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Andrew Garfield Gets a Cobra Kai Surprise

-Earlier this year, Andrew Garfield revealed he’s a huge Cobra Kai fan — so the stars sent him a video message. His obvious delight at this is adorable. “It feels like Christmas in my body…Life can be ok sometimes. Life can be really nice.”

–Jimmy Kimmel posted a photo with singed hair on Instagram, saying he’d burned his ‘hair and eyebrow off’ while ‘lighting the oven’ for Thanksgiving dinner.

–Kanye West made a surprise appearance at Los Angeles Mission’s Annual Thanksgiving event and he said…some things. “The narrative God wants is to see that we can be redeemed in all these relationships. We’ve made mistakes. I’ve made mistakes. I’ve publicly done things that were not acceptable as a husband, but right now today, for whatever reason — I didn’t know I was going to be in front of this mic — but I’m here to change the narrative…I’m doing everything to be right next to the situation… I’m trying to express this in the most sane way, the most calm way possible, but I need to be back home.”

–Dave Chapelle tried to pull his shit on a bunch of high schoolers, and they weren’t having it. “I’m 16 and I think you’re childish, you handled it like a child.”

-Prince William and Kate Middleton are working on a Christmas carol concert broadcast fundraiser, and they’ve changed the broadcaster from BBC to ITV — likely because BBC just aired an unflattering doc about their involvement with the tabloids.

–Jared Leto continues to be subtle and demure in interviews. Talking about his prep for House of Gucci, he said “I did it all. I was snorting lines of arrabbiata sauce by the middle of this movie. I had olive oil for blood. This was a deep dive I did. If you took a biopsy of my skin, it would come back as parmesan cheese! This is my love letter to Italy.” (Judging by the reviews of his performance in particular, Italy might be marking that ‘return to sender’.)

–David Beckham taught his daughter how to boil an egg. I would definitely cook more if he was around to kiss me on the forehead after every successful attempt…

-This is how Samantha Jones is being written out of the Sex and the City reboot. It leaves the door wide open for a cameo, but Kim Cattrall will never walk through it.

–Casey Affleck, 46, and is dating 23-year-old actress Caylee Cowan. Sound about right.

–Van Hunt wrote an article about his girlfriend Halle Berry, and it’s very sweet if you can ignore the lack of capitalization. “no one ever discusses this tenacity when describing her. they speak of beauty and favorite movies, but never of heart. it is nigh impossible to peer inside Halle without noticing her heart; and the principles that make it thump.”

-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is mourning the unexpected loss of her brother, who passed away suddenly at age 54.

–Elliot Page and Awkwafina are friends and I love that for them.

-Here’s the final season trailer for This Is Us.

Zoë Kravitz is a Triple Threat

Zoë Kravitz wears a fur vest on the cover of Another magazine

-In a new interview with Another, Zoë Kravitz is branching out from acting and working on a solo album with Jack Antonoff, as well as finishing her directorial debut, Pussy Island. The accompanying photos are a little more topless than I need, because apparently I’m turning into my mother…

–Lena Dunham wore three wedding dresses inspired by Claudia Schiffer, Priscilla Presley and Sharon Tate at her London wedding last weekend.

–Jake Gyllenhaal and his girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu made their first public appearance together at the premiere of his sister’s new movie. The 40-year-old actor has been linked to 25-year-old model since 2018.

-On this week’s celebrity news bingo, I did not have “Shakira attacked by wild boars“.

–Aaron Sorkin spoke about the downfall of producer Scott Rudin. “First of all, I have my own experience with Scott, and it’s a higher class of bullying, but I get it.” (I’m more interested by the fact that Josh Charles, who starred in Sorkin’s Sports Night, does not seem to like the interview.)

–This whole thread on Ellen Pompeo is eye-opening, and very much incongruent to how she presents herself as an ally. I know this onset behavior is common (and with actors much lower on the callsheet) but I still can’t believe she volunteered that Denzel story up in a podcast, much less that she did so at the same time a tell-all book is dropping that doesn’t seem to paint her in a great light. Like, why?

–Jamie Spears released a lengthy statement through his lawyer after the court suspended him.

-Meanwhile, Britney Spears is flying high — literally.

-In a new TED Talk, Lizzo opens up about how twerking helped her appreciate her body and delves into the history behind the dance move.

–Lil Nas X says he’s currently single. “I just want to work on music, and every now and then, you know, maybe I’ll kiss a guy every blue moon.”

–Kate Middleton got up close and personal with a tarantula named Charlotte. Prince William did not.

–Graham Norton credits Tom Cruise for getting celebrities comfortable enough to come back into his studio for in-person interviews.

–Daniel Craig has been alerted to the weekend meme. He immediately recognized that it’s not the worst thing to be associated with kicking off what we’re all looking forward to, saying “They do? It’s amazing. I don’t know what that is, but thank you. That’s lovely.”

-To say the reviews for Venom: Let There Be Carnage are mixed would be kind. It’s currently 61% on RottenTomatoes (a drop of 10% since I looked this morning). Some outlets, like the L.A. Times and the Washington Post, gave it raves, but a lot of critics are piling on the venom, calling it a ‘ridiculous mess’ and a ‘porn tentacle fest’ that feels like ‘the mold in the Avengers’ shower.’

–Lily-Rose Depp (who is everywhere lately) falls in love with a guy who thinks he’s a wolf (George MacKay) in the Wolf trailer.

-Here’s the first teaser for Disney’s Encanto.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Softer Side

jake gyllenhaal in a pink sweater on the cover ofsunday style

-I’m loving this week’s trend of dudes wearing pink. First there’s Jake Gyllenhaal on the cover of The Sunday Times Style in a sweater that he joked he borrowed from Jamie Lee Curtis. And today was the premiere for the new Bond film in London and I’m gagging over Daniel Craig‘s amazing raspberry velvet jacket. I also loved Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s jumpsuit, and was impressed by Kate Middleton’s dress (but not the hair).

-It’s cute that some people believe that Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell had a relationship and now it’s ended. I am surprised that this “news” came out before their movie debuted though.

-The Grey’s Anatomy tell-all book said that a series regular got fired because she posted pics on social media without first getting Ellen Pompeo’s permission. Said the author, “It was this weird thing that [the unnamed actress] was taking pictures behind-the-scenes and was very active with taking pictures of the crew and telling their stories. But Ellen got to the point where it really became Ellen’s set, so you should really check in with mom, just let her know, ‘FYI, doing this, are you OK?’ Kiss the ring. She didn’t do that…and that was her downfall.” (Based on other articles about the book, it seems like the actress was Jerrika Hinton.)

-And now it’s Netflix’s turn for Britney Spears docs. Their documentary about the singer’s legal battle with her father dropped today. Among the revelations: one of the producers was part of a covert operation to try to get Britney a new lawyer in 2009, and Sam Lutfi denied ever drugging Britney.

-Netflix says it’s trying to be more transparent with ratings, but its latest data dump is still frustratingly vague. What we can tell (sort of) is that Bridgerton, Bird Box and Extraction had lots of viewers.

-Also, the CEO says Squid Game is on its way to become Netflix’s most popular show ever.

-I really liked this review of The Eyes of Tammy Faye. As much as I think Jessica Chastain‘s performance should be awarded, but the way the film makes the character so infantile and victimized doesn’t exactly line up with my recollections of the scandal.

-The original iteration of Law & Order was cancelled a decade ago, and now it’s coming back.

-Stellan Skarsgård revealed his thoughts about Martin Scorsese‘s comments on Marvel movies, and he succinctly explained the current state of cinema. “What Martin Scorsese wrote in his article in the NYT was not that it was Marvel’s fault — because it’s not and he knows that — it’s not Netflix’s fault either that the streaming services are taking over so much. The fault is that we have for decades believed that the markets should rule everything and the rich will get richer, and that is the root of it all…They’re not run anymore by people who want to make money specifically out of film because they like film. They’re run by big corporations that want to have 10% back on their invested capital, which means that as long as they sell popcorn, it’s fine. That’s why all the mid-range films, the films that are lower than $100 million dollar budget, and over $3 million dollars, they don’t exist anymore. It’s only $100 million dollar films and $3 million dollars, and nothing in between.”

–Tom Sturridge stars in trailer for The Sandman series on Netflix.

–Jonathan Majors and Idris Elba face off in the first official trailer for Jay-Z-produced The Harder They Fall, also starring Regina King, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz.