Newsletter Wednesday, February 07, 2018

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Wednesday, February 07, 2018 [Intro for February 7, 2018]( [Kanye West](Dear Gossips, Half the dialogue of last night’s episode of Fresh Off The Boat was spoken in Mandarin. Half! In Mandarin! Jeff Chiang, a writer on the show, wrote a guest column for [The Hollywood Reporter]( about the significance of the “universality of specificity”, a concept Duana and I have discussed many times on Show Your Work. This is also the key to Issa Rae’s Insecure. And this is one of the reasons (there were many) that Coco worked too. My mother dialect is Cantonese. I don’t speak Mandarin but I’ve always wanted to. I only know Mandarin from karaoke and even then my pronunciation is sh-t. My point is that while I could pick out some words during Fresh Off The Boat last night, I too had to rely on the subtitles to round out the story. And the experience of turning on the television and hearing Mandarin spoken on a show on a major network in North America, it was exhilarating. As Jeff Chiang notes, this was not something that happened to people with our backgrounds when we were growing up. Now there’s an entire generation growing up right now who can remember this when they get older. Or, maybe, by the time they get older, it’ll be totally unremarkable because it’ll be super ordinary. I’ve attached a clip from last night’s episode below. (Umm….Randall Park’s Mandarin is better than mine. Shame on me, seriously.) Fittingly the Huangs are celebrating Chinese New Year. For them, in keeping with the show’s timeline, it’s the Year of the Tiger. For us, it’s the Year of the Dog. And today it’s the Snake’s turn. The Snake is considered the third luckiest sign during this Year of the Dog. It could be a better year than last year. Three peaceful stars are shining on the Snake that may help to reduce potential drama. It may be a good year for marriage and honeymoon and babies. It could also be a good year for career and money. Investments should return well. But, as always, to balance the energies, there are also two bad luck stars in the Snake’s orbit so be careful of car issues. And avoid red cars if possible. Don’t buy one. And if you already have one, you may want to get a small rabbit charm and keep it on you when you’re driving. 1953 Water Snake – Snakes born this year may be impressive at work, resulting in many compliments. 1965 Fire Snake – the luckiest of all Snakes during the Year of the Dog. The path seems clear to fortune and investments. Celebrate as often as you can, no occasion is too small. This will help offset temptation. 1977 Earth Snake – this might be a good time for Snakes born this year to actively pursue career ambitions, go after it, be aggressive. That would be Kanye West. Keep an eye on Kanye this year. He’s been quietly restoring and regrowing his power for a while now. Male Snakes born this year who do not have straight noses are advised to be extra cautious though. And celebrate a big birthday. 1989 Wood Snake – the Year of the Dog is a good opportunity to improve, to learn new things, add to your skillset. 2001 Metal Snake –if you know a Snake born this year, maybe you’re a parent or a relative, do not indulge them, do not spoil them, and watch them closely to help them avoid mistakes. Since the Fire is strong during the Year of the Dog, all Snakes should be mindful of lung health, breathing issues, allergies, and coughing. Snakes are also advised not to get too cocky, don’t fill yourself, don’t take more than you need – this applies to everything: love, friendship, food, cash. Snakes may also want to limit outside activities during the summer. Heat management, remember, is critical this year. In March and April, keep your mind on your money and your money on your mind. Otherwise there may be big risks. Between June 6 and August 6, if you feel bothered and frustrated, especially if you are a female Snake, try carrying a metal Cow or Rooster charm. It might help. In July and August, it is recommended that Snakes control their tempers. Holidays should be good for Snakes this year. Tomorrow we’ll be spending time on the sign getting the most attention from the Squawking Chicken this year: the Dragon. Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 1:52 PM [What Else?]( [Drake ](Sasha and I start a conversation about Kylie Jenner which was my plan all along because what I really wanted to talk about was ear blackheads and squeezing all the sh-t out of them. Also we role-play a situation in which you find out that your husband made mixtape for and deletes texts from a “sports enthusiast divorcee” in his life. Hmmmm. On [this week’s episode of Sasha Answers](. The word “benefactor” has been coming up a lot in ma’s Chinese astrology posts. I wish there was a direct translation for the Chinese term. In Chinese, a “benefactor”, or the term for it, feels a lot more divine than its English counterpart. Growing up, whenever I heard my ma talk about “benefactors”, I pictured them like wizards, and they’d magically and mysteriously appear in kung fu TV series. This, I think, [is how some people in Miami now feel about Drake](. (Dlisted) [It’s true what the FUG Girls are saying]( – that, often, somehow, Dakota Johnson underwhelms a dress. Like she never really goes for it. Even when she’s wearing something batsh-t, which I do appreciate. Is it the hair? It might be the hair. Anyway, this white dress, OMG, so f-cking boring. But. I have a theory. My theory is that she’s dressing to the quality of the sex scenes in the Fifty Shades movies. Right? WHY aren’t those scenes hotter? Are we finally going to see Christian Grey come? There’s a movie crusade that the Men’s Rights assholes can take up: let Christian come. Start a petition. (Go Fug Yourself) [Is this like the Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck of Japan](? Princess Mako has postponed her wedding. JLO and Ben, remember, postponed their wedding like 4 days before their wedding. A platinum gossip couple they were, weren’t they? Anyway, the wedding got called off, they went out for dinner in front of the paps immediately afterwards to underscore that they were still together. And then broke up for good four months later. Can an engagement survive a postponed wedding? (Cele|bitchy) Emily did this [Can Your Donut Choices Predict Your Birth Month quiz]( and it worked for her. I did it and the result was off by one month. Here’s why it didn’t work for me: because my favourite, favourite, favourite donut ever only comes up once. That would be the Boston cream donut, which they don’t even call the Boston cream donut. They call it the custard-something. Why wasn’t it offered more often? Is it not that popular? It’s popular where I live. (Buzzfeed) Name your favourite celebrity couple. Brange? Beyonce and Jay-Z? Selena and Justin? Channing and Jenna? The Beckhams? JLO and Arod? (Ew.) Mila and Ashton? (WHY?) The Obamas? Gabrielle and Dwyane? Rihanna and Drake? (It’s over forever there, isn’t it?) OK. So now that you’re thinking about your favourite celebrity couples, how soon do Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson come up? How high are they on your list? [Here’s a case for why they should be #1](. (The Cut) Stop what you’re doing. Bookmark this article for later, for tonight, with a glass of wine, or a cocktail, or some scotch, or a mug of coffee, even milk if that’s your thing – just make sure you have something to savour while you’re savouring another [BONKERS QUINCY JONES INTERVIEW](. You thought his interview with GQ last week was bananas? THIS. Read THIS. We are going to talk about this again tomorrow. Do your homework. It’s mandatory. (Vulture) [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:35 PM [A Not-So-Quiet Place]( [Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place trailer](When the [first trailer]( for John Krasinski/Emily Blunt horror movie, A Quiet Place, came out, I pondered whether or not the film would avoid using LOUD NOISES to scare people. In a partial answer, it turns out the ads can’t avoid it—the Super Bowl spot uses a LOUD NOISE for a jump scare. This is a problem in contemporary horror. I really hope it’s just a trailer thing and not reflective of the actual movie, because I am WAY into how A Quiet Place looks. It really reminds me of The Others, one of the best modern horror movies, which did not use sound in stupid cheating ways. It’s one thing to have diegetic sound like the kid’s spaceship in this ad—or the [Babadook’s call]( cues action in a scene, but those loud punches on the soundtrack drive me nuts. Like in It (movie not mini-series), when [Ben is at the library]( and he goes into the basement and the headless burned kid ghost appears, that’s f*cking scary enough on its own, but the soundtrack punches through with LOUD STRINGS just to make sure the dummies in the back know they’re supposed to be scared. If your movie is working right, we’re already scared, and we don’t need the loud sound. A great example of how to use sound in horror is The Shining, but I also wonder if that isn’t the movie that poisoned this particular well. Take the [bath tub scene](. The score is ominous tones and sounds pitched at frequencies that are inherently unsettling (which is pretty standard in horror movies at large). In that scene, the score builds up in layers, but one, it’s never so loud it wipes out diegetic sound—you can still hear the shower curtain rustle—and two, it isn’t fighting the scare, which is Jack realizing he’s making out with a corpse. The image is the scare, the sound is just punctuation. If you put that clip on mute, that scene is still f*cking scary. The problem with contemporary horror, which is in this Quiet ad, too, is a loud noise taking the place of an in-scene scare. In that bit at the end of the ad, the scare is the girl getting grabbed, we don’t need a loud-ass noise to scare us. But it’s like The Shining made everyone sh*t their pants and now we have a generation of filmmakers who associate loud noise with fright, without remembering that before he ever laid in a soundtrack, Stanley Kubrick composed a flawless, frightening IMAGE. So if you’ve got an image that is working—and again, A Quiet Place LOOKS GREAT—you don’t need all those bangs and clangs. Just get some sound design that fits the tone and tension of your film and leave it alone. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:22 PM [Smutty Social Media, February 7, 2018]( [Sarah Jessica Parker on Fallon, February 6, 2018]([NOTE: We are aware of the rendering issues with this post and are working on a fix] Halsey and Sebastian Stan at Tom Ford. I’ve always wondered when two people are dressed in very different clothing, who is more comfortable with the temperature of the room. Is he hot or is she cold? And about her shirt, specifically the colour – she looks really good in it. When I try to pull off that shade of beige I look like a penis. [A post shared by halsey (@iamhalsey)]( on Feb 6, 2018 at 9:36pm PST Rinaldo’s frosted tips match his new sneakers. [A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano)]( on Feb 5, 2018 at 2:30pm PST Drake wears his own mean tweets. But is this really mean? It’s about someone who didn’t believe and now does. So it’s actually a Drake redemption tweet. [A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)]( on Feb 6, 2018 at 5:28pm PST When I first saw this, I thought she had gone for a lob. It wouldn’t be the first time – she had short hair for a time on Sex and the City. It was the Berger era. I recently watched a few of those episodes and they made her look much more “done” when she had shorter hair – it was very purposefully styled (sometimes even curled) and Carrie wore a lot more make-up. But turns out this isn’t a big chop, just [side-sweeping]( bangs. [A post shared by SJP (@sarahjessicaparker)]( on Feb 5, 2018 at 7:15am PST I was once at a coffee shop working and the couple next to me plugged in a DESKTOP computer (no word of a lie) and pulled out a year of receipts for their taxes, going through them one by one. They squabbled about the validity of writing off a $3.75 public transit ticket for 10 minutes. I can’t believe they don’t teach you taxes at school. I’m so lost... someone help me haha — Tom Holland (@TomHolland1996) [February 4, 2018]( Apropos of nothing, Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston are “[stronger than ever](”. This probably has nothing to do with the fact that Justin has been spending a lot of time in New York, while she is in LA, and maybe people are starting to notice? [A post shared by @justintheroux]( on Dec 31, 2017 at 11:37pm PST Kate Beckinsale [can’t quit]( Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen. [A post shared by @sarahkatesilverman]( on Feb 6, 2018 at 11:21pm PST I am acutely aware that there is a Paris Hilton creep happening. After years of being an international DJ, she is spending a lot more time in LA, working connections. Modeling for Yeezy helped, and so has her engagement. She was invited to the Rachel Zoe presentation in LA (interestingly enough, I haven’t seen any photos of Rachel’s other famous friends, like Nicole Richie, Jennifer Meyer or the Foster sisters, in attendance). And it seems like she has some help. Say what you will about Kris Jenner, but she could get a cardboard box an US Weekly cover. [A post shared by Paris Hilton (@parishilton)]( on Feb 6, 2018 at 5:58pm PST Here is SJP on Fallon last night. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:37 PM [Danai Gurira in Toronto]( [Danai Gurira attends the Toronto Premiere of 'Black Panther' at Scotiabank Theatre on February 6, 2018 in Toronto, Canada](My day job is producing a daytime talk show. Lainey is one of the co-hosts of that show. I am our celebrity and entertainment producer so crafting segments featuring celebrities, pre-interviewing them and talking to them is my job. I do it all the time. I scream at all of you in all caps a lot and I don’t hide how much of a fan girl I am at my core but at work, I usually keep my chill (Taika Waititi [was the exception](). I don’t get star-struck often. Yesterday, I produced Danai Gurira. I can’t even type that without freaking out a little bit inside. I wasn’t star-struck. I was awe-struck. We all were. This woman is so smart, funny, friendly and so stunning in person, it honestly felt like meeting royalty. (She was also wearing the most incredible blazer that I need in my life ASAP.) If you watch The Walking Dead, you know that Michonne is a f-cking badass and the best thing about that show. Danai Gurira’s Okoye and the Dora Milaje are one of the greatest things about Black Panther. Okoye is so captivating, you don’t want her scenes to end. She is a FORCE. The Dora Milaje are unlike anything I have ever seen on screen. Here’s what Danai Gurira said on The Social about what playing Okoye meant to her: “It really spoke to this idea that you could collaborate ferocity with femininity. There is no compromise there, you don’t need to compromise either side.” Ferocity and femininity are not mutually exclusive. How often are we told the opposite? How often are we told to calm down, or stay quiet or that we [eat our f-cking chips too loud](? For so long, to be feminine meant to also be subservient. Well, the Dora Milaje is saying “f-ck you” to those days. The Dora Milaje are beautiful and sexy objects of affection but they will also kick the sh-t out of anyone trying to step to their country. They are soldiers. They are warriors. They are BOSSES. F-ck, I’m getting emotional just thinking about them. Danai also talked about “starting a revolution” with her shaved head. How often have we been told that long hair is integral to femininity? Danai said that a Marvel exec’s daughter told her she wanted to shave her head after seeing Black Panther. This is the power of that film. I wanted to start a revolution and shave my head to after seeing it too. I want to watch Black Panther before every big meeting and moment of my life. Black Panther gives you the confidence of 10,000 mediocre white men. Meeting and talking to [Danai Gurira]( has the same affect. We also asked her about being a playwright (oh yeah, don’t sleep on the fact that she’s also a TONY NOMINATED playwright, no big deal) and her mission to tell stories from an African female perspective. Danai was born in Iowa but grew up in Zimbabwe. Especially now, she says telling those stories is imperative. “To me, it’s always been important but yes, indeed, it’s even more important to get unheard voices out there to counter whatever is being said that doesn’t make any sense to what’s true… I kind of felt like a mad scientist in the beginning because there was no one out there telling stories from the African female perspective – the idea that “does that work? Will people relate to that?” I believed they would. All you have to do is actually allow the characters to have full dimension and to steer a full, powerful, real human narrative and people will respond… It just counters any ignorance that’s uttered and that’s really what it is – ignorance.” PREACH, DANAI. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe was trending on Twitter yesterday. Black Twitter was sharing stories of isolation, yearning for representation and celebrating blackness. Everything Danai says here is why Black Panther means so much. It is a counter to all the ignorance out there but it’s also a vehicle for “full, powerful, real human narratives” starring African black people. Black Panther is a great film. I wish we could just leave it at that. But I won’t stop pointing out that it means so much more than every other Marvel superhero movie. Until we see the real, three-dimensional human narratives of black people consistently on screen, I’m going to keep shouting about how important it is to see these movies and to support artists like Danai Gurira. I did not cry in front of Danai Gurira. I may be a nerdy kid at heart but I’m still a professional, guys. I did, however, say goodbye to her by yelling “Wakanda Forever!” and she responded with “Wakanda Forever!” in her Okoye voice and I was so overcome with joy, I went back to my desk and wept into my keyboard. You can watch Danai Gurira’s full segment on The Social [here](. Here is Danai at the Toronto premiere of Black Panther last night. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:23 PM [Dr. Ben Covington]( Speedman is joining Grey's Anatomy. It's not confirmed how long his run will be or if he's even playing a doctor at Seattle Grace Mercy Grey Sloan West Whatever (I still watch every episode of this show I have no idea what the hospital's current name is) but that is not going to stop me from calling his character Dr. Ben Covington until further notice. Just kidding. We all know Ben wasn't smart enough to become a doctor. [The news]( comes after Scott Speedman's character on Animal Kingdom was presumed dead in last season’s finale. I don’t watch Animal Kingdom so, truthfully, I didn't know Scott Speedman had a steady gig. The last time I wrote about him, he was being adorable [with Keri Russell]( on Kimmel and begging for a Felicity reunion because he joked, “I’ll be on Lifetime in no time.” Grey’s Anatomy is not Lifetime. I know most of you gave up on Grey’s seasons ago but I promise it’s still (sometimes) really good TV. Plus, Shonda Rhimes is GREAT at repurposing our childhood TV boyfriends for her shows. See: Scott Foley on Grey’s and Scandal. It’s still under wraps who Scott Speedman will be playing on Grey’s but [The Hollywood Reporter announcement]( mentioned Martin Henderson's Nathan Riggs. Nathan was brought in as a love interest for Meredith about a season after Derek Shepherd died (RIP McDreamy). Just when we started feeling Meredith and Martin together, they wrote him off the show by bringing back his dead ex-wife. Hey, I said Grey’s was still good, I didn’t say it was any less batsh-t. When Martin Henderson left the show, Shonda [told TV Line]( that Meredith may not be getting another love interest any time soon. “Meredith is a very complex character who had the love of her life die. I don’t know that, for her, an epic romance is exactly what she’s looking for. I think it might come when she least expects it, but I don’t think that’s what she is looking for next. And so I kind of subscribe to the idea that a woman should be looking for something else. Mainly something for herself as opposed to basing everything on a man.” Ellen Pompeo echoed these sentiments – a little less delicately— in her [EPIC profile in THR](. “The truth is, the ink wasn't even dry on [Patrick Dempsey's] exit papers before they rushed in a new guy… I couldn't believe how fast the studio and the network felt like they had to get a penis in there. We brought in Martin Henderson, but they didn't love the storyline, so that ended." I get it. Mer is a badass feminist who doesn’t need a man BUT this show is going on for [at least two more seasons](. As much as it is definitely Ellen Pompeo’s show, it is still a primetime soap opera. I want to see some good ol’ sexy times in the on-call room! I would like Meredith to start getting some real soon and I would like for the person she gets it on with to be Dr. Ben Covington. You can still be a badass feminist and make out with hot dudes, OK. Let us have this, Shonda. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 5:40 PM [Dad-Gram]( [Will Smith and Jaden Smith attend the LA Premiere of Netflix Films 'BRIGHT' on December 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California](Will Smith hasn’t been on Instagram very long. Not all celebrities were made for Instagram. Some celebrities were born for Instagram. What was the first sign for you that Will Smith would be great on Instagram? I nominate this, for obvious reasons: [A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith)]( on Dec 15, 2017 at 9:33am PST But I also love this one below, not just because of the sweater (which I’ve already mentioned I wanted to buy at Christmas for next) but because of that expression on his face. We are familiar with Will’s face. We watched it for years on TV. We’ve seen it in movies. He’s that kind of movie star with that kind of accessibility. One expression can tell you exactly which scene from which film. His expression here? Bad Boys …with a dash of Independence Day. [A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith)]( on Dec 24, 2017 at 4:58pm PST Will’s Instagram greatest hit, however, was just posted last night. It’s a dad’s tribute to his son, only not the way the Beckhams do it. Will Smith here is shouting out Jaden Smith for his 100,000,000 Spotify streams… by parodying him. Jaden, as we’ve seen, has his own flavour, his own vibe. And it’s awesome. We have [celebrated]( Jaden [here]( [before](. What makes Jaden’s Jaden-ness awesome is that, sometimes, it’s absurd. And exhausting. If it’s that way for us, can you imagine what it’s like for his parents? For any parents, really. I don’t have kids, but I’ve been a kid. I also have young nephews and nieces. And between, say, 11 and 24, kids will grind you down. Their superpower is energy suckage. And patience-theft. So for Will, this is a message of love…but it’s also parent payback. Specific and universal. Enjoy. [A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith)]( on Feb 6, 2018 at 7:16pm PST [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:50 PM [Deadpool does it himself]( [Deadpool 2 movie trailer](Is there any movie better at marketing than Deadpool? If you have to do a huge comic book movie press campaign, you might as well have fun, right? That seems to be the attitude of [Ryan Reynolds]( and everyone at Deadpool, Inc. They have a LOT of fun with their press obligations. Yesterday [Lainey said]( whoever is running this campaign “should be head-hunted”, because the marketing around these movies is SO good, and the new trailer for Deadpool 2—which might actually be titled The Untitled Deadpool Sequel?—is no exception. It’s our first clear look at [Josh Brolin]( as Cable, which nerds are excited about, but Deadpool is not here to celebrate, Deadpool is here to mock. Specifically, to mock [Henry Cavill](’s Mustache™. The first look at Cable shows the green sleeve where Brolin’s arm will be covered with a metal arm for the movie. Deadpool is not feeling the CG, yelling over Brolin’s voice over, “It’s a metal arm! It’s not like we’re trying to remove a mustache!” (Mustachegate 2017 NEVER FORGET.) And then the camera cuts to Reynolds in the red suit, enacting a Deadpool/Cable fight with action figures. ON BRAND. We also get to see [Zazie Beetz]( as Domino, and the return of Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead. There are flashes of Morena Baccarin, Karan Soni, and Leslie Uggams, and Julian Dennison throwing double-firsts. That Ricky Baker, he’s a [real bad egg]( always stealing, spitting, running away, throwing rocks, kicking stuff, defacing stuff, burning stuff… (If you don’t recognize that, you still haven’t seen Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING? Watch that movie.) Barely pictured is [alleged sexual assaulter]( TJ Miller. He hasn’t been recast a la Kevin Spacey, but he only just edges into the trailer at the 1:45 mark (h/t [Kimberly](!). Maybe he gets replaced for the third one? Deadpool was a huge success, and #2 looks like more of the irreverent meta-mocking that everyone loved in the first one. I’m enough of a nerd to be excited to see Cable, at last. And Domino! This should be a fun movie. Just one hitch—it’s opening two weeks after Avengers: Infinity War. After the worldwide orgasm that is Superhero Lollapalooza, will the masses have the energy for another big superhero movie after only TWO WEEKS? We’re about to find out what the audience tolerance for superhero movies really is. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:27 PM [It’s Jennifer Lawrence Time]( [Jennifer Lawrence hosts Unrigged Live! presented by Represent.Us during the 2018 Unrig the System Summit at the McAlister Auditorium at Tulane University on February 3, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana](Jennifer Lawrence was in New Orleans this past weekend for the Unrig the System summit at Tulane University. She sits on the board of Represent.Us, a non-profit “[dedicated to ending political bribery](”, which hosted the event; she participated in panel discussions, moderated interviews, and presented awards. Jennifer was prepared and entertaining. She was engaged. She did her work. You can read more about Unrig the System here and watch the video [here](. Speaking of Jennifer Lawrence’s work, when I got into my car at the end of the day yesterday to head home, I noticed some workers who had just finished putting up a massive new billboard on the side of a building for Red Sparrow which reminded me about Red Sparrow. Red Sparrow comes out on March 2. That’s soon. So we should be getting a lot more of Jennifer Lawrence soon. A new trailer for Red Sparrow was released during the Super Bowl. Jordy (our Key Hair on The Social) was doing my hair when I played the trailer just now in my office. Her reaction to the preview: “F-ck that looks good.” My reaction: “Her wig game is STRONG in this movie.” Jordy: “Yeah, that’s what I meant.” As Sarah has noted in her Red Sparrow mentions, Red Sparrow could be the Black Widow movie that Marvel still hasn’t made yet. Instead of Scarlett Johansson, we have Jennifer Lawrence doing spy things, wearing the sh-t out of every wig, seducing and killing and, probably, sashaying out of a few rooms…with a Russian accent. I’m prepared to not give a sh-t about the Russian accent if the movie holds up. We should know soon. Again, Red Sparrow opens in 3 weeks. You know what that weekend is? It’s Oscar weekend. They’ve not yet started announcing the presenters at the Oscars. Seems like it would be a good time for her to show up though, if she’s not already scheduled for press events around the world. Here’s the Super Bowl Red Sparrow trailer. And below that, Jennifer on a flight on Sunday repping the Philadelphia Eagles. I’m curious if the flight attendant was in on it even though it’s made to seem like they weren’t. People propose on airplanes over the intercom all the time so I don’t know that this is necessarily a “celebrities can get away with anything!” situation if, of course, Jennifer had cleared it with the flight crew first. Which I want to think that she would have? She’d definitely be seated in the front cabin. She would have had opportunity to make conversation with the flight attendants. It’s not a stretch for her to have been like, “Hey you know what would be funny…?” What’s funny is the expressions on the other passengers’ faces. Which, I think, is why this video was shared in the first place. Because no one was feeling her. And she probably wanted to f-ck with the squares who were sitting all around her. I would have been one of those squares, sleeping with my mouth open, not happy about being woken up. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:38 PM [Timothee x Frank]( [Timothee Chalamet attends The Hollywood Reporter 6th Annual Nominees Night, in Beverly Hills, California on February 5, 2018](Frank Ocean disappears. It’s what he does. He drops dope sh-t, blows our minds and goes away for a while until he drops his next mind-blowing piece of artistic genius. He doesn’t show up unless he wants to, or as Lainey put it this morning, he doesn’t do anything unless he loves it. Frank Ocean interviewed Timothee Chalamet for [V Magazine]( so that must mean that he really loves Call Me By Your Name. Of course he does. It’s brilliant. I don’t know anyone who didn’t walk away from CMBYN without a crush on Timothee. We’ve been crushing on Frank Ocean for years. When I saw that these two certified indie darlings/Internet Boyfriends came together in conversation for V – even though it seems like a random pairing – I wasn’t surprised. If you played Blonde underneath every scene in CMBYN, it would probably be a beautiful accompaniment, right? Now I’m obsessed with Frank Ocean [scoring the sequel](� ). The vibe of the piece is basically just Timothee fan boy-ing all over Frank and Frank responding in the coolest ways possible, like inadvertently telling Timothee to find his chill. Example: TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Yeah, man. This is so exciting. It is an honor to speak to you, man. I’m such a huge fan. This is going to be a real test to keep my voice level and keep this as normal of a conversation as possible [laughs]. FRANK OCEAN You got this. Or there’s my favourite part of the piece, which I sent to Lainey via this tweet: i will now dedicate my life to the moment that timothee chalamet sang frank ocean to frank ocean, and frank ocean responded, "dont do that." [pic.twitter.com/3VCogiQz6Z]( — Andrew Gruttadaro (@andrewgrutt) [February 6, 2018]( I am dying. If it was anyone else attempting to sing at [Frank Ocean](, I don’t think I would find it this charming. But [Timothee]( singing Seigfried at Frank (over the phone) and promptly getting shut down is my favourite thing on the Internet today. My other favourite nuggets from this convo: Frank Ocean watches Ellen. Frank Ocean Googles “top five places to get pizza” in New York like all of us. The conversation happened the day of the SAG Awards. Timothee went on to lose Best Actor to Gary Oldman but was charming as hell on the red carpet. The night of the SAG Awards is when I decided to get on the Timothee bandwagon. When he busted out Bartier Cardi, I was like, FINE, I stan. .[@RealChalamet]( is a TRUE [@iamcardib]( stan! Yeah, he just rapped [#BartierCardi]( with his momma and SLAYED IT. 😂 [pic.twitter.com/XOiGYZyyir]( — Access (@accessonline) [January 22, 2018]( He is so goddamn adorable. Even though he’s not the frontrunner to win the Oscar, Timothee has already won this award season. I love that he’s clearly a hip-hop head, and if his love of Cardi B wasn’t enough, he name checks Kanye and quotes A$AP ROCKY’s Please Don’t Touch My Raf when Frank Ocean asks him about wearing designer Raf Simons to the SAGs. Timothee talks about being a fan of fashion in a way you don’t hear a lot of men in Hollywood talk about fashion. He gushes over designers and calls them “rock stars.” Other actors may try to act like they don’t care about fashion but we know they do. Timothee CARES. He cares about getting to talk to Frank. He cares about his work. He cares so much. I think that might be his more endearing characteristic – he’s not trying to hide how much he cares. It’s so refreshing. The entire conversation between Frank and Timothee is worth your time. Read it [here](� ). [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:08 PM [Star Wars’ experience problem]( [Dan Weiss and David Benioff ](In the interest of building a self-perpetuating franchise machine, the Star Wars universe is expanding. [Solo](, the second of the “Star Wars Stories” is due this summer, and Rian Johnson is following up The Last Jedi by developing a new, unrelated [trilogy]( for Lucasfilm. Yesterday, the latest element of the Star Wars expansion pack was announced, and it’s a new “series” of films to be developed by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. So this will make three concurrent feature film properties: The mainline Episodes, Johnson’s trilogy, and the Benioff/Weiss “series”—whatever that means—plus the standalones developed under the “Star Wars Stories” banner (there is no indication yet if these new side projects will fall under that header, too). This is a lot of Star Wars. None of it is being created by women or people of color. Women and people of color — Sarah (@Cinesnark) [February 6, 2018]( The “well actually” crowd is out in force, making sure everyone understands that Benioff and Weiss are not directing Star Wars movies, they’re just writing and producing a new “series”. The Well Actuallys are correct, they are going to develop these new movies, not direct them. But Lucasfilm isn’t handing out these development deals to women or people of color, either. So you can argue the technicality, but as Lainey said [the other day](, if you’re arguing “on a technicality, you know you’re in trouble”. The point is that Lucasfilm is expanding the Star Wars slate, but the people invited to help shape it all look the same. To the people who say that the best person should be hired regardless of race and/or gender—meritocracy only works on an even playing field, and the playing field is not even, stop pretending like you don’t know that. And to those who would rather see the likes of Dee Rees and Jordan Peele doing their own thing and not giving up two to three years to a franchise machine, the point is that they should at least have the option of turning down Star Wars in favor of doing their own thing. It’s fine if a filmmaker isn’t interested in making a Star Wars movie, but the opportunity to do so should exist, regardless. Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy is [on the record]( saying women can’t direct a Star Wars movie with “essentially no experience”, although she has never defined what she considers experienced enough. Is Dee Rees experienced enough after directing three films? I don’t know how anyone can watch the battle scenes in Mudbound and not see a filmmaker ready to handle a blockbuster (Carey Mulligan [called this out]( during Sundance). Lucasfilm is doing a good job diversifying the look of Star Wars, and Kennedy makes a big deal about how her executive team is 50% women, but for some reason Lucasfilm remains obstinate about who they’re hiring to make these movies. Why? What is the problem? Surely SOMEONE SOMEWHERE is experienced enough to develop and/or make one of these movies that isn’t a white guy. Kennedy has [said](, “There’s nothing we’d like more than to find a female director for Star Wars.” Well then f*cking well find one, this isn’t the search for the lost city of El Dorado. There are women who have directed dozens of hours of television (see also: Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Michelle McLaren), that has to count as equivalent to directing at least three films. Or what about Mimi Leder, who has directed dozens of hours of television and THREE action movies? Is this not enough experience? Rick Famuyiwa has directed four feature films. Still not enough? What about guys like Park Chan-wook or Bong Joon-ho? Why aren’t they at least worth talking to? Wouldn’t you love to hear what ideas Bong Joon-ho has for Star Wars? Weiss and Benioff are showrunners, what about all the boss women and minorities of Peak TV like Melissa Rosenberg, showrunner of Jessica Jones? Donald Glover has no opinions worth hearing? Anyone asked Kenya Barris if he’d be interested in developing something for Star Wars? The talent is there, but for some reason, Kennedy and Lucasfilm won’t see it. Everyone else seems to be figuring this out—Marvel is currently riding high after finally diversifying their creative roster—but Lucasfilm continues to punt on hiring non-white people to make their movies. An undefined requisite of “enough experience” isn’t a good enough explanation for why things are so static behind the camera on Star Wars, not when there are so many experienced writers and directors running around. Although, with Benioff and Weiss going to Lucasfilm, Confederate [might be dead]( in the water. Silver linings. 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