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Angelina Jolie Dodges Questions about The Weeknd

-This is a valiant effort by E! News, but Angelina Jolie is staying mum about her relationship with The Weeknd. When asked whether her children were more excited by her role in Eternals or by her friendship with singer, she replied: “They’re very excited about this film… If that’s what you’re asking.”

-A new analysis of tweets about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has revealed a coordinated campaign of targeted harassment of Markle on Twitter — and only 83 accounts were responsible for approximately 70% of the negative and often hateful content. And those 83 accounts aren’t just run by bots and trolls: “This campaign comes from people who know how to manipulate the algorithms, manipulate Twitter, stay under the wire to avoid detection and suspension. This level of complexity comes from people who know how to do this stuff, who are paid to do this stuff.”

Jon Stewart stood up for his pal Dave Chappelle, saying “I know his intention is never hurtful. He’s not that kinda person.” Which completely misses the point.

-One of the cast members on Rust talked to TMZ about feeling like the camera was more protected than the actors on the shoot.

-TMZ is also reporting that the gun was used by crews members off set as well, for what amounted to target practice. Which is a big no-no, according to safety experts.

-Meanwhile, the film’s 24-year-old armorer was reportedly the subject of numerous complaints on her previous film just two months earlier, and was yelled at by Nicolas Cage for firing without warning him about the noise first, according to a crew member.

-Succession has already been renewed by HBO for season 4.  Thank god.

Penn Badgley is aware that Cardi B wants to appear on the next season of You, but can’t confirm or deny her involvement. “I mean, I definitely can’t say, but there is actually, I believe, this is true, there’s an actual Change.org petition. Changing the world!”

Taylor Swift is very excited about fall. Same, girl.

-Is the Sex and the City reboot staging paparazzi shots to fool us, or is stuff like this nonsense legit?

Megan Thee Stallion has a backup plan — she revealed she’s about to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in health administration after taking online courses at Texas Southern University.

Harrison Ford lost his credit card while filming Indiana Jones 5 in Italy, and a very nice person turned it into a police station instead of buying themselves an island.

-Dune is officially getting a sequel.

Anna Kendrick joined William Harper Jackson at the Love Life premiere, so she must be in the second season a little, right? I found her season very charming, and am looking forward to his season.

-Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk responded to LeBron James’ criticism of the show’s ending, saying “Have you seen ‘Space Jam 2’?” Fair.

-It’s Legends of Tomorrow’s 100th episode this week, and a bunch of familiar faces are returning, including Arthur Darvil, Victor Garber, Brandon Routh and Wentworth Miller.

Sandra Bullock plays an ex-con fighting for her sister in the trailer for Nora Fingscheidt’s The Unforgivable.

Kendall Jenner Nabs Sept Issue of Vogue

-I had a lot of guesses about who was going to land the cover of September Vogue. Kendall effing Jenner was not at the top of my list.

-Also serving up cover: Gina Rodriguez on Health.

-In a new interviewAmy Schumer talks about Twitter hate and maintaining her confidence. “Just spend shorter amounts of time thinking you’re the ugliest person in the world.”

Hugh Jackman posted a photo of him looking really old, and news outlets didn’t get that he was wearing makeup for a movie.

-What the hell? Criminal Minds’ star Thomas Gibson was suspended after kicking a writer-producer. This is the second time he’s had a physical altercation with a producer on this set. Man, the Dharma & Greg folks have not aged well.

-More stories about how Vin Diesel isn’t exactly a gem continue to surface.

-This article about what it means to be a difficult actor versus a difficult actress is worth your time.

-Speaking of difficult actors, here’s an interesting read on how Jared Leto has ruined method acting. It’s “become more about ego and marketing than good performances.” (On the plus side, maybe actors will stop talking about their “craft” and “process” in interviews.)

Leslie. Jones. Has. Landed. In. Rio.

-The producers of the all-female Oceans Eleven reboot are reportedly worried about a Ghostbusters-type backlash. Funny how this has been the summer of sequel flops and no one’s hand-wringing about those.

-The staff of a Toronto hospital staff sang ‘Courage’ in a tribute to Gord Downie. No, YOU’RE crying!

-Us Weekly claims that Taylor Kinney is already trying to crawl back to Lady Gaga.

-When Adele invited a fan up on stage with her, she had no idea that fan was a Grammy-nominated artist.

Hugh Grant has a pretty laid back attitude about being fat-shamed recently by British tabloids: “They weren’t wrong. I looked shocking. It was awful.”

-Meanwhile, Hugh and Meryl Streep participated in a rather charming AMA on Reddit.

Jonah Hill says he doubts the 23 Jump Street-Men in Black crossover movie will get made. Prayer works!

Jared Padalecki wants you all to know that he was not actually the Trump Tower climber.

-I tend to not like white dresses but Amal Clooney‘s flapper-inspired one is working for her.

-Days after being fired from SNL, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah have both landed new leading man gigs.

-This is a long but great read on TV’s current drama slump. “An increasing number of not-great dramas with a prestige-y sheen are piling onto a field that was already standing-room only.”

-The fact that Emmy season means Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are now doing a bunch of joint interviews/photo shoots makes me giddy.

-The TCAs saved my favourite network for last. Lots of goodies from The CW dropped today, including that a character on one of the superhero shows will come outDolph Lundgren will star as Arrow’s villain during their last year of flashbacks, and The Flash and Supergirl are planning a musical crossover that may include Arrow and Legends cast members. Amell has already bowed out, but if we can get a song between Victor Garber, Jesse L Martin, John Barrowman and the Glee alums, I’ll be happy. Remember when Grant Gustin did “Smooth Criminal” and made us all forget that we were supposed to hate his character?

Rachel Weisz is suffering an identity crisis in the Complete Unknown trailer.

Jennifer Lawrence Slams Gender Wage Gap: “F**k That”

Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Evan Ross and Sam Claflin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Evan Ross and Sam Claflin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (Lionsgate)

Jennifer Lawrence has never been shy about speaking her mind – and now she’s taking on the wage gap in a blistering new op-ed in Lena Dunham’s newsletter titled “Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co‑Stars?”, in which she details her reaction after finding out from the Sony hacks that she made considerably less that her male costars on American Hustle. “I’m over trying to find the ‘adorable’ way to state my opinion and still be likable! F-ck that.” She continues: “A few weeks ago at work, I spoke my mind and gave my opinion in a clear and no-bullshit way; no aggression, just blunt. The man I was working with (actually, he was working for me) said, “Whoa! We’re all on the same team here!” As if I was yelling at him. I was so shocked because nothing that I said was personal, offensive, or, to be honest, wrong. All I hear and see all day are men speaking their opinions, and I give mine in the same exact manner, and you would have thought I had said something offensive.”

-A few hours after truth bombing, JLaw exited The Rosie Project, a Sony movie being directed by Richard Linklater (and based on a book everyone loved a whole lot more than I did).

-Meanwhile, director Mimi Leder talks about going to “movie jail” after Pay It Forward failed to make traction at the box office. “They give a man three more movies and that’s the truth.”

-Speaking of white men who rule Hollywood, this conversation between Bret Easton Ellis and Quentin Tarantino  is full of hateful crap about gender and race. Here are some QT highlights: “When the black critics came out with savage think pieces about Django, I couldn’t have cared less” and “[Ava DuVernay] did a really good job on Selma but Selma deserved an Emmy.” Even his non-offensive opinions are dumb: “[Judd Apatow’s] audiences are getting smaller and smaller but I think he’s getting better and better.]

-Palette cleanser: Charlize Theron may take a role once intended for Brad Pitt.

Victor Garber married boyfriend of 16 years Rainer Andreesen. Congrats, Spy Daddy!

-Following a reported breakup with Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris addressed those “bullshit stories” about a ‘happy ending’ massage.

-What exactly is the vapors? ‘Cause I’m pretty sure this photo of Joshua Jackson just gave me them.

-Is there anything Amy Poehler can’t do? Because she just killed it on this version of “The Rose” with Jack Black.

Johnny Depp always shows up at fan-voted award ceremonies like the People’s Choice Awards, but he won’t show up for the Oscars, so don’t even bother giving him one. (Luckily, his recent movie choices are making that realllll easy.)

-The Flash’s Grant Gustin told a cute story about getting turned away from a party at Comic-Con.

-Speaking of adorable stars of superhero shows, Emily Bett Rickards is a cupcake of cuteness in this interview.

-In other superhero news, Netflix debuted the first episode of Jessica Jones at NY Comic Con, and critics are drooling over it.

-Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has been named Esquire magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive.

-Costar Naomie Harris insists Daniel Craig was “just being sarcastic” with his James Bond comments.

Martha Stewart‘s shading of Blake Lively is giving me life.

-The new art deco-y trailer foDr The X Files reboot is all kinds of cool. I was travelling this past weekend and ended up watching a few season 1 episodes and I discovered A) how much I completely repressed what a terrible actor David Duchovny is, B) that I can somehow still quote episodes I haven’t seen in 22 years, but can barely remember to pay my cable bill, and C) that I probably am not going to do a rewatch before the reboot — but I am going to make a point of re-watching my favourite episode, which turns 20 today.

-Here’s a new trailer for Brooklyn, which was far and away my favourite movie I saw at TIFF this year.