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Jennifer Aniston Talks Reunions and Rumours

 

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Jennifer Aniston‘s THR cover story feels like the most substantial interview we’ve gotten from her in years. She talks about how hard the Friends reunion was on her (“It just took me by surprise because it was like, ‘Hi, past, remember me? Remember how that sucked? You thought everything was in front of you and life was going to be just gorgeous and then you went through maybe the hardest time in your life?’ “), how the industry has changed (“It’s not that glamorous anymore. It’s slowly becoming about TikTok and Instagram followers. It’s like, we’re hiring now based on followers, not talent? Oh, dear”), and dealing with tabloid rumours (“I used to take it all very personally — the pregnancy rumors and the whole ‘Oh, she chose career over kids’ assumption. It’s like, ‘You have no clue what’s going with me personally, medically, why I can’t…can I have kids?’ They don’t know anything, and it was really hurtful and just nasty”).

-Meanwhile, Aniston and friends did a great job on last night’s Facts of Life live. The old school ads they ran during the special were amazing.

-I really like the photos that accompany this interview with Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín.

Meryl Streep had just come to accept that Jonah Hill kept calling her GOAT, and Jennifer Lawrence had to explain to her that it was a compliment.

-Meanwhile, when Stephen Colbert asked Jennifer Lawrence what she’d been doing just her 3-year hiatus from Hollywood, she said “I just had a ton of sex.” Fair enough.

Prince William says that at a charity fundraiser, Taylor Swift encouraged him to join her and Jon Bon Jovi on stage to sing “Livin’ on a Prayer” — and he didn’t know the words. “Honestly, even now I’m cringing at what happened next, and I don’t understand why I gave in…if Taylor Swift looks you in the eye, touches your arm and says, ’Come with me,′ you basically do what she says. I got up like a puppy and went, ‘Yeah, OK, that seems like a great idea ― I’ll follow you.’ ”

Christina Ricci (who is currently doing fantastic work in Yellowjackets) just welcomed her second child.

-This is a very good list of the best TV performances of the year.

-For those of us who spend a lot of time watching TV and movies while turning the volume up and down, this article explains a lot.

-A court has dismissed Rose McGowan’s RICO lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers.

-Disney+ is working on a reboot of Firefly — minus Joss Whedon.

-Director Daniel Cretton is returning for the Shang-Chi sequel.

-Has Jeremy Strong been teasing his Succession character’s fate for months? (I’m still not convinced that what everyone thinks is happening is really happening.)

-I’m super bummed that The Hating Game is only available in VOD in Canada and not in theatres (so far). Still, this clip of the infamous elevator scene is good enough to have me watching it however I can this weekend. (I also love that they have her make the first move; plays way better than the scene in the book.)

Alicia Silverstone is stranded at sea in The Requin trailer.

FKA twigs Accuses Shia LaBeouf of ‘Relentless Abuse’ and Sexual Battery

-Whoa. FKA twigs has filed a lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf, her former boyfriend, accusing him of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress. She says last Valentine’s Day, after returning from a trip where she woke up and he was choking her, he removed his seatbelt while speeding toward Los Angeles and threatened to crash unless she professed her love for him. When they stopped at a gas station, she says he assaulted her, throwing her against the car while screaming in her face before forcing her back into the car. Karolyn Pho, another of LaBeouf’s exes, described similarly tumultuous experiences in the lawsuit. In an email to NYT, LaBeouf said “I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt. There is nothing else I can really say.”

-This is amazing news for Telefilm Canada: Rather than choose who does and who doesn’t receive development program funding this year, the federal agency has decided to fund every filmmaker who applied and is eligible.

Jenny Slate revealed she’s expecting her first child.

-Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is bringing back some familiar aunts.

-To end this crappy year on a high note, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys released a new song together.

JK Rowling criticized the ‘climate of fear’ surrounding the trans conversation. I honestly don’t know why she just doesn’t stop.

George Clooney was hospitalized after losing weight for Netflix’s The Midnight Sky. “I think I was trying too hard to lose the weight quickly and probably wasn’t taking care of myself.”

-Disney made a ton of announcements yesterday, including news that Amy Adams is returning for Enchanted 2, Hayden Christensen is returning as Darth Vader for a new show, Chris Evans will voice a new Buzz Lightyear movie, Lauren Graham will star in a Mighty Ducks series, Rachel McAdams will reprise her role in the new Dr Strange film, Tatiana Maslany was confirmed as She-Hulk, and Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood & Bone (a book I ADORED) is being adapted by Lucasfilm. Plus, here’s the trailer for the new Loki series starring Tom Hiddleston, and the first trailer for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

-Dune director Denis Villeneuve slammed the 2021 HBO Max release plan: “AT&T has hijacked one of the most respectable and important studios in film history. There is absolutely no love for cinema, nor for the audience here.”

Taylor Swift debuted her latest surprise album to glowing reviews.

-The Dickinson Season 2 trailer just dropped.

Meryl Streep and Jennifer Trainer star in the Museum Town trailer.

GQ Men of The Year Awards

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-The GQ men of the year ceremony happened today virtually, and Normal People’s Paul Mescal squirmed through the sex scenes they showed while he was given his Breakthrough Actor award.

Megan Fox has officially filed for divorce from Brian Austin Green.

Zac Efron may have split from his waitress girlfriend.

-In happier couples news, Friends star Matthew Perry popped the question to his girlfriend of two years, Molly Hurwitz.

Joss Whedon has exited the HBO series The Nevers, citing exhaustion. I’d love if they found a woman to showrun the series about a group of Victorian women who develop strange abilities, but that’s probably expecting too much from Hollywood.

Jude Law says the scientist on the set of Contagion warned him a pandemic was inevitable. “The great scientists on set with us who had worked with Scott [Z. Burns] the writer and [director] Steven [Soderbergh] were very learned and experienced individuals who knew what to expect. And they all said to us that this was going to happen — and it was a case of when rather than if.”

-I’m not watching Happiest Season until tomorrow, but I’m loving all the praise Dan Levy is getting.

-The Rose Motel from Schitt’s Creek is on sale for $2 million.

Melissa McCarthy appeared on Jimmy Fallon‘s show to promote her new movie Superintelligence – and ended up struggling to sing Barenaked Ladies‘ “One Week”, which features heavily in the movie. Clearly not a Canadian.

Andy Samberg shared simple message to those who don’t like the Academy’s new diversity standards: “People who have problems with it can f**k off.”

-Here’s the first full-length trailer for The PromRyan Murphy’s Netflix musical starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman and Keegan-Michael Key. It hits Netflix Dec 11.