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Emma Stone Got Engaged at SNL

-According to Page Six, SNL producer Dave McCary popped the question to Emma Stone in the show’s offices. The source insists it was “very romantic” though.

-I don’t know how she possibly managed this, but Gwen Stefani’s annulment from ex-husband Gavin Rossdale has been granted by the Catholic church, paving the way for her to get re-married in the church.

-Bridgerton breakout Nicola Coughlan is having the last laugh when it comes to people who said there shouldn’t be diversity in Regency romances.

–Tessa Thompson says she got into a car accident on New Year’s Eve. She told Jimmy Kimmel, “I drove up a mountain to go to a cabin, and I thought, ‘This will be totally safe because I won’t see anybody,’ but I got into a car accident…Yeah, I got hit by a big monster truck on the highway.”

–Ivanka Trump is reportedly ‘surprised and hurt‘ by sister-in-law Karlie Kloss‘ tweets about the Capitol siege. Aw, muffin.

-Bless Lucy Lawless for clapping back at Kevin Sorbo‘s nonsense.

–Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s latest THR column is excellent. He calls out celebs like Matthew McConaughey for accusing liberals of sowing discord while minimizing the issues “that cause the divisiveness” in the first place.

–Tracy Chapman has accepted Nicki Minaj’s offer of $450,000 to satisfy her copyright-infringement claims.

-Former Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder named her daughter Charlie Rose? Cancel 2021.

-Here are some pics of Keanu Reeves having fun on a beach because after this week, we deserve this.

-This is an interesting piece on Wonder Woman 2’s problematic depiction of Arabs and the Middle East. In it, director Lexi Alexander recalls hearing an anti-Arab rant from the police technical advisor on a TV show, which must be L.A.’s Finest because she mentions it was led by two women, and that Gabrielle Union stood up for her.

-Terrible: ER’s Deezer D, who played Nurse Malik, has died at 55. ER alums Noah Wylie, Kellie Martin, Julianna Margulies and Mekhi Phifer have posted their condolences.

-Also terrible: the lead character designer on Bob’s Burgers died in a skydiving accident.

-Apple TV+ has unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming Israeli drama series Losing Alice, starring Daredevil’s Ayelet Zurer.

-Outlander costars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish lead a new roadtrip Starz reality show set in Scotland called Men In Kilts. Here’s the trailer.

-Despite Shia LaBeouf‘s presence, I really liked Pieces of a Woman, which just dropped on Netflix. Vanessa Kirby steals the show.

-Netflix finally gave us a trailer for the much-anticipated Malcolm & Marie starring Zendaya and John David Washington. Writer/director Sam Levinson shot the romantic drama during the early days of COVID-19 lockdown. They’re releasing it on Feb. 5, which means it’ll be out in time for Academy Awards consideration.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Getting Divorced, Says Page Six

-Welp. According to Page Six, it’s splitsville for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. If true, I wonder why they didn’t try to slide this news under the cover of holiday madness last week?

–Emma Stone confirmed what we’ve known for months: she’s expecting her first child.

-I didn’t even know there was a rumour about Zoë Kravitz dating Channing Tatum, but they’re already denying it.

-The Alexander Wang assault allegations don’t seem to be going away, despite his vehement denial and the near-total silence from the fashion industry.

-The Grammy Awards will no longer be held this month and have been postponed as COVID-19 cases surge in Los Angeles. Organizers are hoping to hold it in March, but that seems wildly optimistic.

–Arnold Schwarzenegger accidentally referred to son-in-law Chris Pratt as Chris Evans on Instagram, which is a belated xmas gift to all of us.

-In a new interview, Patty Jenkins details her “internal war” with Warner Bros. over the first Wonder Woman movie. “Everybody in the industry wanted to hire me. But I felt like they wanted to hire me like a beard; they wanted me to walk around on set being a woman director, but it was their story and their vision.”

-Meanwhile, this is a very good piece on how the second Wonder Woman is supposed to be for women, but still isn’t about women.

-The Bean Dad apologized. It’s not bad, in spite of the “let themselves be triggered” nonsense.

–Meghan McCain returned to The View after her mat leave, and Joy Behar did not mince words about her feelings on the return. “I did not miss you. Zero.”

-Following a day of conflicting information about the status of her health, actress Tanya Roberts has died at the age of 65. She passed away last night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA.

-This Is Us’ producers are blaming covid for a scene in which a teen took a pregnancy test with what was clearly an ovulation test.

–Steven Soderbergh released his annual list of every piece of pop culture he consumed in 2020, and once again I feel like a luddite.

-Mr. Bean star Rowan Atkinson was trending earlier because he weighed in on “cancel culture” in a new interview, saying “It’s important that we’re exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion, but what we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn.” I’m raising my eyebrows more about the part where he talks about “the weight of responsibility” of playing Mr Bean.

–Cardi B defended turning off “WAP” when her 2-year-old daughter enters the room. “I’m not [JoJo Siwa]! I don’t make music for kids I make music for adults.”

–Maria Bakalova, the Bulgarian star of Borat 2, says she’s kept in touch with the film’s 62-year-old babysitter. “Jeanise is a true angel. I will probably always think of her as my godmother, a real hero and life coach. We had a real human connection from the very first day we met. I called her on Thanksgiving. It was my first American Thanksgiving and was also my best. I was so happy to talk to her that I started to cry. When we were shooting, it was very hard for me, because I wanted to tell her not to worry about me.”

-Rumour has it that Jodie Whittaker will be leaving Doctor Who soon.

-The Dexter revival has tapped Clancy Brown as its big bad. I just saw him in Promising Young Woman (which we all must watch and talk about because I can’t stop thinking about it.)

–Jared Padalecki in Men’s Health is, um, surprising.

–Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in Locked Down, the first romantic comedy set during the pandemic — and it looks surprisingly good? Instead of the endless Zoom calls that have plagued most quar projects, these guys are planning a diamond heist. And good news for Canadians: it drops on Crave the same day it arrives on HBO Max – next Thursday.

Frances McDormand Under Wraps

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–Frances McDormand covers the new issue of Vogue, and I actually looked it up to see if she’s in the new Dune movie because otherwise this cover shoot makes no sense to me. She is not. In any case, she still deserves all the covers!

–Emma Stone is heading to TV. She’ll star in the Safdie brothers’ The Curse, which has been formally ordered to series at Showtime. The series from the Uncut Gems duo is described as a genre-bending comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of Stone’s character and her husband (Nathan Fielder) as they try to conceive a child.

-Merry Swiftmas! Prolific pop singer Taylor Swift announced this morning that she’s celebrating her birthday by dropping another surprise album tonight. Considering how many folklore songs ended up on my Spotify Wrapped playlist, I’m very much looking forward to this.

-People are convinced that she’s wearing a wedding dress in one of the album’s promo pics.

–Ariana Grande gets teary in the trailer of her Netflix tour docu-film excuse me, i love you, which is set to drop Dec. 21.

–Ryan Reynolds got his mother to on an expletive-laden rant against Chris Hemsworth… but it’s all for charity.

–Jon Bernthal is set to create and star in an Amazon drama called The Bottoms. I’m not even gonna look up what this show is about, because there’s no way it lives up to what I’m imagining in my head.

–Pedro Pascal says his performance in Wonder Woman 1984 was partially inspired by Nicolas Cage. “With Wonder Woman, [Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig] are doing the action, baby, and I’m doing the schm-acting! I am hamming it up!”

–Kelly Clarkson says her estranged husband, who was also her manager, defrauded her out of millions by charging exorbitant fees.

–Ellen Degeneres revealed that she’s tested positive for covid, but so far her symptoms are very mild. The show has paused production until next year.

-Speaking of covid, Chris Evans was photographed doing his own covid swab…which seems weird.

-Dancing With The Stars’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba also tested positive.

-iCarly is being rebooted with the original stars because Hollywood has run out of ideas.

-Whoa. Girls star Allison Williams is going to lead a remake of the Canadian drama Being Erica.

–George Clooney‘s new movie The Midnight Sky is just getting so-so reviews but it’s on Netflix so we’re all going to watch it anyway.

-The French Exit trailer stars Michelle Pfeiffer as an ex-wealthy widow and Lucas Hedges as her son.