-Welp. This is awkward: Chloë Grace Moretz’s Teen Vogue coverfeatures her now ex-boyfriend, Brooklyn Beckham. Even more awkward: in the interview she talks about how their relationship “can withstand space and time.”
-The is an excellent video editorial from Jay Z on how we have to end the war on drugs.
-You can now watch the first 5 minutes of Fox’s Rocky Horror.
-Contrary to reports, Jonah Hill says he hasn’t actually cancelled all French press for War Dogs after being mocked on TV for his sex life. The host apologized to him (but has he apologized to her for starting the whole thing by telling her “I hear you get sodomized pretty often”?).
-Every TV critic I love is gushing about Amazon’s new show Fleabag. How do we get this in Canada STAT?
-Speaking of critical love, I’m glad to see the Netflix version of Black Mirror is getting such good reviews.
–Bobbi Kristini‘s boyfriend was found legally responsible in that wrongful-death lawsuit.
–Mark Walhberg has stopped trying to get those old assault charges pardoned. One of my friends interviewed him this week and says he’s mellowed considerably over the years. But he’s still, you know, him.
-How much TV are you going to watch this fall? Vulture’s handy calculator will let you know exactly how guilty you should feel about it.
-Well, this is embarrassing: the wife of the Light Between the Oceans director is slamming bad reviews in a new essay.
-I probably won’t see the new Bridget Jones movie for a week or two because after TIFF I don’t want to step inside another theatre for a while, but people are already writing articles about the ending.
-Lifetime’s unauthorized behind-the-scenes movies are uniformly terrible, but their next one will be about Beverly Hills, 90210so we might have to drunk-watch this thing.
-Also, Game of Thrones, which showed a child being burned alive and marched a main female character naked through the streets while people threw poop at her, thought a character’s decapitation in the finale would’ve been “gratuitous”. Sure.
-In other depressing TV news: very, very few Orange Is the New Black episodes have been directed by women. Like, dude from Blaine from Pretty in Pink directed more of the series than Jodie Foster.
–Aziz Ansari was on GMA this morning and made me super hyped for his Modern Romance book.
-People were so angry at Aaron Paul last night. How is that even possible? That’s like being angry at ice cream.
–Chris Pratt‘s hot streak continues. He just signed on to a movie with Jennifer Lawrence. (Also, I love that JLaw can pull in $20M + 30% backend at this point…)
-Meanwhile, Chris handled this dinosaur prankso well. I would have throat-punched everyone.
-Excellent read from Grantland on how Jurassic World’s immense win of the weekend is not entirely free of collateral damage.
-Starz has greenlit and adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods with Bryan Fuller and Michael Green as show runners. I’m scared/excited/mostly scared.
–Helen Mirren calls Hollywood ageism “f-cking outrageous” in this new video.
–Richard Gere made me tear up a little in this trailer for Time Out of Mind.
-Here’s our first look at Angelina Jolie in as Maleficent(aka – the entire world’s next Halloween costume).
–Zac Efronbroke his jaw last weekend. Is anyone else’s spidey senses tingling?
-At the debut of his new film last night, Mark WalhbergWENT OFF on other actors for complaining about military training for a role. Sleep with one eye open, Tom Cruise!
-Poor Lily Allen. Yesterday, she was being heralded as a brave artist for releasing a scathing pop culture commentary. Today, she’s getting flackfor having mostly non-white dancers in the same video.
–Miley Cyrus is one of the biggest feminists in the world, according to Miley Cyrus.
–Jennifer Lawrence, on the other hand, proves her feminist roots by actually talking like one. Repeatedly.
-Meanwhile, I love this coat dress on Jennifer Lawrence, but I love the description of it even more.
–Mariah Carey didn’t hold back when asked about her time on American Idol, talking about how much she hated it.
-Eek! Nicolas Cage had sexy nekkid photos stolen from his house by a former handyman.
-Vampire Diaries stars and exes Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalderare back on, which I guess is bound to happen when your show’s writers insist on staging intense makeout sessions every episode.
-Does this blurry video show Kanye West cold-cocking photographers in Texas?
-I hate the “let’s all scrutinize her post-baby body” trend, but even I must admit that Evan Rachel Woodlooks stunning. I’m also really digging the wig she’s wearing on the cover of Nylon.
-Here’s another great “where are they now?” piece on Love Actually, but this focuses on the characters, not the cast.
–Justin Bieber continues to piss off his fans, this time by disrespecting the Argentine flag.
-Meanwhile, his Brazilian hookup Tati Neves claims The Biebs is really good in bed, so there’s that.
-Supermodel Cindy Crawfordreportedly acted exactly as you assume supermodels act.
-Your Valentine’s Day plans have already been set: Universal just announced that they’ll release Fifty Shades of Grey on Feb. 13, 2015.
-Meanwhile, EW has the first image of Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in character for the film. For a guy who made me hot for a serial killer, that’s a weirdly unflattering photo of him.
–Miranda July‘s “We Think Alone” email project ended this week (with the lamest theme possible — computer problems). Now that it’s over, Lena Dunham has emerged as the art project’s oversharing, needy winner.
-Now Liv Tyler is jumping on the lifestyle guru bandwagon. Enough, already!
