About 8 years ago, Mark Burnett convinced us to sign up for this show where you sit in a big red chair with your back turned away from the singers on the stage. First thank you must go to Mark. ❤️ We had no idea what… https://t.co/XjbaOu55PR
-In other couple news, Leonardo DiCaprio, 44, invited his 21-year-old girlfriend to Cannes. And he’s reportedly known her since she was a child. Not creepy at all.
–Harvey Weinstein is still awaiting his criminal trial and faces life in prison if convicted. In the meantime, he reached a $44 million settlement, $30m of which will be divided among his victims. (It’ll be paid out by Weinstein Co. insurance.)
-Celebrity chef Mario Batali will be arraigned on a criminal assault charge in Boston Municipal Court.
–Cardi B is denying rumoursshe’s getting her own TV show, which sucks because a show about her drinking while interviewing celebs sounded great!
-If, like me, this week was a straight up garbage fire for you, then feel free to cleanse your palate with this hilarious blooper reel from The Good Place.
-I stopped watching The Walking Dead last year (best. decision. ever.) but Twitter went wild over last night’s big death. Also not impressed? The star’s dad, who slammed the showrunner: “Watching Gimple fire my son 2 weeks before his birthday after telling him they wanted him for the next 3 years was disappointing.”
-Meanwhile, Andrew Lincoln is talking about how his contract is up this seasonand has yet to be formally renewed for season nine.
-It’s been kind of amazing to watch stars like Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Justin Bieber, Hailee Steinfeld and more rally around that kid who was bullied. But now there’s controversy surrounding the boy’s mom following allegations that she’s made racist posts on Facebook. It does make you wonder why certain stories go viral — and others don’t.
-Last night word broke on Twitter that a celeb chefwould be the latest famous dude to fall, with Anthony Bourdain adding“Monday is really going to suck.” Fellow chef Tom Colicchio tweeted “And no one should be surprised.” Then this morning came the news that Mario Batali has been accused of sexual misconductby multiple women. His response: “Although the identities of most of the individuals mentioned in these stories have not been revealed to me, much of the behavior described does, in fact, match up with ways I have acted.”
–Jessica Chastain says a famous dude chastised herfor tweeting when the Weinstein scandal broke. “I was tweeting a lot at the time and actually got an email from a well-known actor that said, ‘Calm down.'”
-I seriously wish Tiffany Haddish was contractually obligated to be a talk show guest every week. Her storyabout dating a one-armed man slayed me. “Does he live with the X-Men?”
-The Golden Globe nominations are always weird, but there were some nutso snubs in this morning’s announcement. On the movie side, no Wonder Woman or The Big Sick or Tiffany Haddish. Over on TV, no Veep or The Leftovers — but Jessica Biel somehow managed to slide in there?
-Only five women have ever been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Director in its 75-year history. This year, women were shut out once again. I really thought Greta Gerwig was a shoe-in.
–This video of Alison Brie finding out about her GG nom on the set of Glow is pretty great.
-Netflix calling out the 53 peoplewho’ve watched A Christmas Prince 18 days in a row is a bit squicky. Not only does it reveal that they’re tracking us in a big brotherly way, why are they going after their (most likely) female fans? Squicky, I tell ya.
-Netflix revealed their end-of-year data, and you all watched a LOT of American Vandal. Which is odd, because I feel like it didn’t get a lot of coverage.
–This X Files promowith the stars trying to explain Mulder and Scully’s relationship made me laugh. (“I’d say were kind of back to where we were originally but without the unresolved sexual tension… Because we’ve already had sex.”)
-Whoo hoo! Atlanta’s season 2 returns to FX in February of 2018. I really thought we’d have to wait another year for this one.
-On the flip side, Sophie Turner says Game of Thrones season 8 won’t premiere until 2019.