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Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik Make Waves on Vogue

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-Vogue did a cover about gender fluidity, though I don’t think hetero couple Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik talking about swapping clothes is probably the right way to do it.

-How the hell is Blake Lively in talks for a spy franchise? The fact that she continues to get movie work while Leighton Meester doesn’t is insane.

Gwyenth Paltrow‘s GOOP is defending its health advice and doctors with a series of posts revisiting its most controversial topics and “offering our contributing M.D.’s a chance to articulate theirs, in a respectful and substantive manner.” First up: those jade eggs you’re supposed to stick in your vagina. (Spoiler: the doc gets very defensive.)

Donnie Wahlberg left a $2,000 tip at a Waffle House, proving his still the best Wahlberg.

Arcade Fire has a new song out called “Electric Blue.”

-Thousands of confidential documents were released in Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont‘s lawsuit against AMC, and while everyone is focused on his obscene emails (which are definite worth a read), it’s the financial info and behind-the-scenes scoop that has me intrigued. After Darabont moved the second season to one set location — a farmhouse — to accommodate the network’s insane budget cuts, AMC executives demanded to see ALL of the season’s scripts up front before shooting. No show has those ready. I was also shocked by the bonuses for Emmy and Golden Globe awards ($25,000 for each nomination, $50,000 for each win).

-Speaking of Emmys, the nominations came out this morning and they felt like a big step backwards compared to last year. The biggest oversight is the lack of love for The Leftovers, which blew away everything else on TV this season. Carrie Coon didn’t even get a nod (though she did for Fargo, which no one is even talking about anymore). Others feeling the lack of love: The Americans, Insecure, Justin Theroux, Rami Malek (who won last year), The Good Place. And who the hell is still voting for House of Cards?! There were some nice surprises though, including noms for Pamela Aldon, Aziz Anzari, Donald Glover, Milo Ventimiglia, Atlanta, Kimmy Schmidt, Stranger Things, and This is Us.

-At least Twitter’s reactions to the Emmys snub of The Leftovers are hilarious.

-Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry and his BFF, This Is Us’ Sterling K. Brown, called each other and “screamed a little bit” after getting their Emmy noms this morning.

Ezra Miller‘s The Flash teams up with Batman and Wonder Woman in a new Justice League photo.

-Wonder Woman is holding better than any superhero movie in 15 years.

John Oliver told Stephen Colbert that he now wishes he hadn’t made his “Stupid Watergate” joke. “We are turbo-f***ed.”

Brie Larson tries to survive her unconventional parents, played by Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson, in The Glass Castle trailer.

Lin Manuel-Miranda Takes His Mom (And Us) to the Oscar Luncheon

Lin Manuel-Miranda brought his mom to the Oscar luncheon, but his live-tweeting made it feel like he’d brought us along as well.

Matt Damon crashed Jimmy Kimmel Live once again.

Brad Pitt‘s World War Z sequel has been pulled from the release calendar after losing its director last year. Sounds like the sequel’s production is just as troubled as the original’s.

-TMZ claims that Beyonce wants to launch a line of Blue Ivy Carter products – from hair care to clothing, mobile devices to video games, and more. She’s 5 years old. And what have you accomplished this week?

-I watched a few of episodes of Santa Clarita Diet this weekend and didn’t love it — but I do love that they have Hal and Joanne from BodyBreak promoting it!

-SNL’s Weekend Update is the weakest it’s been in years, so of course it may be getting a spinoff.

-I love that Trump is so rattled over Melissa McCarthy‘s SNL impression of Sean Spicer. Now Rosie O’Donnell wants to play Steve Bannon. She should play Trump instead and *really* get under his skin.

-HBO’s John Oliver talks the new season of Last Week Tonight: “I think we’re very anxious to not make it all Trump, all the time.”

David Beckham’s email hack made not seem super scandalous to us non-Brits, but it does make him “seem like a whiny and insincere little man whose every move for over a decade has been influenced by an almost pathological desire to be knighted.”

Zosia Mamet was asked her opinion of the other characters on Girls and she did not hold back.

Evan Rachel Wood shared details of her bisexuality at an LGBT Gala.

-I haven’t caught up on Jane the Virgin but Twitter spoiled me on the big twist last night. I do appreciate that the showrunner wrote a letter to the fans explaining herself, though.

-The new trailer for The Americans is all about Paige.

-Here’s the first trailer for Netflix’s Iron First. I fear that I’m going to be lost because I didn’t finish Daredevil.

Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn are an atypical mother-daughter duo in this new Snatched trailer.

Anna Kendrick Is a Scrappy Little Nobody

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Anna Kendrick‘s new book Scrappy Little Nobody will be released tomorrow, and I’m really hoping it’s better than this EW preview makes it seem. When she talks about shooting Up In the Air and Twilight, I want to read stories about George Clooney and Robsten, not about nail polish and creepy hotels! Luckily, she promises that she saved “some juice for the payin’ customers.”

-Whatever Ryan Reynolds may be like IRL, at least he knows how to deliver laughs when we all need it. He was named one of GQ’s Men of the Year, and the highlight of the feature is this clip of him get roasted by his bitter “brother” (with Jake Gyllenhaal holding the boom mic).

John Oliver’s fury is mandatory viewing this week. “Optimism is nice if you can swing it, but you’ve got to be careful. Because it can feed into the normalization of Donald Trump. And he is not normal. He’s abnormal…Keep reminding yourself this is not normal…because a Klan-backed misogynist Internet troll is going to be delivering the next State of the Union address. And that is not normal, it’s f**ked up.”

-Speaking of the normalization of Trump, this is a good look at his 60 Minutes interview.

-Breitbart is reportedly trying to court Billy Bush to be their new Hollywood correspondent. Ugh. They have keep him.

Emmy Rossum is speaking out about the vile harassment she’s now getting on Twitter because she’s Jewish.

-In more pleasant news, Katy Perry donated $10k to Planned Parenthood.

Jon Hamm and Billy Eichner hit the streets to ask strangers if they would participate in a threesome with them. The last woman’s reaction is me.

-I get that artists want to grow and stretch, but does anyone really want to hear Taylor Swift attempt hip hop?!

-A judge has ordered Making a Murderer subject Brendan Dassey’s release from prison.

-I saw and loved Arrival this weekend. The fact that  Max Landis is whining about its female protagonist just makes me love it even more.

-HBO has renewed Westworld (meh), Divorce (meh) and Insecure (yay!) for second seasons.

-My favourite thing about Eddie Redmayne‘s current press tour for Fantastic Beasts is that it mostly involves him talking about big parts he auditioned for and didn’t get. Today’s story: when he tried to play Tom Riddle in Harry Potter.

-I only know Brett Gelman from his Drunk History episodes, but good on him for severing ties with Adult Swim because of their treatment of women.

Dave Chappelle sang Radiohead’s “Creep” alongside A Tribe Called Quest, Lenny Kravitz, and Madonna at the SNL afterparty.

-As if the world hasn’t suffered enough this month, Chad Michael Murray wrote a romance novel! Based on a dream!

Drake wears a fur coat and hangs out in a parking lot in the fuzzy video for “Sneakin'”.

Natalie Portman faces critics for planning John F. Kennedy‘s fancy funeral in the new Jackie trailer.

-The first Beauty and the Beast trailer looks pretty damn amazing.