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True Blood’s Nelsan Ellis Dead at 39

-This is tragic: Nelsan Ellis, who starred in True Blood and Get on Up, died Saturday of heart failure. His family says he had spent four days in the hospital fighting complications from alcohol withdrawal. Stephen Moyer, who played the lead vampire on the series, wrote a short Instagram essay about his costar. Meanwhile, let’s celebrate his most iconic scene from the show.

-This is cute: Macklemore‘s grandmother turned 100, so he took her out for the day and made a music video about it. They egged some houses, hired a male stripper, and made the internet melt.

-HBO continues to let Larry David take as long as he likes to make Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Six years(!) after the eighth season wrapped in 2011, it’s returning for Season 9 on October 1.

-So Bradley Cooper, Allison Williams and Anderson Cooper walk into a bar in Tahiti…

-Gotham actor Donal Logue‘s child is safely back home after being missing for more than a week.

–Blac Chyna has been granted a restraining order against Rob Kardashian.

-Well, this is depressing:  studio head Amy Pascal says an Oscar-Winning actress is in talks for the live-action Barbie movie.

–Zoe Kazen, who is great in The Big Sick, talked about the on-set sexual harassment she and her actress friends have experienced.

-The craziest thing about this story on how HGTV’s Fixer Upper has a dark side is that it’s apparently illegal to do your own research about the neighborhood you’re buying a house in in Texas. That can’t be a thing. Can it??

–Jamie Dornan was on a golf course when this photo was taken so it’s most likely a golf ball in his pocket, but the internet lost its poo anyway.

–Johnny Depp once passed on Face/Off when he found out it wasn’t a hockey movie.

-This is a good article on how “It gets good after 6 episodes!” is becoming increasingly untenable in Peak TV. There’s no longer time for “hope watching” until things get better.

-In news that should surprise no one, Shia LaBeouf was arrested for disorderly conduct.

-That stunning brunette that Ashton Kutcher was spotted hanging out with? Turns out it’s not his mistress, it’s his cousin.

-The plot thickens: Lena Dunham‘s dog trainer defends her decision to give up the pup.

-Nice: Wonder Woman is all but certain to pass Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and win the summer box office.

–Hilary Duff recreating that tragic Disney wand promo is all I’ve ever wanted.

-Here’s Elisabeth Moss in The Square trailer. This thing won the Palme D’or.

-Here’s the trailer for HBO’s The Deuce, in which James Franco plays not one, but two characters, and Maggie Gyllenhaal sports a curly blonde wig. It’s from The Wire’s David Simon.

Ryan Reynolds Continues to Win Twitter

–Ryan Reynolds helped a teen get over her ex with some perfect Photoshop advice.

-I tend to really like Andrew Garfield, but he kind of stepped in it with this one.  “I am a gay man right now just without the physical act – that’s all.” Um, no.

–Blac Chyna‘s is reportedly exploring legal options against Rob Kardashian after he posted nudes of her on social media yesterday. As she should.

-Meanwhile, Rob‘s family is reportedly “deeply disappointed and frustrated” by his actions. “They are ashamed the war has become a public spectacle and hurting the family name.” Guys, just let that sink in for a sec.

-Congrats to Patton Oswalt, who is engaged to Meredith Salenger. It may seem soon, but that dude deserves all the happy.

-This video of celebrities speak-singing The Spice Girls features Nicole Kidman, Riz Ahmed, Keri Russell, Milo Ventimiglia and more. It’s very cute.

-Vanity Fair digs deep into Johnny Depp’s financial crisis.

-Shocking report: Prince Harry is NOT leaving the royal family for love, despite OK!’s latest cover story.

–Seth Rogen‘s Twitter interactions with his mother are hilarious.

–Kesha released a lovely new song out and penned a deeply personal essay for Lenny. “I know that I was never abandoned by my fans, my animals, or my family, but when you are depressed — really, truly depressed — you feel like you have nothing.”

–Rihanna and Hasaan Jameel have reportedly been ‘hooking up for a few months’ but managed to keep it on the DL until last week.

-Look, I love me a little Justin Baldoni from Jane the Virgin, but does the world really need a men’s talk show?  Because the place where men get to talk is basically called the world.

-How To Get Away with Murder’s Charlie Weber talks about falling in love with Liza Weil on the set.

-It looks like Taylor Lautner and Billie Lourd are dunzo.

-CBS’s statement on the Hawaii Five-O shakeup and how they made ‘large and significant’ salary offers is supposed to make to Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park look greedy for not accepting, but it just shows us how CBS has been paying them much less all along. The showrunner’s statement also tries to put the blame squarely on the actors.

–Steve Yeun talks about life after The Walking Dead in this new Vulture profile. I heart him.

-I’m looking at this photographic evidence of George Clooney holding a bassinet and I still kinda don’t believe it? My mind is buffering.

–Gwyneth Paltrow‘s ‘pale, dreamy’ loft in NYC has finally sold for $10 million.

-I don’t know why the latest edition of GOOP includes a story about the Illuminati, but I’ve never been more interested in it.

-TV networks are purposely misspelling show names to avoid bad Nielsen ratings. Lolz.

-The Hills’  Lauren Conrad​ welcomed her 1st child: Liam James.

–Jimmy‘s beard in the new You’re The Worst promo is hilariously tragic.

–Toni Collette, Molly Shannon, and Bridget Everett enjoy a Fun Mom Dinner in this new trailer. (Um, why is Toni orange?!?)

Rob Kardashian Goes Off on Blac Chyna

https://twitter.com/robkardashian/status/882684690221674496

-Jesus, this Rob Kardashian vs Blac Chyna social media fight is messy.  Getting cheated on (allegedly) doesn’t justify him posting her nudes illegally. Revenge porn is a criminal activity. She has since accused him of domestic violence.

–Taylor Swift’s 4th of July party was a no-go. These guys showed up instead. At least the teens waiting outside her home left with consolation guitar picks.

–Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner  spent the 4th of July together with their kids.

-Like a boss, Kelly Clarkson shut down an Internet troll who told her she’s “fat.”

-I am LOVING Kristen Stewart’s look at the Chanel show.

-The Will & Grace gang dance it out in latest promo for the revival.

-Wait, Zendaya is barely in the new Spider-Man? Well, poo.

-This is an interesting read about Hollywood power players getting candid about Trump.

-I love this Vulture article on how Tatiana Maslany is the best actress on TV right now.  I also love that her immediate response is to praise her scene double and FX team.

-Hawaii Five-0’s Daniel Dae Kim wrote a lengthy Facebook post about leaving the show after being unable to come to a contract agreement with CBS.  If Scott Caan and Alex O’Loughlin (who both reportedly make about 10 to 15 percent more, and also earn percentage points on the show’s back end) had pushed for pay equality, I wonder if the outcome would be different?

–Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are still a thing. I don’t get it.

-I really like this essay on how TV criticism has changed because even critics can’t keep up with all the new shows.

-A fired editor who worked for Vogue for 25 years gave a dishy interview and the fashion world is shook. Some bon mots: “The June cover with Alexa Chung in a stupid Michael Kors T-shirt is crap. He’s a big advertiser so I knew why I had to do it….The last womenswear collection at Marni was a disaster; it had terrible reviews. The show was appalling…Truth be told, I haven’t read Vogue in years.”

-I didn’t know I needed to see  James Van Der Beek as Diplo, but I really, really did.