulture is asking the right questions in this piece wondering how the hell Johnny Depp keeps getting cast in movies.

Ed Westwick has no interest in a Gossip Girl revival. “It’s played out, man. It’s done.”

-This past weekend was the worst Memorial Day weekend at the box office since 1999.

-Wow, this seems like a big career misstep for Hailee Steinfeld.

-The CW was the only network this season to boast a majority of female showrunners at 67%, followed by ABC (33%), Fox & NBC (20%), CBS (11%).

-Watch Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario and Harry Potter’s Tom Felton play twins in the first trailer for Feed (which was written by Bellisario).

-You get two James Francos for the price of one in this trailer for David Simon‘s new show The Deuce.

Idris Elba and Kate Winslet are strangers trying to survive after a plane crash leaves them stranded in The Mountain Between Us trailer.

Kathy Griffin Makes Waves With Bloody Photoshoot

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Kathy Griffin did a Tyler Shields photo shoot that involved a bloody Trump head, and people were not impressed. Dumb people, but still.

Alicia Keys talks Trump, Trudeau, and really bad karaoke in the new issue of Chatelaine. She also makes a cute discovery about Montreal (“Poutine, is that the place to go?”)

Evan Rachel Wood‘s advice to Millie Bobby Brown involves licking a toilet.

-I linked to a story yesterday about Jessica Chastain‘s comments about female representation at Cannes, but now there’s video and it’s even more powerful. She sounds nervous but powers through.

Diane Kruger might have to get a crappy tattoo because she won at Cannes.

-Brace yourself! The Clooney twins could be here any day now as George skips out an event, saying he’s not allowed to travel.

Robert Pattinson reveals he was almost fired from Twilight because of his on-set behaviour.

-Wonder Woman is at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! That’s the best score of any DC or Marvel film to date.

-Meanwhile, Don Cheadle has no time for your complaints about women-only screenings of Wonder Woman.

-I thought people were joking last night on Twitter when they were talking about Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher showing up on The Bachelorette but they really did.

Orlando Bloom is dating a Katy Perry look-alike, which isn’t weird at all.

Alanis Morissette‘s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ is being turned into a musical and I’m hesitantly excited.

-OHMYGOD, Scott Speedman went to Keri Russell’s star ceremony and I am getting Team Ben flashbacks!

-With Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Nick Offerman and Aubrey Plaza I feel like I should like The Little Hours trailer more than I actually do…

Prince William Opens Up About Diana’s Death

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-In a new interview with British GQ about the royal family’s mental health initiative, Prince William talks about the loss of his mother. “I would like to have had her advice. I would love her to have met Catherine and to have seen the children grow up. It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her.”

Chris Pine is not at the top of my famous Chrises list, but he’s certainly saying all the right things on the Wonder Woman promo tour.

-Meanwhile, Chris Evans remains at the top of my list thanks to tweets like this.

-Remember when Robin Wright fought to get equal pay on House of Cards? It sounds like it didn’t actually work.

-Congrats to Shamless star Emmy Rossum, who wed Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail yesterday. She invited Vogue to her final dress fitting which is…something.

Armie Hammer was incredibly diplomatic when asked how eccentric Johnny Depp was on the set of The Lone Ranger almost five years ago now. He was less diplomatic about kissing Leonardo DiCaprio.

-Did Orlando Bloom end up getting shared custody of Katy Perry’s dog during the split?

-Speaking of Katy, I like this take on how woke pop may not be a good look for her.

Tiger Woods was arrested on DUI charges in Florida and the mugshot is stellar.

-I go on vacation for a few days and Ben Stiller ends his 17-year marriage to Christine Taylor?

Jaden Smith tweeted that the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto “spiked” his pancakes with cheese and kicked him out. At least half of that story isn’t true.

-“We’re making movies for a global audience,” is how a Disney exec explained Pirates of the Caribbean’s lackluster opening in North America.  Oh, so global audiences are dumb and want to watch dumb stuff? Got it.

Harry Styles, the Arrow cast, and John Legend are among the celebs brightening the days of the Manchester concert attendees and their families.

-A brand new cut of Spider-Man 3 mysteriously appeared online — and then vanished — this weekend .

-Actor weirdos Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix made their public debut as a couple in Cannes.

Joshua Jackson congratulated ex Diane Kruger on her Best Actress win at Cannes because he’s a goddamn prince.

-After watching 20 films in 10 days for their role as Cannes jurors, Jessica Chastain and Will Smith are pointing out the need for more diversity behind the camera.

-The last season of Game of Thrones will only be six episodes long.

-Not surprisingly, Kim Kardashian has not talked to Taylor Swift since exposing her on Snapchat.

Channing Tatum and Adam Driver are brothers who plan to rob a speedway in Steven Soderbergh‘s Logan Lucky trailer.