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Janelle Monáe Wants Men to “Respect the Vagina”

Janelle Monáe Marie Claire

Janelle Monáe (who looks amazeballs on the latest cover of Marie Claire) is endorsing a sex strike until all men are feminists. “People have to start respecting the vagina. Until every man is fighting for our rights, we should consider stopping having sex. I love men. But evil men? I will not tolerate that.”

-Congrats to Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk, who welcomed their first baby, a girl they named Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper.

Brad Pitt and Sienna Miller kinda makes sense, no?

Ashton Kutcher says wife Mila Kunis “kicked his ass on character” when he tried to act like a hero for being a dad. “I thought I was awesome because I got up early and helped with the kids before she woke up and I let her sleep a little bit and then she’s like, ‘Well, now you’re gonna act tired? I do it every day.’ But it was a character moment, right? Because she’s right!”

-Just a couple of months after giving birth, Janet Jackson has split from her husband. According to reports, her prenuptial agreement guaranteed her $500 million if she stayed 5 years. She left 5 years, two months in.

Ryan Phillippe took to Twitter to deny those rumours that he’s dating Katy Perry, saying “I barely know her” and added “please stop flying helicopters over my house. She is not there.”

Blake Lively says she gave birth to ‘Let’s Get It On’ because Ryan Reynolds was DJing.

Simon Cowell reportedly convinced Mel B to escape her allegedly abusive relationship.

-A woman on Twitter was crowdfunding her beauty school tuition — until Chrissy Teigen paid the whole thing.

Lauren Graham doesn’t see the need for more Gilmore Girls … but it’s probably gonna happen anyway.

-What sexist bullshit is Tyrese saying now?

-This interview with Andrew Rannells (who has become the MVP of the final season of Girls) is full of goodies, from the sly TSwift shade (“Lena never claimed to be a spokesperson for all young women. That’s Taylor Swift’s job”), to recalling the time he had to teach costar Corey Stoll the mechanics of anal sex (“I felt like I was doing some sort of gay-sex tutorial”) to talk of doing nude scenes (“I’m not on a CW show where I have to be taking water pills and fasting for a week…This isn’t Arrow”).

Goldie Hawn has a Vegas road-trip story to rival The Hangover.

Denzel Washington brings a jazz legend back to life in the trailer for the doc Chasing Trane.

Kylie Jenner is getting her own show? When with this national nightmare end?!

-I always forget that Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington are still together, and it’s lovely to be reminded.

Aisha Tyler‘s directorial debut just got its first trailer. Hey, I kickstarted this!

-The Thor: Ragnarok teaser trailer is good but I’m going to need 1000% more Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and Idris Elba as Heimdall. (The fact that this is directed by Taika Waititi has me so intrigued though. Have you seen What We Do In the Shadows? Or Boy? Hilarious.)

Fall TV Preview: The New Normal

Ellen Barkin, Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells and Georgia King in The New Normal.
Ellen Barkin, Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells and Georgia King in The New Normal. (Photo by NBC)

(I’m still swamped with TIFF, so regular blogging won’t resume until the end of the week. Be sure to check out @jen_mcdonnell and MSN.ca for all my TIFF updates. Tonight I’m checking out Rachel McAdams in Passion, and tomorrow I get to watch/swoon over Aaron Paul in Smashed. He’s been spotted at the DJ booth at the Soho House. Sigh.

In the meantime, my BFF Nicole and I have been IM’ing about the five buzziest fall TV shows. Check out our previous posts on ElementaryThe Mindy Project and Last Resort. Today’s target: The New Normal!)

Premieres: Sept. 11 @ 9:30 p.m. on NBC and CTV

Up Against: NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mindy Project, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23, Emily Owens M.D.

Premise: In Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s new show, a gay couple (Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells) hire a surrogate (Georgia King) to have their baby. But by inviting the woman into their lives, they’re also welcoming her 8-year-old daughter and her homophobic, racist grandmother (played brilliantly by Ellen Barkin). Nene Leakes from The Real Housewives of Atlanta rounds out the cast as Bartha’s assistant.

Our Take:

Nicole: This one’s a question mark for me so far, but there is some promise. I’m just not sure I can admit to watching a show with Nene.
Jen: I know!
Nicole: Love Ellen Barkin, though.
Jen: Ellen Barkin as the hateful grandmother kills me. So good!
Nicole: I kinda feel like they ripped off the Modern Family template for this one. It might be too similar in terms of the chemistry.
Jen: Yes, you just know NBC was like “We need our own version of Modern Family. Let’s just amp up the gayness!” But the cast is good, even if the characters are a little stereotypical.
Nicole: Yeah! I wish we had Will and Grace back.
Jen: Indeed. Right now, the only thing that is keeping me tuning in for episode 2 is Ellen Barkin’s amazing one-liners.
Nicole: I’m actually not sure about each of the families. I don’t know if I’m going to like them as much as I like the Modern Family version. They have to be likeable, you know?
Jen: Well, the good news is that Modern Family nose-dived in quality last season, so they’re no longer hard to top.
Nicole: All we need is one sharp episode. That’s how we got roped into Cougar Town, remember? We saw the “single ladies” episode and just kept tuning in.
Jen: That’s true. Though that might have been because we related to that episode a bit too much. 😉
Nicole: If they keep Ellen Barkin’s writing sharp, there’s a chance this show will work.
Jen: My fave Ellen Barkin line (so far): “I thought your mother was a fibroid tumor, and by the time I figured it out she had a face and I was screwed.”
Nicole: Ha!
Jen: I tend to give comedies more time to find their rhythm. It took me two whole seasons to not hate Parks and Recreation, and now that show is total perfection. I wasn’t immediately sold on Community or New Girl either.
Nicole: Oh man, Parks is the best comedy on TV and I skipped a whole season before it got good. So I’m not sure about The New Normal, but I’ll give them a few episodes to settle in.