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Gillian Anderson, Cynthia Erivo and More Talk Pay Equity

Gillian Anderson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Cynthia Erivo, Elizabeth Olsen, Mj Rodriquez and Sarah Paulson

Gillian Anderson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Cynthia Erivo, Elizabeth Olsen, Mj Rodriquez and Sarah Paulson gathered via Zoom for THR’s TV actress roundtable. They discussed pay, with Anderson talking about being offered a tenth of what David Duchovny was offered for the reboot. “That was the point where I was like, “Fuck this. I’m actually going to talk about this [publicly].” Erivo also discussed salary (“I’m a Black woman. That has a lot to do with how you’re paid, how you’re hired, if you’re hired, the way you’re hired — it affects everything”) and how she still has to ask for Black makeup artists on set. “It isn’t about vanity, it’s about making sure that whoever I’m playing is represented in the right way because they understand how to work with my skin tone and my hair.”

-It’s been a not-great week for Matthew Perry. First there was chatter about his appearance on the reunion, and now comes news that he split from fiancée Molly Hurwitz.

-In her new, self-directed video for “Lost Cause,” Billie Eilish hosts a slumber party for a group of girlfriends.

-Now that Taylor Swift has been cast in a David O. Russell movie, all the terrible stories about him are resurfacing. I can’t believe this guy still gets jobs, let alone any actor wants to work with him. Even George Clooney wanted to hurt him.

-Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu wrote an explosive Facebook post about how how frustrated he had become with the show’s producers and his fellow cast members. I’m sure all of his complaints are valid, but this is a surprising flex when you’re about to lead a Marvel movie.

-Thor Love and Thunder is done filming, and the photo that they posted makes me want to write Chris Hemsworth a note excusing him from the gym for the next year.

Ellie Kemper was linked to a white supremacist group after a 22-year-old photo of her surfaced on Twitter but the truth was more complicated — she was crowned Queen of Love and Beauty at an event that had connections to the klan in its early years, but has since become a debutante ball. Still problematic, but less so.

-Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan will play Lizzie Bennett in a contemporary rom-com for Netflix that’s “in the spirit of Easy A and 10 Things I Hate About You.” Yes, I’ll take all the Pride and Prejudice adaptations.

This interview with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga is hilarious. She asks the interviewer over and over if he believes in “spiritual warfare.”

-I work in social media and I don’t believe for a second that Gwyneth Paltrow‘s Goop team posted that photo of Ben Affleck without her knowledge.

Sophia Bush says she was fetishized on One Tree Hill. “My girlfriends from One Tree Hill and I talk about that all the time. We’re like, girls don’t talk to each other the way we had to talk to each other on that show, and also don’t behave the way we had to behave on that show. Come on! That was, like, some gross older man’s fantasy. And it was icky.”

-Every new trailer for Apple TV’s Physical, starring Rose Byrne, gets me more and more excited.

Gael García Bernal fights against time in the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Old.

Gillian Anderson In Vogue

Gillian Anderson is stunning in Vogue UK. Seriously though, is she aging backwards?

-Speaking of UK mags, I love love love Lupita Nyong’o‘s Elle UK cover.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s newborn son is named Saint. (No pressure, kid!) At least it wasn’t another direction, although this means their children’s initials are now SW and NW.

Taylor Swift‘s squad just got blonder. Blake Lively is now an official member.

Jared Leto doesn’t like Taylor Swift’s 1989 album and said “I don’t give a f*ck about her.” I’m sure she’s absolutely crushed.

Brie Larson dislikes the term “It Girl” because she’s a magical unicorn sent to save us from Hollywood stupidity.

Selena Gomez was spotted kissing a One Directioner while celebrating Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s birthday. Why were either of those two kids invited to a 35-year-old’s birthday party anyway?

Channing Tatum says he and Joe Manganiello recreated the Magic Mike dance at Joe’s wedding reception and I’m gonna need to see some video of that STAT.

Amber Heard could face 10 years in prison for smuggling dogs into Australia.

-I aspire to Ivana Trump‘s level of restaurant snobbery. “What do you want me to do? Just stand outside??”

Kate Hudson’s line of workout wear is a success — and the New York Times is scandalized.

-Could Joy be the movie that *finally* convinces Jennifer Lawrence to break up with David O. Russell? The review embargo lifted today and critics are out for blood, as evidenced here here here here here and herewhich got me like:

-The Spice Girls reunited for a Tesco holiday ad, and it’s adorable.

-I’ve learned to avoid TV post-mortem interviews with showrunners because they tend to include lots of lectures about how the audience was *suppose* to interpret scenes (looking at you, Matthew Weiner!), but this interview with Damon Lindelof following The Leftovers’ near-perfect season finale avoids that completely.

-This is so great: Mattel released a limited edition Barbie based on Ava DuVernay and it sold out in one hour.

-If, like me, the Hamilton soundtrack is clutching your soul and refuses to let go, this is a long but great read about the play.

Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul team up in the new trailer for Eye In the Sky.